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!
Roots is a modern belgian bistro fine-dining restaurant in Patershol, Ghent.
Editorially verified June 5, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The six-course dinner menu with wine pairing, where the produce quality is given room to speak at length.
Tip: Book at least three weeks ahead; this is one of the hardest tables in Ghent to secure.
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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Address: Vrouwebroersstraat 5, 9000 Gent, Ghent
Inside the Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel Reylof on Hoogstraat, chef Paul de Groote runs a five or six-course tasting menu rooted in classical French technique.
Order: The six-course menu on a Wednesday or Thursday, when the kitchen is at full concentration.
Tip: The Sunday lunch at €17.50 to €27.50 per course is the most accessible way into this kitchen.
Housed in a converted turbine hall at Nieuwewandeling, Volta serves confident Belgian brasserie cooking with an upmarket edge and a wine list that rewards.
Order: The seasonal set lunch, which delivers the kitchen's quality at its most accessible price.
Tip: The terrace along the canal is one of Ghent's finest outdoor dining spots on a warm evening.
Bib Gourmand-rated Bask converts a former petrol station into a fire-lit Basque asador, with turbot, txuleta and guinea fowl from their own farm.
Order: Txuleta from the Basque-style charcoal grill, served to share with market vegetables from their own farm.
Tip: Book the counter seats facing the asador for the full show; the smoke and theatrics are the point.
Bib Gourmand-rated bistro in Sint-Amandsberg run by two former colleagues, with a seasonally refreshed menu that leans on local producers strongly.
Order: The daily changing lunch menu, the most honest expression of what the kitchen is doing with today's delivery.
Tip: Call ahead to confirm this day's menu style; it shifts more frequently than most similarly-priced kitchens.
Ghent's most serious vegan fine-dining room: a sharing-plate format built around seasonal organic produce from local farms, served in a calm space opposite.
Order: The full sharing menu, timed to arrive in waves so you never have too much on the table at once.
Tip: Book Thursday through Saturday evenings for the full menu; the Sunday lunch is shorter but equally well-sourced.
A French-influenced bistro in a handsome historic building near Sint-Jakobs church on Steendam, with confident cooking that plays classical French technique.
Order: The fish main course, which shows the kitchen at its most focused and technically rigorous.
Tip: The lunch menu is shorter and represents excellent value against the dinner format.