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Summary

£65
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A retro shopfront (left behind by a 1940s car showroom) adds to the street cred of this well-known East End foodie hotspot (linked to Westerns Laundry and Jolene). Its fashionable combination of small plates served with natural wines doesn’t inspire as much feedback in our annual diners’ poll as its fooderati renown might imply, but is all positive.

Summary

£61
  £££
3
Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A “good local bistro with a short but punchy menu”, set in a 1940s car showroom between Highbury and Stoke Newington. “The sort of place where you happily over-order because you want to try as many things as possible – and nothing disappoints.” The same team are behind the nearby Westerns Laundry and Jolene bakery.

Summary

£56
   ££
3
Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

High quality ‘bistronomy’ wins praise for this communal-table and low-intervention-wine venue, set inside a 1920s car garage between Highbury and Stoke Newington. “I love the fact that the menu is small and things occasionally run out towards the end of the night” – a clear indication that the produce is fresh and not stored for long.

Summary

£51
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A 1920s former car garage provides an “unusual” setting for this Stoke Newington fringe haunt, whose “look and feel (with most people at communal tables, or on counters with stools) works well”, despite it being “crammed” and with “a high noise-level”. There’s quite a “traditional”, ‘bistronomy-style’ menu, from which everything’s “well-cooked”, and there’s an “interesting” list of wines (low intervention, naturellement).

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116 Petherton Rd, London, N5 2RT

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Primeur Restaurant Diner Reviews

Reviews of Primeur Restaurant in N5, London by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of Primeur restaurant.
Tim Y
Feels like a lovely neighbourhood restauran...
Reviewed 4 months, 28 days ago

"Feels like a lovely neighbourhood restaurant. Located in an old garage site in Canonbury. Tasty small plates and interesting food. Better (quieter, less noisy, more ebnjoyable) than the sister restaurant, Westerns Laundry."

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Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£14.00 £19.00 £7.00 £8.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £25.00
Filter Coffee £3.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
116 Petherton Rd, London, N5 2RT
Opening hours
Monday6 pm‑11 pm
Tuesday6 pm‑11 pm
Wednesday6 pm‑11 pm
Thursday6 pm‑11 pm
Friday6 pm‑11 pm
Saturday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑11 pm
Sunday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm

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