The Heron’s Cove Restaurant in Goleen West Cork is where you can enjoy some wonderful food while taking in the Harbour Views, in beautiful West Cork. Here in Goleen Sue and all the Restaurant Staff can cater for Pre and Post Wedding Parties, Celebrations, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christenings, First Communion, Confirmation Special Occasions – Lunch or Dinner – our specialty. We offer a fixed or A La Carte Menu, aiming to use the best in fresh locally sourced produce. More information can be found on the Menu tab.
Here at The Heron’s Cove Restaurant we are members of the following Irish food associations:
- Restaurant Association of Ireland
- Eurotoques
- Slow Food Ireland (promoting good food)
The Heron’s Cove Breakfast Menu
Full Irish Breakfast is served in the Restaurant between 9am and 10am or if you prefer, we can arrange a Continental Breakfast for you at any time convenient to you.
Our breakfast is simply whatever you would like us to cook for you.
We have Fresh Fruit, Cereals, Oats and West Cork Yogurts followed by Traditional Irish Breakfast – as full as you like. Choose from West Cork Smoked Bacon, Handmade Sausages, Clonakilty Black and White Pudding, Tomatoes, Irish Mushrooms and Irish Hash Browns. Murphy’s Upton local free range Eggs can be boiled, fried, poached, scrambled or made into an omelette with Ballineen Cheddar, Gubbeen or Durrus Cheese. Or perhaps you would like a cheese plate with Irish Farmhouse Cheeses. If the breakfast that you prefer is something else, we can cook that too. Our homemade Brown Soda Bread, Toast, Bandon Creamery Butter, Irene’s Marmalade, Michael Pat’s Honey and Jennifer Burchill’s Jams are there for you. If you want to leave early, we can give you a breakfast tray in your room.
A LA CARTE and 3 COURSE SET MENUS AVAILABLE
These are samples of the dishes we serve.
Not all these dishes are on the menu each night. New dishes are introduced regularly.
The menus change with the seasons and the availability of produce.
All our fish and shellfish are from boats out of West Cork harbours
Spring Vegetable Soup,homemadefrom a selection of freshvegetablesV
Spicy West Cork ChickenWings,ovenbaked
Goat Cheese Crostini,warm Bluebell Falls creamy goat cheese, basil & sundried cherry tomato V
Heron’s Cove Duck Parfait,Skeaghanore duck liver pâté,Grand Marnier, oregano crackers
The Heron’s Cove Smoked Sprats, horseradish cream
Moules Marinières,Bantry Bay mussels, in the shell, wine & cream
The Herons Cove Crab Cakes,white crabmeat, organicsalmon, wasabi mayonnaise
Calamares,tempura style Atlantic squid, mixed leaves, sweetchilli sauce
The Heron’sCove Starter Plate (ingredientscan change)
Union Hall smoked salmon, Skeaghanore spicy duck roll, duck liver pâté,
Bluebell Falls goats cheese crostini, West Cork chicken wings
Smoked Salmon Platter Union Hall smoked salmon, buckwheat blinis, horseradish crème fraiche
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West Cork Chicken Fillet Toscana,sundried tomato, olive and lemon cream sauce
West Cork Chicken Fillet Irene, goats’ cheese, sundried tomatoes, honey mustard glaze
The Heron’s Cove Special FishPie, mixed West Cork fish, creamy white wine sauce, herb mash
Rack of Pork,roasted double chop rack of Irish pork, apricot glaze
Portuguese Fish Stew, spicy tomato, crab claws, mussels, mixed fish
West Cork Mixed Fish,four types of fresh fish, white wine and cream sauce
Bantry Bay Organic Salmon,oven baked, lime & tarragon butter
Lemon Sole Fillets,panfried, tartare sauce or poached, wine & cream sauce
Skeaghanore Duck Breast, oven roasted, honey soy sauce
Cod Fillet,herb crust, mixed bean crush
Dunmanus Bay Scallops seared, smoked bacon cream sauce on the side
Hake Fillet, oven baked with a herb crust served on a mixed bean crush
John Dory/ Halibut/BrillFillet,panfried, caper butter
Monkfish,tempura style, walnut mayonnaise
Black Sole on the bone, ovenbaked, hot butter
Goleen Lamb Chops,char grilled, rosemary and garlic potato cake, jus
Collops ‘n’ Scallops,seared Dunmanus Bay scallops, smoked bacon sauce, Goleen lamb chops, rosemary jus
Irish Chargrilled Hereford 21 Day Aged Rib Eye Steak, fried onions, mushrooms, béarnaise sauce, house cut fries
Vegetable Tagine,Moroccan spices, aubergine, apricots, couscous V
Butternut Squash Risotto, pistachios, raisins, fresh orange juice, sweet potato enchilada V
Moroccan Vegetable Burger, fresh tomato sauce, rice V
Side orders: Extra Vegetables MixedSalad French Fries
Vegetables and potatoesare servedwith all main courses
SUMMER SPECIALS
Crab and Organic Salmon Cocktail,West Cork white crabmeat & salmon, mixed leaves, Marie Rose sauce
West Cork Fisherman’s Soup,monkfish, cod, lobster and mussels in a lightly spiced broth
Devilled Spicy Brown Crab Pâté, served hot, crackers
Prawn Cocktail,West Cork prawns, mixed leaves, creamy Marie Rose sauce
Irish Fillet Steak,chargrilled,garlic butter, pepper sauce or Cashel blue
Whole Lobster, mixed leaves, hot butter
Surf n’ Turf (½ Lobster, ½ Fillet Steak)garlic butter
The Heron’s Cove Dessert Menu
Russian Cheese Cake -The Heron’s Cove Signature Dessert, baked chocolate and vanilla
Sticky Toffee Pudding (STP),warm toffee sponge, creamy butterscotch sauce
Warm Chocolate Fudge Cake,rich chocolate cake, delicious fudge filling
Rhubarb Fool,sweet rhubarb, creamy custard
Blackberry Ice Cream,blackberries in cassis, meringue and cream
The Heron’s Cove Mess, meringue, chocolate ganache, raspberries, fresh whipped cream, vanilla icecream
Heron’s Cove Lime Cream Pie, tangy fresh lime cream filling, crispy biscuit base
Rhubarb Cheesecake, baked, sweet rhubarb
Luxury Bread & Butter Pudding, apricots & Cointreau, creamy custard.
Iced Coffee Soufflé, chilled, coffee, chocolate, rum and cream
Homemade Ice Creams, vanilla, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, rum & Michigan cherry, passionfruit
Irene’s Christmas Pudding,brandy butter, whipped cream
Summer Fruit Pavlova
Cheeseboard Irish and local cheeses such as Durrus, Gubbeen, Milleens, Ardrahan, Cashel Blue,
Cooleeney, Carrigbyrne, Carbery,Ballineen, Desmond, Gabriel, crackers, fresh fruit
The Heron’s Cove has a full licence to serve liquor.
The Heron’s Cove Winerack is filled with a wide selection of wines from all over the world at reasonable prices. You choose your bottle from the rack and we open it for you at the table. We have a good collection of Beers, Aperitifs, Digestifs, Dessert Wines, Champagne, Sparkling Wines, Liqueurs, Cognac, Madeira, Port and Premuim Whiskeys.
For an excellent pint of stout – Murphy or Guinness, there are four pubs a short walk away in the village.
