Places to Eat

Formerly the Cork Turkish baths, Jacobs is now an award winning restaurant. Jacobs is a modern relaxed dining experience in the heart of the city centre. Emphasis on local organic seasonal produce. Private dining rooms available for large parties. Dietary requirement catered for with advance notice.

A quaint Irish cottage by the mouth of the sea with a fusion of world cuisine, this unique cutting edge restaurant is stylish yet laid back with an unfussy mood for fantasy. Seating only fifty, it’s still intimate with fire places, stone walls and yet with a twist of the unusual! Not to mention the huge fish tank featuring an 11 inch pet fish called ‘Oscar’, beautiful art work and freaky designer lighting. Well spaced tables filtered throughout three separate areas have comfortable high back chairs, with arm rests!

Situated in a listed building which is one of the oldest surviving Georgian Terraces in Ireland, this family run restaurant is highly regarded by Corkonians and is a must for any visitor to the city. Our philosophy is simple, we use only the best produce from the best local suplliers and treat it with care and attention to detail.

Steeped in tradition since its opening as a public house in 1901, the Bulman has long been part of the lives of many generations of locals and tourist alike. Winners of Black & White Cork Pub of the Year 2002 and All Ireland 2004. Enjoy the delights of the seafood menu overlooking the wild Atlantic from the restaurant, in the scenic hamlet of Summercove. Enjoy locally brewed Kinsale beers in the award winning bar. Whatever the occasion, there is always a welcoming log fire waiting for you. Live unplugged traditional Irish music downstairs in the bar on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday nights.

Zaks Restaurant was established in 2003 by the O’Keeffes, a local Cork family with over 30 years experience in the food business. Zaks Restaurant take great care in choosing locally sourced Irish quality assured ingredients for all dishes. Full traceability guaranteed at all times. Good cuisine served in a warm, friendly and relaxing environment.

Jola has many years experience in running the ‘WÓDKA’ Restaurant in London’s trendy Kensington and having fallen in love with Kinsale, just had to move here! "Perhaps we do not know each other yet. Perhaps you have had no opportunity to taste our cuisine. Perhaps we have not share our passion with you yet, and we already want you to long for more... We invite you to visit Jola's Restaurant"