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The coffee was great. The staff are great. The bacon bagel looked great but the bacon bagel was not so great. The bagel was like a brick and you really needed something akin to a chainsaw to cut through it rather than a blunt knife. Was also worried that one of the sawn off little suckers would fly off the plate as it broke free from the rest of the bagel with the amount of effort being put in to cutting it up. Not sure other customers would have fancied bagel bites in the eye. Unclear whether you’re then supposed to dip the hacked up bits of bagel into the coffee to soften them or just plough on and hope for the best. Cakes and crisps are better options. Update 19 April 2025: ordered toast as that was the healthiest thing they sold. Out came sourdough. Had I known it was sourdough I’d have said no. What is wrong with sliced pan like Belfast people are used to? It was lethal. Like concrete. When you tried to slice it, it flew off the plate. You had to use the knife like a saw. The butter just sat on the top - even it had trouble negotiating it. My mistake was not sending it back. Unedible.

My family and I were aware that there was a dining time limit, which we completely understand and respect. However, the overall pace of service was very slow — it took a considerable amount of time for our food to be served. As a result, although we were seated well within the allotted time, we were only just starting our desserts when we were handed the bill and soon after, asked to leave. We had barely begun eating our desserts when one staff member told us we needed to vacate the table. While we were still eating, another member of staff came over and repeated the same message, stating that the next guests were waiting. We found this approach quite discourteous, especially as we were still in the middle of our meal and the delay was due to slow service, not us exceeding the time limit. We believe that if time limits are strictly enforced, the restaurant should ensure that food is served in a timely manner to allow guests to enjoy their meals properly. Communication and service should also be handled more professionally in such situations.

friendly staff and delicious food too, highly recommended

Great bar and much better than the Point or Stokers it took over from.

Cuando entramos, tenía un ambiente encantador y bullicioso y era encantador de ver. La camarera fue directo con menús y nos preguntó si queríamos una bebida. Después de un par de minutos, pedimos comida y llegó muy pronto. Estaba absolutamente delicioso. Perfecto. Recomendaría encarecidamente este hermoso café en el corazón de Belmont Road.

Soooo good!!! Highly recommend. This was always on our list of places to try and after being stuck for somewhere to eat, we finally visited Sushi cafe. The owner was friendly & had great service. We had 2 of the claypot rices and shared a mixed platter of ssushi. The sushi was lovely and fresh, rice cooked to perfection and the fish was generous! The Claypot rice is cooked fresh so you gotta watch about 20 mins. Well worth it! Have been back already!!

Food was all squished and cold. Wouldn’t order again.

Always good food and always quick

Liked it. Aubergine parm was exceptional. The ceasar wrap was nice but there was a lot of lettuce and didn't contain much chicken.

Tenía muchas ganas de visitar Ora, ya que había sido muy recomendado por la familia. Como regalo me trajeron aquí temprano esta noche y todos nos fuimos decepcionados y tristes. El gerente fue muy grosero, franco y muy poco servicial desde que llegamos. Pedimos sentarnos en una mesa más cercana, ya que sería bastante difícil para un miembro de la familia apretar más allá de las mesas altas y taburetes en la barra a las mesas estrechas en la parte posterior, sin embargo, nos dijeron que no se había solicitado! Esta mesa se quedó vacía durante toda nuestra visita, ya que había estado afuera para fumar. Lo que más esperaba también era poder pedir algunos artículos y luego pensar en qué más probar mientras recogía los pequeños platos. Sin embargo, nos dijeron que esto no puede ser acomodado por el gerente pomposo, a pesar de que mi familia había estado varias veces antes y nunca había sido un problema. Cuando nos pidieron un menú de postres de nuevo el gerente vino y nos dijo que no habíamos llegado al límite de tiempo en nuestra mesa, pero en su lugar nos ofreció una “copa rápida de vino”! ¿Quién toma una copa de vino? ¡La mesa de al lado había estado delante de nosotros y no se lo habían dicho una vez que estaban en su límite de tiempo para su mesa! Sinceramente, nunca he estado en un restaurante donde no quieren que pidas más! La única razón por la que esto obtuvo una calificación de 2 fue la camarera muy agradable de Dublín que era muy hablador y con los pies en la tierra, ella hizo que el trato de los gerentes fuera llevadero. No recomendaría Ora a otros y definitivamente no volveré.

On Friday night tried here, friendly staff 10 min wait and amazing pizza, 3 pork is unreal posh hawaiian was so good, new favourite pizza place. Must try!!

The owner was so lovely, he let my daughter feed the fish. Had bottled water and lollies out for customers for free. Such a lovely man and atmosphere. We got the new munchie box for £25. The food was all lovely, we couldn’t fault it especially the salted chilli chips. The only thing I’d say is it’s a bit over priced in comparison to others for a bigger box but other than that it was great! My partner said it was the best Chinese he’s had in a while.

Great kebab wrap here. My mate enjoyed his when he got home too. #LetsGoDevils

Absolutely wonderful friendly staff.

Ordered chicken balti ended up getting only curry with no rice while the menu says its rice included and when i ring the restaurant they say that everything is expensive and we cannot afford to give rice included…and he says that Just eat website has some technical issue that’s why it shows rice included in the menu…these people are not running a restaurant business they are just fooling the customers with fake menu and high price (proper scam) Never again gonna order here and never gonna recommend anyone about this place. If anybody is thinking of getting something here reconfirm the menu first please.