DELANEY"S RESTAURANT LOMBARD STREET

[snowolf]

Allways visited delaneys when in town untill i found out the treatment dished out to a employee ,defo wont be back.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16285425

[Belfast Woman]

I worked in it along time ago and it was short lived,left because the way i was treated.Some things will never change.

[Astor]

Allways visited delaneys when in town untill i found out the treatment dished out to a employee ,defo wont be back.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16285425

Good for the employee, maybe they'll think twice now before treating anyone so badly

[kathrynspet]

You will not have to worry about it as Delaneys has closed down and has been replaced with a Cafe Nero coffee shop.

[CMcG]

You will not have to worry about it as Delaneys has closed down and has been replaced with a Cafe Nero coffee shop.

Yes, but has it really closed? 
 
Or gone somewhere else under a different name?

[kathrynspet]

Yes, but has it really closed? 
 
Or gone somewhere else under a different name?

I think we can say it has closed down for good as it lay empty for about a year before the present owners took over.

[britney]

It used to be a great place, very popular with queues nearly out into the street. There was a great variety of food and the portions were very generous and prices reasonable.
 
Then something happened over the last couple of years (maybe it had a change of management) - different (mostly foreign and disinterested) staff, who dealt out miniscule portions at exorbitant prices. The place was empty any time I passed by and it looked grim and dingy.
I must say the Nero's place doesn't seem to be getting much trade either.
 
Cafe Uno (which is also a shadow of its former self, at least as far as the quality of the cooking is concerned) seems to be taking the bulk of the trade on that street.

[Me Ould Segoia]

Did the same person not also own the "Piano Bar" I think that it was in or about Bedford St.
Perhaps paying your bills would prevent closure. !!!!!

[chink]

Did the same person not also own the "Piano Bar" I think that it was in or about Bedford St.
Perhaps paying your bills would prevent closure. !!!!!

yes   same  owners

[delane]

i did ask for the sigh above the door!!..in glass..there answer NO-WAY..no harm in trying.??..yrs...delane..
 

[britney]

Did the same person not also own the "Piano Bar" I think that it was in or about Bedford St.
Perhaps paying your bills would prevent closure. !!!!!

Wasn't it called Larry's Piano Bar? 
 
Was in it once - dreadful place, we were crammed in like sardines.

[gingercat]

This was truly the worst restaurant in the whole of Belfast. I once ate there and complained how small the portion was...and the manager threw me out into the street! How's that for customer service? I am truly glad it has gone- and i hope they went bankrupt!

[britney]

Yes, they got really stingy with their portions in the last couple of years before they closed down.

[argyle-jimmy]

Delaneys is take over by cafe nero  and as far as i know it is great for customers and staff

[Nancyan]

I worked in Delaney’s when I was 15, cash in hand £1.50 an hour slave labour apart from his own family staff were treated beyond disgracefully, the seating area was lovely the kitchen was disgusting and it was run by Jeffery Delaney even now I can still remember infestations if people could have seen where the food was prepared before it went out front under the hot plate no one would have ate there. Staff were bullied, underpaid, leered over I’m so glad to see it closed down the owners we’re greedy control freak pervs and could never have evolved with today’s empathetic work ethos