restaurants in cork

passingthrough

hi, im not familiar with cork but was wondering does anyone have any recommendations for a nice restaurant for lunch on a saturday, what im looking for is not pub grub but nothing too fancy either.
thanks

FTGFOP

Seeing as it's lunch, I'd recommend the Crawford Gallery Café.

themonboys

This place sounds like what you are looking for

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&expIds=17259,17315,23628,26473,26761,26849,26869,27030,27520,27552,27692&xhr=t&cp=4&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=scoozi+cork&fb=1&gl=ie&hq=scoozi&hnear=Cork,+Co.+Cork&cid=0,0,18258078861281537043&ei=sqzlTMyEG9CHhQfprriKDQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CB4QnwIwAQ

Diziet

An Cruibin, the Market Lane or Star Anise.

Oafley Jones

themonboys wrote: »

This place sounds like what you are looking for

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&expIds=17259,17315,23628,26473,26761,26849,26869,27030,27520,27552,27692&xhr=t&cp=4&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=scoozi+cork&fb=1&gl=ie&hq=scoozi&hnear=Cork,+Co.+Cork&cid=0,0,18258078861281537043&ei=sqzlTMyEG9CHhQfprriKDQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CB4QnwIwAQ

You'd do a lot better than scuzzis. Cornstore on the Coal Quay is light years ahead of it for about the same price.

themonboys

Oafley Jones wrote: »

You'd do a lot better than scuzzis. Cornstore on the Coal Quay is light years ahead of it for about the same price.

Never been, must give it a go some time

StereoLove

The Imperial on South Mall(I think?)

Zaks on Winthrop Street do a very decent lunch menu too

Lemag

Farmgate upstairs above the fountain in the English Market. Limited but nice menu and lovely atmosphere. All of their ingredients are sourced from the market place below.

Wildways on Princes street. All organic produce but at a good price.

gimmick

Oafley Jones wrote: »

You'd do a lot better than scuzzis. Cornstore on the Coal Quay is light years ahead of it for about the same price.

The cornstore is easily, and by a long way, THE most over rated restaurant I have ever been to. The food is average at best, it is a complete rush job place, the prices are OTT, the tables are too close together, they are inefficient with their bookings. I would never darken its doorstep again tbh.

Scoozis is awful as well, but miles better than the cornstore.

Lemag

I started this a few months ago. Might be worth the OP's while to have a look for further suggestions or for the mods to do a thread merge.

Lemag

RoverJames wrote: »

Zaks on Winthrop Street do a very decent lunch menu too

Isn't that on Marlboro Street at the Patrick's street end?

Lemag

Lemag wrote: »

Isn't that on Marlboro Street at the Patrick's street end?

Oops, you're correct of course slip of the keyboard :pac:

shnaek

gimmick wrote: »

The cornstore is easily, and by a long way, THE most over rated restaurant I have ever been to. The food is average at best, it is a complete rush job place, the prices are OTT, the tables are too close together, they are inefficient with their bookings. I would never darken its doorstep again tbh.

Went there for the first time during the dine in cork week and I thought it was great - the food was excellent. I am going to try it again sometime soon as I know you can't go on one experience alone.

number10a

Continental on Maylor Street is soooooo good!!! Looks unassuming from outside, but the food is really nice and the staff are very friendly too.

Dudess

Lemag wrote: »

Farmgate upstairs above the fountain in the English Market. Limited but nice menu and lovely atmosphere. All of their ingredients are sourced from the market place below.

Unreal food but the café is miserably packed on a Saturday, and the restaurant... you wouldn't have a hope of getting in there at lunchtime unless you booked well in advance.

Lemag

Dudess wrote: »

booked well in advance.

Sound advice. Go for it OP. It's right in the heart of the city so it would probably conveniently fit in with whatever you'll be getting up to that day.