The best restaurants in Cork

16/05/2026: Tasty Kerala food in Cork. Service is great.

02/05/2026: Fish curry was horrible... Full of oil and red colour.. too pricy for quality...

10/05/2026: Had the most amazing Roast & Warm Korean Chicken Salad. Great service & lovely staff

02/05/2026: The waiters are "dazed", the rest are more or less fine.

09/08/2025: Food and Coffee was nice. What was brilliant was the service from Jess ( I believe her name was). She was very welcoming and kind. Atmosphere in the place was nice and chill too.

15/07/2025: Nice place, plenty of seating, friendly staff but over priced for what's on off

29/10/2025: I was very sad to see this pub go. Probably my favourite in Cork. Really wonderful staff and a great atmosphere. I hope the owners are able to open a new premises elsewhere in the near future!

14/08/2025: Hopefully the new management will be better.

11/05/2026: I went to Royal Palace last Thursday, Got a Chicken Curry and Fried Rice. The food was absolutely beautiful, the curry was to die for. The service was wonderful and the experience was memorable. I will be a weekly customer here at Royal palace from now on.

04/05/2026: It's well run, consistent and always good.it won't blow u away but it hits the mark. Highly recommended

25/09/2025: A positive experience and great atmosphere made me return again, also quality food reasonably priced . It's my first stop when visiting CORK city

22/09/2025: Early morning brekkie on a Sunday. Just off W. Plunkett St. Small and busy but worth queueing. Food is varied and excellent.

26/09/2025: We loved to go to Dashi and it was our go-to takeaway in COVID times. I ordered for collection on a Thursday evening at 7pm, half of the sushi options were gone and the curry and udon noodle dishes (or at least parts thereof) were heated in a microwave, and it still took them 25 minutes to put the order together. The dishes lacked veggies and where mediocre at best, and I couldn't finish the seaweed salad. Very disappointed.

18/09/2025: Visited the place just for the first time, as I saw they have a lot of great reviews, and variety of options, but unfortunately were disappointed, as many of the ingredients weren’t just included. They show in the menu that the sushi has variety of ingredients, and a lot of interesting stuff like: asparagus, chive, chilli powder, and so, but unfortunately they just used instead of the asparagus the curcumber, and we had no chives or chilli powder, although we should have had😟 Also the trout sushi we had was half raw/and half cooked👀

21/06/2025: Came in for a drink tonight and was met with arrogance from barmaid she was not polite to us but was very friendly to her regulars

04/06/2025: Cozy pub with friendly service and a good beer selection. I only had a drink here.

16/12/2025: Very disappointing outcome to this place. I had high hopes given the name & reviews..... But what it appears is that the place has been taken over, kept the name but taken all the smoked food off the menu. Rather than sample what is on the menu (what appears to be a basic attempt at smoked/ pit food..... Without the smoked/ pit food) I took my business elsewhere to avoid further disappointment.

09/07/2025: Nice place, clean facilities. Friendly staff but a little pricey.

06/07/2025: I prefer Costa cof5to Starbucks, the coffee is better

13/10/2025: You have to go looking for this smashing lounge bar. Well kept bar, lovely clientele reasonable priced beer and a smashing pint of Beamish

08/06/2025: The most slow service bar I have ever experienced.In my life.Across continents.They clearly serve locals first,even locals acknowledged it.And it was not even busy.Dont waste your time going here.I only went as at a party.The service is REALLY slow.

19/11/2025: Super bar. Came down from Belfast and a friend recommended this place - did not disappoint. Pints were great, staff were sound and I could have stayed for hours more for the music alone! Will absolutely be back again.

17/07/2025: Super place for a match, a chat, a laugh and one of the best pints of guinness in Cork! Great staff too!!

19/05/2026: Stopped by for a drink and whiskey and the following happened. We sat in the back bar and ordered two beers and wanted two Irish Whiskeys (Red Breast and Goldspot)there was none at the back bar so we went to the front bar and asked the female bartender for Red Breast or Gold Spot and in a snarky response stated, “ we don’t serve American whiskey. I guess she was not aware both whiskeys are Irish. This by far has been the least favorite pub we have visited in Ireland and I would not recommend it.

18/05/2026: A totally welcoming atmosphere, a top-notch space to watch the team's game in the private area.

16/01/2026: Wow, I cannot recommend this place enough. I didn’t get our waitress’ name but she was blonde and she went above and beyond for us. She was so welcoming, attentive and helpful. The food was 10/10.

24/12/2025: The staff are welcoming and the atmosphere feels relaxed

23/12/2025: A nice comfortable bar in Cork city, with good stout, good food and nice staff. Reasonably priced too.