Ghent's wine bars range from natural-wine specialists to dining rooms with a serious list, and they cluster through the old centre. Edelrot Bar and Shop on Belfortstraat and Chubby Cheeks on Onderbergen sit in the binnenstad, while Win Natural Wine Bar on Burgstraat brings the low-intervention movement to Patershol and Vinogradoff pours by the canal on the Ajuinlei near the Graslei.
14 wine bar places in Ghent we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Ghent · Wine Bar across every city.
Order Ask the bar team to pour a glass from the current natural skin-contact white: the house selections change.
Edelrot is a natural wine bar and bottle shop next to the Belfort tower, focusing on low-intervention, natural-process and skin-contact wines by the glass.
Order Ask for a producer flight: three glasses from one region, poured side by side to show terroir differences.
ONA is a wine bar near the Kouter square with a carefully compiled list of authentic European wines from smaller producers.
Order Natural orange wine by the glass with a small cheese plate: the house pours rotate weekly.
Chubby Cheeks is a convivial natural wine bar where interesting small-plate dishes are designed to match unusual bottles.
Order Cheese plate with a Loire valley white: the bar curates the pairings and they rarely disappoint.
Bar Terroir sits steps from the vegetable market square, sourcing wines from small estates and pairing them with artisan cheeses and charcuterie plates.
Order Georgian amber wine in a traditional qvevri style: skin-fermented, oxidative and unlike any European.
Vinogradoff is a wine shop and bar specialising in natural and biodynamic wines from Eastern Europe: Georgia, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Czech Republic alongside.
Order Afternoon glass of the current house natural red with home-made madeleines: the most Ghentian pre-dinner.
Win is a compact natural wine bar on Burgstraat near the Gravensteen castle, with a weekend brunch menu and an afternoon coffee service in a renovated room.
Order Weekend natural wine pairing glass with bar snacks: the team selects from what arrived that week.
Hey Frankie is a neighbourhood wine bar open Fridays to Sundays near Vrijdagmarkt.
Order Belgian natural wine by the glass with oysters: the Korenlei terrace turns this into a postcard.
Allegro Moderato has one of the few wine terraces in Ghent with direct views of the medieval guild houses, focusing on Belgian and French grower wines.
Order Ask the sommelier for the glass of the day: the team changes the by-the-glass selection nightly.
Volta's wine list is one of the most ambitious in Ghent, matching modern Belgian cooking with grower wines from across Europe in a converted turbine hall.
Order Wine pairing with the seasonal menu: four to five small pours matched by the kitchen to each course.
Roots is a farm-to-table Patershol bistro that treats its natural wine list as seriously as its food.
Order Lunch wine pairing: two or three glasses matched to the daily menu, with commentary from the team.
Steendam 66 runs a wine lounge attached to its Gault and Millau-listed bistro.
Win on Burgstraat near the Gravensteen serves low-intervention natural wines by the glass in a small bar that feels genuinely off the tourist circuit.
Edelrot next to the Belfort tower is a natural wine bar and bottle shop consistently overlooked by visitors despite being steps from Ghent's main landmark.
Hey Frankie opens three evenings a week near the Vrijdagmarkt: a neighbourhood natural wine bar with sensibly-priced pours and a loyal local crowd.
