Belfast Guinness Prices – City Centre Price Guide | Cask Theory

City Centre Averages

Based on 34 Belfast Pubs

Overall Average
£6.10
💰 Budget Pints £5.14
Range: £4.30 – £5.70
🍺 Standard Pints £6.14
Range: £5.80 – £6.30
⭐ Premium Pints £6.62
Range: £6.45 – £6.85
CQ Average (9 pubs) £6.36
Range: £6.00 – £6.70
Northern Whig£6.00 John Hewitt£6.20 Dirty Onion£6.20 Spaniard£6.20 Cloth Ear£6.25 Duke of York£6.50 Harp Bar£6.50 The Watson£6.70 The National£6.70
Beamish alternative: Sunflower serves Beamish (not Guinness) at £4.90.. the only budget stout option in CQ.

Best Value Pubs

Value Score = Google Rating ÷ Price. It answers the question: “Am I paying for a good pub, or just a good postcode?” Anything above 0.80 is excellent value. Below 0.65 and you’re paying heritage tax.

Pub Price Rating Value
⭐ 3 C’s Social Club £4.40 4.7 1.07
⭐ Bridge House (Wetherspoons) £4.30 4.0 0.93
⭐ Hercules Bar £5.00 4.4 0.88
⭐ Maddens £5.60 4.7 0.84
⭐ Kelly’s Cellars £5.80 4.7 0.81
Nancy Mulligans £5.50 4.4 0.80
Haymarket £5.85 4.5 0.77
McHugh’s Bar £5.80 4.4 0.76
Fountain Lane £5.70 4.3 0.75
John Hewitt £6.20 4.5 0.73

About This Data

This price guide is built from real-world data collected across Belfast city centre pubs. Here’s what we included and excluded:

Included:

  • Traditional pubs and bars in Belfast city centre (BT1, BT2, BT7, BT9)
  • Verified prices from November 2025
  • Highest recorded price per venue (prices trend upward)

Excluded:

  • Airport locations (captive market pricing)
  • Hotels (premium location pricing)
  • Suburban pubs (outside city centre)
  • Sunflower (serves Beamish, not Guinness)

The tiers represent genuine price ranges you’ll find across the city.. budget doesn’t mean bad, and premium doesn’t mean better.

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