Cafe Gusto

Our two cafés bookend Cork city center serving breakfast, lunch & in-between. Washington St & Lapps

Washington Street
Opening Times
Monday – Friday 7am-3pm

Lapps Quay
Opening times
Monday - Friday 7am-3pm


Coffee, breakfast, lunch of soups, sandwiches, salads, hotdishes & daily specials.

08/04/2024

Chilli con Carne, we make ours with beef steak instead of mince & black pinto beans.
On the menu this week.

Eat in or for takeaway.
Click & Collect for speedy collection via our website www.cafegusto.com
Give a call to preorder 📞0214254445

29/03/2024

Easter Good Friday sandwich 🐣
Special on today is our egg mayonnaise, cucumber, tomato & rocket in your choice of ciabatta, sourdough, wholemeal or wrap. Have it toasted!

30/12/2023

A favourite breakfast toast is Pan fried haloumi, roasted red peppers, griddled aubergine, sun blushed tomatoes on sourdough toast with rocket & basil pesto.
Fresh, healthy & so good as it is… or
Add a perfect poached egg or two, some crispy pancetta or Iberico chorizo for some extra flavour & protein.
Available mornings from 7am - 11.30am on Washington street

27/12/2023

Goodmorning!
We are open for breakfast & lunch until 3pm!
Hope you all had a happy Christmas 🌲
Open for the rest of the week on Washington street.

17/12/2023

We are open on between Christmas & New year on Washington Street!
We will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & St Stephen’s Day, and back to business on Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th, Friday 29th & Saturday 31st. 8am-3pm.
Serving breakfast, lunch and all the Christmas favourites treats like Christmas sandwiches, mince pies and lots of lovely coffee!
We have not done this for a few years due to the pandemic, so this year we are looking forward to keeping the fridges running, lights on, coffee machine humming and seeing the door opening and welcoming everyone in!

Photos from Probys Kitchen's post 24/11/2023

We are delighted to have finally opened up our
new sister restaurant Probys Kitchen on Probys Quay.
Sitting right under St Elizabeth’s fort & St Finbarrs Cathedral. They are open for 7 days a week for breakfast & lunch, and brunch on weekends.
Please check us out &
Book a table at www.probyskitchen.ie

01/08/2023

We are looking for a dynamic & friendly person to join our kitchen team in Washington street. If you or you know anyone that would suit the position, please get in contact.
Email CV & cover letter to [email protected]

Job description

* Assisting with the smooth running of the kitchen production & service
* Working in a team of three, includes ordering & managing stock
* Preparation of salads, sandwiches, soup & hot dishes
* Serve healthy, delicious & well-presented breakfast & lunch dishes
The person we are looking for has to

* Be skilled in various cooking techniques, have experience in preparing breakfast items, sandwiches, and salads and have a good eye for detail.
* Passionate about good ingredients & healthy food practices.
* Have a strong understanding of food safety & hygiene standards
* Must be a team player, reliable & trustworthy.
* Have good organisation & time management skills, be adaptable & capable of multitasking.
* Have very good communication skills
Perks:
* Work 4 day shifts a week with Saturday rotation
* Early mornings, No Sundays & Bank holidays
* Flexible holidays
* Free, healthy lunch
* Working with a small friendly team

Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Depending on experience

Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
* Day shift
* Holidays
* Weekend availability

Experience:

* Chef/ Cook: 1 year (required)
* HACCP: 1 year (required)
* English (required)

07/06/2023

GREAT NEWS story… Our Gusto bike has been found and is back on Washington Street safe & sound!
Thank you to everyone who shouted out our cry for help, & to lovely man who spotted it this morning!
We are over the moon!
HUGE gratitude to the People of Cork.
🙏🙏🙏

04/06/2023

Help!
Our Gusto bike was stolen from Washington Street yesterday morning (Saturday). If you spot it anywhere in the city or surrounds, please let us know! 🙏🙏🙏

08/04/2023

Waffles with lemon mascarpone cream, blueberry compote & toasted almonds.
We are making these waffles gluten free. We have them on our Saturday menu for the moment but will be adding them to our everyday breakfast menu soon, offering different sweet & savoury toppings.
Today it’s Warm Gluten free waffles, lemon mascarpone, blueberry compote and some toasted almonds.
Happy Easter 🐣

23/03/2023

Tomorrow is Daffodil day so we will be donating all coffee & tea sales to the Irish cancer society. Hope you will join us in Washington street and Lapps Quay to support this great charity.

Photos from Cafe Gusto's post 18/03/2023

Turkish Poached Eggs… new on the weekend breakfast menu!
A simple savoury breakfast, Turkish Çılbır, pronouned chil-bir, is basically poached eggs served over a bed of delicious garlicy yogurt and finished with a generous drizzle of warmed spicy butter with a good dash of Aleppo pepper, and served with fresh bread.
This savory Mediterranean diet-friendly breakfast is delicious and comforting in the best way and we add with some fresh dill, mint, pine nuts and toasted sourdough to complete 👌

06/03/2023

Our Hot Sandwich Special this week is O Mahony’s Aged Beef Sirloin and Wild Garlic Pesto, Chard, Courgette and Beetroot Salad, served in Ciabatta.
Wild garlic is a truly ancient Irish herb and has been eaten in Ireland for thousands of years. In season now, growing wild in hedgerows, forests & woodlands. Wild garlic has glossy green leaves are delicious in sandwiches, salads, or added to sauces and dressings. It also makes splendid pesto & makes a delicious pasta dish. In the past, it has been used to treat digestive disorders, rheumatism, high blood pressure and asthma.
It’s in our hot sandwich this week along side in season beetroot & chard. We hope you like it as much as well do!

19/01/2023

A couple of our breakfast toasts…Crushed Avocado with feta, mint & chilli and The Grilled Haloumi, with sun blushed tomatoes, roasted peppers, griddled aubergine & pesto. Dishes are vegetarian with side option add ons… Free range poached egg, Iberico Chorizo, crispy pancetta, rustic potatoes. Served from 7am - 11.30am each morning in Washington Street, also available to preorder via our website for speedy pickup and for delivery via

24/12/2022

Warm wishes to each & everyone that’s involved in keeping Gusto in business. 22 years we have been here! We had a good year and are feeling very thankful it went well, and we have another Christmas and New Year to look forward to!! Enjoy the break 🎄
See you all in 2023 ❤️

Photos from Cafe Gusto's post 12/12/2022

Well today, we remembered that yesterday was our 22nd Birthday…
What a ride it’s been! Cheers to all the amazing customers who came with us and kept us in business!!

28/11/2022

Delighted 🙌🙌🙌… Thankyou!

Announcing our Business & Commercial Award Winner which very fittingly goes to Liberty Grilll and Cafe Gusto for the efforts of Marianne & Denis and the lengths they have gone to in order to green their businesses. From the foresight to invest in low energy food preparation equipment with a conscious vision towards a low carbon economy. As well as consciously implementing circular economy practices and choosing to omit out of season and/ or environmentally damaging ingredients and products from their menus CorkCityCentre Cork Chamber - Faces of Cork Business Cork Food Policy Council WhazOn Cork

23/11/2022

Crushed Avocado with feta, lemon & mint.. add some free range eggs for a deliciously healthy breakfast served from 7am Monday to Friday and 8am on Saturdays

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3 Washington Street
Cork
T12R9WH

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 7am - 3pm
Wednesday 7am - 3pm
Thursday 7am - 3pm
Friday 7am - 3pm
Saturday 8am - 3pm

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