Goldie

I’ll start bluntly by explaining the 3*: In the middle of the dessert course we were served the bill and told we have 5 minutes left. It was the finale of my partner’s birthday dinner, and we had eaten briskly as the dishes came out. As Londoners we are very aware of the importance of turning tables quickly and running a restaurant efficiently. Even so, this was the height of rudeness and left us with a bitter taste of what should’ve been a special evening. As a side note, the table next to us got a kind 20 minute time check which I thought was an appropriate checkpoint. Apart from that, some of the dishes did not impress: The brandade had nothing fishy/salty about it, even though the description was pointing at something bolder in terms of flavour. The schnitzel was exceptional but didn’t need an egg yolk on top - it’s fat on fat, and takes away from the nice texture. In my view this needed a classic lemon wedge to balance the acidity. On the plus side: The oysters were to die for - the granita and the dill made them shine. The leaf salad was wonderful and its crispy capers were inspired. The sides were well proportioned but some of the other small dishes, especially the oyster pate, were minuscule. I think it’s a nice place but overhyped and missing the mark on consistent service. Price-quality ratio isn’t satisfactory. A pity as the concept is smart and promising and I appreciate the commitment to local produce.

Very good food. All staff very kind and polite. Floor manager explained us about menu. Good to know that they use only local products! The food is very tasty and quality is outstanding. 10/10

Amazing experience, the flavours of each dish were exquisite , incredible presentations and service. Allen spent time explaining the menu in great depth and detail , as well as suggesting most loved dishes and wine pairings. Open kitchen which was fascinating to watch the preparation of each dish as it came out . Highly recommend fish nuggets and all the hot small plates

Our Airbnb host recommended Goldie's and I had seen a wonderful review on Instagram that lead us to the restaurant. The service was phenomenal, however, our food was just good. Fish nuggets and the fried hake with cured egg were delicious! Our courgette buds tasted too vegetative and without much filling, which was disappointing. I ordered the main hake and while the fish itself was perfect, the rice and sauce were very fishy and vegetative. My husband enjoyed his brill and the wine selection was great. Overall, our party had a good experience.

Food was phenomenal and inspired. Lots of small plates made for a really diverse meal. Service was outstanding. Wonderful wines by the glass and more. Highly recommend as the food highlight of my trip to Ireland!

At the heart of Goldie is Aishling Moore a maestro and trailblazer fusing incomparable flavours and textures that make her menu’s a symphony for the palate. Impressive list of local wholesome suppliers as passionate about their food culture and products as Aishling and her team are about Goldie. A truly joyous experience and huge thanks to Aishling, Eva and Allen for making Leonard’s birthday so special, we’ve found our favourite restaurant and we’ll be back.

I wanted to really like this restaurant but many small things added up to make this an underwhelming experience. The restaurant itself is beautiful, the staff attentive, knowledgable and friendly but the food for want of a better word was just a bit naff. For context I’ve been a chef specialising in fish for 20 years so perhaps am being overly critical. For a fish speciality restaurant its a joke to only have 4 types of fish on the menu all 4 of them white fish at that, zero shellfish or even oily fish. This isnt a seasonality or availability issue regardless of whether they respond saying it is. The fish nuggets as a snack doesnt have a named fish but it was again a white fish and probably hake. (This was pretty tasty) For starters they had two cold starters both using cured plaice (that in itself is beyond comprehension) as well as 1 hake and 1 monkfish dish. The cured plaice portion size is about 20g at best and given the delicate nature of plaice is completely annihilated with strong flavours, you could put a piece of cured cardboard in its stead and would taste the same. Monkfish sope was delicious and the most inventive thing we ate. We ordered the vegetarian saltwort onion bhaji starter after we received the first plate as we were told it was good (and big) and the portion sizes are tiny, this is pushed by FOH to fill people up I assume, was very good though. For mains its hake, plaice and turbot. No amount of “we use market fresh fish” rhetoric makes up for the fact this is simply lazy and terrible menu design. Its a fully booked restaurant so its not like they have to be careful with food waste. Many of the dishes tasted similar, dill was used as a garnish for basically every plate. The monkfish main was delicious if slightly overcooked (shouldn’t really happen if you’re paying £35 a main) butter lemongrass sauce was perfect though. Came with “roast courgette” but came with a few slices of raw and a few slices of burnt to hell on a plancha courgette, not sure what the thinking behind that was. Desserts looked like a typical afterthought as with most small plate menus nowadays, pannacotta, some sorbet and crumble faff as it generic so avoided them entirely Overall think the chefs are capable and the presentation is immaculate but it doesn’t hide the lack of creativity or breadth of flavours. Maybe they really didn’t notice the whole menu is just white fish but if they didn’t its a giant oversight. Definitely wouldn’t eat there again, disappointing birthday meal

Almost perfect. The service was superb, the waiting staff could not have been any more accommodating if they tried. The fish meals were sublime, the only small issue was with the starter which one piece of the Bombay ??? It still tasted OK but was bitter than the other pieces which were exquisite.

Fantastic seafood bistro right in the heart of Cork! Small menu is mostly focused around seafood, but you other options available too, both for veggies and meat-esters. By the time we arrived (8pm in the evening)some of the dishes were already sold out. The stuff is very friendly and helpful, very happy to explain the dishes to you and answer your questions. I was very pleasantly surprised by all of the dishes we tried, but seaweed potato crisps snack that they make themselves. The bistro is mentioned in Michelin guide.

A fantastic seafood focused restaurant. While it has won accolades from Michelin, it has much more of a feel and friendly service as a neighborhood restaurant. The food, however, is incredible. We ordered almost everything on the menu and there were no disappointments. A few that stand out, though, were the fish bites on the snacks menu. A monkfish small plate that tasted like pulled pork in a pastry cup (forgot the name) was incredible and unique. I also really enjoyed the hake but there was nothing I would be worried about recommending. The cost was also incredible, for what amounted to be a self made tasting menu, the bill was less than I would expect at a typical restaurant. Highly recommended.

A bartender at The Shelbourne recommended this place saying they had just won a "Best Casual Restaurant" award. So we changed our plans, walked over, and were lucky enough to snag a table for two. There certainly was nothing casual about the food -- as EVERYTHING we tried was amazing! We decided to only get one Main and lots of sides and small plates so we could try more dishes. Here they are: 1. Mushy Pea Fritter - crunchy goodness with an Indian Twist. 10/10 2. Masala Roast Cauliflower - crunchy, again with an Indian flair. 10/10 3. Frog Swede - can't describe how different this veggie is was. Get it. 10/10 4. Baby Potatoes - well everything can't be a perfect "10" -- so a 9. 5. Pan Fried Hake - tender, buttery, goodness 10/10 6. White Chocolate Sorbet - several layers to this, melts in your mouth. 10/10 Also, their beer is brewed locally from their sister restaurant Elbow Lane across the street so you know it's fresh. This was one of the best meals we had during our entire 2 week UK trip -- and amoung the best we've ever had anywhere. From the service, to the plating, to the taste of the food -- all spot on. I've never has a waiter spend 7 minutes explaining each and every dish on the menu -- but we loved it as alot of the food was new to us. Well deserved award Chef -- keep up the great work and THANK YOU!

By the way Goldie is named after the little gold fish windvane located at the top of St Ann's Church tower. Goldie is a wonderful little place. While casual, this could easily be a special occasion option. The small menu is seafood-centric and everything is extremely well executed with an eye to flavor and visual appeal. The pan-fried cod and monkfish were both on point and fresh. The Rossmore Oysters were amazing. The servers were very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about all of menu options.

One of the best restaurants I have ever been to. Top service. Amazing food flavors served in a quiet elegant atmosphere. Server completely knowledgeable about each food selection. If you're ever in Cork you have to go here !

Goldie has been awarded Micheline's Bib Gourmand award and, for the second year in a row, Goldie was named Ireland's Best Casual Dining restaurant at the Food Oscars. That is a lot of expectation to live up to, but Goldie delivers and then some! The wait staff is exceptional. And so approachable. Our waiter spent ages explaining all the dishes to us and making recommendations based on our tastes. When we sent compliments to the chef, we were told to stop by and chat with her! Their exceptional beer is brewed just across the street at their sister restaurant, Elbow Lane, to high standards of German Purity Law. It is a fish restaurant, but oh so much more than that. Unique takes on food you have seen before but never experienced what it could be until now! I recommend getting a lot of smaller dishes so you can share and taste a lot. I highly recommend the - Cured Cod (€ 8.50) - Mushy Pea Fritter (€ 8.50) - this is NOT your fish and chips shop mushy peas! - Pan Fried Hake (€ 22.50) - tender with tomatillos - Crushed Baby Potatoes (€ 4.50) with scallions and seaweed butter - the butter is quite a surprise, delicious and so Irish - Sambhar Masala Roast Cauliflower (€ 13.70) with tamarind and chutney - Confit Swede (€ 5.90) with garlic scape - so different from any veg we have ever had

Natalie the waitress was exceptionally nice, the hostess, not so much. This place is all the rage BUT it's very arrogant/pretentious. Tiny so it fills up easily so we're supposed to be extremely grateful to be customers? They like to make mention of the menu being new each day--based upon the catch--but that's the norm in many hundreds of other places, heck Fisherman's Warf in Lyttelton, NZ changes their menu as the boats come in and they've done that forever--well, decades. That said the sautéed cod was delicious, I've had better and much better, but this was good. Their potato and cabbage (Colcannon) was really good, where the heck has that been all my life? I'm making that at home! Make a reservation, set your expectations low and then be surprised.

Amazing. Simply amazing. I've been meaning to come here for a while and am so so glad I did. The food is PHENOMENAL, the ambience fantastic, and the service excellent. They serve mostly seafood, which is precisely what I was craving, and they make a point to reduce waste by using as much of the fish as possible. I sampled a little bit of everything but my favorites were the spiced cod small plate and my hake main. The cod was insnanely fresh and the pickled veggies went so so well with it. The hake was delicious as well as was the rice that came with it. I also tried the oysters (okay what didn't I eat) which had a delightful ginger sobert on top of them. Unfortunately the sorbet was lost under the oyster flavor, but definitely would have been amazing on its own. An excellent experience, but a word of caution. If you are extremely hungry this may not be the place for you. All of the plates are small in my opinion, well worth it, but definitely won't be sticking to your ribs! Perfect for if you're in a snacky adventurous mood though!

We are on vacation and had to book this new place Goldie. It just opened a few months ago and we are so glad we ate here. The whole setup is fantastic. Great location, well designed and atmosphere. The staff was very welcoming and the food was amazing. The food presentation and drink selection was right up our ally. All of the dishes are unique. The oysters were by far our favorite. They had a granitas, with notes of elderflower. Amazing, we ordered a second plate of them. Another dish was mushy pea frittata and Cesar gem salad with dried capers and chicken skin. Sounds weird, but so good. The concept of the menu is to take what fish is sent to them from the fisherman they work with. They use as much of the meat, fruit or vegetable as possible to not be wasteful. We love the concept. So the menu might be different. The staff were very accommodating. We can't recommend it enough. Go here!!!!

What a gem. We enjoyed a fabulous midweek dinner and came away thoroughly impressed with the warm, knowledgeable staff and the quality of the food. We tried all the "snacks" (small plates), the buttermilk hake as well as the beetroot to start, and the sole and hake for our main courses alongside the colcannon. The white chocolate dessert was a great end to the meal. I felt the price was very fair for the meal, and would be thrilled to dine at Goldie again.

Natalia and Sean were the most hospitable servers! The food was creative genius. We love ye!