HOTEL PARTNERS

The Spaniard Pub

3 Skipper Street
Belfast, County Antrim
United Kingdom BT1 2DZ
+44 28 9023 2448

www.thespaniardbar.com

IN NUVO

It’s 10 p.m. in the chandelier-dappled cocktail bar of Belfast’s boutique Merchant Hotel, a column-fronted landmark built in the 1850s as the headquarters of Ulster Bank. Judging by the ritzy clientele, there’s just as much capital here today.