Experts' Choice Award Crown Liquor Saloon
What the experts agree on
Belfast's most ornate Victorian pub, the Crown Liquor Saloon dazzles with jaw-dropping interior design—Gothic, Hindu temple, and whimsical influences collide in this atmospheric Golden Mile gem that experts call a city glory.
“The Victorian Crown Liquor Saloon is a former railway station restaurant with incredible interior decor that calls to mind a Hindu temple, Gothic cathedral and Postman Cheval's Ideal Palace.”
– Michelin Guide
Fodor's "Belfast is blessed with some exceptional pubs but the Crown Bar is one of the city's glories." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Refurbished by Patrick Flanagan in the late 19th century and displays Victorian decorative flamboyance at its best." Full review
Frommer's "Easily the most impressive Victorian pub in the city, and possibly the country, the Crown Liquor Saloon piles on the atmosphere as thick as fog." Full review
Independent "The wonderful former gin palace, and best pub in the city, the Crown Liquor Saloon, lies immediately across the street"
Lonely Planet "See Belfast the way the Victorians once did: at the Crown Liquor Saloon, a beautiful pub with etched glass, carved mahogany booths and gas lamps all dating back to the 1880s"
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Independent "In search of something stronger? Stepping into the Crown Liquor Saloon is like falling through time itself, back to the days of Victorian gin palaces."
Independent "It's the ideal warm-up before moving on to the glorious Victorian gin palace that is the Crown Liquor Saloon"
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