The best restaurants serving Irish food in Northern Ireland

Lovely food, the chicken was perfectly cooked & really tender. The portions are huge! and the staff are genuinely friendly and welcoming 👍

Could not pick fault with our dining experience in the grand cafe had dinner and breakfast in it The breakfast was exceptional staff professional and friendly a special mention to Samantha who is an asset to any company

Attempted to eat there on Sunday 18/5. Asked nicely if any tables were available only to be met with disdain and scolded in front of seated customers, by a server with unnaturally white teeth. He ordered us to wait by the bar and then left us there despite available seating around.   Appalling way to treat customers so we left.

We have just had an amazing Sunday lunch at the Tartine in Bushmills. The menu is really creative, especially for vegetarians and vegans, with two veggie and one vegan starter, one veggie and two vegan mains and six deserts, one of which was vegan. I had the red wine poached pear starter which was light and full of flavour, followed by the Tomato and basil Tofu crumb. My wife had the Beef Brisket, which she really enjoyed as the meat just fell apart. The mains came with seasonal vegetables, roast and mash potatoes. The tofu crumb was so light and delicous. The meals were full of flavour, with perfect roast potatoes, creamy light mash and vegetables still holding their crunch. We were defeated by the portions and despite the deserts looking equally exciting as the starters and mains, we had to decile. First class service from the staff who seemed to love their work and great classic cooking all round. The restaurant was light and welcoming, as was the ambience enhanced by the right level and selection of the background music. A perfect experience and it must be the best restaurant in the area and the best meal we have had over the last twelve days touring Ireland, and we have had some excellent meals, and with six days left I feel we will find a place that could do better.

El Whitefort es un hermoso bar, pero en serio necesita invertir mucho en un servicio al cliente adecuado y una correcta capacitación en hospitalidad para que sea un gran bar. El servicio es impactante! Desde que entramos hasta que no podíamos esperar a salir después de la 1. 5 horas, había una chica encantadora que tomó nuestro pedido de comida, chica de pelo oscuro con gafas, no entendí su nombre, ella era genial y juego limpio para ella! Pero el personal del bar y el jefe de personal de espera, si así se les llama, necesitan la capacitación adecuada. Sí, trabajo en hostelería y noté cada defecto, es triste de verdad. Y, por último, la comida tampoco era buena: (

Ordered Avo toast and asked if the poached eggs could be scrambled instead but was told it would cost more. When I queried this, stating it was still eggs, was told it “was more eggs and effort to make scrambled” and so would have to charge more. Ridiculous and put me off the place. Just poor customer service.

Not undercooked but raw sausages avoid. Wasn’t changed but not the point had already eaten one. Will never be back just shouldn’t happen in this day and age

Gran bar y un visitante regular. Sin embargo, realmente decepcionado hoy en día en la cantidad de personas que vapean en el bar principal y justo en frente del bar. No es agradable para los no fumadores / vaporizadores y no tiene sentido informar que las mismas personas habían estado vapeando en el bar durante una cantidad considerable de tiempo antes de sentarse.

Lovely place... shame the music is so blooming loud.... This is the case on the few times I've been in.. it really is off-putting... I love music... but I don't appreciate my ears being blasted when relaxing with a coffee...

Helpful staff in this Belfast institution. DJ was playing great tunes from the 60s and 70s but kept introducing each track which was very old fashioned. The place attracts a certain crowd of pissed up auld dolls later in the evening so we moved on.

Not sure if it serves food other than crisps, it started to get crowded at the Bar, which didn't seem to have any space to order another pint. Nothing personal, it's definitely a place to visit especially as you arrive in Larne by train & fancy refreshments

Great pub , excellent food, very friendly staff

Nos alojamos en Belfast, el fin de semana pasado y decidimos ir aquí, ya que hay un buen jardín de cerveza. Era nuestra primera vez aquí y todos disfrutamos. El tiempo era precioso. No puedo comentar sobre la comida, ya que no teníamos ninguno. Sin duda volveré!

Went in with wife and children. Got a drink and some food. Food was quite nice however very expensive for what you get.

If you want to sit in a completely unhygienic environment that smells of fried food and going to the toilet is an adventure, come here. Not one seat did NOT have food on either the floor, the seat, or both. About half the tables still had all the dishes from the previous service, and no one appeared to have any intention of cleaning up. Interestingly, at the time we were there (3pm on a Saturday), there were only 6 others tables with people at them (approx 25% capacity) yet we went here because the coffee shop immediately next door was completely full of customers. I wonder why. Toilets, what an adventure. I felt I was in an episode of Mr Benn. You walk through a doorway that says 'toilet', and you are immediately in the middle of a ladies' clothes shop. There is no further signage for toilets after that, so I had to go back and ask. You go through the ladies clothing, up 2 flights of stairs, and then enter a 7 digit code to get into a toilet (which of course was disgusting and had no toilet paper) with no apparent way of locking the door from the inside. Seriously, what on earth. That said, the food was okay, and the coffee was nice, but it's not worth the hassle as not at all relaxing. Staff seem friendly enough, but there is really no urgency to keep anything spotless, which makes you doubt the food hygiene. Disappointed.