Excellent food and service I took my fiancé here to celebrate a new job. I was expecting it to be good, but it far exceeded my expectations! The setting in the restaurant and hotel is great - with a... Read more beautiful view of the Lagan. The bar is classy and comfortable, and the bar staff were helpful and quick.

For our meal, the service was top notch. Our excellent waitress Stefania made sure to check on us regularly and the food came out in good time. She also made some very astute recommendations that helped us get the most out of our meal. Thank you Stefania!

We started with the breads which are served with the superb abernathy butter. For mains we had the rib of beef which came out beautifully coloured and had a buttery texture, and the fish of the day which was lemon sole which were served with brown shrimp which are my favourite!

Our dessert was the st honoure gateaux which I cannot recommend enough.

This restaurant is fast becoming the "it" spot in Belfast for high class dining and I can see why. Do yourself a favour and go! Read less

  Delicious breakfast overlooking the Lagan The Novelli is the restaurant of the Marriott, which is a great hotel & worthy of a separate review. As for the breakfast - it’s one of the finer buffets I’ve had. In addition to... Read more the regular fare (cooked breakfast, pastries, fruit etc) which was all very good, there was also a great European section of cured meats, cheese etc.

Food was high quality.

Service was excellent. We met Billy, who told us about local attractions & walkways along the Lagan.

View is beautiful, on the rivers edge in the Waterfront area.

Highly recommended! Read less

  excellent breakfast and lunch with the best waiter. very accommodating service, warm and welcome. coffee top us without even having to ask. top class service from Billy the waiter. such a friendly guy and top class at his job! also beautiful scenery at... Read more the dinning area over looking the Lagan and SSE arena. Read less

  Awesome Team at an awesome hotel. I booked at the AC Hotel thinking it was the new grand hotel. While I was initially disappointed I was pleasantly surprised by the hotel and in particular the Novelli restaurant. The Team were very... Read more attentive and courteous and always remembered me and my name. Billy in particular was a spectacular waiter paying appropriate attention attention to the table without hovering. He made great breakfast and dinner recommendations and was prompt and polite. Sincere thanks Billy for a fab experience. Read less

  Great food, service a bit slow We attended before a show in the SSE arena. Our started took 45 minutes from ordering to arrive which the waitress did apologise for. The food once it arrived was excellent and tasted good. We... Read more then had a 30 minute wait for our main course. Again the chateaubriand was fantastic. We were unable to stay for dessert as by that time we had to leave to attend the show. The staff were excellent and did apologise. I don’t think we would come again before going to a show given the service time but the food was great when it did arrive. Read less

  Good food and services Came here on an afternoon for lunch. It was a pleasant experience with good service staff and good service. Shoutout to Billy for being very accommodating and making our experience better.

  So Great!! The food and servers were both amazing! The variety of foods available for breakfast ranged from Irish bacon and eggs, to a Spanish omelette, to a bread and fruit station. The ambience and cleanliness of... Read more the restaurant was also wonderful. Billy was the BEST server possible; he was helpful, funny, and friendly and made our breakfast experience that much better by simply being himself. I would highly recommend! Read less

  Perfectly relaxing lunch Superb lunch, pork terrine in particular was excellent! Surroundings and atmosphere very relaxing with great views over the water! Highly recommend!

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