Where to eat, district by district
Each neighbourhood page lists every restaurant, bar, market and bakery we cover there.
- Groentenmarkt 113 places The vegetable market square anchoring the historic centre, where Tierenteyn mustard has been sold from barrels since 1790.
- Dok Noord 26 places A revived 19th-century port complex ten minutes north of the medieval centre.
- Patershol 26 places The oldest residential quarter of Ghent, a tangle of cobblestone lanes between the castle and the canal.
- Zuidstationstraat 20 places
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Vrijdagmarkt
11 places
A historic market square that was the political and commercial heart of medieval Ghent.
- Sint-Pieters 10 places The neighbourhood around the main train station, gradually smartening up.
Book food experiences in Ghent
- Graslei and Korenlei 9 places Ghent's most photographed strip, where medieval guild houses line both banks of the Leie.
- Kouter 8 places The elegant commercial square at the city's south end, anchored by the Sunday flower market.
- City Centre 5 places
- Sint Amandsberg 3 places
- Bijloke 2 places
- Sint Jacobs 2 places
- Brabantdam 1 place
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Zuid
0 places
The arts-and-music quarter south of the centre, home to SMAK and the Design Museum.