Le Pain Quotidien — Restaurant in Ghent

Location and Ambience: Le Pain Quotidien is located in a beautiful historical building in the heart of Ghent, on Korenmarkt. The exterior of the restaurant has a special charm that immediately catches the eye of passersby. The interior perfectly complements the historic facade – the space is spacious, bright, and pleasantly decorated. Upon entering, you are greeted by a corner where you can buy fresh bread and pastries, creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Offerings and Menu: The restaurant features an open kitchen where you can watch the preparation of the dishes, adding an extra touch of authenticity and freshness to the experience. The menu offers dishes made from fresh and healthy ingredients, which is a great advantage for those who value quality and balanced nutrition. I especially recommend the avocado toast with sunny-side-up eggs, which is full of fresh flavors and beautifully balanced. The latte macchiato is also of excellent quality, with a creamy texture and rich taste.

Staff: The staff at Le Pain Quotidien is friendly and helpful. They are happy to assist with choosing dishes and answer any questions. They also speak English, which is very convenient for international guests who want to enjoy the culinary offerings without language barriers.

Conclusion: Le Pain Quotidien on Korenmarkt is more than just a regular restaurant – it’s a place where history and contemporary cuisine come together. With its idyllic location, pleasant atmosphere, delicious and freshly prepared dishes, and friendly staff, it is the perfect spot for breakfast, lunch, or just a quick snack in the heart of Ghent. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone who appreciates quality food in a pleasant and...

For those looking for a relatively quick and healthy place for lunch in the Historic Centre of Ghent, there is a Le Pain Quotidien (LPQ) at the historic Post Plaza building on Korenmarkt.

LPQ is a Belgian boulangerie & cafe which branches throughout Belgium as well as Europe and further abroad. Their branch here is open from 7am to 7pm daily (8-6pm on Sundays).

We had lunch here during a recent day trip to Ghent from Bruges. Found the restaurant rather full around noon. There is a lot of seating space at this LPQ but we still had to wait around 10 minutes to be seated. Once seated, service was rather quick.

Menus are in Dutch/English/French and mostly the same as what you will find at all LPQ. For lunch we ordered a Thai Quinoa and Sorghum salad and the daily pumpkin soup with corriandar. Salad ingredients were fresh and tasted very good - as expected. The soup was a bit bland, could have used some cumin or something else to liven up the bowl.

Overall, this was a predictably good lunch, reasonably priced and served relatively quickly allowing us to get back out to enjoy our sightseeing...

It was a joke... I'm not really a picky or small minded in general but:

we ordered 2 "Le quotidien breakfast" and it consisted of mainly bread and a croissant with only 1(!) tiny bit of butter and 1(!) little marmelade cup and 1(!) little chocolate cream cup ...for both of us and all the dry bread. We also had an egg to it, for an extra of 2,50 without any salt. Taste of the egg was fine though.

Besides we ordered some cheese extra, because as mentioned above for the bread there was hardly anything to put on. So we were asked, if we wanted "only cheese and no ham?" ...exactly, only cheese for us. Except the fact that the cheese wasn't delivered for a long time and we had to ask for it twice (happens, no problem), we were charged 6€ for 4 little slices of Gouda cheese and no variants or anything... as we payed our bill we saw, that this 6€ would've been the full price for a plate of ham & cheese. So we payed the full price for half the content and weren't even asked if we wanted anything else in exchange for the unwanted ham.

Full joke... quality ok but nothing special. Not...