Morning Star in Belfast

The morning star is a little old pub that we came back to a few times. Staff are friendly and wear traditional bar uniforms. There were a few old men and families in. The only downside was the ladies toilets stank of drains!

Great pub , excellent food, very friendly staff

May we all see the morning star! Amazing pour on my first Guinness in north Ireland! A shame there is still a divide in this country. Met a few wonderful new friends!

Disappointed with my steak, waiters refused to split bill (despite us asking to order separately) and added 10% service charge to bill which we had to pay for before food had even arrived. Disappointed rather than upset by our trip.

I was a little concerned when I walked in. It's a very local pub, and we were really out of place... like what you see in movies when a stranger walks into a bar in an old western 🤣 but 5* all round. What an amazing experience, the food was exceptional and the atmosphere was good. Highly recommend

A classic Scottish pub. Very friendly, helpful, and competent staff. We were served very quickly as a group. The prices are reasonable. The Guinness is very good. The decor is typical of a pub. There are also outdoor seating options. I would happily drink my beer there again anytime. I definitely recommend it.

A great restaurant which serves Irish specialties in an Irish pub setting. The staff are attentive and took my food intolerance into account without problem!

Food was lovely, was quiet when we where in but I dont mind that.

Did not say as long as usual not as enjoyable

Came to the morning star this week with a group of 5 of us and the service was absolutely amazing! The beef and guinness pie is the best one I’ve had in Belfast. My partner had the lamb stew and it was out of this world!

Just had two beers but place was lovely definitely going back next time I'm up in Belfast

A great Irish bar with excellent food/beers.

We had an amazing Sunday roast. Live music in the bar beforehand and the suprise of a beautiful restaurant upstairs. The quality of the food was great.

✅ Lovely layout with booths ✅ Fast service ✅ Reasonable prices ✅ Outside seating area ✅ Screens for sports

Amazing restaurant that I’ve been going to for years and just gets better! The buffet is incredible value. Staff are very attentive and make you feel very welcome. My partner loved the vegan wellington!

Fantastic pub with an amazing buffet style lunch. Great range of food with brilliant service. Highly recommended.

Had the vegan Wellington 😋 has plenty of variety for veggies like me, cosy atmosphere with lovely staff

Get the pie of the day whatever it is. Best food we had in town.

Attended with a large group. Food was nice with decent choice for vegetarian. Staff were all very friendly and efficient. I'd happily return and recommend

The tomahawk for two and the sides were delicious! We will be back... staff are super nice and informative.

This is what all bars should be like. The food is fantastic, the staff are pleasant and attentive and the atmosphere is great. I have been there twice recently in big groups (yesterday’s group was over 40 people) and they handle it with aplomb. The food is served quickly and of excellent quality. Could not recommend it highly enough.

We had booked a table for 45 for a celebration with a weeks notice. I was unsure how they would cope as they didn’t request food orders prior to our arrival which most places serving large groups do. My worries were unfounded. They coped magnificently. The food was delicious and hot and the staff were so pleasant and helpful. The seating arrangements worked really well and the craic was 90. Will definitely be back.

Had lunch here yesterday and really enjoyed it. I was part of a very large group which restaurants often struggle with. Not the Morning Star though. We didn't preorder but the food still arrived quickly and piping hot. I had the chicken parmigiano which was delicious. The staff were so friendly too. I've recommended the Morning Star to friends and we're going there for lunch soon.

Called in without a booking for Sunday lunch. We were met with a friendly greeting and shown to a table. Food was excellent as were the drinks and service. Would definitely recommend this place and will be calling back next time I’m here.

Great food, great staff, really efficient and friendly with our large and rather noisy party of about 40 yesterday. We'll be back - it's becoming our regular. Thank you to all the staff :)

I was here yesterday with a large group nearly 40 of us over 4 tables in the upstairs lounge. We weren't asked for pre orders we were given free choice on the day unlike many place. Even with this the service was seamless, everyone served and very happy with there food. The staff were lovely, friendly and helpful it was a great afternoon. Thank you to all the staff who had to put up with over 30 women talking at once and a wee sing song 😆. Highly recommend for groups or any size of table. Very efficient and welcoming place.

I was there as part of a large group and the service was fantastic, quick, friendly and efficient. Food was amazing.⭐

The welcoming staff were amazing from start to finish. Nothing was too much trouble and the food was delicious. Thank you so much We will be back

great experience. hosted a large party and the entire event was really enjoyable. great staff, food was lovely! thank you.

Went for lunch with about 40 people and the food, the atmosphere and above all the service was absolutely outstanding. I asked the server for a steak recommendation and he told me his favourite was the ribeye. It didn't disappoint. Cooked to perfection and the sides were delicious. I see they do a fabulous daily carvery. I will definitely be back soon.

Almorzamos ayer con un grupo grande en su habitación de arriba. Gran menú, servicio eficiente, ambiente acogedor y deliciosa comida. Fue mi primera visita, pero no será la última. Todo el partido estaba tan impresionado con el lugar. Gracias Morning Star por cuidarnos tan bien!

Excellent good value buffet in the bar

We might of went in at the wrong time but beer was flat, so left it went to another pub

Antiquated and stuck in the dark ages. No bidweiser and no football

Staff was lovely excellent service I had reservations when I was given a serrated knife for the roast beef I have to say I am not a chef but my roast beef melts in your mouth there's was a disgrace and they knew I left it no apology nothing had to pay full price will not be back 😀

I've been on thos site for 13 years and out of numerous reviews I very seldom give one or two stars, but bloody hell this places food is dire. My husband brought me today for birthday lunch and what a disappointment. The positive first. Beautifully decorated traditional pub restaurant. The waiter/barman was very helpful and polite. We wanted to give him a decent tip as he was lovely and he hadn't cooked the horrible food but cheekily there was service charge added on the bill. My husband had a smash burger which he said was OK....I had a steak sandwich which sounded lovely reading details on the menu. In reality it was cold fatty meat between dry ciabetta, there were a couple of pieces of tobacco onion on the plate which were also cold. The chips were OK, similar to what you get in Brewers fayre, which I wouldn't have minded had I been able to eat the steak. Not wanting to waste it, I out the contents in a napkin to take home for the dog, which he seemed to enjoy, however 60 pounds stung a bit for something not edible, when I did try to bite into it the steak was stringy and hard, and tasteless. The waiter asked if everything was OK and my husband said his was OK but I was very disappointed, and he took the plates away no doubt to tell the chef. The bill charged us fully and added service charge, maybe the chef thought I'd eaten the steak, nope my dog Ozzie did. Very disappointed and won't be back.

Visited with my daughter’s rugby team. Food was generous and tasty. Service was friendly and efficient. Had the mussels and vegetarian burger.

Recommended to us by locals for its quality beef offering and value. We were impressed by the number of awards received too. Our meals were delicious. The sharing t-bone platter was a delight, thoroughly enjoyable. Children's size joint of the day is a winner too.

We were here at lunchtime and had lunch from the buffet. The food was very tasty. And the desserts were great too. A quaint pub with very good value for money. Clear recommendation!

The Roast beef dinner is the best thing we have ever eaten! Well worth the money and more. Highly recommend the food! 🌟🌟🌟🌟 We had the sharing board for starters- was really nice & chicken and potatoes were just incredible! Partner had the steak & chips and onion rings and I had the roast beef dinner & it was literally the best meal I have ever eaten! Definitely will be coming back for more next time we are here on holiday 🫶🏼

Best Filet Mignon in the world. I know, hard to believe for a pub, but true.

Delicious meal, lovely setting - 10/10

Booked a table for Easter Sunday evening on a recommendation, it’s I think was the worst food I ever had . I ordered chicken supreme , a dried out chicken fillet & as my son described it from a photo I took it resembled something from a sewer !! It was so tasteless, over cooked & as for the rest it was just horrendous for the price of it . The garlic potatoes I ordered were beyond words . I definitely will not be returning here .

absolutely fantastic experience here, the food was class, the service from eoin was unreal he had such good craic and was so friendly, absolutely brilliant experience, give eoin a raise the boy deserves it for how hard i saw him work

Great steak. Great Guinness and fantastic service from Eoin.

Great pub, food excellent as was the service. Eoin was a legend. Good craic and great service.

Pie of the Day, it's really amazing. A delicious flavor. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to eat quality Irish food. The atmosphere of the pub and the friendliness of the staff, also 10.

Roast beef was fantastic, loaded plate and great flavours. Sticky toffee pudding is the best I've had

Booked a table here and we were put in the noisiest bit of the bar and not restaurant. The steak was over cooked which was disappointing for the price. The chicken supreme though was one of the best I’ve had in Belfast by a mile. The cocktail weren’t great either unfortunately but I would definitely go back for the chicken it was that good.

Myself and my boyfriend visited here on a long weekend in Belfast and we both agreed this was one of the most delicious meals we’d ever eaten! The wine started at £30 a bottle but we really enjoyed our bottle and the food was unreal. Staff all really friendly and helpful too. It’s not a cheap meal but was worth every penny!!

Visited the morning star two days ago. And was a bit quiet when we walked in so wasn't expecting much but boy were we wrong. The food was AMAZING! Yes for us it was at the top end of out budget as we had steak... but as I told the server (Eoin) please thank the chef for the best ever steak I've ever had. We came back again two days later and tried their buffet (£8.99) the quality was just the same and you had a lot of choice and could have as much as you wanted on your plate... the beef was so tender and just fell apart in your mouth. As for Eoin, he was so helpful and patient. And couldn't do enough to help us enjoy our time there. I hope he gets a pat on the back from the management as he made our day. A great place to visit and eat.. thank you for the best meal of our stay!!!

We had the carvery here for lunch and it was absolutely delicious, everything was cooked beautifully and it was the perfect comfort food on a cold day, highly recommend and for 8£ it’s impossible to beat. I had a beautiful white wine with that as well and the Guinness was also delicious 😋 would return anytime I am in Belfast.

Excellent pub! Stew was fantastic.

Price of Guinness was a bit over the top compared to other pubs .

Sells Beamish, Guinness is 6.50. Nice beer garden outside

Worst Dinner in Belfast Had dinner here on a Saturday night - we were a group of 6 so had booked online beforehand . We arrived just before our 730pm reservation and were shown to the large dining room with 2 occupied tables and were put in a squeezed back corner booth next to the occupied tables even though the restaurant was empty, there was a general lack of interest and professionalism from the staff from when we sat down, no explaination of menus, no welcome, menus just handed out, and this continued when we ordered wine and the bottle was just left on the table, no offer to taste - just pour it yourself! We were hoping the food would be better, but it was just average meat and overpriced for what it was Fustrated, we decided to leave and spent 10 minutes trying to get attention from teh disinterested staff Save your money and go somewhere else when in Belfast

Popped in for coupla pints & buffet food.

Ten from me, food fantastic and staff really good. The kind of pub you keep coming back to. Absolutely brilliant

very nice Irish Pub, much more authentic than other tourist places. The Bar Buffet at £7.95 allows you to taste very good dishes. I recommend this place to soak up the local atmosphere.

Nice place, very nice customers and good pub food!

Cozy pub, great meat, generous dishes! Attentive and kind service. The price is a little higher but understandable.

We have eaten all over North America and the UK. This by far is the absolute best steak I’ve ever had in my life.

Great Pub in Belfast, very welcoming staff

First time in Belfast. This place was awesome. Great lively crowd enjoying the rugby tournament. Food was great and the Guinness was just right.

We stumbled upon The Morning Star after two other pubs were too busy to take us, and we are glad we did. The atmosphere and service were immediately impressive. The food, which came quickly, was delicious and far beyond our expectations for pub food. Tasty options for both meat eater and vegetarian. We would highly, highly recommend this pub.

Carvery is cheap but really not eatable and very minimal choice. Staff on the buffet didn't look like he wanted to be there and had zero customer service skills

If you like being ignored three times, then yes. If you are a person who likes to go to the bar and ask for everything because the waitress ignores you and you asked for a menu and still get ignored, then this is your bar! The food was buffet so ok. You get what you stand for. The ambience is really nice but the tables are a bit sticky. Toilets ok

Lovely pub in Belfast, excellent service throughout with phenomenal food. Prices slightly higher than other places nearby but 100% worth the difference, would happily pay more for the quality of food.

Had buffet lunch, it was lovely

The worst fish and chips I've had the displeasure of eating. It was clearly overcooked and tasted disgusting. It looked like a burnt croissant that had been plopped on top of the last few chips that had been scraped out of the engine oil they cooked it in. It was difficult to eat the "fish" when it's balanced on top of the chips while half the plate is covered with a streak of tartar sauce. I can't believe they had the gall to serve this. Maybe skip this if you eat here.

Very good pub If you are going to Belfast, don't miss it

The food is very good. It has good prices. It has a bar atmosphere.

Eoin was the consummate, attendant bar man tonight and made us feel at home. Highly recommended, skilled bar man.

First time in the Morning Star which was recommended to us, first impressions were the staff who were very attentive and let us choose a table of our choice which we thought was nice, then the food it was absolutely beautiful we had a sharing platter to start and then 2 steaks which were cooked to perfection I can only recommend that you go and try this restaurant/bar out as I will be recommending it to to my friends and colleagues. The staff were brilliant all night and there was no rush and a nice quiet atmosphere, we will be back for a steak soon!!!!

Stunning food and fantastic atmosphere. Visited whilst in Belfast for the weekend. Was a little apprehensive due to some negative reviews BUT so glad we didn’t let them put us off as the food was amazing! I had the chicken supreme which was so full of flavour. The service was fantastic too!

very disappointing meal here for a birthday celebration. Ordered chateaubriand but entire meal looked and tasted like reheated carvery food. It was not good. Won’t be going back.

Always knew of the Morning start and always thought of it as a wee pub down joys entry!! Hubby decided to eat here for my birthday and honestly it is a hidden gem!! The food was absolutely outstanding, the shared starter was amazing it was a meal in itself, the flavours, the staff, the atmosphere was just perfect and very welcoming. The bar man even brought 2 different bottles of wine over for us to try before we decided. Nothing was too much bother. Will definitely be back.

We both had the roast beef. Food was delicious but portion size was very small for the price paid. £17 for the roast beef was very steep for the size of portion we got. Only half a carrot and no other vegetables! Food was also quite cold which was disappointing. They also charge £1.50 for dilute which I just can’t digest! Don’t think I would recommend, there is better value elsewhere around the city.

The worst Sunday dinner i have ever had present to me. Please don't waste your family time going here. We had the turkey and ham, it was terrible, the turkey was mainly brown meat, plate swimming in gravy to hide. At £22.50 this was not what we were expecting fit for a dog. I asked to speak to the manager, who told me the gravy changed the meat colour,🤭 lol, Ask then to speak to the owner, who told us it was leg meat on our plates, and he was happy with what was sent out. No attempt to save the meal really poor service Gordon Ramsay, please 🙏 help this man.

Great place for steak and mussels tried too book online but would not let me so called them and they said come and have a drink in bar below and we will find you a seat as they did my steak was perfect as you will see in photos. Would I go back yes I would

Food was amazing! One of the best I had in Belfast

Over 17 quid for a large glass of wine and a pint of Guinness. Felt robbed .

We visited this place twice for food during our stay. Nice bar with a good atmosphere. The food was tasty and reasonably priced. The waiter on our first visit was very attentive and provided great service however the second visit the waitress was not so attentive. We had to ask to order food after waiting a while. she also forgot the drinks order and had to be reminded which was a bit disappointing after having such a great experience first time around.

Amazing place in Belfast! Sunday roast was absolutely delicious!

Came across this place in a myriad of options locally. What a find ! Initially only for a drunk but then decided to eat..was looking at menu which looked reasonable. We also noted the hit food counter and my wife asked more. Basically a great option of multiple foods at a great price of £8. Only xatch was this food ended at 17.00 but we snuck in! Amazing value and honest food. Staff were all freindly and accommodating. We arrived as strangers but left feeling like freinds. Having since seen other reviews I would honestly say this is definitely worth a visit..

Great beer and good tasty, no fuss food menu. Thoroughly recommend this pub, tucked away in wonderful Belfast.

Good food & service though quiet on Thurs evening

The Morning Star on Pottinger's entry is an historic bar&restaurant that offer a superb range of food and drinks and its located in a superb area of Belfast were there's many pubs /bars and restaurants. This excellent bar&restaurant offers a very good food and drinks range and it was just one of the many place's we visited on our 3 day trip to Belfast.Dating from 1810 making it one of Belfasts oldest bar&restaurants'it is well worth a visit if your in this really lively area of Belfast. Housed in a superb building with excellent external features'the interior is superb with many interesting fixtures and features and superb seating areas throughout it's whole interior and was a joy to visit. We visited many pub/bars and restaurants on our trip to Belfast and this place was as good as any we went to.We visited early on in the evening and it was as busy as it get's but it didn't take long to get served. When we visited here we had a few glasses of Carlsberg brewery lagers'a lager I don't normally have but they were refreshing but to honest were expensive. A superb bar&restaurant that offers a very good food and drinks range that's located in a superb area of Belfast and it's a place well worth visiting.(This is my first reviews of the Morning Star Bar&Restaurant). Opening Hours. Monday-Thursday-11.00-00.00. Friday-Saturday-11.00-01.00. Sunday-11.30-23.30. Public Transport. Bus Stop. High Street Bus Stop-Numerous Buses Far To Many To Mention.

Busy old style bar and eatery. A bit of a gem retaining style of yesteryear. Didn't eat but the food looked excellent.

Top bar, would be first port of call when I go back

AWFUL!!! The place looks beautiful but the service is THE WORSE EVER!

I visited this bar on a busy day just before Xmas. The state of the bar was unbelievable, glasses were piled high from one end of the bar to the other. Floor staff just kept piling them up instead of someone going behind the bar and clearing. Meanwhile, we waited about 20 minutes for our drink and had to accept the beer they had available instead of the beer we ordered.

Can’t recommend their lunch buffet enough

Disappointing bar service, normally very good! Not impressed

Great pint of Guinness but also one of the dearest in the City centre 😁

Great food and excellent service

Had a long weekend in Belfast staying at the Titanic Hotel. William who worked here recommended The Morning Star to eat and we were nit disappointed. Great menu choice and great food. Highly recommend

Very unassuming but fantastic pub. Tucked down an alley. Was recommended to go here and it did not disappoint. Great for lunch to have one grazing plate and to share a few sides. Nice gastro food

Went here for a work do, great food and pints

Its a couple of years since I've been in The Morning Star. Its changed but not for the better! The welcome was dry and not welcoming and while it might work with some I found it out of place! A take it or leave it attitude! I had told the others in my party that it was a great place but honestly I felt let down and in turn I'd let them down!!! The service was not good as at the start there was a barman attempting to cover the bar, orders, service and greeting, this was unfair I felt on the person, but it reflected outward on not only us but others too! The sharing starter was good and the portions were good. My ribeye steak "burger/sandwich was tasty but cold! My wife said the pie was just ok, the chicken burger was big for sure but perhaps a bit dry. Look it fed us, but honestly it wasn't the Morning Star I remember and enjoyed! Its now stuck trying to to be something it isn't anymore. Dickybows don't suit the place especially when the cutlery could be found in a greasy spoon diner!!! In my opinion, it would be better to remember your roots and get back there! Its a shame to be writing this about what was a memorable place to meet and eat!!