Restaurant review: Rush to Cush in Ballycotton and you won't want to leave
Cush, The Pier, Ballycotton, County Cork
Night has truly fallen as we head down the vertiginous little hill in Ballycotton, in East Cork, that leads to the harbour and along which Cush is located. Cush is divided into two eating spaces: dining room and more casual ‘pub’. The dining room is smart yet understated: wooden floors, exposed brick walls, low beamed ceiling; bold canvases featuring lobsters rendered in a pop-art style add colour, while large windows to the front frame the harbour’s twinkling lights and Ballycotton Lighthouse.
We mull over the menu while nibbling good breads, especially a nutty, seeded brown, but I knew my choice of starter even before arrival: potato velouté with smoked haddock and ‘crispy’ hen’s egg.
