Restaurant in Ghent, Belgium
Canal-Side Casual Pizza

Eat Love Pizza on Ajuinlei is a solid, low-commitment lunch option in central Ghent — easy to book, easy to walk into, and well-positioned for a midday stop near the waterfront. For a special-occasion dinner, Ghent's broader restaurant scene offers stronger documented options. Best treated as a practical daytime choice rather than a destination meal.
Without published pricing on record, it's hard to anchor a per-head expectation here — but pizza in Ghent's casual dining bracket typically runs €10–18 per person for a main, putting Eat Love Pizza in the accessible-to-mid range that makes it a low-risk lunchtime call. If you're deciding between a sit-down pizza lunch near the Ajuinlei and something more ambitious, the question isn't budget — it's what you want the meal to do for you.
Eat Love Pizza sits at Ajuinlei 10, a central Ghent address within walking reach of the Graslei waterfront and the city's main cultural drag. That positioning matters for how you use it: this is the kind of spot that makes sense as a lunch stop between sightseeing rather than a destination dinner on a special occasion. The name signals intent clearly , this is a focused, single-category operation , and in a city with a genuinely strong casual dining scene, that focus is either a strength or a limitation depending on what you're after.
For a midday meal, Eat Love Pizza earns its place. The Ajuinlei location pulls foot traffic from tourists and locals alike during daytime hours, and a pizza-led menu is well-matched to the pace of a Ghent lunch: no lengthy tasting formats, no wine list anxiety, no dress code pressure. If you're spending an afternoon exploring the city before dinner at somewhere like Arbane or Astro Boy, a pizza lunch here is a sensible, low-commitment choice.
For a dinner booking framed around a special occasion, the calculus shifts. Without confirmed evening hours, awards recognition, or a documented tasting format, it's difficult to recommend Eat Love Pizza as a standalone destination dinner for a celebration or date night. Ghent has enough strong evening options , from Beiruti for something with more character to BABÚ for a more considered experience , that the opportunity cost of a pizza dinner here is real. Book it for lunch; use dinner elsewhere.
The name and address suggest a casual, neighbourhood-facing room rather than a destination space. Ajuinlei runs along the Leie river, which gives the surrounding area a relaxed, open feel , useful context if you're thinking about energy level. A pizza spot in this location is likely to run at moderate noise during peak lunch hours and quieter in the evening, though without confirmed sensory data this is contextual inference, not a firsthand report. If atmosphere is the deciding factor for your occasion, venues with a stronger documented dining room presence , such as BIJ DEN WIJZEN EN DEN ZOT , may be a safer bet.
Booking difficulty here is rated Easy, which means walk-ins are likely viable, especially at lunch. No confirmed phone number or website is on record, so your leading route is to check Google Maps for current hours before visiting. The Ajuinlei address is direct to reach on foot from Ghent's city centre. For wider context on where to eat and stay in the city, see our full Ghent restaurants guide, our full Ghent hotels guide, and our full Ghent bars guide. If you're planning a broader East Flanders trip, Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem and Boury in Roeselare represent the regional high end if you want to contrast registers. For Belgium's broader fine dining picture, Bozar Restaurant in Brussels and Zilte in Antwerp set the benchmark. Internationally, Le Bernardin in New York City and Lazy Bear in San Francisco show what a fully documented, award-anchored venue portrait looks like at the other end of the data spectrum. Also worth bookmarking: Willem Hiele in Oudenburg, d'Eugénie à Emilie in Baudour, and the Ghent experiences guide and Ghent wineries guide for trip planning depth.
Eat Love Pizza is a reasonable lunch option in a well-placed Ghent location. It is not the right call for a special-occasion dinner where experience quality needs to be guaranteed in advance. Walk in for lunch, verify hours before you go, and save your evening reservation for a venue with more documented substance.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
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| Boon | — | ||
| Ce's Arts | — | ||
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| Epiphany’s Kitchen | — | ||
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