Côte Barbican

Great location for the Barbican . All of the team were friendly and the meal was excellent. We decided to go off the main menu and the food was well prepared. Wine was reasonable in terms of quality and price.

Wonderful restaurant!! Great experience! Thank you so much! Highly recommended! We had the best food and service, great staff accommodating our little family! Will go back for sure!

A great restaurant for pre/post Barbican visit. Definitely worth another visit before the next concert! Also a good children's menu available - my grandchildren thoroughly enjoyed their meal.

Always a good experience at Cote. Speedy and efficient service, pleasant staff and good food at reasonable price. Often need to book as it is busy because of Barbican.

Very good . Reasonable price and a very good quality food, nice atmosphere. My seabass was excellent. Highly recommend. Nice pre-theatre dinner with our friends. Thank you.

Good food, wide choice available, nice location near the Barbican centre, friendly efficient service, tables nicely spaced so not on top of each other. A most enjoyable evening.

The food was OK but the service was slow and we had come for a pre- concert meal. We arrived at just after 6pm but did not get our mains until 6.55pm after some chasing. We then had to wait for the bill, which we again had to chase. Myself and my daughter left so we could catch the concert. My husband arrived at the concert just in the nick of time. I appreciate the restaurant was full but the point of going to the restaurant is to be able to eat before the concert so you think it should be geared to doing that.

We have visited Barbican Cote a few times, and not only do you get the great quality and value for money that they always provide - especially from their pre-theatre menu - but the staff are always friendly and attentive! And also accommodating when they know you have to leave by a certain time for a show.

Rather slow service (booked 17.45,mains arrived 18.40).Steak frites v good but friend's sea bass disappointing,lacking flavour.The usually brimming chocolate pots were only 2/3 full and mainly creme fraiche.Replacements were provided with no argument but weren't much better.Modestly priced at 3 courses for £13.95,2 for £12.50 so can't really complain too vociferously.

Good choice of larger and smaller dishes, competent and friendly service taking into account diners going to a nearby concert needing to leave fairly swiftly, Good value for money. A cut above the usual chain restaurant.

Though one of the friends accompanying me and I are great fans of this chain, visiting the ones at the Barbican and in Tavistock Street with some regularity, this was a first-time visit for our mutual friend who was favourably impressed by the menu and food and wine ordered, served and eaten/drunk. Value for money, good menu selections and prompt service were all greatly appreciated by the three of us on Sunday, 14th May. Adrian Clark

Always terrific value here, good service, well presented and consistent. My fish cakes and his minute steak were excellent. Thefrench fries are as they should be

I've been to many Cotes, many time before, but not this one until now. It proved to be well up to the standard i expected. Good tasty food, served professionally and courteously, and at a very fair price. Brilliant for a pre-concert or pre-theatre dinner.

Best three-course pre-theatre meal we had in our two-week visit of London, including many much higher-priced restaurants. The fish was done just right, and the salad was excellent.

Food as usual was excellent but the service was awful. We had to ask for everything. We were given a bottle of wine as compensation.

Excellent choice of food, sensible portions which are not too overwhelming. Friendly smiling staff giving great service. I am a regular visitor to this local restaurant.

Great food and good service. We all had the pre-theatre menu which is great value for money. The prossecco was a little warm though and a lot of restaurants are guilty of the same thing. Test it before you pour!

Excellent - as per usual! We would not expect anything else from Cote. Always good food and excellent service and today was no exception to that!

We were seated at a table near to the coffee machine which made it noisy. However, were friendly and efficient and the food was delicious. The fish pie would have benefited from more fish and less leeks. We would be happy to come again.

Service quick, though the restaurant was busy. Food good, and good value. The waitresses were very attentive. I'm looking forward to my next visit! Very good!

A good and friendly atmosphere; very nice people, A fresh and good food. A good place before a concert (Barbican). To recommend. Your booked table is ready for you on time.

Excellent all round: good food, good selection, great prices, very good service. only small downside is that it was so busy it was a little bit noisy, but that's the result of the place being popular, which is thoroughly deserved.

Lovely meal at Côte in Barbican. Represents excellent value for money. Friendly, efficient service and tasty, reliable food. The salad with bacon was particularly tasty but my favor

Very good food and ambiance with attentive staff. Very near the Barbican so ideal for a pre or post performance meal or meet up - could not recommend highly enough

Outstanding value and service. Even waived the cost of the coffees as the bill arrived a little late! Quality of food and wine as usual excellent

Service is OK - but not spectacular - the location is great and the menu provides exactly what you need in terms of lunch or dinner options.

Perfect location for theatre performance. One of our guests was celebrating her 60th and they gave flowers. Drink and presented candles whilst singing..ALL without charge BUT equally as important they were SO attentive to everyone dining there, not just our table.

We enjoyed a very reasonable pre-theatre meal (tomato salad,charcuterie, minute steak and excellent fries), and good service. Would definitely recommend. Restaurant very full and buzzy.

Excellent environment and ambience , this together with the excellent quality of the food and the staff , who make dining there an extremely pleasurable event . It is also in a London situation , good value for money . We look forward to repeating the experience again in the future . Full marks to the Restaurant .

Wonderful staff! so helpful and kind. Food was delicious. Proximity to Barbican could not be better. We also enjoyed the wine selection. highly recommend this location!

Venue chosen for a business meeting for three people. Great service, prompt but not rushed - great selection of food and offers. Managed to get a lunch and a meeting within the hour.

Good value and well-prepared food. Good service and knowledgeable staff. Unlike some 'Cote' restaurants , which are very cramped, this one is spacious, with plenty of room between tables.

Great food and very good service.mtge chicken was beautifully cooked and the garlic butter enhanced the flavour. The Crewe caramel was bliss. Cannot recommend highly enough.

I have to admit to being a very demanding customer but the Maitre de Rish could not have been more accommodating in finding me a table to my liking. The food was up to its high standard and l don't think you could get better value any where else in London.

Excellent, efficient service all round. An appealing list of seasonal specialities, a good set menu for pre and post theatre ( well situated near the Barbican ), and an a la carte menu with reliable standards. Definitely worth returning to.

For me Cotes are always reliable, if not exciting places to eat. This one is great for a pre-theatre supper at the barbican, the set menu being very good value. But book early so you're not in a rush - the service can be slow at that time of day as they get very busy (probably on account of the barbican's own eateries being poor quality and overpriced).

The food was excellent and the staff very helpful. As with most restaurants these days, the noise level was high and it is therefore difficult to always hear one's companion. But overall I was very satisfied as usual.

A dependable experience, with good food and friendly staff. One star deducted as the staff were very busy and took a while to bring the bill.

WE HAD THE LUNCH 2 COURSE MENU AND IT WAS LOVELY. REALLY GOOD PORTION AND FRESH. GOOD QUIET ATMOSPHERE WITH LOVELY AND FRIENDLY STAFF. WOULD GO AGAIN.

We Love Cote! Our party of eight was given a separate alcove which was unexpected and brilliant! The food was great as ever. Service good if a little slow at the end when we were rushing to a show at the Barbican!

Food was very nice, and very good value. Service was also very good. The restaurant was a bit noisy but we were able to sit in a corner away from the noise.

Pre-theatre meal that was extremely tasty, imaginative and served on time! The serving staff were friendly and efficient. We were asked a few times through the meal for our feedback, so there seemed to be a felt concern on the restaurant's part to ensure the food was of the right quality.

We went there for a team lunch. It's always good value and good atmosphere. We mixed and matched the various types of menus with no problems.

We went there for a team lunch. It's always good value and good atmosphere. We mixed and matched the various types of menus with no problems.

Our waitress never brought the change to us before we had to leave and the salad nicoise was very short of lettuce! Normally my favourite restaurant that is a chain but not this time.

This is a straightforward offering of enjoyable food, ideal for the pre-concert meal that I was wanting. Service was pleasant and efficient in the very busy restaurant.

Although we have eaten at many Cote Restaurants this is one we will not return to. Although a pre-theatre meal (which we would expect a restaurant at the Barbican to be geared up to) service was very slow. It took ages to give order (once chased) and our main course arrived one hour after arrival (also following chasing). The Asparagus starter was very undercooked and the chicken main was dry and tasteless. The only consolation was that the lengthy delay did not give us time to sample a desert before the play.

Croque Monsieur was raw bread and bland. Getting bored of sending things back and may have to find another venue for fortnightly lunches with my father.

I've eaten at a few different Cote's now and they've all been very pleasant. This menu is a nice mix for everyone. I love the Belly Pork, but this time the crackling was not crisped at all. When it was pointed out they did offer to sort it out immediately. Apart from that the food was lovely.

Poor food from the pre theatre menu. I have eaten at Cote before from the A La Carte menu and the food was 10 times better. I ordered the Piquant Chicken and the chicken was over cooked and burnt. There is a big difference between the pre theatre menu and the A La Carte menu in terms of quality. The staff were also quite rude. My mother ordered the soup and when she made the comment "there's no bread" the waiter replied in a blunt manner "it doesn't come with it" rather than saying would you like to order additional bread. Very disappointed, especially because it was my graduation meal and we expected better from Cote.

We always go here before a performance at the Barbican. We enjoy the food and ambience of a Cote. This time is was quite busy, and it seemed slightly under-staffed, but we had an excellent pre-concert meal.