Poet's Rest Guidebook
Places very near Poet's Rest
Hello and welcome to Belfast. Great food shops, takeaways, eateries & entertainment venues are literally down the street from the flat. Just walk out the front gate, straight across the road and down Eia Street. At the bottom of the street is the Antrim Road where you'll find a Cooperative store, Curley off-sales for alcohol, Post Office, chemist and taxi rank.
A small supermarket that's just a street away on Antrim Road. It's open until about 11pm.
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Co-op Food - Antrim Road
238-240 Antrim RdA small supermarket that's just a street away on Antrim Road. It's open until about 11pm.
A supermarket that has a wide range of food, drink and essentials. It’s about a 10 minute walk countrybound along Antrim Road. There is a good sized shopping trolley provided in the storage cupboard in the accommodation that’ll help with heavy shopping loads. You’re welcome to use it.
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Tesco Superstore
369 Lisburn RdA supermarket that has a wide range of food, drink and essentials. It’s about a 10 minute walk countrybound along Antrim Road. There is a good sized shopping trolley provided in the storage cupboard in the accommodation that’ll help with heavy shopping loads. You’re welcome to use it.
Totally THE best meat and only down the street!
The steaks are to die for and try their racks of lamb and roasts. Their sausages are very tasty too.
Owen McMahon Butchers
3 Atlantic Ave Totally THE best meat and only down the street!
The steaks are to die for and try their racks of lamb and roasts. Their sausages are very tasty too.
Real, traditional Italian ice-cream since the 1880s! And it's just down the street! Get a big tub or cone (we call that a poke) and enjoy! A ‘99’ is a poke with a Cadbury’s flake.
Rossi's
9 Atlantic AveReal, traditional Italian ice-cream since the 1880s! And it's just down the street! Get a big tub or cone (we call that a poke) and enjoy! A ‘99’ is a poke with a Cadbury’s flake.
If you are looking to enjoy our famous Ulster fry, look no further than Cassidy's bar. Great food and a popular local watering hole!
Cassidy's
347 Antrim RdIf you are looking to enjoy our famous Ulster fry, look no further than Cassidy's bar. Great food and a popular local watering hole!
Great fish and chips and other chip shop favourites like pasties and chicken. Fast service for take away and massive portions.
Mannys
290 Antrim RdGreat fish and chips and other chip shop favourites like pasties and chicken. Fast service for take away and massive portions.
Just facing the butchers and ice-cream shop at the bottom of Alworthy Avenue. All you need for breads and cakes! Things to ask for and try are soda bread and potato bread farls and pancakes. These make up the famous Ulster fry with sausages, bacon, eggs, vegetable rolls, black pudding (get these at McMahon's butchers across the road).
Other delights include custard buns/pies, treacle bread, Veda, wheaten bread, apple or rhubarb tart, coconut and iced fingers, Belfast bap or a bigger 'crusty'.
The Old Oven Door
234 Antrim RdJust facing the butchers and ice-cream shop at the bottom of Alworthy Avenue. All you need for breads and cakes! Things to ask for and try are soda bread and potato bread farls and pancakes. These make up the famous Ulster fry with sausages, bacon, eggs, vegetable rolls, black pudding (get these at McMahon's butchers across the road).
Other delights include custard buns/pies, treacle bread, Veda, wheaten bread, apple or rhubarb tart, coconut and iced fingers, Belfast bap or a bigger 'crusty'.
Close to the apartment - about a 7 minute walk away. Music, workshops and talks. Look up the website to see what’s on. Look out for ‘Super Sunday Session’ - usually first Sunday of each month. These are set Sunday mornings of coffee and breakfast while listening to traditional music and poetry. Kids do crafts too.
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The Duncairn
Duncairn AvenueClose to the apartment - about a 7 minute walk away. Music, workshops and talks. Look up the website to see what’s on. Look out for ‘Super Sunday Session’ - usually first Sunday of each month. These are set Sunday mornings of coffee and breakfast while listening to traditional music and poetry. Kids do crafts too.
Wineflair
235 Antrim RoadOff licence for alcoholic drinks to bring home.
If it's takeaway Indian cuisine you fancy, give these guys a call or even walk down as it's only a couple of minutes away.
Their naan bread kebabs are gorgeous, massive and great value for money. You could get a kebab (about £7/8) and share - £3.50 - £4 each! Authentic and fresh.
Night Of Bengal
313 Antrim RdIf it's takeaway Indian cuisine you fancy, give these guys a call or even walk down as it's only a couple of minutes away.
Their naan bread kebabs are gorgeous, massive and great value for money. You could get a kebab (about £7/8) and share - £3.50 - £4 each! Authentic and fresh.
Just across the road from the apartment. Great traditional pub packed with locals. Great Ulster Fry in the mornings until early afternoon. About 5 minute's walk away so good as a local during your stay.
Cassidy's
347 Antrim RdJust across the road from the apartment. Great traditional pub packed with locals. Great Ulster Fry in the mornings until early afternoon. About 5 minute's walk away so good as a local during your stay.
Park Run. Don't want to miss that all-important Park Run at the weekend? No problem. Head down Brookhill Avenue toward the Waterworks Park and join the weekly event at 9.30am on Saturdays.
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Waterworks
Park Run. Don't want to miss that all-important Park Run at the weekend? No problem. Head down Brookhill Avenue toward the Waterworks Park and join the weekly event at 9.30am on Saturdays.
Within walking distance from Poet’s Rest
Fancy a swim, yoga, Pilates or gym session? Want to try another place for shopping? Want to take the kids or dog to the park? Or would you like to relax and get pampered? Here's some local places.
Swimming pool, steam room, sauna and fitness classes. Outside is the Grove Park, where there's a dog park and children's play park
Grove Wellbeing Centre
120 York RdSwimming pool, steam room, sauna and fitness classes. Outside is the Grove Park, where there's a dog park and children's play park
Tell Paul and Helen that Andrea sent you.
Great for mens' and women's haircare and they do the best spray tan in Belfast as far as I'm concerned.
Carlin Hair
251 Cavehill RdTell Paul and Helen that Andrea sent you.
Great for mens' and women's haircare and they do the best spray tan in Belfast as far as I'm concerned.
A lovely place to go for a couple of drinks with live band playing many nights of the week. Near to Belfast Castle. A 15 minute walk or take a bus/taxi.
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Lansdowne Court Hotel
657 Antrim RdA lovely place to go for a couple of drinks with live band playing many nights of the week. Near to Belfast Castle. A 15 minute walk or take a bus/taxi.
Food scene
Get down there early on a Friday for your fish, meat, fruit and vegetables.
Saturdays and Sundays are craft markets and always filled with gorgeous locally made products. Loads of food kiosks and things to see. Royalty can appear too!
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St. George's Market
12 East Bridge StGet down there early on a Friday for your fish, meat, fruit and vegetables.
Saturdays and Sundays are craft markets and always filled with gorgeous locally made products. Loads of food kiosks and things to see. Royalty can appear too!
Lovely homemade food. Small portions of lovely stuff that you mix and match. Book in advance - preferably before you travel. Medium price range.
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Coppi Restaurant
11 Edward StLovely homemade food. Small portions of lovely stuff that you mix and match. Book in advance - preferably before you travel. Medium price range.
Very posh and a little pricey. Book lots of weeks in advance. Down a very old alleyway in the Cathedral Quarter.
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The Muddlers Club Restaurant
1 Warehouse LaneVery posh and a little pricey. Book lots of weeks in advance. Down a very old alleyway in the Cathedral Quarter.
Pubs & clubs
We're also close to places to eat and drink in the city centre that are not always featured on Tripadvisor.
Located at the very bottom of the Falls Road. Good trad music, fiddle-dee-dee most nights. Guinness of course. You have to ring the door bell to get in.
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Maddens Bar
74 Berry StLocated at the very bottom of the Falls Road. Good trad music, fiddle-dee-dee most nights. Guinness of course. You have to ring the door bell to get in.
Good area of the city in the Cathedral Quarter. The original Harp Bar- an old strip club - was used in the 1980s as the city's punk mecca (see Good Vibrations film).
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Harp Bar
35 Hill StGood area of the city in the Cathedral Quarter. The original Harp Bar- an old strip club - was used in the 1980s as the city's punk mecca (see Good Vibrations film).
Great beer garden and fabulous buzz in the Cathedral Quarter. The National bar is close by for a visit as well as the Thirsty Goat.
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The Dirty Onion
3 Hill StGreat beer garden and fabulous buzz in the Cathedral Quarter. The National bar is close by for a visit as well as the Thirsty Goat.
Late nights are spent at Kremlin. The area is Belfast's LGBT+ hub and a great place to socialise. The Maverick bar and Boombox are in the Union Street area just across from the old Irish News offices (Belfast's old Fleet Street).
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Kremlin
96 Donegall StLate nights are spent at Kremlin. The area is Belfast's LGBT+ hub and a great place to socialise. The Maverick bar and Boombox are in the Union Street area just across from the old Irish News offices (Belfast's old Fleet Street).
A great music venue and only about a mile away in the historic docks of Belfast. Look out for pictures on the walls of footballer Jimmy Hasty - our city's famous one-armed soccer player who grew up in the old 'Sailortown' docks area.
UEFA TV: ONE-ARMED WONDER: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF JIMMY HASTY.
Do an online search for him. Lots of stories and images.
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The American Bar
65 Dock StA great music venue and only about a mile away in the historic docks of Belfast. Look out for pictures on the walls of footballer Jimmy Hasty - our city's famous one-armed soccer player who grew up in the old 'Sailortown' docks area.
UEFA TV: ONE-ARMED WONDER: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF JIMMY HASTY.
Do an online search for him. Lots of stories and images.
Spaniard
3 Skipper StVery small and cozy. A little pub that packs in a great vibe.
Right beside the Dirty Onion. New bar with lovely beer garden in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter.
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The Thirsty Goat
1 Hill StRight beside the Dirty Onion. New bar with lovely beer garden in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter.
Sightseeing
Get out of the tourist traps and find the real Belfast.
Walk up to the Caves and McArt’s Fort. Have a look around Belfast Castle's interpretive displays, or have a coffee or pint in the bar. Count the cats in the castle grounds - clue: they're not alive! Good views of Belfast Lough where Titanic sailed off from the city's shipyard.
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Zamek w Belfast
Antrim RoadWalk up to the Caves and McArt’s Fort. Have a look around Belfast Castle's interpretive displays, or have a coffee or pint in the bar. Count the cats in the castle grounds - clue: they're not alive! Good views of Belfast Lough where Titanic sailed off from the city's shipyard.
Crumlin Road Gaol with it's infamous hanging room is a 15 minute walk from the flat. There’s no need to go into town. Turn right outside the flat towards Cliftonville Road, cross the road towards Clifton Park Avenue. Walk along here and you’ll see the side entrance to the gaol.
Republican and Loyalist prisoners were locked up here during the Troubles, but the gaol goes back to Victorian times.
A great experience and extremely popular. Concerts are run here too at times. You can combine a visit to the gaol with a trip to the Belfast political murals on Falls Road. Walk out the main entrance, go right up the road and left at Agnes Street. Just walk down Agnes Street (15 minute walk) and you’ll find the ‘Muriels’ as us locals affectionately call them.
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Crumlin Road Gaol Visitor Attraction and Conference Centre
53-55 Crumlin RdCrumlin Road Gaol with it's infamous hanging room is a 15 minute walk from the flat. There’s no need to go into town. Turn right outside the flat towards Cliftonville Road, cross the road towards Clifton Park Avenue. Walk along here and you’ll see the side entrance to the gaol.
Republican and Loyalist prisoners were locked up here during the Troubles, but the gaol goes back to Victorian times.
A great experience and extremely popular. Concerts are run here too at times. You can combine a visit to the gaol with a trip to the Belfast political murals on Falls Road. Walk out the main entrance, go right up the road and left at Agnes Street. Just walk down Agnes Street (15 minute walk) and you’ll find the ‘Muriels’ as us locals affectionately call them.