If you're in Belfast city centre and you're a bit fed up tagging along and carrying bags for the…read moremissus while she shops, and you enjoy the occasional bet, this could be a nice place for you to pass the time (assuming that, for some reason, you can't pass the time in a nearby hostelry). This bookies is spacious and comfortable. It probably has the most screens of any bookies I've been in, ensuring you miss none of the horse-racing or greyhound racing. Screen after screen lists odds, results, special bets, and shows the racing. There's also a good bit of seating in here, with benches and chairs throughout the shop, and no shortage of newspapers for you to make your selections. This bookies is always busy, being positioned in a place where people going into, and leaving, the city centre can easily access it. There's many a punter in here just killing time until they get summonsed to go to meet the missus and carry the bags of shopping that've been accumulated.

Great venue, saw Mrs Brown Boys Live here and the costumer service was AMAZING! Decent sized venue…read moreand cheap drinks!

It really is in a people and disabled unfriendly location. We always opt to walk here now as we…read morerefuse to park in the adjacent car parks as once a concert is over it can take ages to escape. So we park in the city centre and take a 15 minute walk to get here. Once inside the main door and through the bag search we were processed quickly and the staff are always courteous and helpful. Our seats were upstairs and we were quite far back from the stage with a great view. As with most concert venues in this city the seats are barely comfortable, the space between the seats is almost non existent, so you are forced to be very near to total strangers and I'd rather not thanks very much. The food and drink pricing is more akin to airport charging. I noted that the price for a small Coca cola, from a drink dispenser into a paper cup, was £3.10 for an ungenerous portion, or put shortly daylight robbery. If it's comfort and relaxation you want to enjoy a concert I can assure you you're in the wrong place so it's as well Andrea Bocelli and friends were in top form.

It's a rare time that I would put a bet on, and when I do it's usually using the wonders of modern…read moretechnology. Online just makes life that little bit easier. I called in to this little bookies after a couple of pints (isn't it always the way) to put a bet on the world cup. Now to be perfectly frank my knowledge of the confusingly named 'beautiful game' is lacking, severely and I have no interest at all in league football which is akin to watching paint that's already dried, you don't even get the enjoyment at watching it dry. I stuck a couple of two squid bets on the final outcome of the Slovenia v England game. I didn't win anything but the staff were friendly enough although there was that sense of 'you don't know what you're doing, do you?'

A McLean is a bookies. Not somewhere I'd go very often but upon occasion when there's something…read more big coming up or my customary (always wasted) £10 on Tottenham winning the premier league at the start of the season, I pop in. Like most bookies its dark, looks dated as flip and always has an old guy chilling on a chair he got from somewhere magical that no one else knows about watching endless horse races. The staff seem polite but the drab décor and constant stream of unhappy, newly bankrupt faces leaves the atmosphere a lot to be desired.

Since my sister turned 18, she's been itching to do all the legal stuff, bless her. We've been to a…read morepub for a drink, and er, that's it really...but today she decided she wanted to go into an arcade, and this one was strictly over 18s, so that made it all the more exciting. Unfortunately, her dreams of 2p machines ("I'm soooo good at them Lynne") came to an abrupt end when we ventured into Pleasuredome. Apart from a couple of pool tables, there were only slot machines, and a few casino style games. Oh deary. I must admit, I was a bit gutted myself. What is an arcade without 2p machines? If you go to any decent amusement arcade in the likes of Portrush or Newcastle, there will always be plenty of 2p / 10p machines, simulation games, dance mats and the like, so this was ever so slightly disappointing. As my sister uttered on the way out (completely inadvertently), "I am not amused..." Amused...amusements, geddit?

Fun Time is a gambling shop on the Antrim Road in the North of Belfast. It mainly deals in all…read morethings electronic in the gambling industry. Like many of these places, you walk in and wouldn't be aware that it was anything close to day time outside. There are staff operated booths which give out chance to help you waste away all your money in relative comfort. They also offer free coffee or tea, which is another way to make you forget about little things like food or a life! Might be good for 20minutes or so, but be careful you don't get lost in time and loosing money fast.

Titanic Belfast is an immersive experience museum. There is a ride that shares the history of the…read moreship and the launch from Belfast over 100 years ago. It shows how the ship was made in Belfast. And survivors share stories after they returned home. It can get crowded in the afternoon. I recommend going early before the traffic.

Before planning our trip here, I was unaware that the Titanic originated in Belfast. This museum…read moredid an incredible job of detailing all that went into the ship as well as all that went wrong after they were at sea. The place is very large and the tour takes a couple hours. You're taken through the processes that occurred during the massive undertaking it was to construct the ship, to the setup onboard and ultimately the voltage itself. The place flows very nicely, there's a delightful ride and the pictures/audio tell quite the story. It's a very powerful place. The SS Nomadic outside is the last surviving ferry ship in the fleet was great to walk on and around. This is a must see spot when you're up in Belfast!

Yikes, what a dump! When we used to be allowed to smoke in public places everywhere was so smelly -…read morewell this place still is - it literally smells like an ashtray! don't get me wrong, I generally love a wee flutter of the 7's machines or a spin of the roulette wheel but this place is nothing but depressing! Wall to wall machines with toilets at the back and a free tea making machine pretty much sums this place up. Forget the glamour of Las Vegas, this is just an awful smelly place to spend anytime - yet i'm sure the regulars, who are probably skint and have a wee gambling problem, might disagree. No skill, no fresh air, no allure at all.