The best restaurants in Cork

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.

07/06/2025: Overpriced, undercooked food. Staff not accommodating to multiple guest requests.

04/05/2025: Tried to eat there last night and it was PACKED! Had my dinner there tonight so…upon entering I was accommodated at a table that was reserved; yes I was informed it was reserve for 2 hrs later. Fair as I was alone so it wasn’t an issue. The staff were exceptional! So kind and considerate. My meal came SO fast & thank goodness for that because I was starving. My salad was fresh and tasty! Nice chunks of avocado too. My chicken supreme was SO SO GOOD! I normally don’t eat cauliflower so I gave it a taste tonight and ended up eating it. That goes to show on how well prepared everything was right down to the cauliflower. Highly recommend when in Cork!

31/01/2026: Needs a clean up outside , sign falling down

03/10/2025: Top class bar with a lovely atmosphere

08/03/2026: Went there for dinner, the lasagne didn't have much meat so it was only ok and for the chicken ceasar salad they didn't warm up the meat. Staff and atmosphere were good.

02/03/2026: Needs to up its game badly, the one in the city centre is grand but this is a disaster, was dissapointed

01/02/2026: Members only apparently but the last time we where there it wasn't.

23/12/2025: What you see in photo below was described on menu as “Homemade Pavlova”. It was served as a tower, with half a scoop of ice cream in the middle of the two cases. One strawberry, cut in small wedges was the total amount of berries!!! Note: the fresh cream was requested after it was served to make it somewhat appetising but still very dry. Service very slow and it wasn’t very busy on the night. Starters were extremely poor and not reflecting the price. The mains could have been better.

08/11/2025: Decided to try here for a change (too lazy to drive) as we normally get Dennys, which is only ever top class in both service and quality. Ordered the food at 6PM and it arrives at 8.40PM.. Tried ringing multiple times after an hour and a half only to be hung up. Won't be trying again

08/11/2025: Still waiting 2 hours for a delivery (that now says complete online) but no sign of food, tried ringing and seem to also be hanging up the phone.

25/10/2025: 12 Euro for a toasty made from the cheapest of the cheap packet of ham and even cheaper brown bread. Don't eat here. It's a rip off. Staff are nice though.

01/09/2025: lovely spacious restaurant with delicious food highly recommend

26/03/2026: I don’t usually post things like this, but tonight’s experience deserves it. €20 for chicken, chips, rice and two tiny sauces — and the quality was honestly shocking. Dry, overcooked chicken and chips that looked and tasted like they’d been sitting there all day. I rang to complain and was told I’d be refunded — then got a call back to say the manager refused because I’ve “complained before.” Maybe that says more about the food than it does about me. In the middle of a cost of living crisis, people deserve better than this. Genuinely — would you pay €20 for what’s in these photos?

02/02/2026: They do an excellent take away service.

23/02/2026: 2nd time I’ve ordered from here and it’s the second time I pulled a hair out of my food!! No it wasn’t mine I don’t have long hair 😡

13/02/2026: thanks four star pizza for being nice and giving us gloves that one time we asked

05/12/2025: Burnt fried egg . And dirty cutlery. FFS it cost enough too

21/11/2025: This food is gorgeous and the staff and the owner are really nice really nice place to get food, will be going back again next time we are in Cork, thanks for making us so welcome, and for looking after my sister who just came out of hospital! Thank you.

05/09/2025: Linen weaver JD Wetherspoon was such a nice place for food and free refills of Coffee. Very great place to sit with a soulmate and on my own in recent years. Such a sweet memory 💖 from 2016 to 2018. Hard to believe Linen Weaver is closed now, would wish they can reopen sometime in near future. Good luck and Best wishes, Amarendra Ajaykumar Biochemistry Graduate, UCC, Cork .

25/07/2025: No wonder it's closed no way was weatherspoons could be a success in Ireland

12/12/2025: Food was good. Genuinely good smash Burger, nice chips too. Shame about the price. I hadn't been in a while and they raised the prices. €19 for a bacon cheese burger meal + dip is very steep. Probably won't to back for that reason alone. Also it took 40 minutes. It varies a lot. Bear that in mind.

16/09/2025: Very mediocre burger, patties dripping in oil. Didn't feel well after eating it. Chips were alright. The size of a burger tho, quite pathetic. For a place that does only burgers, I expected sth better, while I'd rather go to Burger King next time and get 2 small burgers except one for this price.

11/11/2025: The sweets and coffee were very good, and the service was excellent.

04/11/2025: Underrated place, got a really tasty croissant with a lot of feeling inside! Very fast and friendly service . Sad that u can’t sit down there