The best restaurants in Cork

08/07/2026: First time here,sat in the garden, really enjoyed it. Staff were good.

17/04/2026: Great pub. Got free pizza one day and pool table kept in decent nick. Always a good vibe 👍

28/08/2026: Great coffee in Cork with a cool vibe and friendly staff.

22/08/2026: Other day I’ve got a great capuccino from the brazilian guy with mustache, he’s really nice and polite.

22/08/2026: Bouncer at the door called my friends ID a fake despite the fact it was a passport in date. He showed multiple forms of ID and the bouncer began squaring up to him. Highly abusive. Avoid like the plague

02/07/2026: Good selection of beers and live music

16/11/2025: The nicest spice box I have ever had very timely delivery's and very affordable for what you get. I'd say there the best Chinese in cork

13/08/2026: Middle-sized bookshop with stationery (very little) and newspapers (quite a lot of Irish and British titles, the largest choice in town). Wide range of books about politics and history of Ireland, but barely anything in literary critic or linguistics.

25/08/2026: Came in here before heading back into town, had a lovely pint of Beamish and sat and watched the news with all the old boys in the pub. Friendly atmosphere, excellent beer.

09/06/2026: Great Drink on Tap, great atmosphere, great service and it has a great juke box. It's a local pub in the city, it has character and characters.

12/03/2026: Good coffee and really cool building

15/02/2026: Love this cafe , very spacious and a good queuing system, great variety of cakes and sandwiches. Staff are friendly and helpful. Has ample seating outdoor s. Situated right in the heart of ballincollig shopping centre entrance.

23/08/2026: Poor quality coffee shop compared to the other establishments in this shopping centre. Be great if it closed down to make room for the other thriving local businesses who are competing against them

02/06/2026: Love their ice coffee frappe Staff very friendly

03/08/2026: Love this shop and so enjoyable to see a lot of Filipino products and asian foods. Prices are okay. Highly recommended!

27/07/2026: Bought quite a few items here the other day, later to discover that multiple items have past the best before date.

28/09/2025: The Imperial Hotel is a classic Irish hotel with plenty of charm. My room was comfortable and fairly spacious, and I especially liked the bathroom interiors; they had a nice touch of elegance (wish I’d remembered to get a video of them!). 🛁 That said, my room was located in the basement, with a view directly into other rooms, which wasn’t the most inviting. At €220 per night (without breakfast), the value felt a little off for what was offered. The big plus here is the central location, it’s right in the heart of Cork, making it really easy to explore the city. Overall, a decent stay if location is your top priority, though there are a few trade-offs. Ratings: 🛏️ Room Comfort & Design: 3.5/5 🛎 Service & Ambience: 4/5 💸 Money’s Worth: 3/5

22/09/2025: Posh historic hotel in the centre of Cork, with a great restaurant, Helena's. Staff were friendly and knowledgeable.

02/09/2026: Lovely pub. Good pont and a good atmosphere. Quite when I was there but I'm sure it's buzzin as the week goes on.

17/08/2026: Don't do food normal bar plenty sports on the tellys good service

31/05/2026: Brilliant staff and atmosphere in this shop. A special mention to Shane, who was incredibly friendly, professional, and helpful. He greeted customers with a smile and went out of his way to make sure everyone was looked after. It’s always nice to come across staff who genuinely care about providing great service.

05/09/2026: 2026 update: quality has declined a lot. I had crispy beef and no joke, it was like shoe leather covered in burnt brown sauce. Also I find it very annoying how they allow the delivery drivers to park in ♿️ space - ah sure it's only 5 min! If that is their attitude to rules, I have to wonder at their attitude to other things like food safety. Never again. Original 2020 review: great selection of food to take away or sit in a nice casual dining area. It styles itself as "health food" but really it is better described as a high quality take-away. The menu is mainly Asian but also the usual food favorites. Just watch out for the ruthless Apcoa clamper vans. Clamping, not parking, is their business model. Park for 5 minutes without a ticket or 5 minutes expired and they will have you. You can pay in slot meters but they are regularly sabotaged (understandably) by the locals so probably best to pay by text.

06/08/2026: Food was nice atmosphere was good very quite tho the service was great

03/09/2026: An excellent little restaurant. Behind an unassuming entrance lies a rather long sliver room of Japanese dining. Without a menu too expansive they know what they are doing with each and every dish. The soba noodles are perfectly made, and have some rather unique and delicious flavours, one can be sure to find one right for their palate and mood. The smoked cheese cheesecake was truly a gem, never before have I tasted a smoked cheesecake, but it is a flavour combination which works surprisingly well. The service matches the interior design, being warm, friendly, and efficient. Nothing to complain about. The only thing I would suggest, is a nicer tea selection, although the menu of wines is expansive, and I'm sure great, for people such as myself who do not consume alcohol, fine teas can be the next best thing. As a big fan of good teas, I was a little disappointed to not see more space on the menu dedicated to them. I don't believe this should be a particularly difficult feature to implement either, as teas are small, easy to prepare and stored long. I just know I will be back here the next time I'm in Cork, and I will be excited to experience it anew.

15/08/2026: Quite reasonably priced Japanese restaurant with typical dishes. However, the menu is full of non-translated Japanese terms and there is barely an explanation of the dishes in plain English. The Michelin Bib gourmand is hardly deserved. The dishes are fine, fair enough, but there misses some more aesthetic and flavour research that would justify it fully. Last, dark point: the dining room is narrow and dark, in spite of the artificial lighting. Moreover, you'll not be placed were you wish to, even if the restaurant is almost empty. One single waitress was in charge of the service. It was hardly enough to attend every guest properly. Note that the restaurant only opens for dinner.

06/09/2026: We had a coupon for a free snack box if we spend more then a fiver then after we said to wait we have a coupon they ignored us completely and put the payment through then after we tried saying just add the snack box the rudely said it wasn't possible and the manger was very rude and barely gave us 10 seconds of thought. Very bad

05/09/2026: Kiosks easy to use. Had the new Louisiana burger which was very tasty. It was early so wasn't too busy. Good atmosphere, music not too loud.