The best restaurants in Cork

08/12/2025: Best Authentic South Indian Kerala food with affordable and top quality. Thank you

25/11/2025: We ordered butter chicken curry. Quantity is too low, Cost is too high (euro14). Better you can go for some other Indian foods.

15/10/2025: Do not go here for breakfast. Can't vouch for the evenings here or the pints. The breakfast was shocking, unfortunately one of the few places open on Sunday morning. Do yourself a favour & go Tara's instead. Everything was under or over cooked, asked for some tomatoes instead of mushrooms. They brought me a cold sliced bit of tomato. Service poor, didn't clear our table. Pumping the diddly at 10:30am, come on. The worst cup of tea I've ever been served in Ireland

13/10/2025: Staff were excellent. Bacon and cabbage was top notch. Never waiting for a pint. Beamish was exceptional. Bravo

13/02/2026: Never get orders right. then when you ring and complain they don't want to help you at all. They forgot my kids food. Food we did receive was cold and thrown together. Won't be ordering or visiting again

28/01/2026: Always great service and friendly and helpful staff too. Food is always perfect.

27/12/2025: My daughter & I visited the Quays bar today & had food that was reasonably good. Unfortunately the place was absolutely filthy, our shoes were sticking to the floor. Toilets were disgusting & absolutely filthy with no toilet roll & when we asked we were told there was none. I dread to think what the kitchen was like.

19/07/2025: Excellent food, very tasty. Really enjoyed it 😋

28/10/2025: Lovely place, very quiet and perfect for a coffee break. The only thing to improve would be the hot chocolate, a little lukewarm for my taste — it would be even better piping hot!

23/10/2025: I ordered the Falafel Wrap- the salad and the vegetables were stale and when I informed the staff they couldn’t care less. Would never recommend. 0/10

17/01/2026: I’ve been a regular at The Cottage Little Island for some time, but my recent pizza takeaway truly impressed me it’s convenient and easy to locate Their pizza—especially the “Cottage Special” with pepperoni, chicken, doner meat, ham, sweetcorn, mushrooms, and peppers—is always cooked to perfection 🍕. It delivers on both flavor and portion size, making regular orders feel consistently satisfying The Cottage consistently offers a wide, appealing menu—encompassing kebabs, burgers, garlic bread, and more—at great value. The ordering process is smooth, whether online or in person, and their staff are friendly and efficient What stands out: • Fantastic, reliably tasty pizza and a varied menu • Excellent service—fast, friendly, and professional • Great value, with meal deals and deals like “2 × 12″ pizzas + sides” I highly recommend The Cottage for anyone craving a delicious, no-fuss pizza takeaway in Little Island. Whether it’s a quick dinner or a weekend treat, it never disappoints.

10/01/2026: Hadn't visited the cottage for a while but our last two visits have been great. Last time we were there we got the spice bag and a pizza. The chicken in the spice bag was lovely not hard crispy dried up chicken like most spice bags ive had! Was happy we asked for the sauce on the side as it could have taken from the spice bag itself! The pizzas are really good too! Not greasy or soggy like some pizzas you'd get in typical pizza joints. Would recommend!

09/11/2025: Really expensive and loads of annoying teenagers inside.

17/09/2025: The girl serving behind the counter was unfriendly, as if she didn’t want to be there and didn’t want to serve us. The milk was served in it’s original 2L jug and again just thrown there almost with words to the effect, if you want some milk here you go. The toilets had just been cleaned but they never replaced the soap and the soap dispenser was completely empty. All of this when the café was practically empty and the staff had not much to do. Never going back there again.

14/12/2025: First class accommodation with yummy breakfasts & excellent friendly hosts. Go there!!

09/09/2025: Beautiful house, perfect location, best breakfast with vegan options, kind and generous hosts. Peaceful.

06/03/2026: The food is good but the tiny portions at an expensive price spoil the whole experience. Very very mean considering 90% of the food is vegetables.

13/02/2026: I get food from here regularly and food is always lovely and fresh but when I went to pay it was 50c more than usual and I always get the same thing. I didn’t question I just paid and looked after and I was overcharged (i checked Deliveroo as well) I know it’s only small but I have found this recently around cork places they put on these little charges hoping no one will notice and it all adds up. It’s already expensive enough without adding secret charges

11/12/2025: Tadhg Crowley gave extreme high quality service would come again great hair love him ❤️‍🩹

08/12/2025: Went have to have dinner, excellent food and even better service with tadhg serving me. Couldn’t ask for any better

10/07/2025: Very clean and tidy, efficient and polite staff, dividers in place and a good range of items to choose from.

10/05/2025: Great cafe, excellent staff. Reasonably price, good variety.

24/01/2026: The food is lovely but being regular customer just because of taste and still getting worst service ever, each time you visit them the more worst it goes.... they are not happy at all but yes food is nice come here only have patience to see their faces but never recommended😒🙄

01/01/2026: Very bad customer service never respect customer. The food we asked not spicy they made very spicy and not cooked. Never again

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.

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. 😢