Gastronomic Walking Tour of Ghent: Explore Belgian Food Specialties with Local Guide

Indulge in a gastronomic adventure through Ghent on a free food tour. Sample Belgian chocolate, waffles, fries, and beer while learning about their rich history from a knowledgeable local guide.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Frituur Tartaar - The journey begins at Hostel Upperlink with a brief introduction to the local food culture, followed by a sampling of the finest fries in town at Frituur Tartaar. After hearing the guide’s story about the fries, you’ll never refer to them as French fries again!
  • OOOST - The next destination is Ooost, the regional hub for…
What's Included
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Chocolate, waffles, fries, beer… Belgian food is a real treat! Enjoy the delicious tastes of Belgium on this free food tour, where an expert local guide will take you around Ghent to try local specialties and tell you the story behind their taste. The numerous samples are included and the tour is tip-based, so don’t forget to bring cash to reward the guide if you enjoyed it!

Location
Hostel Uppelink
Sint-Michielsplein
The tour starts in front of Hostel Uppelink, Sint-Michielsplein 21, 9000 Gent. Look out for the red umbrella!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Theonlyturreima
Oct 30, 2025
Tasty! - Well worth doing! Would recommend doing if you want a sample of the staples of Belgian cuisine. Ksenia was a great guide!
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39maartenr
Oct 22, 2025
Fun!! - This is a fun way to experience Ghent, to return later to the beautiful little shops. Kseniia was a very nice and enthusiastic tourguide with surprise extra tastings. She told a lot of fun facts. about Thank you Kseniia!
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Aureliab464
Oct 22, 2025
Top - Nice visit with explanations on typical culinary specialties. Waffles, fries, mustard, chocolate...
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Wrightsagek
Oct 21, 2025
A tour to enjoy! - Fantastic tour start to finish. A lovely host, Marianne, was passionate and excited about showing up around and telling us about the yummy foods we got to try! A tip based tour so remember to bring cash to support the volunteer guides. :) Definitely one to enjoy while you are in a gorgeous part of Belgium. Thank you Marianne!
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H5558lqstevenc
Oct 18, 2025
Wonderful Food Tour in Ghent - We had an amazing experience! Our tour guide Hamraz was also very kind and informative! She also went above and beyond and gave us travel recommendations for her home country of Iran as well as Ghent and Bruges.
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Travel53169150841
Oct 18, 2025
Very nice gastronomic visit! - Great tour, very interesting! If you’re lucky enough to have Hamraz as your guide, it’s a good time! Lots of interesting information about local food and culture. I recommend!
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Alexat836
Oct 14, 2025
Recommended - Mariann was a great tour guide. She told the culinary history of Ghent in an interesting and humorous way. The culinary appetizers were also very delicious. Definitely recommended!
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69jantjeb
Oct 10, 2025
Interesting and fun - It was a very nice tour. Marianne has given nice information. We now know where to get the goodies. Thank you! Greetings Corrie, Alexander, Fokke, Jantje
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769evelinei
Oct 13, 2025
Good way to get to know the city - Finely arranged, just a pity that it is not mentioned that a tip for the guide is actually a must and for Euro 10 p.p.
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Jos
Oct 14, 2025
Too bad it couldn't go ahead, have done the tour ourselves, we did get coupons so still tasted it - The tour was cancelled at the last minute because there had to be at least 6 participants, we were there with 8 people. Through the app we were informed that the guide had had an accident along the way, so the tour could not take place. Typically 2 conflicting messages about this so
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From $3
up to 6 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).