Portside Belfast in Belfast

Friendly staff, generous portions, good variety of food and drinks. If you’re waiting for the late ferry back to England pop on here and have a meal before boarding you won’t be disappointed. It’s our second time here and we will be calling in again next time we over here. Outside seating or inside. Families welcome. If you are catching the early ferry over they are open for breakfast also but not until 10am. They are missing a bit of trade there as the ferry docks at 6:30 and cars allowed off from 7am. So maybe Mr Proprietor (or Mrs) open the doors a little earlier to grab some more trade.

Stopped on the way to boat and was very pleasantly surprised, food was plentiful and very well presented as well as very tasty, we got what it said on the menu and more, staff very efficient and polite with just the right amount of chat, didn’t want to be our best friend but then again give us enough info over the food in a nice and pleasant manner, food came within a decent time and we were asked if we needed anything else a couple of times which is nice, all in all a very pleasent surprise at a very reasonable price, WELL DONE

Great meal, food was beautiful and couldn’t finish it, the portions were that big. Great value for money. Service excellent, staff were all very friendly

Not great - poor menu choice and we did order wasnt good. Salad on the plates was wilted and had seen better days. Should have a selection of smaler plates, sandwiches, baked potatoes , toasted sarnies not everyone wants a big meal at lunch time.

Amazing food the roast beef dinner on a Sunday is the best about nice friendly atmosphere staff couldn’t be any nicer make you very welcome.

A place with great food and excellent service. We have been coming here for years and we can't fault it! Love this family run bar and all their staff!

Who ever rated this place as excellent must have visited a long time ago. This place should be closed for a desperate refurb it is extremely dirty and a positive health hazard. The staff on the other hand were really helpful.

Ate here with my family in mid Dec and the food and service was good but the dog sitting on top of the seat with the family next to me really turned me off, which is a shame because I would have gone back otherwise. Dogs really shouldn't be in restaurants, never mind on the seats.

Wow walked in and was greeted by the friendly bar staff who seated us. We ordered our drinks and waited for a couple of minutes for them to be brought to us. Probably a bit longer as one had Guinness. He left us with menus so we could make our choices. Monday night is curry night choice of mild or spicy then chicken seafood or vegetable. Two of us chose to have spicy chicken and the third had the fish and chips with mushy peas. We were not disappointed, portions were large and the spice was my limit. One also added a side of chips to his order. Apparently the fish and chips were lovely and worth the money. The curry was fantastic, loads of veg in it carrots onions cauliflower broccoli and mushrooms. Served with basmati rice and a poppadom. Will definitely stop here again next time we come to visit our family.

My wife and I stopped for dinner as we were getting ready to make our ferry crossing. The pub/restaurant is fairly typical in its design, with indoor and outdoor seating. The menu was fairly good though limited, but the food we got was really good. My wife had a mature burger which she said was tasty and had a really superior cheese on it. I had the fish and chips which was well battered and had a hint of lemon flavour to it and it was really nice. The server (Michael) was friendly and helpful, and even gave us advice as to things we could do while we waited for the ferry. Parking is free but if staying over two hours you need to register your number plate on a computer terminal.

Good pub grub, reasonable prices and plenty to eat. Staff really good and look after you. Excellent place for a meal before catching the night ferry to uk, although kitchen shuts at 7 so beware. We arrived at 4 and had a drink, they didn’t mind we passed some time in bar, just be aware you need to enter car reg on a tablet inside pub front door to avoid exceeding parking time. Strange system but if you intend to be there for more than 2 hours you will be fined if you haven’t signed in.

Called in yesterday on way home to Newcastle not my first time here as always a pit stop for me as the food is always fantastic the staff are friendly and not a bad pint of Guinness a lovely atmosphere in the pub really comfortable place to sit before catching the ferry

call in today for something to eat place look lovely order fish and chips and my partner had chicken goujon she got garlic cubes in stead of chips which was floating in butter rather than complain i took her garlic cubes but it made my batter like sluge try 1 of her chicken goujon if you like fish and chicken as they where done in the same fat not good so its a big no no no from me and was still charge £42.00 not bad for crap eating but the wine was nice

Service how it should be done Carrie our waitress was amazing and nothing was too much trouble Attention to detail amazing and precise and her barista skills are outstanding will recommend and visit again

We called on the way to the port for the ferry back to Liverpool, it’s a lovely friendly pub with fantastic food, I had a baked sweet potato with mushrooms I highly recommend it, my husband had the crispy chicken cooked to perfection, I believe the food service had just finished and they still provided this tasteful food. I will definitely be back.

Was there on Friday for dinner, I had the pork ribs as my main and I love at the first bite, meat so soft and juicy and then follow up with sticky toffee pudding, so amazing 😍 Reasonable price 👍definitely I will get back there for sure ❤️

Food was not good - very sloppy and greasy and service not much better. Won't be back. Not a good experience.

Great breakfast and coffee, I have called in every two weeks for the last three years and have never been disappointed!

Llamado esta mañana para el desayuno. No defraudó. El personal es muy amable, nos sentamos rápidamente y nuestro pedido se tomó con prontitud. He escuchado cosas brillantes de las chicas del trabajo sobre Portside, así que tuve que intentarlo esta mañana por mí misma. El desayuno era encantador. Volveré de nuevo. Muchas gracias.

Pasé por algo de comida antes de tomar el ferry. Fuimos recibidos calurosamente por dos jóvenes amables y profesionales que se aseguraron de que nuestra mesa estuviera limpia y socialmente alejada de los demás. La comida era excelente, evidentemente hecha desde cero y recién preparada. ¡Mi hija tenía los goujons y fueron increíbles! ! ! Pedí las croquetas de pescado que estaban deliciosas y enormes. Había dos, así que tenía el otro en una caja para llevar. Teníamos prisa, pero si hubiéramos tenido más tiempo, nos habríamos sentado y disfrutado de un postre o un café, ya que nos sentimos muy relajados y cómodos. Este restaurante familiar cumple todos los requisitos y lo recomiendo encarecidamente.

Horrible, nunca volveré. Estaba con mis padres que bajan todas las semanas, pero como nos sentamos en la mesa equivocada, el dueño Alan nos dijo que saliéramos, era extremadamente ignorante. Otros Clientes se sorprendieron por su arrebato. Estaba más interesado en ordeñar la asistencia del gobierno que sus clientes, muy mal gestionada

Had a great meal today and staff and service 100%. Steak was an impressive cut of sirloin and the pepper sauce was delish. Drinks lovely and cold, great prices!

Llamé al Portside Inn esta noche y tomé la opción de usar mi última oferta AMEX Small Shop & Eat Out para ayudar.Llegué alrededor de las 5 pm y fui a tomar una pinta de Heverlee para comenzar, luego ordené el Prime Filete Steak (medio a bien)Justo después de que llegue mi segunda pinta, también llega el bistec. Venía con tomates, cebollas fritas y papas fritas (la porción de papas fritas podría haber sido más grande) ¡pero esa es mi única pequeña queja!Todo estaba delicioso, cocinado a la perfección.El servicio también fue bueno y genial ver a la gente apoyando la economía durante estos tiempos difíciles.Espero volver pronto de nuevo: -)

Fantastic restaurant located at the edge of Belfast City. Serving decent value for money food. I'll be back!

Llamado en último lugar con amigos. Visitante por primera vez. La recepción por parte del personal fue muy amable. Desde afuera, no parece un lugar grande, pero por dentro es grande. El ambiente era bueno y animado. El menú era variado ya un precio razonable. Cuando llegó la comida era buenas raciones y muy sabroso. Recomendaría a cualquiera que vaya.

Pero nunca comí aquí. Mi primera visita fue una parada apresurada de 6 minutos en el camino a una boda a la que llegamos muy tarde. Aparcamos y cambiamos muy rápido en el aparcamiento y salimos disparados sin entrar. Al día siguiente noté que faltaba la billetera del pantalón y la llave de la furgoneta. Me di cuenta de que los había dejado en el banco junto a la entrada de la cocina de Portside. Así que al día siguiente volvimos y el heroico personal de Portside me había llevado los pantalones y las cosas para guardarlos. No faltaba nada. . . excepto mi orgullo Gracias chicos. En cuanto a la comida, no tengo idea, pero hay mejores personas que no puedes conocer. 5 estrellas.

Had a nice club sandwich and chips with pint of beer to wash it down.its a bit out of the way but is ideal for truckers and deliverymen

One of the only places that serves kippers for breakfast so thankfully they are delicious and have been cooked to perfection every time I have been.

No hay nada que pueda criticar en nuestra visita de hoy para el brunch del domingo.Buena comida, a un precio razonable, ambiente relajado y servicio amable.A los niños les encantaron los panqueques, el tocino y la miel, lo mismo ocurre con la tostada francesa de mi esposa y mi mini alevines.Volveremos, pronto y regularmente

En ruta a la terminal de ferry para un ferry nocturno y tuvo algo de tiempo para matar. Paré aquí por la comida. No debería haber molestado. La sopa estaba espantosa. ¡Un plato de agua sin sabor con verduras empapadas en su interior! Urgh. La hamburguesa era de un tamaño decente, pero no muy agradable. Queso quemado en la parte superior y las patatas fritas eran duras y sin cocer. Uno de los servidores parecía tener una discusión con lo que parecía un administrador. Muy torpe y poco profesional. Había una chica más joven esperando que era muy agradable y atenta y el café era decente, pero el resto era pésimo.

I was at the Portside Inn a few weeks ago with my fellow volunteers and members of the North & West Belfast Stroke Group. The breakfast fare was delicious and well presented - Everyone in agreement with this! Service was excellent and every whim was catered for. My omelette was the most delicious I have had in a long time! Two of our group were celebrating their birthdays and Alan very kindly spoilt them with dessert and chocolate. We will be definitely be back in the near future. Thank you Alan and your son for making us so welcome and providing touches over and above duty.

Myself and two friends visited today for lunch , we will not be back , the service was terrible the portion size was small and finding a hair in my lunch was unacceptable we were very disappointed

Recommended by a friend of ours who previously worked at the Belfast docks highly recommended this restaurant to us to experience the Belfast dock experience and he wasn’t wrong . Wonderful welcome , gentle helpful staff . Detailed menu with kids menu also . Other half went for the burger special which he enjoyed. My choice was the most popular dish the Cajun chicken but unfortunately the peppercorn sauce was very overpowering but it wasn’t bad all the same . Kids enjoyed their choices and ice cream after . Nice atmosphere, it was Friday evening buss in the air . We enjoyed our visit here and would recommend.

Go here once a month for breakfast it is always to a high standard well cooked and well presented the staff very friendly and helpful very relaxing atmosphere would highly recommended it.

Exceptional Excellence normally comes at a premium cost. The Team of Matthew, Shannon, (& Davy with John, in the kitchen) deliver a priceless package that is absolutely the Best. From the welcome, the chatter and banter, the quality of food delivery, the atmosphere (personalised and family-warm!), the price and the overall package rates "Diamond Value" This is setting the standard to which others fail to deliver. 100%. It doesn't get better. Visit this venue!!! Ulster Fry, Rib eye steak, chef's speciality sauces & desserts. World class. Xx

Myself and a Friend wanted something hearty to eat last minute on a saturday night and rang this place for a last minute booking. I have never felt so welcomed in all my life. The staff Ginny and Carly were so accomodating and their service was top class. Although there was no live entertainment on, Ginny provided the entertainment dancing and singing engaging with all of the costumers. Both girls are a credit to the restraunt. Thanks for making our meal that little bit special. P.s hats off to the chef, my steak was cooked to perfection.

Tuvimos a 13 personas de la familia para una comida para el cumpleaños de los abuelos y a todos nos encantó. Mezcla de edades 3 generaciones, a todos les encantó su comida y el ambiente, pero especialmente el personal. Ginny y Carly hicieron todo lo posible para que fuera especial y así fue. Ginny también tiene un valor de entretenimiento completo, ¡debería estar en la televisión! De todos modos, apreciamos mucho y volveremos ya que vivimos localmente.

Aye this bar was dead on i was in for breakie on Sunday morning with pals and ordered a mini fry and scrambled eggs for the wee one . Food was bang on the scrambled egg even came with 2 sausages and a load of toast. And service was excellent. I Left feeling as happy as a dog with 2 sticks.

While waiting for check-in for the Belfast Birkenhead ferry we popped in. We had our 16 month old grand daughter with us. Staff were very welcoming and brought out a high chair without being asked and were full of smiles for her. That might be because she is so cute, of course. I'm not biased. We had Gunness while waiting on our food which was excellent. Food arrived before the first pint was finished. The ultimate burger was indeed ultimate and the cajun chicken was fantastic. The vegetables of sizzling broccoli and baby carrots with the cajun chicken chicken were beautifully cooked and sweet! Great chips and - really crisp!

Stop in for a feed and a pint when I'm parked up around the docks, always get good food, reasonable prices and a good pint or two. Plenty of craic and chat from Jonny when he's working too! Definitely recommend a visit.

Called in today 4 a quick lunch was quick arriving & staff jinny& Matt were very polite & friendly would recommend.

Called in yesterday on our way home from shopping for Sunday lunch have to say didn’t disappoint Matt and Jinny were so helpful nothing was a problem not expensive either will def return

Visité el Portside esta mañana para tomar un rápido desayuno vegetariano antes de regresar a The Wirral, sobre el agua desde Liverpool. La comida era genial y bien, ¿qué puedo decir sobre Matthew nuestro servidor? Él fue muy servicial y estaba realmente interesado en saber desde dónde estaba visitando. No puedo esperar para volver a visitar para poder conversar más sobre el acento local y el río Mersey.

We came here for a private function, where we only had drinks and nibbles. Service was brilliant, engaging and fast service. The buffet was lovely. Can't wait to come back

After raising a few concerns during a visit with v little response I e mailed them to express my feedback I received a v forceful and blunt reply. I had hoped for recognition of the issues and possibly an apilogy but neither were offered. We were v regular customers who had let previous issues slide due to u understanding the sector and it's demands. After receiving about arrogant reply we have decided to vote with our feet. We will not b back. Training in cust satisfaction and complaint handling would go a long way ( not to mention. Manners)

Trip around the northern Irish coast and the ferry home from Belfast to Scotland. Just around the corner from the ferry terminal is the Portside Inn. We stopped off before boarding the ferry and had a lovely meal. The chicken and the prawn cocktail were really good and the service was excellent. Much better than eating on the ferry.

On the way back to the ferry we stopped here. To be very honest because of the proximity to the ferry terminal our expectations were not high

Just a wonderful steak all gluten free & even gluten free beer. Total heaven. Wife had an open prawn sandwich & it was great as well. Happy people with full tummies.

This restaurant does not have a fancy setting, but is very easy to find. It is located on the northern edge of Belfast Port, just off the Fort William junction on the M2. It also has ample free car parking. We just popped in for a late lunch. My two companions had the generous chicken Panini's at just £5.50 each (a bargain). I chose to go with a lunch special of grilled Salmon on a Chorizo flavored potato mash base with baby carrots for £12.50 (delicious). Service was pleasant and efficient. The meals arrived quickly. The result was, 3 happy customers that had lunch for under £25. Check out the Portside Inn

Excellent breakfast, prompt service and very friendly staff. Matthew the waiter is worthy of a mention for his professional and friendly manner.

This isn't the best location in the world, unless of course you're either getting on or off a ferry! But to be honest, now that I've found it I would come again even if I was staying on dry land. There were 7 of us, ranging in age from 15 to 61, and we were all happy with the food. Don't know if the 15 yr olds noticed the service as they were glued to their phones. Portions were huge, I couldn't finish mine,and the service was great. Friendly folk who couldn't do enough to please. Definitely worth a visit.

First class Sunday Roast and Apple Crumble! 👍 Attentive Staff! Well worth a visit, handy if you’re waiting on a Ferry.

We chose this restaurant as it was on our way back to the airport. The staff were lovely the man behind the bar even asked if we were ok getting to the airport. The food was enjoyable. Stop here for good food and good service.

We called into this place for a quick lunch. It got off to a great start with a lovely bowl of homemade tomato and lentil soup.It was so good I even sent compliments to the chef.

Stopped here for a comfort break and a refreshing pint of Clonmel larger. What can I say. Good facilites and in a welcome location doing foreshore walk from city centre

Excellent service and lovely food Big portions and a nice 🍺 Recommend when either waiting for your ferry home or for an evening outfab Offer on for Mother’s Day say as well

A friend and myself were going to a show at the SSE Arena last night and the suggestion was made that we stop at the Portside for a bite to eat pre show.

Arrived Sunday morning shortly after opening , as there were only 4 other diners my Full Breakfast order with Tea was taken promptly.

Was in for lunch with 2 others I ordered seabass of the lunch special menu at £13.95 it was sto be served with sweet potatoe & veg, when the meal came out I couldnt beleive how small the portion was there was very very little seabass and far less sweet potatoe and veg, I sat and waited for 5 mins thinking that there was a bowl of sweet potatoe comming but whe i asked the waiter he said that was it but agreed that it was very small, I am by no means a big eater but this wouldn't have filled my 2 year old Grandaughter I am very serious whe I say that, i have never complained about a restaurant in my life but I felt I had to air my view on this as I was so dissapointed, there was so little to eat I couldnt seriously comment on the quality of the food this was not worth £3.95 never mind £13.95 I wont be back

Called on spec and quickly offered a table by a very friendly member of staff. A choice of menus with it being Christmas. Good selection of meals on both. 2 opted from the normal menu and another the turkey and ham. Lovely! The other 2...

We've eaten here a few times as a couple and the food has been consistently good bar food. Typical bar menu with nice specials for around a tenner. Staff are friendly and efficient and the surroundings are warm and pleasant. It's a good stop off...

My husband, my son, my son’s partner and I all went for a late lunch. The atmosphere is relaxed and the staff are very courteous and helpful. I had pulled beef on bloomer bread with pepper sauce and chips - gorgeous. Husband had roast of...

What an excellent pub, which serves great food (at reasonable prices) and good beer.

La comida era fantástica, el personal era muy agradable y servicial, especialmente la camarera con pelo rubio, se lo recomendaría a cualquiera que le guste la buena comida a un precio razonable y un ambiente relajado. Sin duda volver

Este lugar es genial si estás gallardo para el ferry a Liverpool y no tengo mucho tiempo. Su a menos de una milla de la salida del ferry.

Un salto en para el té antes de abordar el inicio del ferry. Buena decisión resultó. Personal amable, buena comida y excelente relación calidad-precio. Elija la sopa y sándwich en 7€ mientras mi mujer fuimos para un panini. La calidad de la comida servida rápidamente por el personal amable. Resultado

Llamado para el almuerzo. Reconoció inmediatamente y condujo a una mesa. Gran selección de platos y un buen menú para niños.

I was waiting on the Liverpool ferry and the Portside is very close to the terminal.With not much time the staff took my order and gad me fed within 20 mins. Starter and main!Honey chilli chicken to start and beef peppercorn stack for main. Absolutely spectacular food, fresh and hot.Highly recommended by a massive foodie.

A very nice bar with friendly and attentive staff. Perfect for us to relax in before getting the boat to Scotland.

I'm sitting here now trying to eat while a load of lager louts are shouting and yelling and chanting in the background. This place must attract the local slobs, which is sad as it spoiled what could have been a lovely meal. The staff ignored my pleas asking that they speak to the noisy drinkers who clearly were not buying food - just alcohol!!Will not be back!!

I have eaten in this family run bar/restaurant many times and have never been disappointed. A constantly changing menu with interesting thiings such as shark being one of them!! They also have the most delicious cakes to the point that i have considered forgeting the dinner and just having a slice of each instead. Lovely welcoming atmosphere with quite eccentric customers. You may walk in a stranger but you will leave felling that you have found a new home.All this and more and at a vey resonable price. A visit here is definatly a must and one visit will never be enough. On a sunday children eat free.

Great welcome by staff on arrival. Standard menu along with a separate specials menu. Good choice of food and all reasonably priced. 2 well presented plates of food which tasted as good as they looked. The steak pie special was amazing couldn't finish it! Will definitely be back in the near future. Highly recommended

Took the mrs and children here, staff are really friendly and helpful can't fault them at all. The chef how ever isn't as up to scratch as the rest of the staff. Serving what could only of been pre cooked food, I ordered a roast with peppercorn sauce and the sauce skin over the top of it. The roast beef had been precooked reheated, dry and tough. The roast potatoes were terrible like eating rubber how that was possible I don't know. The manager was on the ball very polite and friendly to the children giving them all flowers.

Excellent lunch with friends. The roast of the day was superb with lots of veg & potatoes too, meat was plentiful. My wife had the chicken goujons which were enormous and tasted great too. Service was really great and friendly with excellent drinks service too...Another place to visit next time we're looking for lunch in Belfast!

Went here with my family for Sunday lunch, the staff are very good, the bar itself is nice and comfortable, the food was the total opposite I got the fish which was bland, no taste atoll and it was cooked to death, my partner had roast carvery plate which looked absolutely dreadful and tasted the same, the vegetables that came out on the side were very suspect think they were a day or two past there best, we will probably not be back, this place has got so much more potential

At the portside tonight Top class food and good staff Well done you have got it right will be back soon for brunch

Ha ingredients not been to the portside for quite a few years I decided to give it a go for a quick lunch . Very good service , pleasant surroundings and friendly staff . Quick turnaround on the food and we all thoroughly enjoyed our meals , sandwich , ulster fry and ciabatta chunky sandwich . Very nice indeed and well worth a visit if in the area .

The fry's are outstanding and its family friendly me my wife and the kids really enjoy it. Would recommend coming on a Sunday morning to start your day off

I have eaten at the Portside many times over the past 15 years mainly for business. I have never been disappointed with quality of the food and the standard of service. Always excellent.

Finally visited this little maritime gem today. I called in to book our Christmas lunch and was very impressed with the surroundings. Menu was not ready but had a look at the brekky and lunch menus which look great. They have a funky coffee drive thro system.

Visited here after our Memory Walk as we were starving!! Went at around 2 pm so weren't sure if they were still serving food. Luckily they were because the food was amazing!! The girl that served us was so pleasant and very welcoming. Food was piping hot and delicious. Definitely recommend going here for good honest pub grub. We will surely be back!!

Visited the Portside on a sunday afternoo.with 3 family members and a 2year old. We had the roast dinners. Lovely appetizing food and the staff were brilliant. Helpful, attentive and friendly. Definitely be back.

Went for Sunday lunch with 2 kids. Had 2 courses for £13 and kids ate free. Couldn't fault food or service. Roast beef was really tender and stuffed chicken delicious. Will definitely be back.

Great place! Lovely staff! Fantastic food!As it's not so far from where I live we call in now & then and it's always great. Last time I had Cajun beef strips in tortilla basket. What a treat!

Haven't been to the port side in years as I live away from home, it used to be good food, was very dissapointed food was mediocre, cold and to be honest I've had better in a foreign take away cafe. Only reason gave it two stars was the girls at the bar were lovely and there service was great.

Just had a late lunch at The Portside. I ordered chicken curry with fluffy rice. What came was chicken pieces heavily and visibly coated in black pepper - in a very watery almost clear sauce which again tasted only of pepper - there was not even a hint of curry flavour. The rice was extremely wet and soggy not fluffy at all making the dish soupy in consistency. I ate some but the pungent taste of pepper was overpowering! I quietly spoke with the waitress and explained that I believed I had received the wrong dish. Perhaps it was pepper chicken?? She spoke with the chef who said it was a very sweet mild curry! This was neither sweet or mild - it only tasted of strong black pepper. She said she tried it and could get a very slight taste of curry and that perhaps I was used to very spicy curries! My husbands pie was supposed to be peppered beef pie. It was a slice of steak pie covered in pepper sauce. He did eat most of it but declared it average at best. I was extremely disappointed with the meal and the explanation. We paid the bill and left - never to return.

Stopped here on our way home from a hospital appt with two children aged 3 &1. Friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere. Ordered a baby portion of mash, veg and gravy for the little one. Brought it out mashed up for her and was delicious. COD fillet was beautiful and brilliantly presented. My partner had the steak ciabatta and thought it was ecceptional. Definitely recommend.

Seated quickly. Had to ask for menu after waiting a while. Drinks good. Got wrong order food below standard. Have always wanted to try here as I'm passing very often and a friend recommended the ultimate burger which I ordered but didn't receive.. Certainly will not be back unfortunately.

Very nice 3 course meal good price under 14 quid & friendly staff also a very prompt table service bar also caters for sports lovers three separate TV screens

I can not fault this little Gem, have been here many times over the years and have grown to love it more and more. Had 3 Christmas dinners in this place December 2015 - 2 booked for nights out with friends/family and once at lunch time! All 3 times were as good as each other. My recent visit was a family celebration (10 of us) and not one of us could complain about the food. It was excellent, well presented, cooked to perfection and tasted great. But its the friendly staff that also add to the atmosphere of this place, very professional and always asking if everything was ok or if we needed anything else - that to me just makes a place special! BTW they do a fab Ulster Fry breakfast & serve Great coffee. Enjoy :) :)

Went here for Christmas Eve (birthday treat for my partner) got a table straight away food was good service was good. Cheap enough would go back and would recommend

Called into the portside at the weekend for a quick bite to eat. Got seated very quickly on arrival. The young waitress took our order and got us drinks. When we got our food the waiter brought us someone else's food then just came over and lifted it of me very rudely when I asked why he just glared at me and walked on with what I thought was my meal. Finally we got our food we had ordered and the food was great no complaints at all. Although we had finished for ages and no one came to clear our plates away for desserts. I went to the bar to pay and the first waitress got me my desserts to take away very quickly and couldn't apologise enough she seemed to be the only member of staff who looked like she knew what she was doing and set the right tone for the restaurant

We wanted a quick meal before catching the ferry and this place was handy..We ordered a burger and chips, a cajun chicken fillet and some drinks.The burger was OK - nothing special, but certainly not horrible - unfortunately the cajun chicken was a different story. This was a chicken fillet that was flavoured by being cooked on the same grill as the burger and had traces of burger stuck to it..When it was brought to the attention of the serving girl, she was rude and made excuses and said 'the grill was clean, no way was there cross contamination.. etc' The atmosphere was not good either - big tellys, loud and horrible stained soft furnishings..Just avoid this place!

A great, no frills honest pub grub restaurant, the food and desserts are always good and the value is superb. Give the three course Sunday lunch for £13 a try it's delicious and the menu has great offers.

Called into the Portside for a quick stop before catching ferry home on Friday night (9th oct), first impressions very busy for just the two young girls working but we couldn't have been served any quicker , very efficient never seen two girls working in such a competent way running back and forth from bar to floor and back again to make sure we were OK with everything and needed anything else. Will definitely be back on our next trip to Ireland 10/10

They have changed the menu. the place was always nice and relaxing good service but the food had been poor real improvment good food well cooked

A little gem of a café for either coffee or a bite of lunch, avoiding the Stenaline prices on board the ferry.Rediscovered this café on a recent business trip to Northern Ireland where having overrun on my morning meetings, my last appointment was only too happy to accommodate and meet for a bite of lunch, before I boarded the ferry for home.Seated upon arrival despite being busy we were served quickly and the food was great. Definitely will be my port of call before sailing in future !

We arrived in Belfast at 7am and (as the Titanic Museum doesn't open until 9am) we decided to take the short walk to the Portside Inn from the Stena Line Terminal (Liverpool-Belfast). It opens at 8 so we had a short wait on the benches outside. Breakfast was lovely and very reasonable. There are menus on their website and you can book a table or your food in advance online too. We then took a taxi ride to the Titanic museum (about 5 mins). We enjoyed it so much that we returned for our evening meal before heading back to Stena Line for our return sailing.

Don't eat on the ferry!! Great food, brilliant service - very quick, very friendly. Excellent Guinness and a top rate fish and chips! Very accommodating of a demanding family group with two very aged grandparents.

needed food before ferry journey so found this place and wished we hadn't, awfull tasteless food , bar staff arguing the only place during a five day stop in Ireland that the food didn't come up to scratch , food finishes at 9 and a party that came in at 9.07 and were told kitchen closed had a lucky escape and am sorry to say one of the worst food stops I've had in years.