We all agreed it was one of our most fun nights out to date
Nights out are getting competitive in South Belfast and I’m here for it.
The Doyen, which sits facing the historic Kings Hall off the Lisburn Road, unveiled a new state-of-the-art gaming floor earlier this month and we were invited down to try our hand at some of the interactive games.
The top floor has been transformed into One Up, complete with interactive darts, shuffleboard, pool, plenty of TVs for the sport and a karaoke booth I swore I wouldn’t be going into (you can already tell where this is going…)
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The four of us headed down on a Friday night and it was actually quite nice being able to avoid the stress of getting a taxi or bus into town as The Doyen is on their doorstep.
Apart from all the fun activities going on, the transformation of the bar itself is worthy of a visit, even just for a pint. I wasn’t in the upstairs of The Doyen before but there was a cool vibe and gorgeous marble bar which gives One Up a distinctive identity from downstairs.
Initially, we intended to just pop down for a few quiet pints and play a round of darts and shuffleboard but we just were having such a good time, we ended up making it a full-fledged night out – hangovers the next day and all to prove it!
I haven’t tried out any of the other gaming bars in the city just yet, but the four of us never laughed so much on a night out as we did when visiting One Up.
Watch our TikTok from One Up below…
We took the shuffleboard WAY too seriously as none of us had ever played it before and I think this was probably our favourite part of the night. We had no idea what we were doing, but the staff were brilliant in showing us how the system worked and the best way to play.
On a Friday night, an hour of shuffleboard is £6 per person or you can add a pint on for £10 per person, which we thought was a really good deal given the price of pints in Belfast these days.
Now I do think it could be more expensive at the weekends but you can book online in advance and check out what they have on offer.
All that slabbering to each other over who’s puck knocked who’s off the board made us peckish and we ended up buying a food platter to share. It was £40 – so a tenner each – and had all the classics you want from some picky bits when you’re having a few pints.
Surprised that we all were still mates after some serious ‘friendly’ competition in shuffleboard and darts (the quiz game was our favourite), we decided to just go full send and try everything that One Up had to offer.
This is where we apologise to anyone who had to listen to us sing Olivia Dean, Take That and Carrie Underwood in the karaoke booth…
We all left agreeing that it was one of the funniest nights out we’d had together and that we’ll be back to do it all again soon – if we aren’t barred for our dodgy karaoke tunes!
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