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Bobbin coffee shop

The Bobbin coffee shop and exhibition area was added to Belfast City Hall as part of its £11 million refurbishment programme in 2007 - 2009.

Location

The Bobbin is located at the south east corner of Belfast City Hall. You can access it via the front entrance, back entrance and east entrance.

Opening times

• Monday - Friday: 9am - 4.30pm
• Saturday: 9am - 4pm
• Sunday: Closed

Food and drinks

It sells a range of drinks and food including sandwiches, panini, soup and tray bakes.

Download menu for the Bobbin coffee shop (Word - 34KB)

The coffee shop also includes a small area selling souvenirs and presents.

Exhibitions

There are two exhibitions at the Bobbin Coffee Shop:

• Waking the Giant exhibition
• No Mean City photo exhibition

History behind the name

The linen industry was the first in Belfast to become mechanised during our industrial revolution in the 1820s.

The bobbin was a lowly but essential part of this industry, produced in their tens of thousands, and used in all looms.

A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder on which yarn or thread is wound. Bobbins were also used on a larger scale in other industries such as ropemaking.