27 editor picks in Cork.
Cork's drinking culture leans heavily on historic pubs, so the cocktail scene often lives inside characterful old rooms rather than purpose-built bars. Cask on MacCurtain Street in the Victorian Quarter is the city's most serious cocktail address, while institutions like The Long Valley Bar and The Mutton Lane Inn keep the traditional pub character close at hand. The mix means a cocktail night here moves easily between modern mixing and old Cork atmosphere.
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Order Seasonal small plates with one of the sixteen cocktails made with local foragers and farmers.
MacCurtain Street's foremost cocktail and small plates bar, where a changing menu of local-forage cocktails sits alongside Irish seasonal plates.
Cork's premier cocktail bar on MacCurtain Street with sixteen drinks made with local foragers and small plates.
Established in 1842 and run by the Moynihan family since 1927, the Long Valley is Cork's most storied bar.
Translating as 'That's It' in Irish, Sin E has hosted live traditional sessions since 1889, making it one of Ireland's longest-running trad venues.
Cork's best-known live music pub on Oliver Plunkett Street with nightly live acts Wednesday to Sunday and a late licence until 01:30 on Friday and Saturday.
Accessed down a narrow laneway off Patrick Street that leads into the English Market complex, Mutton Lane Inn is Cork's most photogenic traditional pub.
Run by the O'Donnell family since 1924, the Hi-B is Cork's most determinedly traditional pub, with a strict no-mobile-phones policy that forces genuine.
Ireland's best whiskey bar for four consecutive years, the Shelbourne holds over 540 Irish whiskeys and treats the category with the seriousness it deserves.
Trading since 1827, Costigan's is one of Cork's oldest licensed premises.
An award-winning live music venue on Douglas Street, one of Cork's best streets for character.
Open since 1779, An Spailpin Fanach is one of Ireland's oldest continuously trading pubs and Cork's foremost trad music destination.
A family-run pub at the Shandon end of Coburg Street since 1994, anchoring the Lee Sessions with spontaneous trad and blues in the back booth each week.
Cork city's main craft brewery taproom, pouring Rising Sons' full tap range including Cork Pale Ale and Blackrock Stout direct from the tank on Cornmarket St.
Cork's original craft brewery founded in 1998 on North Mall beside the medieval city wall.
A no-frills South Main Street traditional bar that refuses to modernise, and is better for it.
Named for its elliptical 1900s architecture, The Oval is Cork's best-preserved Edwardian pub interior.
A pharmacy from the 1880s in a 1720 building, reopened as a wine and cocktail bar in 2012.
Cork's award-winning boutique cocktail bar, operating without citrus for sustainability reasons and building its seasonal cocktail menu on foraged Irish wild.
A Cornmarket Street bar popular with Cork students.
Cork's most celebrated natural wine destination, trading from Union Quay with a 400-bottle list focused entirely on organic, biodynamic and natural producers.
Star Wine List's top-rated Cork venue two years running.
Established in 1862, The Raven is one of Cork's oldest bars with a strong contemporary food and wine programme.
Hillbilly's Grand Parade branch open every night until 03:30.
Cork's best-known live music pub with nightly acts Wed-Sun and a late licence until 01:30 on Fri-Sat.
Cork's archetypal trad pub since 1779, across from the old Beamish brewery, with live trad sessions five nights and a late bar until 02:00 on weekends.
Cork's most awarded cocktail bar using foraged Irish ingredients.
Cork's main craft brewery taproom open until 00:30 Fri-Sat, pouring Cork Pale Ale and Blackrock Stout direct from the tank on Cornmarket Street.
