The MAC

The Mac is one of Belfast's best arts facilities. You can lunch here, have a meeting, visit excellent exhibitions or enjoy the cafe. The architecture alone is worth a visit and its a wonderful playground to explore. There are two theatres, resident arts companies, studios, rehearsals spaces, a children's creche area and meeting facilities and lockers for your stay if you want to spend time enjoying the visual art galleries. The Arts Centre was over 20 years in the planning and well worth the wait. I often visit here to have business meetings, it is a very relaxed and plenty of quiet spaces to work uninterrupted with great coffee and lunch facilities and FREE WIFI ..... I am an unashamed apple mac user 'table hog' (see review below) but that is what the building is designed for so that it is interactive and accommodating. The arts should never be preserved in aspic in a clinical untouchable environment and the Mac perfectly combines a social space with excellent arts.
5 7 years ago (05-04-2018)

Attended a brilliant breakfast seminar here hosted by 4c and LoudMouth Media presenting Google as the main speaker. Was a great morning and the presentation space was spot-on. My only gripe, the heat in the breakfast lobby was stifling; though the room we attended the seminar in was cool and comfortable. That’s my only reason for 4/5, otherwise it’d be 5 stars.
4 6 years ago (25-05-2018)

First visit was to see the Gilbert & George exhibition. Warm and friendly, well designed and laid out. Coffee and alcoholic drinks available. It's great to be able to step in the door and be immediately transported away from the hustle and bustle... a perfect environment to unwind and recharge. Friendly, helpful and genuinely engaged staff who were willing to answer questions on the exhibition I was visiting. All this with no entrance fee which only compels you to leave a generous donation. The only negative is that it does tend to attract tedious laptop (usually of the apple variety) table-hogs in the cafe / bar areas.
5 7 years ago (02-03-2018)

A bit of a hidden gem, well worth a visit. Staff are friendly and happy to help, the exhibitions have been great when I’ve popped in and there is a children’s room and a great cafe too. Brilliant place to spend a few hours in central Belfast.
4 6 years ago (08-05-2018)

The seats are comfortable. The play was superb as was all the cast. Abigails party was well staged including the music and adverts before setting the scene excellently.
5 7 years ago (19-04-2018)