The best restaurants in Cork

10/05/2026: An authentic Irish pub. No frills. Just authenticity

27/03/2026: Welcoming pub ran by a characterful landlord.

23/11/2025: Don't go here if you're hungry. Went here during the week, was met by extremely small plates, very expensive for what you get, zero presentation and little to no flavour. The place itself is lovely and has a lovely vibe, but we had to go elsewhere for food after we left. Won't ever be returning for food.

05/10/2025: The food here is top notch. I was there for the Sunday Brunch. loads of interesting choices

21/11/2025: I really enjoy coming here for coffee and toast, it’s one of my favorite spots. Recently, though, I’ve noticed things seem a bit busier than usual. There’s often just one barista serving with a queue forming, and a few tables waiting to be cleaned, which made me leave the last two times I tried to stop by. It’s still a great place with great coffee; just wanted to share in case the team might be a bit short-staffed lately.

17/11/2025: The drinks and food are really good, but from what I’ve seen, the cafe is chronically understaffed. I often see trainee baristas left on their own to deal with long queues of customers. There are lots of opportunities here to improve service. There should be a minimum of two baristas at the counter.

25/02/2026: Ocean houses food is unbelievable. I wouldn’t recommend anywhere else like I would recommend here. Their satay sauce was the nicest thing ever ate. Please try it.

26/10/2025: Quite possibly the worst spice bag I've ever had. No veg in it. Just chips and rock hard shredded chicken. The spice was literally just a powder mix thrown in with the chicken a chips. Terrible quality.

19/12/2025: Everything went perfectly! I'll order again. The prices are simply fantastic! Thank you so much!

18/12/2025: Doesn’t even deserve one star The staff is terrible people! Staff does not appreciate their clients

12/04/2026: Great view. Nothing else …awful coffee for what’s suppose to be a prominent coffee house!

18/03/2026: As always good coffee, excellent service

27/03/2026: Either the best or worst burrito in your life and there’s no way of predicting which it’ll be. Nothing to do with the staff though I just think there might be an issue with the supplier of the beans or meat sometimes?

24/03/2026: Honestly not great by my books. First of all expensive for what you get. I got a steak burrito, the beef was dry and chewy. I accidentally paid for 2 extra fillings which I can't even remember what they were as they made little change to the flavour profile. Nothing really came together as a whole and I was left with a big wrap which was cold in parts and lukewarm in others and none of the flavours really came together. Imo, if you drop €14 on any single item it should probably knock your socks off. Won't be back.

02/12/2025: Fabulous meal. James our server was excellence personified.

29/08/2025: Great to visit my alma matra and see the renovations

09/04/2026: Absolute Favourite taco spot in Cork! Favourite Mexican food spot in general to be honest, the beef birria are a must have! The portion sizes are amazing too. The el cholo loco sauce is so good and fresh I had to buy a bottle for myself at home. I love the new cocktail menu, with Shake It To The Max being a stand out favourite. I cannot recommend enough.

30/11/2025: I had heard good things but I was really disappointed. Friends had the chicken and I had the beef birra. Food wasn’t hot. Everything lacked flavour, the tacos were neither soft nor hard.

16/10/2025: Interior is dated. Coffee was below average, totally overpriced food too.. I won't be back.

26/09/2025: I had the coffee here and it was bitter I think they added too much coffee. I can drink strong coffee but this was bitter and adding sugar didn't help it. It is overpriced and not really high standard and a few of the staff look depressed there but the staff were nice I just felt bad for them. If it's all of them looking a bit sad it's usually the way they are treated by management, i know from personal experience. Edit: Excuse me but I don't care. 1 I don't go to Ucc, 2 This is my review of your café I have given other places 1 star your not special. 3 if you are going to threaten defamation you have to prove that what people say are false. 4 I never knew about you threatening a staff with a weapon allegedly now I regret ever going to your cafe as that is disgusting to have that as a rumour. This comment you made makes you seem deranged. I never knew about the rumours I stopped in and had bad coffee which is what I put down and your staff seemed sad how would you know if you ain't there. You have to things in your personal life. Get a grip not everyone is going to like your cafe

01/12/2025: I have been a regular Donatellos customer for the past 17 years but I've been getting a weekly pizza from the mayfield store the past 4 years. This is the most reliable, consistent and quality fast food place in Cork by far. The staff are fantastic, the drivers are quick and sound. I have NEVER had a bad pizza from this place. Perfect cheese, perfect sauce and perfect crust. 10 stars out of 5!! And great buffalo wings also :)

13/09/2025: As an italian person this isn't a real pizza. We bought 3 medium pizza and some ingredients were missing. We paid too much.

18/11/2025: Had to stop in to see "the mural" and fish. There's a cool area out back. On that particular night... Not our crowd. So we left after one drink.

11/11/2025: Terrible atmosphere. Worth seeing.

23/12/2025: I ordered a brownie and an americano. The brownie tasted like it was only half cooked. The coffee was just plain bad.

22/12/2025: Disappointed with our visit this morning. Barrista had zero Christmas cheer and it kind of set the tone. Got our order wrong too which didn't make things better for either of us (was corrected). Given how busy it is in town this morning, I would not be surprised if she had been left single-handed which contributed to the tone. The coffee was great though (I pop in regularly enough) so hopefully it was just the grey dreary weather getting to her. 😢

11/11/2025: Unbelievable food, the burgers were amazing and v creative. And a full feed on their own The loaded fries are also excellent but would feed 3 people in one portion Only negative is walked in to order and waited 45 mins for the food. Was orders coming in over phone, deliveroo etc and all prioritised ahead of walk ins (or that's what it felt like anyway!!) Worth it, just order in advance

09/11/2025: Ordered at 4pm for 6pm collection. Food not ready until 620pm

01/01/2026: On New Year’s Eve, we were deliberately ignored for over 10 minutes while staff happily served everyone who arrived after us. We only got any attention once we called them out on it. The service felt blatantly discriminatory — unless you’re Brazilian, don’t expect to be treated properly. The staff’s attitude was arrogant, dismissive, and completely unprofessional. Easily one of the worst bar experiences I’ve had. Save yourself the frustration and avoid this place altogether.

26/10/2025: Best parties, best drinks, best staff ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥