Opening hours

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Closed now Opens today at 17:30

Weekly opening hours for Bastion
Monday	Closed
Tuesday	Closed
Wednesday	Closed
Thursday	17:30 – 23:00
Friday today	17:30 – 23:00
Saturday	17:30 – 23:00
Sunday	17:30 – 23:00

Hours from the venue's published listing, checked October 2026. Holiday hours may differ.

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Main Street, Kinsale, Co. Cork, P17 C996

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CuisineFine Dining
Price€€€
Phone+353 21 470 9696

About Bastion

You will find Bastion, a fine dining restaurant, on Main Street in Kinsale, Co. Cork. The menu mixes crowd-pleasing dishes with seasonal specials.

Desmond Castle is around 190 m away, so it pairs well with a visit there. Kinsale has 68 restaurants, cafés and takeaways in our guide, and this is one of them. It shares the spot with Harry's Bar, which is just next door.

It opens 4 days a week from 5:30pm to 11pm and is closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Its public Google rating stands at 4.7 stars (233 reviews), with recent reviewers most often mentioning tasty food and friendly staff.

Key facts

Cuisine	Fine Dining
Type	Restaurant
Price guide	€€€ (upscale)
Google rating	4.7 / 5 from 233 reviews
Address	Main Street, Kinsale, Co. Cork, P17 C996
Eircode	P17 C996
Phone	+353 21 470 9696
Wheelchair access	No
Open	4 days a week · 22 hours in total
Nearby landmark	Desmond Castle (190 m)
From Dublin city centre	238 km
Coordinates	51.70572, -8.52412

At a glance

Services & amenities at Bastion

Accessibility

Wheelchair-accessible car park

Details as published on the venue's public business listing; they can change, so confirm anything essential with the restaurant.

Menu highlights

What to order at Bastion

Full menu

Coq au Vin
Braised chicken, red wine, lardons

€31
Escargots de Bourgogne
Garlic and parsley butter

GF

€15
Steak Frites
Irish striploin, béarnaise, pommes frites

GF

€37
Cheese Selection
French and Irish farmhouse

V

€16
French Onion Soup
Gruyère croûton

V

€11.50
Confit de Canard
Duck leg, lentils, orange jus

GF

€33

Typical dishes and approximate prices for this style of restaurant. The restaurant's own menu and prices may differ.

Estimated busy times

Usually busiest around 7pm on Fridays.

Estimate based on opening hours and typical dining patterns for fine dining venues — not live data.

Good to know

Today is — hours: 17:30 – 23:00
Sunset in Kinsale today: 19:10
Best time for a quieter table: 5pm or after 9pm
One of 68 places to eat in Kinsale

Photos

Fine Dining food typical of Bastion — Photo: Syced / CC0

Kinsale, County Cork — Photo: Christopher Michel / CC BY 2.0

Reviews

4.7/5 on Google · 233 reviews

What recent reviewers mention most:

Tasty foodFriendly staff

ShuZhen ChuaMay 2026 · via Google

★★★★★

We came for the set menu on a weekday and the restaurant was relatively quiet.
Overall I enjoyed the meal and my personal favourite was the langoustine course, which was light and the langoustine was super fresh.
The courses that I didn’t enjoyed was the fish with the prawn broth (v salty) and the main paired with the beetroot sauce and Szechuan pepper - somehow it over complicates the dish and the combination don’t work. One of the course was a round croissant served with some beautiful Irish butter - but again I’m happy with a simple good warm bread that could highlight the flavour of the butter .. instead of putting butter on a croissant that’s already made with a lot of butter.

Abigail LunsfordApril 2026 · via Google

★★★★★

Bastion was our first Michelin star dining experience and it was well worth it. We did the Discovery tasting menu and everything dish was delicious, thoughtfully prepared, and beautifully presented. The service was impeccable and the intimate setting gave the dining experience a personal touch.

Oliver TracyMay 2026 · via Google

★★★★★

An amazing experience, superb tasting menu and paired wines. Impeccable service. The culinary highlight of our 10 day trip to the south and west of Ireland.

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Questions & answers

Where is Bastion?

Bastion is located at Main Street, Kinsale, Co. Cork, P17 C996. Use the map buttons above to open turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze.