We were exploring Cork and needed a bite to eat for lunch. Kelly's had many locals and families…read moredining. We were warmly welcomed and the server explained the hearty menu to us. We ordered the toasty & soup special (came with fries and coffee/tea) and this comfort food felt like a warm hug! Other's plates were piled high with other lunch specials (meat, veggies, mashed potatoes), and looked delicious! Truly an enjoyable experience with tasty food ~ it felt like I was part of the family! Restaurant is up the stairs on 1st floor, in a clean dining room. Very simple and has all you need.

For €14 per person you can get a 3 course meal. We started with mushroom soup which was good but…read moresalty. We had the pork chop. It came with mashed potatoes, carrots, string beans, apple sauce and gravy. It was okay. For dessert we had rice pudding and it was served hot which was different because I always had this ice cold. I did not like it hot at all but if it was cold it would have been good. I don't think they serve alcohol here. The restaurant itself is very old and feels really run down. The person that served us was great.

Superb dinner here. We stayed at the hotel for 3 nights and needed to get rezzies here for one of…read morethe nights. The food was filling, unique and the ambiance was unmatched with the waterfall in the window. The service was great, no complaints and all our needs met. Side note we also came here for breakfast as we stayed at the hotel and I will say the continental breakfast was perfect. My FAVORITE was the brown bread. I will be back for another delicious meal!

This was an unexpected find for us while in Cork - we were looking for a nice restaurant and this…read moreone hit our search filters and so glad it did. It is a little off the main street situated down behind Isaac's but you won't regret finding it. The setting is great with views of a waterfall outside the dining room. The food was of course the highlight and reason to visit. Truly enjoyed the generically named "Beef" dish which was like pot roast slow cooked and fall apart on your fork served with potatoes and carrots We also got the English market chicken supreme which was lovely and we shared a Goat cheese, beet root and apple appetizer which was fresh and tasty can't say enough about how much we enjoyed this meal. We will definitely be back

My niece did her due diligence when selecting this place. It gets busy so we made sure that we…read moremade reservations. It's a beautiful restaurant and everything we tried was amazing. It began to fill up rather quickly for dinner. In the States we are used to being rushed out the door. Here starters and entrees are spaced out to allow you to sit and socialize.

There is a particular kind of disappointment reserved for a restaurant you expected to enjoy…read more The SpitJack was one of those. On paper, the proposition is difficult to quarrel with: Irish ingredients, rotisserie cooking, an attractive room, and a menu written with sufficient enthusiasm to make a hungry man begin making irresponsible decisions before the waiter has even arrived. Unfortunately, menus are promises. Dinner is where the promises are collected. And ours came due rather poorly. The food was disappointing, not catastrophically bad, which would at least have made for a more interesting story, but simply nowhere near what we expected from a restaurant built so confidently around its cooking. There is a great difference between a meal being technically edible and a meal making you pleased that you ordered it. Ours spent considerably more time in the first category. The greater disappointment, however, was the service. A restaurant can survive an imperfect plate remarkably well when the people looking after you are attentive, engaged, and interested in making the evening work. Human beings are wonderfully forgiving creatures when somebody appears to care. The reverse is also true. When the food disappoints and the service seems equally uninterested in rescuing the occasion, dinner begins to acquire the atmosphere of a contractual obligation. You eat because you have ordered. You wait because apparently that is now your occupation. And eventually you pay because international law still frowns upon simply wandering away. That was roughly the trajectory of our evening. What makes it particularly unfortunate is that The SpitJack has all the ingredients of a restaurant I should have liked. The concept is appealing. The setting works. The menu creates expectations. There is clearly an idea behind the place. But an idea does not cook dinner, and a concept cannot look after a table. Execution must eventually enter the proceedings. Ours apparently had the evening off. This was not an angry experience so much as a disappointing one. I have eaten terrible meals that became wonderful stories. This was not terrible enough to become folklore. It was merely expensive in the currency that matters most when travelling: an evening. Perhaps we caught them on the wrong night. Every restaurant is entitled to one, and the overwhelmingly positive reputation of the place suggests plenty of diners have had a very different experience. We can only review the evening we were actually served. And ours was two stars. One for the promising concept. The other for reminding me that expectations, like soufflés and political careers, are surprisingly easy things to collapse. Would I return? Possibly, but only because Mark Twain understood an important principle of life: "sometimes a man deserves a second chance." Dinner, however, should not require a third.

So glad we stopped here for dinner tonight. The food was phenomenal. It's a small establishment so…read moremaking a reservation is recommended. I saw several people get turned away due to not having a reservation.

Heard great reviews about this place. Instead it was very disappointing. Male employee was very…read morerude and arguing with several customers because they just wanted a drink.

Don't do this! Was listed as Blarney Burger - sign says The Square Table. Waited 30 minutes for…read morea burger on a bun. Only one in restaurant. I think this is meant for takeout only. No decorations. Seriously just a square table. Burger was ok. Over priced for meal. Could be a great spot if they wanted to make something decent.

When your in Blarney don't pass up the SquareTable closed on Monday and Tuesday this little place…read morewill prepare not only a n excellent meal and great service it's so close to everything thing the Castle is a 2 minute walk

Of course the service was exceptional. Each course of our tasting menu was perfectly planned and…read moreexecuted in terms of taste, texture and presentation. If you're planning a splurge dinner anywhere in the area, do it here.

Amazing. Definitely understand why they have a Michelin star!! Fixed menu that is thoughtful and…read moreexceptionally well prepared. Go -- if you can score a coveted reservation!

Wanting a healthier lunch we got just one order of fish & chips this time and one of beet salad and…read moresplit them between the two of us. Both were excellent. The fish was hake. This was easily the best of the four fish&chips we've tried so far in Ireland. Outstanding actually. The batter had the most perfect crunchy texture, wasn't too thick, and it adhered well. The fish was just-off-the-boat fresh, flaky and cooked just right. The portion was enormous - two fillets, one large and one medium, with a relatively small portion of good fries. The tartar sauce was tangy with tiny chopped pickles. Vinegar was available at the table. This was served with a small salad of lettuces, spinach, scallions, and onions. Price was surprisingly low given the portion, right around average for fish&chips in our experience so far. We ordered the entree salad with the locally made goat cheese add-on for a small extra charge. More excellent leafy greens, beets in small cubes, pomegranate seeds, picked onions, candied nuts and plenty of chèvre in large pieces. It was pre-dressed with vinaigrette and drizzled with balsamic vinegar. Very good, a far better choice for us than two orders of fried fish. Also on the menu were 3 other kinds of fish (monkfish, black sole, and plaice), each prepared differently. Shrimp scampi, seafood au gratin, and steamed mussels rounded out the seafood section. Oysters are on the menu but they weren't available that day. Other than seafood there were also burgers (beef and veggie), chicken wings, soup of the day, chowder, a steak, lasagna, pan roasted duck breast, cannelloni, liver paté, spring roll, and more. So a very extensive menu here, and not just the same things found everywhere. Sadly we didn't have room to try their desserts, which included sticky toffee pudding, banoffi pie, flourless chocolate cake, and meringue pie with raspberries and ice cream. They were hard to pass up.

food: 4.5/10 ambiance: 7/10…read moreservice:6/10 overall 6/10 honestly the most bland fish and chips I have had- it wasnt flavorful and just mid. I think you can find better elsewhere In this little town. the oysters was good yet we had better in Galway which felt fresher. basic service- had to wait some time to order and to get served

This was a lovely spot for dinner. Very high end modern interior with a covered outdoor patio. I…read morerecommend a reservation, we did not have one but were fortunate to have a few seats open up at the bar. The Hake dish was fresh and delicious. I didn't enjoy the ratatouille that accompanies the dish, but the fish was well worth it. The filet was also cooked perfectly and had great flavor! The chips were also yummy. Great texture outside and soft interior. Their own soup was also delicious. Great flavor and had a great onion to broth ratio. If in the area I recommend getting a reservation or arriving earlier to snag a table. Great overall

I had a reservation for dinner but somehow ended up in the area two hours early. Luckily, the staff…read morewas kind enough to seat me when I arrived! The fish and chips were good but pretty standard. The mushy peas, though, were some of the better ones I've had on my trip. The crispy chicken torn salad was a bit of a surprise--the chicken wasn't crispy at all and seemed more like cooked chicken that had been torn up and pan-fried. Definitely different, but not what I was expecting. The restaurant was pretty packed, with people constantly coming and going. They also had tons of awards displayed outside, so clearly it's a popular spot in the area. Maybe I should have tried more dishes to figure out what all those awards are about.