Temple Restaurant — Restaurant in Belfast

EDIT sorry but your 5 stars got knocked down to 1 after we booked a table for Sunday lunch - when booking the person dealing was really lovely. That unfortunately is where things peaked. We got ready and came down hungry and excited. No table available for us. No booking. Eventually a clearly annoyed waitress grudgingly offered a table upstairs. Despite me saying I'd ordered one ground floor due to mobility stais to be avoided. Shows the messages. We left. They did try to contact us a bit after we left and layer messaged apologising and offering free meal but the damage was done. It's actually really upsetting to look forward to a treat and hold off meds to be taken after food and get ready with excited child to be gaslit about whether I'd actually booked and no table round then made to know I'm def a big inconvenience. Was upsetting for the child. Wasn't expecting it at all but not been back since and prob won't be. I'll not be missed as was packed out with people lucky enough to get a table!

First time visiting but definitely won't be the last! We had prawn cocktail & cheesy garlic bread starters. Garlic bread was really lovely, I tried a bit and think ill get it next time. Non greasy, tasty and bread was fab. Prawn cocktail was tasty, fresh prawns and loads of them. The bread it was set on was really lovely too. Battered cod & baked salmon for mains. Cod was cooked perfectly. Salmon was amazing. Tasty, cooked perfectly too - and a huge portion! Didn't try the chips but the looked great & they all went! I had champ, again very tasty. We got s side of onion rings - the nicest I've had in long time. That's how onion rings used to be! Batter was perfect. Crisp and tasty. No matter what I have next time I'll be ordering those again. Drinks variet was decent and a good cocktail menu. French martini was not v strong but was delicious. I loved it! Strawberry daiquiri nice too. Sauvignon blanc was fresh and came promptly and nicely chilled. Fully intended to have pudding but we were both so full up we had to go home and enjoy our food coma. Staff were friendly, attentive and warm. Genuinely cared. Really nice atmosphere in restaurant. Already lots seated when we arrived at 5pm (early, but were were so hungry) and the tables were being treated with the same standard. Seemed a lot of repeat customers, and I can see why. Long review but it was deserved.

Thank you Team Temple

Ps photos don't even do it justice.

Edit: I went back. Just as nice. Staff were lovely and remembered me, and what I ordered! Scampi great. Carbonara great. I think you get...

I'm sorry to say we were really disappointed with the food today. The starter's were good, hence the 3 stars but the mains and dessert were not. The lasagne was just veering on warm, should've been hot and the lasagne itself lacked pasta layers. The sauté potatoes were not freshly made, they were horrible and none of us are them. The chicken fillet burger was overcooked, a small piece of it, a very small piece, was edible but any attempt at eating the rest would've created a very large dental bill. The apple crumble and custard lacked a balance between apple and custard, very little custard, the crumble needed cooking and browning. The restaurant was very quiet so noone was under any pressure, we can't even use that as an excuse. Won't be making any recommendations here and don't think...

This is not your typical tapas restaurant. It is a first class establishment offering quality food at reasonable prices. We had the lamb meatballs for starter which were wonderful and set the tone for the evening. We were also offered two 'amuse-bouche' dishes between courses which were exquisit. For mains we had cod fillet with vegetables and rib eye steak with red peppers and potatoe. We weren't going to take a desert but couldn't resist the chocolate fondant and orange ice cream with red pepper! Delicious. The service and ambiance were first rate. The waitresses were knowledgeable about the dishes and answered any queries regarding the food. A really enjoyable experience. Next time in Malaga we will...