Côte - St Martin's Lane

As always, I can find no fault with the food at Cote - it is well prepared, not interfered with by the addition of unnecessary spice and sauces as usual in most restaurants. You can taste the ingredients, whether they are the strait-forward steak frites (my usual choice) or an apple crumble. The wines never disappoint. We visit Cote where ever we can find one - London, Bath, Cardiff, Shrewsbury.

Great value and nice food either pre theatre or lunch. Excellent 2/3 course menu. Have never been disappointed and staff very friendly. Must book as usually busy.

Friendly staff. Great lunch and atmosphere was very laid back. Good value. I would recommend / return. I'm a veggie and found a. I've meal here.

This is my "go to" restaurant whenever I am in London. Great service, fantastic food and excellent value. Also had breakfast the next day for the first time. Highly recommended.

The restaurant was very busy, but we were given a nice table and looked after well by our server. my favorite duck confit had sold out which was very disappointing, and the roast duck didn't quite the mark. But the complimentary kir royale made up for it.

Have been to Cote on a number of occasions and at various venues. Always very reliable, good food at reasonable prices. Staff are great, givingExcellent, friendly service

I really like the place and the food is really good but do think it is a little pricey and once is a while the service is not always on point. But generally it is normally very good

Excellent service and very hard working staff. The restaurant was really busy with pre-theatre diners but all staff were calm and efficient. Set menu was good value although had to pay for bread to go with the mussels starter.

Another excellent venue for Cote. We are gradually working our way through the group and so far have enjoyed each one for food atmosphere and value.

Good service good food, friendly staff good atmosphere a very enjoyable experience slightly busy at 6pm onwards but soon quiets down post the pre theatre meal deal has finished

Excellent meal, great restaurant and staff wonderful. My favourite restaurant. Visited London to see a show, good location, and atmosphere was great. Very impressed with everything.

We had a really good experience. One of our group was a celiac and they have a terrific gluten free menu. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable.

Staff were very helpful but food not wonderful (my partner's looked better than mine). Roquefort starter had probably been made a lot earlier and had wilted watercress on it. My crepes had little taste and the cheese topping was like a carpet not very appetising. My partner's salmon and ratatouille looked much better. House white was typically house wine, nothing special.

Good service, good food. Personally not a fan of restaurants that impose a “voluntary” service charge. The whole visit is the service. Restaurants should pay their staff a living wage to start with. Comment not restricted to Cotes

Great Space; great service; great food; excellent wine list. What’s not to like. Staff friendly and attentive- top tier. Really positive to have a quality restaurant in the outskirts of Covent Garden where mist are chains and very ordinary- definitely a ‘return to’ venue

Perfect French brasserie food with helpful, efficient service. Good value and a nice busy, bustling atmosphere. What more can you ask for? We will be back.

Everything most efficient with friendly greeting and service Our food was delicious and the elements of each dish arrived at the same time. Only slight downside was the piped music which was intrusive.

Good food and service as per usual. Had the set pre theatre menu which was great and good value for money. Will definitely be heading back.

We booked a table for 6pm. Our waitress (blonde hair and French) was just amazing. )We were sat on the LHS just after the stairs down to the toilets). The food was great, very busy in the restaurant - but the service was brilliant - no waiting for the food. All incredibly well organised. A lot of other restaurants could do well to copy Cote

Very efficient service as a pre theatre dinner venue. Very good value three course meal. We would go back again and recommend it to friends.

What went wrong? The food was as expected, with a good selection of dishes. However, the service tonight was not. The Kir Royales arrived after the first course was served. The soup was cold when I had asked for it hot. Whilst we were eating our first course, a waitress tried to serve us main courses; even though they were for another table. Not the normal experience that we are used to.

Excellent evening. The food was great, especially the Breton fish stew. The tarte fine aux pommes was also a highlight. Will be returning there soon.

Very good and pleasant service, fast and efficient. Excellent and reliable food. Good menu. Very convenient for theatres in St Martins Lane and vicinity. Recommended.

The restaurant had tables so close to each other that you feel that your neighbours can hear everything you say. Also the waiters seem to be very harassed, and it is not a relaxing experience.

Cote food is consistently well prepared and good value . This branch is always busy , especially pre theatre. It is sited In the heart of theatreland . If you book in for a pre theatre meal you will get amazing value and good food but do expect the place to be packed full . That does put a bit of pressure on the staff and service times but the staff are always friendly and charming and they Do get everyone out in time . It can just be difficult to catch them when it’s time to pay the bill- only because so many people are looking to do the same thing at the same time. One of the best chains in London for good food and value prices . Excellent large gluten free menu and great set menu offers . Hard to beat really -just know that this branch is going to be packed from 1730-1945 - but it’s easy to see why.

Excellent and charming service. Good food and wine. Lively, fun atmosphere. One guest had an issue which was dealt with immediately without question or fuss. Impressive.

Excellent as always, a busy Saturday lunchtime but we were not rushed and allowed to stay 2 hours, very relaxed. Lovely food and friendly waitress.

Very good. Set menu good choice. Having to put 25 words of review is putting me off leaving a review. That is all I have to say.

Excellent dinner at Cote. Service was exceptional, very attentive and didn't have to wait long for our meal. Food was very goodVery as was the wine.

The whole experience was an extremely enjoyable one. The staff were polite and efficient. The food was outstanding. We will definitely be attending the venue again in the future, and will be recommending to others.

Good service considering the amounts of people in the restaurant. Dessert Apple tart very disappointing, slightly stale pastry that had been warmed up and definitely not worth in price paid.

Warm, quiet, helpful staff, delicious food: what more could anyone want on a freezing cold wintry evening! This is a delightful branch of the excellent Côte Brasserie group of restaurants.

My husband was taken ill over lunch and an ambulance had to be called he had fainted due to very low b/p The staff were all very helpful and caring the food and service was excellent. My husband a I go there quite a lot with two friends in the evening .

Excellent food, wine and service as usual. My favourite place to eat of all the chain restaurants. Good value for money and a good choice from the lunchtime menu.

We enjoyed our meal and were impressed by the wide choice available on the fixed price menu, which was excellent value.. We had booked early, before going to the theatre, and the restaurant was really busy. It is clearly a very popular venue, with good reason. The tables are close together; a little more space between them would be good, particularly as the number of people in the restaurant and the close proximity of neighbouring diners made for a noisy atmosphere.

Excellent and speedy service and most enjoyable food. We always like our visits to Côte restaurants; all those which we have been to have been most acceptable in every way.

Good food good service, but who put chili in the Breton fish stew! So I had and enjoyed the Coq au vin. Ideal before Colosseum perforamance

Food was good, but service was a bit slow. It was ridiculously busy with pre-theater customers, the waiting staff were rushed off their feet and didn't have time to be attentive. Management should consider bringing on more staff for busy periods like this.

Staff very welcoming and attentive. Menu suits wide range of tastes. Cuisine, attractive, delicious and tremendous value. A highly recommended and centrally located London restaurant.

My brothers and I had s very nice lunch, on a really cold day. Service was good as was the food and drinks. We will return !

the staff were excellent, friendly, knowledgeable and efficient. The food was superb and the price was not over the top. we will definitely use this restaurant again and will recommend it too our friends.

All very nice, as usual, but food wasn’t quite as hot as usual which was a shame. Also the moules has run out! Great service and excellent value for money.

GREAT FOOD AND SERVICE....A VERY ENJOYABLE MEAL. WE HAD BOOKED, AND YOU NEED TO. THE SET MENU BEFORE 7PM IS EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

wicked time cant wait to go back there in the summer. thanks guys yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes hdh

Lovely evening. Good food and great service. Had set pre theatre menu which was really good value. Will return. Would be wise to book. Was very busy from about 5pm.

Very good service and excellent value for money especially the pre-dinner menu and quality of food I will definitely visit this chain of restaurants again

Service at the end of the meal a little slow. Otherwise up to the usual standard. Staff helpful food good. particularly enjoyed the mackerel rillettes.

Egg Benedict served cold with flabby wet ham. Coq au vin. unexciting as befits a meal cooked off site and heated up at St. martin's Lane

Food was kept under heaters for too long before being served and the fish and mussels became tough. Shame have had a good meal there before.

A reliable chain - good formula. Location is excellent. Service is good. Food is a good balance of value , quantity and taste. Consistency is welcome