All day
The Full Monty
Our house breakfast: poached eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms, beans, grilled tomato, black pudding, hash browns and sourdough toast. Also as Mini, Veggie and Vegan Montys.
Clifton Village · Bristol · Since the 1990s A Clifton Village
A Clifton Village
institution, every day.
Breakfast, brunch and lunch made on the premises. Locally sourced, ethically run, and with a sunny patio and a secluded roof garden to enjoy it from.
- No reservations
- Just turn up
- Open daily
- Until 4pm
- Food Hygiene
- 4/5 rating
Our story
Made here, sourced near here, served with care.
Primrose Cafe has been under the same ownership for nearly thirty years and has become one of Bristol’s busiest and best-loved cafes. We make almost everything on the premises and take the trouble to source locally, sustainably and ethically.
- Almost everything made on the premises
- Local, sustainable and ethical sourcing
- Sunny patio and a secluded summer roof garden
- Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options throughout
From the kitchen
A few things we’re known for
The full menu runs long — breakfast, brunch and lunch, with weekday and weekend variations. These are some of the signatures.
Weekends
Eggs Royale
Poached eggs and Chew Valley smoked salmon on a toasted muffin with hollandaise — part of a weekend line-up that includes Florentine, Benedict and devilled Cornish crab.
Lunch
The New Yorker
Salt beef pastrami, pickled gherkins, sauerkraut, gruyère and French’s mustard on wholemeal bloomer. One of a long weekday lunch list of sandwiches and plates.
Sweet
Homemade cake
We bake on the premises. The counter changes daily — expect layered sponges, fruit tarts, chocolate, and a proper cream tea with scones, clotted cream and jam.
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Available in £10 and £25 multiples, by email or over the counter, for use any time we’re open.
The space
A suntrap on Boyces Avenue.
In a perfectly-positioned suntrap, the Primrose is the ideal place to watch the world go by while tucking into breakfast, sampling a lunchtime speciality, or savouring a slice of our famous homemade cake.
When you’re after privacy, tuck yourself away in our private and secluded roof garden — open all summer. Dogs are welcome outside on the patio.
Look around the gallery 4/5 Food Hygiene Rating Food Standards Agency · 2025-10-07
4.2/5 Tripadvisor rating From 650+ reviews
~30 Years under the same ownership A Clifton Village fixture
Reputation
What the reviews say.
We’d rather you checked for yourself than took our word for it. These are the independent listings that carry verified reviews — figures shown are from research in June 2026 and may move over time.
Tripadvisor 4.2/5
Read reviews on Tripadvisor → Wheree 8.7/10
View profile on Wheree → SquareMeal ~Under £30
See listing on SquareMeal → Guests most often mention:
- Brunch
- Homemade cakes
- Poached eggs
- Bubble & squeak
- The Full Monty
- Coffee & cake
- Clifton Village location
- Outside seating
Reviews are independent and reflect individual experiences, good and bad. We read them and we keep working at it. If something wasn’t right on your visit, please tell a member of staff or email us — we’d like the chance to put it right.
Find us
Clifton, Bristol BS8 4AA
1 Clifton Arcade, Boyces Avenue.
In the heart of Clifton Village, Bristol. No reservations — just turn up and we’ll give you the first available table. Even at the busiest times we try to keep the wait to below ten minutes.
1 Clifton Arcade, Boyces AvenueClifton, Bristol BS8 4AA