With rooms, breakfast and wifi the same spec as its city centre sibling, this IBIS's USP is its vibrant, student-strewn Queen's Quarter location. Handy for the eponymous Queen's University, state-of-the-art Ulster Museum and verdant Botanic Gardens, the area also has a good sprinkling of cafes, restaurants and bars. City centre must-sees are around a 10min walk (or swift bus journey) south. Locals and regular city visitors will recall the location as that of the former Renshaws Hotel.

(Rooms from £49. Limited free parking on-street).