21 Malone Rd, Belfast BT9 6RU Since 1950, this bar has been owned and managed by the Mooney family (Cathal) whose family also owns The Dunadry. This is very popular with local businessmen and academics. It’s very small with stable-like dividers, blue upholstery with pink and white dots and mosaic copper-like table tops. Nearly always […]

42 Botanic Ave, Belfast BT7 1JQ There is no other bar in Northern Ireland sited quite like this one – deep in the vaults of an impressive old red brick Non-Conformist church. Entrance is by a flight of iron steps under an archway and through etched glass swing doors. The interior design is supposed to […]

Status : Closed 2004 Dwarfed by tall buildings on either side stands the small but cosy Kitchen Bar, founded in 1859 by Michael Conlon, who handed it down to his son, James. He handed it down to his son, also called James, and he was the owner until a few years ago. So, for 130 […]

Status : closed 2008 52-54 Pilot Street Belfast County Antrim BT1 3AH To get to this little bar you have to walk down a cul-de-sac of large warehouses, which look as if they had seen life in the age of the clipper, and they probably did. The little bar is the last building on your […]