Kilkenny - Cafe la Coco

So, during an unplanned trip to Kilkenny recently, my husband and I found ourselves looking for a quick bite to eat in the late afternoon. Dinner wasn’t till 8ish but we had no time to waste as we were starving so instead of wandering around and trying to find somewhere, we googled ‘best café in Kilkenny’ gave me this lovely little café as the No. 1 result. And they’re not wrong. Very dinky, lovely little tables, pretty, frilly and set out as what I would imagine a 50s tea room to have looked like. It’s not a huge place, and it was almost full when we got there, so we were lucky to nab the last table. Handy as well for our hotel, the Ormonde, as it was literally just down the road from it, so very central.

Not wanting something too heavy, I opted for the goat’s cheese tart, which was really good. Rory went for one of the sandwiches, imaginative and well made. And this from a man who prides himself on his sandwich making abilities… Not that we normally need an excuse but we had had a bad day, shall we say, and were hanging out for a glass of wine. At first, we thought they didn’t serve alcohol but then like manna from heaven, we discovered to our joy, they did! The waitress was a bit thrown that we wanted a quarter bottle each, which caused much hilarity as we were still a bit hyper from our day from hell! Anyway, it was very refreshing and went well with our late lunch.

We liked the place so much, we returned the next day for brunch! Bit piggy as we’d already eaten in the hotel, but hey ho, any excuse, and besides, we were on a night away. I had lemon and sugar crepes with a fabulous Americano, and Rory had the Swedish almond and chocolate tart again with an Americano.
This is the sort of place which should always do well. Decent friendly service, prices aren’t mental, lovely décor and the food is really good. Next time we’re in Kilkenny (later this month) we will hopefully have time to visit again.

Café la Coco, Patrick Street, Kilkenny
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