My sister and I came here and we absolutely loved it. Everybody is so friendly service and food is…read morelovely. It's like walking into a hallmark movie. You can just walk across the street to the Castle

The person at our B&B recommended this place, and we ended up dining here two nights in a row. She…read moresaid she used to work there and knew the chef. Walking in, the first room on the left is a pub; walk a couple of steps further and you will find a restaurant. We ordered from the daily specials. The first night, we got a steak salad and the fish dish (forgot the name), and the second night, we did the seafood pie and green curry. We licked those plates clean!

Seafood chowder was the best I had in Ireland. Atmosphere was outstanding. Probably one of the…read morehighlights of our trip

Employees were really rude kicked us out because they said and I quote "there are wet people…read moreoutside you cant come in" keep in mind there is a pier in front of them where people swim all the time so no wonder there were wet people

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.

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.

Fantastic waitstaff at this restaurant with a view of the harbor. The arancini was cooked to…read moreperfection. The hake with crusted bread crumbs was good . It was also cooked to perfection. Amazing views!

A great place to have a meal with a great view in the city of Cork. Our party of five really…read moreenjoyed our evening with some delicious food. I ordered the fish and chips and got to try their shrimp curry as well. I prefer the fish and chips better than the shrimp curry though. The service was great as well. I highly recommend this place if you are in the area

The food market decor and ambiance is a great visual fit setting the expectation of fresh tasty…read morefood. The friendly service only adds to the ambiance, and the small but diverse menu delivers with great options food, drink, and wine options. Recommend parties of two sitting at "bar" area to people watch the lower meat market.

I saw this place recommended on a lot of blogs, so I decided to check it out. I came for lunch in…read morethe afternoon with a reservation, so getting seated was easy. Honestly, the food was just very ordinary to me. Nothing really stood out. Service was okay, and the dining room felt a little cramped with the tables fairly close together. If you're in the area or checking out the market, it's a perfectly fine place to stop for a meal. But if you can't get in, I don't think you're missing out on anything.

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.

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.