Marcel, New French Bistro
From the team behind Monad in East Belfast, Marcel is a new Bistro serving stunningly good dishes, cocktails & wines in a warm, contemporary venue, featuring a menu with a modern French slant.
Some of the fantastic Monad staples are still there, including the deliciously oozy Gougéres, and the Mushroom Arancini under an avalanche of grated Parmesan. And the Smoked Haddock & Salmon Fishcake on fennel salad with tartare sauce was a gorgeous starter, especially accompanied by a Negroni and a Marcel Old Fashioned.
Mains are also excellent. Delicious, crispy skinned Seabass Cioppino with squid, mussels and prawns in a lightly spiced tomato sauce, and probably the best pasta dish we’ve tasted in a long time; a creamy, earthy Mushroom Rigatoni.
To finish, the Apple Tart with vanilla ice cream was pretty as a picture, and the reinvented intensely cocoa-rich Chocolate Delice is even more decadently moreish.
There are also Sunday Roast options available, and a Lunch and Pre Theatre Prix Fixe Deal all night Thursday, and 1200-1500, & 1700-1800 on Fridays & Saturdays.
Marcel instagram page HERE
