March 2024 by Michelle Brenton
A wonderful experience. Everyone really enjoyed their meals, very fresh and perfectly cooked. The service was very friendly. The prices are fair for the quality you receive.
March 2024 by DR M
Worked for the NHS throughout the pandemic and having tested positive for covid for the first time, cannot make booking tonight costing us £40 in booking charges?this is their policy - ? sadly a poor reflection on Stove BistroEven with a phone-call to the restaurant the gentleman could not offer another date, home delivery or other solution.Was really looking forward to going back but don?t think that will happen.My wife has now booked another restaurant..
March 2024 by Dermot Coll
Party of 6. Three soups, very tasty but all three said it could have been a bit hotter. Two goats cheese, which were lovely and confit salmon which was very good. Overall, starters were very tasty and the only downside was the 'warm' soup. Main course, 3 pot roast chicken, a baked cod, a lamb rump and a special Dover sole with poached prawns. We asked for a selection of sides for the table.All dishes were extremely well cooked and very tasty and presentation was excellent but portion size was extremely disappointing with the baked cod dish especially so. The sides when they arrived were also laughable in that they brought one small bowl each of champ, chips and mixed veg for 6 people. Two (small) basque cheesecakes were the only sweets ordered. With the drinks (2 bottles of wine, 1 white, 1 red, a couple of morretti beers, 2 margheritas, 2 American coffees, and 1 double espresso the bill with service charge, came to £361 (£60/person) . For the first time in a very long time, I felt angry and ripped off after a meal. Taking the drinks out of it, which were reasonable enough, I felt it was very overpriced, and that £40 per person would have been a more accurate reflection of value received. Staff were pleasant and very attentive.
March 2024 by Shirley Millar
Went to Stove Bistro recently for what was a delicious dinner. The welcome was warm as was the ambience. Service friendly and efficient, the best type of service! Ordered the Rock Oysters with Pineapple Pickle and Chilli, so good I ordered 3 more. My daughter loved her Comte Cheese souffle, rich and full of flavour. Very moreish. She also loved her ribeye steak with peppercorn sauce, a classic, perfectly cooked. My Seabass Special did not disappoint, to say the least! Pont neuf chips were a thing of beauty and tasted as good as they looked. We felt that on this occasion, puddings, although totally tempting, were unnecessary.Lovely evening, looking forward to going back soon. Thanks to all at Team Stove.
February 2024 by Catherine Walls
Absolutely fabulous meal on Friday night, first class service, superb food with lots of choice, excellent cocktails and All round top experience. Highly recommend the cheese soufflé and the Pont neuf chips. Will be back. Thanks to everyone at stove.
February 2024 by James McClelland
I ate here with my wife on a quiet Friday night. The restaurant itself is well decorated and has a nice casual feeling. The menu is small but interesting, we had the duck and watermelon salad and prawns to start, it was delicious and something different. I opted for the hake special in a beautifully put together coconut sauce. The service was good and the servers were polite and good craic. Reasonably well priced will be back!
January 2024 by Margo Connolly
Loved the food, delicious. Service was great, timely and done with a smile. It was pre Christmas so busy and they still managed all this.
January 2024 by Davey M
Amazing food . Amazing staff . It's definitely one of the best food I have had in a very long time . Definitely be back . Simon Toye, you're a demon
December 2023 by Siobhan Harvey
My partner and I went to stove for the 1st time , from walking through the door till walking out the service was outstanding. My partner is also a chef so knew Simon the chef who really kindly give use a drink and a few lite bites complimentary I had amazing cocktail ? david had a beer. The menu is great something for everyone and all we both can same is omg it was out this world it not going to be r new date nite restaurant staff can't do enough for u thank u stove ?
November 2023 by Jacinta Bennett
The service at Stove was really wonderful. From the first greeting by Chris, the tone was set. Attention to detail, friendliness throughout our visit ?. And the food was just delicious. Highly recommend. Thank you for a lovely experience.
September 2023 by colin carmichael
Everything was very good can't fault anything about
July 2023 by jonathan mercer
We had dinner here for the first time. Whao! It was just gorgeous. Lovely cosy atmosphere and great service.My starter of garlic prawns were historic. My husband really loved his starter cheese souffle .For a main I had the divine Special ..plaice with whipped potato,capers and samphire.Outstanding! My husband had the lamb which was really gorgeous.We were seriously impressed and will be back for more.
July 2023 by Kitty Oconnor54
Excellent staff and service. Food also very good although menu doesn't seem to have changed very much in a while. Overpriced compared to similar restaurants.
June 2023 by Niall Quinn
So - been twice in 2 months - both times exceptional. Hence this review. The food is way above bistro quality, the service very attentive. This latest visit had a spiced lamb kofta starter and a lobster gratin main!! - who knew the latter existed. Both off their specials for the evening. Seriously well done - and amazing to have such a gem on the Ormeau Road. Will be back-- many times ( hopefully)
May 2023 by The Gourmet Boys
An innovative culinary take on the neighbourhood bistro, Stove, on the Ormeau Road, champions quality local produce prepared and cooked with passion and precision. The upstairs restaurant has a cosy, unpretentious vibe, with delicious food served on bespoke tableware from Rory Shearer, one of Ireland?s leading ceramic artists.We loved every course, from the excellent cocktails and moreish snacks of crispy monkfish cheeks and wild garlic bread with mozzarella, to the salt baked celeriac starter with young buck and candied walnuts, and the stunningly good Kilkeel crab arancini. We also couldn?t get enough of the Comté twice baked soufflé, fluffy and light with creamed leeks and watercress.Mains were equally good; a hake special with a prawn bisque, smoked haddock with creamed spinach and poached egg, and breast of chicken with whipped potatoes, asparagus, and an earthy morel sauce.And to finish, the chocolate pot au creme, the selection of Mike?s Fancy Cheeses, and the cloud-like passion fruit soufflé with coconut ice cream were utterly heavenly.Stove. A masterclass in modern bistro cookery.