This is one of two restaurants, one in Limerick and this one in Cork. They are both fabulous, this…read moreone won this year's best restaurant, based on a local magazine, I'm not sure if it's the best, but it's pretty good. I come here for the steak and fries, comfort food. If you don't know, Irish beef is phenomenal, no growth hormones nor antibiotics. Very natural. It's actually against the law here, how civilized.

Really great place for a filet mignon. Most places don't have Bernaise in Cork as well but from…read morewhat I remember they were able to make it for me.

This went off the map about 3 years ago I think it might have been just after COVID ended shame as…read morethe food was great!

If you don't like fish, this isn't the place for you. The restaurant is on the second floor and has…read morenice views. Service was super nice and prompt. Food: - Steamed mussels - very good. The broth was a tad salty but I love salt so I was fine with it - Fish and Chips - just wow! The fish was cooked perfectly, nice and light. Piping hot when it was brought out to me. The breading was delicious, not over powering, and perfectly crispy. I tried so hard to finish it all but unfortunately was super full. Maybe I should've skipped the mussels and just gone all in on the fish and chips. The sauce with the fish was tangy and yummy. I think it was tarter sauce but I don't remember. The pea puree needed a little bit of salt. - Creme Brûlée - I was full but I can't turn down dessert. Luckily it was small and I was able to eat it all. It was tasty and the perfect ending to my meal.

Honestly, I had the pork chop that was dry as a stone.l and virtually inedible. They were extremely…read moreapologetic and did not charge us, so they do get points for doing the right thing. Everything else from appetizers to sides were very delicious, and the ambiance is very lovely

These people simply do not seem to want you there. We showed up last night for a drink after…read morereading positive reviews. We arrived at 8:45 for a drink or two at the bar and the hostess told me that the bar seats were typically reserved! Mind you, there are only two women at a bar with about 10-12 chairs and they were paying their bill and preparing to leave! So I am glad they could "find room" for us. The bartender asked us what we wanted without a smile or a welcome. I asked for a rum and a Rose for my wife. I drank my rum and about 20 minutes later, was ready for another. I pushed my glass towards the bar, as one does when you want another, and our bartender, another bartender and the owner/manager walked past that empty glass about 8-10 times without any acknowledgment that we were sat there. The whole vibe in Kinsale seems to be annoyance at the tourists. And it was clearly on display here. I would suggest going somewhere where you are welcomed. We are the ones that fees that economy.

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

Such a great atmosphere food was delish and Grace our server was so attentive she was a delight!read more

This is a review of their pub only. We seated in their terrace area. We went for a beer, a…read moremargarita pizza and fries. Good place to hang out and relax. The beer (Rockshore) was great. The pizza and fries were good. Fries were not seasoned at all which was a bit weird - don't know if it's common in Ireland. The service was a bit slower but it was okay since we were not in any hurry. The staff was good - won't say friendly though. Not if the person attending us was just having a bad day. Nice place overall.

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.

Stopped for some appetizers and a pint and loved it! Fried Brie only gives two cubes and wasn't our…read morefavourite bite of cheese but the calamari was delicious and we could have ordered 10 plates of it!

Seafood chowder great. Everything else from service to menu choices was terrible. Couldn't even…read moreorder a second beer because table cleared without asking if we'd like another round. Go literally anywhere else.

What a good local spot to stop and eat after your Blarney Castle visit. Located just outside the…read moreentrance of the castle you're sure to find something to eat inside. It can can pretty busy so keep that mind and it's definitely not quiet either. The servers and employees are so nice and eager to help. The food was great I ordered the eggs Benedict and my wife got the scrambled eggs with bacon both were excellent. My flat white and wife's coffee were as good as they get. Can't miss here folks.

Delicious leg of lamb!…read more I guess some of you forgot I am still on this thing. The portions are generous and the food is amazing. It was so good that I could not take a picture of it. You just have to eat there to see it. So good! Everything is fresh as well.