My husband and I dined in on a Thursday night. We arrived around 7 and they had a few empty tables…read morebut by the time we left, there wasn't an open seat in sight. This restaurant served us some of the most flavorful dishes we have had in all of Ireland. I ordered the Jumon Ramen and it was incredible. Every topping added complexity and variety. This was the best ramen I've ever had. My husband ordered the yellow curry (he can't remember what the dish was called.) I got to try a few bites and it was heavenly. It had such a robust flavor profile and the salsa verde rice added some extra dimension to the flavor. They also had a lovely disco and funk playlist providing a soundtrack to our meal. Overall, we loved this place and hope you're able to enjoy it as well!

One of a kind all vegan Asian fusion locals place Wait staff were wonderful and even though we are…read morefrom States made us feel like a regular The manager at Home Restaurant & the owner at Establishment Coffee both tutned us on to this gem All plant based and truly a unique must do foodie experience in Belfast Don't be put off by crowd from Voodo bar that almost blocks front door Hard to believe there is really nothing like this any where we have traveled even in the art district in LA

I hd the Belfast Ramen, yum!! Excellent broth, creamy egg, crispy pork! Slurpelicious!! Oh and the…read moreduck gyoza is also a winner. It is a take away plqce but they have seats. I loved it!

Well this was a treat. My wife had been telling about this place for weeks, so on a rare child free…read morejourney passed this place we stopped and gave it a try. Certainly glad we did now. I got the spicy beef and noodles and in a moment of insanity actually tried to eat it with chop sticks, helped by the fact I couldn't see forks/spoons set out already. Somehow after years of failing I was able to use them which added a novel treat to the whole experience. The noodles, beef and veg were all bursting with flavour with the broth they were all nested in really providing a well-balanced and punchy spicy experience. I have to say I really liked it and would be back. We also got a bottle of lemonade which was not like Sprite or Mountain Dew but the sort of cloudy old school type where someone simple squeezed a load of lemons into a bottle! The guy behind the counter was friendly and welcoming despite being quite busy and the prices while a little on the higher side were reflected in the quality of the food and service. Glad I went, and I'll certainly be back.

We had reservations for our entire trip but tonight and we were struggling to find a spot to eat…read morequickly. We finally walked up to wagamama and were seated pretty quickly. I have a silly ginger allergy and they were very accommodating and double checked multiple times with their chefs to ensure what I got did not have ginger. I settled on the shrimp Thai pa and it was delicious with a little heat. We also got gyzo and edamame as a starter. The two other adults with me got various ramens that they also said were very good. The portions are fairly large and you could definitely share between two people. Lastly, price wise it was reasonable.

Fantastic food at a reasonable price. Chicken broth and ramen was good. Lettuce wraps were good…read moretoo. Great service especially if you have food allergies. I have too many of them.

Came by myself on a Wednesday night without a reservation. I had to wait a little bit but was able…read moreto get seated. It is very loud, both from people talking and then with music once that started. This is more of a vibe place than a good food place. Misoshiru has too much miso. The mackerel was a bit disappointing, the vinegar flavoring is light and it has that thawed from frozen texture. The rice is good, much better than I typically see stateside. The tuna was oddly sweet and didn't have firmness. The hamachi was spot on though, not sure why the other two were misses. The signature dish is fried monkfish in something similar to sweet and sour sauce, honestly not that impressed. Cheesecake is not as dense as American cheesecake and not fluffy like a soufflé, I think it was a good middle ground. Not too sweet.

Very different (in a good way) dining experience. Dimmed lights, extravagant Japanese-style design…read moreand glorious decor on your way to the toilet upstairs are definitely memorable! The food was simply amazing and arranged like a work of art! We were quite a big group and the food arrived at the same time. The menu is quite varied - from more traditional Japanese style dishes to quite modern cuisine - I for one had a meal called 'Mad crab' which was a selection of seafood with a delicious cheese sauce and poached oak Choi with oyster sauce. The service was very attentive.

I've been here a few times recently to take way. It has an upstairs sit in but I've not yet been…read more What I find really good about this place is that the food is always tasty, it is usually made to your order, as you wait, and this time for me it was 3 choices: goma ae, 6 maki rolls (tofu) and a temaki hand roll filled with spicy salmon and vegetables (£10.90). The maki and temaki come with kikkoman soy sauce sachets, pickled ginger and a generous splodge of wasabi. The goma ae is always superb tasting with white miso and sesame oil enhancing the taste. The tofu is a small piece served cold but has been pre fried so it looks like and has a texture like pieces of omelette. The salmon in the hand-held roll is chunky and it too is delicious. The fact is that here you can get really tasty food and just along the street you can go to grim take out only Yangtze, for very poor food that sits in Bain Maries for certainly over an hour, yet prices are fairly comparable. This place has a very small ground floor area with a few steps down to go in; you couldn't lie a phone box horizontal inside, length or width wise, so once you pay on order (cash only) the lady serving ushers you out to the street to wait with undue haste. The sort of shove of 'there's a fire' so what's keeping you. She seemed not to realise that having had to go to my bag for cash to suit their convenience I had to take some time to put my cash away again. Rally worth trying as long as you don't mind a gentle nudge on to the street, which I found funny on a summer day. I'd imagine winter I might have a different view.

I visited Obento Japanese Express today, Sunday 29 May 2016 for a quick lunch. It's a tiny spot…read morewith limited seating upstairs. I ordered the Tofu Bento Box and was not impressed. The tofu was jellylike and bland with a slimy batter. Mushy sticky rice, a couple of tasteless vegetable Spring rolls and a handful of bland salad topped with salad cream completed the box. Even lashings of soy and sweet chilli sauce didn't help much. Sadly it really wasn't good and I will not return. Extremely disappointing poor quality food and definitely not worth the £7.50 I paid.

There's nothing better than feeling like an adventurer in your own city. This is how I felt this…read moreevening when I visited Cafe Arirang for the first time to try their Korean cuisine. It's nothing fancy to look at and Arirang could probably do with a bit of a facelift in terms of interior decor. A coat of paint would brighten this cafe up. However, visual appearance is the only thing I can fault this eatery on and such things never bother me, especially as the food was delicious, fresh, colourful and filling. Wandering in off the street and never having tried Korean food before I didn't have a clue what to choose off the menu. There are Belfast favourites such as traditional fry ups, breakfasts and sandwiches available but I don't see the point in visiting a Korean cafe just to eat such food. So I had a look at the main Korean menu and the helpful Gentleman behind the counter assisted me by directing me to the Vegetarian options. On his recommendation I ordered Bibimbap a dish of various vegetables, boiled rice, soya, sesame oil and fried egg served sizzling in a hot stone bowl. Along with it on the side was a little bowl of kimchi and a bowl of spicy sauce. My server advised me to break the egg up, stir it through the ingredients in the bowl and add kimchi and sauce as I wished. It was DELICIOUS. I'm raring to get back to eat more Bibimbap and to try other Korean dishes. Would highly recommend Cafe Arirang as a lovely change from the norm and an unpretentious little spot which serves great food.

Cafe Arirang. I don't like to chuff on about myself, but I'm what you would call an adventurous…read moreeater. Snails, stew made from duck intestine, fish head broth, I've scoffed the lot. I found myself in Cafe Arirang one evening; I'd been perusing the menu and before I knew it, I found myself inside, ordering something called 'bulgogi' - I even had a stab at pronouncing it but competely mucked it up. It has two hard-pronounced Gs, should you ever go in. What I got from the friendly Korean chap was a cracking dish of spicy pork in a tomato and red pepper sauce and lovely fluffy rice with tons of veg, for not much more than a fiver. I was sufficiently interested to read more about Korean cuisine and their culture. It turns out that bulgogi barbecue restaurants are popular in South Korea, and apparantly Arirang is an ancient word with no real modern translation, but it pertains to a folk song. Interesting, no? Arirang also offers stuff like coffee, sodas, Ulster Frys, sausage rolls. I hope that the friendly Korean owner hasn't been forced into these options in order to stay afloat... Maybe he really does have a passion for fried soda bread, who knows? But come on, people. Try something new. Go to Cafe Arirang, point at something you can barely pronounce on the menu, and enjoy. What's the worst that can happen? I'll be trying something called Kimchi in a couple of days time.

Oh dear, oh dear, I got a tempura King Prawn bento box (at £7.8) and this is one of those unusual…read morefood places; what makes it so for me is that it rather stupidly shoots itself in the foot. It's just about 2 stars, chiefly because the food was mostly served cold. I mean it should be totally perfect as the food portion was reasonable for the price paid, and the ingredients were mostly excellent. Imagine serving crap, cold food from top notch ingredients and thinking it's acceptable. The oriental place right next door sells cheap food, cheaply and it had a queue of not fussy customers, yet I was only one of two customers who bought here the whole time I was dining. The king prawns (3) were great quality and the tempura batter was light, properly seasoned, crisp and free from oil. They should have been cooked to order, like all fish. The rice and sushi on the side too were darn good quality as was the pickled ginger and wasabi. I chose fried rice so it was well laced with fried, whisked egg but, like the tempura prawns, both were far too cold to be great tasting. The price also included a vegetable spring roll that, despite being burnt on cooking (see photo) was also stone cold and pretty much devoid of filling. I'll not return, but as a tip, if you go and you intend ordering hot food, be sure to say that you do expect your food to be hot. There's a recession on the way and if this is the standard they aspire to it'll all end in tears.

Conveyor belt sushi; relatively large menu for a la carte hot dishes; good and friendly service…read more(though we had to ask for chopsticks); cozy decor. Choice available for table seating or for "bar" seating (at the conveyor belt). The wait staff spoke mainland Chinese. Menu is in English and Chinese (but not Japanese). There are reasons to think this place is owned by Chinese. Dishes are ok but not authentically Japanese.

I visited Sakura, a Japanese restaurant located in Botanic Avenue over the weekend. This was only…read moremy second visit and since starting a vegetarian lifestyle this year I wanted to find out how their food fared for vegetarians. Being a sushi bar the vegetarian options did initially appear a little limited and sadly Sakura do not have a separate, dedicated vegetarian menu which is unfortunate. However, our waiter did advise us that the Chefs could do any dish on the menu as vegetarian, so that was a huge bonus. Nonetheless, clearer 'suitable for vegetarian' labelling on the menu would help. We opted for deep fried avocado and tofu tempura roll starters and mains of stir fried ramen noodles with mixed vegetables. The food as absolutely delicious and fresh tasting, wine (pinot grigio) lovely and service impeccable. I did notice a 'Chinese Kitchen' section towards the back of the main menu which included options of mixed vegetables with black bean, Szechuan, satay and salt and chilli sauces. I'm looking forward to a return visit and to trying out Sakura's lunch and take away menus as the food was scrumptious. Plus the restaurant itself is beautiful with Japanese décor, relaxed atmosphere and reasonable prices.

Came here while in Belfast, and was left expecting more, but not terribly disappointed…read more After arriving they were able to seat us quick as it was just me and one other. However, there was a line nearly out the door after we showed up, and people were waiting a while for seating, even though there was a good number of tables open. The food itself was subpar, with a lot of cost for very little Sushi. The pictures they advertised were much larger but for £8 you get a plate smaller than your hand. Additionally, we ordered water with our dish and never received it. Finally, they have a "Treat Yo Self" conveyor belt of sushi that you can take and be charged depending on the color of the bowl; however, there were only about 5 plates on the entire belt, none of which were reasonably priced. The staff were alright, but the facility was understaffed. Not enough cooks or hosts to accommodate the size of the place. I don't blame them, but rather management. Was also hard to find a waitress to take our order. The atmosphere was nice, but definitely felt rushed and hard to enjoy my meal. Will probably not come back to the establishment unless they fully staff the venue.

The sushi here is absolutely delicious and so was the squid. The one server they had on shift was…read morevery polite and was rushed off of their feet but they could've definitely of done with having more staff. The food was all made fresh and came to the table quick. The only issue I had was the booths are very very small and uncomfortable to sit in.