The best restaurants in Northern Ireland

My wife and I have been regular goers to Maegden since it was the wee caravan next to the Giants Causeway. We travel down from Belfast at least once a month for a grilled cheese and bonfire hot chocolate! Now it is in Bushmill's it's even better - providing seating and selling local produce from across the Island. The girls who run it are absolute Angel's and so, so friendly and talkative. Impossible to describe to folk just how good a "toastie" can be, but trust me, it's well worth the hours travel and paying a few quid. Their bonfire hot chocolate isn't overly sweet nor does it have that artificial taste you would get from the likes of Costa/Starbucks. The marshmallow fluff they use on top is made by themselves and torched perfectly. It's 09.40am and my belly is now rumbling for a Maegden!!!! Side note: their candied jalepenos are to die for! An absolute 10/10 - I recommend it to everyone!

Freshly made tasty food. Locally owned and run. Give this wee place your business instead of the chain cafes.

First visit to Academy with a few friends after hearing good reports through word of mouth. We really enjoyed our evening. The restaurant itself is slick and chic, service was excellent and the food was absolutely great. I had the mushroom arancini, steak and eton mess. Loved all of it. Would highly recommend.

If you want a great food and great cocktails and great staff then visit here ... this place is always consistent and welcoming

This was the second time getting Pizza here and it is absolutely delicious. Will definitely be ordering from here again

Fantastic staff, fantastic food. Cocktails were excellent, flavours were spot on. We got the beef, the lamb and the Thai fries and all these were just the best. Best I have had in Belfast. Spot on

Absolutely awesome 🤩 we had a few small plates to get a good feel for the variety of the menu and WOW! My personal fav was chicken parfait but every single mouthful was heaven. I hope this restaurant gets awarded a Michelin star it would be well deserved ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ will defo be back HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

What an amazing place! Just like walking into a Victorian sitting room. Very warm welcome. Had a home made pizza (which had tasty home cooked ham in abundance) fries, homemade cake and a bottomless pot of tea. We stayed for ages chatting to the owners and fellow diners. Everyone so friendly and welcoming. We were so sorry we were passing through on a tour of Ireland and couldn't return.

Excellent delivery service, very fast service, friendly delivery driver Orlagh, top class pizza. I would definitely get a pizza from here again.

Pancakes are the best around and the healthy breakfast is unreal. Staff are lovely.

What a lovely little place to grab a coffee while I was up on a business meeting. Fresh pastries lovely food, staff and atmosphere. Coffee is top class. We ended up nearly staying for lunch after having breakfast. Keep up the good work.

Fantastic food and wonderful friendly service. I had the salted chilli chicken and bacon and cheese fries very tasty. My friend had the burger and it was delicious as well. Highly recommended.

Had dinner with the family. Service was very good and food was great (kids portions were a bit light). The menu is good and the view from the restaurant is nice. Recommend.

Beautiful restaurant, food was excellent great flavours ,big portions,staff lovely and friendly,and also a reasonable price second time here and will definitely be back

Food was absolutely delicious very friendly staff and atmosphere ..have been numerous times and alway gets 5 out of 5 for me