The best restaurants in Cork

28/09/2025: Everything perfect, good foods, good service and good ambient

28/09/2025: Everything was fine. Unfortunately, the food was a complete disaster. I even got a stomach ache. What a pity.

01/09/2026: The food was delicious. The restaurant was quite empty, but we were served very quickly and courteously. We received a small complimentary treat from the kitchen and our food arrived promptly. I can't comment on the pizza, but the pasta was very tasty. If we were in the area more often, we would definitely eat here more often.

31/07/2026: Passing through the area, we stopped at this small restaurant tucked away in an alley. Excellent, authentic pasta carbonara and cannelloni. Quite generous portions. Pleasant and attentive service. I recommend it.

15/08/2026: Tapas at a good price. We just would have appreciated a bit more cheese on the platter. Otherwise, everything was very good, fresh, and reasonably priced.

14/08/2026: Great Cocktails and a fun atmosphere!

10/09/2026: Ordered food from here and it was so good, portions were really good as well and you get loads for what you pay. Everything tasted unreal, would 100% recommend giving it a try. Definitely one of the nicest takeaways I’ve had in a while and will be ordering again

06/09/2026: Definitely the most flavorful meal I’ve had in Ireland so far. Excellent service and a beautiful setting. Cannot recommend highly enough.

11/09/2026: Super food and great staff, best in cork

08/08/2026: Came back from Germany again stayung in Victoria Avenue fish and Chips from the Golden Fry are a must it Brings Back memories the best in Ballinlough its been my chipper since the early 70s whenever I come Home We Had The fish Super Was Cod nice Chips Chicken Brest in a bun Battered Sausage And potato cake Total €23 💯% Tops See ye again soon Thanks

08/09/2026: Greatest pub in Cork, amazing staff and the atmosphere as well (live music, decoration and all)❤️

06/09/2026: Great atmosphere in this pub, and live/acoustic traditional Irish music!

05/09/2026: I've never had a bad meal from here in all the years I've been ordering from here

26/08/2026: We started with a fish onigiri (around €4). My only disappointment: it was too salty and I couldn't really taste the fish. Then I had the Tori Tatsuta Don (€17.50), crispy fried chicken tossed in nanban sauce. I asked to remove the onions, and the waitress asked if I wanted to remove anything else and keep the chives. Very attentive. The dish was excellent, I just would have liked a little less sauce. We also had the beef dish (€16.50), thinly sliced beef simmered with ginger in a traditional sauce. Very good too, with whole noodles. Generous portions. Open kitchen, very authentic. Very few seats inside (5 or 6, like at the bar). No need to book, but seating is limited. They have a pub one minute away where you can sit and they bring your food over. Worth knowing if you're in a group. Normal noise level, no background music, easy to talk. Really good service, special mention to the waitress on the evening of 14 August. Clear and respectful opening hours: closed on Mondays, open Tuesday to Sunday from 1pm to 3.30pm (last order at 3.15pm), then 5pm to 8.45pm (last order at 8.30pm). It's rare and truly appreciated when a place clearly displays its last order times — no bad surprises. In the city centre, near the cathedral and the end of South Main Street, close to Barrack Street. Small place with no toilets, better to go to the partner pub. Highly recommended, I give it 5 stars.

18/08/2026: the shop smelled putrid and things were not well labelled - it felt unhygienic and unorganised

25/07/2026: Friendly ambient. Wide range of food products. Excellent quality.

07/07/2026: I often visit Box'D Drive Through Coffee shop. The team members are friendly, fast, and fabulous. The coffee is great. I like having a flat white or iced coffee with coconut milk. My girlfriend loves the matcha with oat milk. We often sit outside in their outdoor cabins. The cabins are wonderful for small groups or when it's slightly rainy. There is plenty of parking nearby. The location is lovely.

29/05/2026: One of my favourite places to get coffee! Staff are always so friendly and coffee is top notch!

20/06/2026: Staff exceptional, Alan and Connor (bar), John and Johannes (Guest Services), every person we encountered were friendly and made our stay our favorite place to come back. Hotel was great, breakfast very good, rooms were comfortable and spacious.

04/06/2026: The staff and the room were great ... I highly recommend this place 👌

04/09/2026: Really excellent food and superb service. Our waitress Roísín was extremely friendly and helpful. The quality of food here is sincerely impressive. I had the prawns to start which were devine and extremely tasty. I had the featherblade as my main. I wasn’t expecting it to be so satiating. The layers of flavour were something to behold. Will definitely be returning!

31/08/2026: Always really enjoy coming here with my kids. Just a small note, ye shouldn’t be running out of roast beef at 1:30pm on a Sunday lunch . Not the first time this has happened to us. Food in general is always top notch and great quality. Keep up the great work.

20/08/2026: We went at a quiet mid afternoon and had a peaceful lovely meal. They cater for GF diets and all pasta dishes and have GF pizza bases. A truly relaxing experience with great unobtrusive staff.

16/08/2026: I recently went to this restaurant for lunch with a friend. I ordered a salad and my friend had a pizza. The food was good overall, so I would give it 4 stars. Unfortunately, the service really let the experience down. The waitresses kept coming over and asking if we were ready to order, even though we clearly weren’t. It became quite irritating and felt very unprofessional. We got the impression that they simply wanted us to order and leave as quickly as possible. The restaurant was also very busy, which made it difficult to have a conversation and made the atmosphere feel quite overwhelming. Overall, the food was good, but the service made the experience much less enjoyable than it could have been.

06/08/2026: Their Donuts are delicious. I will never stop enjoy their fantastic bakery 🥰

20/07/2026: The staff is so nice and the donuts are amazing.

05/09/2026: Very poor coffee, tasted like same coffee beens been reused for second time. Couldn't even drink

30/08/2026: I’m not sure why this place has such rave reviews, it could have been an off day, as the pictures looked fine, I got the Janes brekkie which consisted of soggy clearly store bought pancakes, uncrispy bacon with an off flavour, and what tasted like instant powdered eggs, everything cold, and all mixed together with banana slices, powdered sugar and maple syrup. “Bizarrely bad”, as another reviewed said, is a good way to describe it. This flavour combo didn’t work at all, although salty and sweet can be nice, this was not it. Coffee also wasn’t good either.

02/09/2026: Authentic bar with character next to the English Market. You can buy food from the market to have with your beer. Choice of beers from the rising son brewery.

02/09/2026: I would have rated it 2 stars but the Irish coffee was excellent.