Soul Kitchen is a vegan fine dining fine-dining restaurant in Binnenstad, Ghent.
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.
Must 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.
Address: Godshuizenlaan 33, 9000 Gent, Ghent
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.
A sharing-plates concept on Ottogracht with a strong vegetable focus: the menu rotates with the season and the kitchen splits its attention evenly between.
Order: Two or three sharing plates of whatever the kitchen is most excited about that week.
Tip: Come with a group of four to maximise the number of plates you can try without over-ordering.
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.
Tucked inside the Hal 16 food hall at Dok Noord, Officina Raffaelli serves fresh Italian pizza and Tuscan regional dishes sourced as close to the Italian.
Order: The fresh pizzas and pasta dishes, where the Tuscan sourcing ethos shows most clearly.
Tip: Combine a meal here with a beer from Dok Brewing Company next door for the full Dok Noord experience.
A Michelin Guide-listed creative restaurant in Sint-Amandsberg, where the kitchen takes seasonal Belgian produce in directions that borrow from across Europe.
Order: The menu of the day, which changes frequently and tracks the kitchen's best current thinking.
Tip: The Friday lunch is the one daytime service and often has more availability than the evening slots.
Alix is a warmly decorated coach house near Sint-Pieters station serving seasonal Belgian cooking with a French accent in an honest, personal dining room.
Order: The weekend brunch menu, which pushes the kitchen into more playful territory than the regular dinner service.
Tip: Walk in for lunch and you stand a decent chance of a table without a booking; evenings fill quickly.
A sharing-plates concept on Ottogracht with a strong vegetable focus: the menu rotates with the season and the kitchen splits its attention evenly between.
Order: Two or three sharing plates of whatever the kitchen is most excited about that week.
Tip: Come with a group of four to maximise the number of plates you can try without over-ordering.
Dedicated vegan restaurant in central Ghent with a kitchen that goes beyond bean patties: creative preparations of plant proteins and seasonal vegetables.
Order: The full set menu if available, where the kitchen's commitment to texture and flavour contrast shows most.
Tip: Check their social media for the current week's menu before booking; it changes more often than the printed card suggests.
