Primrose Restaurant

Top choice in Derry (Londonderry)


In its chic new Strand Rd premises, Primrose has expanded beyond home baking and brunches. Owners Ciaran (a butcher) and Melanie (a baker) Breslin have designed a sophisticated lunch and dinner bistro menu using mostly local ingredients; look out for cider-battered Donegal haddock and house butchery beef burger, plus brunch items, scones, cakes and desserts, all made fresh daily.


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