Chubby Cherub

I can’t rate this place highly enough!
This place is really cool, quirky and completely different to most places I’ve been to in belfast. It’s really small so if you do decided to go I’d definitely ring up and book a table just to be on the safe side. I like the fact it’s so small, means if there only dealing with a smaller crowd there going to take more time with your food.
I had tagliatelle Bolognese and it was outstanding, once it came out I thought there wasn’t very much of it and id have no problem munching my way through it. Oh how I was wrong. It was the perfect amount, as I soaked up the last of the sauce with the garlic bread they give you (don’t need to order it they supply it) I thought I couldn’t eat another bite. My friend had the Wild Mushroom Carbonara she was just as pleased as I was.
The staff are very friendly and couldn’t do enough for you! And it’s very quick service.
From the outside this place looks very outdated and abit run down, but don’t let the looks of outside fool you.
I’ll defiantly be back here in the near future as i would like to try more of the menu!

I have eaten in chubby cherub many times before and hadn’t been disappointed until this week. We were the only customers which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It is a small place and can feel crowded when busy but the décor is lovely.
My mum and I had called in before going to an event and as the restaurant was so close we thought it best. The food was a bit disappointing. We had a starter of bread and oils to share followed by a pizza also to share. The bill was what I would expect to pay if we had both had a starter and a main.
The service was good and I will go back based on previous experiences but won’t rush to it.

Called in here for a quick bite to eat before an event. Why? Because it was close and a Tuesday evening and we hadn’t booked. We had the most basic thing on the menu some bread, oil and tapenade to share and a 12″ pizza also to share plus 2 glasses of house white. The place was empty and the service was ok. Food wise I’ve had far better for less but hey its the city centre and times are hard in the restaurant business so you expect to pay a bit more! The bread was nondescript the pizza was a bit tasteless. I had expectations of deliciousness as it was £15 but sadly my expectations weren’t met as it was decidedly average. Then came the bill. £35 including a 10% stealth service charge for 2 of us? I would usually leave a cash tip but I understood tipping was discretionary unless it was a large group and no the waiter wasn’t wearing a mask! So no I wouldn’t hurry back or recommend it for anything other than the kitsch and eclectic style décor which customers obviously pay for with those prices.

Great place to dine in, great atmosphere and ambiance, food was gorgeous, got the mushrooms with smoked cheese and they were very flavoursome, could have ate them all day, also got the carbonara with parmesan and the pasta was just the right texture and the carbonara sauce was really creamy, the ham was tender. Would go back again. Great place.

Really nice food, got the stuffed portabello mushrooms and they were gorgeous, could have ate them all night lol, got the pollo carne pizza which was lovely with an extra helping of parmesan which was a nice little touch, staff really friendly and nice and relaxing atmosphere, would go back again.

Never disappoints and is my favourite Italian restaurant in Belfast. Cute surroundings, delicious food and friendly staff. Gina in particularly is very nice and helpful.

The Chubby Cherub is a tiny restaurant over decked in dripping Italian décor. Kitsch and wonderfully gaudy. You had better like who you dine with as the tables are tiny and packed close together! The food is delectable with a full range of pastas, salads and pizzas and great veggie options. For my latest visit I indulged in portobello mushroom starter and Verona salad main. Starter was a massive portion of 4 mushrooms stuffed with leeks, smoked mozzarella and herb butter — absolutely scrumptious. My salad consisted of goat’s cheese, beetroot, caramelised onion, pine nuts and balsamic dressing and again was yummy. I tried a glass each of the very good house white and red wines. If I could fault Chubby Cherub on anything it’s that it’s a little pricey and they also put an automatic 10% service charge on all bills — which I absolutely detest — I think I personally should be the judge of if and how much I tip. However I was visiting the restaurant on an offer they are currently running consisting of 2 courses and a glass of wine for 2 people for £30. So on this occasion I didn’t mind. However if you didn’t avail of a meal deal/​offer an evening out here could be expensive. Great food though…

I spent the early hours of Saturday morning in search of a place to take my girlfriend for dinner in celebrations for her Birthday. Having the same love for Italian cuisine, I decided to take a leap going somewhere completely different away from the typical restaurants. I came across Chubby Cherub on Unilocal and it looked exactly what I was after.
Chubby Cherub was full of character as soon as we stepped through the door with the décor and smells from the kitchen. My girlfriend always likes places that are a wee bit different or have their own personality and refers to these places as «Quirky» all the time. As much as I am always poking fun of her overuse of the term, it was the first description I gave of the place as soon as I sat down at my table and looked at the décor.
The Waitress on that night was very welcoming and helpful as she asked us if we had ever been here before which she was then able to recommend us dishes and let us know what she personally enjoyed the most.
Being all romantic we actually got the corner table, called «Cupid’s Corner» which was secluded away from the other tables.
I won’t lie when my food was sat down in front of me I thought «Jeeze, I’m gonna be hungry after this.», I couldn’t have been any more wrong. The portion sizes were nothing but perfect I was stuffed after eating my last meatball.
After having the Meatballs, Pollo Tagliatelle and 2 glasses of the Red House Wine we ordered a Dessert to share, then the waitress sat a Pannacotta along with our ordered Tiramusu and told us «here’s extra» which we gladly accepted with big smiles on our faces.
Chubby Cherub was smaller than we expected but that doesn’t mean smaller is always bad, it gave more of a chilled yet personal atmosphere. It’s full of character with the vines up the walls and dimly lit lamps. Having been to Rome we were left feeling like we were back on holiday… lucky enough we are going back to Rome in June so Chubby Cherub got us really excited about that along with the awesome food and surroundings.

I was smitten with this place as soon as I walked in. It is a very cozy and intimate setting with lots of charm.
The recommendation that took me there was for the pizza. I was quickly distracted by the rest of the menu and ended up going with the risotto of the day, which was crab. The dish was delicious. The amount of crab could have been more generous, but it was a lovely dish overall. Desert was the pancetta, which was to die for.
I really enjoyed my experience here and hope to go back soon

In Belfast for the day and after a couple of pints in the Crown Bar and finding that its restaurant was booked out for the night we headed to the Kitchen bar but it was closing early on the Sunday night so Unilocal recommended the Chubby Cherub next to Victoria Square.
It was really great. We had a chicken tagliatelle and a Como pizza both of which were super.
The service was excellent and friendly and the décor was lovely. I would highly recommend the Cherub and will revisit when next in Belfast. Total bill including 10% service charge came to £24. There was an option to have the set dinner menu of four courses for £20 per person but we just could not have physically fit the food in.

I’d passed this place a couple of times since it opened and it always looked so warm and so pretty with all the candles, so when we were looking for somewhere to take my sister for her birthday, we thought we should give it a try. It’s a very small little restaurant (or some might say «cosy») but it’s beautifully decorated inside, with all the greenery, candles and pictures of cherubs everywhere. We went on a Sunday evening so it was pretty quiet. We’d called a couple of weeks before to reserve a table for the 7 of us but when we arrived they’d only reserved a table for 6 because the person taking the booking apparently hadn’t written down the number of people in our party. Thankfully that was the last problem we had and they soon sorted it out by adding another little table on to the end of ours.
We soon settled in and looked at the main menu and the day’s meat and pasta specials (these change every day so they come on a separate printed sheet). There were a few «picky» people in our group but even they managed to find something they liked the look of. We tried several of the pizzas, one of the specials and a couple of the side orders of potatoes. Everything was really delicious. Even my husband, who doesn’t really like pizza, enjoyed their thin crust. Personally I would have preferred a little more topping (when your pizza supposedly comes with green peppers you generally expect more than three thin rings of it on the whole pizza) but it was still filling. The garlic potatoes with pancetta were lovely but again you don’t get very many of them. We of course had to try the desserts too. I can’t comment on anyone else’s (although they certainly looked happy eating them) but the panacotta with berries I had was to die for — rich, sweet and creamy with the tartness of the berries — perfect!
It’s fairly good value too — not the cheapest place in town but certainly no more expensive than any of the other popular Italian places around. Also bonus points for letting us sit and chat for a while without bothering us or hurrying us to leave.
I would definitely go back again some time, maybe for a date night with hubby next time — it’s a great place for a small group to dine but I think it would be perfect for a romantic evening with someone special.

The Chubby Cherub is a newly opened Italian restaurant in Belfast City Centre. Well, when I say ‘restaurant’, ‘bistro’ might be a better word to describe it — it’s a tiny little place, probably more suited to small groups of people with its cosy and intimate atmosphere, pretty Italian décor and candlelit tables.
The food in my opinion definitely stands tall alongside the big Italian restaurants like Villa Italia and Scalinis — they offer a great selection of stonebaked pizzas as well as pasta dishes and what is great about the menu is that its ever-​changing — they have different meat and seafood specials on most days.
I highly recommend the ‘Como’ pizza which has toppings of goats cheese, caramelized onions and salami — great for a cheese freak like me! The special on the night I was there was gnocchi and it was absolutely sensational. Worth putting on as a staple on the menu I think!
I would have loved to try their Charcuterie Platter for starters but managed to decline, for fear of becoming a Chubby Cherub myself! Will save that for next time. If you’re out and about Belfast in the evening for food, I would really recommend you give this place a go. Fantastico!

We went to Chubby Cherub after seeing a friend post a pic of her meal she had here on Twitter, after seeing it, that was me sold!
We booked our table for 6:30pm on a Wednesday afternoon as I was glad we did, because the place was packed to the rafters! There didn’t seem to be that many staff on despite the restaurant being so full, so I expected a wait, but I’m pleased to say, that wasn’t the case.
We opted for the breads to start, followed by the Gorgonzola salad, and it was totally fantastic.
We had plenty of drink orders throughout the meal also, and we were served quickly and efficiently, in total contrast to my earlier reservations about the staff/​customer ratio.
I really love this wee restaurant, and they have anything you could want on their menu, plus lots of other creative dishes, so you will absolutely never be stuck for choice. Going back tomorrow and can’t wait!

Being part of the am: pm franchise I must say I was so excited to finally get to try this place out. It’s pretty much an Italian restaurant specialising in Pizza cooked in their stone oven.
I decided pizza was the way to go and went for the Vesuvius, as I love spicy pizza and this one consisted of mozzarella, pepperoni & hot green peppers with parmesan & chilli oil on a hot tomato base. It was in one word magnificent! The pizza was perfectly cooked, very big and nice and spicy! Just the way I like it! I had also sampled their Brushetta to start and it really was as good as Villa Italia’s, and that’s saying something!
I’m so glad they’ve kept up their high standards with this place and I’m certainly going to be coming back!

This is a preliminary review which will be updated tomorrow when I’ve sampled their eat-​in menu.
The newly opened boutique bistro The Chubby Cherub is owned by the folks who run the popular night spot am: pm and sits right across the road from their flagship joint.
I walk past this area every day and was curious for a long time as to what kind of place this way, apparently modern Italian cuisine with an all night (until4am) pizza hatch.
The sit in menu looks superb, essentially what they do is have salads, sandwiches and wood fired oven cooked pizzas throughout the week plus three random, daily specials. It’s a fantastic concept which I wish more folks would do around here.
Literally no more than two hours ago we thought we’d walk around to see what was what and get a pizza to go. I went for one with pepperoni, sweet peppers, parmesan and chilli oil. Fantastically crisp base with doughy chewy crusts, oodles of unctuous mozzarella cheese, suitably salty meat and a spattering of peppers. Delicious. One of the pizzas I’ve had in this country.
Heading back tomorrow night to sample the sit-​in experience so I will update then.