Encompasses all the charm of Banbridge, had a great time, tried to tip the barman with no luck…read more Chatted with some of the locals who were not Liverpool fans (shame on them) highly recommend stopping in!

Oh a warm Thursday afternoon my better half and I decided to try a local Bar/Kitchen for some food…read more Online the review looked good but old, so was wondering what it would be like having recently only moved to the area. When you walk in you are in a Bar and an appealing bar too I must say nice wooden old time features and lots of TV's if you want to watch some sports. Even the local bar flies where pleasant. When you walk through to the back you come to the open kitchen and then your waiter who will seat you. I can't remember our waiters name but we had 3 different people throughout the night. We had a choice of seats which is not surprising for a Thursday night I guess. The menu is small but has a lot on it, fish looks to be a speciality. We ordered a pint of Harp and some house wine and it was as you would expect. Now the menu had chicken wings for a starter and I am a sucker for wings esp hot wings! These where butter coated wings I think was the term. I had o try them none the less. I also ordered a fillet steak medium and some garlic chips. My partner ordered the ribs with Sweet potato fries. Our wings as you can see came in those wee buckets that things come in now very nice and with a BBQ dip. As I mentioned being a hot wing fan I do like my celery with my wings and I also like the wing to come separated as usually it's a mess trying to do it yourself. These wings however where lovely and came apart with ease. A lot nicer than the ones we had in the Balmoral! The batter was light and crisp and the BBQ sauce was a nice taste with it. A happy wing customer I would say. The mains came out quickly after and I normally like a bit of a weight if I am honest but none the less. The ribs looks great with 3 parts piled up with "slaw" and the steak was amazing. It came with onion rings and shored on top of two roast potatoes and surrounded by pepper sauce. Now I do love a good steak and this did not disappoint. Cooked exactly how I wanted and was just perfect. The sides where lovely too not too much garlic on the chips. I was unable to finish the whole lot but enjoyed it! I never got a chance to taste the ribs but they did look good. At this point we were both stuffed and really wanted to try the after eight brownie but just couldn't fit it in and retreated to the front bar for more drinks. We noticed you can also get food here and plenty where. All in all a great time and would 100% go back! Service was great and polite. Now I think I had 3 drinks and 2 wines plus the start and two mains came to about £50 which was great value. You will see the size of the steak in the pictures I think it was 10oz. Would definitely recommend to people but book if you're going at the weekend. They also have a stone oven for the pizzas which looked great.

Stopped in here again at the castle 9/12/18 and 9/13/18 and as usual I had a great time....again…read moreKim, thanx for your hospitality.....friendly crowd here at the castle and there always seems like something is going on....Great place and will be back soon !!

i was visiting in Gilford last week and stopped in a few times at the pheasant bar and what a good…read moretime....thank you Estelle for your hospitality....you are great......quaint little pub with great atmosphere.... very clean and cozy....this is a must get too pub when in Gilford.....they do have entertainment one nite a week so you have to check......the patrons were nice and did i mention they have a pool table......i will be visiting gilford again soon and i will be stopping back for some good craic !

was visiting some friends here in Gilford last week and i stopped a few times that week into one of…read moremy favorite pubs in Ireland.....nice place with real friendly people...the staff are wonderful along with great service....met the owner and he was great also.....the bar is clean along with the toilets....one night they had kaereoke and what a blast....i will be visiting Gilford soon and you can bet i will be stopping back in again

Decent place to spend a Sunday afternoon. Try the hot nuts: they went well with Guinness.read more

Really nice place. Went in last Sunday with my Wife and the kids for a bite to eat Great food, nice…read morestaff and the Meal Deal Joe Macs were doing was a real bargain. Our 1st time in this bar, but it won't be the last Alan Matchet, Lurgan.

Local family run pub friendly staff and customers. great beer garden. It's a wee suntrap. Homely…read morefire in winter. Not expensive. Pool table. Great Guinness.

Waste of time .ignored by staff .never felt welcome .was even told that i wasnt going to be served…read moreafter three drinks .and bar staff thought it was more important to watch tv then to serve all of five people with empty glasses.do not waste your money at this pub

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.