Bureau By The Lough
If you’re out for a drive along the Causeway Coastal Route, this is the first eaterie you’ll come across. This award-winning place (the latest is Pubs of Ulster ‘BEST NI FOOD PUB 2012’) has stunning views across Belfast Lough and the County Down hills. You can
go casual in the Café Bar on the ground floor or glam it up a bit in Lanyon’s Seafood & Grill Restaurant on the first floor. Either way, you’re going to eat really well. We had the Lissara duck salad in the Restaurant and the lobster prawn main course. How reassuring is it to see it written on a menu that the fish selection may change depending on the local catch?
The vegetarian choices are always imaginative; things like goats cheese wellington and halloumi with cous cous. Leave plenty of time to enjoy your meal in this place. They purposefully don’t do “fast food”. Everything is cooked fresh to order and is more than worth the wait.
Great outdoor terrace too, perfect for sipping a drink while gazing at the Lough. Just a pity we weren’t there the day actor Sam Neill (The Omen) launched his Two Paddocks wine. He said the view was “one of the best anywhere in the world from a restaurant”!
