2 Bayhead Rd, Portballintrae, Antrim, Bushmills BT57 8RZ Overlooking the tranquil North Antrim bay in which snuggles the harbour village of Portballintrae, the Bayview Hotel has surprisingly a story to tell of noise and action of guns and war. In May 1918 a German submarine was engaged in conflict with the British Merchant steamer, the […]

43 Main St, Portrush BT56 8BL Part of the same labyrinthine complex as the Londonderry Hotel, the Atlantic Bar boasts one of the nicest fronts we have seen in a small pub. You’ll expect to see a chap with a pipe, tweed jacket and scarf parking his Lagonda outside. From the mosaic doorway entrance between […]

31-33 Lower Cross St, Larne BT40 1JW [Photo: Chekkers Wine Bar, Larne.] It’s a safe bet that if you were sent out to find the oldest pub in Larne, you’d never for a moment believe that Chekker’s Wine Bar would even be in the running. Surely this beautifully furnished, elegant wine bar, with its shining […]

1 High St, Carnlough, Ballymena BT44 0EP It had to be an exceptional bar to get me to make a special journey to Carnlough to see it. I thought I had completed my pub odyssey of the north but then I noticed in a local Sunday Paper that THE WATERFALL was awarded Bushmills bar of […]