Ghent
The residential boutique-bar quarter west of the centre. Wine bars, neighbourhood pubs, and a thirty-something local crowd. Save this neighbourhood guide before your next night in Ghent.
Korenmarkt · $$$
Ghent's most awarded cocktail bar.
Patershol · $$
Heritage Belgian-beer pub.
Patershol · $$
Tiny hidden jazz cellar with a long bar.
Old City · $$
Pop-art-themed cocktail bar with a serious back bar and a young engaged crowd.
You'll find Cocktail Bars, Date Night, Hidden Gems and Rooftop Bars here, all tightly clustered enough to walk between in a single evening. That's the value of a neighbourhood guide: pick a starting room, end up four bars in, and never get in a cab. Every recommendation below is independent — barsforKings doesn't take payment for editorial placement, ever.
The order below is a working ranking, not gospel. Read the notes, pick the room that fits the night you're planning, and treat Prinsenhof like locals do — start early, walk between rooms, end somewhere quieter than you started.
A working editorial ranking. Walkable in a single evening — pick your starting room and let the neighbourhood do the rest.