Ardmore - Derry

We stayed here as part of a relax and dine offer. We choose it because it offered a vegan menu, restaurants please note, vegans don't want to spend ages going through menus trying to veganise dishes but to be offered an already thought out menu by a chef who takes up the challenge. My vegan meal was excellent, the sever was very aware that I didn't want butter on any of the vegetables; the roll was also gluten free. It really is nice not to have to worry and check out everything. I got the feeling the vegan menu was in its infancy and they’re going with very safe choices but it is a start which all vegans welcome. There wasn’t a vegan breakfast offered which would have been nice but again the server was very willing to sort something with the chef to suit my needs. I do think this restaurant will grow and offer more choices as they become more familiar with what vegans want, we're not that hard to please, really we're not! We just want a nice meal with a little be of thought put into it, not handed a plate of pasta as is so often the case. Thank you Beech Hill.

Just love the beechill, the food and atmosphere is second to none. Abit expensive but well worth every penny.

The food is fresh and local. The chef prepares thoughtful, creative menus and desserts--oh, the desserts! The waitstaff is highly professional and helpful.

We ate here on a Saturday night. The restaurant was quite busy and had the added enjoyment of a pianist tinkling the ivories on the grand piano...the food was beautifully presented and my steak was cooked to perfection...medium rare was exactly that. The vegetables were delicious and we were offered more which was lovely! We chose from the table de hôte menu and shared a starter and then shared the cheese board. That was a great idea as there was more than enough cheese, crackers, chutney etc for two. The starter of a goats cheese in a fabulous sesame crisp was so yummy it was difficult to share!!

We went here on the recommendation of a friend of the owner. It sounded lovely and we were excited to have a special evening there. As they had an event on that evening, they could only take us at 5:30pm. We arrived on time and were told that the table wasn't ready. We sat in the lounge for 20 minutes beside a loud party who sang and swore solidly the entire time, so were relieved to be shown to the restaurant. We were one of only three tables and yet they sat us in the corner between the two others. The people at the other tables all knew each other, so as well as being beside a toddler, there was lots of conversations happening between the tables, which was also very disruptive. The service was okay, but the courses were then extremely rushed- the waitress took away our starter and immediately brought out our main. The steaks were average, and the veg was fantastic, especially the red cabbage, which was the best I've ever tasted. There was a very small portion of potatoes. The chocolate assiette was very mediocre, except for the mousse, which was lovely. My husband had the orange creme brûlée, which was really tasty. Overall, the food would be about 4 stars, but the experience and hurried service was a generous 2, so I've averaged it out. I did say to the girl at reception, who was very apologetic, but by that point our special occasion was not quite ruined, but was a long way from what we'd hoped for.