Quay Co-op ★ 4.1
Cork's wholefoods institution since 1982 with self-service vegetarian lunches and dinners at prices below any comparable sit-down restaurant in the city.
Bracken's Bakery is a traditional irish bread budget eat in City Centre, Cork.
Cork's highest community-rated bakery (4.7 from 460+ reviews) at budget prices. Fresh cream cakes and traditional bread from a family bakery that has not.
Address: Old Mallow Road, Cork
Cork's wholefoods institution since 1982 with self-service vegetarian lunches and dinners at prices below any comparable sit-down restaurant in the city.
Cork's best burger for the money. Everything made in-house, open daily from noon, with burgers priced under €15 including fries. The quality-to-price ratio.
A Cork institution for breakfast and lunch since 1993. Full Irish breakfasts and market-sourced lunches at prices that have remained accessible despite.
Upstairs in the English Market, lunch dishes run €12-18 - moderate for the quality. The daily specials use what arrived from the market that morning.
The most distinctively Cork thing you can eat for under €5. Buy a portion of hot sliced spiced beef from Tom Durcan's dedicated counter, take it with soda.
Ireland's best-value Japanese food, closed Mondays. The salmon zuke donburi is the benchmark dish at around €14-16. The queues are part of the deal; arrive.