Roam Belfast is a casual fine dining restaurant at 6a Callender Street in Belfast city centre. It began as a pop-up concept before finding a permanent home, retaining an approach that is attentive but informal and sophisticated without feeling stiff.
Chef-owner Ryan Jenkins builds a changing à la carte menu around fine local ingredients. The cooking combines careful technique with recognisable flavours, often bringing Northern Irish meat, fish and vegetables together with well judged fermented, smoked or savoury elements.
A current meal might begin with Kilkeel crab rösti or a venison doughnut before moving to cod with broccoli and champagne sauce, sirloin with roast shallot, or slow-roasted pork with heritage carrots and cider. Thoughtful vegetable dishes are treated as complete choices rather than simple substitutes.
Desserts and Irish cheeses continue the seasonal focus, while a compact wine and drinks selection supports the food. The intimate room suits an unhurried lunch or dinner, and diners with allergies should alert the team so it can explain the latest menu and preparations.
Address: 6a Callender Street, Belfast BT1 5HX, Northern Ireland
Roam Belfast City Centre Menu
Snacks
Scraggy bay IPA bread, marmite butter
Kilkeel crab rosti, lemon, chive
Mount leinster cheddar tartlet, spalla, leek
Raw beef fillet, oat biscuit, smoked almond
Starters
Sea trout, roast onion dashi, kohlrabi
Heirloom tomato, durras, cucumber, goji
Thornhill duck breast, spiced pear jam
Iberico pork presa, shimeji, mustard seeds
Torched mackerel, jalapeño, burnt orange
Mains
Roast monkfish, courgette, broad beans, green curry
Lamb loin & fillet, aubergine, red wine jus
Cod, mussels, cauliflower, pomme puree
Baked celeriac, turnip, summer greens
Aged beef fillet, ox cheek, king oyster mushroom
Sides
£6
Crushed baby potato, confit garlic butter
Grilled hispi cabbage, café de paris
Desserts
Peach, white chocolate, vanilla, sable
Strawberry, champagne, elderflower
Irish cheese plate, apple chutney, fennel, crackers
Killeen, Co. Galway, Cavanbert, Co. Cavan, Young buck blue, Co. Down
Lunch
2 courses £38, 3 courses £42
Scraggy bay IPA bread
marmite butter
Mount leinster cheddar tartlet
spalla, leek
Kilkeel crab rosti
lemon, chive
Raw beef fillet
oat biscuit, smoked almond
Torched mackerel
jalapeño, burnt orange
Heirloom tomato
durras, cucumber, goji
Thornhill duck breast
spiced pear jam
Pork fillet
shimeji, mustard seed
Roast monkfish
courgette, broad beans, green curry
Sirloin
king oyster mushroom, beef jus (£4 supplement)
Baked celeriac
turnip, summer greens
Lamb rump
aubergine, red wine jus
Crushed baby potato
confit garlic butter
Grilled hispi cabbage
café de paris
Peach
white chocolate, vanilla, sable
Strawberry
champagne, elderflower
Irish cheese plate
apple chutney, fennel, crackers (£4 supplement). Killeen, Co. Galway, Cavanbert, Co. Cavan, Young buck blue, Co. down
Vodka
Copeland Pot Still
Gin
Copeland Classic Irish
Copeland Raspberry & Mint
Copeland Rhuberry
Jawbox Classic
Killowen Native Irish Botanical
Killowen Rhubarb, Heather & Hibiscus
Echlinville
Whiskey
McConnell’s 5 year
Copeland Merchants Quay
McConnell’s Sherry Cask
Killowen Px sherry & Rum Cask, Single Malt
Green Spot
Red Breast 12 year
Dunvilles PX Cask, single malt
Dunvilles 3 crowns peated
Beers
Our brewery, oatmeal stout
Kinnegar, Scraggy Bay IPA 440ml
Kinnegar, Donegal Lager 440ml
Kinnegar, low tide pale ale 1.0% 440ml
Legacy, medium dry cider
Mourne mist, pilsner
Cocktails
Pandan blanc
Mad march hare potin, pandan, coconut, ginger, clarified milk
Bodega Bramble
Copeland rhuberry gin, elderflower, blackberry, lemon, whites
Rum Old Fashioned
Copland rum, benedictine, peach, chamomile
Targaryen
Micil poitín, cherry, tarragon, lemon, soda
Sweet & Sour
Valentina Island vermouth, pickled pear, lemon, whites
Rosie Og
Killowen rhubarb gin, maraschino, hibiscus, honey, lemon
Apricot Julep
Copeland whiskey, apricot brandy, mint, soda
Roam brew
Born Irish whiskey, two stacks, cold brew, cream