Côte - St Martin's Lane

We went for an early dinner midweek, and although the restaurant was quite empty when we arrived the staff made us feel very welcome. The food was delicious. Best smoked salmon I have had. Very good thin plat rapide steak with thin crispy chips and perfect green salad. Good wines by the glass and quick and efficient service. What we had thought of as a quick efficient meal turned into a huge treat!

I could not fault the warm welcome and attentive service. All the current Covid-19 regulations were adhered to with the minimum of fuss. The food was delicious and the complementary Rhubarb Martini aperitif much appreciated - will definitely order one of those again!

Food lovely as usual - even with a smaller menu. Great service but just so sad to see it so quiet - and London so deserted,,,,,

The decor was back to it's usual high standard the tables were sufficiently far apart for social distancing and the staff were their usual pleasant and helpful selves. The food was again, as usual, excellent and our meal was most enjoyable. The sadness was the emptiness brought about by the covid regulations. We are used to seeing the restaurant full and busy at 6.00 on Sunday evenings, when we normally visit. We very much hope you will be able to make the limited seating work and survive this dreadful situation and wish you every success. The musak did get a bit loud and intrusive at times.

Very good thank you.excellent service.would come back another time ta

Never had such wonderful service in my life. Brilliant staff and food was so tasty and priced cheap for london!

Cote are doing a great job to keep up the high standards that they set in the past. Thank you for a lovely lunch.

Brilliant service, attentive and friendly. Excellent food served attractively and well. Superb place!

Over the moon to be able to have lunch at St Martin’s Lane after six months waiting. We got the warmest welcome, observed thoughtful and careful safety procedures and are the most delicious food for a most affordable price. Easily the best restaurant with the best team. We’d never go anywhere else!

A very lovely night out we have there. it is a great restaurant with good service

Great food and lovely service. Really hope they open again soon

Pre-Theater set menu. You really can not get better anywhere else.

Cote is a consistent deliverer. We enjoyed our meal. Good service

A great time had by all with great food and attentive service !!

Very good food; attractive, buzzy ambience and really wonderful, warm and impressively professional service from Olivia, for whom nothing was too much trouble, including going out briefly to get mint sauce from a local shop. Recently a staff member at the London Bridge branch said, " ...everybody's been asking for mint sauce with lamb." So please save Olivia the trouble- not very French, I know, but a reasonable expectation if you serve lamb in England. Otherwise full marks- thank you!

We quite often meet at a Cote, but this was our first visit to this branch, and we were not disappointed. Our booking was for lunch pre-theatre and the restaurant was very busy (and noisy), but the service was excellent - efficient, calm and personal. As always, the menu choices were varied and interesting, and very good value. The three of us chose different options and very much enjoyed our meals. One of our trio is lactose- and dairy-intolerant, and care was taken to ensure her requirements were met. A chance remark of mine led to a final lovely surprise: the presentation of a complimentary dessert, complete with candle, accompanied by a rendition of Happy Birthday from a quartet of the delightful staff. All in all, a very pleasant experience!

I had booked a pre theatre table however we had to wait in a queue for 10 mins and only after I pushed were we seated in front of those who hadn’t booked. Our table was in the basement and was hot and cramped. Whilst service was quick and the food tasty, we had so little time following the delay to be seated that we had to rush and it was not a pleasant experience.

Good food; good value; excellent service worthy of the name

Excellent food and service. Just a shame they cram tables in so close together that it is always noisy.

The food is always good and excellent value for money. Unfortunately today I had a table at 6.15 for a pre-theatre meal and our main courses did not appear until after 7.15 (play started at 7.30). The staff were reasonably apologetic and gave us 50% discount but that did not make up for having to shovel the main course down in 5 minutes flat. Hopefully this is not a regular occurrence.

Lovely buzz, great staff. Food was good as it always is with Côte, however a little on the cool side. Maybe the distance travelled from kitchen to table!

What a fantastic time we had! 6 of us were celebrating my mum's 80th birthday on Easter Saturday and a busy restaurant did not prevent the manager and staff from spoiling her rotten and making her day. Highly commended - the personal touch in such an unlikely place. We were bowled over. Food also good, and reasonably priced. Thank you everybody

The meal was of excellent quality and of exceptional value. However the service was so good that I wanted to send a message to your Head Office

Staff new were going to theatre afterwards and attended to us very promptly and ensured we enjoyed our food and could leave in good time.

Lovely pre-theatre meal with complimentary Kir Royale for my birthday. I love Cote, the food is good and very reasonable. The service was excellent. Thank you.

Lovely food, warm and friendly staff, great range on the menu and particularly gluten free options. Would highly recommend.

Our food was excellent and St Martins lane is our fave Cote. Tonight our waiter Thiago was particularly great - faultless service and it made our evening to be so nicely looked after he is a credit to the Cote Team. Thank you

Excellent as always - good food, pleasant friendly staff, good service, nice atmosphere and reasonable prices - couldn’t ask for more.

Really nice. Good food, good service and a good pre-theatre menu. I had the salmon which was delicious, my friends both had risotto which they said was OK.

Excellent food and service all provided within the time frame we had available before heading off to the theatre. Great choice of food and wine.

Cote is always reliable and the food is good. The service is good although not always exceptional for the added charge. I elected to take up the offer of a free cocktail but due to misleading information from the first waitress we ended up not qualifying. So I will take future offers with a 'pinch of salt'.

Pre-Theatre menu very good value for London and nice food.

Excellent food and service but so noisy at lunchtime with loud background music making conversation very difficult. Came away with a headache!

Good service and lovely food at reasonable (for London) prices. But the noise level meant that it was difficult to have a good conversation. When booking we had asked for a quiet corner but this was ignored even though downstairs tables were available.

We visited lunchtime for pre theatre meal. It was very busy but service was quick and excellent. Food was very tasty and good value. Would definately visit again. Highly recommended.

Staff very welcoming and helpful. Delicious food and great value

Had a good pre-theatre meal here. The restaurant was very busy, and serving staff were racing around to deal with customers, but I can’t fault the attentiveness of our waiters, nor the quality of the food. Portions are on the small side, but healthy and very tasty. The set menu was very good value, and service was lightning fast.

Love Côte and always know that your getting good food. Slow service even though quiet and restaurant bit tired and scruffy . Food was ok. Staff were nice

Pros: delicious food as usual which we all enjoyed. Excellent, fast friendly service from our very busy waiter. Cons: very crowded and noisy Had to send back strange tasting glass of white wine ( but immediately replaced). A bit pricey (but understand that this is central London)

Excellent service, very convenient for pre/after theatre. A bit noisy.

Most enjoyable evening - we ate very early because of the ballet so only had two first courses each - crab mayo and prawns. Just right and not too heavy. Despite being packed for Mother's Day the service was fine and got to the theatre in good time. Pity no disabled loo although they did offer to take my guest next door to some hotel!

Bright and cheerful welcome and service which continued through the meal, even when the restaurant was full and staff very busy, with the pre theatre rush. Layout and tabling a good mix for different size groups. Wine and food were brought when appropriate without delay or undue haste. Food and preparation was all good quality, although the lardons had too much vinaigrette for my taste. Altogether a good experience .

Very nice evening, great food and very good service - recommended

Lovely food, good service and value for money. Look forward to coming back.

Had a meal at this restaurant yesterday after visiting theatre, it was a lovely experience. Staff really dedicated and helpful and everyone of them had a smile for my husband and me, made us feel very special. I had the chicken and my husband had the salmon, they were both delicious and cooked beautifully. The chicken especially was so moist and tasty. We would both highly recommend this restaurant, and you definitely need to book as it was very busy when we arrived and when we left. ( This did not impact on service timing, meals and drinks were bought in very good time to our table.). This was my birthday ( I had not mention this) and this meal after our theatre visit really made my day and birthday. Thank you to all staff of this restaurant.

Waitress was not friendly and welcoming. Table was ready on time.

Although very busy we were not rushed at all. Very good belly pork

Very enjoyable meal, excellent friendly service and good value for money.

A central location with good ,well trained staff serving a varied menu at great value

The meal was okay but I’ve had much better meals at Cote before so left a little disappointed. For what I chose it was overpriced, the fillet steak was small and not tasty at all. The chips were cold so we got them replaced and sides and sauce were additional. Some of the other meal options were more reasonable. We didn’t bother staying for dessert, thought we’d head to a nearby place for ice cream instead!