Ghent food guide

Photo: Ghent’s Graslei by 台灣人在根特 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

There’s always Happy Cow to help you discover vegan options in Ghent or any city. But it’s a lot of info. My list is intended as a quick overview of my recommendations for specific situations.

The numbering reflects my personal order of preference for the category in question, number 1 being, well, number 1. 😅

Consider this list a work in progress! Did I leave out your favourite place? Should I create a new category? Send an email or comment below!

Update: I’ve started adding venues that I have not yet visited myself. As I can’t vouch for them personally (yet), I’ve added a new symbol to indicate these. They may rise on the list once I’ve been there.

🌿 = totally vegan

👽 = I haven’t visited this place yet

Breakfast / snack / coffee and tea

1. Café De Loge (bar with snacks and meals, opens at 11am so no breakfast, more brunch)

2. Vegan caterer Yasai 🌿 does breakfast at Ouest on Fridays

3. V-BOX 🌿

4. Madam Bakster 🌿

5. Le Pain Quotidien

6. Bakery Panda 👽 near Sint-Pieters Station (vegan sandwich and salad options, take out only)

7. Knol & Kool 🌿👽

8. De Mokke 👽 Sint-Amandsberg, vegan option

9. Take Five Espressobar

10. Full Circle Coffee 🌿

11. OYO

Casual Brunch/Lunch

1. Café De Loge

2. Vegan caterer Yasai 🌿does lunch at Ouest on Fridays

3. V-BOX 🌿

4. Mie Vie 🌿

5. Le Pain Quotidien

6. Anders 👽 (Vietnamese, looks great, haven’t tried yet)

7. Amour 👽 (buffet with terrace and vegan options)

8. Le Botaniste 🌿

9. Otomat (vegan pizza options)

10. De Mokke 👽 Sint-Amandsberg, vegan option

11. Vooruit Café

12. BE O Versbar 🌿

13. Lokaal

14. Knol & Kool 🌿👽

15. OYO

Casual dinner

1. Café De Loge

2. Greenway 🌿

3. Anders 👽(Vietnamese, looks great, haven’t tried yet)

4. Le Botaniste 🌿

5. Frituur Tartaar

6. Otomat (vegan pizza options)

7. Fry Willy

   (unfortunate name and
   concept but they do great
   fried oyster mushrooms 🤷‍♂️)

8. Royal India

9. Amour 👽 (buffet with terrace and vegan options)

10. Vooruit Café

11. Ette Ibibio 👽

12. De Walrus

13. Mosquito Coast

14. Multatuli

15. Ramen

Special dinner (a bit pricier)

1. Amatsu (vegetarian menu made vegan on request)

2. Epiphany’s Kitchen

3. Madonna

4. Heritage 👽 (vegan on request)

Take-out / Delivery

These are places where the food is more special than the interior, or the food is especially well-suited for delivery, or they only do delivery or take-away.

1. Plant a pizza 🌿

2. Cosy Green 🌿 (Gentbrugge, Tuesdays, lunch and dinner, take away food truck)

3. LovingHut Express 🌿 (Gentbrugge, food truck, take out and delivery, Thursdays)

4. Mie Vie 🌿

5. Greenway 🌿

6. Také (Japanese/Thai)

7. Bocca

8. Sushi Mantra

9. V-BOX 🌿

10. Otomat (vegan pizza options)

11. Frituur Tartaar (best fries, vegan burger available)

12. Frituur De Papegaai (take out, no delivery)

13. Frituur De Frietketel (take out, no delivery)

14. Friterie chasse patat 👽

15. Meshur Adiyaman Cigkoftecisi

16. Ichi Bites

17. Kingslize Pizza

18. Gewoon.Anders 🌿👽

    (take-away – delivery possible for orders of at least 25 euro if you order the previous day before 2pm)

19. Royal India (take out, no delivery)

20. Fitchen

21. Bakery Panda 👽 near Sint-Pieters Station (vegan sandwich and salad options, take out only)

22. Beiruti

23. Anders 👽(Vietnamese, looks great)

24. Knol & Kool 🌿👽

25. De Mokke 👽 Sint-Amandsberg, vegan option

26. Subs 👽 sandwich shop in Wondelgem with vegan option

27. Tasty World

28. Kim’s Kitchen

29. Domino’s Pizza

30. Ette Ibibio 👽

31. Hot Falafel

32. Le Botaniste 🌿

33. Alberto Comida Cano 🌿👽 (take-away, Gentbrugge).

34. BE O Versbar 🌿

35. Lokaal

36. Horn OK Please

37. Casa di Batavia (take-out only)

38. Bakkerij Frimout (has vegan pastries, take-out only)

39. Panos

Casual Lunch/Dinner on Sunday

1. Café De Loge

2. Otomat (vegan pizza options)

3. Greenway 🌿

4. Anders 👽(Vietnamese, looks great)

5. Amour 👽 (breakfast/brunch buffet with terrace and vegan options. Closes at 2pm on Sunday)

6. De Stokerij (dinner only, vegan on request)

7. Vooruit Café

8. Ette Ibibio

9. Ellis Gourmet Burger (‘vegan’ burger cooked on meat griddle)

Healthy food

Plant-based food is generally healthier than animal-centric food, but these establishments make sure to provide balanced, fibre-rich meals.

1. Mie Vie 🌿

2. Le Botaniste 🌿

3. BE O Versbar 🌿

4. Lokaal

5. Fitchen

6. OYO

Most generous

These restaurants provide great value meals or portions so large that you can probably eat of them twice.

1. Bocca

2. Cosy Green 🌿 (Gentbrugge, Tuesdays, lunch and dinner, take away food truck)

3. Café De Loge

4. Frituur Tartaar

5. Frituur De Papegaai

6. Frituur De Frietketel

Intimate or romantic meal

1. Epiphany’s Kitchen

2. Madonna

3. Amatsu

Large group

1. Otomat

2. Royal India

3. Vooruit Café

4. Multatuli

5. Patrick Foley’s

Food trucks / caterers

No ranking for this list: just go to whichever is available ;)

Yasai 🌿

Plant a pizza 🌿

The Vegan Butcher’s Choice 🌿 (Brussels, visits Ghent)

Cosy Green 🌿 (Gentbrugge, Tuesdays, lunch and dinner, take away food truck)

Gewoon.Anders 🌿👽 (catering, take-away – delivery possible for orders of at least 25 euro if you order the previous day before 2pm)

Catberry 🌿 (cakes and cookies to order)

Vegamuze 🌿

Anders 👽(Vietnamese, looks great, haven’t tried yet)

Alberto Comida Cano 🌿👽 (catering and take-away meals in Gentbrugge).