The best restaurants in Cork

08/06/2026: Always great service and friendly and helpful staff too. Food is always perfect.

05/06/2026: Great wee store has most of everything, lovely people great service.

27/12/2025: Both my friend and I got spiked there a week ago, be careful with your drinks ladies

06/12/2025: The service today 06/12 was dreadful , the two bar staff on had zero observational skill or job coordination - they repeatedly messed up orders , wine was being served in half pint glasses and one person was left waiting over 20mins for a single pint because the bar man had literally forgotten he existed despite taking his order - for a city pub you would expect to have servers who are competent - the most frustrating thing is the fact it wasn’t even that busy and during the day …. I wouldn’t be in a hurry to return , many other pubs close by with great service , a duo of Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder would have worked better behind the bar today

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. 😢

25/10/2025: Really friendly staff, delicious food and reasonable prices!

12/10/2025: Went to the Brasserie Bar, and it was great. The vibe was just okay, initially I felt a bit bored. But the service made me really happy, especially thanks to Aisling and Vitor. They were amazing, so friendly and made me feel comfortable. They truly made the night easy and fun.Definitely a go-back spot for a drink and a good chat!

04/05/2026: The lady doesn't understand English

07/04/2026: Great place great food, nice selection of food too

08/06/2026: Great place for food and drinks great atmosphere staff are lovely and friendly . They also do a great selection of cocktails. Wings r savage. Nice and spicy if u can handle the heat the chef will gladly give u hotter ones. Which were unreal

16/05/2026: They could improve the ambiance . Tables looked very bare . I couldn't fault the staff or food , but they could do with improving the variety of foods on the menu

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

07/12/2025: Had a coffee this morning, coffee was good but service......not a hello, thank you or goodbye, so sad 😢

27/10/2025: I was in Cork for one day and found this spot on reddit. It was the best iced coffee I've had in Ireland in six months. Very good!

27/04/2026: I have been to many kfc all over ireland l, but kfc cork was special experience. Hot food, good service and Dona was polite.Overall good experience 👍👍

03/04/2026: Hi, we came to your store today to find out if you are halal, your staff couldn’t advise us as they didn’t understand, please can you advise if you are halal, thanks.

20/09/2025: I haven’t had coffee anywhere else but Costa for a long time, but I have to say this: your team is really very amateur. Maybe it’s not their fault, but they do everything wrong. I just wanted to let you know :) If you’d like, I can help you with this free of charge :) Because this is not normal.

29/08/2025: I've been a Costa customer for many years, especially this one. I often compare going to Costa for a coffee, or espresso, to going to church on Sundays. The difference is that it's become a routine here to go every day in the late afternoon, catch up with colleagues, and spend a couple of hours here at Costa. It has a beautiful terrace, and inside, there are many tables. The staff are all professionals, but they don't wait on tables. You can use the Wi-Fi, after all. It's a place to have a good time and a meeting point. I wish you the best of luck and many years of success.

07/12/2025: Superb. Ambience, festive decor. Amazing team. Warmest welcomes with smiles. Beautiful setting. Incredible menu, food choice & cocktails. Family birthday celebration for my husband with his sisters down from Dublin. Busy spot always. Booking advised. All round venue for scones & Tea, breakfast, luncheon and evening meals. Classy venue.

07/11/2025: Table quiz on Wednesday. Super fun.

29/05/2026: Horrible service. lazy and grumpy waiters. The lady didint even want to bring the menu, she just said what they have by heart 😅. nice food tho.

18/04/2026: Really disappointing experience at Suttons Bar & Bistro. We were told they would provide plain pasta for the kids, but what arrived was just bland, unsalted boiled pasta with no care or effort put into it. When we asked for a sauce to go with it, they brought out chilli sauce — completely inappropriate for kids. We were also told the burger would come with cheese and sauce, but instead it was just bread with a few chicken tenders. Completely different from what was described. This was supposed to be a special dinner for my son’s 7th birthday, and it ended up being a real letdown. €95 spent on a meal that didn’t match expectations and spoiled an important evening. I wouldn’t recommend based on our experience.

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.

22/12/2025: What was not to love! Great choice of lunch items, hot and cold. Great personable staff. Comfortable and laidback vibe. Parking outside the door. Might move to 5 ⭐ on my next visit when I've had the chance to sample more than a tasty, toasted sandwich and checked out the toilet facilities. Dec '25 back again. Enjoyed a seasonal ciabatta. Lovely staff again. Toilet facilities ok, not great in terms of cleanliness but it may have been just before a mid service clean to give them the benefit of the doubt.

17/12/2025: One great place badly needed in the area. The staff are extremely helpful and pleasant.. they do delicious sandwiches and homemade cakes. They sell their coffee by the bags. It’s got a nice atmosphere and they do great coffees .

02/11/2025: Edited as it's my second day in a row getting this. The food is absolutely top notch and some of the most reasonably priced food around with amazing taste! They even do a vegan beef burger which is so so nice and the curry and satay dishes I've had are also 10/10! Staff are friendly too so 10/10 to the staff as well!

23/10/2025: Rude reception. Got burger and chips with no sachet sauce. I had in a takeaway but was waiting for someone to pick me up when I decided to check my bag and have a few chips. But she yelled ‘u can’t eat here!’ I didn’t order for dine in. All I wanted was to sit for few minutes while waiting for my pickup. Why should a food service be unwelcoming? I didn’t have appetite to eat my food after such rudeness.