The best restaurants in Cork

14/06/2025: a love story to the arch. the very first food I had in Ireland. stopped in to tie me over til dinner and had a cheese plate that was so complete and charming from a compositional perspective. I still dream of it. I followed that with 2 morning visits for cortado and pastry. utter wizardry on both fronts. pastries so charming/complex/whimsical. lovely staff - the young lady from Virginia oxygenates the room. the only downside was I assumed this was to be the case throughout Ireland. I curse the truth. I work in the elevated food business and I want the entire crew at the arch to know - you are seen

09/06/2025: Loved our experience here!!! Great ambience and good wine- priced fairly and cute and professional staff..highly recommended

13/07/2025: Very nice and lovely restaurant! The food was very good and well presented. The price of the food was very reasonable and the service was very friendly and quite fast!

08/07/2025: Food and service at this restaurant was Top Notch.

01/07/2025: Cosy and warm room with super bathroom facilities

29/05/2025: Nice and good hotel. Rooms are great. Breakfast is well taken care of. Also possibility for dinner. Dinner in the hotel bar, good menu. Friendly staff. You can park your car in the large parking lot behind the hotel. (You have to look for it, the entrance is a bit hidden)

03/07/2025: Great food, friendly staff, fair prices

23/04/2025: Delicious chow mein and General Tso chicken. Well done. Could do with a heater for waiting customers.. Update 2025. Still no heater, but Amber Fire Beef was amazing.

19/03/2025: Great people, food and service.

06/06/2025: We recently had lunch here. The service was average the food was nothing special. The soup was tasteless. I asked 4 times for water and I never got it. The place could also have been cleaner.

26/04/2025: Was meet by the most Rude waitress ever. Asked was I here for takeout or sit down ,when said sit down she replied with Sit down and I take you order.As tables are away from counter i asked how was I to see cakes from there to which she shouted what do you want then .let say we left with out ordering .please train your staff on basic manners

22/05/2025: Beautiful coffee and atmosphere

06/05/2025: We stopped here on the way to Tipperary, the food and service is fabulous. Coffee perfect, pot of tea perfect and we had the wedges with salad which was a delightful plate of colourful, fresh, tasty mix of food. Would’ve called on the way back however our timings didn’t allow for it! The owner and waiter were very kind too. Near the river / bridge.

16/04/2025: A gem, cracking coffee and loads of yummy delicious stuff , please ignore calorie restrictions and go for everything

01/04/2025: Pasta and focaccia breads were delicious. Pizza only ok I thought. Staff were very good.

01/04/2025: I was there as they opened for the first time. I wish you all the very best 👌

08/03/2025: Friendly people, nice food and drink

26/05/2025: Cosy pub, with good beer selection and friendly service. We only had a drink here.

12/05/2025: The evening I was there they weren't serving food.

16/03/2025: Overnight stay while visiting the distillery which is a short walk into town. The bar and room were super clean and the furnishings upstairs made me feel like I was back at my Granny's house, which is good!

27/03/2025: Lovely food and great staff, would highly recommend

25/01/2025: Small, family owned cafe located in the center of town. Sit-down service, excellent coffee and pastries available. Service is excellent, friendly staff.

06/07/2025: food is overpriced and greasy. you don’t get what you pay for whatsoever. service is slow and working space looks dirty and unsanitary. floors are greasy and dirty. some foods are tasty however the grease is too overpowering

30/06/2025: Was here earlier tonight, had the duck rolls and massaman curry. Dreadful food, massaman curry looked like baby food. Was starving after working through lunch and had a 3hr drive back to Dublin so I picked out the chicken pieces, ate some chips and a few bites of the rolls... Only because I was starving. Chef should be ashamed to serve that slop and ask for money.

18/07/2025: Lovely atmosphere and location especially when the sun is shining. Lunch was lovely too

13/07/2025: I really enjoyed my stay. I had a lovely room with a beautiful view. There were a few things I would like to advise you on. The breakfast cereals were very few. There was very little to choose from. T here was no milk alongside the cereals. There was no homemade brown bread or other similar items available. The choice of the hot breakfast was very good however there seemed to be a lack of cutlery and napkins on the tables. The quality of the full irish was not great. There was just one server on each morning which was a bit difficult however if more items were available for guests including basic things like cutlery, napkins, bowls were scarce, it could be far more efficient. I overheard a few other guests expressing the same sentiments. I must say my famil joined me for dinner on the 2nd evening and we had a lovely meal. Lastly, a little thing in the bedromms, a box if tissues would be very handy. Thanks. Anne