The Swift

Lovely food and excellent views. Cocktails are excellent too and they usually have a happy hour with £3.50 cocktails when i go. Yum!

I haven’t eaten in here so my review is based on the bar just.
For a while the bar was pretty quiet, it used to be packed at the weekends. It has picked up again, have been for a couple of Saturday nights and it has been really good. There was a guy playing music, DJ of sort, which was pretty good. The décor is beautiful and the atmosphere was lovely and chilled out. There is a bit of a dance floor if you fancied a wee dance.
They do a great range of cocktails and the bar is well stocked with different drinks. There is no entrance fee and was handy enough getting a table or a ledge to set your tasty cocktails on.

My husband was the lucky recipient of £60 of gift vouchers for The Swift, and so we dined here tonight. I had a fantastic strawberry daiquiri that was both delicious and also a great size. I opted for spiced carrot and tomato soup for starter while my husband had prawn and monk-​fish scampi. Then we both went for sirloin steak, where you have a choice of sauce and two sides. Lastly, we shared a mango dessert. The food was really tasty and cooked to perfection. I could hardly move afterwards! The only thing I would say is that the dessert menu was quite limited and it might be nice to see a few more choices. Our bill came to pretty much the cost of our vouchers, £60. This sounds like quite a lot for two, but then we did really treat ourselves by ordering the most expensive items on the menu like steaks and cocktails, so in general prices aren’t too bad. The atmosphere and décor were nice, and staff were attentive and friendly. A nice restaurant overlooking Carrickfergus Castle and the harbour.