Where to brunch in Ghent. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
11 places
Order Weekend brunch menu: the Parisian-Belgian plates at their most confident on a Saturday or Sunday morning.
Et Alors near the Graslei serves sweet and savoury crepes and bistro plates on weekend mornings: a Parisian-Belgian brunch hybrid that rewards booking ahead.
Order Sourdough tartine with egg and seasonal toppings: the house bread is the reason this kitchen shines at brunch.
Pain Perdu serves wood-fired sourdough brunch in a large rear garden: tartines, eggs and seasonal toppings on house bread that is the best in the city.
Order Eggs Benedict or avocado toast: the two dishes Alice has refined most completely for its loyal weekend crowd.
Alice is a light-filled weekend brunch cafe in the Zuid quarter with a following for egg dishes, pancakes and long-table communal seating on lazy mornings.
Order Brunch board with a slice of the day's pie.
Julie's House is a pastel pastry house on the Kraanlei steps from the Gravensteen, serving a rotating brunch board of artisanal pies, granola bowls.
Order Weekend brunch menu: the kitchen is fully focused and the dock view at Dok Noord is at its finest.
Haddok at Kompasplein serves easy weekend brunch with locally sourced ingredients, natural wines and a large patio overlooking the Oude Dokken waterfront.
Order Eggs on sourdough with house espresso: the pairing that made Labath Ghent's specialty brunch standard.
Cafe Labath on Oude Houtlei is Ghent's most established third-wave specialty cafe, with weekend brunch plates and the city's most consistent espresso.
Order The farmer's breakfast: the most direct expression of the sourcing ethos and the most-requested dish at Gust.
Gust is a spiced brunch bar in Ghent centre using locally sourced farm ingredients: freshness shows from the bread to the eggs on a busy weekend morning.
Order Gentse bolus with coffee: the city's caramel spiral bun in its most authentic form, with the house espresso.
Baba Jacquet is a 30-year-old family bakery reinvented as a brunch bar: the gentse bolus (caramel spiral bun) is the bakery's centrepiece and best eaten warm.
Order Weekend brunch menu: when the kitchen is at full concentration and the seasonal produce focus is clearest.
Modest is a central Ghent brunch and lunch spot serving extravagant seasonal plates with locally grown ingredients from farms within 20km of the city.
Order The pancake stack: Barista's weekend signature, with seasonal fruit compote and the house organic soy latte.
Barista serves organic-soy espresso and has made its brunch pancake stacks a weekend signature at two central Ghent locations near the Kouter flower market.
Order Vegan avocado toast or the house donut: the two items that define Full Circle's plant-based brunch philosophy.
Full Circle is Belgium's first fully plant-based specialty coffee bar: the vegan brunch with in-house donuts, cakes and seasonal plates stands alone in Ghent.
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