Ghent: Food & Drink Walking Tour with Tastings
Join an entertaining local guide on a culinary and historical journey through the charming streets of Ghent. A culinary adventure through Ghent you will never forget!
Peaberry Coffeebar is a cafe budget eat in Binnenstad, Ghent.
Editorially verified June 5, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Vegan scone with coffee: the plant-based pastry and single-origin filter combination for under €7.
Tip: Primarily take-away; the benches near the cathedral provide a seat for free without the restaurant overhead.
Join an entertaining local guide on a culinary and historical journey through the charming streets of Ghent. A culinary adventure through Ghent you will never forget!
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Belgian Vegan Awards Best Fast Food winner: a fully plant-based frituur with frites and vegan sauces for under €6 a serving on Papegaaistraat.
Order: Frites with vegan curry sauce: the most-ordered combination at this plant-based frituur in the centre.
Tip: Good option for mixed groups; the fried snacks are convincing even for non-vegans, and prices are on par with standard frituurs.
Vegetarian tea room and restaurant on Brabantdam: a rotating organic menu with plates under €12 sourced from nearby farms, with serious tea selection too.
Order: Whatever the week's organic delivery inspired: the kitchen announces the menu via social channels each week.
Tip: The tea selection here is serious and underrated; combine a budget lunch with an afternoon working over a pot of loose-leaf tea.
Vegetarian and vegan kitchen on Phoenixstraat with filling plant-based comfort food plates under €11: a reliable budget lunch in a friendly low-key setting.
Order: The seasonal carrot-based signature plate: rotating monthly, always filling and best-value on the menu.
Tip: Portions are generous; a single plate with a glass of tap water makes a full lunch for well under €15 in central Ghent.
Ghent's oldest bakery since 1880: suikerbrood, koeken and morning buns for under €3 each, eaten standing in the Groentenmarkt near the Gravensteen.
Order: Suikerbrood (sugar bread): the pearl-sugar enriched loaf, warmest and cheapest near the Gravensteen walls.
Tip: Arrive by 08:00 for the warmest bread; the Dok Noord branch opens later and has slightly shorter queues.
The competing cuberdon vendors near the Groentenmarkt sell Ghent's most iconic sweet: pointed purple gum-and-sugar cones at around €1 each from rival stalls.
Order: Violet cuberdons: a bag of ten pieces eaten on the walk to the Gravensteen, the most Ghentian budget snack.
Tip: Both vendors near the square are authentic; the competition between them has kept quality high and prices reasonable for decades.
Belgian Vegan Awards Best Fast Food winner: a fully plant-based frituur with frites and vegan sauces for under €6 a serving on Papegaaistraat.
Order: Frites with vegan curry sauce: the most-ordered combination at this plant-based frituur in the centre.
Tip: Good option for mixed groups; the fried snacks are convincing even for non-vegans, and prices are on par with standard frituurs.
Knees to Chin serves Vietnamese banh mi rolls and rice noodle bowls under €12 in a compact fast-casual format near the Kouter and Sint-Baafsplein.
Order: Banh mi with Vietnamese pork: the house roll that started the Knees to Chin following in Ghent.
Tip: The queue at lunch peaks between 12:00 and 13:30; a ten-minute wait is worth it for the freshness of the rolls.
Vegetarian tea room and restaurant on Brabantdam: a rotating organic menu with plates under €12 sourced from nearby farms, with serious tea selection too.
Order: Whatever the week's organic delivery inspired: the kitchen announces the menu via social channels each week.
Tip: The tea selection here is serious and underrated; combine a budget lunch with an afternoon working over a pot of loose-leaf tea.
Vegetarian and vegan kitchen on Phoenixstraat with filling plant-based comfort food plates under €11: a reliable budget lunch in a friendly low-key setting.
Order: The seasonal carrot-based signature plate: rotating monthly, always filling and best-value on the menu.
Tip: Portions are generous; a single plate with a glass of tap water makes a full lunch for well under €15 in central Ghent.