Get Yourself Naturally Nourished at North Point. Also in City Gate and Penrose Dock!

Get Yourself Naturally Nourished at North Point. 

Also in City Gate and Penrose Dock!

For two years now, Naturally Nourished have been keeping customers happy in their third daytime restaurant in the North Point Business Park, just off the Commons Road. It is a spacious venue, bright and airy (lots of glass), comfortable too and well worth a visit (11:30 to 14:30 Monday to Saturday). They also have outlets in City Gate at Mahon and Penrose Dock.

At North Point, in one of the brightest and airiest interiors of any restaurant in Cork, you can expect enticing warm bowls, different special hot sandwich options daily and salads galore, There are listed above the saving area and do watch out also for the daily specials on the dedicated blackboard standing just inside the entrance.

Korean Bowl

A blackboard on the ground just inside the door is dedicated to the specials and got my attention straight away. By the way, a few dishes are not available before 12.30pm. No need to wait though for the Roasted Vegetable Soup or the Korma curry with Coriander, almond flakes and basmati rice.

The 12.30pm specials included a Mexican Chipotle Beef Bowl (beef and mixed bean chip with cos lettuce, charred corn, Jalapeño salsa, tortilla chips and warm spicy rice. Quite a bowl for just €11.90 - prices are fair here!  

My choice though was the Korean Bowl and that was well worth the extra euro. It came loaded with sticky Gochujang chicken, white rice, marinated cucumber, chilli crispy mayo, radish, and toasted sesame street. Looked very appetising as it came to the table and didn’t disappoint in any aspect. CL meanwhile enjoyed here Korma curry with Coriander, almond flakes and basmati rice.

Korma

You line up to order here and while doing so I was tempted by the line-up of sandwiches, And on exit, I bought one thinking it would come in handy at suppertime! So I treated myself to the Peri Peri Chicken with rocket and a harissa mayo. The spice was quite mild overall, adding to the flavour rather then the heat, and the amount of chicken was very generous for €7.90 overall.

With all the exotic dishes, especially those with an Asian influence, you might be thinking that Naturally Nourished don’t do much with Irish suppliers. But they do! Indeed, they support a long list of local producers and suppliers as you can see from the list below.

Sandwich

This was a deli errata policy from Yvonne Whitley and Kevin Madden, founders of Naturally Nourished .”We are a health food cafe specialising in breakfast, lunch, salads, wholesome hot dishes and house baked healthy treats.” The business, billed as“health food cafes” has been operating for ten years now. Their first bricks and mortar cafe was at City Gate in Mahon  and their second venue was in Penrose Dock in 2020 followed by North Point in 2024..

So for sustainable sourcing, excellent health food, friendly and efficient service, why not give Naturally Nourished a try. No matter which part of the city you live, you’ll find one not too far away!

More on the cafés here.

Suppliers

Meat - all Irish sourced from various suppliers in The English Market

Cheese - Toonsbridge dairy, Cashel Blue and Cooleeney

Yoghurt - Killowen ard Compsey Creamery

Breads & pastries - Arbutus Bakery and Seeds Bakery Kinsale

Olives - The Real Olive Co.

Balsamic vinegars and oils - The Real Olive Co.

Chorizo and cured meats - The Real Olive Co.

Free range eggs - The Chicken Inn

Coffee - Roasted in Cork from Three Fools

Nuts, seeds & quinoa - Organic from Independent Irish health foods

Super food powders - Organic Independent Irish

health foods

Drinks - Whole Earth and Synerchi Organics - Independent Irish health

Fruit and veg - All fresh

Tea - Pukkah and Clipper organic premium tea bags

Spices, coconut oil, organic tahini - Mr Bells Spices

Packaging - all compostable from Vegware & Down to Earth material

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