Coco

You're walking into something genuinely unpretentious here, tucked away on Linenhall Street where the city centre's actually got a bit of character. Coco does that thing Belfast restaurants do well—takes the formality out of bistro cooking and makes it feel like a mate who actually knows how to cook is feeding you. The menu reads classic but lived-in: think duck confit, proper fish, slow-cooked stuff that tastes like someone gave it proper time. It's the kind of place where you'll see couples leaning across tables on dates, groups of mates getting progressively louder, solo diners at the bar—everyone's welcome and everyone's happy.