The Garrick Bar in Belfast

Staff work really hard and the Guinness was superb

The best Irish Coffee I’ve ever had

Found the place unfriendly and unhelpful . Went in with our elderly parents. Staff were unhelpful and unwelcoming

Simply the best! Perfect pint of Guinness food delicious, tasty best meal in long long long time. The service was excellent.

Great pub, great atmosphere, the food is always fantastic so would highly recommend if your in Belfast

Worst. Bartender. Ever. The bar man got really mad that my friend accidentally hit his glass on the barstand a couple of times instead of using a coaster, and in a very rude manner told my friend he'll be "going home" if he does it again. As we left I told him f u for such attitude, and he ran outside to the street to challenge me for that and got very cocky. Edit: The manager has reached out and resolved the situation, which we were very grateful for.

Great pub,gets busy, brilliant selection of Whisky. It does food,however we didnt eat, but looked good. 😳

Awesome service and amazing food! Went all the way to NI to try a Jerk Chicken Sandwich and it was pretty dam good lol. We walked in about 4PM and were seated immediately ordered and served shortly after. They had an amazing verity of drinks. Definitely recommend!

One of the best pubs in Belfast. Awesome atmosphere of a traditional pub, with great pints and food options. Caesar Salad was generous, the sweet potato fires were delicious and the sausages were out of this world.

Great Atmosphere and friendly staff good crach

One of my favourite pubs in the city!

Nice atmosphere! Main bar man was rude and the pint I got was undrinkable! Nice surroundings needs work on bar staff.

Great place, live football, children allowed through back.

I only had 1 pint of absolutely superb Guinness. Grumpy, hard to please bugger that I am, I could not fault it. I would have had more, but pressing matters elsewhere. The "stick" was what it should be.

Went there for some dancing and a good crowd and vibe

Best pint of the Guinness in town 👌

Good straightforward pub food with good service

very delicious The waiters are great

Came for a few pints with friends to watch the rugby and football. Managed to get a table which wasn’t easy on a Saturday as the place is usually packed. Guinness was good and there was a large selection of ales and beers, so if that is your thing you will be very happy. My visit was spoiled slightly by one of the staff members (no name badges but young guy with beard and glasses) who was very rude to me when taking a drinks order (a few other customers commented on his behaviour so maybe he was having a bad day). But apart from that this is a good pub for a few pints. I didn’t have anything to eat but have done before and the food was good.

Great pub for live sport and does a great Guinness. Decor and atmosphere is top notch

Great pub very welcoming staff and good food

There's more life in a coffin than this place on a Friday night

Great bar. Drinks offers and lively atmosphere.

Meal was lovely. They weren't busy but service was slow.

White wine £7.5 Sauvignon blanc low quality

Great food, Great Guinness and great staff

Still one of the best pubs in Belfast after all these decades. Now that my friends is molto impressionante.

Friendly, attentive service, and a good English (rather than Irish) pub-style atmosphere. There was football playing in the bar when we went. We had drinks and dinner. My chicken pie special was ok (the gravy has been taken a bit too far and it was a bit too rich/intense/bitter) but my partner’s sausage and mash was tasty. Food was on the expensive side.

Very friendly and welcoming service. Food excellent. Recommended.

Really popular bar that always seems to be rammed. Hard to get seating at popular drinking times. A great spot when quiet, when busy it's either standing or leaning on a barrel outside.

Great place with an amazing old school atmosphere!! Me and friends were on a trip and looking to find a place with an authentic vibe and The Garrick passes! They even had live music. Only downside was service was a bit slow but that might just be a cultural thing, being from America where overall service is a bit faster. If you're a tourist you need to go to The Garrick!

Great old school Victorian style pub, fine food and alcoholic offerings in Belfast City Centre.

Went to hear friends singing live. A great night

We booked a table for three people for an afternoon meal. We arrived as planned at two thirty on Saturday the 30th and the very pleasant bar staff took our food and drinks order. The beverages arrived promptly but it took one hour and fifteen minutes for the food to follow. Two of us ordered the chicken pie but found the dish ruined by salt. The delay in the food arriving, we had to ask staff to go and look for it, resulted in the next customers rushing us to vacate the table. A very unsatisfactory experience given the reputation was so good. Once again, the bar staff and waitress were pleasant throughout.

Great traditional pub, good grub and great Guinness 👍🏻

Old faithful. It's a decent pub with decent food. Great selection of beers.

The bartender is racist and they don't even like it when you ask them things

The bar smells bad, the service is horrible, the bartender is racist and gets angry if you ask availability for a table, not recommended

Decent food, I had buffalo wings, decent beer and decent atmosphere. Always great service

Fair prices, great food, and friendly service. Would definitely visit again next time in Belfast!

Great traditional bar. Very busy on the two days we visited but with the good service and drinks, it's easy to see why. Famous for it's Irish coffee and boy is it good. Highly recommended

Called in for a Xmas pint, great atmosphere, would go back! 👍

Came in here while wandering around Belfast during my stay. Had the fish and chips and they were scrumptious! The man also recommended a great drink to go alongside it. Would return again and bring friends!

Great bar with plenty of choices. Didn't eat here but will the next time. Food looked really good

Lovely bar good food Great Atmosphere

Great bar if you’re ever in Belfast city centre

Great atmosphere for drinking beer. You must visit this place. Very good steak!!!

Really busy when we arrived last Friday night. Great vibe though. Wee traditional group playing in the corner. We just had drinks. The bar staff were excellent and we got served quite quickly. Def recommend.

Great little spot, try the Irish coffee and revel in it's magic

A hard pub to rate... It is well maintained, the staff seemed nice and it was popular for a Wednesday night. I give 3* because it just felt samey, like any another bar you might walk into in the UK: football playing loudly on the screens, loud mix of people and average decorations. 5* for being what it is... It's not claiming to be a charming Irish pub, nor a trendy bar, not a student bar. Hence the average of 4* We were doing a little pub tour of Belfast (as visitors) so I'd not recommend it if you're looking for a real Irish feel but definitely recommended if you're looking for a decent pint, football, lovely atmosphere.

Traditional pub, smaller than it appears outside. Saturday night was busy and locals brought in instruments and played trad music. Great atmosphere. Older clientele.

Cozy little place with live music

Place was very busy but they still fitted us in for food.. Food great and staff very helpful

Fantastic pub, great beer great food. Quick service.

Friendly bar : good beers / very relaxing

Terrible, the most unfriendly pub, bar staff were unfriendly and rude. Had one pint and we were done.

Good choice of beer. Serves drink later than some other joints. Helped to finish night on the high!

I love it here... Nice, cozy place to hang out with your mates for drinks after work

We didn't have food here, just Guinness, well why not!!

Stopped off at The Garrick after visiting the Waterfront Hall, place was really busy with a lively atmosphere. The food was very nice indeed, I'd recommend the chicken burgers personally but all the food we saw coming out looked delicious.

Love this pub. Great food. A huge array of drinks and the staff are very friendly and helpful.

Very good value and filling menu. We had the private room upstairs and staff were very good, food was served promptly, no mistakes with the order and a ready supply of drinks made it a great evening.

Fantastic bar with the best selection of beers, local and lots from further afield.

Guinness is among the very top pints in Belfast. Friendly service, solid fish and chips.

Good selection of drinks at reasonable prices and a great atmosphere.

Wow! The best, tastiest roast I've enjoyed for many a year. Service lovely, accommodating and friendly. Literally stumbled upon this on our travels looking for food and we're so happy we discovered it. Amazing value too!

Called in before the ferry and had a great time watching the rugby WC with a few Guinness. Food menu had something for everyone, big or small plates. Can get busy but great atmosphere

I attempted to go for a quiet drink with my girlfriend. Once arriving the bar man told me I wasent allowed in in track bottoms. I seen that a lot of people in there had dirty work bottoms on and upon speaking to the woman manager she was very unhelpful and allowed the others to stay. I don’t understand how they don’t allow a well dressed person in but allow dirty work men in the bar??? Disappointing

First time to visit this place food was amazing lovely staff. Will definitely go back. Would recommend a visit

Good atmosphere, good service, good food

Great selection of beers, whiskeys and wine at the bar and food was brilliant, highly recommend the Kenny burger

Awful Guinness Repoured - literally just called in for the first drink of our anniversary night ordered a Guinness Morgan and coke and the guy poured the Guinness into a smithwicks glass topped up by guineas from a previous half pint glass sitting at bar - husband said I’m not paying for that barman said tough you’ll have to …. We paid went up and left our drinks at the bar …. Totally disgusted by the service who drinks second hand Guinness?????

Fantastic bar! We came as a family of 6 to watch the football. Food and staff were excellent. The set menu is fantastic value. Highly recommend.

Absolutely shocking, went into watch the Liverpool match, ordered a Guinness and sat down to enjoy the game (wearing an old Liverpool jersey). All the staff walked past me several time and smiled. 40mins in, I went up to order another Guinness and some dude says "no, you have to leave wearing that top" I said there are two kids wearing Liverpool jerseys in the corner, why are they not being ask to leave? Didn't answer..... Needless to say I'll not be back, if they had of said to me when I entered, then fair enough, but 40mins into the game, disgrace, on my doing no harm on a Sunday afternoon 😠

My husband and I had a great lunch today. I had the roast beef ciabatta and he had champ and sausages. Both were yummy. The atmosphere is traditional Belfast which I love, and the atmosphere was buzzing and friendly. There was a cruise ship in and lots of American visitors who seemed to love the place. Staff were friendly and efficient and it was a great experience all round. Will be back

Great little pub, tried the Irish coffee, it was delicious. Toilets upstairs.

Good food, beer and friendly staff

Great wee afternoon, lovely helpful staff.

Ordered chicken wings with buffalo sauce. Absolutely loved it. Ambience was second to none. Live stream of sports is a big yes for me. Waitress were super kind and nice😊

Top class bar and bar staff. A good mixture of locals and visitors gives a nice feel to the place. Definitely worth a visit.

One of my favourite bars. Wonderful pints of stout and the food is fantastic too. Nice mix of locals and tourists.

Absolutely gorgeous staff and food

Great old classic Belfast boozer.

Food is good, staff are helpful. Thanks for catering for us this evening.

Really great irish pub...very busy, even on a Monday evening!

Delicious chowder & great service. But the most wonderful thing was the astounding range of beers on offer!

This bar has a major problem with it's disability access. Their disabled toilet is broken and they do not have the part required to fix the macerator. Instead of installing a new facility to ensure that disabled people can use the premises, they simply pretend the toilet is out of order. They do not warn disabled customers of this issue prior to entering the pub nor when ordering food or drinks. I went there last month for food and drinks and the toilet was broken and frankly a complete health hazard. A staff member used bucket after bucket of bleach to allow me to us basic toilet facilities. I thanked them but it was a terrible and excruciatingly embarassing situation. They promised to explain this to the bar manager and owner to get it fixed once and for all and said how embarrassing and awful it was for them to have to do to disabled people. I went to the bar this week (my office use if for after work drinks) and after a few drinks asked to use the disabled toilet to be told NO - it is out of order. A different bar person this time - he said it hadn't worked in months and was really embarrassed as it meant I was treated differently due to disability. He was not as embarrassed as I was and I and my entire party had to leave. Sadly for the Garrick owners, who prefer to pretend this is a one off, the staff are embarrassed by having to do this to disabled people who's money they have taken for drinks and meals and who they do not wish to treat unfairly. The staff do not lie and pretend the toilet has been fixed. There is no disability accessible facilities. You cannot even wash your hands as the disabled toilet is a complete health hazard with excrement everywhere.

This pub does NOT have any facilities to allow a disabled person to go to the toilet. This information should be shown clearly on the entrance door and at the bar - prior to them taking your money or serving you drinks and food. Their disability accessible toilet is broken and they have not fixed it, month after month after month. They happily take your money as a disabled person but will not provide facilities for you to go to the toilet. They would not be able to do this to able bodied people. They would be closed down by Belfast City Council. The last time I was in this bar ( a month ago) the toilet was like the loo from Train Spotting. Then the lovely staff member said the toilet was always broken and management had no interest in getting it fixed. She put bleach down the loo to at least make it usable but it was grotesque. At least she tried and she said she would speak to management to get it fixed. Sadly I believed her. This bar has zero interest in improving facilities to disabled customers. If they did their facilities would be usable. No other bar in town faces these problems. I note this is the first message in forever on this review page that the bar has replied to. The bar man tonight said during the entire time he had been back - months and weeks - the disabled toilet had NOT been fixed. This is appalling behaviour - this is far from a disability friendly pub. If this were an important issue for the Garrick it would have been fixed. This bar is not a disability friendly venue. This bar is not wheelchair accessible.

Great stop for a pint of Guinness and a drop of whiskey. Cosy surroundings with a friendly staff and atmosphere. Perfect for catch up pints with friends or needing a pitstop from shopping - located very close to Vic Square so handy spot.

Very busy (typical Irish) pub (around 5:30 PM) near the center of Belfast. Operation went fairly smoothly. Wide choice of whiskey and beers (but not Belgian). Had a Gin/Tonic (£10/glass) here. Nice atmosphere!

Didnt eat here so cant judge Great selection of beers, ciders and whisky

As an American, loved chatting with the locals.

We had booked for the France/Ireland match and we were disappointed to see that there was no atmosphere for this event. On the other hand, the servers are great and the little attention to tasting Friday's dish was nice.

Super 'olde worlde' pub. Good food and service. Only downside was the upstairs toilets.

The Garrick doesn't pretend to be anything else other than a classic Belfast bar. It really hasn't changed in years. No gimmicks, no crazy decor. Just tables, beer, food and whatever conversations you bring.

Nice pub , decent pint of Guinness

Busy, popular bar. Great selection of drinks. Lovely food

Delightful evening music and atmosphere fantastic experience recommend anytime

It’s maybe hard to believe but the food here is every bit as good, and better even, than all the other reviews suggest. The sausages and champ, an Ulster classic, is unbelievably tasty. The service is excellent too (fast and friendly); and the prices are very good value.

We loved this spot. Great Guinness too. Beware the steak sandwich...its a huge portion & delicious too.. we enjoy this oasis