The Phoenix

The Phoenix is a local pub serving mainly the New Lodge and Cliftonville Road communities of North Belfast. It’s not somewhere I would actively choose to drink, but sometimes when family are visiting, we’d pay a visit to see if they could chance upon some old friends. It really does have the local feel to it. There’s almost this expectation when you walk in that someone’s bound to know who you are, what street your from and what your parents occupations were. This would annoy me if it was a regular thing, but it’s actually quite nice to see this type of old school community spirit sometimes. The pints are cheap and the off license always has fantastic offers available which are posted on the boards outside.