Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Cork lingers in over a cortado.

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Filter Espresso and Brew Bar

  • ★ 4.6
  • €

Order Filter coffee from rotating guest roasters

A multi-roaster brew bar in a Georgian-listed building on Georges Quay, serving rotating filter coffees alongside espresso from the best Irish and European.

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Alchemy Coffee and Bookstore

  • ★ 4.5
  • €

Order Single-origin filter coffee

A bookstore and specialty coffee counter on Barrack Street that became Cork's most unlikely neighbourhood landmark, with a shelved interior, a changing.

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Idaho Cafe

  • ★ 4.3
  • €

Order House espresso blend

Ireland's Best Cafe at the Irish Restaurant Awards 2013, operating quietly on Caroline Street with freshly baked scones, coffee and a focused daytime menu.

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Cork Coffee Roasters

Order Single-origin espresso on cast-iron 1930s roaster

The city's own roastery and cafe on French Church Street, using a cast-iron roaster from the 1930s and serving single-origin espresso from their own beans.

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Greenwich

Order House espresso with seasonal milk alternative

Cork's Georgina Campbell Best Brunch Destination 2025, located behind Brown Thomas on Caroline Street with a focused daytime menu and well-sourced coffee.

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Quay Co-op Deli and Cafe

  • ★ 4.0
  • €

Order Organic tea and plant-based milk coffee

The cafe arm of Cork's longest-running vegetarian cooperative on Sullivan's Quay, with a daily-changing menu of wholefood plates, soups and baked goods.

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My Goodness

Order Cold-pressed juice with local apple

An ethical health-food stall at the English Market specialising in vegan, raw, sugar-free, gluten-free and fermented probiotic products. The cold-pressed.

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Nash 19

  • ★ 4.1
  • €

Order Filter coffee with freshly baked scone

Cork's most popular daytime institution on Princes Street with freshly baked scones, seasonal soups and a menu that changes daily based on market sourcing.

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Liberty Grill Cafe

  • ★ 3.7
  • €

Order Single-origin espresso

The daytime cafe side of Liberty Grill on Washington Street, running breakfast and lunch with proper sourcing and a coffee programme that takes the espresso.

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On the Pigs Back Cafe

  • ★ 4.2
  • €

Order French coffee with a cheese plate

The sit-down counter attached to the On the Pigs Back stall at the English Market, serving coffee, French charcuterie plates and artisan cheese boards.

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Filter South Main Street

Order Seasonal espresso from rotating featured roaster

The second Filter location on South Main Street, extending the multi-roaster model to the city's south side with the same rotating-roaster espresso format.

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L'Atitude 51

  • ★ 4.4
  • €

Order West Cork coffee with natural wine available from 15:30

A cave-a-manger wine bar on Union Quay that opens as a daytime coffee spot, serving locally roasted West Cork Coffee before the natural wine programme.

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