Belfast newest hotspot is set to open in November, with hoarding outside the city centre building simply saying “making mischief”.

Brat is the brainchild of Clover Group directors Jim Conlon, Mark Beirne and Paul Langsford and will complement sister basement venue Margot when it opens on the corner of May Street and Donegall Square East.

The hospitality entrepreneurs who also count Whites Tavern and Pug Uglies among their stable of venues, predict Brat will attract an eclectic clientele with a quality food and music offering.

and the adjoining Margot.

Located near Belfast City Hall on the corner of May Street and Donegall Square East, the new bar will provide a late-night dimension to Margot’s underground vibe bringing together an eclectic clientele with a quality food and music offering.

Clover Group directors Jim Conlon, Mark Beirne, Paul Langsford

Brat was announced alongside a new hotel to be located in Little Donegall Street and will see the Clover Group working with F&B Creatives O’Donnell O’Neill Design to craft a “unique amphitheatrical development extending over three levels”.

The hotel will consist of 23 self-contained Pod Hotel Rooms and it will exclusively feature Market Food Kitchens, bars and tiered seating terraces overlooking an al fresco dining courtyard with stretched sail cloth awnings overhead.

On announcing the news, Mark Beirne, Director of Clover Group NI said: “The vision across all our outlets has always been to provide unique, exciting and new experiences for our customers here in Belfast and those that are visiting our great city.

“Both Brat and our creative new hotel project will add new vibrant, hip and urban offerings that will appeal to broad range of people who are looking for the best fun and craic that Belfast and the Cathedral Quarter has to offer.