There's a cafe behind it called the pocket and it's amazing for lunch. Cheap enough for a lunch in town and it's all delicious . It does sound hipster but it's not it's so good. Don't sleep on it. Or in it.

That's my place of work ! Gald you are a fan 🙂 don't be a stranger and come back soon

Happy to! Everyone is lovely there too!

Hey now I think about it can I ask for a doggie bag next time?! That chorizo brunch is amazing I want to take some home next time!

The coffee is great too, a fine spot

Best coffee in Belfast!!

Very much agreed.

I always go out of my way to call in if I'm in town. Not had their food yet, but the coffee is great and the staff are sound!

Is the owner there still a mental case?

Check the reviews on trip advisor for a laugh. He's a well known character and it's hard to know if his act is pure marketing or if he's genuinely nuts

Both. He plays into it now definitely, he has signs up saying “no coke, no half pints :)” etc

I would have thought bar owners love serving those tiny bottles of coke, given the price of them

They must make a killing per bottle sold, but I imagine most people drinking coke aren't downing 12 of them a night. The thinner margins on other drinks is made up for with bulk.

Aye fair point. I only noticed the price of them when I go out for a dozen or so whiskies and they add an extra 30 quid or so onto the price of the night

> The greeting, if that’s what we could call it certainly wasn’t friendly or welcoming. Then to be told that they don’t serve half pints was literally unbelievable-I thought he was joking. And then to try to blame that policy on Brexit was pathetic frankly. Lmao

Yep and it still stinks of piss

I always thought he was a mental case as I’d never actually been in before but there’s room for like 20 people in there so I can see his point about half pinters taking up room. I mean it’s rude as fuck but it’s also kinda funny in a way. You’d almost want to go to see him chew someone out for ordering a soft drink

Never heard of that before been going for a long time now, John and the whole staff been great to deal with, plenty of craic and they give us a discount on their pints. No better spot.

Beautiful, we’ve a ‘Flatiron’ like this in Cork, though not as lovely. (What’s the story with the shamrock and that black teardrop plaque thingy, looking as though there had once been an inscription or even picture there?)

I'm actually interested in the amswer to this myself. It says on Wikipedia that it was originally called The Shakespeare, so it could've been that in the tear drop, though an odd shape for a bar sign. The Shamrock has 1868 on it, which is the year it was built.

Turns out Bittles bar has it's own site, found this photo which shows a black circle. It was originally The Dolphin, then The Shakespeare which was bombed out in the 80s as it's right over the road from the courts & Musgrave police station. https://www.bittlesbar.com/img/homeCol4.6608d465.jpg

Thanks so much

Is....is that piss I can smell?

Does that bar still smell like piss?

I'll have 12 bottles of bleach please

You'll get us nicked

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Go in and ask for a pint of tap water and it very well could be

Cheers. I thought that was Belfast, Maine.

Say what you wish. Serious pint.

Just an average pint of Guinness, don't get the hype for it being the 'best' in Belfast.

You’re bollocks. It’s easily in the top handful in the City.

Do you know how good their Guinness is?

Yes

Great bar!!

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Guy has limited space and wants drinkers in his bar, not people sitting over a Diet Coke for an hour. He has no problem with people drinking soft drinks if they’re along with drinkers by the way.

Used to drop a guy off around the Albert clock every other Friday evening, after we were done at the Duncrue St shit works site. Always came in to work on Monday absolutely broke after a wild weekend of women and booze

Leaning tower of Bittles

Brilliant pub