Starters
Warm natural smoked haddock, mustard leeks, potato volute, crisp hens egg, royal Belgian caviar. – €20
Ballycotton mackerel, ajo blanco, roasted hazelnut, red grape, tarragon. – €16
Pressed free range ham hock, crisp fried shoulder, sauce gribiche, pickled walnut. – €18
Hand-cut strozzapreti pasta, wild mushrooms, chestnut and black truffle butter, pangrattato. – €18
Roast west cork scallop, crown prince pumpkin, salsa verde, Jerusalem artichoke crisps. – €22
Main courses
Skeaghanore duck breast and leg sausage, yellow belly farm beetroots, black garlic, swede, madeira sauce. – €36
Grilled market fish, cavolo-nero, autumn roots, smoked pancetta, katsuobushi butter sauce. – €39
Roast wild halibut ‘grenobloise’ grilled sprouting broccoli, crushed Jerusalem artichoke, black garlic, seaweed butter. – €36
Loin of wild Irish sika deer, celeriac and black pudding gratin, celeriac puree, greengage, shoulder faggott, pickled black trompette mushroom, Venison sauce. – €38
Murphys butchers dry aged 900g beef chop (for two) Roscoff onion, confit potato, green peppercorn and whiskey pepper sauce. Served with two sides – €90
Sides
Chargrilled hispi cabbage, lovage mayo, nduja breadcrumb. – €6.5
Home cut fries. – €6
Carrots and parsnips roasted in Vaduvan butter, mixed nut dukka. – €6.5
Desserts
70% Cacao Barry ocoa chocolate, compressed cherries, cherry sorbet, grue de cacao. – €15
Tahitian vanilla crème caramel, sweet wine raisins, blood orange sorbet. – €14
Warm pistachio cake, wild blackberries, vanilla ice cream. – €14
Selection of artisan Irish cheeses, quince, truffle honey, fresh baked crackers. – €16.
‘Irish Coffee’ macaroons. – €2.5 each
*Please note as we only select the very best dry aged beef chops from murphy’s butchers we may only have a limited quantity available each night.
*Please notify your server of any dietary requirements. Our kitchen works closely with all 14 allergens and cannot guarantee dishes will be allergen free.
*All game is wild and may contain shot.
Starters
Celeriac soup, truffled almond pesto. – €12
Warm natural smoked haddock, mustard leeks, potato volute, crispy hens egg. – €15
Dill cured organic Clare island salmon, smoked almond, taramasalata, citrus. – €15
Main courses
Crisp beef cheek, braised lentils, parsnip puree, chimichurri, madeira sauce. – €25
Grilled fillet of sea bream, Jerusalem artichoke, broccoli, Vaduvan spiced lobster sauce – €24
Hand-cut strozzapreti pasta, wild mushrooms, chestnut and black truffle butter, pangrattato. – €14/€24
Hand cut bucatini pasta, Skeaghanore duck leg ragu, aged parmesan. – €16/€26
Sides
Chargrilled hispi cabbage, lovage mayo, nduja breadcrumb. – €6.5
Home cut fries. – €6
Carrots and parsnips roasted in Vaduvan butter, mixed nut dukka. – €6.5
Desserts
Slowly cooked blackberries, vanilla cream, almond crumble, blackberry sorbet. – €11
Valentia island vermouth soaked baba, whipped mascarpone. – €12
All pasta is hand made and cut every day prior to service.
Please notify your server of any dietary requirements, our kitchen works closely with all 14 allergens and cannot guarantee dishes to be allergen free.
Starters
Warm natural smoked haddock, mustard leeks, potato volute, crispy hens egg.
Celeriac soup, truffled almond pesto.
Main Courses
Crisp beef cheek, braised lentils, parsnip puree, chimichurri, madeira sauce.
Grilled fillet of sea bream, Jerusalem artichoke, broccoli, Vaduvan spiced lobster sauce.
Sides
Chargrilled hispi cabbage, lovage mayo, nduja breadcrumb. – €6.5
Home cut fries. – €6
Carrots and parsnips roasted in Vaduvan butter, mixed nut dukka. – €6.5
Desserts
Slowly cooked blackberries, vanilla cream, almond crumble, blackberry sorbet.
Valentia island vermouth soaked baba, whipped mascarpone.
*Please notify your server of any dietary requirements. Our kitchen works closely with all 14 allergens and cannot guarantee dishes will be allergen free.
White
2023 Pecile, Pinot Grigio, Veneto, Italy.
2023 Quinta do Crasto, Crasto Branco, Douro, Portugal
2022 The Last Stand, Chardonnay, Victoria, Australia
2024 Domaine Félines Jourdan, Picpoul, Picpoul De Pinet, France
2020 Cinzia Bergaglio, La Fornance, Gavi Di Tassarolo, Piemonte, Italy
2021 Alkoomi, Riesling, Western Australia
2020 Atlantik, Albariño, Rías Baixas, Spain
2020 Steininger, Gruner Veltliner, Kamptal, Austria.
2018 Landron La Louvetrie, Muscadet Sévre-et-Maine, France
2020 Bender, Rielsing, Mosel, Germany
2023 Domaine Des Corbillieres, Sauvignon Blanc, Touraine, France
2023 Jose Pariente, Verdejo, Rueda DO, Spain
2023 Paddy Borthwick, Sauvignon Blanc, Wairappa, New Zealand
2023 Feravino, Dika, Grasevina, Croatia
2023 Kanakaris, Notos, Roditis, Greece
2022 Folly of The Beast Chardonnay, Californina, USA
2022 Judith Beck, Weissburgunder, Weingut, Austria
2022 Colle Stefano, Verdicchio DOCG, Marche, Italy
2023 Domaine Perraud, Chardonnay, Macon-Village, France
2023 Meyer-Fonné, Gentil D’Alsace, France
2022 Meyer-Fonné, Katzenthal, Riesling, Alsace, France
2022 Meyer-Fonné, Réserve, Pinot Gris, Alsace, France
2020 Von Winning, Deidesheimer, Riesling, Germany
2023 Domaine Seguinot, Chardonnay, Chablis, France
2021 Tacherons, Chardonnay, Limoux, France
2023 Domaine des Brosses, Sauvignon Blanc, Sancerre, France
2023 Domaine de L’Enclos, 1er Cru Chablis, France
2022 Corsin Villes Vignes, Chardonnay, Pouilly Fuissé, Burgundy, France
2022 Bachey-Legros, Puligny Montrachet, Chardonnay, Burgundy, France
Sparkling
Marsuret, Prosecco Frizzante, Valdobbiandene, Italy
Vini Stocco, Brut, Prosecco Spumante, Italy
Pago de Tharsys, Brut Nature Cava, Spain
Domaine Du Vieux, Crement De Loire, France
Pol Roger Reservé, Brut, Champagne, France
2015 Pol Roger Vintage, Brut, Champagne, France
2015 Pol Roger Rosé, Brut, Champagne, France
Red
2019 Pagos De Aráiz, Joven, Tempranillo, Navarra, Spain.
2019 Bodegas Luigi Bosca, Finca La Linda, Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina
2018 The Last Stand Shiraz, Victoria, Australia
2020 Domaine De La Renne, Pinot Noir, Touraine, France
2019 Korta, Gran Reserva, Carménère, Chile
2019 Faldas De Serra, Quinta da Maias Tinto, Dão, Portugal
2018 Alpha Zeta, `R` Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso, Veneto, Italy
2019 Nicodemi La Murate, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Italy
2018 Paddy Borthwick’s Paper Road, Pinot Noir, Wairarapa, New Zealand
2019 On Sen Fish 2021 Feravino, Dika, Frankovka, Croatia
2022 88, Primitivo, Puglia, Italy
2019 Bodegas LAN ‘Xtrème Ecológical’, Tempranillo, Organic Rioja Crianza, Spain
2019 Mas Den Gil, Priorat DOCG, Spain
2018 Tour de Pas, St George St Emillion, Bordeaux, France
2020 Dominique Morel, Gamay, Fluerie, Beaujolais, France
2020 Clos De Caveau, Champ Vermeil, Gigondas, France
2018 Domaine Tatraux Jean et Fils, Givry 1er Cru ‘Le Médenchot’, Burgundy, France
2021 Fontodi Chianti Classico, Sangiovese, Toscana, Italy
2017 Château Gaudin, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
2021 Zédé De Labégorce, Margaux, Bordeaux, France
2017 Gabriele Scaglione, Nebbiolo, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
2020 Accordini Amerone Della Valpolicella, Italy
2018 Chateau Lynch Bages, Bordeaux, France
Rosé
Sweet
Sweet 2017 Gabriel Meffre, Muscat de Beaumes de Venise, France
2022 Chateau D’Arche, La Perle D’Arche, Sauternes, Bordeaux
2020 Chateau Haut Rian, Sémillon, Bordeaux, France
2018 Accordini Accinatico, Recioto Della Valpollicella Clas, Veneto, Italy.
Cocktails
All our cocktails get their names from shipwrecks off the Ballycotton Coastline. The Cush has a long history as a Maritime bar, as can be seen on our walls, and with this menu we pay our respects to this bit of history of Ballycotton.
The “Magnificent” Old Fashioned
Bulleit Rye Whiskey, Angostura Bitters, Reunion Island Brown Sugar, with Fresh Orange Peel. This simple old school cocktail is named after the Sailing Vessel “Magnificent”, which sank off the Ballycotton Coast in 1836, while carrying arms & ammunition from Liverpool.
The “Scottish Monarch” Berry & Gin Fizz
Blackwater No.5 Irish Gin, Berry Liqueur, Sugar Syrup, Fresh Lime, Topped with Prosecco. The Scottish Monarch, a 5,043 tonne Glasgow Steamer carrying a cargo of sugar, was sunk by gunfire from U-24, 40 miles south of Cork, in 1915, while travelling from New York for Manchester.
The “Porto Novo” Negroni
Maharani Irish Gin, Valentia Island Irish Vermouth, Campari, with Dried Spanish Orange. This fresh vibrant cocktail shares its name with a Spanish Schooner which ran aground in Ballycotton and was salvaged on its way from Terceira, carrying oranges and Indian corn.
The “Sovereign” Espresso Martini
Tito’s Handmade Gluten Free Vodka, Italian Coffee liqueur, Drury’s Double Shot Espresso, Sugar Syrup. The Sovereign struck the Smiths Rock off the Ballycotton coast in 1803 from Trinidad. They were carrying a cargo that included sugar, coffee, spices, ivory, indigo, lignum Vitae, precious jewellery, and 26 guns, along with two carronades
Try a Spritz
Aperol, Campari, Limoncello or Disaronno. Served with Marsuret Prosecco, Soda Water.
