The Muddlers Club

Cost an arm and a leg! But good all round experience for a special occasion. Really enjoyed having a front and centre view of the kitchen, didn’t really appreciate the frantic pace that is involved in a high end kitchen. Food was excellent. Went for the full works with wine parings included. After 2 cocktails and 5 glasses of wine the tasting experience was maybe lost somewhat, although completely self inflicted!

The Food aesthetic good, as well as the taste. Moreover the services was just amazing, staff beyond friendly, cozy atmosphere, but for a fact what stood out for me was the Services. I didn’t let them know in advance that I don’t feel comfortable eating rabbit or red meat, and the stuff was okay and acted rapidly to get it changed for other dish of my taste. Which made me very happy. Well done.

This is a one Micheline star restaurant, and is well deserving. We were able to get reservations through our friend who was very persistent in checking. Our reservation was for 6 pm which seemed it was good as we were ahead of the rush. The service was exceptional. It seemed the entire restaurant was taking care of us, even though we had a main server. The food came in seven courses and we were treated to two desserts!!! Each of the courses was accompanied with a nicely paired wine, and the portions were very decent and likely more than what one would get in similar situations in the states. My favorite plate was the first appetizer and the scallops, which had a flavor I have never tasted before. But in general all other courses were super elevated and flavor above average to anything one would get around. The one thing I would suggest is that for a high end experience, there should not be a time limit, or at least that time limit should not be 2 hours. Nonetheless, this is an amazing place and an experience that has opened my eyes to realize Belfast is a culinary center with amazing potential.

Certainly fine dining and the food - a tasting menu - was delicious. However 2 things for us let it down. We felt rushed. The dishes came out at a fast and furious pace in order I assume for them to squeeze in another sitting. We had the wine flight with the meal and hadn't finished one before the next was being poured and the next taster plate deposited in front of us. Secondly it was noisy. We had to shout at one another and when the dishes and wines were presented we couldn't hear the description. Gave up asking for them to repeat it. Not a cheap meal out and sadly not the relaxed dining experience we had hoped for.