Cayenne River, Cayenne

Advantages: Lively friendly city
Disadvantages: Bombs and marches

...Belfast is recovering from the last few decades of strife and becoming a city which has much to attract visitors. Naturally the city centre and university area bars are as lively and entertaining as in any UK city and the city council will even give you a leaflet to suggest 'Historic Pub Crawls' -- the history is meant to be in the architecture but some of our crawls have been historic in their own right! The standard of cuisine is superior to most provincial cities with visits to Deane's, Cayenne ( previously Paul Rankin's Roscoff) and Shanks. Short trips from the city will bring the visitor to areas of great natural beauty and visits to the Bushmills Distillery are to be encouraged.... Read review

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Advantages: Waiting staff
Disadvantages: Incompetant kitchen

...Having had a poor meal on my first visit I decided to give Cayenne a second go. My mistake. Booked a table for 9pm on Sat 12th April 2008. Although there were many tables available my partner and I had to wait almost twenty minutes to be shown to our table. Starter of pork pot stickers was doughy but had good flavours. After waiting for well over thirty minutes after our starter was cleared, our waiter noticed we still didn't have our main courses (2 medium rare steaks). He came to tell us our main course was in the process of being plated. When it came out the food on both plates was cold (steaks, mashed potatoes, shallots and sauce). The side order of chips were hot. A waitress took our plates and side order away. The same steaks etc came out one minute later still cold but on hot plates. The steak piece I had cut into was hidden... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing food
Disadvantages: Booking well in advance is required

...I must admit that last night l had what must be the most exquisite culinary experience of my life. Janice and Stephen (friends) my partner David and myself treated ourselves to a meal in CAYENNE (formerly Roscoff's). Cayenne is situated at 7 Lesley House Shaftesbury Square, Belfast. Telephone number 028 90 331532. It has a cracker central location on Belfast’s Golden Mile. It was formerly the Roscoff's restaurant. The restaurant has not changed hands simply the owners Paul and Jeanne Rankin decided on a change of direction. Instead of the frumpy clinical dining for the great and the good, with their gold and platinum cards, they opened up their doors to the wider public to let them enjoy their amazing culinary skills. Some of you may recognise the name Paul Rankin - he's Northern Irelands very own celebrity chef and regular... Read review

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