The Smithfield House

03/04/2026

NORMAL OPENING HOURS THIS WEEKEND
Friday from 11.30am
Saturday from 11.30am
Sunday from 12.30pm

19/03/2026

FULL TIME & PART TIME posts available
@ SMITHFIELD HOUSE LISBURN.
Experience IS essential in similar BAR environment.
A level of maturity is required with this job. (AND PATIENCE) No time wasters please.
THIS IS A PERMANENT JOB VACANCY.
Drop a cv to me via PM or into the bar. References will be checked.
Imcomplete CVs will disregarded.
SMITHFIELD HOUSE LISBURN
15 SMITHFIELD, LISBURN BT28 1TH
02892 793906

12/03/2026

Apparently today has a theme! Fill your boots (and your pint
Glasses) folks!

10/03/2026

10/03/2026

09/03/2026

The Smithfield House

01/03/2026

***,SHARED FROM MY LADYS INN**
Right.
Apparently, pubs are “too expensive.” 😬🥵💰

I hear it every day. 🤯

Usually from someone clutching a £6 artisan coffee, scrolling TikTok on a £1,200 phone, while explaining how £5.40 for a pint is daylight robbery. 💎

But sure. The pub is the problem. 👌

Let me explain this slowly…

You’re not paying £5.40 for “beer”! 🍺

You’re paying for an experience, for a community, for…

💸 The heating being on before you arrive.
💸 The lights staying on after you leave.
💸 The loos being scrubbed (you’re welcome).
💸 The glasses being washed.
💸 The staff being paid.
💸 The licences. The insurance. The rates. The tax.
💸 The little bite the card machine takes every single time you tap.
💸 And the fact that when the floods at 11pm on a Tuesday… it’s me in wellies.

You’re not just buying a drink. 🍷

You’re renting a space to exist in public without being moved on. To socialise. To make friends. To feel welcome. To belong. ❤️

Go and sit in the middle of ASDA for three hours debating VAR and see how long that lasts. Try getting banter from a self-checkout. 😅

Pubs aren’t competing with supermarket booze. 🛒

We’re competing with the idea that community should be free. 🏘️❤️

And here’s the bit I find fascinating…

The same people who mourn “the death of the British pub” are the ones who treat us like overpriced off-licences. 🍾

We don’t sell beer. 🍺

We sell:
👉 First dates that turned into marriages.
👉 Wakes where the real stories came out.
👉 “Ok, just one” that became the best night of the year.
👉 Somewhere to decompress when the world’s had enough of you and you’ve had enough of the world.

We sell a place to not be alone. 🫂

If you want cheap: stay on your sofa with a four-pack of lukewarm cans 🛋️🥵🍻

But PLEASE don’t confuse low cost with value! 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, I’ll be over here - overcharging for heating, chairs, and human interaction. 🔥🪑🤗

Tag a mate who needs to stop being a tight-arse and buy a round! You know the one. 😂👇

29/01/2026

Great to see someone fighting for our pubs! Good news at last!

🚨 BREAKING: O’Dowd hits stop button on REVAL Rates hike for local Hospitality! 🍻

Owing to massive public pressure, Finance Minister John O’Dowd has backed down and agreed to our request to pause and review the situation.

The implications of this decision could have been avoided.

Local pubs, restaurants and hotels facing immediate rate bill increases of 100, 200 and even 300%+ was an outrageous scenario.

O’Dowd must now get back to the drawing board and lay out a fairer process.

20/12/2025

Today's festive fixtures

24/10/2025

Some folk are starting early 👻🎃👻🎃🤣