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The Bookshelf, 13 Pembroke Street, Cork

The Bookshelf is a café at 13 Pembroke Street in Cork, County Cork, 240 m south-east of the centre. Helena's Restaurant and Lafayette's Brasserie are within 20 m.

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Opening hours

All times are local to Ireland

Today

07:30 to 16:00

Weekly schedule

Opening hours by day
Monday07:30 to 16:00
Tuesday07:30 to 16:00
Wednesday07:30 to 16:00
Thursday07:30 to 16:00
Friday07:30 to 16:00
Saturday09:00 to 16:00
Sunday10:00 to 16:00

Public holiday hours have not been provided.

Source: OpenStreetMap.

Check the business website Call +353 21 239 2576
Kind
Cafés
Address
13 Pembroke Street
From the centre
240 m south-east, in a straight line
Phone
+353 21 239 2576
Website
bookshelfcoffee.com
Wheelchair
Recorded as not accessibleOne tag covering the whole place. It does not say whether the entrance, the inside, the toilets or the route to the door are step free, and this page will not say so either.
Parking
Merchant's Quay Car Park, 280 m away, 710 spaces
Bus stop
South Mall (Aviva), 30 m away

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The Bookshelf is in Cork, County Cork. Routes here end at the building the map records for it. Which door is the way in is not something the map says. Merchant's Quay Car Park is 280 m away and the map records it as open to the public.

It is 240 m south-east of the centre of Cork in a straight line, on Pembroke Street. The nearest stop the map records is South Mall (Aviva), 30 m away in a straight line.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is South Mall (242051), 60 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • South Mall 60 m
    buses 220, 216, 223, 220X, 223X and 233 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Parnell Place 200 m
    buses 213 and 212
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • St Patrick's Street 230 m
    bus 208
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • George's Quay 270 m
    buses 220, 206, 203, 216, 207 and 215 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Daunt's Square 280 m
    buses 208, 213, 205, 214, 203 and 215 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop

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Events nearby

Not at The Bookshelf. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.

Within a short walk

What else the map names within four hundred metres of The Bookshelf, on Pembroke Street and around it.

Also on Pembroke Street

Pembroke Street carries 15 of the places the map names in Cork.

Everything on Pembroke Street

What the business publishes

Contact details and useful links from the business website, read on 2026-09-21.

Phone
0212392576
Booking
Book on bookshelf-at-the-elysian.tablepath.comThis is the provider the business links to. It leaves this site, and nothing is reserved here.

Other cafés in Cork

Nearest to The Bookshelf first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from The Bookshelf, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 164 cafés in Cork

Questions people ask

Where is The Bookshelf?
On Pembroke Street in Cork, County Cork, 240 m south-east of the centre; the nearest car park is 280 m away.
How do you contact The Bookshelf?
Contact The Bookshelf on +353 21 239 2576. Visit bookshelfcoffee.com.
How far is The Bookshelf from the centre of Cork?
240 m south-east of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other cafés near The Bookshelf?
164 in Cork altogether. The nearest are Lafayette's Brasserie on South Mall, Butlers Chocolate Café on Oliver Plunkett Street and Caffè Nero on Oliver Plunkett Street.
How do you get to The Bookshelf without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is South Mall, 60 m away in a straight line, and buses 220, 216, 223, 220X, 223X and 233 among others call there, run by Bus Éireann. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

Where this comes from

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Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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