The River Club ★ 3.8
A split-level grill room overlooking the Lee at Parliament Bridge, with a Robata charcoal grill and a riverside terrace that becomes the city's most wanted.
Cornstore is a fine-dining restaurant in Cork.
A converted Victorian corn market housing one of Cork's most reliably-executed steak and seafood rooms. The baked crab mornay and dry-aged Irish beef cuts.
Address: Cornmarket Street, Cork
A split-level grill room overlooking the Lee at Parliament Bridge, with a Robata charcoal grill and a riverside terrace that becomes the city's most wanted.
Cork's most important lunch counter above the English Market, serving the city's native dishes with produce bought from the stalls below each morning.
An Oliver Plunkett Street Italian running house-made pasta and a daily changing board of Italian-inspired mains, with a sommelier available to navigate.
A MacCurtain Street fixture in a Victorian warehouse setting, with a seasonal Irish menu that has sustained a loyal Cork clientele for over two decades.
Cork's premier cocktail bar on MacCurtain Street with sixteen drinks made with local foragers and small plates. Four national cocktail awards in succession.
The day-dining anchor of the English Market quarter on Princes Street, with a breakfast and lunch menu built around Kerry butter scones, freshly baked breads.