Le Botaniste was hands down our favorite place to eat in Ghent. The food was super fresh, really…read morehealthy with perfect ingredients, and packed with flavor! My beautiful Bride was extra excited because of this sign (in the pic I posted) at the entrance. "Food is Medicine", has been a mantra of hers for the last few years. This place has such a cool and unique look inside and just feels good to be in. The people working there were very kind and super helpful, and everything we tried was delicious. If you're in Ghent, take a break from the fries and stop here!

This is a really cool and unique spot!…read more Both GF and I had this place on our list being vegetarian/vegan leaning. I tried to bring my parents here for lunch however as soon as we walked through the door, the staff behind the counter didn't waste a moment of our time and informed us that there were no tables. We were disappointed but got around to doing some other shit and then by the time we were finished, figured we could go back to see if things had opened up. Fortunately, they had and we were able to snag a table easily. By this time, it was dangerously close to dinnertime and in the interest of having enough gastric space for dinner, we were light with this "snack". Both I and one of my dining companions ordered one of their soups. I don't recall much of the specifics other than the fact that it was green and delicious. Two of my other dining companions ordered the "veggie balls" which I had a chance to try, they were quite good. The veggie sushi was also ordered and received positive reviews. The inside/entrance area is really cool and they have a really impressive menu with tons of stuff. I saw some spreads/hummuses that I would have wanted to try if it weren't for the gastric space issue. I can see why it's hard to get a table!

Very cool place, trendy with a nice choice. I discovered a…read morefew things and all of them were super tasty.

We had just a wonderful meal and experience here on Saturday. We were even lucky enough to show up…read morejust before they open to get us seats on the terrace which is highly recommended. One of the meals was their set menu which included white asparagus for a starter, flank steak for a main and some ice cream for dessert. I think it was worth the money and everything tasted really nice. In addition we got a starter of the fried sweetbreads which certainly have a unique taste which I still can't say if I liked or dislikes. It was certainly good but maybe I was blown away. For a main I got the vegetable risotto which was cooked perfectly had plenty of veggies in it. The desserts was an ice cream and just average really. They have an extensive wine list as well as plenty of cocktails or beer. Just about anything you would want your meals here. We would've liked it if they had some kind of wine pairing with the meals. In the end I chose a good one so it didn't matter much. We would certainly love to go back if we were in Ghent again.

From the owner: I drink coffee because I need it and wine because I deserve it. Start your day with a perfect illy…read moreespresso crafted by our barista. And start your evening with a well deserved glass of wine. We offer 30 wines by the glass and a selection of over 50 wines by the bottle. Book your informal wine tasting with our wine guy René.

If you want to taste some great and original dishes then it is worth to go here…read more A sort of Belgium tapas restaurant where the chef likes to surprise you with his dishes. Take you're time and enjoy the taste. Great also to sit outside

Amazing atmosphere and friendly staff. They have a small food menu, more like tapas where you share…read morethe food as you drink yourself happy. The menu is in Dutch and the staff was more than happy to explain everything in English for us. I came twice once to have a fruity tea and the other time to eat as I went to pick up my friends at the station gent dampoort. Both times were amazing. Loved drinking my tea with a little Belgium chocolate they give you. For dinner we got clams, sea bass with cucumbers, falling off ox tail, and zucchini salad. All were well prepared, gourmet and delicious. Would highly recommend this place.

After years of conniving about how to make a quick trip to Belgium and bring back a suitcase full…read moreof beer, De Hopduvel has become mecca. The prices are warehouse. There are other great warehouse beer outlets in Belgium, but this one you can get to by streetcar. The others you all need a car, car. Much cheaper than the beer shops in central Brussels, you also get to hang in Ghent, which is the best city in Belgium (more casual and more enchanting than Brussels, but not overrun by tourists like Bruges). I looked up their selection before going to pick out what to get. This visit, I stayed at an Airbnb right across the canal from de Hopduvel, had a couple days of tourism, and then loaded up the bags with loot from de Hopduvel (at top in picture). The streetcar then takes you right to the train station.

If this beer shop did mail order, I would be an alcoholic…read more It's a short walk away from a Hopduvel pub but it's not clear if they're related- possibly not, since when we visited the pub most things were out of stock, but when we visited this beer shop everything was quite definitely IN stock. It's a stockist of many many hundreds of beers, most of them Belgian, and beer-related goods such as glasses from dozens of different manufacturers, beer-making equipment and a few bits of memorabilia. The prices are excellent- just round the corner in the tourist heart of Ghent you could be paying up to 10 Euros for some of the more special lambics and gueuzes, yet in here most of the bottles are under 3 Euros each, many under 2 Euros. An absolute bargain. We took home as much as we could possibly carry. It's open to the public, they don't seem fussy about wholesale though there is a separate wholesale section. Beware the opening times though- they do close down for lunch every day, which I think is between 12.30 and 1.30. It feels a bit like a cheap supermarket, with cardboard boxes piled up from the floor, and some hand-written label notes. There is a small section of soft drinks, which is mainly bottled water. There's no guidance about 'best' beers or any real promotion of one beer above another- if you don't know much about Belgian beers you might want to read up on it first to make sure you don't buy the wrong ones... It's a minefield out there, with some absolutely amazing drinks, but a few not so good ones. I wish this shop was within walking distance of my house. If it were, I would be so drunk and happy I wouldn't be able to type.