Guidebook for Belfast

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Guidebook for Belfast

Food Scene

The baker works all night and is only 100m away, drop in from 6am for a Cinnamon Loaf or their legendary iced finger.
The Golden Crumb
53 Belmont Church Rd
The baker works all night and is only 100m away, drop in from 6am for a Cinnamon Loaf or their legendary iced finger.
Awesome hipster Italian tapas, uber cool, small plates for £5/6/7. No booking needed. Cool modern Italian cusisine
27 locals recommend
Il Pirata
279-281 Upper Newtownards Rd
27 locals recommend
Awesome hipster Italian tapas, uber cool, small plates for £5/6/7. No booking needed. Cool modern Italian cusisine
Friendly family owned brasserie with a great selection of fish, steak, irish lamb and extensive wine list. Great eggs benedict at the weekend. Jonathan is a great host
20 locals recommend
Neill's Hill Brasserie
229 Upper Newtownards Rd
20 locals recommend
Friendly family owned brasserie with a great selection of fish, steak, irish lamb and extensive wine list. Great eggs benedict at the weekend. Jonathan is a great host
Award winning restaurant, book in advance, bountiful Sunday roast.
14 locals recommend
Graze
402 Upper Newtownards Rd
14 locals recommend
Award winning restaurant, book in advance, bountiful Sunday roast.
Best nightlife venue in east Belfast. Guinness is great.
52 locals recommend
Horatio Todd's Bar & Restaurant
406 Upper Newtownards Rd
52 locals recommend
Best nightlife venue in east Belfast. Guinness is great.
In the unlikely event of weather over 20c why not enjoy a frozen yoghurt.
Spoon Street
261 Upper Newtownards Rd
In the unlikely event of weather over 20c why not enjoy a frozen yoghurt.
Wooden bar perfect for weekend sport on TV, cheap food upstairs also. Also serves great Guinness
18 locals recommend
The Stokers Halt
195-199 Upper Newtownards Rd
18 locals recommend
Wooden bar perfect for weekend sport on TV, cheap food upstairs also. Also serves great Guinness
Spice up your trip with a Lamb Biryani
6 locals recommend
Rajput
205 Upper Newtownards Rd
6 locals recommend
Spice up your trip with a Lamb Biryani
Vanilla latte cant be beaten here.
6 locals recommend
Clements
269 Upper Newtownards Rd
6 locals recommend
Vanilla latte cant be beaten here.
Sit in or takeaway give it a go. Arriba.
9 locals recommend
Acapulco Restaurant
257 Upper Newtownards Rd
9 locals recommend
Sit in or takeaway give it a go. Arriba.
Great breakfast venue. always busy but worth a visit, cash machine next door also.
11 locals recommend
Baker Street
32 Montgomery Rd
11 locals recommend
Great breakfast venue. always busy but worth a visit, cash machine next door also.
locally owned pizzeria, great selection and next door to the pub
34 locals recommend
Little Wing Pizzeria
10 Ann St
34 locals recommend
locally owned pizzeria, great selection and next door to the pub
Pizzeria of 25 years in the area. You can bring your own wine / beer along.
Capers Pizzas
311-313 Upper Newtownards Rd
Pizzeria of 25 years in the area. You can bring your own wine / beer along.
Would prefer if you buy local, but wanted to list this anyway.
9 locals recommend
Caffè Nero
378 Upper Newtownards Rd
9 locals recommend
Would prefer if you buy local, but wanted to list this anyway.
Dine at the Colonels table if you fancy some Chicken.
7 locals recommend
KFC
327-329 Upper Newtownards Road
7 locals recommend
Dine at the Colonels table if you fancy some Chicken.
Eat beautiful healthy food at Slims - fantastic selection of healthy meals.
10 locals recommend
Slims Healthy Kitchen
28 Belmont Rd
10 locals recommend
Eat beautiful healthy food at Slims - fantastic selection of healthy meals.
Fantastic selections of pastries and coffees
14 locals recommend
Oliver's Coffee Bar
59 Belmont Rd
14 locals recommend
Fantastic selections of pastries and coffees
Good selection of treats within walking distance.
8 locals recommend
Cafe Smart
56 Belmont Rd
8 locals recommend
Good selection of treats within walking distance.
Aussie themed menu, you could be in Melbourne, but you are not, yes you are in Belfast.
61 locals recommend
General Merchants
361 Ormeau Rd
61 locals recommend
Aussie themed menu, you could be in Melbourne, but you are not, yes you are in Belfast.
Bring your own booze chinese. Basic, cheap but tasty.
Good Fortune
Eastleigh Drive
Bring your own booze chinese. Basic, cheap but tasty.
Only place for good dim sum in Belfast.
Sun Kee
43-47 Donegall Pass
Only place for good dim sum in Belfast.
A Restaurant in the loosest possible terms.
6 locals recommend
McDonald's
Newtownards Road
6 locals recommend
A Restaurant in the loosest possible terms.
Healthy but delicious food to break up your trip with
Slims Kitchen
Old Dundonald Road
Healthy but delicious food to break up your trip with
Ribs and sauce. You'll need a shower after eating in here, very tasty.
Blue Chicago Grill
Old Dundonald Road
Ribs and sauce. You'll need a shower after eating in here, very tasty.
Drop in for high tea, with amazing views over Belfast Lough
7 locals recommend
Culloden Estate and Spa
Bangor Road
7 locals recommend
Drop in for high tea, with amazing views over Belfast Lough
Plenty of other pizza places in Ballyhackamore, but some do like it. New to the area.
7 locals recommend
Pizza Express
376-378 Upper Newtownards Rd
7 locals recommend
Plenty of other pizza places in Ballyhackamore, but some do like it. New to the area.
Steak house within the Park Avenue Hotel - make sure you book in advance.
Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill Belfast
158 Holywood Rd
Steak house within the Park Avenue Hotel - make sure you book in advance.
Over 100 years old, Coffee Emporium. Jazz on a sunday, bring your earplugs or get drunk to enjoy it.
S.D. Bell & Co Ltd
516 Upper Newtownards Rd
Over 100 years old, Coffee Emporium. Jazz on a sunday, bring your earplugs or get drunk to enjoy it.

Entertainment & Activities

Local Rugby club, great venue to watch Six Nations rugby and watch grass routes Rugby Union.
The Church of Ireland Young Men’s Society
Belmont Road
Local Rugby club, great venue to watch Six Nations rugby and watch grass routes Rugby Union.
GO for a walk on the beach at Holywood Seapark.
Seapark Road
Seapark Road
GO for a walk on the beach at Holywood Seapark.
Go watch Ulster Rugby at this fun venue, beer, burgers and an oval shaped ball.
16 locals recommend
Kingspan Stadium
134 Mount Merrion Ave
16 locals recommend
Go watch Ulster Rugby at this fun venue, beer, burgers and an oval shaped ball.
Nip into the local grass bowling club for a Shandy and some local sport
Belmont Bowling Club
27 Kincora Ave
Nip into the local grass bowling club for a Shandy and some local sport
Uber modern clean new cinema, surrounded by 10 food venues.
16 locals recommend
Omniplex Cinema Belfast - Dundonald
Old Dundonald Road
16 locals recommend
Uber modern clean new cinema, surrounded by 10 food venues.
Hire some skate and get ice skating. Good craic for all ages
36 locals recommend
Dundonald International Ice Bowl
111 Old Dundonald Rd
36 locals recommend
Hire some skate and get ice skating. Good craic for all ages
36 holes of pirate Golf fun. Fun fun fun outdoors.
8 locals recommend
Pirates Adventure Golf
111 Old Dundonald Rd
8 locals recommend
36 holes of pirate Golf fun. Fun fun fun outdoors.
Indoor activity soft play for kids up to 11 years old. Bring your ear plugs and buy a coffee.
Funky Monkeys Dundonald, Belfast
Old Dundonald Road
Indoor activity soft play for kids up to 11 years old. Bring your ear plugs and buy a coffee.
Enjoy a cider overlooking the 17th tee box. Nice parkland course.
Knock Golf Club
Enjoy a cider overlooking the 17th tee box. Nice parkland course.

Sightseeing

Go for a beautiful walk around the mature gardens of Stormont Parliament Buildings.
55 locals recommend
Parliament Buildings
Ballymiscaw Road
55 locals recommend
Go for a beautiful walk around the mature gardens of Stormont Parliament Buildings.
Old Belmont Tower - 50m from your front door.
Conference and Meeting Centre Belfast
82 Belmont Church Rd
Old Belmont Tower - 50m from your front door.
Amazing venue to see the history of the Titanic.
145 locals recommend
TEC Belfast
17 Queens Rd
145 locals recommend
Amazing venue to see the history of the Titanic.
142 locals recommend
Crumlin Road Gaol Visitor Attraction and Conference Centre
53-55 Crumlin Rd
142 locals recommend
Iconic building with Titanic Memorial
119 locals recommend
Belfast City Hall
Donegall Square North
119 locals recommend
Iconic building with Titanic Memorial
Go see the shipyard in its entirety
37 locals recommend
Titanic Quarter station
37 locals recommend
Go see the shipyard in its entirety
324 locals recommend
Titanic Belfast
1 Olympic Way
324 locals recommend
The famous ship that ferried people between the port and Titanic. You are able to go onboard and visit.
14 locals recommend
SS Nomadic
Queens Road
14 locals recommend
The famous ship that ferried people between the port and Titanic. You are able to go onboard and visit.
Why not pop into Holywood Golf club home of Rory McIlroy. You may bump into him or his Dad Gerry picking up his fan mail.
6 locals recommend
Holywood Golf Club
Nuns Walk
6 locals recommend
Why not pop into Holywood Golf club home of Rory McIlroy. You may bump into him or his Dad Gerry picking up his fan mail.

Essentials

Get your mop/hair sorted out at the Blow Dry Bar, no booking necessary.
Blow Dry Bar
390 Upper Newtownards Rd
Get your mop/hair sorted out at the Blow Dry Bar, no booking necessary.
Get a shave and a wave, mens barbers just walking distance from the house
Norah McNally Salon For Men
402 Upper Newtownards Road
Get a shave and a wave, mens barbers just walking distance from the house
Sells majority of easy and quick items
67 locals recommend
Tesco Express
5 Belmont Rd
67 locals recommend
Sells majority of easy and quick items
Get clothes mended, stitched or improved at zip yard
The Zip Yard - Ireland's Premier Clothing Alterations Company
49 Belmont Rd
Get clothes mended, stitched or improved at zip yard
Internal Cash machine 40m away at back of the convenience store.
ATM (Todays Local)
93 Belmont Church Rd
Internal Cash machine 40m away at back of the convenience store.
Pharmacy with wide selection of potions available.
Dundela Pharmacy
17-19 Belmont Rd
Pharmacy with wide selection of potions available.
Accident and Emergency only down the road.
South Easter Health and Social Care Trust Emergency Room
Upper Newtownards Road
Accident and Emergency only down the road.
Cash machine
ATM (Danske Bank)
518-520 Upper Newtownards Rd
Cash machine

Shopping

Will hold most food and drink items
67 locals recommend
Tesco Express
5 Belmont Rd
67 locals recommend
Will hold most food and drink items
Great butcher
Corries Farm Butchers
380 Upper Newtownards Rd
Great butcher
Closest place to buy alcohol to the house.
Winemark
42 Belmont Rd
Closest place to buy alcohol to the house.
Wine, beer and cider selection satisfactory.
Winemark
42 Belmont Rd
Wine, beer and cider selection satisfactory.

Everything Else

Grab a coffee and some God related chat
Christian Fellowship Church, Belfast
10 Belmont Rd
Grab a coffee and some God related chat
Visit the school of CS Lewis
Campbell College
Visit the school of CS Lewis

Arts & Culture

Historical art deco cinema, lovely inside and walking distance from the house.
19 locals recommend
Strand Arts Centre
152-154 Holywood Rd
19 locals recommend
Historical art deco cinema, lovely inside and walking distance from the house.
Cool art venue based at St Annes Square Belfast
65 locals recommend
The MAC
10 Exchange St
65 locals recommend
Cool art venue based at St Annes Square Belfast
Drop in and read some poetry or some books on local history by Keith Haines esquire.
Ballyhackamore Library
1-3 Eastleigh Drive
Drop in and read some poetry or some books on local history by Keith Haines esquire.
Sunday Service 11am. Wash away your sins.
Belmont Presbyterian Church
94 Sydenham Ave
Sunday Service 11am. Wash away your sins.