Shu

Belfast


Lording it over fashionable Lisburn Rd since 2000, Shu is the granddaddy of Belfast chic, and is still winning plaudits for its French-influenced food: slow-cooked blade of beef; Himalayan salt-aged sirloin; and seared scallops with samphire and smoked fennel butter.


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