Urban Scullery Supper Club | Dinner | Belfast Whiskey Week 2023

Name: Belfast Whiskey Week 2026
Start: 2026-07-24
End: 2026-08-01
Location: Belfast

Filed: 15 Jul 2023
By: Belfast Whiskey Week
Read: 5 min
Ref: BWW/23/460

Some evenings during Belfast Whiskey Week linger long in the memory, and the Urban Scullery Supper Club Extra — held on Saturday 22nd October 2023 — was unquestionably one of them. Tucked just across the bridge at the foot of the Newtownards Road in East Belfast, Urban Scullery proved the perfect setting for an intimate four-course dinner paired with four cask-driven, cask strength whiskies from around the world. This was uisce beatha and honest, brilliant cooking in beautiful, unpretentious harmony.

About This Event

In a wee Hidden Gem of a Restaurant, just across the bridge at the foot of the Newtonards Rd in East Belfast, you’ll find Urban Scullery. We are blessed to have the opportunity to work with Head Chef Jonny Stevenson who entertained us on his road to the final of Master Chef a few of years ago with his judges’ acclaimed dishes. By joining us, you’ll be noted as one of an exclusive group of people who have had the fortunate opportunity to take part in his monthly Supper Clubs. Jonny’s Restaurant doesn’t open in the evenings and focuses on great service from Breakfast through Lunch 7 days a week. When it comes to the monthly Supper Clubs, Jonny teases the diners with a menu of very few words. A starter may suggest “Bread & Cheese”, with your dish being a French Onion Soup with Crispy Cheese Crust and Freshly baked bread with a gooey cheese centre… these are yummmm. Our bespoke 4 course dinner will be paired with 4 exciting cask driven, cask strength whiskies from around the world. Each diner will receive a wee gift as part of this Dinning Experience. Please note that this restaurant is designed with Bring Your Own Bottles to accompany your meal. No Alcohol can be bought on site. Timeslot: 6pm-9pm Start Time: 6pm Duration: 3hrs Venue: Urban Scullery Drinks: 4 Drams Type: Dinner Disclaimers Please note that individual dietary requirements are not being catered for with any food at this event. Each Brand/Distillery and Collaborative Partner have agreed to our Min/Max Pour Policy. Please Respect this, and enjoy your festival responsibly. Festival Participants who are deemed to be too inebriated, or are not respecting themselves, will not be permitted into events and venues. ALL Hosts/Ushers/Collaborators and Venue Staff have the right to refuse participants without question and recourse. Please Drink Responsibly. All events are only available to those 18 years old and over. Do not purchase tickets if you are under the age of 18. Be prepared to produce ID if required. Venue staff & ushers may ask you to provide ID when showing your valid tickets. You may be refused enter to events if you can’t prove your age. Some venues may change, if they do, you will be notified. All events are subject to changes out of the control of the festival organisers. Any issues, please contact us @belfastwhiskeyweek on socials, or via email on marketing@belfastwhiskeyweek.com or 07773675179 (8am-8pm) to discuss. NO Refunds will be given. Please only buy tickets if you are prepared to attend the event. Tickets are transferable. If you are going to transfer tickets please email, marketing@belfastwhiskeyweek.com

Looking Back

Urban Scullery is not your typical evening restaurant. Head Chef Jonny Stevenson runs his beloved spot as a breakfast and lunch destination seven days a week, and it is only on rare, special occasions — his celebrated monthly Supper Clubs — that the lights stay on into the evening. Belfast Whiskey Week 2023 was fortunate enough to earn one of those occasions. For a room full of whiskey lovers settling in for the night, there was something quietly thrilling about that: the sense that you had been let in on something a little secret, a little sheugh-side, a tír unto itself.

Jonny, who charmed a national television audience on his road to the MasterChef final, brought that same instinct for playful, considered cooking to this bespoke menu. His Supper Club menus are famously spare on description — 'Bread & Cheese' might appear as a starter, only to arrive as a rich French Onion Soup crowned with a crispy cheese crust alongside freshly baked bread with a gooey, molten centre. That gap between the words on the page and the dish on the table is where his real craft lives, and on this evening it delighted at every turn. The four courses built with purpose and warmth, each one landing as a genuine surprise.

The whiskey pairings were curated with equal care — four cask strength expressions, cask-driven in character, drawn from distilleries across the world. Cask strength whiskey demands a certain respect: these are spirits that arrive uncut, carrying the full personality of wood and time, and pairing them alongside food rather than against it is no small feat. Each dram earned its place at the table, cutting through richness, lifting savoury notes, and lingering long enough to carry you into the next course. The combination of Jonny's restrained, confident cooking and bold, expressive whiskey felt like a conversation between two distinct creative sensibilities — one finding unexpected common ground. If you're curious about the broader landscape of whiskey styles and distilleries that inform events like this, the Belfast Whiskey Week Whiskey Map is a fine place to begin your education.

There is a real duchas to what makes Urban Scullery special — an authentic sense of place, of a kitchen rooted in its community and uninterested in performance for its own sake. Sixty-five pounds bought each guest a four-course dinner, four drams, and a wee gift to take home; more than that, it bought them an evening that felt genuinely exclusive without ever feeling exclusionary. The BYO policy meant the table conversation stayed easy and the focus remained where it belonged: on the food, the whiskey, and the good company around you. If this kind of food-and-whiskey pairing appeals, it is worth knowing that BWW 2023 offered several other remarkable dining experiences — including RedBreast's Fine Dining evening at the Waterman Restaurant and the deeply atmospheric Titanic Distillers: Taste of the Shipyard.

Sláinte to Jonny Stevenson and the Urban Scullery team for opening their doors, and for reminding everyone in that room that the best evenings are often the quietest ones — just good whiskey, good food, and good people, tucked away on the east bank of the Lagan. If you missed it, watch this space. Events like this have a way of coming back.