Miyazaki Japanese Takeaway ★ 4.7
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.
Tom Durcan Spiced Beef is a cork spiced beef budget eat in English Market Quarter, Cork.
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.
Address: English Market, Princes Street, Cork
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.
Coffee and a book on Barrack Street for under €10. The brie and rocket croissant sandwich with a flat white is Cork's best cafe meal-deal for the money.
Cork's most-reviewed late-night food stop, open until 3am. A full doner wrap with chips comes in under €12 and the quality holds until last orders.
Outdoor Cork kiosk outside the City Library on Grand Parade with quality specialty coffee. The most atmospheric setting for a coffee in the city centre.