The Magnet Bar and Restaurant in Derry

Had the vegetarian Asian stir fry was absolutely gorgeous, fella had the beef Asian stir fry he loved his also. Service was great and food came out very quick. Haven’t ate in here in years will definitely be back again soon.

I still haven't received my food

Very clean and cozy and super good food, friendly staff

Stopped at the magnet during their lunch time rush… seated straight away .. ordered steak sandwich.. didn’t take too long and was tasty, plentiful and reasonably priced.. definitely be back. On a different note had a pint of Guinness after lunch .. it was creamy, cold and tasty.. 7.5

Excellent find & dog friendly which was a bonus..the food was excellent as were the staff..👏

Always a great meal in the magnet. Excellent service especially when you have kids that only eat certain foods they always try their best to accommodate everything including gluten free great choice of things. Staff are always more than happy to help 😊

Really friendly staff serving good quality and good value simple food. Atmosphere is a bit sports-bar-like but that may be what you want!

Lovely reasonably priced food. Friendly service and a nice pint of Guinness 😀

Great place to eat and atmosphere

Good food, great service and reasonable price.

My meal was excellent but arrived after the rest of the party had finished eating. Also 2 people in the party asked for kids meals as they had just had gastric surgery and were told this would be fine, only for the manager to retract this and send the waitress to inform us

We made a last-minute decision to eat out on Valentines night. We landed on the Magnet without a booking, and it wasn't a problem. The staff were all as lovely as ever and it turned out a few of our friends were eating so we were seated together. The Valentines meal offer was such great value for money that the food was outstanding the service was second to none. We all have a great night, and we're last to leave. This is our local, and we love it. But sometimes the staff need reminded how good they are at their jobs. 10/10

We got seated almost asap, it was busy, we were on top floor , our wee staff were great and bar tender was spot on, party of 6 , food hot. Louisiana chicken excellent , all meals great ❤️

I have always loved the magnet. I haven’t been here since last summer. It was beautiful the last time I visited and decided to take the kids last night. We hadn’t booked and they had a table available right away. We were seated in a raised area near the bar, which was good as my son has poor mobility. It took ten minutes for anyone to come near us and we got a food order but had to ask for drinks. No worries! The food came after a 50 minute wait, I understood it was busy and having worked hospitality many moons ago this wasn’t the main issue. I opted for the carbonara no mushrooms, my daughter had the carbonara also with no mushrooms and my son has the kids meal. When the food arrived it was clearly sitting awhile as it had been freezing cold. I didn’t mind as it happens the best of restaurants. On the menu the carbonara was listed with garlic bread, bacon and chicken. We only received about 4 pieces of chicken in the whole dish, that wasn’t the biggest problem, it was actually inedible. It had a strong taste of hand sanitiser. The girl serving us was lovely, but when she noticed our untouched plates she never even questioned as to what was wrong, we tried to grab the attention of another waitress to resolve the problem but she was more interested in talking to the group of fellas behind us! A few loose screws but hopefully the magnet will return to what it used to be soon! Hope to try here again in the new future.

Great Bar, Great Food, Great Pints

Food was fantastic and the staff were lovely. We'd a party of 20 and they couldn't have done enough for us.

Busy place on a Sunday evening, food was fine and the service was very good, nothing too much trouble for hard working attentive staff, stayed on for a couple of hours after the meal and a good atmosphere around the bar.

You used to be able to go in to the Magnet on the way home from shopping and have a decent reasonably priced meal. It’s by no means fine dining but always has a nice atmosphere. But this last while the prices have gone from somewhere you could go any day for a bite to eat to somewhere you would go for a treat. I know costs have increased but in the space of 5-6 years the price of everything has doubled. They have recently added £2 to nearly everything on the menu including a bottle of wine. The portions have also gotten smaller. It’s now on par with prices in Donegal. Good bye my old friend xx

Bene here twice now when visiting close friends. Absolutely love the food and the portion sizes for the price is brilliant too..we are from Kent, UK and can't find any place back home that matches the value for money and variety of the menu! Everyone loved their meal both times. Service is good and meals came out in good time. Can't fault this place. And will definitely come back.

Food in the Magnet Bar is in my opinion the best of the bentley group and has always been consistently good.

Just called in for a bit of food tonight not from the area but it was delicious and the staff were very friendly and not too badly priced will definitely be back if in the area again

excellent food at a reasonable price

Absolutely amazing food staff where very attentive worth the visit 😀

Always a great experience dining here. Seated right away by staff and ordered drinks. Everything flowed smoothly from start to finish. The portions are very generous and we'd only usually manage one course

Food was lovely can't wait to come back highly recommend

Just perfect 👌...great food, excellence service..100% would recommend

Wonderful bar, and food is top notch very well priced. Staff couldn't be more helpful 10/10

Absolute 5 star. From the moment we walked in the staff were so polite and welcoming. The food was delicious. We had the steak sandwich which were fantastic. The steak was like a filet and cooked to perfection. Peppercorn sauce was beautiful. Absolute return visit.

Far too busy, indifferent staff.

Very nice service, and flavorful food. The chili chips were one of the nicest surprises I’ve had in the north of Ireland.

Great food and service. Polite helpful staff

The service was very good and the food is delicious

Great staff, food and the perfect family spot with plenty of screens for live sport too.

What a surprise when you enter the Magnet, three floors of seating for dining, from the outside it's so deceiving, top floor looks perfect for private functions, staff were extremely helpful and friendly, the food was excellent and the portions are extremely generous, lots of people using the takeaway dishes for their leftovers. Most definitely deserve a return visit. Booking advisable.

Great service. A party of 26 and everyone's meals were first class .

I love the salt and chilli cod yummy

Always great food great service and pricing is reasonable

Food ok but very busy and noisy. Staff friendly

Always a wonderful experience at this place. Blackened Cajun Salmon is out this world

Was in the magnet last night, always enjoy the place, great food and music nights are great. I ordered a meal, pitta pocket , beef , garlic mayo. It said on the menu choice of dip. I asked the waitress for sour cream instead of garlic mayo. Got my meal and GARLIC MAYO. I don’t like garlic mayo so asked the waitress to change it to sour cream. She got me 2 little bowls of sour cream. GREAT.. meal was delicious. Got the bill,and noticed I was charged £1 for each little bowl!!!!! Seriously. It’s not about the extra £1 per extra little bowl.I was given the wrong dip in the first place!!!

Excellent!! Staff very friendly, Food was delicious, Compliments to the chef. 5 🌟😍

Staff were friendly and the customer service was first class, great environment and the food was ideal

Food was great ! Lovely atmosphere, 2 bars on 2 floors . Food portions and prices were very reasonable.

Gr8 food, well staffed & good Guinness!

Absolutely refreshing little pub / restaurant highly recommend, the food was gorgeous and staff where really attentive and polite .. . Definitely if your in the area call in you won't be disappointed 5 * all the way

Such a noisey bar, the bar staff were making cocktails in a blender and we'd have needed earplugs it was so loud. The staff were so young and very hard to understand!!! The food was just OK, not great....I won't be back.

Great pub to have a pint in or something to eat.

Lovely tasty fresh food. Huge portions. Good value for money

Absolutely gorgeous food outstanding staff spacious wonderful atmosphere five star treatment

Service was good but to be honest I was quite disappointed with the food when it arrived. I orderd the lasagne and it was quite bland,there wasn't any flavour from it. I've orderd this regularly before,really enjoyed it but found this time around that I wasn't impressed with the food or appearance of it.

Good enough food. Poor choice for kids. Even poorer for vegetarian/vegan kids. Staff are friendly. Could do with putting the heating on. Bit on the cold side.

Super bar, staff and food. Les is the best barman!

Wow. The food tasted so so good, it came out so fast as well. Only down side was the noise of the place, but it was a Saturday night with an Ireland football game on TV.

Some serious grub down this way

Fantastic pub and lovely food and fantastic staff. Keep up the good work you guys

Very friendly people, all is Clean & delicious food :-)

Great bar and the barman was fantastic. Filled my friends water bottles for them no bother. Had an afternoon pint when we were there because we were made so welcome and atmosphere was so nice. We'll be back.

Had very very average lasagna , side salad was bit of salad with coleslaw dumped on top of it and one slice of tomato. Child had chips and lasagna and barely touched either as she didn't like the taste, I had to agree with her for once.

I was really pleasantly surprised with the food, delicious and will priced

Always good for a bite of bar food. If you are into sport on TV, they have lots of tvs. Ample seating, usually good service, good menu and not too expensive. Some car parking too.

Fabulous place .You have to go there to experience the hospitality.

Great Food Great Staff and great prices as usual

Great place but nightmare for taxis at the end of the night.

It's my 1st time out since covid began, and I was so glad it was the Magnet. The food was absolutely delicious. It was worth the wait. I had a starter of beef nachos. Really tasty and got the taste buds going for the mains. I ordered Tagliatelle chillie chicken with a side. I was full at the end but would have loved more as it was so good.

Stunning food, excellent service!!

Great friendly staff and great food

Ordered spicy pasta with veg - awful. Enough sauce to fill a bath tub and wasn't nice either. Veg was the variety you'd find in a Chinese stir-fry not a pasta dish. My mum got fish and mash and it came with no mushy peas or tar tar sauce. Won't be returning anytime soon.

Wonderful friendly staff, the food was delicious and served quite quickly too.

My daughter wanted me to take her here before she went off to uni again as she had been here with friends before and loved it! Very spacious and plenty of hand sanitizer available. Staff were attentive, plenty of variety on menu. The food was very nice, good sized portions

Food never fails 10 out of 10 every time. Staff are lovely and always stop for a chat .. only place we will go out for diner

The magnet bar is a nice place for food 😋

Great service, good atmosphere. I would definately recommend.

Brilliant staff and loads of space for functions

Big portions and decent value. Service can be hit and miss, sometimes quick and friendly, sometimes slow and frantic. Beer selection is pretty poor, they should get some IPAs in, the offy beside it sells loads so the locals would definitely buy it.

Lovely staff..gteat food..very good prices.. traveled fod 10h today..just saw it passing by..best desition we made..great food.

Food fantastic service a disgrace

It was really good night so it was the dinner was lovely and the drink went down very well

Food made to order, good service, waiting times good

The food was excellent serve was wondered statt great.

Great food at a reasonable price. Fast service.

Warm welcome from b the minute you walk through the door until you leave brilliant friendly staff and lovely food at an amazing price, I would highly recommend more than one visit 😀

Lovely chicken wings staff couldn't do enough for you. Organised three different matches on three different screens for us. Nice Guinness.

Nice friendly bar and restaurant. Good food and reasonable prices

Great food and drink, friendly staff and proper pub atmosphere. No trouble there and family friendly 5/5

Great service and local community involvement, Great food and great staff

Welcoming and cosy local bar in Culmore. You can stop in for a drink or food. They also allow tables to be booked in advance for busy nights. The food is really good here. Hand sanitation stations in place throughout and the staff do their best to maintain covid-19 protocols. Highly recommended.

How do I begin to describe this wonderful gem in the northwest, 1st you'll get a very warm welcome from very friendly staff with excellent people skills. Such a beautiful place plenty of space & has a fantastic abundance the minute you walk in. The menu is catered for all tastes great selection for vegetarians. We had the chicken & beef burgers, this was truly delicious. Top top notch at incredible value for money. Definitely keep this place at the top of your must visit list

Service brilliant atmosphere lovely will definitely be back!

I have eaten here many times because it is local and have had a number of issues over the years, like drinks added to our order which we haven't had, poor service, rude staff but the food was good, but after last weeks visit, I will never be back. The evening was a disaster from the start. Lazy staff, the place was not even busy, they all congregated around the bar, had to ask to order, the head waitress, long dark hair, stood at the end of the table and shouted down the table to take the orders, my elderly father had to shout his order 3 times. I myself am from a catering/hospitality background and have owned a number of establishments over the years and am always watching how things operate. We waited a long time on our food, the magnet has an open kitchen and we were sat right in front, so have a perfect vantage point. I could see our order on the servers hatch, with nobody picking it up to serve. Eventually 3 meals arrive, no sides sauces or cutlery, the next 2 meals that arrive are wrong, I could see the staff in a right muddle and then witnessed them just scooping our mean onto another plate and adding a different sauce, still no sides or cutlery. Asked for sides and was told they had to serve all the mains first. They then realized that the forgot 2 kids steak meals altogether. When sides arrived, main meals cold. My husband asked for his salmon to be put in the microwave as it was at least 10 minutes since it was taken out. We had all finished our meals when 2 half cooked kids steaks were served. My sister got a chicken Carbonara and it has only 4 little cubes of chicken. We had to ask for cutlery. Not one member of staff came to the table to check how things were. We had to call over the head waitress to draw her attention to our issues. All I can say is, she is not suited to front of house/customer service duties. We were literally attacked. She was not having any of it, she blamed everything in the kitchen or the fact she was too busy. She would not take on board or accept that there was anything wrong. She is very loud and aggressive. When we went to leave she even walked past a member of our party and pushed into them. I have never experienced anything so bad in all my life. If she were a member of my team, well, let's say, she wouldn't be. I have an altesation as a guard dog and not as My head waitress. I would never want anyone to experience what we did, so ignore this advice at your cost. Just drive on up the road, where you will find lots of nice staff and even better places to eat. I know the magnet is part of a chain and wonder do the owners even know the state of play in there. Wild west comes to culmore.

I don't know where to start with this review as I don't like leaving bad review but this doesn't warrant anything other than terrible. What I will say is that it spoilt our visit to Derry City this time round to witness this behaviour is shocking in this day and age. We have eaten in so many cafe and restaurants this last 5 days and we have had wonderful experiences, beautiful food and such happy staff it was lovely. Coming here was a total flip from the city centre, I can safely say I will never be back here. The table beside us was a large party, I could see there order was all over the place and they rightly queried it with the waitress in charge but the waitress which I might add I later found out was the head waitress was so rude it was actually unbelievable, her tone of voice, body manner and pitch of her voice was a disgrace, she was extremely defensive with them. If that had of been me I would have requested to see the manager but they didn't seem to do this, they had words at the table but this waitress stormed off like a child in a tantrum. If I were the manager of this establishment I would have this lady her p45 because she is doing you no favours. I can assure you I visit the city a few times a year, this was my first and last time to come into your bar/restaurant and I'll look forward to hearing a reply from you with an update of how you deal with this member of staff. My own experience here tonight was just ok, soup was good, steak was also good but nothing that would have taken me back here anyway, there was a real sense of doom and gloom.

Lovely place to eat and great staff

Food is outstanding and cheap and the staff are sound.

First class service friendly staff great food

Amzing food and staff are amzing never disappointed 😍😍

Phoned ahead to book a table at very short notice. Very busy but covid rules adhered to. My meal was delicious. The staff were friendly and helpful. Coeliac menu no problem

Excellent food agsin. Staff very friendy

Beautiful food excellent service

Really good 👍 I've haven't been out in a long time. Food was excellent

We booked a table for a last night out for Christmas and the service was shocking staff were constantly throwing dirty looks over , some of our food came cold staff weren’t helpful atall when asked about the paying the bill it was just thrown at us , felt so uncomfortable and like we weren’t wanted there , none of us will be coming here again , worst experience ever don’t know how any of the staff got a job there too be honest absolute disgrace and defiantly not worth the money .

Good food . Good service. Will be back. Very good care with hygiene.