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The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers

Jamaica Inn

53/100
  • Bangor, Down
  • Gastropub
  • By the glass
  • ££ (mains £17–£32; glasses £6.25–£11.50; bottles £24–£75)
  • Beta
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Jamaica Inn is a busy, all-day seaside gastropub on the Bangor seafront, cooking a broad, heat-forward menu of seafood, grills and chilli-spiked crowd-pleasers alongside a short, commercial wine list and a strong beer range. The wine programme does the everyday job honestly — fairly priced, clearly presented and with just enough by-the-glass to cover the food — but it is underserved for its own kitchen, with no off-dry or aromatic white for the many chilli plates and nothing at all for the sweet course. It will suit the relaxed diner who wants a dependable, well-priced glass with a plate of seafood or a burger, rather than anyone in search of range or a cellar to explore.

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Modern brasserie

Coq and Bull is the brasserie of a country-house hotel outside Bangor, cooking generous, produce-led food alongside a commercial wine list made genuinely useful by a printed glass match against every main course. The wine programme's real achievement is communication rather than depth — tasting notes throughout, a wide by-the-glass offer in two sizes and honest pricing do more for an unsure drinker than the buying itself does — while Sherry, fortified wines and grower fizz are the clear gaps. It will suit the diner who wants a dependable glass chosen for the plate without studying a list, more than the collector hunting a cellar to explore.

  • By the glass
  • ££ (mains £22–£40; glasses £6.50–£11.75; bottles £28–£75)
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52/100 Beta

Underground Dining

Bangor, Down

Contemporary fine dining

Underground Dining is a chef-led contemporary restaurant on Bangor's High Street, cooking ambitious, produce-led food from a Michelin-trained kitchen alongside a short, mostly commercial wine list. The wine programme's reach does not match the cooking's — bottle-led, with thin by-the-glass and no high-acid white poured for the seafood — though it punches above its length in Champagne and in a proper dessert-and-Port offer by the small glass. It will suit the diner who comes for the plate and is happy to choose a bottle to match, more than one hoping to explore by the glass.

  • By the glass
  • £££ (mains £16–£36; bottles £18–£80; Prosecco £7.50/200ml)
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