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Balloo House

“Good Modern Irish cooking in a welcoming country pub” - AA Inspector

LOCATION

NEWTOWNARDS, COUNTY DOWN

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Balloo House is a charming country pub and restaurant just two miles from the shores of Strangford Lough. Downstairs is country pub style, with open fires, exposed brick, natural daylight and lots of objets d'art. Staff are friendly, helpful and very attentive. A more formal restaurant is open on a Saturday night upstairs.

Awards, accolades & Welcome Schemes

1 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence

Facilities – at a glance

Children welcome

Credit cards accepted

Private dining

Service charge

Vegetarian menu

Balloo House

1 Comber Road, Killinchy, NEWTOWNARDS, BT23 6PA

Phone: 028 9754 1210

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Features

Facilities

Seats: 80
Private dining available
On-site parking available

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible
Accessible toilets
Assist dogs welcome

Opening times

Closed: 25 December

Food and Drink

Wines under £30: 45
Wines over £30: 15
Wines by the glass: 9
Cuisine style: Modern Irish, International influences
Vegetarian menu

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About the area

Discover County Down

Geographically, County Down seems to put a long arm around Strangford Lough, over 70 square miles of water. The arm is the Ards Peninsula, the most easterly part of Ireland.

Strangford Lough is a ria (a drowned estuary), caused by rising sea levels at the end of the Ice Age It is dotted with some 70 small islands, actually the highest points of drowned drumlins (small rounded hills) formed of material left behind by glaciers. The Lough is home to large flocks of wintering wildfowl that congregate on the mudflats surrounding its shores. About 9 square miles of the lough are a designated reserve for this reason.

Bangor is at the top of the peninsula, and with its picturesque seafront promenades, a charming marina and many shops and restaurants, it is regularly voted the most desirable place to live in Northern Ireland. Much of the town dates from the Victorian era with some historic buildings as well as some more modern development, and one of the largest open-air markets in Northern Ireland.