Côte Barbican

Really lovely food at a sensible price. It was slightly odd that they managed to sit my friend and I at separate tables without noticing that we were both there. Easily resolved these days with mobile phones.

Enjoyable first visit to Cote to celebrate a graduation. Good value, excellent food and generous portion sizes. Would visit again.

First visit to Cote to celebrate a graduation. Good value, good service, excellent food and generous portion sizes. Would visit again.

This is always a busy restaurant pre-theatre and so don't expect quick service! Staff do their very best with a smile and so it is always worth coming. Food is as always very reasonable in price and tasty.

Great value for money in a Central London location. Good service and lovely food. Thank you!

Great food and service. The food was delicious and great for the value.

Service was excellent and we enjoyed our courses of food. Small hiccup with non-availability of red wines. Happily, our third choice WAS not “out of stock”. A pleasant buzz about the place, which had been crammed as I passed, earlier.

Food was good but our apple flan had a taste of onion. We mentioned to our waiter who was very apologetic and took the price off the bill which we appreciated

Very good food. Very polite and attentive service was marred by a focus on my male friend being asked to taste the wine and being given the bill. Tedious.

Had a wonderful dinner at Cotes on saturday night. The food was delicious with a great atmosphere and very friendly staff. Highly recommended.

Very good value for money with equally good service and surrounds

Very good value two course meals. Attentive waiting staff and buzzy atmosphere.

Very impressed with the service. We were eating before a concert at the Barbican, and the mushroom soup was (unintentionally) cold. There was no time to send it back, but without being asked our waitress didn't charge for it, nor for the other starter.

Very enjoyable food, service and atmosphere There should be more Vegan options however. These are very limited and means we don’t eat at Cote as often as we could.

Food OK but service quite poor. We politely pointed out that a side dish of green beans had not been trimmed properly, and then received a lecture (possibly from the manager - he didn't introduce himself) that this was "how we do it". After much huffing and puffing, we were brought a replacement portion - just as we were finishing our meal. Very disappointing.

Excellent food and service thank you. However, restaurant very crowded and noise level high.

Good welcome, nice ambience, prompt service, helpful staff, and the food and wine were good too!

Very good service and food came out quickly . Tables all a bit close together and ours was in a zone where there was lots of noise from other tables and lots of movement past us by staff . Not enough sound deadening in a room with a low ceiling . However food good and up to usual Côte standards and staff helpful and attentive in a very busy restaurant. Good place to go before a concert at the Barbican Centre .

Wonderful service , so nice to see young staff enjoying their work Food as always very good and the signature cocktail 🍸 very enjoyable. Our friends will be joining up to your updates/ services very soon as a result of their experience, well done to your Barbican team!

Portions have improved! Service is brilliant. L9vely waitr- remembred him from last year. Love that you get proper napkins and wine goes in bucket to side of table...leaving more space. V good value for money. Delicious mussels and fab choc mousse and cteme caramel. Overall v v impressed.

Always good service and food! Warm ambience as well. Fantastic cocktail of the month!

Good food and prompt service. Would recommend for a business lunch

Fabulous, really enjoyed meal, ambiance and service! Would definitely visit again.

Lovely meals (tried different dishes from last week) well served, never rushed but not kept waiting either.

Food was good but service poor. One member of staff got her starter and then her main 10 minutes after everyone else

Early evening menu is good value and service was speedy and professional. A good choice if you are near the Barbican

Great menu at affordable prices, always friendly and helpful staff.

The food, service and ambience were excellent even though we went on a relatively quiet Sunday evening

Great food, nice premises, good service and a reasonable price level. A nice evening before a concert.

Good atmosphere, well laid out. Good wine and menu, lots of choice, French classics well done. Food came rather quickly between courses. Some dishes a bit pricey but overall good quality. Good service but we object to 12.5% service charge levied. Happy to tip waiters. Excellent spot for Barbican cinema

Excellent fast service for pre theatre meal. Pork rillettes, sea bass and creme caramel all very good.

Having a wonderful time, food and service above of 5stars!

Ideal venue for a quality business lunch. Great choice on the menu's, efficient service, nice ambience in winter. Will return.

Your waiters are lovely and the lunch was fabulous, we will come back again.

Lovely food - the duck was cooked perfectly and the pork dish was excellent. Staff were efficient and attentive, even though the restaurant was really busy. Well done all.

A good Côté evening, something l always look forward to

Staff attentive at comfortable level (not hovering). Great food too.

Good location. Popular. A bit noisy for conversation. Good choice of food.

Excellent service, food, atmosphere, environment. No waiting time. Minimal noise level. Indeed, value for money!

As ever, Cote remains the best UK chain out there: Solid food at a solid price, and very consistent. We've been twice in the last week and will continue to go.

Love this place and it is my local so well used. As happened only once before, pre-theatre, really busy and noisy, food over cooked as obviously left under a heater awaiting delivery. Seldom happens, staff always amazing, just a too busy time.

I love Cote at the Barbican. We eat at Cote quite regularly and we always have superb service, food is good and there is always wonderful ambiance

The food was wonderful. The service was as good as it could be because the poor waiter was being bombarded by a table of 8 demanding ladies. Our one down side was the draft coming through the door. Although the curtain was around the door, it was still sending cold blasts of November air every time the door opened. We seemed to remember that there was a heater above the front door, and wondered why this was not switched on? It was very busy and the door was being opened many times, and in the end we just wanted to leave because we were so cold.

Wonderful food and wonderful service - we had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.

Great food, fast, professional and friendly service. Good, extensive menu,.

we went for a pre theatre meal - and the service was great very busy - but they were coping well

First time I’ve eaten in this chain. I wasn’t expecting much and was pleasantly surprised. The food was tasty and well cooked and the service was excellent. Will definitely visit again.

Great food with prompt friendly service all brilliant value for money

Great waitress who did all she could to try and accommodate our needs (we didn’t have a lot of times as we were going to a concert) who was let down by the kitchen and by other male waiters who tried to give us items we hadn’t ordered. These items that we did not consume were then added to our bill! The good waitress was then let down by the kitchen who couldn’t provide a simple meal in a short time frame. When my main meal arrived it was cold. Very disappointed

Served our order promptly, always good food. Happy staff. The end.