Nash 19 ★ 4.3
A Cork institution for breakfast and lunch since 1993. Full Irish breakfasts and market-sourced lunches at prices that have remained accessible despite.
Son of a Bun is a burgers budget eat in Maccurtain Street (Victorian Quarter), Cork.
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.
Address: 29 MacCurtain Street, Cork, T23 NX05
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.
Budget artisan bread counter inside Merchants Quay. Sourdoughs, Turkish pide, rye and gluten-free loaves at below-average prices. Wraps and fillings to go.
Cork's premier specialty coffee at pub coffee prices - a €3.50-4 flat white on par with London's best. The rotating guest roasters make Filter a daily.