Should you ever have any reason to come to Ireland, do your best to stay over a night at the Garnish House B&B in Cork. This place is incredible, and definitely one of the best places we’ve ever stayed! Before we even checked in, or had really even gave our names, our hostess ushered us into a little sitting room and sat us down to guzzle tea and scones. After a few cups of tea and enough pats of Irish butter to wash the taste of the road out of our memories, we were very efficiently given our room key and directions on where to find it, how and where to park our car and that if we needed ANYTHING to just ask.
Enter the Girishman (Jie-rish-man). Mishel, who manages the Garnish House B&B is incredible: he’s originally from Germany, but has lived in Cork for years, and he speaks English with a German-Irish accent. He’s also incredibly knowledgeable about everything there is to do in Cork, and can tell you specific places to find specific types of trad music on specific nights. We also asked him about places to see the final World Cup match, and he gave us two different pubs, noting which crowd would support which team (he was right, too!). Here’s the best part, though. Every time he talks to you, it is unbelievably evident that he loves what he does. People are drawn to him simply because of how he interacts with them. We talked with a couple who were staying at the Garnish House for the 3rd time because of how much they love Mishel. And the breakfast.
OMG the breakfast here is incredible. Seriously incredible. The food is outstanding (let’s start breakfast with the creamiest porridge ever drizzled with Bailey’s Irish Cream whiskey) and the service is super quick. And when you’re stuffed silly with the most amazing Irish pudding (which is actually a sausage-like substance) Mishel will come and ask you if you’d like a pancake for dessert.
We had dessert here(o:
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