Gourmet Burger Bistro - Cork

As the second part of Lee's birthday weekend away to Ireland, we had two nights in Cork. As per usual we took a coach there in the early hours. I slept most of the way whilst Lee played on his phone and did man things.

Cork was gorgeous when we arrived! Stepping off the coach which we had been stuck on for three hours, into the bright December day, started the day right. After checking into our hotel which looked onto the River Lee (the fact it had the same name as Lee, definitely had a bearing on my choice). We decided we needed something to eat. We hadn't eaten since the previous evening so using my Tripadvisor app, I found a place called Gourmet Burger Bistro, a 5 minute walk from our hotel. It ticked the boxes on feeling lazy, being hungry and having both vegetarian and meat burgers.

The restaurant sits on the start of the hill of Bridge Street. We walked in and it has a cafe/ american diner feel to it being slightly darker, painted wood, booths and wooden tables. There were only a couple of other tables when we went in but it felt very relaxed. We were sat in the cosy corner which I always like.

We skipped the starters as we were hungry. I went for the Italian burger which came with parma ham, pesto and mozarella. While Lee went for the breaded halloumi burger which came with sweet peppers, roast beetroot and red pepper chutney. Mine was nice but the burger meat was a little thin and whilst the parma ham, mozarella and pesto goes fantastically with chicken, with beef it isn't such a great combo. Having said that I loved that it came with an Italian flag in it and the bread was soft and it still tasted good. Lee's on the other hand was amazing!! It was crispy, juicy, sweet and sour all at one. It was so delicious. The chips were a great size too.

A nice little extra touch and one that I always appreciate is that there was mayonnaise on the table and it was home made.

To finish the lunch off we had the hazelnut and chocolate brownie to share. It came with toffee sauce and real whipped cream. It was soft and chocolatey but the toffee sauce definitely made it!!

The meal cost around 37 euros which is about £31 which for a hearty lunch time meal was good value for money.

Cork was gorgeous! Such a relaxed and pretty city and the trip to Blarney castle and dinner at Market Lane and Gourmet Burger Bistro made it tick all the right boxes.