The oldest family-owned pub in Belfast
Lavery's has stood on Bradbury Place for close to a hundred years, and it is still run by the same family. Generations of Belfast students have had their first pint here, and a good number of local musicians have played their first paid gig on the small stage in the Public Bar.
The building grew sideways and upwards over the decades rather than being designed in one go, which is why it feels like a warren. Ground-floor bar, back bar, terraces, then the enormous pool hall on top. It is one of the few places in the city where the room you walk into is nothing like the room three flights up.