Update
Cookes Restaurant closed for good after Halloween 2022.
Cookes Restaurant Galway - farewell and closing notice |
About Cookes
This city-centre restaurant, and previously wine-bar, has been a firm favourite
of Galway families and visitors since the turn of the century.
Located in Upper Abbeygate Street, they are the landmark in this part of town,
in a stone building which really shows off its heritage. Be
careful though, this is Cooke's Restaurant, not Cooke's corner (that's in
Shantalla).
For many years a family owned and operated restaurant, and sometime wine-bar, they serve a menu
featuring classic but stylish dishes, prepared incredibly well - providing
a great location for graduation celebrations, intimate dinners for two and
everything in between.
Cookes were one of the first full-service restaurants to offer eat-at-home
options during Covid - their menu form this time gives a good idea of
their style of food, of course adapted for easy transport
Their building is incredibly picturesque, as well as historic. It
has the best outdoor dining area in town on their rooftop patio, and a
great front window which they regularly decorate for the season.
Closed on Mondays.
Remnants of the wine-bar sign, in 2019 |
The front window as an advertising display board, when click-and-collect was a new thing in mid-2020 |
Outdoor dining in 2019, before it became passé! |