Ireland Guide
Antrim and Derry
Eating
1 Café Calm 4 Shipquay Place Pleasant café serving splendid coffee and a wide range of snacks and bites.
2 The Exchange Exchange House, Queen's Quay
028/7127 3990 This wine bar is currently the spot to be seen and offers a cosmopolitan menu too.
3 Fitzroys 2–4 Bridge St
028/7126 6211 A chic city-centre brasserie just outside Ferryquay Gate, open for lunch and evening meals.
4
Flaming Jacks 31–35 Strand Rd
028/7126 6400 Absolutely brilliant bistro-style place serving an eclectic range of dishes inspired by all four corners of the planet at very economical prices; booking ahead is essential.
5 India House 51 Carlisle Rd
028/7126 0532 The city's best Indian restaurant, offering a reasonably priced menu.
6 La Sosta 45A Carlisle Rd
028/7137 4817 Authentic Italian food in a pleasant, family-run establishment.
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Mange 2 2 Clarendon St
028/7136 1222 Arguably the city's most innovative restaurant, and certainly one of its most popular, serving tasty, French-influenced cuisine such as mussels in garlic, delicious paté and excellent pasta.
8 Quaywest 28 Boating Club Lane
028/7137 0977 Pleasant wine bar/restaurant with perhaps the North's most cosmopolitan menu – everything from Mexican chicken to Spanish seafood, via notable Southeast Asian influences.