Restaurants in Cork City
Cork’s reputation as a kind of cultural “Dublin south” is burnished by its restaurant scene, smattered with trendy eateries. (Nearby Kinsale, however, is where the county really goes to let its collective belt out.)
Brewing Up Loyalty
Ireland is known for its love of Guinness, but in Cork you’re more likely to find locals drinking the two locally brewed stouts—Murphy’s or Beamish. There is a definite sense of civic loyalty when it comes to drinking stout in this town. In fact, walk into any pub and order a “home and away” and you’ll be presented with a pint of Murphy’s and one of Guinness.
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- Vegetarian
Cafe Paradiso
An inventive, classy vegetarian restaurant on the Western Road strip, Cafe Paradiso does such magnificent things without meat that even passionate carnivores will find plenty to love. Start with a bowl of hot parsnip and lemongrass soup, then tuck into some chile-glazed tofu with pak…$$$Around Town - Cafe
Crawford Gallery Café
A big step up from the average cafe tacked onto an art gallery, the Crawford is as much a great little bistro as it is a convenient spot for a coffee or light nibble. It’s open for breakfast, which certainly provides some excellent options if you can’t face another hotel morning…$$Around Town - Seafood/Modern Irish
Electric
You could easily get swept up in the romance of this trendy but unpretentious restaurant, with a dining room overlooking the river and the city skyline beyond. The smallish menu focuses on casual but upscale comfort food: roast chicken with red wine jus, short ribs with duck-fat…$$Around Town - Spanish
Feed Your Senses
This small and intimate restaurant just west of the city center has a warm, upbeat vibe. The cozy dining room is decorated in a rustic taverna style. The food is billed as tapas, but plates are really quite generously proportioned. Try a fluffy tortilla with a serving of albondigas…$$Around Town - Irish
Market Lane
This friendly, informal downtown restaurant serves Irish-inflected bistro food. It’s a let-down-your-hair kind of place, with the menu consisting mostly of traditional, unpretentious cooking, done very well. Think sophisticated comfort food: apricot-stuffed chicken with roast…$$Around Town - Irish/Mediterranean
Orso
This place is like a ray of warm Mediterranean sunshine in downtown Cork City. Traditional flavors of southern Europe and North Africa meet Irish influences, and the result is nothing short of delightful. It’s open all day, so you can pop in for a breakfast of Syrian manoushi bread…$$Around Town
