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Topic: Belfast
Posted By: Gaz
Subject: Belfast
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 10:08am
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Heading to Belfast with the missus for the long weekend. Staying Saturday and Sunday night. Hotel is in City Centre but no parking included. Any advice on where is best/cheapest to park the car. Has an Irish reg as well  |
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 10:15am
Shankill Road. Can't see a problem with leaving a southern reg there  ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 10:38am
| Last time I was up I just parked in a Multi Storey overnight, Car was grand. The second night which was an unplanned stop over, I abandoned it on the street. Expected it to be on blocks at least the next morning but it was fine and it was parked near the Village Area, not the most welcoming area for us folk. |
Posted By: bogball88
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 10:40am
Where or what hotel are you staying in? |
Gaz wrote:Posted By: SByrne24
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 11:24am
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'Has a southern reg as well' it will be fine. Acres of places to park, depends where abouts in the city. ------------- YBIG Resident Pilot |
Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 11:55am
Travelodge on Brunswick St ------------- I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 12:04pm
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Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 12:12pm
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 1:19pm
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Posted By: SByrne24
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 1:21pm
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There's acres of parking with a 2 hour time limit until after 6. There's a large car park near by top of great Victoria street, another one across from Dublin Road cinema right beside sunny days? I think the hotel is called. ------------- YBIG Resident Pilot |
Posted By: AntrimMan
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 1:45pm
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The carpark at Days Hotel maybe not the best for a southern reg. Theres a few multi storeys within 10 mins walk. Throw it in one of those. Cheap enough ------------- @AntrimMan85 |
Posted By: bogball88
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 2:00pm
Yeah definately wouldn't park here, the Sandy Row crew will be out |
Posted By: bogball88
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 2:02pm
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Remember on street parking will be free from 6pm Saturday to 8am Monday |
Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 2:26pm
Would it be asking for trouble parking on street with a southern reg though? ------------- I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday |
Posted By: gspain
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 2:43pm
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Never had a problem parking a southern reg car in Belfast. Those carparks can prove expensive though. If you are just leaving the car for the weekend and just using it to go up/down then you might want to consider leaving it on Windsor Avenue just off the Lisburn Road. It is a quiet leafy road with expensive houses. It is a short bus/Taxi ride to your hotel or well within walking distance (1.5 miles). I've been parking there for Windsor Park since the 1980's and never had an issue. Just cross the Lisburn Road and get a bus into town from there. Now there may well be closer places but that is certainly safe. Some of the other avenues closer to the centre are also fine I imagine. Note don't park on the other side of the Lisburn Road. |
Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 4:35pm
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They have an agreement with City Car Park on Francis Street - £6 per 24 hours which is grand. That a safe enough spot? ------------- I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday |
Posted By: AntrimMan
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 4:57pm
Tis one of the secure multi stories round by Castlecourt shopping centre. Be grand. ------------- @AntrimMan85 |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 4:59pm
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Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 5:00pm
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Thanks lads - now on to the more important issues - what is the pickpocket situation? ------------- I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 5:04pm
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 5:26pm
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Posted By: SByrne24
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 5:49pm
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'Southern reg' 'pick pocket' I don't know to laugh or cry. ------------- YBIG Resident Pilot |
Posted By: AntrimMan
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 5:58pm
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Im afraid I have to correct Sham on the Pickpocket situation. Recently upgraded to cataclysmic. I'd probably cancel. You'd be safer in Aleppo ------------- @AntrimMan85 |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 6:12pm
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What's Aleppo ? If Byrner is trying to tell us there isn't a massive pickpocket problem then I reckon he is cahoots with them.
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Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 6:48pm
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The estates on Ormeau road are very handy for parking. ------------- 'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick |
Posted By: bogball88
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 8:57pm
The Hatfield on a Sunday-a night not to miss Gaz 
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Posted By: SByrne24
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 9:17pm
Don't forget your GAA half zip to blend in with the students Our close family friends for many many years own that spot, the Graduate is a good shout for a lunch/dinner! Lads some of yous have made Belfast sound like Aleppo  it's a lovely city, one I can't wait to move back too personally. Loads to do, great places to shop, and for the quality of food you receive for the price too! ------------- YBIG Resident Pilot |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 9:26pm
| Trip to the Pony club for a scoop is a must too, its probably the safest place in Belfast for a man like yourself Gaz |
Posted By: bogball88
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 10:51pm
The Cassidys-a lovely bunch of lads so much in so I decided to donate to them several student loan instalments 
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Posted By: SByrne24
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 11:19pm
Couldn't meet a nicer family, I was at their weddings, 5am doing mass on Bora Bora beach in Malaga everyone pissed, great times I'll not use their first names simply letters S,K,J. My father and the brothers would go on trips to the states annually I need to go on one Always amazes me how much students spent in there! I worked in it too when I was younger  ------------- YBIG Resident Pilot |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2021 at 5:13pm
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thinking of moseying up tomorrow. Cathedral quarter the place to be? I remember seeing a lovely little narrow street with bars. Where’s that? ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2021 at 5:16pm
Yea that’s Cathedral quarter!! Plenty of nice bars, most places have put prices up mind but still pints under a fiver in most places. If you’re a Guinness head I would recommend Kelly’s Cellar (10mins from Cathedral quarter) for a few, wouldn’t hang about that area all night mind.
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2021 at 5:42pm
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Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2021 at 6:06pm
The worst pickpockets you will ever come across.
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Posted By: Green Cockade
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2021 at 6:09pm
| Lots of the best pubs in the city centre are in narrow little streets and historic 'entries', e.g. The Jailhouse ( where Henry Joy McCracken was incarcerated in 1798 before being hanged nearby ), Morning Star, Duke of York, etc. Some of the best ones have not opened up yet or are restricting hours. Kelly's Cellars remains one of the best. Hatfield probably quieter than usual without the students. I have lived in Belfast most of my life and never encountered a pickpocket. Plenty of murderers, cut-throats , crazed thugs and loons but that's enough about politics. This is not a good time of the year, there is always a lot of madness around the 12th. |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 8:49am
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none of the hotels have parking 😕booked grand central hotel,big tall yoke ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 9:05am
Go ahead big notes.
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 9:23am
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 9:35am
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Heading up to Belfast a couple of days before the 12th July ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 9:53am
| Even in a normal year its pretty quiet in the City Centre in July, people away or staying out of it due to the marching season. Will be even more quiet this year i'd imagine, bar the bigot-fest days |
Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 10:29am
The hotel will stamp your ticket, hand it in to the car park and you’ll pay a discounted price ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 11:34am
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I'm up the week after next on a trip around the North. Booked it a good while ago thinking restrictions down South would be extended so a good call! Doing Slieve Donard, Strangford Peninsula, couple of nights in Belfast, couple on Rathlin and visiting friends that live near Maghera and Banbridge. Still do those black cab tours in Belfast? Have a great interest in the troubles and that would probably be the easiset way to do a bit of venturing I take it |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 11:53am
Strangford is nice if you get the weather, few good restuaurants, coffee shops and a couple of pubs. Yes the black cab tours are still going
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Posted By: Il Principe
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 2:03pm
variant spreading on that itinerary
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 4:06pm
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Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 4:48pm
Very little in-between with the cab drivers, I find. Once they hear the accent, some will talk your ears off and others won't say a word to you except to look at you like your chewing gum on the bottom of their shoe. Though I did find it pretty amusing when my innocent ex didn't get the unspoken message and kept trying to make conversation with one to be polite when he clearly hated our guts.
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 6:01pm
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any steakhouse recommendations? ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: AntrimMan
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 6:07pm
Deanes Meat Locker. ------------- @AntrimMan85 |
Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 6:26pm
Stix and Stones, was there a few weeks back! Very nice. Top blade is meant to be nice too but I haven’t been yet.
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Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 6:37pm
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All the nordies getting out of dodge this time of year & BSM spots a bargain
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Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 9:56pm
I'll stay locked up for the next 3 years then so
I'd imagine the peak of Slieve Donard, Strangford Lough and Rathlin Island are covid hotspots alright |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2021 at 11:18pm
You should be up and down Donard in about 4 1/2 hours -hope you get a decent view ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2021 at 8:47am
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Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2021 at 4:30pm
Cheers man. Looking forward to it, hope it's a good day now! One good thing about lockdowns has been I've done a lot more outdoorsy things like this
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2021 at 8:48pm
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Fantastic hospitality everywhere we went ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2021 at 11:03pm
The rural outdoors is famous for its covid alright, we should all stick to within 2k of where we live, original lockdown was the best of course.
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Posted By: King_Kenny
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2021 at 12:42am
Terri’s best mate. Expected nothing less!
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2021 at 1:18am
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Posted By: Patman Scoop
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2021 at 9:57pm
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heading to Belfast this weekend, can I just walk into boozers and scoop away or do I need to be booking places? ------------- Why no wine??! |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:01pm
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Was there last night. You'd definitely want to be booking places. We got lucky enough to get a table in the Dirty Onion in the Cathedral Quarter. Every bar had queues to get in. Live music in most places too. The Duke of York, the Harp and a few other bars were closed for whatever reason. Some places are on random opening hours too (12-6pm). I didn't think I'd need to have to book somewhere for a Tuesday night but for a weekend, I'd recommend booking somewhere to save the hassle of queueing and hoping people will be leaving so you can get in.
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:09pm
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we were in the Duke of York last week. Lovely spot We rambled in everywhere no issues. I’d book if you are going for a meal though ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: Patman Scoop
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:12pm
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thanks gents, any recommendations for dinner, was looking at Henry's on the sat night, have top blade booked for Friday ------------- Why no wine??! |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2021 at 7:09am
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Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2021 at 7:08pm
Good spot for tinder dates ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: kevjreilly
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2021 at 4:56pm
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Heading to Belfast for the weekend. 4 of us in total. Looking for somewhere to watch the match on Sat, somewhere with some decent pub grub and close enough to a few decent pubs to go to afterwards? Any recommendations? ------------- Read it 3 times before posting |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2021 at 5:22pm
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Duke of York is a fine pub. Not sure they do grub but definitely worth a drink ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2021 at 7:11pm
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You wouldn’t be able to watch the match in the Duke of York, good bar all the same Actually don’t think many city centre bars or ones round the cathedral quarter would show the match - maybe Henry’s, or the Garrick Are NI playin at the same time?
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Posted By: Badgersboys9
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2021 at 7:35pm
| Yeah you def won't get in the Duke of York. Henrys/Jailhouse or Franklin's would be your best bet.. |
Posted By: bogball88
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2021 at 10:27pm
| Garrick be a good enough shout. Either that or Nancy Mulligans who will definitely be showing the game |
Posted By: kevjreilly
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2021 at 1:07pm
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cheers lads, will try them. Food isn't essential, once we get to see the game. ------------- Read it 3 times before posting |
Posted By: fr larry duff
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2021 at 2:48pm
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Franklins is quality for football, it's a sports bar out the back of robinsons. Though I suspect it would be busy as norn iron are playing after us.
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Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2021 at 3:13pm
Drink will probably be essential to get through it though |
Posted By: notpropaganda73
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2021 at 6:04pm
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whereabouts are yis staying? all places mentioned will be showing the match but if you're nearer Botanic area I'd say the Empire might be showing it downstairs and they do a good pizza deal there. Town Square across from the Empire used to have a big screen but I dunno what the set up is now, haven't been since things opened up again. The Points may be showing it too, and maybe the Marcus Ward if you're getting closer to town from Botanic. Franklins or Henrys/Jailhouse your best bet if right in the city centre for the match, and the Garrick. NI are playing at 7:45 so shouldn't have any issues. Garrick does decent pub grub too. Ulster Sports Club might be showing it I'm not sure, bit of a old-man-bar-turned-hipster spot if that's your bag. The Deer's Head might show it, it only recently reopened and it used to be a good spot for the football when it was called the Berliner. I'd avoid Dirty Onion and Thirsty Goat tbh, Cathedral Quarter in general is a bit of a ripoff in my view. The Spaniard is a good wee bar and Duke of York is good but I'm not really a fan of the others around Hill Street.
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