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Where to Eat & Drink in St Georges Market, Belfast 2026

20 ranked·40,304 live reviews·updated October 2026
Known forFilipino plates on Amelia StIrish pubs on Bank StSeafood bars near the centreSteak houses on Upper Queen St

The top independent spots to eat and drink in St Georges Market, Belfast right now: Rayles Diners, The Lantern Restaurant and EDO Restaurant.

The St Georges Market Hot List · Restaurants & Bars
Restaurants · ranked
1Rayles Diners
the only Filipino restaurant on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List
Reviewers back that up: more than 4 in 10 reviews in our sample call it the best at something.
★4.9668
This place feels authentically Filipino. After visiting the Philippines last year, my partner was craving Sisig for his birthday. This restaurant offers friendly staff, delicious Filipino food and incredibly generous portions.Google review · L.M. · verbatim
2The Lantern Restaurant
Restaurant
★4.71,182
3EDO Restaurant
the only tapas venue on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List
Reviewers back that up: more than 4 in 10 reviews in our sample call it the best at something.
★4.61,194
4Hope Street Restaurant Belfast
Irish restaurant
★4.7799
5Mourne Seafood Bar
the only seafood restaurant on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List
★4.51,998
6The Teal Monkey
the only modern European restaurant on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List
★4.6531
7Nu Delhi Restaurant Lounge
the only Indian restaurant on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List
Reviewers back that up: more than 4 in 10 reviews in our sample call it the best at something.
★4.52,373
8Roam
Irish restaurant
★4.8297
9Zen
Restaurant
★4.51,833
10The Muddlers Club Restaurant
the only fine dining restaurant on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List
Reviewers back that up: more than 4 in 10 reviews in our sample call it the best at something.
★4.8739
11Jumon
Restaurant
★4.6921
12Stix and Stones City Centre
the only steak house on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List
★4.42,525
Bars · ranked
1Kelly's Cellars
Irish pub
★4.76,155
2Amelia Hall
Cocktail bar
★4.61,518
3Duke of York
Pub
★4.75,499
4Haymarket Belfast
the highest Hot Score of 2 bar & grills on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List
★4.51,518
5The Dirty Onion and Yardbird
Irish pub
★4.45,903
6The Garrick
Pub
★4.52,836
7Char+Mash
Restaurant
★4.7380
8Sweet Afton
Restaurant
★4.11,435

20 independent venues, re-ranked monthly from real reviews — no national chains, no paid placements.

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Visiting Belfast, United Kingdom? St Georges Market — High density, OX Belfast, Roam, Darcys — is the neighbourhood with 20 ranked independent restaurants and bars our review-velocity ranking is tracking right now. Rankings refreshed monthly from 40,304 live reviews — no national chains, no ads.

The corner of Amelia St at 1:30 finds window tables already on their mains. Rayles Diners handles the lunchtime rush with plates priced at £10–20 while office workers queue outside. Down on Bank St, Kelly's Cellars fills up at 5:00 with pints poured across dark wooden counters. Over on Little Victoria St, Hope Street Restaurant Belfast seats diners at £20–30 for plates of local beef and fish. Evening arrivals on Upper Queen St find EDO Restaurant turning plates of tapas across the room without pause.

How to Get There

From Belfast City Hall:

  • Walking:5 mins south along May Street
  • Train:Lanyon Place station, 2-min walk
  • Bus:Most Metro routes pass within a 5-min walk

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Single fare. But the market is a 5-minute walk from City Hall \u2014 you do not need transport.

Local tip: Saturday morning is the main event. Arrive by 10am for the best experience — the seafood stalls and hot food vendors get mobbed by 11. Bring cash for the smaller producers. The surrounding restaurants are better for a weekday evening meal when the market crowd has gone.

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St Georges Market FAQs

Rayles Diners serves Filipino plates on Amelia St for £10–20.

Mourne Seafood Bar on Bank St gets overlooked by guides focusing purely on the big hotel bars.

Mourne Seafood Bar on Bank St handles the plates, while Kelly's Cellars pours the pints just doors away.

The Teal Monkey on Dublin Rd lists prices at £20–30, while venues like The Lantern Restaurant carry no listed price on file.

Hope Street Restaurant Belfast on Little Victoria St serves Irish dishes at £20–30, and Kelly's Cellars on Bank St provides the pints for later.

Rayles Diners serves a Filipino menu on Amelia St, while Kelly's Cellars pours pints on Bank St.

Our St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List ranks 20 independent restaurants and bars. 9 of them are the only venue of their category on the list: Rayles Diners (Filipino restaurant), The Muddlers Club Restaurant (fine dining restaurant), The Morning Star Bar & Restaurant (gastropub), Nu Delhi Restaurant Lounge (Indian restaurant), Kanagawa (Belfast) Sushi & Ramen - Japanese Restaurant (Japanese restaurant), The Teal Monkey (modern European restaurant), Mourne Seafood Bar (seafood restaurant), Stix and Stones City Centre (steak house) and EDO Restaurant (tapas venue).

Our St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List ranks 20 independent restaurants and bars. These hold the highest Hot Score in their own category: Haymarket Belfast, highest of 2 in the bar & grill category.

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DOW ranks venues with a 100-point Hot Score, recalculated monthly from live Google data. Three signals, in this order: written review activity — text reviews over 50 characters in the last 90 days, the heaviest by some distance; the standing Google rating from 4.0 up; and Google Business Profile completeness — phone, website, opening hours, description, photos and categories. In Portugal and Spain, reviews written in the city's own language carry more weight than English ones. We don't publish the exact weightings: a formula you can compute backwards is one you can farm. No editorial picks, no paid placements, no national chains.

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