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Local restaurants in Dendermonde, Belgium

// where locals actually eat — updated September 2026

1 vetted neighbourhood spot in Dendermonde, Belgium — Belgian Brasserie, found through local word of mouth rather than a marketing budget. Brasserie De Schelde currently leads the Dendermonde list at 4.4 (Belgian Brasserie). Every one of them is below.

1. 1★4.4

   Belgian Brasserie

   Brasserie De Schelde

   Dendermonde grew up where the Dender meets the Scheldt, and Brasserie De Schelde takes its name and its terrace from the larger of the two rivers. Belgian brasserie cooking is a robust tradition — beef braised in beer, mashed vegetable stoemp, mussels when the season allows — served at around €17 a main, which in this part of East Flanders buys a full plate rather than a modest one. The outdoor tables are the summer draw, on a stretch of water that most people passing through the region never see. Central, generous and firmly Flemish, on the Keizerlijk Plein in the middle of town.

   Terrace: There is outdoor seating for warmer days.

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