Primeur Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was par excellence - 5*."
• "Delicious seasonally-led food and excellent wine."
• "All the dishes were simple yet well executed in terms of balance and flavour, with the polenta being particularly excellent."
• "Beautiful food, atmosphere, and service."
• "Each plate we tried had its own refreshing taste."
• "Food is lush, well made, interesting and delicious."
• "Every dish we had was perfectly cooked, a great selection and the service was spot on."

Cons:

• "£16.50 for a small fillet of unseasoned plaice & tasteless jersey royals was a joke!"
• "Very small portions of average food."
• "The food portions are small, not the place to go if you are starving."
• "A small plate with half a small chicken on it with no sides for £24 and absolutely no flavour."
• "The meat dishes were not tender at all and tasteless."
• "Food was ok, a bit soupish in the consistency, too much garlic in one of the dishes."
• "The food is horrendous and way too overpriced, very bland and presentation is awful!"

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are professional yet personable and know their food and wine very well so don’t be afraid to ask if you had any doubts or would like their honest recommendations."
• "The staff were excellent, knowledgeable and very helpful."
• "Service is excellent. Very welcoming."
• "The service: superb! Friendly, warm, efficient and caring."
• "Staff, food, setting, all brilliant."
• "Service was perfect with it being attentive but not too formal."
• "The staff were knowledgeable, attentive, and really cared about their service."

Cons:

• "Staff was very offended and defensive at our criticism of this situation."
• "We felt rushed by the waitress throughout to finish our plates."
• "With such rudeness and arrogance we will 'never be going back!'."
• "Really disappointing experience, talking to Ben the general manager of Primeur, when trying to make a booking."
• "When we asked if we could have coffee at the end of the meal, we were told they didn’t do that."
• "When I come to put my pin number in the machine, I don't expect to have a member of staff saying 'if you would like to leave a tip then that would be good'."
• "Not a very relaxing and enjoyable experience. As soon as we were seated it was very obvious we were rushed through so that the next reservation could be seated."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Wonderful atmosphere in the evening."
• "This place has found the perfect balance between refined and rustic."
• "Casual, easygoing, cozy."
• "Great environment and decoration."
• "Very casual atmosphere & great food in this Michelin Bib Gourmand rated restaurant."
• "Atmospheric old car garage turned buzzing restaurant on a quiet road in Stoke Newington."
• "Primeur has a lovely, welcoming and relaxed vibe, with doors opening out onto the neighbourhood."

Cons:

• "Disappointing in the extreme."
• "Maybe a bit too cool for me."
• "This is just a rip-off."
• "Unfortunately the food quality and value for money let the place down."
• "I found it a teeny bit pretentious if I'm honest - a little too try hard."
• "However the service and a couple of dud dishes let it down."
• "I liked the communal space and general ambience but really, this is one of the most overhyped restaurants I’ve been to... the service was very slow."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The ingredients are very high quality, and not much carbohydrate so we did not feel stuffed."
• "The food was good, though perhaps a bit overpriced."
• "Absolutely fantastic...high quality food comes at a price and it is worth every penny."
• "The food was really well priced for what we had and if we hadn't accidentally chosen the most expensive wine on the menu it would have been a really reasonable meal!"
• "Tasty food, not cheap but not heavily overpriced but portions are smaller than you might expect."
• "Amazing dining experience. Cozy, private, simple."
• "Amazing restaurant. If you're feeling good like splashing a little and going good for good food this is definitely the place for it."

Cons:

• "Nice but overpriced wine list."
• "The wine list is expensive - expect to pay £30 for a bottle."
• "Also a very limited drinks selection with horrible wine at £50 per bottle."
• "And when we did manage to 'secure a spot', the prices turned out to be eyewatering."
• "as good as the food is the service was absolutely appalling today."
• "Like many reviews on here I would say that the menu is overpriced for what it is."
• "Really overpriced small dishes for what are essentially plates of meat (no garnish/salad)."

Drink Selection

Pros:

• "Wine list is very good, we had prosecco, a very good red and the dessert wine... (Btw one of the best I have tried)"
• "The mainly organic wine list is great."
• "The wine selection is also great."
• "Go here for the wine and the daily changing menu of seasonal small plates."
• "Huge wine list and nice staff."
• "Subtle french/Italian flavours in each dish and complimented with a great wine list."
• "Fantastic and attentive service, with fantastic wine recommendations and beautiful food."

Cons:

• "Also, drinks limited if you're not into wine."
• "Nothing to drink apart from wine and tap water."
• "Only slight disappointment was lack of non-alcoholic drink options, all they offered was apple juice."
• "Also a very limited drinks selection with horrible wine at £50 per bottle."
• "The cheapest wine was a white at 33£ which was a cask wine."
• "Vegetables are very good, meat was very average, wine is not good. £50 a bottle for a wine that can't be sold in France, it's a bit of a stretch."
• "Nothing to drink apart from wine and tap water."