Cork: Fab Food Tasting Trail
Enjoy a relaxed but highly-focused 2.5 to 3-hour stroll through the city center of Cork, stopping at a range of foodie hotspots. Discover local and Irish cuisine, meet...
What to order at The Spice Route
- Must order
- Lamb biryani; the kitchen's anchor dish for over two decades.
- Editor tip
- Closes early on Mondays and Tuesdays compared to weekend hours; call ahead for late-night visit.
CuisineIndian
Price€
NeighborhoodMacCurtain Street (Victorian Quarter)
HoursMon-Thu 16:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 16:00-03:15, Sun 16:00-01:00
Phone+353 21 450 8382
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Must order: Lamb biryani; the kitchen's anchor dish for over two decades.
Tip: Closes early on Mondays and Tuesdays compared to weekend hours; call ahead for late-night visit.
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Location
Address: 35 MacCurtain Street, Cork, T23 PP80
Also in MacCurtain Street (Victorian Quarter)
Cask ★ 4.3
MacCurtain Street's foremost cocktail and small plates bar, where a changing menu of local-forage cocktails sits alongside Irish seasonal plates.
Order: Seasonal small plates with one of the sixteen cocktails made with local foragers and farmers.
Tip: The cocktail list changes quarterly; the Friday early-evening period before 19:00 is the quietest.
More casual dining in Cork
Cornstore ★ 3.9
A Victorian corn market converted into Cork's most reliable steakhouse and seafood room on Cornmarket Street. The Sunday roast consistently fills the venue.
Order: Baked crab mornay; a Cork comfort dish done at a higher level than anywhere else in the city.
Tip: Sunday roast is Cork's most booked weekend lunch; reserve at least a week ahead.
Quinlan's Seafood Bar ★ 4.0
A Cork seafood counter backed by the Quinlan family's own fishing fleet and smokehouse in Kerry. The fish and chips, smoked salmon platter and fresh oysters.
Order: Fish and chips with house-made tartare; the Quinlan family own the fishing boats and the quality shows.
Tip: Go at lunchtime on a weekday; evening queues are longer and the catch is the same.
Liberty Grill ★ 3.7
A long-running Cork grill on Washington Street covering breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner in a relaxed all-day format. Irish beef and market fish are core.
Order: Weekend brunch with Irish eggs, soda bread and local sausages.
Bocelli Italian Kitchen ★ 3.7
An Oliver Plunkett Street Italian running house-made pasta alongside a rotating seasonal board of Italian-inspired mains, with a sommelier available to guide.
Order: Feather blade beef stroganoff; the dish that has built the restaurant's returning-customer rate.
Tip: The feather blade stroganoff is made in limited quantity; ask about availability when booking.
Cask ★ 4.3
MacCurtain Street's foremost cocktail and small plates bar, where a changing menu of local-forage cocktails sits alongside Irish seasonal plates.
Order: Seasonal small plates with one of the sixteen cocktails made with local foragers and farmers.
Tip: The cocktail list changes quarterly; the Friday early-evening period before 19:00 is the quietest.
Ichigo Ichie Bistro ★ 4.4
Takashi Miyazaki's relaxed second act: handmade buckwheat noodles, rice bowls and small sharing plates with a focused natural wine list, Wednesday through.
Order: Handmade teuchi soba with ume plum and wakame.
Tip: Bookings open on a short lead; Wednesday evenings are the least contested.