Explosive city pizzeria wins at Just Eat Awards

It used to be said that Cork was the Venice of the north, but perhaps now it’s the Naples of the north!

Independent Cork restaurant Pompeii Pizza recently won the Best Pizza award at the 10th annual Just Eat Awards.

Since launching its first restaurant in 2009, Pompeii Pizza has been renowned across the county for its authentic, delicious Neapolitan style wood fired pizza.

Over 47,500 votes were cast for the 10th annual Just Eat Awards, which recognise the nation’s most loved restaurants, grocery, and convenience stores that partner with Ireland’s on demand food delivery platform, Just Eat. The awards was hosted by TV presenter and podcaster, Muireann O’Connell at the Marker Hotel, Dublin.

Galway restaurant Birdhouse won the Best of Ireland award. The restaurant was selected as Ireland’s best by pop up chef Nico Reynolds, TV chef and cookery tutor Erica Drum and restaurateur and author JP McMahon, who were enlisted by Just Eat to judge the Best of Ireland category this year.

Among this year’s winners was popular Mexican food spot Boojum, which has a location in Cork city, and clinched the top spot in the Best Mexican category.

Amanda Roche-Kelly, Managing Director of Just Eat Ireland said: “We were delighted to celebrate a historic moment for Just Eat since first launching in the Irish market fifteen years ago, and mark a decade of the Just Eat Awards last night. With over 3,700 partners on the platform, the Just Eat Awards recognise our incredible restaurant, grocery, and convenience partners in Ireland.

“I would like to congratulate Best Pizza winner Pompeii Pizza as well as all the winners last night, and thank them for their outstanding work. Our partners are at the heart of everything we do, and we look forward to working with them to bring even more innovative offerings to the industry and Irish consumers in the next year.”