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Oz Cork

Description: 73 Grand Parade Cork. Tel: (021) 272711

Newest Review: ... that look nice but aren’t particularly comfortable. Going in there with a pushchair is nigh impossible, a problem often encountered in Cork’s many restaurants and coffee shops. I like the decoration; it looks as though it has been done by amateurs with imagination. The walls are a bright yellow-orange, creating an impression of warmth; the wall-lights are encased in rusty, ... more

... medieval-looking metal shades (complete with cobwebs, hmmm, not sure whether they’re intentional or not), and there are a few mosaics strewn about the walls to provide more colour. All undoubtedly inexpensive designs, yet the end result is original an...more

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Oz Cork: Australia comes to Cork (737 words)
by - written on 02/12/00 (Very useful, 119 readings)
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More of a café than a restaurant, Oz-Cork is a very small but extremely popular café-bistro situated on Grand Parade (just off Patrick Street, which is the main shopping street in Cork). It is owned and run by an Australian man (no! really?), and you’ll often see him and his wife talking to and serving the customers. I like places where the owners are hands-on; it means that they stay in-touch with their clientele as well as the actual daily operations, and the result is usually that they understand better the problems faced by their employees as well as the wants of their customers. This is probably one of the secrets of their success. The restaurant ... Read the complete review