Excelsior
This restaurant is named after the brewery of the owners grandfather. When the weather allows it, they serve dinner in the lovely city garden. The interior is cozy in red colors and dark paneling. On Sunday you can let the chef decide what you eat, he serves a 3 course dinner, 2 glasses of wine and coffee for 32 Euro.
Hoogpoort 29, tel.: +32/(0)9/234.24.02
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Amadeus
The menu is limited and written down on boards and mirrors.
The most common to order here are the spareribs (a volonte = until you have had enough). Everywhere you look there are red painted bookshelves filled with books. A really nice place to eat! You drink your wine from the big (1,5 liter) bottle that is on your table. At the end of your meal a simple 'measure-procedure' determines the cost of the wine you consumed. It's a popular place among the locals. A cheap place to eat.
Plotersgracht 8-10 (Patershol), tel.: +32/(0)9/225.13.85
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Waterhuis aan de bierkant
They serve more than 150 kinds of beer. Inside it's dark and cozy...just the way an old pub has to be like. There is also a nice terrace along side the river Leie. They are open till late.
Groentenmarkt 9, tel.: +32/(0)9/255.06.80 http://www.waterhuisaandebierkant.be/