McHughs Bar & Restaurant in Belfast

Fabulous pint and really friendly service. Ill keep going back :)

Fantastic place to meet up before ice hockey

Only popped in for a pint. Great boozer,good pint

Impromptu stop for Guinness, great traditional pub, recommended

Awesome and wonderful interior. Too few waiters for restraint floor. Food is good, but not gorgeous. There are no Murthy’s stout, only Guinness

Went in for a couple of drinks What a lovely bar with lots of wall painting and amazing history incgraved. Most importantly, people they were incredible, " HATS OFF TO ALL THE BAR MEMBERS " I personally liked their bushmills whiskies collection. Also tried kelkenny irish lager got good. A must bar to try when in belfast. Luckily, I was staying right next to the bar.

A lovely place to came with friends, grab a Guinness and listen Irish music!!! 🤩

Was looking for a good Sunday lunch in Belfast and saw a review for McHughs and thought we would try it. We didn’t have a booking and they managed to fit us in. The Sunday beef roast was fantastic alongside the Guinness. Highly recommended and will visit again when back in the city

Loads of outdoor seating and tables make this a great spot to relax in the sun watching the world go by. The staff inside are friendly and the wooden decor is impressive. Prices are decent too so I’ll certainly be returning next time I’m passing!

Loads of outdoor seating and tables make this a great spot to relax in the sun watching the world go by. The staff inside are friendly and the wooden decor is impressive. Prices are decent too so I’ll certainly be returning next time I’m passing!

Overpriced bowl of stew with doughy whereas bread. Good pub but avoid the food.

A pub very close to the clubs and other pubs, but we had great time at McHughs, always great live music and friendly relaxed atmosphere. Everybody should go there.

My husband and I had dinner here while in Belfast. I had the sirloin steak which came with a mushroom sauce which had a bit too much pepper in it. With the steak, I had chips. The steak and chips were enjoyable. My husband had the Irish stew which he enjoyed. For dessert, I had an Irish coffee and sticky toffee while my husband had the crumble. The restaurant is an old, drafty building with Christmas decorations. The waiter, Caolan, was nice and did a good job.

Very warm atmosphere even when quiet in this pub which claims to be the oldest around. Lovely decor & good pint of Guinness. Love the large imitation candles in the window upstairs where the restaurant is. Would love to have tried the food but time evaded us.

The bar staff are terrible and just don't care. I come to Belfast very often but only and rarely would come here again. Get your act together. £5.80 a pint and the service is crap. Don't waste your money as there's many better and cheaper options just mins walk away.

Good local pub with great music.

Amazing Irish Stew!! Good price of the mains !! Service was very good and amazing atmosphere, only the dessert is VERY small, I was expecting bigger for the PRICE.

Cozy Irish pub with live music!

Came here for food and drinks before flying home... Had the beef boxty... absolutely spot on👍 Service was swift and with a smile, very cosy atmosphere and from what I read, a pub with alot of history behind it! Would certainly recommend a visit here for food and drinks. The traditional Irish band were machines, only took a few breaks over the couple of hours we were there - great way to finish our weekend away😋

Took my team here for some food and drinks after team day out. All the food was fantastic, clean plates all round. Service was equally fantastic from Conor who gave us a great insight into the history of the building. Very reasonably priced. Will definitely be back!

Me and wife called in for lunch today to say food was dismall to say the least got chicken wings and salted chilli chicken for starter was ok but bit tastles then came what all I can say is change the chef I got chicken pie with came in a bowl looked like cream ov chicken and leak soup with a bit of pastry the size ov a tea cup sitting on top all you could taste was the leeks spuds tasted like Powder veg was the only savoury.wife got fish and chips swimming in grease couldn't eat the chips as the grease had soucked them didn't get peas just couple peppers and bit ov lettuce seems some place in town have forgotten how to make pub grub sorry but won't be back

While visiting Belfast we stopped by McHughs for some lunch where they were able to accommodate us without a booking. After being seated in this beautiful 300+ year old pub & restaurant we ordered some food, one Boxty and one Chicken pie. The service was speedy and we received our order within 15-20 minutes. The food was gorgeous. This was our first taste of some hearty Irish food and we weren't disappointed. The food was presented and seasoned beautifully and the portions were filling. If I could id give a 6 star rating. I highly recommend a visit!

Lovely atmosphere, very friendly staff. Serves meals upstairs, large portions. Chicken pie was to die for. Mmm

Seis amigos llegaron a almorzar a McHughs en nuestro día anual en Belfast juntos y se les mostró a la zona de restaurantes de arriba. Todo muy bonito , ladrillo visto que muestra su pasado histórico , bonitas vistas etc. Todos pedimos el guiso irlandés y algunas cervezas - una apuesta segura se podría decir! El camarero era amable y servicial. Sin embargo, el guiso era terrible - muy pocas patatas no mucha carne y lo que había , era nadar en salsa de sabor triste y extraño. Éramos un grupo local de Ards rurales que conocemos su Guiso Irlandés , pero todo el mundo estaba decepcionado por lo que se presentó. Después de señalar este tema tuvimos que pedir ver al gerente. Llegó y después de mirar lo que quedaba en los platos dijo que hablaría con alguien y desapareció. Fue la última vez que la vimos. No “lo siento por eso y espero que vuelvas otra vez” - nada , ella simplemente escondió. Terminamos nuestras cervezas, pedimos la cuenta, de la que se habían quitado los guisos y pagado las cervezas. Nos sorprendió que el gerente no regresara y hubo una sensación abrumadora de una oportunidad perdida por el gerente para hacer lo mejor de una mala situación. Empeoró una comida decepcionante al ignorarnos a nosotros y al problema. No se trataba de descuentos ni nada, se trataba de que alguien estuviera de acuerdo en que el guiso era pobre y se disculpara. McHugh’s - ¡reúnete por el bien de los turistas reales!

Another great pub in Belfast! Had lovely food and drinks service here very good and would recommend - the interior dining floor is great with exposed brickwork and beams and very high ceiling.

Cracking bar. Quality barman with fantastic service i.e. Guinness delivered to the table and it was in great fettle. £5.80 for a pint too which isn't unreasonable. I'd come here again for sure.

Wonder pub. Nice atmosphere and it's full of friendly locals.

Great little place, this. The food is magnificent! There was a buffet thing for the most reasonable price I've encountered for a long while, and the bloke dishing it up is a class act!!!

Pub tradicional en la planta baja con un restaurante encima. Platos tradicionales irlandeses y algunas otras sorpresas. Bar completo y personal amable.

Amazing service with warm welcoming and friendly staff who delivered a lovely meal to us even with a late evening booking 10/10 would recommend their Irish Stew was amazing.

Brilliant wee pub. Good beer, good atmosphere, good service. We were in on a Sunday and found it busy with a great feel about it. Popped in for 1 and stayed 2+ hours. Live traditional music in the corner helped. Defo return

Some of the best food that I ever had! Very nice staff and close to water.

Good food and service. Straightforward and traditional fair. Staff were pleasant and helpful.

Meal was not nice and ended up with food poisoning. Flies all over food and in toilets

Pub crawl starting point. Was not disappointed with the atmosphere. The staff were great, but alas only stayed for 1 and then onto the next!

We dropped in for a drink and ended up having a fantastic evening. The staff were extremely friendly and stopped to talk to us often. I had the best Irish Coffee in the world and left with a hand written copy of the recipe. One of the regular customers was so easy to talk to and made us laugh all evening. Sean, the manager was just wonderful. This was truly one of our favorite memories of Ireland!

Brilliant place to eat. Food gorgeous and staff are lovely.

Great trad music on Saturday afternoons

Great choice to try traditional Irish food. Service was also great, can't remember the name of the guy who looked after us (dark beard and blue eyes). Definitely recommend to anyone visiting Belfast 🍀

Oldest building in Belfast plus good food made this meal memorable and delicious! It was our first stop in Belfast. Near many great sights and an easy walk from our hotel. We enjoyed the Irish stew, a (local) gin and tonic, and alcohol-free Guinness. This is a place we would choose again and again.

Common meal with mashed potatoes like every day

Classic Irish pub, the food is just as good as the service. We went for lunch as it was scheduled on the tour, it is located in a good place near the Big Fish and the clock tower.

I visited this establishment with my wife & 2 other family members for a couple of drinks & a bite to eat. The interior is as you would expect from a building that dates back to 1711, although there are more modern parts that are additions to the original. I can heartily recommend the Brisket Boxty & the Reuben sandwich both of which were enjoyed immensely by members of our party.

Nice old fashioned styled pub, food was tasty, decent portions was like £23 odd for a pint and fish and chips, think the price was slightly high but work it for quality and quantity. Pints in here are £5 odd. The service however makes this place shine, the waiter was attentive, polite and nothing too much for him.

Our favourite bar in Belfast, this was our 10th visit to NI and we've spent every evening in here, very cosy and friendly, Hannah behind the bar was very welcoming, treated us very well! Hope to continue coming here!

I have to give this place a high rating. The staff is great here. I am currently sitting at the bar and having drinks. The bartenders are very friendly and great to talk to. The atmosphere is excellent and is a true depiction of an Irish pub. Only down side is that they do not have take out food. This is my only problem, but the atmosphere is grea. I will miss this place when I head back to New York City. Prost!

We went tonight for the trad session and the music and atmosphere was very welcoming. I ordered the Brisket boxty and it was very different from the last one I had here. Tonight it was more like a roast beef Sunday. dinner. It was lovely as a dinner but not when you're expecting something different. Still a great place for food and music

Not at all professional, the food was something terrifying, everything was terrible, the only thing that could be saved was the dessert, which was industrial. I do not recommend it nor will I ever return.

Great atmosphere and a mix of ages

Lovely pub near the waterfront. Staff were super friendly. Drinks cold and food excellent. We went for the Boxty meals. A large fat potato cake topped with beef or chicken, sauce/gravy and fab tasty greens. Nice atmosphere. Highly recommend.

What a bar. I cannot rate it highly enough. The food, the staff, the atmosphere, the Guinness! Fantastic. We visited every evening of our 3 day trip and then had a meal there as well.

Just dropped by for coffee. Lovely place

Very friendly and welcoming staff . Comfortable surroundings , plenty of choice on the menu even though several options were unavailable due to a large party earlier . Food was very tasty and portions good . Service was a tad haphazard but overall an enjoyable experience .

Best bar in Belfast and iv lived here all my life staff r amazing good also amazing and central. The trad music fabulous too. 100% a place 2 go. For locals as well as tourists

Enjoyed a nice pint of Guinness sat outside taking in all the scenery. The weather was nice which made a difference. Nice to see some locals playing some music inside. Good prices to.

The food was limited in range but was very good. The staff were lovely. Other pubs were super touristy but McHughes offered a much better blend of service and atmosphere. Make sure to look up at the light.

Quiet environment and very friendly staff despite language problems

This bar and restaurant is perfect for family’s and couples had a couple of drinks in there when I was in Belfast. I would recommend going in there and enjoy a drink . The staff are very friendly and very talkative telling you about the history of the place,

Very nice Irish bar. Quick friendly service

Very popular pub in Belfast, on concert days it is packed and you can hear perfectly, if not see, from there.

Good food, very nice and cozy atmosphere, great service

Really nice place friendly staff, great atmosphere, with outside seating, not to be missed

Lovely restaurant, main course and dessert was fabulous. Definitely 5/5.

Superb service and food. They serve belfast black which in my opinion is 10x better than guiness. The food was top notch. Steve and finula were excellent hosts. Found my new favourite place in Belfast. Edit 2024: sadly no longer serve belfast black but still a solid pint of Guinness

Only had one drink here before getting back to the train station to go home.Mysic too loud to be able to talk to our friends easily without shouting.

Incredible atmosphere, live music downstairs, which remains as ambient music upstairs, the restaurant. Great food, the best in Ireland, and unbeatable service, and very friendly waiters. Out of 10.

Stumbled across this on a rainy day and with no plan other than to wander to the Titanic museum. Staff really welcoming and we only order starters / sides. They were superb and more than we had expected. Food delicious. All really great other than toilets are grim!

Great Pub..food was excellent, service was warm and inviting..Go back when I visit again.

Nice looking exterior but the real wow factor is when you walk inside. Really lovely interior. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Food is served upstairs. We had the boxty with brisket beef and cabbage. Delicious.

Can't fault this bar, great staff and food was delicious. Thanks for looking after us.

Went in early Thursday evening. Good selection of beers & outstanding choice of Whiskeys (all priced on the bottle). Music provided by two young lads (playing banjo & guitar). Fine voice too.

We took advantage of a cruise stopover to have lunch in this pub which had good reviews and we really appreciated the copious and tasty dishes as well as the kindness of the waitresses. Quite a long wait to get the dishes but it was probably to serve our large table of 8 people at the same time. The prices are very reasonable and correspond well to the quality of the dishes.

Nice staff, very friendly, and good service! Great spot for a few pints!

I ordered boxty with sliced rump steak, onion rings and peppers. There was onion rings and boxty in what was served, and there was some kind of very small meat pieces in a sort of a slop, but it was not sliced rump steak by *any* stretch of the imagination. It was OK and strangely very familiar but tasted completely wrong and out of context with the Boxty and onion rings. My friend and I were in a hurry and I didn't want to make a fuss, but later that evening I realised exactly where I knew the taste, smell and texture from - M&S tinned beef curry. It even repeated on me the same way so that I didn't have to trust my memory of the meal. I know it is hard to believe, however, I have had this curry, with rice, many many times. I used to keep it as a trusty standby in the cupboard for when I had run out of fresh ingredients. I guess chef had the same idea. I'm disappointed they didn't just say they were out of that rump steak instead. It was doubly disappointing because I have eaten there before and found it really good quality, lovely food.

The place was dirty we should have left when we got there No menus apparently they were in short supply Ordered lamb cutlets but the waiter did not mention that there was a 30 min wait When I asked to have them medium well done the waiter said that they would be cooked whatever way the chef comms them ! When they did arrive they were not lamb cutlets but a gigot chop a completely different cut of lamb When I pointed this out to the waiter he was disinterested and told me that’s what the chef calls a gigot chop Will never be back most disappointing meal in a long time Your money is better spent elsewhere until this place cleans up its act

Downstairs was filthy. Thankfully we were put sitting upstairs. However then we were told there were no free menus as they were busy. When we eventually got menus and ordered lamb cutlets, we asked for them mediums to well done and were told we couldn't specify how we wanted them cooked! We had to eat them whatever way they were cooked. After 50 minutes still no food. We asked waiter if he could check if our food was ready, he wasnt pleased to be asked. What came out was not lamb cutlets it was a gigot chop. Childs burger was totally dry. Would not recommend.

The food was delicious and really pleased we didn’t order a starter as the portions were large. I had the boxty with chicken and my husband had the Reuben’s sandwich. Shame that in the room above us there was Irish Dancing practice going on, it meant that we couldn’t hear ourselves at times let alone hold a conversation. We therefore didn’t hang around after we finished our food.

Wonderful historic pub. Great staff and service. Delicious food n beer.

Got to this place for dinner at 8:30pm and was told that food was finished and they were closed. Only the bar was open 👎

BEST PLACE IN BELFAST. REALLY! Delicious food. I highly recommend any boxty! The waiter was so friendly and irradiating so much energy and happiness. Thanks for that 😊

Nice pub and restaurant all on ground floor,nice selection on menu , enjoyed the place 😁

Like others spotted this pub en route to the Titanic Museum and had lunch on the way back. Lovely building that claims to be the oldest in Belfast. Friendly enough and enjoyed a fish and chip lunch with a reasonably priced glass of wine. There were still quite a lot of people eating after 2pm which made for a nice atmosphere.

Couldn't get in the first day we went because they had a big party in. Got in the next day alright though. Had the Irish stew and a side of mash, but to be fair we could have done without the mash as the bowl of stew was full to the brim with a slice of bread it was very filling 😋

Best feed I’ve had in Europe ! I got the fish and chips and I’ve never seen a battered fish that big in my life ! Amazing , the service was pretty average but the food made up for that highly recommend

Went there for a pint, had a great time! Props to the bartender who even recommended me to another bar in the city with a nice selection of whisky to visit afterwards! 🙏👌🫶

Yesterday we thought we'd call in for a quick bite and to escape the heat. We were starving and were trying to manage a tired 8 month old. Despite seeing us struggle up the stairs with the baby, car seat and usual accompaniments.. the waitress thought it was a good idea to sit us as far away as she could from the stairway, despite there being lots of more convenient tables available. We then got a starter, 5 prawns and the smallest amount of soggy salad i've ever seen. A Spanish family beside us asked, when their dinner would be ready (clearly having other plans), the waitress answered I can't tell you (even though there were less than 20 people dining in the restaurant), they probed for an estimation, she replied it will depend how long it takes the potatoes to cool down 👀. We had a similar bad experience 2 years ago but hoped the customer service had improved.. it hadn't. P.s one of the girls who served us was helpful but they both had dark hair so its difficult to distinguish them.

👍passage as part of an organized trip

Amazing food and decor...I love wee traditional Irish pubs that r a little dark🤗...gr8 fast service too.nice friendly staff...my brother and I got two course's for £20! ..excellent value for such delicious food

Great drop-in whilst waiting for the bus! Good Guinness.

One price for the locals and a different price for visitors, been a few times over the years, several times each visit- won’t be back.

Here for meet up and pre-concert drinks-it's a short walk to SSE Arena. Very busy but good drinks service and friendly staff. My only complaint is toilets are upstairs.

Definitely recommend. Great pints, good food, and dynamite live music. Boxtys are a must try.

Music from 3pm Guinness was good got table 👌

Walked in on a Sunday evening, got seated right away. This is an old building with lots of character and is a little dark, we were at a window seat upstairs for our meal which was nice. Enjoyed the meal, staff were attentive and friendly. Bathrooms need attention. Would visit McHughs again.

We tried the house soup and Irish lamb soup. Good, quick and friendly service. Heart warming soup with fresh taste of tomatoes & spices. The lamb stew is my first in Ireland, so I can’t compare it to others but it was delicious & filling. Homemade, tender lamb & mild taste. Historic place worth a visit, not to mention a good selection of beers & old style ambience.

Nice experience, also the service. The food was very tasty

Perfect! Great dining experience - I was after an old Irish pub with food - done job! Food so good we forgot to take photos.

What an amazing place. The oldest bar in Belfast, the ambience is fabulous, the Guinness is top class, the staff is so friendly and we always come here when we meet up in Belfast. It just has so many happy memories for myself & my friends, and it will do for years to come. We had the most amazing St. Patrick's day here the atmosphere was fabulous!

I had the Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding. My buddy had the fish and chips. We both thought the food was amazing. Loved the historical significance that it was the oldest surviving building in Belfast (dates back to 1711).

The history contained in an Irish restaurant. Historic building, two floors where you can dine and drink in company. Sun-kissed outdoor garden with tables for drinking beer. Menu with typical Irish specialties. Boxty really good, soup varies depending on the day. The staff is friendly and helpful in making you feel at ease. The restaurant room is in typical Irish style.