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It's all self-tans and hair straighteners for the city's 20 or 30-somethings. Join them for a night of dining, drinking and dancing in one of Belfast's many one-stop night haunts. With everything under one roof, there's simply no need to crawl. What city sophisticate could ask for more?

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21 Social

21 Social
Opened in June 2010, the Cathedral Quarter's latest day-to-night venue has already established itself as a favourite with sparkly locals and fun-loving tourists (yes, that's you). Read_on (No Comments)

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Tucked down a city centre side-street is this bijou bar that makes up with champagne what it lacks in size. Gilt-edged mirrors break up dark painted walls, and a large fish tank vies for space with the resident DJ. Read_on (No Comments)

Bar Bacca

Bar Bacca
Subdued lighting, pot-bellied Bhuddas and fusion food lure city slickers in their droves for a cheeky apres-work tipple or pre-nightclub cocktail (La Lea's upstairs). Read_on (1 Comment)

Bar/Twelve

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Deep purple velvet seating, dark wood panelling and rich red walls dominate this popular Botanic Avenue bar. Office workers, and students craving a classier ambience, scatter their bods amid its booths, sofas and bar stools. Read_on (No Comments)

Basement Bar & Grill

Basement Bar & Grill
Popular with the suits for a lunchtime pint and bite, this funky subterranean hideaway comes alive at weekends with live jazz, blues and resident DJs. Read_on (No Comments)

Cutters River Grill & Bar

Cutters River Grill & Bar
If the sun slips from behind its cloudy cover, grab a bus or taxi and join the throngs of revellers at this great riverside bar. Read_on (No Comments)

Morrisons

Morrisons
Students, young professionals and media luvvies from the nearby BBC gravitate towards this popular downtown bar. Inside, there's a cool, modern vibe with comfy alcoves, window seats and high bar stools & tables breaking up the ground floor. Read_on (No Comments)

Apartment

Apartment
A familiar haunt for trendy young things searching for future bedmates through the haze of bison grass vodkas and other assorted potions. Read_on (No Comments)

Café Vaudeville

Café Vaudeville
A riot of ritzy glamour and rich hues,  the only things missing from this downtown watering hole are a girl on a swing and a bird in a gilded cage. Read_on (1 Comment)

Chelsea Wine Bar

Chelsea Wine Bar
Yuppies are alive and well and sizing each other up in this wrought iron-clad, modern-medieval watering hole. Grab an upstairs seat and sip your white wine spritzer while enjoy fine views across both floors. Read_on (No Comments)

Chester

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This day-to-night food, drink and entertainment emporium has taken as its design influence the upmarket speakeasies of 20s & 30s America. Read_on (No Comments)

Irene and Nans

Irene and Nans
Time the bar staff with the kitsch 1950s Bakelight and starburst clocks, as you jostle for position among the baying hordes. You could be waiting a while, as this popular city centre bar can get crammed at night. Read_on (No Comments)

Northern Whig

Northern Whig
Once the offices of an old Belfast newspaper, this 19th century listed building was reborn in 1997 as a big, bold bar/nightclub. Read_on (No Comments)

Spaniard

Spaniard
Wallpapered with vintage 80s record sleeves, and with just enough room to swing a straw donkey, this little watering hole is as cosy as it is cool. Read_on (No Comments)

The House

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Queen's Quarter's Stranmillis set and sophisticated students (what that? - Ed) have a relatively new imbibing emporium on their red-bricked doorstep. Read_on (No Comments)