Restaurants near The Anchorage

We visited the ivy in Belfast last night for my boyfriend’s birthday. Thought it would be nice to try as haven’t been before. I booked online and it asked if it was an occasion I put in it was my boyfriends birthday thinking they would do something special or write happy birthday on a dessert or something however they did not. Table wasn’t ready when we got there so we headed to the bar for drinks. I got a cocktail 14.50 tasted like water… staff came and assisted us to our table, couldn’t have been any better very warm and welcoming. We both had a steak chips and peppercorn sauce which was 10/10 and a chocolate bombe for dessert. We then had another two drinks. Again cocktail was like water and for the price? Very small portions and the drinks were also very small. This came to £150 which I didn’t think was so bad but still quite pricey.

Fab experience, friendly waiting staff and beautiful decor

The food and the service at The Clermont are both excellent. The ambience in the bar area is generally great and maybe a little patchier in the restaurant... With high ceilings and wood floors, anything other than quiet conversation there can become quite loud. In terms of the food, I think that there are just too many ingredients in some of the dishes. For example, one of our party last night ordered the pan fried hake. A delicious piece of fish, well prepared, in no way needing any sort of bolstering--but offered with fried mussels? On a previous visit I commented similarly in respect of an over complicated pasta dish. It's not a big complaint... I'll be back to The Clermont again and will be very pleased to visit.

Lovely food in wonderful setting with very friendly and helpful staff

Everything was perfect!! From the staff to the food to the wine and the vibes, 10/10.