The Idle Hour in Cork

03/07/2025: Lovely food and relaxed atmosphere

16/05/2025: I have mixed feelings about this restaurant. The garlic bread was to die for! The toasty sandwich and fudge cake were very good. The chicken parmesean wasn't great. The service was unfortunately really lacking. We sat ourselves and got our own menus at the direction of the bar tender. We were helped by multiple waiters at the start and then didn't see anyone for close to 45 minutes. A runner would come bring food to other tables near us but rush off before we could get her attention and the waiters were no where to be found. We finally caught the runner and asked for water and cake through her. After that we were left for awhile again and couldn't get someone to bring our bill. I'm hoping they just had a big event seated somewhere far into the restaurant or something and that's why they were so absent? Not sure if I'd return.