Primo

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £6.95 (set lunch)
   £15 (evening meal)
• House wine: £13.95 (1L carafe) per bottle

• High point: Huge menu
• Low point: Can empty rather early
• Food served: Mon & Wed/Thu noon-3pm, 5-11pm; Fri noon-3pm, 5-midnight; Sat noon-midnight; Sun noon-11pm; Tue closed
• Delivery: Radius 2 miles from £1.
• Open since: 2006
• Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least 25% of menu), Childrens portions, Childrens high chairs, Wheelchair access, Take away, Pre-theatre menu

The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 is now in the shops.

This review is from the 2007 edition.

This stylish brasserie, seconds from Milngavie's main shopping street, combines a relaxed atmosphere with a sizable menu - all of which is proving rather popular with the town's residents. An excellently priced lunch selection, with dishes such as panini filled with artichoke or fried zucchini, is served throughout the day. In the evening, lights are dimmed and candles are lit as the restaurant is turned from daytime café to a more intimate-feeling grown-up space. Over the Rat Pack soundtrack, the chatty staff discuss holidays and schools with the locals. Perhaps to ensure that the repeat custom doesn't get bored, the menu is extensive, covering all the usual areas, but with a few surprises as well. Chicken can be prepared with coconut in a peach and cranberry sauce, for example. A more traditional slice of veal is juicy, topped with Parma ham and mozzarella. The salads are coated in a wonderfully sweet dressing infused with honey (and even the cheese is served with a small pot of nature's nectar). The mainly Italian wine list may appear modest, but the house options come in half and litre carafe servings. With another site planned in Stirling, Primo may be becoming a name to look out for when you're in the area.