Cork: It’s simply Electric

Fish Bar at The Electric,

THE Fish Bar proprietors are serious operators, always keeping a gimlet eye on international restaurant trends. Each move is carefully calibrated, nothing left to chance, so even ‘casual’ is highly calculated.

It begins with a lovely room, the River Lee running alongside and great city views including St Fin Barre’s spires to the West. Tall stools at marble countertops have diners often eating side-by-side, bar-style, and retro-tiling, clean lines and vintage bone-handled cutlery suggest summer in 1950s Sorrento rather than late autumn Cork.