Deanes Restaurant

Deanes Restaurant Review

Despite losing its Michelin star in 2011, you'll still find Belfast's dining elite packing this place. In the cardinal-red-and-chandeliered main restaurant, they feast on such delights as truffle-roasted free-range Fermanagh chicken with potage of young leeks and herb gnocchi or the whole dover sole served with shrimps, pak choi, and ketjap manis. Top-notch steak, chicken, and venison are all staple menu items costing between £17-22. Others, interested in fabulously fresh fish, head to the 20-seater Seafood Bar. Opened in 2010, this has the genius loci of a Cape Cod eatery: coral curtains, shells, and nautical memorabilia create a seaside effect complimented with two large and boldly stylized Graham Knuttel paintings and his colorful wooden fish sculpture of a mackerel. The food is delicious too: salt and chilli squid, fishcakes, and the delicately glazed salmon burger. And if you want a light and inexpensive lunch, the Seafood Bar serves a filling bowl of chowder or mussels with bread. So sit back, knuttel down to your food, and enjoy the sleek and elegant interior alongside plenty of happy diners.