139 Vow Rd, Ballymoney BT53 7NU The Angler’s Rest is actually a few miles outside the town of Ballymoney, on the Vow Road, and sits on a hill with a panoramic view over the river Bann and the North Antrim countryside. As you would expect in a pub of this name, fishing dominates the design […]

312-320 Ormeau Rd, Ormeau, Belfast BT7 2GE You can’t miss the Errigle on the Ormeau Road, as it straddles an entire block. Back in 1934 this was a simple, small bar on the outskirts of Belfast, consisting of two rooms with a nice garden at the back with apple and plum trees. It was then […]

1 Glen Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast BT11 8BA This small bar was built in 1888 by Nicholas O’Brien, a packman or an old-time tinker, who sold haberdashery etc. Here he built a Spirit Grocery, which he christened ‘The Brewery Stores’. Divis Drive, where the bar stands on the corner with the Glen Road, was then known […]

657 Antrim Rd, Belfast BT15 4EF A relatively new hotel (with only 22 bedrooms) built in 1980, it takes its name from Lansdowne Road, where it stands at the top. Immediately you enter, you get a homely feeling and the management, Croft Inns Ltd., and staff go out of their way to cater for the […]