Arthur Mayne's Pharmacy — Restaurant in Cork

I did not enjoy my time here and could not recommend. Entirely down to the bar man we had serving us, he had absolutely no customer service. Ordered a coctail, it was 13 (ish) euro, a bit expensive, but okay. Took one sip of it and went to sit at a table of a group of girls who said they were leaving, as one of them got up to leave she dropped her pint glass from a height. It hit the tables and shattered everywhere. Some of the shards hit my face and my boyfriend's face. (we did not know this woman, nor did she seem intoxicated, just seemed like a mistake) I quickly realised there was probably glass in my drink, as it was everywhere, when the batman came to clean up my boyfriend said, I think that smashed glass is after getting into the coctail, is there any chance we could have a fresh one. The barman rudly replied "not for free". To be honest, we have both worked in bars and I continue to work in a customer facing food role. It costs so little to just replace a drink, and is basic customer service. He had seen me order it 2 minutes before and a random lady smashing glass into it was entirely out of my control. It threw our whole group off. I wanted to just leave but as it was a going away party we agreed to stay as a group, but never return. (Comically the barman himself when later clearing away the undrank coctail actually ended up dropping and smashing it himself, surley the martini glass was worth more than the shot of vodka and coffee. ) I just don't get it? Like a shot of vodka and a coffee are not that precious? It was hardly like we were asking for a round of free drinks, just one replaced as it had glass in it? Why would you encourage a paying customer to drink a drink with glass in it like? It just seems the opposite of what a customer service job entails. Moral of the story, you lost a chunk of customers that night. Over a coctail. No one should encourage a paying customer to potentially drink glass. Really shows how little you value...

I've eaten and drank in their Dublin pub of the same name in Donnybrook so thought it worth checking out the original in Cork.

Little gives the place away on Pembroke Street save for the old Agfa and Fuji signs on the street.

There's an old pharmacy feel to the place because it used to be one, old bottles, instruments and handwritten dispensing notes. A small, open kitchen with a friendly chef fills one side and plenty of seating with low light and candles provides plenty of room for couples and groups of friends.

I came in here for a bite of food at lunch and wasn't disappointed. I went for the breakfast burrito - it's got smoky bacon, potatoes, cheese, eggs, a floury bap and hot sauce. Great.

This made for a perfect alternative to the usual lunch time fare of burgers and chips or a traditional fry.

Staff are friendly and efficient and a fair few locals were eating here as well as visitors to the city.

An evening menu is served until 01:30 seven...

Pretty unique atmosphere for a wine bar set in an old Pharmacy where all the original counters along with their jars and bottles and drugs' recipe books have been kept as such. Initially it was all about cheese and cured meats plates; which have always been of good quality and decent value for money ; recently the Owners hace decided to tap into the lucrative Tapas options, well it is not bad but do no expect any spanish treats of sorts, rather bite size plates of dishes like duck spring rolls and serano croquettes 😀 Relatively intimate size-wise the overall ligtening being kept fairly low along with the alcoves all the while the end of the bar leads to a direct connection to the much livelier Crane Lane where pretty much every nights of the week live gigs of all sorts are taking place and where the beer aficionados will feel more at ease. These features combined togetjer overall makes Arthur Mayne's an ideal date night place any days...