The best restaurants

22/09/2025: Great place to watch a movie, incredible sound and picture. Loads of different foods on offer.

19/09/2025: Extremely cramped seats in Theatre 1. But a great sound system!

28/09/2025: The Imperial Hotel is a classic Irish hotel with plenty of charm. My room was comfortable and fairly spacious, and I especially liked the bathroom interiors; they had a nice touch of elegance (wish I’d remembered to get a video of them!). 🛁 That said, my room was located in the basement, with a view directly into other rooms, which wasn’t the most inviting. At €220 per night (without breakfast), the value felt a little off for what was offered. The big plus here is the central location, it’s right in the heart of Cork, making it really easy to explore the city. Overall, a decent stay if location is your top priority, though there are a few trade-offs. Ratings: 🛏️ Room Comfort & Design: 3.5/5 🛎 Service & Ambience: 4/5 💸 Money’s Worth: 3/5

22/09/2025: Posh historic hotel in the centre of Cork, with a great restaurant, Helena's. Staff were friendly and knowledgeable.

12/04/2026: The gentlemen working on Saturday evening couldn’t have been nicer and more helpful to my friend and I!

22/03/2026: Guy working there pretty rude, pizza was also burnt

20/04/2026: This place deserves to be 5 stars! Went recently to the sit down side with my wife. Previously had the takeaway and always found the chips high quality. They recently have renovated the interior and can see they spent a lot on it! It’s clean, modern and has a great atmosphere. Staff are super friendly and food was served promptly and hot. Our meal was reasonably priced, well portioned and fresh quality ingredients. The only negative I can think of is that the food needed more seasoning. Anyone used of highly salted takeaways might think the food is on the bland side - be prepared to add your own salt! Overall I was very happy and would recommend. Bonus points for having a Guinness tap

19/03/2026: I'm very disappointed how Mario's have gone the garlic cheese chips was disgusting and how you can charge that much for food like that ye all should be ashamed maybe health and safety should inspectus place

28/04/2026: I ordered from Haveli for the first time this evening. I ordered the prawn balti, pilau rice and a garlic naan bread. I have to say this was the best indian food I have eaten since moving to Cork. The food was fresh, good quality produce used. The service was fantastic. They said my food would be ready for 8.50pm and it was ready at 8.50pm. I wont be going any where else bar from Haveli for Indian food from now on. Excellent, tasty food. Would highly recommend 😊

24/02/2026: Love Haveli for take away.. Great food

05/05/2026: Spectacular traditional Irish pub!! Toastie was absolutely delicious! Service was exceptional!!

27/02/2026: Beautiful Food best i ever tasted. Staff are lovely wouldn't go anywhere else

22/01/2026: Chips half cooked Man in the till need training to talk with the customer Never go again

07/01/2026: We ordered beef and brocoli and beef was hard that you could't eat it.....

11/10/2025: Awful slow service. Waiting one hour in total for my order. When I rang it in was told half an hour collection. Waited around Youghal, went into collect after 30 mins ended up waiting another half an hour standing in the porch huddled around other customers who were also waiting a ridiculous amount of time. I had 2 young kids with me. Food was only ok. I will not be returning. Panda Cookin in Tallow is far better for service and quality

12/04/2026: Room esp bathroom needs a good clean. No dustbin, gap in flooring , no plug in sink, no bath towel. Skimpy duvet. No detail re wifi apart from a code but not which option to select with two different codes on different notices in the room

29/12/2025: Love this spot, great pints, great food, and a bit of music on a weekend. One of the hidden gems of ireland. The staff are excellent.

30/07/2025: Just had a coffee but staff were lovely and so was the coffee!

28/07/2025: There was no fish, only cheese as a meat alternative (pre-sliced) No butter or mayo offered on bagel which turned out to be incredibly sweet (it was a poppy seed bagel). I was asked twice about having it toasted which I now think was as so poor Tasteless coleslaw with some crunch Tasteless emmental# Take away ... €7.50. If people think that is good value, I am gobsmacked. Never again, Londis a freshly baked baguette with veg and cheese is €3-4 and actually pleasant to eat

03/10/2025: We tried Puck burger for the first time this evening and im not sure why we werent aware of it before. I always thought it was a coffee place 🤣 Safe to say we rate it a solid 9.5 out of 10. Very tasty burgers and great service. Deffo will be going back and highly recommend! 💕

28/09/2025: Delicious burgers! Highly recommend!

19/10/2025: Delicious food, fast service, nice atmosphere and all the staff super friendly and attentive.

04/09/2025: Manager/owner? was quite rude when I tried ordering a half and half pint. Came back to our table and made a snide comment about how nice that the ice cream we ordered was just one flavor.

05/05/2026: Tried the chicken ginger and spring onion, was delicious, best in town. Thank you Mayflower

18/02/2026: A couple weeks ago I tried mayflower Chinese for the first time after recently moving to Kilkenny. I was surprised at the price of some of the meals they have on just eat. I thought they must be gimmicks due to the price and amount you get compared to other Chinese places. Food arrived quick and hot and delicious. Would give it a 6/5 if I could. Would recommend to anyone looking for a Chinese takeaway.