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.

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

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

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!

17/07/2026: Eat here. We’ve been travelling to through Ireland for two weeks and food as been excellent! But this place is extraordinary! We had a reservation for one evening. I wanted to go back the next, but it was fully booked. So do book in advance. Eat here. You will thank me.

16/07/2026: A well crafted and thoughtful menu of delicious sharing plates. While small inside(section of outdoor seating too which we sat in at the end of the evening to finish our wine) it’s a welcoming and comfortable feeling space. The servers and staff were friendly and knowledgeable and it was a great dining experience.

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!

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).

16/07/2026: A lively seaside pub with excellent food offerings. Well worth a stop in

14/07/2026: The best dinner we had on our entire trip to Ireland. This place was amazing.

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!!

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.

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: Nice place...Staff very friendly and helpfuul

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

22/05/2026: Great food at reasonable prices served with a smile by Murie and Oisin.

01/05/2026: Get to Max's for great food with uncanny attention to detail. The mother daughter service just do charming. Mom was tough as nails and a blast to talk to and daughter was so sweet!!

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.

12/08/2026: For me the best pub I visited in Kinsale, great service, excellent beer and loads of character

02/06/2026: This is a truly local Irish pub. Great, eclectic decor. Very traditional and homey with lots of regulars coming in. Drinks only. Nice covered outdoor area, too. Absolutely worth stopping in for a pint!