As the backdrop to my recent wedding I cannot compliment this venue enough. A hidden gem on the…read moreoutskirts of Holywood, this venue provides the perfect ambience for the fairy tale day imagined by most young girls growing up. The manor house is set on the grounds of the Ulster folk park, however it is not open to the public as part of the tourist attraction. The stunning venue is set up high, with magnificent views over Belfast Lough from the grounds behind the house where guests enjoyed a glass or two of pimms and an ice cream served from a vintage bicycle cart, complete with vintage server. Michael was the perfect host, ensuring our day passed without hiccup and gently guiding the day along. He even gave us a lift to the Culloden afterwards (which sounded great till I tried to get in a regular car with my dress!) The food was amazing, with the venue going over and above to create a bespoke menu for all food loving couples. Not a scrap remained uneaten! We had free rein of the full house for our whole day and were given the day before to decorate to our hearts content - only if no wedding the day before I imagine! Could not have found a venue more suited to me. It was everything I wanted and more. I cannot emphasize enough that it is a must see for all newly engaged couples. You won't look back!!

Good budget hotels with a hot breakfast, clean rooms, free Wi-Fi and a friendly staff…read more There are 3 Premier Inns in Belfast - I stayed at the one on Alfred Street in the City Center. It was really nice. The other 2 Premier Inn hotels are in the Belfast Quarter and the City Cathedral Quarter.

Had dinner here when most other places in Belfast were closed. We had chicken and chorizo skewers…read moreto start. I had the beef imperial stout pie for my main course, which came with peas and chips. Always drench the chips with malt vinegar. It's so good. Service was great, and I was stuffed.

Trading Tricycle catered an event I attended at St Georges Market, they sell/give away in my case…read moreall their produce from an old school tricycle. At the event I attended they were actually serving yoghurt but their mobile can be utilized for ice cream, popcorn or even cocktails although it's not recommended that their trike is operated after a Long Island Ice tea. They are available for hire for all sorts of events including weddings, festivals and birthday parties. This is a real quirky wee caterer and would make an eye catching, niche addition to any party. I was immediately drawn to it. There's something about food on wheels that gets me every time. All their marketing is a nod to the 19th century, really clever. The staff at the event were excellent too, the girl serving the samples called me 'Sir' and I hear her call the lady behind me 'Madam' - Wee touches like this are in keeping with the theme of the company and they will really add class to any event.

My aunt used this company in the summer for my young cousin's birthday party and everyone had so…read moremuch fun thanks to the equipment supplied by 1st for fun! This is a family run business and we got such a friendly and personable service, they really took the time to understand what we were looking for and advised accordingly, taking into consideration how much we wanted to spend. We had a bouncy castle and inflatable slide and they also provided face painting (you can also have party favours from them too but we didn't avail of this!) Definitely a great service and options to suit any event and budget!!!

The down stairs was very nice and I like the fact that they have a bar next to the check in area…read more Another good thing is that they are connected to a very nice sport bar with pretty good drinks. However, its time to buy a new chair for the room. The stains on that chair were pretty nasty. As an adult, I know what kind of stains they were.

Clean, convenient hotel. What you expect from a travelodge type accommodation. The only downside…read moreis the £5 per hour of in-room internet access.

That time of year again, schools are back and so are kids birthday parties. This venue is great for…read moreparties, it's reasonably priced and holds quite a few. My two girls have celebrated many friends birthdays here-as they are today!!! There are facilities for tea and coffee making and arranging any food that one brings. Only drawback is that there is not much car parking.

Please see a copy of our wedding review before it's posted should you a wish to dispute anything…read morewritten. I will post this review on Friday We got married in la mon 18th of may this year and this is our honest review. We siged upto our wedding just before christmas, so not to long to prepare. Our wedding co-ordinator was friendly and helpful on the day, offered us a free coffee ect. Importantly to us, we asked will there be any better deals in the new year and if there would be any discounts at the upcoming wedding fair. We where told there is no new packages and they do not offer any offers on the wedding fairs. This was false information givin to us, as there was a new package and a promotion for signing up on the day of the wedding fair. We did however change our package (this was before the wedding fair) And made to think to we where lucky because they did a midweek package (Monday-Wednesday) for us on a Thursday. They kept repeating this. However the discounted package included Thursday's anyway so this was irrelevant. They offered a package for £40. Ours was £61 Basing this on 60 guests is a difference of £1200. Only difference for us was that you don't get the limos included? So that was a big price difference, felt like the robbed us. Then on the day of the wedding fair they had freebies for booking on the day, a choice of 2 free rooms... Or menu upgrade to trio of deserts. As mentioned above, we where told they dont offer discounts at wedding fairs. This blatant lie ruined the build up to the wedding and sucked the fun out of it. It was also really annoying we needed to get the insurance liability certificates sent over to them... Alot of experienced vendors said they they have not had to do this for any other venue. Moving onto the day of the wedding. Credit where credit is due, went without a hitch (except food) All our vendors had no issues in the day and both co ordinator and master of ceremonies did everything as instructed. The big let down was the food. We paid an extra £3 for roast beef per head. (£180) just to have the choice alone. Then £3 for everyone who selected roast beef. THE ROAST BEEF WAS HORRIBLE. i remember looking along the tables to see no1 eating this... I wish i was being dramatic, but the quality was so poor. On par with supermarket beef. 1 scoop of mash.. Toddler size. And the veg was not cooked great either. I asked alot of guests about the beef also and all agreed it was rubbish and so tough. Anyone who had the chicken seemed to enjoy the meal though. Me and the wife who spent thousands for this dinner... Did not eat it. La mon should refund me all roast beef upgrades due to the lack of quality as most restaurants would do... However because of how they lied to me about the wedding fair promotions... I'm not going to hold my breath. (i will update this review should they hold their hands up) We also asked for kids cheese pizza and they served pepperoni pizza.. Kids didn't eat there pizza either. Also sent pizza to a child that had severe allergys la mon were told that he had allergys prior. On the day there was one thing that angered me. During the time we are asked to leave the room while they "flip the room" I took my drink upto the room to put our 2 year old to sleep. There was a lady standing by the door on some kind of massive power trip? She had 3 of my guests sitting in a hallway drinking there drink (one of which was disabled, then said to all of us about not allowing drink into the rooms or out of the rooms. (drink i bought at the bar) I get the reason why. But then i was threatened that the bar will be closed if any guests have drink upto or down from the room. What a great touch and amazing thing to say to someone who just spent thousands on food and room hires and filled 13 other bedrooms for you and im sure made the bars a few thousand. Thats one of the most unprofessional people i have come across im assuming that she may hold a managers position. Our bridal suite was lovely to be fair.. Comy bed We ordered room service.. And offcourse, it was a stone cold breakfast!! If you love a headache, bad food, power tripping managers. And cold breakfast And dont mind being lied to about offers...... Then la mon is the best venue around. Shout out to chris our master of ceremonies though, he was awsome on the day!

My partner and I stayed at La Mon for one night this weekend. We were greeted immediately as we…read morearrived, and were given the card to our room which was on the ground floor. Wanting to make the most of our stay, we left our things off in the room and made our way straight to the bar for a liquid lunch! The drinks at the bar were reasonably priced and it was lovely to be able to sit there and relax. We didn't order anything from the menu when we were there as we'd had a large lunch before we arrived, however we did take a look at it, and there was loads on offer and it sounded lovely. I saw a lot of food going past for other tables, which looked and smelled fantastic. I also saw a number of people having afternoon tea which looked really posh, I will definitely try that next time! The room we were staying in wasn't like the rest of the hotel, which is super stylish and classy - I will admit that it was a bit dated, but it did the job, it had everything I would have expected and the beds were really comfortable. We did have an issue when we stayed, where we were woken up by noise during the night due to a malfunction with the heating system, however when we reported this, the management at La Mon really went above and beyond in their response and to resolve this with us - we were really impressed! Last but not least, we had breakfast before we left the following morning. Usually I'm not overly excited about hotel breakfasts. This however was nothing like I'd ever had before, the cooked breakfast, which was served as a buffet, was cooked to perfection, with free range eggs, and good quality meat. Oh, and proper baked beans! This is unheard of for hotel cooked breakfasts. It was so good, I had to go up for seconds to make sure I wasn't imagining it :) Very much looking forward to returning to La Mon soon.

Saint Anne's Cathedral is the centerpiece of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter. Construction began in…read more1899 and that initial design was complete and consecrated in 1904. It has undergone a number of extensions and expansions throughout the ages. One of those improvements is the 40 meter tall stainless steel "Spire of Hope" that was installed in 2007. (Derivative of the spire in Dublin, hmmm?) The cathedral is quite active with services held pretty much every day. And if you're not familiar with the story of the Black Santa, it's pretty awesome how they have completely leaned in to it. [Review 1868 of 2024 - 852 in United Kingdom - 22890 overall]

I loved the approach to St Anne / Belfast cathedral as the route we took went thru an area called…read moreWriter's Square and it was a nice reminder that Jonathan Swift had previously worked at the Belfast cathedral The outside is lovely, but unfortunately we couldn't go in as they charge £3 and we decide to miss seeing the grave of Calder as well as the maze near the pulpit (apparently following the white lines leads you to the altar while the black lines leave you go around in circles!) Note: #233 of Yelp 100 challenge for 2016