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Best Hostels with Bars in Ghent

All four of Ghent's top-rated hostels have a bar on site, but only one is built around it: Hostel Uppelink's ground-floor bar opens directly onto the Korenlei canal and pours Belgian-only taps (Gruut, Stropken, Augustijn) at €4 — half what you'll pay 80 metres away on Korenmarkt. Treck Hostel's small bar in Brugse Poort runs the cheapest Gruut in the city. KaBa Hostel and De Draecke have quieter on-site bars that work as wind-down spots after a Patershol dinner. Pick by what kind of bar night you want — canal-view social, neighbourhood quirky, or hostel-quiet.

◉ Ranking · 4 picks

01Hostel Uppelink€35
02KaBa Hostel€32
03Treck Hostel€38
04De Draecke Hostel€33

§ 01 — Traveler's take

“The Ghent hostel-bar choice comes down to scene: canal-view social means Uppelink, alternative-neighbourhood means Treck, quiet wind-down means KaBa or De Draecke. Avoid the Korenmarkt tourist bars (€6 for what costs €4 inside the hostel), and skip Overpoort unless you specifically want a student strip experience — every hostel here has a bar that gets you a Belgian-only menu without walking 15 minutes for a Trappist.”

§ 02 — The ranked list

Our Top 4 Picks

★ 8.93,046 reviews€35/night

Hostel Uppelink

Hostel Uppelink occupies a 16th-century guildhouse on Sint-Michielsplein, directly on the Korenlei canal and 50 metres from Saint Michael's Bridge. Free daily walking tours leave from reception at 11:00, the on-site bar opens onto the canal view, and the upstairs shared kitchen has the most photographed window in any hostel in the country. Location score 9.8/10.

Five-arched canal-view kitchen on the top floor
Free 11:00 daily walking tour from reception
On-site bar with Belgian-only taps and canal terrace
Location score 9.8 — directly on Korenlei canal

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★ 8.51,778 reviews€32/night

KaBa Hostel

KaBa Hostel sits in the medieval core of Ghent, a 5-minute walk from Vrijdagmarkt and Sint-Bavo Cathedral, with a private garden and terrace at the back. Mixed dorms have lockers and a shared kitchen with full appliances; private doubles add a TV and private bathroom. Continental breakfast buffet is available downstairs and the location score is 8.8/10.

Garden and terrace in the medieval centre of Ghent
Full shared kitchen with oven, dishwasher and coffee machine
5-minute walk to Vrijdagmarkt, Belfry and Graslei canal
Location score 8.8 — top-rated area in the city

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★ 8.51,318 reviews€38/night

Treck Hostel

Treck Hostel is the most personality-driven hostel in Ghent — a converted house in the arty Brugse Poort district where you can sleep in a vintage caravan, an indoor camper, or a regular dorm. Live music nights, bike rental, BBQ in the garden, and a buffet breakfast for €5 make it the obvious party-meets-quirky pick. 1.2 mi from the centre but Ghent is bikeable end-to-end.

Sleep in a vintage caravan or indoor camper van
Garden with BBQ, ping-pong and live music nights
€5 buffet breakfast — the cheapest in the city
Bike rental on-site for €10/day

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★ 8.41,683 reviews€33/night

De Draecke Hostel

De Draecke Hostel is the official Hostelling International property in Ghent, set in a converted 17th-century almshouse on the edge of the Patershol restaurant quarter, 7 minutes' walk from Korenlei. All rooms have private en-suite bathrooms — rare at this price point — and breakfast is included with most rates. Couples rate the location 9.5/10.

Private en-suite bathroom in every room
Buffet breakfast included from 7:30
On-site Belgian-tap bar with board games
90 seconds to the Patershol restaurant quarter

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§ 03 — Tips

Tips for Choosing a Hostel with Bar in Ghent

Tip Nº 01

Uppelink's hidden canal-side terrace is behind the bar door marked 'staff' — push through, it's open to guests, and the best €4-Gruut spot in the city.

Tip Nº 02

Treck Hostel's bar pours the cheapest Gruut in town (€3.50). Friday and Saturday in summer the garden has live acoustic sets, no cover, locals welcome.

Tip Nº 03

Walk 5 minutes from any centre hostel to Vrijdagmarkt for the Dulle Griet — they take your shoe as deposit for the Kwak in its iconic stirrup glass. Don't lose the shoe receipt.

Tip Nº 04

Carrefour Express on Vrijdagmarkt sells Trappists at €1.20 — buy 4 there for the price of one Korenmarkt terrace beer if you're stocking the hostel kitchen.

§ 04 — Other vibes