Recommended Pubs and Restaurants in County Antrim
There are a total of 21 premises in this area.
The Tap Room (AKA Kelly's Cellars)
21 Church Street, Ballymoney(028) 2766 2157 (T)
A thatched, multi room pub and restaurant. The Tap Room is small, wood and tile floored with lots of wood panelling and ceiling. Pictures of the Titanic adorn the bar, with an excellent cut away drawing of the ship. It leads into back rooms with pew seating and brewing bric-a-brac. The Cellars restaurant, across the yard, has a tiled floor and lots of miniature bottles above the small bar and more bric-a-brac. Mainly pew seating. Good basic food.
The Dungeon Bar
Ballygally Castle Hotel, 274 Coast Road, Ballygally(028) 2858 3212 (T)
Situated at the base of the old tower at the hotel, this bar is a must on a dark winter night. Sit in the inglenook next a roaring fire and talk about the ghost whose abode is only floors above your head.
O'Kanes
22 Main Street, Randalstown(028) 9447 3101 (T)
Town centre pub with tiled floor, lots of old bottles, mirrors and a real fire. A big selection of whiskeys and liquors vie with the usual bric-a-brac. Decorative (but non functional - as in sawn in half!) wooden casks. Pool room and lounge to the rear. Check out the glass cabinet on the outside wall at the rear entrance.
A CAMRA Heritage Pub
Clenaghan's Bar & Restaurant
48 Soldierstown, Aghalee(028) 9265 2952 (T)
(028) 9265 2251 (F)
Not far from the motorway and along a country road is this quaint old pub. A roaring fire in the small bar lights the low ceilinged, thick walled room. Further back is the dining area, split into two rooms. The food is excellent and well worth the drive. Large car park at rear and entrance through side door. It is advisable to book.
The Londonderry Arms
24 Harbour road, Carnlough(028) 2885 5255 (T)
(028) 2888 2563 (F)
www.theglensofantrim.com/ (W)
lda@glensofantrim.com (E)
An award winning restaurant and hotel of 21 rooms, it was built as a coaching inn around 1848 by the Marchioness of Londonderry. It was passed down through the family until Winston Churchill sold it in the late 1920's. Excellent stopover point when travelling the famous "Glens of Antrim".