By Sophie McLaughlin

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Take a first look at the three new venues opening at a Belfast complex this week.

After completing a multimillion-pound regeneration and transformation of the historic site on the city’s Royal Avenue, Haymarket will welcome customers to its new bars this Friday, September 12.

The expansion into the full first floor of the formerly vacant Haymarket site at 84 Royal Avenue will double the size of its footprint.

Haymarket is already home to the Stock Exchange, Courtyard and The Armoury and the transformation brings its total investment in the complex to £5 million.

The new venues are:

Crimson Cocktail Lounge – Adding new style, opulence and luxury to the city’s hospitality scene. It will offer an “unrivalled choice of show-stopping” signature cocktails and nibbles for discerning guests that value exclusivity, privacy and live entertainment

Mic Drop – a lively, fun-filled Karaoke Bar, will be home to a collection of highly themed private rooms, including a striking private jet design among others. Each offers a food and drink service direct to the room and designed with social moments in mind, making them perfect for sharing and capturing on Instagram

A lively Sports and Live Music Bar – for guests keen to get their sporting fix in a fun-filled, high-energy atmosphere, completes the additions

Haymarket was launched in July 2021 and was part of a major restoration and development plan and since then, the team has worked hard to preserve the heritage and architecture of the listed buildings.

Last year, it completed the development of its first three hospitality venues for the city, with the addition of The Stock Exchange expanding its existing competitive leisure offering – having already established The Courtyard bar, and The Armoury, which opened earlier in the year.

Check out our gallery below to see inside the venues…