Ghent and Namur Restaurants

The Soup Lounge is great for lunch, budget and kid friendly. I wouldn't say it is necessarily.especially Belgian but good homemade soups. I saw lots of families with kids when I was there.

The Bridge restaurant is frequently recommended on this site and in guidebooks. I thought it was quite good. I think it would fine with kids, especially the outdoor seating.

Both of the above are in Ghent.

I live in Ghent. Brasserie Bridge, as mentioned above has the best mussels in Belgium. Cafe Rene (corner of Gebroeders Vandeveldestraat and Ajuinlei) has very well-prepared traditional food, and also Brasserie Ha (Kouter). These three restaurants are not cheap-food is quite a bit more expensive in Belgium-but they are very good. Remember that tap water is not free. You must purchase it. However beer and wine are much cheaper than in US.

Cheaper are Soup/sandwich places, and pasta restaurants.

Hi CD and Kathy,

Thank you very much for the advice.