Whether you're popping in for a freshly baked scone or a bite of lunch while exploring the wonderfully unspoilt Sheep's Head peninsula, or coming for a 'proper dinner', you'll be glad you found this surprising restaurant in the charming village of Kilc ... more...
Billing itself originally as a wine café, this quirky riverside venue run by Beverley Mathews is part tapas bar, part wine bar and it has always had a distinctly continental flair.
Re-opening in November 2020 following a long closure after ... more...
Opened in 2015 by a talented duo, Sarah Jane Pearce and chef Mark Jennings, this flower-decked restaurant is much more than just a pretty face.
Inside the style is simple and rustic - slate floor, a whitewashed stone wall, sturdy country kitchen furni ... more...
In the buzzy Coal Quay renewal area, this Cork restaurants a sister establishment to Padraig Frawley's highly regarded Cornstore in Limerick (see entry) is in a stylishly converted two-storey granite mill building.
Colourful Spanish tiles in the recep ... more...
When the tide is in and the sun is out there can be few prettier locations than Sue Hill’s restaurant with rooms overlooking Goleen harbour, which has been a destination fish restaurant since 1985.
The Heron’s Cove philosophy is to use onl ... more...
Bramley Lodge is always busy - from eight o'clock every morning right through until the evening, the car park of Gillian Kearney's restaurant-cum-foodstore is full. On the junction to Cobh just off the N25, it is well situated, but there's more going f ... more...
It's all about letting fresh local ingredients sing at the former Parlour Café in Cork's historic city centre. Opened in spring 2020 by a talented young cheffing couple, David Devereaux and Anne Zagar, 51 Cornmarket Street had hardly got going w ... more...
Martin and Marie Shanahan's Fishy Fishy Café mark two is a very big restaurant, by West Cork standards, yet they've been full to capacity at peak times ever since moving their main restaurant to this almost-harbourside location in 2006. Nearby, ... more...
Goldie is the latest restaurant from Conrad Howard's Market Lane Group in Cork city - which, in itself, is enough to create a ripple of excitement. Their other excellent restaurants - Market Lane, Castle Café, Elbow Lane and Orso - while distinc ... more...
Very obviously a former pub - the name is writ large on the wall in traditional style - Michael Copley's charming gallery and coffee house just west of Kilcrohane offers organic and seasonal refreshments in a quirky setting and makes a great place to t ... more...
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