Ghent Food & Drink Tasting Tour with Local Specialties

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Ghent, Belgium

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2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Snacks

Min. 10 tasters, sweet & savory
Alcoholic Beverages

Local beer & jenever (2 tasters)
Local entertaining guide
All Fees and Taxes

Bottled water

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Saint Michael's Church
Sint-Michielsplein 4, 9000 Gent, Belgium
At the entrance

End point

Ghent City Hall
Botermarkt 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Operating hours
.2:30 pm

Itinerary

Ghent

2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.8

based on 44 reviews

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Great value. Learned...

Tiina_H, Mar 2026

Great value. Learned about the city from a local while tasting and drinking many local items. Found a few gems I would not have experienced otherwise. Debbie was amazing!!

Response from Host, Mar 2026

Hey Tiina, thanks a lot for the great review! Kind regards from Ghent

Nice tour

Martijn_V, Aug 2025

Nice tour, fun things. Just to bad it was in englisch. Nice guide, that told a bit of general facts.

Response from Host, Aug 2025

Thanks for the great review! Our Public Tours are in English, that's true. But all of our guides speak Dutch as well, as we only work with true locals :-)

Underwhelming and plan to leave hungry.

Anonymous, May 2025

Well-enough organised and decent content, but a little underwhelming and the only food tour we've ever done where we were hungry at the end!

Response from Host, May 2025

Thank you for your feedback. You're right—the Tasting Tour starting at 14:30 is not a traditional Food Tour, and we don’t advertise it as such. Rather than serving full meals, our focus is on offering a carefully curated selection of high-quality local snacks—both savory and sweet— and authentic Ghentian drinks. Along the way, we also share fun facts, historical insights, and hidden gems of the city, all delivered by a passionate local guide. During your tour, you sampled 12 different tastings, including creations from a chocolatier that got awarded by Gault Millau,, a broccoli beignet with tartare sauce, a potato waffle with pickles, a handmade cheese croquette, a local cookie, three traditional candies, a shot of jenever (our local spirit), and a beer at Ghent’s oldest bar. We’re sorry to hear the tour didn’t meet your expectations, but we hope you still enjoyed discovering the flavors and stories of our city. Kind regards, Nick Charlie Tours

Great food tour through Ghent

Nicole_L, Apr 2025

Has a great tour of the city while trying different foods. Tom was a great tour guide! Consider taking out the candy stop (already done during the chocolate tour) and add one more food.

Response from Host, Apr 2025

Thanks a lot for the review! :-)

Not a food tour

Monica_J, Oct 2024

Ghent itself is beautiful and the tour guide was extremely knowledgeable about its history. But this was not a food tour. It was a history walking tour. Over the course of 3.5 hours, we had 1 prosciutto sample, 1 croquette, 1 marzapan candy, 1 Ghent local candy, 3 candy samples from the oldest candy store, we STOPPED at a chocolate store, and then had 3 chocolate tastings from a different chocolate tour. Unfortunately to me, candy isn't food and I was famished. I deliberately didn't eat beforehand assuming I would eat food during the tour, and was left disappointed. Again, the tour guide was professional and the city is beautiful. So if you're more interested in history over eating, then this is the tour for you.

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Hey there! On your tour you tasted: 1) plenty savory snacks like local croquettes at a trendy place named Chapeluur, beignets, mustard, pickles, dried Ganda ham & local cheeses. 2) 3 x different typical drinks from Ghent: beer (Gulden Draak) in the oldest bar in town (13th century), local apple jenever & a shot of Roomer (based on white wine & elderflower). 3) The different chocolates that you tasted where from the Gault Millau rewarded chocolatier Vandenbouhede. The local candy was enjoyed in one of the oldest candy shops in the world (17th century building), runned by the same family since 1904. The ‘snowballs’ were sampled on a unique location as well. If you were looking for a huge quantity of (fast) food, without having to walk & experiencing the beautiful city centre, the history, the fun facts & the local culture, I can understand this was not your Tour, as we prefer quality above quantity. Glad to read that you loved the knowledgable guide, the stories & the city though. Kind regards from Ghent :-)

Excellent trip so worth it !

Kelli_B, Jul 2024

Had a fantastic time on the tour and Lemme was knowledgable and kept things very fun and interesting Thanks for a brilliant experience !!

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Thank's for the feedback! Much appreciated :-)

Yummy and fun

Jan_B, Jun 2024

Yummy! The tour was a good mix of historical tidbits, very tasty snacks and nice vibe. Iris was a charming guide As a bonus, there was always a vegetarian option if so inclined.

Response from Host, Jun 2024

Thanks youuuu 🙏

Nicely done tour

Jonathan_H, Sep 2023

Excellent tour with a very knowledgeable guide in a very interesting city. Lots of good stories to tell and some good nibbles all the way around. A great way to pass a couple of hours

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thanks for the great review of our Tasting Tour!

Enjoyed Ghent, the stories about Ghent and the delicacies from Ghent!

Jarne_S, Feb 2026

Enjoyed the tour of Ghent, which was told in an interesting way by Tom (in the hat). With his enthusiasm he took us all the way inside the stories about Ghent’s past. The tasters were also delicious!

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