The Loft

I used to work in one of the industrial areas in Mallusk, and on the odd Friday, our boss would take us all out and get us our lunch. Due to being in Mallusk, there isn’t a great variety of places to go, so the Loft (or the Jolly Beggar, as it was called) was the place we always went.
Additonally, if you actually live in Mallusk, this is pretty much the only place to go in the immediate vicinity.
It’s in a rather large building, so there is plenty of room and you are pretty much always guaranteed to get a table.
The service was always good, and the menu had something for everyone, burgers, chips, sandwiches, wraps, paninis etc — in my time I’ve probably tried them all, although the chicken wraps were a particular favourite.
The pricing is reasonable too, not that we paid as we were always treated to it!
Although I often travel through Mallusk nowadays, I never stop off, and the Loft isn’t great enough to warrant a special trip just for that, but if you are in the area, give it a try.

I agreed to meet an old friend for a spot of lunch outside town one rainy afternoon, so off I trek to what is now known as ‘The Loft’ (It was previously The jolly Beggar — a much better name in my opinion!) Anyhow, we met up and ascended the bright purple carpeted stairs to the, very unoriginally named, Loft) It wasn’t the busiest of places to say the least, though it was 2pm on a rainy Wednesday so I guess it can be forgiven, there were six diners including us, two old men, a couple and us girlies. The menu had a selection of the usual pub grub; burger, lasagne, Panini, wraps, soup etc. which were all priced at a very reasonable £5 each. We were served by an ordinary waitress in an ordinary bar and had ordinary meals. Nothing to write home about. The portions were a little on the measly side, our chicken wrap had about three pieces of chicken in it! The garlic chips weren’t even garlicy and the salad was a rather uninspiring undressed straight out of the bag type job. Saying that, as fart as meals go, I’ve had worst. I’d always been intrigued by this bar, so in that aspect at least my curiosity is satisfied, even if my appetite wasn’t. It’s not somewhere I would come rushing back to but I’m sure it does its job for the local workmen about the place. I saw adverts for the DJ at the weekends, now I don’t know about Mallusk’s thriving night scene, Id be pretty sure its non existent. I wouldn’t imagine it’s a local hot spot, must not miss, but if it keeps the locals happy then who am I to complain?