Bittles Bar in Belfast

In belfast for a break and just got back today. Tried loads of pubs and all were great with a lot having great live music, but Bittles Bar was definitely the best pint of Guinness we had. Loved the decor and the bar staff were brilliant. They even did table service and made sure we had plenty of refills!!! If you're ever in Belfast you have to go to Bittles Bar

Not sure what I expected, but was somewhat disappointed, the place itself was nice enough, but the midges were awful, had to keep my hand over my glass of wine to stop them landing in it. Wouldn’t rush back.

Great Guinness, great table service, ropey toilets, but heck can't have it all.

Rumour has it that Bittles Bar pours the finest pint of Guinness in the city! Us Travelling Leprechauns, bein' avid Guinness enthusiasts, had to investigate this claim. We found Bittles to be a cosy wee pub, adorned with captivatin' pictures that'll make yer eyes dance with delight. The staff were friendly and eager to chat, makin' us feel right at home.As for the Guinness, we can confirm the rumors are true - Bittles Bar serves a lovely, thick, creamy pint that's hard to beat! At £5.80, it's a fair price for a city center pub. The only downside is the limited seating, so ye might struggle to find a spot to rest yer weary legs after explorin' Belfast.All in all, we highly recommend givin' this delightful wee pub a go, especially for all ye Guinness lovers out there! Sláinte! 🍀#BittlesBar #BestGuinnessInBelfast #BelfastPubs #GuinnessLovers #IrishHospitality #TravellingLeprechauns #LiamOShennanigans

Excellent service and the best pint of Guinness.

It's bizarre how a place like this stays afloat. There's nothing going for it. The bar is tiny with barely enough room, the staff are exceptionally rude and impatient, it's outrageously expensive and they live off this nonsense of being "the best Guinness in Belfast" when it tastes exactly the same as every other Guinness in Belfast, Dublin, the world etc. Boasting you serve the best Guinness is like Omniplex boasting they showed the best Avengers movie

The best pint of Guinness about, at a reasonable rate, with great service and always somebody to have the craic with. If you're a visitor to Belfast, make sure this wee corner is on your to-do list. If you're a local, support small bars like this

Super friendly staff cozy atmosphere, best Guiness in Belfast

Don't waste your time coming here, the most unfriendly staff who really shouldn't be in the pub trade, I say this as someone who was travelling around the NW of Ireland and the top part of NI and Antrim for five weeks in our motorhome, we drank in pubs every night for five weeks, save your shoe leather and go somewhere else !!

Pub that many people say is best pint of Guinness in Belfast Pop in decide for yourself I thought it was one of the best pints on our tour of Northern Ireland One bar inside very traditional some nice murals of local history past and present Doesn’t tolerate shandy drinkers ,Diet Coke drinkers or Dags Probaly a good thing all pubs should roll out except for Dags

Legendary pub. No standing allowed in the small space inside. We managed to get some seats outside. You can pop your head in and order or on the Saturday we went there was a team of lads serving and checking on customers constantly. The Guinness was of course a fantastic, rich creamy pint. Well worth a visit if you're in the area.

Tiny little bar with a huge personality!

Busy and cosy pub. Great to enjoy your Guinness

It's basically a dive bar. A awesome dive bar

Best bar in Belfast with the best Gunness. Bittles is a small quirky bar serving quality beers & whiskeys. It's a fabulous mix of local pub & must visit tourist destination for that proper "Belfast Pub" vibe. One to put on the top of your Belfast agenda as it will be definitely one you will want to remember.

Best Guinness in the whole Belfast.

First time in Bittles bar great Guinness best pint in Belfast

Great wee bar for a quick drink after work.

Wow! Proper traditional local pub, fantastic service, beers, and atmosphere!

Very good service and very welcoming. Interesting decor and unusual pub shape

Great spot, great service, great prices. And I'm told it's the best Guinness in Belfast. Recommended.

Humiliated by landlord for not drinking alcohol not that he cares as being mean is his schtick.

Been there a good few times now. You need to get there early as it's full of tourists these days. The Guinness is excellent, the staff are friendly and efficient, especially the girl that works there. Only saw the owner John once. They say he's grumpy, but I think he's expected to be and plays up to it after all the talk on the internet about him.

Great atmosphere. Lovely pub. Great Guinness

Im not normally one to leave bad reviews. However, me and my friend walked into this pub with the intention of just getting a Diet Coke and sitting outside in the sun. For context we sound very Southern English but my dad is from Belfast and we were visiting family. We were “greeted” with a nasty man who asked us “why are you here” and when I told him he said straight faced “are you joking”; to which, at first I thought was a joke. I soon found out this wasn’t. I assume he expected us to get an alcoholic drink (it was 11am on a Sunday) as he snapped and said we only do beer and spirits. I thought he was being rude because we looked underage so I offered him our ID’s (we are 20 years old). He then shouted at us to leave and said he doesn’t care about our IDs he isn’t serving us. It was loud so the entire pub heard and considering I was very friendly towards this man I think this was completely out of order and the worst experience I’ve had anywhere before. For more context everywhere else I have been whilst here in Belfast I’ve had a lovely experience and the staff have been nothing short of amazing. I had a terrible experience at this pub that almost left me in tears. That is no way to speak to anyone I am disgusted and still in shock to be honest. I would strongly suggest you think long and hard about visiting this pub. If I could leave no stars I would. The man was bald. Enough said

Smallest pub in Belfast. Friendly boss.

Arrogant owner John bittle of bittles bar has been in the news in the past year. Firstly, because he wouldn't serve a customer a Coke, rather he trying to force to serve him a Guinness instead even though was tee-total . Secondly, John Bittle has just had to settle a religious discrimination case after telling a customer ‘we don’t serve Protestants. If i was reading this & considering going to this establishment, I would have second thoughts & avoid it like the plague if visiting given negative publicity!!

One of my fav boozers in Norn Iron!

Don't do cocktails, dont do half pints, love it. You just get a great bar with a great atmosphere

We was advised by our taxi driver to give it a go and so glad we did - friendly staff who take your order at the bar and bring to your table - lovely Guinness - the staff are very busy but attentive - went again on our last day to get a lovely pint - I would definitely recommend it’s a lovely bar where you are made welcome if you are a visitor or local

Used the bar as a meeting place for a lads weekend away. Guinness was excellent, staff were friendly and full of good banter, will be drinking here again.

Very cozy atmosphere, great place for a pint

Toilets add their own character;-)

Excellent bar and great staff except for a wee rude staff who I now know was the owner, such a rude arrogant person, otherwise a great time, but we will not go again or recommend

Barman very aggressive. Have been here before but will never be back. Rudeness personified. I said the Guinness was too warm. It wasn’t poured fresh as we were just sitting down when it arrived. He made a big scene about my complaint. I left it and moved on. Never again.

Saw the recent story of religious discrimination by the owner of Bittles. When I first moved to Belfast he gave me an unpleasant perspective on where to live, leaving a nasty impression of what is normal as a way to speak of one another in a region so long divided. The owner seems to thrive on negative publicity so I won't say too much more - other than the pub is also massively overpriced based on the few times I've visited.

Owner is sectarian. Says he doesn’t serve Protestants

£6.50 for Guiness served in a dirty glass. Never again.

Bittles is living in the past as regards customer service a small band of regulars lick his boots and hes some sort of despot his way or else this guy should not be a city centre bar person my god the tourist must hate his bar a poor example for belfast social life

Worst bar in Belfast folks please stay away

Lovely pub but the barmans attitude when asked why it was "no cash tap only" the reply really shouldn't have been "yes it is, what about it" had one drink and left.

Excellent bar visited each day whilst in Belfast, brilliant service from all the staff until today, when a wee member of the bar staff was absolutely rude because of the rain, banged on the table muttering this was his space loudly and in my face, will not recommend or return to this bar..

No room inside. Guinness is very good apparently.

My favorite place in the UK for a pint of the black stuff! Slainte

Great craic, great beer. Most unusual pub in a 'flat iron ' type building. Must visit. Didn't have any food.

Love the evening here great place great people 👍 ❤️

One of the best pints of Guinness I've had on the island. Cool and comfortable pub!

Mega, super nice pub, nice service and also a small 🍺 for my son. An absolute must.

They had an excellent whiskey selection and they were very helpful.

Great little pub,busy,and a fine pint of Guinness.

Manners cost nothing ......don't know how they get away with speaking to customers like that

Very inhospitable 4 of us called in out of the rain for a lovely Guiness we were told it’s full, there were at least 10 empty stools we offered to sit separately the bar man said we couldn’t do that he said again we’re full so we walked out and won’t be back when we visit Belfast again

Bar man was a complete mouth just the way I like it...

Do not serve half pints Guinness is this legal. Attitude take it or leave it. Nonetheless an excellent point. Your choice as a tourist or local. Personally I will not return. Be

staff claimed that if I’m asking for the price of a pint I cant afford it and basically kicked me off

In foe a few pints of ale. Went for chieftain i p a. Nice but the real night in bittles is sampling whiskies from all around the world. They also have alot of local art work from local famous people to sceces frm Belfasts troubles. All transactions are card payment only.

Small bar, which gets full very quickly

Possibly the best pint of Guinness I had in Belfast. Great wee pub. Brilliant staff.

Historic pub that is really popular. Good bar staff and a great atmosphere.

Very cool pub, great atmosphere, always busy. Unfortunately no food. Nevertheless, the building of the pub is also outstanding

Fantastic cosy bar with friendly staff and an awesome choice of real ales. The bar man was great and after we left he came running after us to hand my mates wallet back which he had left on the table in the pub. Credit to the man, can't beat honesty.

500+ whisky's to choose from, great atmosphere and an absolute gentleman behind the bar. I was sorry to leave!

very rude arrogant old bold man behind the bar. we asked for a soft drink, for him to tell us he doesn’t sell soft drinks and to go else where. worst bar in belfast i have entered.

Rude owner. Went in for a soft drink and got shouted at saying they will not do soft drinks and to get out and go somewhere else. Arrogant and rude, would rather have dehydration than come back here!

Fantastic little boozer with super draught beers. Guinness is a good here as any where.

Overrated bar. Appears to be different prices for the regulars. £5.80 a pint but someone charged £5. Felt sorry for a tourist that came in and tried to pay and was told by the barman ‘ why would I take payment when the drink hadn’t been served yet?’ Different places in the world have different systems but felt it was very obnoxious with the response.

Love this joint, rough and ready. Poky and busy, Plenty to look at, Great Guinness, Great Whiskey. I will return

Iconic bar in Belfast,but since my last visit they went cashless.Its a bad policy because it does discriminate against certain groups of people!Cash is a legal tender and unless the government abolishes its use completely it should be a payment option. I would not visit again!

Best bar in Belfast, I swear 😍😂

Okay it’s probably a bit of a tourist hotspot but that’s because it’s wonderful. Great Guinness. Brilliant atmosphere. Wonderful staff.

Tiny tiny place but you can sit outside. Seemed like the bartender knew we were from the states and wanted the few indoor seats for the locals.

Very quirky bar. A lot of Guinness

A good pint of Guinness in a comfortable bar with plenty of interesting adverts and bottles etc to admire.

Best pint of Guinness in Town 👍 Different prices running depending on who you are 🤔

Eating is normal. Service very nice

I think it's the best Guinness the north or south of Ireland has to offer

John Bittle is a man alone, a true character. The beer is also sensational

Very warm welcome Friendly and welcoming staff

Went in on Saturday evening (7pm) after a meal in victoria square. Only wanted a shot of jagermeister. As I approached the bar and before having a chance to order, a wee bald bar man said " we've no seats" I replyed "only want a shot and I'm not staying" he responded aggressively "what part don't you understand.. you'd be better going somewhere else" so I did and the Kitchen bar were very accommodating and friendly. Even if you got a seat would anyone honestly want to spend money here regardless of how good a pint is? Have a look at the reviews on tripadvisor if you want a laugh!

Excellent little Bar, awesome interior with so many pictures and paraphernalia to look at. Nice friendly customers, great service, and a great pint of Guinness 😎

First time here. Came for the experience.

Best Guinness in Belfast by a country mile!

Visited Bittles for my birthday on Friday 19th. Entered the pub and asked for a pint and half of Guinness. The owner was very rude and shouted that they only serve pints, and take it or leave. Bar staff were otherwise lovely, but we definetly wont be back.

Extremely disappointed with everything about this bar - I would absolutely avoid. This was the first place in Belfast that we felt unwelcome and uncomfortable, which was such a shame as it was the end of our trip (I visited with my grandparents). I attempted to order a pint and a half of Guinness, to be rudely told ‘they don’t do half’s’, to which another staff member responded ‘just do her one’. Staff had no manners and the atmosphere was extremely dry. By far the worst place we visited in Belfast, and was also card only which is always slightly irritating

True Irish bar, when asked for a bourbon, told in in no uncertain terms this is an Irish bar serving Irish drinks.So took the bar mans advice for a whisky and have been converted. So many thanks to him. Also don't serve half pints. Will happily return one day.

Spot on, gave a table on entering the bar. Table service, good atmosphere and no music on. Just a nice buzz and people enjoying a few drinks on a good day. Good times..

We are sooooo glad we went to this place. My wife now want to move from York to Belfast. We were fortunate enough to chat to locals. Staff, Guinness - to shelf material, thank you x

Brilliant spot as always. It's a must when in Belfast.

The pub is nothing short of brilliant The locals made us feel nothing short of welcome and we have a boss laugh. Unreal Guinness and unreal craic. Special mention to Joe, Jackie and Davey 🤝🏼

Simply put: whenever I have a friend or someone coming to Belfast, Bittles is always on the list of things to do. Nothing I can type hasn't been said before. Best pints of Guinness anywhere I've been to, simply as.

Been back here a couple times. They easily make the best pint of Guinness in Belfast. A lot of locals in here, if you ask all the cab drivers this is the place they tell you to go. Don't order soft drinks here - the whole point of the menu is to order alcohol, so do yourself some favors and save yourself from some sass from the bartenders.

It was very busy Saturday night, but the staff did manage to find a table for a couple of drinks. Good pints, good service, very nice atmosphere.

I really enjoyed this small yet charming bar. It had a great atmosphere, good selection of whiskeys and knowledge bar staff that can guide you to finding the perfect drink of your choice.

Didn't have any food, but the Guinness was beautiful.

Cashless bar. Nice and compact.

Smells of pish, possibly coming off of the proprietors soggy attitude. Pints are average

Amazing pub. Stag party friendly would highly recommend going with a large group

the worst customer service in belfast. i would rather drink out of a can and sit on a park bench than give the horrible owner any custom.

Pint of Guinness was nice enough. Staff also made us some wicked hot chocolates unfortunately the bar constantly smells of urine and excreta

One of the best pints of Guinness in the world. I come here after watching Guinness guru on YouTube who recommended the Guinness so I hopped over from Birmingham and can confirm one of the best pints of Guinness I've ever had. Returned a good few times now and will return again and again. Recommend 👍