Belga Queen

Concept by Antoine Pinto
Antoine Pinto's desire to create getaway spaces which offer a gastronomic trip throughout Belgium is the foundation of the Belga Queen brasserie adventure.

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  • Belga Queen-ly yours

    Antoine Pinto's desire to create getaway spaces which offer a gastronomic trip throughout Belgium is the foundation of the Belga Queen brasserie adventure.

    In a building dating from the 13th century (previously housing a grainstorage house, named Spijker of Korenstapelhuis) Antoine Pinto created an establishment breaking away from the traditional brasserie, elbow-to-elbow style. Contemporary architecture and gastronomy meet each other in an amazing way.

    At Belga Queen the Belgian cuisine is adapted to today's taste, lightened and given a very national touch through the addition of beer to numerous dishes.

    Original, high-quality products are chosen with care from Belgian artisans who still have respect for the soil.

    The wines come from Belgian producers and the Ponti coffee is from a selection of 'pure Arabica' coffee beans from various continents and roasted locally.

    All these characteristics make the brasserie Belga Queen the ambassador of "made in Belgium".

    A brasserie where, either for a business dinner or for a meal shared with friends and family, all your senses are stimulated: taste, touch, hearing, sight and smell.

  • Antoine Pinto

    Antoine Pinto

    As a 17 year old UN refugee and son to Portuguese parents, Antoine Pinto arrives in Belgium. He enters the 'Académie des Beaux-Arts' to study architectural interior design and finances his education by cooking in several restaurants. .In 1976 he opens his first restaurant in two small working class houses which he connects by a glass wall.
     
    In 1980 the Besser Guide, the German equivalent of the Gault & Millau Guide, proclaims Antoine Pinto one of Central Europe's hundred best chefs.

    He seduces gourmets with his haute cuisine, but he remains nevertheless a diplomed artist in heart and soul. 25 years later he is called the expert in Horeca interior design.

    The challenge for Antoine Pinto consists of rejuvenating locations with existing space, history and unique characterstics in his own typical way.

     

  • Restaurant

    Restaurant
    Antoine Pinto has given the superb Hôtel de la Poste with its entrance hall and late 19th century stained-glass windows, a complete new lease of life.
    The metamorphosis the building has undergone - from an old grain-storagehouse to a multifunctional complex housing a restaurant, an extraordinary terrace, an oyster bar, a beer- and lounge bar  - reveals clearly his respect for the original space and volumes.  Every one of the 4 floors, accessible by elevator, reveals something new intimate dining corners with club chairs, guest tables, an open kitchen, tables with an amazing view over the canal (historicly an important european harbour), ...
    At Belga Queen, all products used in the creation of the stunning dishes are of the highest quality and come exclusively from Belgian sources. Pinto swears by Belgian ingredients, Belgian dishes, Belgian beers and, maybe more surprisingly, Belgian wines.
    Pinto uses his very personal definition: his brasserie style cuisine is above all a cuisine of top quality ingredients, served without perversion or showing off, but always in search of originality. And even more so, an original surrounding that breaks with the classic image of the stereotype French brasserie.
    The menu of the restaurant reflects 39 years of experience of the host.

  • Terrace/Oysterbar

    Terrace/Oysterbar
    Belga Queen's terrace at the Graslei is a unique place and has often been selected as one of Belgium's best terracces.

    It offers place for 50 persons. Whole year through you can enjoy nice cocktails and great food in these magical surroundings which have become the meeting place for people who live in Ghent, students,...

    On this terrace our Ecailler proposes daily fresh seafood such a wide range of oysters, lobster, crab, crustaceans, and other fine sea-food.

  • Bar

    Bar
    With more than five hundred different beers, among them the only real trappist beers and an annual production of more than ten million hectolitres, beer is part of Belgium’s national heritage.

    Therefore, it’s completely natural that beer occupies a place of honour in the bar where it can be regarded as the champagne of the grains.
    Seven quality beers on draught as well as around thirty regional top-quality bottled beers are offered.

    Take the time to taste them, sitting comfortably in leather armchairs or at the bar. The bartender will be more than happy to explain the menu offering a large selection of the finest alcohols and cocktails.

    The beer bar is open continuously as of 12:00pm.

  • Lounge

    Lounge
    After dining, don’t hesitate to climb the staircase towards the Lounge-bar which is housed on the 4th floor of the building under an original woodstructured roof. Here, an ambiance of savannah colors from the Belgian Congo has been recreated.

    Apart from the décor, particular care has been taken in bringing to the guests a selection of cocktails and spirits. 

    On this floor we can also welcome groups for dining up to 55 persons, private parties, product presentations, etc.

    Thursday / Friday and Saturday Resident DJ @ 9 pm.

    The LOUNGE is open from Monday through Saturday as of 19:00 pm.

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Le Consul de Bordeaux

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Belga Queen Ghent
Stapelhuis NV
Graslei 10
9000 Ghent
VAT BE0479 729 237
RPR Gent
Phone: +32 (0)9 280 01 00
Fax: +32 (0)9 235 25 95
info.gent@belgaqueen.be
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Opened daily from 12pm to 2:30pm and from 18:30 pm to 23:00 (Friday - Saturday till 24:00).
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