Wonderful We had dinner here on Saturday night. Food was fantastic everyone of us enjoyed our meals. Very relaxed atmosphere. Staff were all great especially the lovely Stefania who was extremely helpful with her recommendations for... Read more desert and one of us ordered the cheese board which she picked the cheese and wine for. Read less

  Wonderful Waterside Dining I finally made it to Novelli at City Quays last month for a pre BBC6 Music Biggest Weekend lunch.

I'm a big fan of sharing food & of small plates so 3 of us ordered 2... Read more starters each instead of mains from both the regular menu & the vegan one.

Gnocchi, beetroot hummus, sweet potato crisps, pan fried squid with chorizo & smoked black pudding & curried cauliflower, tabbouleh salad...

Beautiful food with just the loveliest service & a unique view across the Lagan River looking out on all that Titanic Quarter has to offer.

I'll definitely be back! Read less

  Spoilt for choice Got a nice surprise for fathers day when the family treated me to lunch at the new restaurant at Novelli at City Quays.

We arrived slightly early for our lunch to be greeted by very polite... Read more and friendly staff and we were made to feel very welcome and nothing was to much trouble.

To start with there was a magnificent selection of tapas which had everything from serrano ham, Greek salads and a wide selection of breads and tapanade.

For the mains my wife had sugar pit pork, the younger adults had the rotisserie chicken while I had lamb rump with sea salt and dulce butter, needless to say I had a taste of the other meats also. The lamb would be by best cooked lamb dish I have ever had, the chicken was better than mums Sunday roast and the pork was fantastic too.

We finished with a selection of the desserts which again proved to be everybit as good as they looked.

I thoroughly enjoyed the day and will look forward to seeing you again soon the only problem is I'm spoilt for choice so I maybe need to return a few times to enjoy all the menu options. Read less

  A Waterfront Wow! Sun was shining, Belfast was buzzing for the "Big Weekend" so we decided to head down to the shorefront where it was "all happening". Very often in restaurants - there is a trade off -... Read more you either get the view you want or the food you want, but Novelli was to blow this theory out the water! Big warm welcome smiles on arrival - smiling with the eyes as well as the mouths. We were shown to our table overlooking the river, where we watched the world go by, people walking dogs, roller skating or pushing prams. Contemporary, light, airy surroundings added to the evening.

The staff were attentive without pestering and nothing was too much trouble. They were knowledgeable about the menu, eager to talk about the ingredients and confident in their recommendations. Wines were good also.

We had an aperatif, three courses with different wines, followed by coffee. The menu was to die for - a hybrid of traditional firm favourites with a twist (French Onion soup, with fennel, served with one giant crouton as a lid over the bowl). For my main course I had Lamb Tagine with couscous - so good! The desserts were works of art - if you could hold off from eating them for long enough to look at them! We did not feel rushed or pressured to order at any stage. It was a magical evening. Read less

  Brilliant Christmas lunch Decided to try novelli at the city quays on a cold winters Friday afternoon decided to try their “festive” menu, when myself and my partner arrived the restaurant was a hive of activity, busy and... Read more a lot of people enjoying themselves a really good atmosphere to walk into. We were shown to our table and ordered some drinks well not for me I had the pleasure of being the designated driver, so my partner order their signature gin and tonic when it arrived It crossed my mind to leave the car and have one myself, we ordered our starters a beetroot salmon and a goats cheese roulade really well executed dishes for mains I had the venison and my partner had the hake, the sauce on the venison with coca nibs (something I’d never heard of but was informed it was chocolate shavings) was amazing and balanced well with the venison, my partners hake came out and it looked vibrant and elegant, apparently it was too good to share so I never got to try it, so it must have been outstanding. Having heard so much about the jcn tart tarte I asked if i could have one instead of ordering a dessert of the festive menu, our kind waitress was only to happy to accommodate my request and she assured me I wouldn’t be disappointed I was informed it would take 15 minutes as it was cooked to order this wasn’t a problem we weren’t in any rush and by this stage my partner had ordered another gin , my partner ordered the bread and butter pannatonne, both desserts arrived and wow, I’m not a bread and butter fan always find it to dense but this was light and may have converted me and as for my tarte Tatin WOW I’ll be back for that alone crisp pasty and sweet caramel, can’t wait to return the food service, everything was just amazing thank you to all the team Read less

  A good new restaurant in Belfast We ate here with some friends and everything was good. The food was excellent, a good mix of classic french dishes and modern european dishes, nice views over the river and some great wines. Highly recommended.

  Beautiful views with beautiful food! We had heard friends raving about Novelli's within the new AC hotel and just had to try it for ourselves. It was a fantastic meal with excellent service thoroughout. There were some amazing choices on... Read more the menu and the presentation was fantastic. We cannot wait to book an overnight stay to enjoy the full experience. Read less

  Great Breakfast Service! Wonderful breakfast selection and service! Billy was attentive and very helpful. Definitely recommend.

  Very nice Had a great stay in the hotel,staff were very attentive. Billy,was very helpful at giving us directions on our first day as well as the restaurant manager. We will be back.