Wagamama, 4-5 south main st, cork, Cork

Advantages: Quieter, and cheaper than Dublin. Some good restaurants to be found
Disadvantages: Very little tourism in winter time, fewer 'sights' open, smaller than Dublin

..., which is the main shopping thoroughfare and is a wide street similar to O'Connell Street in Dublin. Off St Patricks Street are many small lanes and streets which are worth exploring as they often contain little pubs, bars, restaurants and shops. At the top end of St Patricks Street lies the North Channel of the river Lee and Morrisons Quay (there's a lot of quays in Cork as the river Lee splits in two to form the north and south channel.. and the quays are mostly only one block long..), where there's a small shopping centre which was useful for escaping from the rain!! We downloaded some maps of the city centre before we went, and looking at the maps we wondered how we were going to get anywhere - the streets looked big and a lot of walking was going to be required! Don't let the maps fool you though - the streets really were a lot... Read review

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Advantages: Plenty to see and do, cheap accomodation
Disadvantages: Rather touristy, not suited to people wanting to 'get away from it all'

...to the City Gaol (Jail) and Radio Museum (normally worth IR£3.50). As it was pretty late in the evening, we just dumped our bags in our room and freshened up a little before heading out to find some dinner. McCurtain Street, we were informed, was our best bet. The entire street seemed to consist mainly of pubs, restaurants and cheap eateries. Being rather tired we decided to get takeaways: I opted for a Tandoori Special Kebab (less than UK£3 and totally delicious and filling) while Dave had a large pepperoni pizza (around UK£4 for 12 inches). Than back to the hostel to rest up for the next day’s sight-seeing…. We woke up bright and early (well… okay around 10am). First we headed across the river into the city centre, stopping to browse at a few shops on the way to the Tourist Office (on the corner of Grand Parade and South Mall... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap (for London standards) & delicous
Disadvantages: Atmosphere and speed

...Wagamama! Who doesn't know this famous Japanese noodle bar in London (and now slowly across Europe)? If you don't your missing out! Wagamama calls itself positive eating & positive living. Well first to the eating: I have never had many of the starters (usually cut straight through to the soup), but I can highly recommend the Gyoza. They are little fried dumplings filled with vegetables or meat served with soya sauce (price: approx. 4 pounds). In my opinion one can only have a soup at Wagamama for a main course (in over 8 years I have never had anything else)! As I love spicy food I recommend the Chili Chicken Ramen (price: approx. 7 pounds - used to be 5 pounds a few years back) the not so spicy Chicken ramen is also very good. There are also vegetarian soups or soups with meat and fish – all served with ramen noodles. The soups... Read review

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