Northern Whig in Belfast

We booked a large party for dinner on a Thursday evening, 3 courses for £25 is hard to beat, good quality food and large portions, the waitress who looked after us was very attentive although extremely busy, this was our 3rd visit and I’m sure it won’t be our last.

We booked on the day for a large group of 17 and were accommodated with a booth seated area which was ideal for our party. Service was slow and impersonal. We waited a while for some starters and mains. Food was mediocre. Chicken wings are tasty but large and awkward to eat. Steak sandwich was nice although not hot enough. It may have been sitting for a while before getting to the table. 3 of the group had Korean fried chicken was they said was disappointing. Overall it was fine but was expecting more based on the prices and the glowing Tripadvisor reviews!

Visited this restaurant that was recommended by Trip Advisor. Wonderful building with a great atmosphere and service. Meal was very big but fabulous. I had Guinness Coated Ham with Cabbage and mash - absolutely wonderful! Definitely worth a visit.

Enjoyed our lunch before heading to the airport. MARK looked after us and was polite and attentive. Food was tasty and quick to come out.

What a wonderful place! It was fully booked when we stopped in by chance, but Mirek served us from the bar area. He was the best! Cordial, attentive and professional. The ambience of the place was welcoming and relaxing. The portions were incredible. We had great cocktails. One of the most memorable experiences in our first time trip to Ireland. When we return, we will be sure to stop in to The Northern Whig and see Mirek!

This was indeed my 3rd visit here great food and drinks friendly staff door staff always will to assist anyway they can and was great live music any night I was there

ordered the katsu chicken curry and it was not even katsu curry. it was thai red curry. it was gorgeous and i ate all of it but i expect katsu curry when i order katsu curry xoxo

Went for Sunday dinner. 3 courses for £27, excellent value. Super nice staff.

Classy, tons of room, wonderful interior. Nice menu, variety of beers and cocktails. Fish and chips was solid. Bruschetta 👍 Everything was worth the £.

Great food, friendly service, live music adds to a great vibe.

Lovely restaurant to dine in when in Belfast. Although my steak was more medium than medium rare

Food and service was outstanding.

Can never fault this place for service or quality

Called in today for lunch we tried to book online for 4 o'clock was told it was all booked up tried 30 minutes later got booked for 3 30 strange, when we got there it was pretty empty, was seated at our table ordered a drink ten minutes later the drink was sitting at the bar no one was looking like they would bring our drink down so we went to the bar for our own drink, 10 minutes later. The waitress took our food order not the water who gave us our table the food was very good but the service was very poor for me the owner needs to be more hands on, the service was bad.

Great food, great ambience and lovely staff

Highly recommended pub restaurant. Delicious food. We tried fish and chips and the Roast of the Day (beef), both plentiful and very tasty. The Guinness tasted just as good as the Outcider on tap. By the way, Mark was an extremely accommodating host!

The Northern Whig is a bar with a brilliant food menu. The interior of the bar is a perfect blend of traditional and modern, with loads of space between tables. There is a dedicated vegan menu here with starters, mains and a dessert which is brilliant! We tried the plant based goujons; beyond vegan burger and plant based fish & chips. These dishes were very tasty and served in a good portion. As you can see they are very safe options but this is perfect for this style of restaurant. We enjoyed all of it, only criticism being that the fish is closer to fish goujons. We felt the service was great and had a great pint of Guinness! Overall the atmosphere, food and service was great. The perfect vegan pub grub in my opinion, try it out if you are in the mood 😁

Brilliant food, lovely atmosphere, really friendly staff. The best meal we had while visiting belfast

Great service, Mirek is the best waiter in Belfast. Delicious food. Great place to eat.

We had just arrived in Belfast off the ferry and were looking for a nice place to eat. I did a google search and found a couple of places close by the Ramada by Wyndham. We walked and looked at a few places but we decide on The Northern Whig. We looked at the outside menu and prices and it fit what we were looking for. The atmosphere is very nice, not too dark and not too bright. They asked if we had a reservation but we didn’t; we lucked out because we got there before the regulars came in. My wife and I ordered the fish and chips because we wanted to share the meal. The couple with us ordered the Beef and Stout Pie and Fish and Chips. WOW! Wow! Everything was sooooo good! The fish was lightly battered, fresh and no fishy taste. The fries were great too! Our friend that has the Beef and Stout Pie said the meal was soooo tasty. It was roast beef pieces in meat gravy and it was covered with a round croissant pastry. She let us try some and it was awesome. Our serve Hannah did a fantastic job taking care of us, we told her that the food and atmosphere was soooo good we wanted to come back. She went ahead and made a reservation for us so we would have a spot and the same table. We also had desserts Chocolate Fudge cake and Cheesecake, both were outstanding! You’ve got to go and try this place!

Nice place, but I was standing at the counter for 10 minutes before I was served a pint. There was just one other customer at the counter. This customer looked for a bottle of wine, and the barmaid had to go to a store room for this, leaving the bar unattended. When a pint costs £6.20 you expect better service.

Food was OK but not exceptional for the money spent. The notice when reserving a table that we were welcome but had to be gone by 20:30 did not feel very welcoming nor did it add to the relaxed feeling of a night out to dinner. Waiting staff was very friendly, quick and overall excellent.

Was not very nice at all, Tiger prawn cocktail was horrible lettuce looked awful we also got fish and chips had to ask three times for salt we tiny paper sachets brought two at a time, service bad for so many staff, waited long on drinks when first arrived asked for coffee before ordering food had to request milk twice terrible.

Had the Pork & Leek Sausage which is essentially Bangers & Mash with some slight differences. Not that I noticed. It was the best I’ve ever had. So tasty with the right amount of seasoning. Crispy onions accompanied it and they were to perfection. We were greeted by a grey haired gentleman that seated us in the pub off of the main dining room and was very friendly. A very busy place. A reservation is needed if you want to sit it the main dining room.

Nae gid ya bammers me maw getin kicked oot fir been slightly pished an I found a pube in ma grub.. live music wa alrite tho.

Lovely bar with very friendly staff. Going back for food today, as it smelt great when we walked in.

Great food enjoyed the Atmosphere hope to revisit.

Great service from Mark Angel - funny and kind! Food and cocktails were amazing too definitely recommend the Korean chicken!

My sister & I always try to visit The Northern Whig for lunch when we shop in Belfast as it's one of our favourite places to eat and this most recent trip just confirmed why we love it! We had the 'light' lunch - Mussels with Frites, Fish Goujons and a portion of onion rings to share. It was gorgeous as usual. Our server, Mirek, couldn't have been more friendly, attentive and helpful and gave us a lovely seat in the window to watch the world go by. A little oasis of calm after a busy morning shopping in the Market. We'd recommend The Northern Whig (and have done!), to anyone.

The service was very nice, the waiter even brought us beer to try without being asked when we didn't know which one to order. The food was good, only the light was a bit dark for eating.

We stumbled on this pub/restaurant in the cathedral quarter of Belfast. And we’re SO glad we did!! The food was superb with a variety of dishes to choose from. But the absolute best part was the service. Our server, Mark, was friendly and attentive and chatted with us for some time about life in Belfast. Girard, the manager, also visited with us. Our experience is one of the highlights of our trip.

A nice place to end the day. We met Mirek, who works in this restaurant. Everything was great.

I ordered fish and chips, fish was nice, chips were a little dry. Nice atmosphere.

Stumbled into this restaurant on our way to another & what a find. The atmosphere is lovely, the music fantastic & the food is amazing! We were served by the wonderful Mirek who recommended our dishes, one of the friendliest waiters in Belfast. Definitely a 5 star review from me!

Loved this place great music decor and food, the staff are brilliant we were looked after by the amazing Mirek he was so attentive, friendly and he's food recommendations were superb, cannot wait to go back when visiting belfast again

Roast of the day and the beef was perfect, the waiter was definitely friendly and proud to serve.

Frankly, for someone who loved Belfast, this was one more step on that evaluation. The atmosphere is relaxed, the service was smiley and with a very nice touch of family. Thank you!

Both for lunch and dinner we are at the top here!!

Had fish and chips which was a decent price for a sit in restaurant. Good portions and I scoffed the lot. Everyone else at the table was pleased with their food too. Big shout out to the staff though. Everyone we encountered was genuinely friendly which is rare enough these days

The bar/restaurant is beautiful inside. We all had the Sunday roast, it was really good! Our waitress was excellent and really friendly. Really good wine and cocktail list. We'll definitely book again.

The atmosphere is much more sophisticated than most pubs, but still welcoming. Fast and helpful service, wonderful cocktails! A special place.

We had a late lunch yesterday at the Northern Whig and did really enjoy it! The food was really a delight and totally worth its price, which was not too high by the way! And Mark who served us, was such a nice person and really helpful in the choice of our dishes, also for our daughter, who has too choose glutenfree!☺️

It took the waitress one hour to bring our meals

Absolutely beautiful bar and nice surroundings good live music but very poor service.

We have been here a few times and usually get reasonable service. Unfortunately today at 1-13pm a rather rude woman was behind the bar and her attitude left a lot to be desired. Dismissive and rude was my husbands experience. I think staff training is required.

Fantastic place and great service

Great hot food with superb service. Karaoke was funny and entertaining!

Called in for breakfast pretty good had two frys a tea a latte and a nimosa each very good would recommend it

Went to the Northern Whig for dinner on pride (a very busy period). The staff have never failed to accommodate. Both brilliant service and food. Our server (Jennifer) was absolutely excellent ensuring that we were always attended to. Alongside other great staff members. I feel like this place isn't talked about enough. Hidden gem. Could not recommend this place enough. For consistently great food and service.

Lovely Hen Do evening. Food was amazing!!! Service at bar was a bit slow a d music just a bit too loud, hard to have a conversation.

Great food & service. Great atmosphere and live music

Excellent value for money considering the location of the restaurant, right in the center. The menu has a good choice of vegetarian and vegan dishes, and the portions are generous. The staff was very friendly and precise

Food was lovely good size portions for the money. Staff are friendly. Good measure in place for safety due to covid 19

Went for daytime cocktails with friends. Cocktails were delicious, and the bar staff were all very friendly.

Nice ambience, great service. The Northern Whig is a really tastefully decorated pub, centrally located. We were impressed by the waiters, who are all “originals”. Mirek was super friendly, helpful, articulate and impressed us with his dry humor. The curry was very good, the tagliatelle was not a highlight but ok. It was fun and we will come here again. Thanks!

Awful bar man last night. Went for a cocktail. Barman (tall fella) slapped the menu down. Apparently no amaretto in the bar. He rolled his eyes when we were deciding what to get. He obviously couldn't be annoyed making 1, the bar was empty so he was hardly rushed.

Really lovely place ,service was brilliant, lovely food , nice relaxing atmosphere xxx

Fantastic bar, lovely waiter forgot name, bald, Hungarian I believe. Organised a few pints & a couple of portions of Chicken Wings, then set up Poland 🇵🇱 Vs. France 🇫🇷 game to watch. Superb service & food.

Great pub and great cocktails! 🍹

When did it become acceptable to charge over £10 for cocktails with a single 25ml shot of alcohol 😂😂 any wonder its empty

Nice big pub in Cathedral Quarter. We only popped in for a drink, but lots of people eating

Went for lunch, highly recommend will definitely be back!

Lovely meal with excellent service from Mirck. O% Guinness with a touch of blackcurrant was really nice ( never thought that about a beer before!). A few more vegetables with my chicken would have been good, but that's probably my personal preference. Sticky toffee pudding was delicious.

Worst pint of Guinness I had there not one person behind the bar knows how to serve a pint of Guinness

Excellent Pub in Belfast‘s Cathedral Quarter. Live music on weekends. Friendly staff, normal Pub food and a huge variety of beers. Sometimes 3 bartenders are in service who realize wonderful cocktails. On weekends you‘d make an online reservation to get your table.

We had some traditional fish'n'chips. Can't complain about anything. Excellent service, really good live music and atmosphere. Good Guinness and Maggies Leap. Pricing as usual, nothing out of the box.

Pretty average 2.5 stars. Service was fairly abysmal, pint of Guinness at £6 was a rip off and the atmosphere was something akin to the local funeral parlour. Has potential but poor quality service let it down. Shame really. Only stayed for one and moved on swiftly as would probably need to buy a pack of razors or paracetamol before long.

If i could give zero stars I would. Never experienced customer service like this in my life. Walked about to look for an employee, seen a guy who was about to walk past me and asked him "excuse me?" He said he was busy, about to walk on before stopping and saying "do I need something." As if I was such an inconvenience to him, a paying customer in a bar/ restaurant where the competition is extremely high. Never the less I asked "do you work here" (as I have never been greeted by such an unwelcoming and hostile manner before in hospitality, maybe i am mistaking this man in the Northern Whig apron and shouldnt be approaching him) he replied yes of course and I asked would you have a table for 3. He said we should be standing at the sign where it says to wait for a server. (I assume this is at the front entrance, we came in via the side door which was open and has no sign at it, so I must have left my crystal ball at home last night unfortunately) he checked and told us there wasn't any availability for another 2 hours. Which is quite shocking as there was only about 4 tables taken and if you have ever been to Northern Whig before you know they have about 20 odd tables. Been in plenty of times in the past and always have a lovely meal with friendly staff but that just leaves a bad taste when the employee makes you feel so uncomfortable, for just approaching them and asking if they have availability. Really poor. Went to pizza punks which we were lucky to get a table as the place was rammed, lovely friendly staff and yummy food. Maybe its not really shocking Northern Whig only had 4 tables taken with that level of customer service.

If you want great food and great atmosphere in Belfast this is the place

Very popular venue when I visited. Reservations needed for meals. There was live music as well. Food was good. Fish was delicious but chips were a little undercooked.

I always visit this place when in Belfast. The food, drink, service and atmosphere is consistently good.

Whilst we all ate our meals it was very much standard pub grub. The roast beef was sooo over cooked it was grey and tough even for mass produced food. Roast potatoes hard and would bet they were from freezer straight into fryer. Lovely atmosphere and the Guinness apparently excellent.

Great food, and the doormen/bouncers are very friendly and accommodating, but the bar staff are rude every single time we visit and this ruins the experience. Crazy to think this place would hire such a crew of insolent brats.

My husband and I walked into this restaurant on the recommendation of a guest who was outside the front door having a smoke. The service was excellent - prompt, polite and very helpful explaining various options on the menu. The menu included a variety of choices from traditional restaurant fare - steak, fish and chips, Ceasars salad - to cosmopolitan selections - curry, sausages, tagliatelle, reasonably priced, beautifully presented. The wait staff was super polite and very pleasant. Thanks Mirek! You made our stay in Belfast a memorable dining experience!

We were staying just across the road and decided to go in for a meal and a few drinks. Most impressed by the place, looked cosy and the staff were very nice and accommodating even though we did not have a reservation. The food was very good and so were the cocktails. The girl who served us was also very friendly and the service was very good. We hope to visit this place again if and when we do visit the city again.

Service was excellent especially from Mirek who looked after our every need the whole night which made our visit all the more enjoyable. On our last visit Ann Marie also looked after us .Cant wait to go back. Thanks

We were walking around town and thought the place looked nice so we stopped in for a early supper. We didn't have a reservation but thankfully it was early enough so we didn't need one. We liked the atmosphere, very cozy and down to earth. We had fast and friendly service. The steak sandwich with Jameson sauce was amazing. The fish and chips was good and so was the burger. By the time we left the bar area was almost full and there were only a few open tables, so I would recommend reservations if they take them.

Our first stop in Belfast. Food was excellent. Mirek was a great server and so friendly. Fish and chips were delicious. Will definitely go back again before we go home.

Mirek was great. Open steak ciabatta was fantastic. Highly recommend to any visitors who are looking for their first stop in Belfast.

Had the most amazing meals here - 4 of us, we all ordered something different & they were all absolutely delicious. I had one of the best fish and chips ever. Ambience is amazing as is the building itself…….highly recommend this place.

The Northern Whig in Belfast is a fantastic dining spot! Located in the heart of the city, its inviting atmosphere and delicious menu make it a top choice. The service is exceptional, ensuring a memorable culinary experience every time. Don't miss out on this gem in Belfast.

Nice vibe, good service and really nice food. The steak ciabatta was melt in the mouth. Not chewy like some steak sandwiches can be. My hubbies ham in Guinness was awesome.

Unreal! We stumbled upon this gem on our trip to Belfast. The food was absolutely gorgeous, I cannot explain it another way. I had the chicken stack, my friend had the chicken burger. The seasoning was on point. I cannot recommend it enough. Generous portions, gorgeous food.

The food here is fine. It’s a bit run of the mill but cooked fine and served warm. The service was friendly and finding somewhere in Belfast on a very wet Tuesday night was a challenge.

The food especially the steak was exceptional. I would definitely return again

Not sure if they do food, but a great place for a relaxing drink or party's. Lovely warm and friendly staff.

Nice relaxing pub for a drink or bite to eat

Had two fantastic meals across two evenings. The first night we were just looking for food near our hotel. Cora was our waitress, and made sure we had an excellent time, attentive without being a helicopter, and all the other staff were super friendly too. Based on that experience, we went back the next night. This time we were served by Craig, who was equally friendly and very helpful too! Both nights, the food was excellent. The first night I had the roast chicken and my partner had the roast beef. Second night, we both had the chicken katsu. In addition to being delicious, the portion sizes were generous, and they arrived piping hot and very quick. The restaurant itself was clean, with a really pleasant atmosphere and music that added to the experience. I was visiting from England, but I’ll be sure to return when I’m next in Belfast, and I heartily recommend this place to anyone.

Excellent service from Patrice the barmaid. Patrice went above and beyond to be helpful even helping out with a wardrobe disaster! Patrice was friendly, welcoming and extremely helpful. Excellent customer service and due to the service received by Patrice we will def be back .. five stars!

Everyone enjoyed their meals here. Pleasantly surprised that all of the food was so good. Super friendly staff and beautiful interior.

Staff all look like they are depressed!

Great food and atmosphere. Service was excellent, Mirek is a star, couldn't have been more helpful. This is one of Belfast's best.

Really relaxed and enjoyable visit today. We hadn’t booked a table and with it being Easter Sunday, we weren’t sure if we could be accommodated. Our server was Mirek and he was so welcoming and friendly from the moment we arrived. He found a table for us, and his customer service throughout was first class. He was funny, knowledgeable and great with all of the customers. The food was excellent and very quick to arrive. Overall, we would highly recommend The Northern Whig.

Really disappointed had book a table for 3 o'clock didn't get it till 3 20 they had cheak to ask u to move causes the table was book we were still eating the puddings what a disgrace

Excellent level of organisation and service for a party of 14. Service was excellent and food delicious with everyone eating at the same time. Great to relax and sit in the bar area afterwards. Highly recommend

Lovely food and good service. We had a lovely girl who was very attentive and nothing was a bitger to her. We were there on 9.3.24 about 5.30..Would definitely go back. Well done to the staff who were very busy but dealt with it all amazingly.

We were served by Mirek! Incredible service and he was very kind. Recommended a beer that we had to get after tasting. Very good experience here!

We showed up early for our reserved time and the staff were able to squeeze us in early. Food was very good and the atmosphere was nice. Our server was attentive and took very good care of our table! All meals were GF and tasty!

Had a good meal here. Didn't have any trouble getting a table, food was nice (Goat Cheese Starter and Korean Fried Chicken) and our server was best kind. Will be back again for sure.

The atmosphere was great. Ordered the steak and chips that came out really dry but it was a Friday night so I think the kitchen just gets overwhelmed. I was here at Christmas time and had a roast dinner which was lovely.