Belfast guidebook
Food scene
Delicious, fresh Thai food at reasonable prices and just a one minute walk from the apartment building!
Bo Tree Kitchen
65 -67 University AvenueDelicious, fresh Thai food at reasonable prices and just a one minute walk from the apartment building!
Maggie Mays Belfast Cafe
50 Botanic AveGreat for a hangover-busting Ulster fry!
Boojum
19-27 Chichester StreetFabulous Tex-Mex fare - a firm student favourite.
A Belfast stalwart - great Italian and European food and great value for money.
17 locals recommend
Villa Italia
39-41 University RdA Belfast stalwart - great Italian and European food and great value for money.
Sakura Japanese Restaurant
82 Botanic AveFab fresh food and sushi train
A great stop for coffee and light bites - a fab assortment of cupcakes and patisserie items!
13 locals recommend
French Village Cafe & Bistro
99 Botanic AveA great stop for coffee and light bites - a fab assortment of cupcakes and patisserie items!
Reasonable, fast food - choose your own toppings and be as crazy as you like with your flavours!
Pizza Punks Belfast
20-22 Waring StReasonable, fast food - choose your own toppings and be as crazy as you like with your flavours!
Bunsen
6-8 Hill StJust great burgers, chips and milkshakes... done very well!
Favourite bars
Belfast's best rotating tap room with great beers, cocktails, food and even board games!
9 locals recommend
The Woodworkers
20-22 Bradbury PlBelfast's best rotating tap room with great beers, cocktails, food and even board games!
Belfast's oldest family-owned pub, at the heart of the city's social life for almost 100 years - it looks small from the outside but is actually a huge complex with something for everyone including a front bar with roaring fire, back bar and beer garden with live music, pool hall, nightclub and great food!
52 locals recommend
Lavery's Bar Belfast
12-18 Bradbury Pl Belfast's oldest family-owned pub, at the heart of the city's social life for almost 100 years - it looks small from the outside but is actually a huge complex with something for everyone including a front bar with roaring fire, back bar and beer garden with live music, pool hall, nightclub and great food!
In the heart of Belfast's bustling Cathedral Quarter, this old-style pub is full of interesting paraphernalia, craic and atmosphere!
104 locals recommend
Duke of York
7-11 Commercial CtIn the heart of Belfast's bustling Cathedral Quarter, this old-style pub is full of interesting paraphernalia, craic and atmosphere!
A tiny bar spread across 2 floors in the Cathedral Quarter - great atmosphere, décor and music!
39 locals recommend
Spaniard
3 Skipper StA tiny bar spread across 2 floors in the Cathedral Quarter - great atmosphere, décor and music!
Usually packed at the weekend, this place is a firm favourite with locals. You'll usually find great music and a buzzing atmosphere!
64 locals recommend
Harp Bar
35 Hill StUsually packed at the weekend, this place is a firm favourite with locals. You'll usually find great music and a buzzing atmosphere!
Lovely quirky little place with friendly atmosphere. Plenty of cocktails and every gin you can imagine available!!
36 locals recommend
Queen's Cafe Bar
12-14 Church LnLovely quirky little place with friendly atmosphere. Plenty of cocktails and every gin you can imagine available!!
A bit off the beaten track, Sunflower is a simple corner pub instantly recognisable by the security cage on its front door, a relic from 1980’s Belfast. While the cage is no longer needed for security reasons it has been kept and preserved as part of the city’s social history. There is a great beer garden with outdoor pizza oven!
51 locals recommend
Sunflower Comedy Club
65 Union St A bit off the beaten track, Sunflower is a simple corner pub instantly recognisable by the security cage on its front door, a relic from 1980’s Belfast. While the cage is no longer needed for security reasons it has been kept and preserved as part of the city’s social history. There is a great beer garden with outdoor pizza oven!
Belfast's oldest pub situated right in the city centre, you are guaranteed great craic, good Guinness, a roaring fire and some trad music! Kelly's is also known for its history. The United Irish Men used Kelly's Cellars as a meeting place and plotted the 1798 rebellion against the English Rule.
78 locals recommend
Kelly's Cellars
30-32 Bank StBelfast's oldest pub situated right in the city centre, you are guaranteed great craic, good Guinness, a roaring fire and some trad music! Kelly's is also known for its history. The United Irish Men used Kelly's Cellars as a meeting place and plotted the 1798 rebellion against the English Rule.
Neighbourhoods
Full of atmosphere, good food and great bars, the whole area is usually buzzing all weekend! Home to favourite bars like Duke of York, Harp Bar, Dirty Onion and the John Hewitt and fabulous food from 2Taps, Bunsen and Pizza Punks to name a few!
11 locals recommend
Cathedral Quarter
Full of atmosphere, good food and great bars, the whole area is usually buzzing all weekend! Home to favourite bars like Duke of York, Harp Bar, Dirty Onion and the John Hewitt and fabulous food from 2Taps, Bunsen and Pizza Punks to name a few!
Sightseeing
This original Victorian market is a real wee gem, with food, craft and antique stalls available every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sundays are especially good as there is usually live music too!
167 locals recommend
St. George's Market
12 East Bridge StThis original Victorian market is a real wee gem, with food, craft and antique stalls available every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sundays are especially good as there is usually live music too!
Voted the world's leading tourist attraction, Titanic Belfast extends over nine interactive galleries, with multiple dimensions to the exhibition, drawing together special effects, dark rides, full-scale reconstructions and innovative interactive features. Explore the shipyard, travel to the depths of the ocean and uncover the true legend of Titanic, in the city where it all began.
324 locals recommend
Titanic Belfast
1 Olympic WayVoted the world's leading tourist attraction, Titanic Belfast extends over nine interactive galleries, with multiple dimensions to the exhibition, drawing together special effects, dark rides, full-scale reconstructions and innovative interactive features. Explore the shipyard, travel to the depths of the ocean and uncover the true legend of Titanic, in the city where it all began.