What a lovely stay. Very clean and comfortable room! Loved the bar in the back for drinks and a…read moresnack before going to the rugby game which was a short taxi ride away. Breakfast was delicious and the service was great. The coffee and porridge with fresh berries was perfect on a cold and blustery morning.

The Ivanhoe is a beautiful bright restaurant decorated in mellow shades of grey and white. There…read moreare comfortable chairs and tables plus service was flawless on my visit today, Saturday 2 July 2016. I was with three friends and we ordered lunch, desserts, tea and coffee. The whole party thoroughly enjoyed their food. I had a vegetarian salad with a side of garlic chips. For afters Banoffee Cheesecake and a pot of traditional tea. Food was fresh, filling, delicious and in generous portion sizes. My only small criticism being that the salad dressing could have had more flavour as it was very mild in taste. We noticed two fabulous outside seated areas which would be lovely to lounge at on sunny days. A really delightful restaurant with an old-style bar adjoining it. I am looking forward to many return visits. Would recommend to all.

I love this place. Nice cosy but spacious bar with a nice old charm. It's comfy and I always get a…read moregood seat. Big open fire for the winter with big sofas stuck right in front of it. Location wise it's a hidden gem slap bang in the middle of a quiet residential area. Every time that I've eaten here the food has always been excellent. Service has always been great. Best to pre book, we walked in on a Friday evening to an empty dining room and were advised that almost all tables had been booked, how quickly it filled up was unbelievable. Please don't ever change Beechhill Inn

I really like the Beechill Inn - there's no doubt its slightly dated in decor and architecture but…read moreit's still a nice bar and restaurant. Plus there's something charming in its old fashioned interior. Cosy, relaxed and laid back this Inn has a lovely open fire for the winter months and outside seating for summer time. Serves good, tasty pub grub type food also. Location is a little out of the way - but that just adds to the charm. Looking forward to returning for some food and beverages.

This would probably be my favourite bar in Belfast. I'm not quite the party animal I used to be…read moreback in the olden days, but I do like a night out from time to time, and Katy's is right up our street in terms of the crowd that go there, the music they play, and the general ambiance. They are in a handy city centre position and can be easily reached from anywhere in the city centre. If you're not drinking, there is parking right out the front (if you get there early enough!) if not there are plenty of side streets too! For weekend visiting, be sure to get there before 7-ish, or you may find that you won't get a seat, although it does calm down later on in the night when the Limelight opens and some of the patrons move next door to the club. I must make a point of going back to Katy's soon, it's been too long!

I have travelled a fair bit in my time. Unkind people tend to put it as I've been around a bit, but…read moreI prefer to think of it as romantic wanderlust. Anyway, apart from the wonderful Public Bar in Melbourne, and possibly Dubliners in Tokyo (actually no, their Guinness is questionable and their 'soda bread' is in fact wheaten), Katy Daly's is my all time favourite bar in the world. This says quite a lot if, like me, you fled screaming from these shores at the first possible opportunity and spent several years abroad. But I've come to realise on my frequent returns, to sign on, that Belfast is actually quite a cool wee city. And Katy Daly's is one of the main experiences for me that encompasses that vibe. Imagine my shame and horror last year in Australia when one of the lead items on the news was the spides in the Village burning the Roma population out of the area. And when any July overseas the pictures beamed in from Belfast are of riots, bottle-throwing spides and triumphalist sweaty-faced Orangemen doing their damnedest to make sure no-one can get down the Lisburn Road. 'Belfast isn't like that!' I'd wail to anyone who'd listen, and plenty who wouldn't. 'Look at Katy's for example!' A rock bar with great music both live and on the jukebox, an unpretentious and friendly crowd, the best pub quiz I've ever been to (yes, even better than Melbourne's), friendly staff who remember your usual (ahem), and good food at good prices, makes Katy's a must visit for any tourist who thinks Belfast is all burning buses and bodhráns. Oh, and most unusually, and welcome, for an average city bar - the ladies are normally outnumbered by the men. Most of whom are of an alternative ilk and not decked out in Ben Sherman and Timberlands, and therefore are generally gentlemanly instead of trying to cop a quick grope as you go past them on the way to the loos (Bot, I'm looking at you). Many of them are long-haired and tattooed to boot. Yummies. In fact, I'm sitting in Katy's right now writing this. Goddesses bless mobile broadband.

Food was delicious and we were able to watch a game at the same time. Cocktails we tried included…read moreFrench martini (yum), dark & stormy, margarita and of course a Guinness. We tried a variety of items: pie special (chicken and mushroom in a peppercorn sauce), Cajun chicken special, chicken stack and fish and chips. All were delicious and the service was solid. Location is great and the people are friendly. Parking was a little tight but that's all of Ireland IMO. Would definitely recommend We also tried the apple cinnamon crumble and it was wonderful

Brilliant local pub; staff was amazing (they helped us borrow the phone to solve airport issues),…read morethey made beer recommendations, and were all around just pleasant to interact with. Parking was pretty easy, there are loads of street parking spots on side streets; lots of tables inside, outside, and a back restaurant area off the bar. We chose to sit in the bar area, viewing their massive tap list, with loads of local craft brews (complete with Untapped check-ins). We ordered the Potato, leek, sausage platter and the Chicken Burger with sweet potato fries. The mashed potatoes had a great pop of flavor, the Yorkshire pudding was fluffy not soggy, and the sausages melted in my mouth. The Chicken Burger had a unique flavor spice profile, with wonderfully crisp sweet potato fries. We also ate some sticky toffee pudding for dessert, that had a warm buttery goodness to it. I definitely recommend stopping by for food!

This is one of the pubs we would often frequent as students as the pints are good and the…read moreatmosphere really cool and chilled out. It also helped that we could literally roll out the door and away home to Rugby Avenue! Happy Days! There's always plenty of craic here in the evenings and the bar is great at weekends too. I love it for a bit of daytime pintage and it's often full of students just hanging out between classes of at the end of the day! Great wee pub!

Situated on the prominent Ormeau Road, you would think that the Rose And Crown pub could not be…read moreoverlooked, but you would be wrong. Unfortunately for the Rose and Crown it is positioned right beside the ever popular Hatfield Bar. This I am sure is a relief to the locals who frequent the pub but maybe not so much for the takings of the Rose and Crown in comparison with their rivals next door. Yet, this pub has much to offer those who fancy either a quiet drink by themselves or with a group. Positives come in the fact that you won't have to queue for a drink and when you do get it you won't have to worry about someone bumping into your pint and spilling any precious drop! As well as this, the pub's location means that when it's kicking out time, there are a range of eateries waiting for your custom, how tempting!

A few years back we got to to here as the Belfast telegraph had a promotion on and even though its…read morea fair distance from Belfast we thought we'd take a gamble on it, definitely worth the drive as the food and atmosphere were above expectations with being in the winter and the open fire lit, really nice and cosy. The tables by the entrance are the best but don't be fooled by the small appearance its like Dr who's tardis as the space through the next set of doors there's a massive room for dining or dancing. You have to park in a car park on the opposite side of the road which is a bit inconvenient but its just added character and the food was nice too. We'd love to go back sometime soon .

Found Saltwater Brig by pure chance on a filthy dark winter night while on holiday from Scotland…read more But what a welcome inside! The staff were so friendly and helpful with my disabled Wife. As for the food, we have eaten in a lot of places in a number of countries but this was as good as anything we have come acrooss. And the finishing touch was dining beside the huge log fire on a freezing winter night. It was so good that we went back another couple of times during our week's stay. We are going ti Ireland again shortly on holiday and Saltwater Brig will be our number one priority for another visit. We were back in Ireland for another holiday in November. The Saltwater Brig was top of our agenda for a return visit.......and we weren't disappointed. Once again everything about it was superb - the beautiful location beside Strangford Lough, the cosy surroundings and the welcoming staff (especially Olive who is the friendliest waitress you could meet). Then there is the food. The extensive menu is fantastic and we cannot speak highly enough of its quality, and all very reasonably priced. If you enjoy "a taste of Ulster" put The Saltwater Brig on your MUST VISIT list. We guarantee you will love it.