Mourne Seafood Bar is a seafood restaurant in St Georges Market, Belfast. Rated 4.5 stars from 1998 Google reviews. Known for hake and cod and oyster quality and preparation. Best for lunch and dinner. Price range: ££.
Mourne Seafood Bar is the only seafood restaurant on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List.
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Mourne Seafood Bar
Across 1,925 rated reviews, 89% gave four or five stars.
| Rating | 4.5★ |
| Reviews | 1,998 |
| 1-star share | 3.0% |
| Best for | Lunch |
In Their Own Words
Review highlights surfaced by Google — shown in English, with the original beneath
“Excellent restaurant, starters, main, wine and coffee at a good price.”
“We ordered seafood chowder as a starter, which is really creamy and tasty.”
“Family night out, food was delicious, drinks flowing and service 100%.”
Quick Verdict
The finest seafood in Belfast's market, cooked with care and served with warmth—book ahead or miss out.
You want the freshest seafood in Belfast, cooked without fuss, and you're willing to book ahead.
About Mourne Seafood Bar
Harder to find a room in Belfast that does seafood this honestly. Mourne Seafood Bar, in St George's Market, keeps a nautically-influenced space that fills up fast — book ahead, because noon on a weekday is already full. The oysters are the thing people lead with: the Bloody Mary shooters in particular draw comparisons that locals don't make lightly. After that, the mussels and the seafood chowder with wheaten bread account for most of the table talk, and the hake is the dish the kitchen is cooking best right now — beautifully timed, full flavour, nothing buried under sauce. The wine recommendation lands right, and a Guinness here is exactly what it should be.
Mourne Seafood Bar earns its romantic reputation through both atmosphere and a serious wines and cocktails — the kind of place where a dinner for two tends to extend well past dessert.
In the last 90 days, Mourne Seafood Bar has drawn 20 substantial written reviews (50+ characters of genuine feedback) — recent momentum that is one of the signals behind its place on the hot list.
What Stands Out
Hake and cod
Recent local reviewers singled out beautifully cooked hake and cod as standout dishes, with one comparing the overall meal to the best seafood restaurants they've eaten in.
Oyster quality and preparation
Oysters appear 64 times in Google review topics; recent diners praised their freshness and taste, with Bloody Mary oyster shooters compared favourably to New York versions.
Service under pressure
Multiple recent reviews note warm, attentive service despite the restaurant's consistent full capacity and the need to arrive at opening time to secure a table.
Practical Information
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Frequently Asked Questions about Mourne Seafood Bar
Mourne Seafood Bar in St Georges Market, Belfast requires reservations; walk-ins may not be accommodated. Recent diners report arriving at opening time and still securing tables only through advance booking.
Mourne Seafood Bar is known for hake, cod, oysters, and mussels. Recent reviews single out the hake and cod for their clarity of flavour, and the oysters for their freshness; the seafood chowder arrives creamy and rich.
Mourne Seafood Bar in Belfast is family-friendly with kids' menu and high chairs available. Recent family diners report excellent food, flowing drinks, and service rated 100%.
Mourne Seafood Bar offers casual yet upscale dining with cosy seating. Recent diners describe the atmosphere as lovely and warm, with thoughtful spacing that allows for composed dining even when the restaurant is full.
Mourne Seafood Bar specialises in seafood but offers vegetarian options. The wine list earns recognition, and cocktails and coffee programmes add dimension beyond the core seafood menu.
Mourne Seafood Bar is the only seafood restaurant on the St Georges Market, Belfast Hot List — 20 independent restaurants and bars we rank for the area.
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Rankings are recalculated monthly from live Google Business Profile data. Our Hot Score weighs review velocity (new text reviews), baseline rating, and Google Business Profile completeness. No editorial picks, no paid placements — just what the data says this month.
Hot Score: 60/100 · ranked October 2026
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