Bistro restaurants in Northern Ireland
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Scoffs Wine Bar & Restaurant
This busy restaurant has a modern vibe with shades of chocolate-brown and burgundy, dark wood and dim candlelight, and an international menu that includes braised lamb shank with creamy mash and redcurrant and rosemary gravy. The downstairs wine bar offers lighter meals.
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Sea Salt
Both delicatessen and bistro, Sea Salt serves everything from a morning cappuccino to a lunchtime seafood platter, with an evening menu that ranges from Spanish tapas to themed menus from around the world.
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Harbour Bistro
Quality grub – juicy steaks, homemade burgers, spicy chicken, oriental dishes and vegetarian meals – a family-friendly atmosphere (there's a kids menu) and a harbour-side location make the Harbour one of Portrush's most popular eating places.
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Harry's Restaurant
With its cosy lounge-bar atmosphere and friendly welcome, Harry's is a local institution, serving breakfast 10am to noon, pub grub from noon to 6pm – battered cod with mushy peas, burger or Caesar salad, for example – plus an à-la-carte dinner menu in the evenings that ranges from steak to lobster.
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Deane's at Queen's
A chilled-out bar and grill from Belfast's top chef, Michael Deane, this place focuses on what could be described as good-value, gourmet pub grub: salt and chilli squid, crisp pork belly with creamed celeriac, and smoked haddock and leek fishcake with curried coleslaw.
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Deli on the Green
Take a break from browsing the designer goodies in the Linen Green shops to relax over a meal in this stylish little bistro. As well as the sandwiches and salads on offer at the deli counter, there are succulent homemade steakburgers and chicken caesar salad, while the breakfast menu includes pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. The evening menu ranges from beer-battered fish and chips to baked hake with chorizo and white bean stew.
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Coyle's Bistro
Despite being upstairs from a busy bar, this place is surprisingly intimate and inviting, with wood panelling, mirrored walls and subdued lighting, and a varied menu that ranges from ox cheeks braised in red wine to Moroccan lamb stew. The two-course set menu for two (available 5pm to 7pm) includes a bottle of wine and costs £30.
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Plough Inn
This fine old pub, with its maze of dark wood-panelled nooks and crannies, has been offering 'beer and banter' since 1758. It serves gourmet bar lunches – how about tempura of pheasant and wild duck with sesame, ginger and Asian leaves? – and also offers fine dining in the restaurant around the back, where stone walls, low ceilings and a roaring fireplace make a cosy setting for a menu ranging from wood pigeon to rack of lamb.
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Ginger
Ginger is one of those places you could walk right past without noticing, but if you do you'll be missing out. It's a cosy and informal little bistro with an unassuming exterior, serving food that is anything but ordinary – the flame-haired owner/chef (hence the name) really knows what he's doing, sourcing top-quality Irish produce and turning out exquisite dishes such as such as scallops with crisp black pudding and chorizo butter. The lunch and pre-theatre (5pm to 6.45pm Monday to Friday) menu offers main courses for £8 to £12.
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Nick's Warehouse
A Cathedral Quarter pioneer (opened in 1989), Nick's is an enormous red-brick and blond-wood wine bar and restaurant, buzzing with happy drinkers and diners. The seasonal menu is strong on local produce, and the wine list is intriguing.
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