Bell The Cat - Belfast

The chicken for chicken and waffles is done southern style, which is the right way. The hot honey is a great accompaniment. The waffle is perfect as well. Go here now!

Great sandwiches and wraps and six soups of the day. A fantastic place to stop for a bite!

I don't normally post negative reviews. Generally speaking I think a lot of places are trying their best and I want to give them the benefit of the doubt. However, I had such a truly terrible experience at Bell the Cat that I feel compelled to share my experience as a warning to others. Simply put, I ended up paying $80 for a brunch for *two* that wasn't worth $40. The good: The mimosa was good. Was it worth $10? Maybe. The salmon bagel (which I ordered as take out along with brunch) was excellent. Lots of smoked salmon and well worth the $13. The bad: The poached eggs I had with my red flannel hash were rock solid. I might as well have had two hard boiled eggs. The toast was cold, and the fried chicken served with the chicken and waffles was so salty it was inedible. The ugly: Being charged $3 for substituting maple syrup with the chicken and waffles, only to have a bottle of syrup brought with all the condiments. Paying a $1 upcharge for veggies on the salmon bagel. At no point was either charge mentioned by the cashier. I also want to take a moment to call out Bell the Cat's business model. I have no qualms with paying a premium for good service, but Bell the Cat is effectively a sandwich shop with pretensions of being a high-end full service restaurant. By collecting payment first there is zero accountability (aside from angry reviews like this one). Not a single staff person asked me about the quality of the food, and since I did not have an actual server there was no easy way to express my frustration or even find out where to get water (because you have to do that for yourself too). I will not be going back, and I strongly encourage others to spend their money elsewhere too.

Love the new space, but I still don't like the ordering process. Not very efficient, especially when it gets busy.

We went to get some lunch around 11:30 on a Saturday, so I was expecting it to be busy. It didn’t seem too bad, so we ordered and sat down. Received our drinks within five minutes… but then waited over half an hour for two sandwiches. Meanwhile everyone that had ordered around us had received their food and some had already finished and left. I could understand if we had ordered something elaborate, but we ordered two simple sandwiches. Food and drinks tasted good, but I believe they lost our order and then acted like we hadn’t been sitting there waiting for 35 minutes.