Muriel’s

Class wee bar staff are so lovely and gin cocktails are unreal!

Love love love Muriel’s. Whether its a drink after work or a bite to eat they do it well both ways. The food is always delicious anytime I have eaten in here and the cocktails are great. For those of us who like gin they also offer gin flites (flytes?) ((Little boards with a 3 – 4 glasses of gin)) with a fab selection of mixers and garnishes.
The décor is comfortable and plush and I just love the feel of the place. They also do some great wee offers on food and wine platters etc.
Definitely one of Belfast’s gems and I never get tired of visiting it.

Muriel’s is a lovely old fashioned pub based on the gin palaces of years gone by which is what they specialise in. It has a cosy vibe mainly due to the fact it is very small inside and because of this it can be quite cramped. Upstairs is a bit more spacious and I have heard the food is very good too so I just need to go back and sample this.
All in all a really nice cosy pub and definitely one to put on the bucket list.

Lovely quaint bar. So many choices of cocktails. And lots and lots of gin! We ordered food, I got a platter with 2 portobello mushrooms with goats cheese, giant mozzarella risotto balls, breaded hallumi, with various dips. Was delicious! All washed down with a giant gin cocktail that had honeycomb in it! Will be back for sure.

great bartenders and delicious cocktails. don’t be fooled, the Guinness cocktail comes in a champagne glass (shock to the system for two dudes at the bar).

It’s a small enough establishment but it makes up for it with good service and an excellent stock of various gins. This is a gin emporium so it was perfect for me. We stopped here for a drink after dinner and had a couple of their prosecco cocktails. If you are in to your gin they do «gin flights» which are tasting boards of various gins paired with their ideal mixer. Tasty stuff.
The place is adorned with Bras and pants, and they have cosy corners to have intimate chats… If you manage to nab one! We didn’t so moved on to get a seat elsewhere!

This is definitely one of my favorite bars in Belfast. Their food is delicious, the bartenders are excellent, and the décor is unique (to say the least ;)). I highly recommend a visit.

Lovely small bar with a great taste of Belfast atmosphere! Fantastic gin selection and cocktail menu! Flights of gin are good value. Good selection and price for cheese and meat boards. Staff friendly and know lots about the spirits.

Muriel’s is one of my favourite bars in Belfast. They have a great selection of drinks that are always beautifully prepared. I’m a gin girl and Muriel’s has one of the best gin selections in town. The staff are friendly and will happily talk you through the menu. The atmosphere is relaxed and intimate and without any of the pretension you can get in some cocktail bars.

I have a lot of fond memories of Muriels. It has great personality, and is always buzzing. There gin passport is such a great idea, and they sport some of the finest gins in Belfast. The food is very well priced, and they do one of the meanest cheese boards ever. It and the Spaniard are two must visit places in Belfast.

Love this spot — awesome gin, wine and food. Great to sit outside on a sunny day too. Their cheese and bread boards are scrumptious and generous and they do some really good ‘Date Night or Mate Night’ food and wine offers upstairs.

Pretentious and overpriced. The ambience can only be described as a dark. hideous, wine invested Harry Potter stage set. It tries to be upmarket, but it’s got lost amongst the bibulous cracks of Belfast back alleys.

Beware, this is a biassed review, I love this little gin palace, and a dare you to argue with me. ;-)
The shiny bar glistens with promise, and they do make big promises– like having the best selections of gin in town. And they do. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, and their specials are always worth a try. At the moment they have a Gin & Toasty on the menu, which is basically hot, fruity gin, a bit like a hot toddy, and I can confirm it certainly put the colour back in my cheeks!
The lunch menu is always good, and if you pop in at tea time you can quite often get two meals for the price of one. What I enjoy though is sharing one of their meat and cheese platters with a bottle of wine and gossip, especially early in thee week when it is quieter and you can get a seat (showing my age!). Oh, and on the topic of seats, if you can’t get one downstairs, go up and recline in velvety luxury. I guarantee you’ll stay longer than you intended. ;-)

Everyone knows the old phrase ‘Gin makes you win’ or is it ‘Gin makes you sin’?
Either way if you’re looking to win or sin in Belfast Muriel’s is your place. They have a wide selection of gins served in all shapes and sizes. Think tea cups and cucumbers. As well as the gins they have a wide selection of other spirits and an extensive cocktail list.
If you tried all their gins you’d swear there were knickers hanging from the ceiling… no wait there are Knickers hanging from the ceiling. As well as the knickers there’s character in Muriel’s, with plenty of candlelit corners for you to get cosy in.
Just up from Victoria Square on Church lane it’s the perfect place to go and reward yourself after a hard days shopping. There’s outside seating if you’re a smokers or if you want to watch the world go by. If you’re not a fan of frost bite then you can ask the friendly bar staff for a fleecy blanket a la Pari.

I’ve been going to Muriels with all my chums on Friday nights for ages now. It’s a lovely wee place with a great atmosphere and has some of the nicest cocktails I’ve ever had. Try the Daisy Cosmo — trust me it’s good :)
A few weeks ago the BF brought me there for lunch on a saturday and I was shocked. For some reason i had never thought about it for food but the lunch was AMAZING.
He had a lovely fish special with teeny tiny chips covered in yummy black pepper and I had the best curry ever!!!

(My first out of the US Unilocal Review — yay)
Food/​Cost: (4) Came here with my friend for lunch on a weekday. We were visiting Ireland and Muriel’s was recommended in my Ireland Step by Step guidebook. My friend ordered the chicken sandwich and I ordered the mushroom sandwich (total was 20.90 pounds). Both came with a side of fries and salad. My mushroom sandwich was delicious. The portobello mushroom was huge, sliced at just the right thickness, and marinated/​seasoned perfectly. The bread was spot on – brunch on the outside and fluffy, soft on the inside. The mixed green salad was a surprising hit as the vinaigrette was a well-​balanced blend of sweet and acidic.
Ambiance: (5) The interior of this restaurant gave me quite a start as I began to look around. There are undies — male and female — hanging from the ceiling, pictures of topless women on walls and on the ceiling, and semi-​scary paper mached mannequin heads starting at your from behind their glass wall shelves. Still, all this added to the unique character of the place.
Location: (5) Located in the heart of Belfast’s commercial city centre, Muriel’s is convenient for tourists (me) and locals.
Service: (5) The lady who served us was motherly and very friendly (as are almost all Irish people as I discovered throughout my trip).
Overall: (4) The food, combined with the décor and good service makes this place a good food and drink destination for tourists and locals alike.

Muriel’s is a great little spot for you to find yourself in. Now I don’t mean that in a cheesy self discovery way but in a way that if you stumble across it you won’t be disappointed!!!
Its quite a random pub as its décor is quite out there at times, but only the supremely observant among you would notice. I love that they serve some wheat beer here, its the only reason that I keep returning.
On a friday and saturday night expect it to be buzzing and don’t expect to get a seat without waiting for a bit… but hey isn’t that all the fun of it… now go grab some folk and head on down!!!

A great bar right in the centre of town. The décor inside is very luxe and bohemian and comfortable.
You’ll feel like you’re sitting in a well to do aunt front room with the velvet couches and antique lampshades.
Although I’ve only been here for drinks, I have eyed up other patrons delicious looking meals and I’ve heard really good reviews.
The clientele are friendly and there are lots of people popping in to take a break from shopping in town. Recommended.

I went to Muriel’s only last night for a friends birthday. Now, I’ve always walked by this place and thought it looked a little bit pretentious, but I could have been more wrong.
The atmosphere was welcoming and warm. All the furniture looked quite unique which made it feel a little ramshackle but it the most stylish way possible. Muriel’s is quite a small place (we were late for the party and thus were condemned to stand for the rest of the night!), some would say by piling in all the little trinkets, lamps and photographs (on the ceiling!) would make it feel all the more cramped, but it just adds to its vaudeville character. This gives it a little something else that other bars lack. It’s not a bar for the casual pint, but for an occasion, a celebration, its the type of place that you would take friends or family visiting Belfast to show them a little glimpse of the cities back alley diamonds.
The bar staff were friendly and always up for a chat in between pouring pints. They are proud of what they are doing at Muriel’s won’t budge away from an opportunity to show off their silky cocktail making skills.

The best time to hit Muriel’s is a Saturday or Sunday afternoon when its at it’s quietest. With the same owners as The Spaniard, you can tell a lot of thought has been put in to everything about this bar. The furniture is worn, but not shabby, the decorations (including bras and pants which hang like bunting) are quirky and the beer and food on offer is fantastic. The staff are lovely, even asking you what sort of music you want to hear.
My top recommendation would have to be the meat-​platter. A mere £10 note will get you a wooden board with some of the tastiest cured meats and hams in Belfast. Not to mention a sumptuous tapenade and tasty tasty olives.
I love sitting upstairs on a wet day. It feels like your gran’s front room, if your gran was a crazy exhibitionist who liked hanging her sexy underwear all over the place.
Don’t let that put you off though.
And they serve Erdinger and Grey Goose Vodka, an added bonus!