Eat in MacCurtain Street (Victorian Quarter), Cork

Greenes Restaurant

• ★ 4.3
• Contemporary Irish
• €€€

Greenes on MacCurtain Street turns a waterfall-backed 18th-century warehouse into a farm-to-table dining room, with menus built on English Market sourcing.

The Glass Curtain

• ★ 4.4
• Contemporary European
• €€€

Chef Brian Murray opened The Glass Curtain in the former Thompson's Bakery on MacCurtain Street in 2019. Heartily portioned mains built around prime Irish.

Son of a Bun

• ★ 3.9
• Gourmet Burgers
• €

Cork's most awarded burger counter, running Aberdeen Angus beef freshly minced daily through a classic smash-style format on MacCurtain Street.

Hotel Isaacs Restaurant

• ★ 3.6
• Contemporary Irish
• €€

The dining room of Hotel Isaacs shares its MacCurtain Street address with Greenes and draws a reliable local and hotel crowd for breakfast through dinner.

The Spice Route

• ★ 3.8
• Indian
• €

Cork's long-running halal Indian on MacCurtain Street, open since 1999, with a kitchen that runs until 3am at weekends. The biryani is the dish that has kept.

Cask

• ★ 4.3
• Cocktail bar
• €€

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.

Boru Coffee Shop

• ★ 4.0
• Coffee roaster
• €

Opened in December 2022 in an 80-year-old former Clyde Shipping building at the Brian Boru Bridge, this intimate east-side specialty coffee shop pours SOMA.

MacCurtain Wine Cellar

• ★ 4.6
• €€

Ranked number one wine venue in Cork by Star Wine List in both 2024 and 2025. Owners Trudy Ahern and Sean Gargano are both restaurant-industry veterans.

St Luke's Wine Tavern

• ★ 4.3
• €€

A neighbourhood wine tavern on Wellington Road, a short climb from MacCurtain Street, with a loyal following for its generous pours, sunny outdoor seating.

Greenes Restaurant Wine Bar

• ★ 4.4
• €€€

The wine programme at Greenes, anchored on MacCurtain Street for over 25 years, is arguably Cork's most considered in a restaurant context. The list focuses.

Sin E

• ★ 4.5
• €

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.

The Shelbourne Bar

• ★ 4.5
• €€

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.

The Corner House

• ★ 4.1
• €

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.

Hillbilly's MacCurtain Street

• ★ 3.8
• Fried chicken
• €

Cork's most-loved fried chicken chain on MacCurtain Street, open until 03:00 Mon-Thu and 04:00 Fri-Sat. Catches post-midnight Victorian Quarter crowds.