Where to Eat & Drink in St Georges Market, Belfast 2026
The top independent spots to eat and drink in St Georges Market, Belfast right now: Rayles Diners, The Lantern Restaurant and EDO Restaurant.
| Restaurants · ranked | ||
| 1 | Rayles Diners | ★4.9672 |
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 | ||
| 2 | The Lantern Restaurant | ★4.71,235 |
| 3 | EDO Restaurant | ★4.61,205 |
| 4 | Hope Street Restaurant Belfast | ★4.7815 |
| 5 | Mourne Seafood Bar | ★4.52,014 |
| 6 | The Teal Monkey | ★4.6545 |
| 7 | Nu Delhi Restaurant Lounge | ★4.52,387 |
| 8 | Roam | ★4.8305 |
| 9 | Zen | ★4.51,841 |
| 10 | The Muddlers Club Restaurant | ★4.8742 |
| 11 | Jumon | ★4.6932 |
| 12 | Stix and Stones City Centre | ★4.42,549 |
| Bars · ranked | ||
| 1 | Kelly's Cellars | ★4.76,216 |
| 2 | Amelia Hall | ★4.61,570 |
| 3 | Duke of York | ★4.75,545 |
| 4 | Haymarket Belfast | ★4.51,535 |
| 5 | The Dirty Onion and Yardbird | ★4.45,933 |
| 6 | The Garrick | ★4.52,854 |
| 7 | Char+Mash | ★4.7404 |
| 8 | Sweet Afton | ★4.11,481 |
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 40,780 live reviews — no national chains, no ads.
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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Rayles Diners serves crispy pork belly and tamarind fish soup on Amelia St. Kelly's Cellars pours pints on Bank St.
EDO Restaurant on Upper Queen St serves churros, sardines, and bravas that casual itineraries often skip. Jumon on Fountain St handles plant-based small dishes.
Hope Street Restaurant Belfast on Little Victoria St serves chicken and potatoes for £20–30, while Duke of York on Commercial Ct pours drinks among vintage Irish Guinness memorabilia.
Rayles Diners runs at £10–20 per person, Hope Street Restaurant Belfast costs £20–30, and The Muddlers Club Restaurant on Warehouse Ln requires £100+ for its tasting courses.
Amelia Hall on Howard St serves pizza and cocktails at lunchtime. The Dirty Onion and Yardbird on Hill St serves wings and ribs.
Rayles Diners serves Filipino plates on Amelia St, while Kelly's Cellars on Bank St operates as the traditional Irish pub for a pint.
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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Ask DOW on ChatGPTDOW 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.