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What to order at The Oliver Plunkett
- Must order
- Traditional Irish stew; the kitchen keeps a rotating pot of the city's most accessible version.
- Editor tip
- Table service stops at 21:00; the music kicks off immediately after and the room transforms.
CuisineIrish Pub Food
Price€
NeighborhoodCity Centre
HoursMon-Thu 12:00-23:30, Fri 12:00-02:30, Sat 10:00-02:30, Sun 10:00-23:00
Phone+353214658100
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Must order: Traditional Irish stew; the kitchen keeps a rotating pot of the city's most accessible version.
Tip: Table service stops at 21:00; the music kicks off immediately after and the room transforms.
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Location
Address: 116 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork, T12 P957
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Order: Daily market fish board with soda bread; changes with each morning's English Market delivery.
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The SpitJack ★ 4.0
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Order: Porchetta rotisserie pork belly with seasonal sides; the spit runs from opening through close.
Tip: Weekend brunch is the least busy service; evenings fill quickly without a booking.
Elbow Lane Brew and Smokehouse ★ 4.1
Cork's smokehouse and nano-brewery on Oliver Plunkett Street, with ribs, brisket and wood-grilled meats matched to in-house beers made to German Purity Law.
Order: Slow smoked baby back ribs with house-brewed pale ale; the ribs need the full smoke time, so arrive by 19:30.
Tip: Book a table; the room is small and the regulars know when to show up.
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Market Lane ★ 4.2
Two-floor Cork institution on Oliver Plunkett Street seven days a week, with English Market menus and a house coffee blend made exclusively for the bar.
Order: Daily market fish board with soda bread; changes with each morning's English Market delivery.
Tip: The lunch blackboard is shorter and better value than the dinner menu; arrive before 13:00 to get the fish.
The SpitJack ★ 4.0
An Irish-sourced rotisserie kitchen on Washington Street open from breakfast through dinner, with a French spit oven as the centrepiece. Casual tables, open.
Order: Porchetta rotisserie pork belly with seasonal sides; the spit runs from opening through close.
Tip: Weekend brunch is the least busy service; evenings fill quickly without a booking.
Nash 19 ★ 4.1
Cork's most important daytime room on Princes Street, with breakfast and lunch menus running on a Cork rhythm since the 1990s. Freshly baked goods, seasonal.
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Farmgate Cafe ★ 4.5
Perched above the English Market on its own gallery, with produce bought from the stalls below each morning. Tripe, drisheen and soda bread are the anchors.
Order: Tripe and drisheen; Cork's native offal dish prepared as the city has always eaten it.
Tip: Arrive before noon or after 13:30 to get a table; the gallery fills quickly at peak lunch.
Elbow Lane Brew and Smokehouse ★ 4.1
Cork's smokehouse and nano-brewery on Oliver Plunkett Street, with ribs, brisket and wood-grilled meats matched to in-house beers made to German Purity Law.
Order: Slow smoked baby back ribs with house-brewed pale ale; the ribs need the full smoke time, so arrive by 19:30.
Tip: Book a table; the room is small and the regulars know when to show up.
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Cork's most decorated burger counter, with Aberdeen Angus beef freshly minced daily and a monthly-rotating special alongside the classic smash format.
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