What an amazing and welcoming little pub! We were there during the off season for this seaside town but the bartender Alex was so wonderfully welcoming, telling us stories about his childhood and giving us excellent recommendations for our upcoming trip to Derry. They didn't have cream for Irish coffee so he very nicely made my mom a sweet whiskey hot toddy that she loved just as much! Cozy, atmosphere, great people, only regret is we were only in town for an hour! Spend your time here read more

Very noisy spot! Neither of us loved our food. Good but not great. I had the salmon w/ garlic butter sauce. A bit dry. My husband had the chicken goujons which were like chicken fingers. Not remarkable. All sides cost extra. Service was good. Almost too much! Atmosphere is lovely,a bit too loud for conversations. Lots of very young looking teens. read more

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Stellar service!! I mean, I don't know if it was intentional but it felt like a floating service. We had plenty of waitstaff the kept our drinks full and made sure our orders came out hot! Garlic bread is incredible though the "aioli" tasted like it was just mayo but the bread didn't need it at all. Goujons were good but the bbq sauce didn't taste bbq at all. The pepper sauce was nice though. Star here was the rotisserie chicken: fall off the bone and cooked perfectly. Again though, sauce was mid. Nothing on this menu needs a sauce (except Goujons) but they all come with them! Dishes def stand alone. All that said, the device made the meal! read more

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A great place for a chill glass of wine or Guinness while watching sports. I was told by one of the British Open parking attendants to come here to get a drink. I walked up the hill and there it was. Lot of people standing outside on the patio but no seats. I went in to the small bar on the lower level and a very friendly male bartender waited on me. I wandered upstairs to the second level where it was a huge space and had plenty of big screen TVs for the golf. I found the place to be very comfortable and great views of the water. The young guy at the second level bar was nice but a bit of an airhead (the drink was £11 and I handed him £20, he stood waiting for more money and ummmmmmm didn't I give you a 20? He seemed clueless about the money) We had a laugh but prob a good idea to know what the local money looks like! The top level of this place was an amazing view but it was Sunday afternoon and the bar was not open. Has more of a night feel. It's a fantastic building and I enjoyed my visit. read more

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Fantastic bar. Golf fan? This is the place for you. The entire bar is a shrine to the greatest Irish golfers. Great fun with live music the night we visited. read more

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A great little bistro, try to make a reservation or get there as close to 5 as possible. We went both nights we stayed in Portrush. Items ordered: Kings fish pie Fish and chips Pear and blue cheese salad Creamed spinach Steak Seafood thermador Seasonal grilled breads Champ Mash We had zero complaints and took 8 desserts to go, all of which were fantastic, our favorite being the bannoffee cake. Serving sizes were great and food quality was exceptional. read more

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Amazing food! Rotisserie chicken had me wanting to order a second helping but I could not have possibly done that with the plentiful portions. Delicious! Got to meet the famous Willie, actually outside on the street as we looked lost and he helped us right to our table. What a charming character! He wasn't even working that night but spent some time getting to know us (and us, him!). He and the rest of our waitstaff were just lovely in taking great care of our party of 7! What a wonderful restaurant to visit in Portrush, for the food, friendly folk and the experience! Highly recommend! read more

Friendly Pub atmosphere. Locals are happy to meet you. Local craft IPA's. Good food, prepared to order. Busy restaurant, service a bit slow, all in all a great place for a pint and food. read more

We ate at 2 Ramore restaurants while visiting Portrush. The food was good at both but don't expect any help with menu details from the wait staff. There is a serious language problem and they do not know about the menu items nor care that they don't. Fortunately the food turned out to be good. read more

Harbour Bar and Bistro has provided our favorite food while exploring Ireland and Northern Ireland. The service was amazing and we couldn't get over how tasty the food was. We would 100% come back. read more

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Good food in a lively space. Food was good. The ribeye was on the thin side so it was slightly over cooked. The battered cod was very good. The star of the meal was the Banofee Pie! Wow! The desserts are made in-house for all of the Ramore restaurants and really should be missed. read more

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Food and service were great! We walked from our hotel. The bar was packed but the restaurant was able to take us no problem. The whole experience was grand! read more

The service is impeccable and the Seafood Thermidor was incredible. We wish we lived nearby so we can return again and again.

Very busy place, but service was efficient. Try the champ!!! All 4 of us were happy with our dishes, but for me after one of their amazing French martinis I'm not sure how reliable my tastebuds were. Burger piled with skinny onion rings was great. Others had curry, salmon, and again due to the martini I can't remember the 4th dish! read more

Just walked in and sat at the bar for over 12 minutes. Nobody said hi or even aknowledged us. The reason for this review is they actually greeted another couple that just walked up and poured their drinks. We already been there for quite awhile. We had menus. Pushed them in front and I tried to get someone's attention and they wouldn't even look at us. I told the host and he just said "sorry folks". 4 different people were behind the bar. Go to the tourist instead. Same company but they actually took our order and greeted us in less than 2 minutes. read more

The food here is so good we came back two nights in a row! It's packed, but you can go upstairs to the gin bar to wait for your table. Everything we tried here--prawns, steak, pasta, salmon--was delicious. The desserts were also great! Just writing this review makes me want to go back. read more

Perfect end to our day. Great little bistro with great food and great portions. (Maybe too much for my girl!) Although they were out of the rib eye, they replaced it with a T-bone. It was a solid steak. Crispy onions on top and a great creamy peppercorn sauce along side. My favorite was the creamed spinach! Get it! My girl had the sea bass with garlic butter and it too was great. Service was nice and the food came out so fast! (We weren't ready for it) Really enjoyed this place! read more

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Nice place on the waterfront. Rather busy, but they let us enjoy our food and drinks at the bar. Both meat and fish were delicious.

Another jewel in the Ramore crown, the Harbour Bar is the biggest venue in this little group as it extends over two floors. Downstairs is the bistro which continues the Ramore tradition of superb food and upstairs is the bar, which is open every night and has music and live bands at the weekend. I love the bar for a pre dinner drink, but find it too busy and noisy later on unless I'm out for a big night out. Oh, I almost forgot the snug bar at the front of the bistro which is a tourist attraction in itself. It's a really traditional Irish bar, all original tiled floors and wooden stools with an open fire, even in the summer! The bar consists of lots of jam packed little wooden shelves which still manage to stock every drink you can think of. On a sunny day you can take your drink out to the benches outside and people watch beside the harbour. The food in the bistro is fabulous - lots of chicken, grilled meats and fish, all in fabulous sauces like soy and ginger cream and chorizo and red pepper cream which I would recommend with the grilled fillet of salmon and a side order of garlic and sour cream fries. More traditional eaters will enjoy the rump steak burgers complete with gherkins and tom sauce. For the fab quality of the food, prices are really good, with the steak being the most expensive at a not too scary £14. Side orders are extra at £3. Portions are venomous, even by my standards. Puddings are in the traditional Ramore style of stunning piles of fruit, cream and chocolate and will finish you off completely. At least you can take a walk around the harbour after your meal to work off about a millionth of the calories! read more

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Great food, prompt service, fun atmosphere, we will be back! Seafood thermadore was super, app of praws was masterful combination of flavors. Music is repetitive junk. To pay for your meal we waited at the bar, dumb. Let us pay at our table. read more

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Awful service. If you are a woman by yourself they won't wait on you at the bar. The hostess was very nice, moved me to another area of the bar and yelled to the bartender to wait on me 0 minutes still no service. Will never recommend if come back. read more

First and foremost. If you want food at the Harbour. You're going to need to arrive a lot earlier than you plan to eat as on a busy night you will likely have an hour-an hour and a half wait. You arrive, give your name and take a ticket. A flawed system if you ask me but if it's works for them then so be it. The process seems to be; you get your ticket and head up to the bar for a drink or two before you're called for your table. The upstairs bar is decorated in a really rustic manner. Very stripped back in style and quite cool in my opinion. There's also comfy sofas all around the area so waiting for your meal can be done in comfort even if it is an hour or two. The bar snacks are fantastic. I tried the wings and garlic flatbread pizza. If you're here. Try both. Like really, both. They're amazing. Onto the main. Another gripe I have with the main restaurant is that you need to go up to order your own food and pay there and then, something I despise about restaurants. However given the great staff and lovely starters so far I'll let it slip for now. One quick positive though, steaks are cheap!!! £16.00 for a TBONE? That's for nothing. Food was fantastic. Can't complain about it at all. Pepper sauce was fantastic. All in all this isn't a bad spot at all. 4* thoroughly deserved. They're missing the 5th due to long waiting times with no reservation option available. Also, I strongly dislike having to order my own food and pay for it before I've eaten it. Will be back though I'm sure. read more

They definitely have cooking chops! Our meals (monk fish and sea bass) were fresh and flavorful and served with lovely presentation. Service was friendly and professional. It was fun to have a table near the grill to watch the chefs. The only negative is that our wines were flat, the bottles must have been open for some time. We would go back. read more

Love this place! Some excellent pub grub with great service :) Always extremely busy so be prepared to wait. Also the space between the tables can be tiny so you feel like you are having dinner with the strangers beside you.....but the food makes up for it all. read more

Got in from Belfast went and did some sightseeing and looked to Yelp for some good grub. Asked about this place and all the people raved about how good it was. So glad we came and tried it. We got 12 oz. sirloin with crispies and garlic fries. Literally one of the best meals I have eaten in a long time. Great steak cool atmosphere and really friendly staff next door. Avoid the dinner rush if possible because it can get busy I hear. But even so it's worth the wait. We for there around 530 or so and sat right away but heard it could be up to an hour. But there is a bar inside and connected to another where you can kill time. There is also a small room with a rippin coal fire that is a perfect cozy nook to keep warm or just to relax. Deff worth conning even if you are just driving anywhere near. You must eat here!!!!! read more

Harbour Bar and Bistro - got 12 oz Sirloin w/ crispies. Kinda like a super crispy outside baked potato.best meal I have had in a long time Even back home - Pubs Near Me - Portrush, CLR

Fantastic welcoming pub. Downstairs they have the 'front bar' which is a quiet little snug with an open fire. Its mostly occupied by the regulars or the older patrons. Upstairs is the main bar, with live bands at the weekends and large screen televisions for all the sports. There is also the harbur restaurant which offers the most amazing food for next to nothing. The staff are very helpful and friendly and the prices are reasonable. This pub is so well renowned and loved that American Golfers come over every year and will drink nowhere else in the town. read more

We had a fairly lengthy wait for a table, but expected that, as the place was very busy and we had been told to expect a wait. We spent some time walking around the harbour, as it was a very comfortable evening, then grabbed a drink at the small pub located in the lower level of the bistro. Dinner was well worth the wait. Everything we ordered was fabulous. I had the Frito Misto, which was served in a red pepper cream sauce that was fantastic. The fish was fresh and overall the meal was outstanding. Portion sizes were quite good as well. The service set-up is traditional order-at-the bar, but the staff was very attentive even though the place was very busy. Highly recommended. read more

Come here every time we visit Portrush. Tip:- Get here before 6.30pm, and meals are 1/2 Price. Incredible. Only disadvantage is poor beer choice, but that's due to the inner craft beer connoisseur in me, haha. This place does get busy. Very busy. read more

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The Harbour Bar is ideal for a relaxing drink in the small oldy worldy bar or snug or a meal and night out. It's always full of locals and during the summer months is hiving with holiday makers. It is situated right on the Harbour in Portrush. Parking is limited. The food served is excellent both in quality and quantity. Lunchtime menus are also excellent and service is quick if your time is limited. There is no need to book and they organise a very well run table waiting system, whereby they give you a number and you can go upstairs and have a drink while waiting for an available table. I think you can book for parties of over 10 people. The staff are all friendly and helpful. After your meal you can go into the bar/snug or go upstairs and boogy the night away at the weekends. The age group who frequent upstairs is usually over 21's so us oldies don't feel out of place! read more

If I was asked to sum up the Harbour Bar-complex of restaurants I could do it in one word-consistancy. When you go there it`s almost a guarantee that you will get your food promptly, it will be really good quality and very tasty. Another thing I like about the Harbour Bar is that they are always trying something new from the decor to the menu. If there is a negative to be said then it`s the risk it has of becoming a victim of it`s own success, all 5 of the restaurants ( i think it`s 5 at the last count) can get very busy especially in the summer. A wait of an hour or more is not unusual, so be careful if you go into the bar for a drink while you`re waiting! All in all though the Harbour has an intersting menu, good food and is great value for money(my brother, who lives in London, can`t resist the big steaks when he comes over, he can`t belive the price). read more

My husband and I ate here on vacation - we were in the gin bar upstairs. The ordering process was different. We were seated and advised to take note of our table number and go up and order at the bar when we were ready. Then, we were also to go and get our own setup and condiments off a table. We had a lot of questions about terms on the menu, but we managed to grab someone to ask the really important ones. (What is doner? Answer: we would think of this as regular gyro meat in the US.) I ordered a gin drink that came with gingerale and a block of honey that gradually dissolved. That was very interesting and delicious. My husband had the Arizona spiced chicken and he loved it. I order the doner gyro and it was ok - but the meat did not seem to have as much flavor as it does in the states. I used the salt and and as much tzatziki as possible. Don't know if my gin drink overwhelmed the doner. The atomosphere was interesting and warm if a little loud. read more

Food was excellent! One of the best meals we had on our 10 day Ireland/northern Ireland trip. My only reason for the 4 star not 5 stars is the service. We had about 4 different servers, it took a while for orders to be taken, and just the service was slow overall. But the food made up for the service! read more

Harbour Bistro was wonderful! I'm a totally foodie and atmosphere matters so I'm always skeptical. This place does not disappoint. The menu has something for everyone. My mom had a grilled chicken Caesar salad, one of my sons had a burger and the other the chilli beef penne pasta. All were wonderful. The staff was really friendly and, ordering food and drinks from the bar just gives you an extra opportunity to meet someone new. Be sure to be outside by 4:45 because they don't take reservations and there was a pretty good size crowd outside when we left about 6:15. Will definitely be back if ever in Portrush again read more

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Mixed feelings about my experience here. On one hand the food was great and we both really enjoyed our meal. On the other hand waiting 45 minutes for bread and dips is annoying. Also being told they want the table back after an hour and a half is just downright rude. I'm not too keen in having to order my food at the bar as it cheapens the experience. especially mid meal and you need another drink. Great food, poor experience read more

Terrific atmosphere, reasonable prices, and amazing food. I had the chicken schnitzel, and the others in my party had monkfish, hamburger and steak. All were excellent. There is also a bar above (I don't believe it is owned by the same) that is fun, with great atmosphere and live acoustic music. Overall, a terrific experience. read more

Enjoyed the meal until we got home. My wife had the Roasted Cod and had severe food provisioning, lasted 24 hours. The on call doctor told us to call the restaurant and inform them that there was a food provisioning incident. Very unapologetic manager, vdisappointed with the service overall especially the managers unapologetic reply. We will never order fish there again! read more

The food here is excellent and the staff are more than wonderful. The steak here is absolutely to die for. I also love the ambience-- very homey and welcoming. However-- there is one thing that is extremely offputting: the price. Ramore Restaurants may be the only place on the North Coast that charges over £4 for a pint of Guiness. Most other bars and restaurants have much better deals. For the exact same drinks. The food pricing isn't much better. Because of the outlandish prices, I come here very infrequently. Perhaps if they were more reasonable, I'd be more of a regular because this is a lovely place. read more

Used to love going here for dinner however the service is incredibly slow, told us an hour and a half's wait but it took nearly 2 and a half hours before we got our table. Once we were seated, we ordered. I ordered onion rings and when I got them, they were extremely overcooked so I asked for different onion rings, came back to me and said they had run out so offered me a different side which I didn't really want and had to pay for in the end still. Some of the drinks weren't brought to us until we had finished the meal. The staff weren't apologetic about any of these incidents either which made it even worse. Won't be returning. read more

A friend and I were visiting Portstewart in order to attend the evening reception of a wedding she was invited to (yes, I was the 'date') and we had some time to kill before heading to the reception - and we were hungry. I'd heard this place recommended before by some friends who live nearby in Coleraine, so we headed in to see if we could get a table. It was a buzzing place, with a really lively friendly atmosphere, and the staff got us a table after about a ten minute wait, which wasn't bad considering it was so busy. We chinned off a bottle of wine and had the nicest meal - I had the Thai Green Chicken Curry (I can't go past curry) and it came with freshly made poppadums which were lovely. The rice was sticky and perfectly cooked and the curry was made with very tender chicken. The service was excellent. I'm looking for an excuse to go back to here as soon as I can! read more

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Always such good "craic " as they say! Reliably fun night out each time I go! The musicians they host are so incredibly talented! The upstairs venue is cozy and beautiful with roaring fire in the winter. The small plates are delicious if you're hungry too! read more