The best restaurants in Kinsale

25/07/2026: Have eaten here for the last 40 years. It ages like a fine wine , just gets better and better

22/07/2026: As a coeliac who gets so anxious eating out, the staff were so kind after asking for reassurance regarding their gluten free bread. It’s really really good! The food was incredible and the view was beautiful. Thanks for a lovely evening.

30/06/2026: Stopped to get coffee. Great atmosphere and selection with very friendly staff! I didn’t get any food, so I cannot comment on that aspect.

29/06/2026: The Aran Latte (w coconut milk) was incredible! My boyfriend got the pistachio latte and it was also amazing. All the baked goods are homemade and delish - we tried the Collector Muffin which that day was a blueberry yogurt muffin

23/08/2026: Amazing food! Great staff! 10/10

23/08/2026: Stunning on literally every level. Gorgeous food, staff, and setting.

08/06/2026: Lovely little place in the centre of Kinsale. Brilliant sirloin, excellent scallops (with the surf and turf), nice wine selection by glass or bottle, fabulous frites, and the service is op-notch. Recommended, especially as a special occasion dinner.

26/05/2026: Great small restaurant. No reservation, but very accommodating for the two of us. Steaks were great, desert a serious - WOW! Very pleasant waitstaff. Busy so we waited - but we like busy, we know it’s good!

07/05/2026: Excellent food, service and location

04/05/2026: Best fish and chips I ever had 🤩. I live in uk but this is crazy. Batter was very thin but crispy - exactly how I love it and the tartare sauce homemade delicious yummy. Will definitely come back here to have more

19/07/2026: Yet another fantastic meal here with a small group of friends. Super food from start to finish, attentive but unobtrusive service from the lovely staff and as ever outstanding wine options.

12/07/2026: Excellent food, okay service, expensive but very quality. Overall - very good!

13/08/2026: Super fish and chips, hearty and excellent.

12/08/2026: Never getting food there again... people ordering the same thing after us got served faster than us and we got skimmed on our portions, our boxes were half empty compared to all the others we saw while waiting that were not even closing that's how packed they were. Don't ever go there, the worst fish and chips ever had.

20/04/2026: Beautiful food - would recommend the turkish eggs - and very welcoming and friendly team!

17/04/2026: Magnificent breakfast burger and superb coffee with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Would highly recommend…..the mushrooms on toast were also amazing!!

19/08/2026: The restaurant is a bit pricey but excellent.

16/08/2026: The restaurant is lovely, in a beautiful location. The waitresses were very friendly and attentive. We were lucky enough to get a table with a sea view, which we loved. We had fish and chips and a Wagyu burger, which was delicious. It gave us the energy to see the fort and walk back to Kinsale, but that's another story :)

18/08/2026: The food here was fantastic! The potato cakes, beef & Beamish stew and beer battered fish were all top quality. The fish pie was really good once you added a squeeze of lemon juice but I would go back for the other three dishes. Great Guinness too.

13/08/2026: Food was very good, service was friendly, table was sticky (and I really hate that).

11/05/2026: I didn’t have a great meal or coffee here. The chia pudding was far too sweet and almost inedible. I couldn’t finish the coffee sadly as it was so poor. I had been recommended this place by a few people but sadly it didn’t live up to the recommendations. I wouldn’t recommend!

05/05/2026: Just ate food in the cafe, we didn't stay. The food is lovely! It's a very cute little spot, perfect for brunch. The staff are very friendly and the food is reasonably priced.

12/08/2026: Its not an old Irish pub, but tge beef stew was fantastic, more of a modern pub grub place but worth a visit for the stew

12/08/2026: Nice place...Staff very friendly and helpfuul

26/08/2026: This was our first visit to Max’s but it won’t be our last. We went to Max’s for a birthday dinner and it was genuinely one of our best restaurant experiences in recent memory. The service was brilliant. From calmly and discreetly, asking a very loud group of customers to tone it down to helping us pick between equally delicious-sounding dishes. And just generally being very attentive while not overbearing throughout the whole meal. The food, of course, was delicious. Fresh ingredients, beautiful presentation and amazing flavours. You could feel the care they put into creating their dishes and preparing the food. Oh, and no matter how full you think you are, don’t skip dessert!

20/08/2026: Came here earlier in the week for my dad’s 60th birthday. Food was outstanding and the service from the staff was excellent. Would recommend to anyone visiting Kinsale to have a meal here!

20/07/2026: We had an absolutely fabulous time at Bastion with their tasting menu! Every single course was delicious, inventive, and unique to anything we’ve tried before. The service was top notch, Helen was so welcoming and helpful with her recommendations as she guided us along our tasting journey. We’ve been to multiple Michelin restaurants and I honestly would put the food and service against any of them. Throughly enjoyed everything all the way through the “sweet treats” at the end. Only one caveat, it is a long tasting with the 8 courses stretching over 2.5 hours, but every dish kept us wanting more.

13/05/2026: We came for the set menu on a weekday and the restaurant was relatively quiet. Overall I enjoyed the meal and my personal favourite was the langoustine course, which was light and the langoustine was super fresh. The courses that I didn’t enjoyed was the fish with the prawn broth (v salty) and the main paired with the beetroot sauce and Szechuan pepper - somehow it over complicates the dish and the combination don’t work. One of the course was a round croissant served with some beautiful Irish butter - but again I’m happy with a simple good warm bread that could highlight the flavour of the butter .. instead of putting butter on a croissant that’s already made with a lot of butter.

17/06/2026: Excellent food in a pub style atmosphere. More upscale than the usual pub fare. Vegetarian options. Go early or book - it was full by 18:00.

14/06/2026: Stayed in room 2 for one night with my wife .... lovely staff rooms were great ... location is amazing with lots to see around... was very noisy outside at night but thats only because the town is very busy nothing connected to the hotel ... would definitely return and recommend