Côte - St Martin's Lane

As a group of ladies in our late seventies we find the service excellent, good quality food and value for money.

We have visited for a late lunch on Sunday. The front of house was in a bit of a chaos, but we got seated. This was the longest time we had to wait for service at Cote even so the hype of the lunch service was winding down and the restaurant wasn’t busy at all. After 10 minutes the waiter came to take our order. 3 of the 5 dishes I have asked wasn’t available, the reason was given because is Sunday and no delivery will be today. I have asked for Calamari, Fougasse bread, and a vegetarian dish of lentils... none of them was available. This made me wonder why the restaurant manager order more of these popular dishes and what would they be serving for the dinner service? I assume there was a certain amount of portion allocated for the evening service so here comes my question.... if your guest asks for three dishes and you have to tell them all of them is not available why don’t you have the initiative and ask the kitchen if you can make an exception?

Shared a wonderful Sunday brunch with friends today. Cote St Martins Lane is the perfect spot to meet. The warmest welcome, the brightest service and the full English and the veggie breakfasts were generous and super-tasty! We wouldn’t take our guests anywhere else.

The usual friendly and considerate service I have come to expect from your staff.

Excellent Service, good and large menu selection, great food (especially the lamb)! Definetly coming back!

Lovely meal, ambiance was just right, seated very quickly, couldn't fault it.

Quite a noisy restaurant , but atmosphere good bk bk bl

This certain branch of Cote has extremely friendly staff, very tasty food and excellent service. I would recommend here to everyone. I’ve been here twice with a year apart in between and it was excellent both times from a friendly welcome at the door to ensuring we had a pleasant evening. I was hesitant at first to go back to Cote as had a terrible experience at the one in Kensington with rude staff, terrible table and no offer of the theatre set menu which was advertised. Kensington would do well to learn from St Martins!

We had a wonderful meal with relations. The food & service was absolutely excellent. We will certainly be going back!

The food wasn’t as well made as usual and the whole staff seem to have changed, no girls at all.

We really enjoyed our dinner with friends. We arrived slightly earlier our booking. It was rainy outside. The staff was very helpful to arrange table for us.

Absolutely loved it. Our Waiter was superb and it was my daughters 20th Birthday, we were given a complimentary glass of Fizz. Food excellent. What more can I say! just a huge thank you.

Usual very good service and food delivered by friendly and attentive staff but whilst we weren’t rushed, the atmosphere felt more frenetic than usual. Maybe it was the pre-theatre crowd. Still excellent value for money.

Igor, the manager, made our evening. He saw to a couple of problems we had immediately in a way that made us feel really important- nothing was too much trouble for him. The restaurant was incredibly busy but that didn’t stop him providing a perfect service.

We regularly eat at Cote in our home town, but this is the second time we have been to this Cote in St Martin's Lane. It was convenient for a lunch ahead of a theatre matinee locally. Food and service was excellent. Pleased we had booked for 12pm,as the restaurant soon filled up. Will come again on our next trip to London.

We are great fans of Cote and eat here often. This visit was OK but not as good as previous occasions. First the white wine arrived and was barely cool; it was that bad, we asked for ice cubes for it - especially at £11:50 a glass! Then one of the three starters failed to arrive. I encouraged the others to start especially as one of them was hot. When mine arrived, it was minus one of the two pieces of brioche that come with it. That arrived a few minutes later. The rest of the meal was fine. So good overall but sub-par for Cote.

All good apart from the noise from the coffee-serving and washing up area

Visited 15th August with 4 friends and we had the prestige set lunch - fabulous!

Managers in duty we’re both welcome so was waiting staff . Managers looked after us and they were professional. I suggest everyone to give it a try .

Where was the chilli in my linguine aux moules? Otherwise great.

Fast quality service which is just what we needed for a pre theatre meal. The restaurant was packed but didn't impact on the service

Excellent staff, welcoming and efficient. Good food and service as always

Friendly staff. Good food. A bit noisy, but that was because it was full. It would have been good to have had a quieter table - I noticed that there was a unused room downstairs that was lovely and quiet. I don't know why that wasn't used!

The staff & waiter we had were very friendly & we had a warm welcome. The meal was served quickly & we all enjoyed our lunch. Thank you

Really busy when we arrived post matinee performance - we hit the pre theatre rush. So crowded, noisy, almost chaotic, couldn't hold a conversation easily. The waiters/waitresses worked very hard to keep up. Food was very average, steaks were overcooked. Overall not the best experience and no cheaper than other, better French bistros in the same area. To cap it all I had an upset stomach later (enough said) my wife was OK though. We won't be back.

My partner and I were going to the theatre, so we needed the service to be speedy. It was that and more. Both of our servers were impeccably polite and helpful, ensuring we were served without delay. The manager was funny and kind to us.

We had a lovely meal and our waiter was delightful.

Service was very good, very polite staff and served quickly. Food was very nice and good price. The steak was cooked just how I like it.

Excellent food, ambience and service. Delightful staff and a most enjoyable experience.

Great menu choice, tasty food and lovely service. Perfect for pre theatre visit

I know it was busy, but it was super super noisy. Couldn’t converse across the table. Creme caramel was outstanding, as always.

Great staff. Friendly and smiley. Disappointed that no English breakfast available despite it was well before 1pm when I asked. Nevertheless good food at affordable price.

Made a booking for 8am. Turned up and was told there was no chef. Received a phone call at 9am saying I hadn't turned up for my booking and would I be coming in now? Explained I had turned up, on time, and there was no chef. Was told yes there was, there was a problem with the gas, and would I like to come back now? No, I'm at work now. They then said they would send me a voucher for the inconvenience - never received the voucher ...

Great place to meet friends. Good food and atmosphere. Highly recommend it.

Kind pleasant courteous service. Excellent food. Delightful. Am returning tomorrow!

Slow start but overall satisfied with the experience and visit Food of good quality Atmosphere a little hectic Service was chaotic on arrival but soon got better when our server Joanna took over who was exceptional and looked after us very well Two different set menus tried and two a la carte. All food was of good standard Waiting time on arrival was overlong. We arrived on time. We were told by the manager to wait five minutes for a booth to be cleared and then were left waiting for over ten minutes until Joanna took over. She was lovely. Good value food overall. Noise level was really bad. We had to shout to hear one another at times. We've been here a few times and this was the least organised it's ever been. However, we will likely return. We like the other London Cote restaurants too.

Always have a good dining experience here, and the staff are friendly

Unfortunately it wasn't a great experience. We ordered fillet steaks, one looked like it had been left out for a long time and was very dry, the other was undercooked. We asked for one to be replaced and the other to be cooked some more - waited around 20 minutes for this, the one that was cooked more was the same steak, it still wasn't cooked well and had dried out. We changed the other steak to a crepe but by the time it came we had lost our appetite.

Lovely lunch in the heart of West End Theatre Land.

Overall the meal was very expensive for what we had. NO DISABLED TOILETS which I had assumed all restaurants have to supply.

We had a lovely lunch! Staff were very friendly and helpful. Food was delicious!

efficient thoughtful service, good choice of menus, ideal position for the theatres

Nice window table & friendly staff. Varied menu at a competitive price.

One of the best Cote restaurants, , keeping up its reputation for good food, service and cleanliness

Lovely staff. We liked the food. Nice and spacious restaurant

Busy place especially as we went for a pre theatre meal. Staff were attentive and polite. The meal was excellent, and for London, very good value for money. We had a 3 course meal and a bottle of wine working out at £62.00p for the 2 of us. Would definitely recommend this restaurant and would return.

Lovely atmosphere but very noisy that’s my only criticism ok

As usual, the food is good and the service is fair but the experience is spoilt because the restaurant is very noisy.

Enjoyed a lovely lunch here with my friend. The tuna nicoise was excellent and the creme caramel to die for ! A pity the restaurant is so terribly noisy, as that can be quite tiring. There were also not enough waiting staff on duty while we were there from 2pm. But they did their very best. The no 8 Sauvignon blanc is a good wine

Service was. Little slow to start with, quite a wait before drink order taken. Secondly reluctance to clear table between courses had to request it as the server seem quite happy to attempt to pike the dishes on top of one another. Lastly was not offered condiments when main course was delivered. Noticed next table was. Food however was good as was the wine.