This funky spot celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The clue about its location is in the title. It’s on Queens Quay overlooking the River Foyle, so when the weather is good, you can eat al fresco and the eats are very good indeed!
The beef is from Northern Ireland cattle; the pork is from Glenties; even the ice-cream is from Ballymoney. These great local ingredients are given the star treatment by a talented team of chefs. Try the 50/50 or the Roast Pork Belly.
Their light lunches are plenty filling enough if you ask us. It’s not easy to finish that club sandwich, but for just a few quid more, you can nosh on honey roast gammon and open steak sandwich.
Of course, the food and location can be great, but if the service is bad, your whole meal can be ruined. That’s not something you have to worry about here. The waiting staff are some of the friendliest around.
This gastro pub restaurant really has the wow factor. The décor might be opulent but the welcome is homely.
Head Chef James Graham and his team have built up a fantastic network of local suppliers like Donegal Prime Fish, North Down mushrooms and McAtamney’s Butchers and Diamond Meats.
The menu is updated according to the seasons, but one thing they can’t ever change is their signature “Smokies” dish. It’s a rich Creamy Smoked Haddock and Potato Gratin with a leek, cheese and herb sauce.
The Meal Deal of two courses for £11.95 from 5-7pm Monday to Saturday is justifiably popular as is their Party Menu.
This place is great for any occasion. Food is served Monday-Saturday 12-8pm and on Sundays 12-9pm
You won’t be expecting this, where the kids are entertained in a cinema complex your eyes aren’t deceiving you, though Martha’s Vineyard is for everyone.
There is an A La Carte menu as well as Movie Meal Deal and Banquet & Bowl menu. Our head chef John Bamford is keen to use locally sourced and in season produce.
Our Tobacco Filet Steak and our Salt&Chilli Chicken are amongst some of our customer favourites. Where else can you combine a Three Course Banquet & Bowl for £18.95 or our Two Course Movie Meal Deal for £19.95.
The ‘Kids’ menu and newly introduced ‘Juniors’ a La Carte menu has the stuff they will want to eat.
Our Carvary is not to be missed, we serve a Two Course Carvary Mon-Fri offering a choice of two freshly prepared, in season soup and main course for £6.50, and on Sundays we have a Four Course Carvary for £11.95 (the kids will love our chocolate fountain).
Why wait until you want to catch a Movie or go Bowling.
Martha’s Vineyard is a destination for by itself!
County Antrim entrepreneurs Darren and Karen Gardiner are both crazy about coffee, so it was an obvious choice to go into business with the bean. There are now no less than 12 Ground Espresso bars across Northern Ireland selling excellent coffee and in-house buns, cakes and traybakes.
Their staff are trained to the highest level by their own in-house trainers. Baristas have a Bean Grading System. They monitor their coffee skills
and award them either a one, two or three stripe bean badge or the coveted gold bean badge if they reach Barista Championship Competition standard. We like their incentives!
They’re really cool with families at these places. Most of them have a kids’ play areas, feeding mothers are very welcome and they even have “man crèches”. There’s a great range of child-friendly food . We adults just love the cinnamon scones, handmade muffins and traybakes. Scrummy.
BRANCHES
Next stores at Royal Avenue,Sprucefield KnockRoad(within Spar), Waterstones, Belfast. Branches in Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Portrush, Bushmills, Coleraine Translink and Cookstown
Just outside the city’s historic walls, Fitzroy’s has been going strong for 15 years. It’s a great little pit stop for shoppers (the Foyleside Shopping Centre is nearby) and it’s also handy for the Millennium Theatre.
If you’re looking for good food and good value, you won’t go wrong. The team source as many local ingredients as possible.
Lunchtime offerings include popular chicken dish Chicken Melter and a really good Chicken Caesar salad. Sandwiches start from just £3.50
Everything is freshly prepared and regulars say you won’t get a friendlier welcome anywhere. Customers love the braised beef and stout pie with mushy peas and the fillet steak with melted cashel blue cheese. Mmmm
Veggies will love the thyme and garlic risotto with butternut squash puree and asparagus. Yummy.
It’s not just culture vultures who love this place in the lobby of the Maiden City’s flagship theatre. Yes, you can do the pre-theatre dinner thing, but its location smack bang in the middle of town means it’s great for a pit-stop while shopping or for meeting friends too.
The kitchen team have notched up a fair few awards for their modern Irish fare, but they’re not afraid to inject some spice either. They do a stonking Steak & Guinness Pie. It’s just the ticket to perk you up after a morning shopping and exploring.
If you’re planning to eat before a play, or having dinner a la carte, you may start with Donegal Panko Cod Cakes. We guarantee you’ll clean your plate of Seabass Santacruz. Then again, you might not be able to resist the Glens of Antrim treacle cured fillet steak, simply perfection.
This is modern food cooked with the freshest local ingredients. After a starter and main course, you may not feel able for the final act, but how could you say no to Encores Death By Chocolate and one of their specialty coffees Turkish Delight.
