Côte - St Martin's Lane

Enjoyed our meal , the waitress was very polite, happy & very helpful. The food came out quick which we was pleased because we had a show to go to . I would recommend you anytime .

As a regular customer for the last few yaers I can make my opinion for sure. And should like to say the restaurant & staff are working very hard making their efforts and skills to provide a very good service and nice food to the customers. And they succeeded in their efforts, some of the staff in particular... My waiter( don’t remember his name, originally from Albania..) made a very good service,working very quickly and payed attention to all small details I asked for. The atmosphere in the restaurant was nice & pleasant. Food and wine usually just great! I’m going to recommend Côte in St.Martine Lane to my neighbors... Many thanks for my pleasant visit and see you soon 🖐

St Martin's Lane Cote is always a pleasure to visit. The Far East Asian woman who manages it warmly greeted us, setting the tone for a fabulous a la carte experience. In total contrast to the shambles that is Cote in St Albans, where even booking for a medium party is too onerous a task for them. Recently we were promised that our request for the reservation mentioned could only be confirmed after a period of 48 hours! To compound this, Cote St Albans did not have the courtesy to contact us either way. Very unprofessional. We booked Bill's restaurant instead, where we had a good experience. Needless to say we will stick with the excellent St Martin's branch and it's marvellous staff.

Awsome staff, friendly atmosphere, and food was exquisite. 10/10. Brilliant

A very pleasant lunch with a good choice of dishes on both fixed price menus. I really enjoyed the french onion soup (again) and my guest her mackerel and beetroot salad. Main courses also good - my salmon and her risotto vert. No time (or space) for pudding.This restaurant is always pretty noisy - packed, low ceilings - compared to other Cotes I've tried.

Excellent service. Prestige menu provides outstanding value for money given the location. I had the Breton mussels followed by the artichoke risotto. My dining partner had the Feuilleté Provençal followed by the pork tenderloin.

I went for Sunday lunch with the girls and then went back on Friday night for dinner with my partner. Both times this restaurant delivered. good food and professional and friendly staff. Will return again.

The staff was super kind and made us feel welcome. Our dinner with my griend become a memorable evening, I will return to this restatuant very sooon.

Another great meal at Cote. The service was excellent, they never disappoint.

Good food, good location, good service at a reasonable price.

Lovely lunch, the quick service was great (and appreciated) over the business lunch time period and the tuna salad was really tasty. A good atmosphere, buzzy but not so loud we could not talk.

Very nice restaurant, with typical french dishes. Very friendly waiters.

My wife and I enjoyed excellent food and service. The new April menu was great. We will definitely choose Cote Brasserie next time we are in n town.

Good service. V professional friendly waiter. Great food.

Saturday evening in a buzzy restaurant. The food was delicious and exactly what I expect from a French brasserie. Charming and quick service. Crab bisque+duck pate/veal chop+ribeye chips, salad, veg/plum tart/Chinon wine = £103 (US$140).

Overall excellent experience as usual - good food, good wine, good service (despite the venue being very busy). Cote continues to be very reliable. Couple of points : The venue is quite noisy (lots of happy eaters talking loudly). Minor quibbles on the food (nit picking here) - the mussels in my moules marinieres (yummy) were very small / a bit dry, my main of monkfish was delicious but I would have increased the spinach and decreased the mushrooms. As I say, nit picking, and we'll be back soon.

Cote's high standard can always be relied upon. We received a warm welcome. The service was good and so was the food and the atmosphere was excellent. It was rather noisy but that was only because it was full of people enjoying their lunch.

Always friendly service,really welcoming to customers. Good value for money early evening menu. 2 large parties were being looked after,however I was still well looked after. I will certainly return soon.

The service was bery attentive, although we were in before it got really busy. Much better service than a previous occasion we went, when the service was dreadful. The food on the whole was good, although my cod was quite dry and not as moist as it should have been. But that aside, it was all fine. Good value. The tables are rather too close together but its always been that way. Anyway, it is very handy for theatres etc and we will go back i am sure. I visit Cotes in various locations and generally they are a high standard.

The food was excellent and overall, good value. But, the tables are too close and thus it soon gets so noisy it is difficult to even hear what your partner is saying.. The owners need to give this serious consideration.

We had a really nice breakfast today as usual, however I don't know if it's me but the portions seemed a bit smaller than they used to?

This was our second night on the trot but, again, standards were maintained and we were made to feel most welcome. This was a particularly 'pre show' busy time but I thought the staff really handled the situation well, no one felt pressurised to finish yet they kept things moving very well. I really believe that the supervisors' and their teams are the main strength of the company, well done. Oh, one minor moan, no sardines and it was only early Friday evening. I could have understood late on Sunday - perhaps next time.

Perfect steak..food portions just right. Will definitely go again...booked in advance ..table immediately...great staff..very polite.. House wine excellent.. Fixed price menu very reasonable. Efficient and friendly service. 😊 thank you

Very enjoyable. Pre-booked tasble in the window as normal. Turned up a few minutes late but no problem. Oh yes, nearly forgot, the food was great as usual.

Excellent service and great food, 3 menus to choose from, all looked delicious. We were a party of 5 and all said how much we enjoyed the meal. Only downside was the toilets were down some steep stairs and one of our party has severe walking difficulties and found these difficult as other people were pushing past - there was a seating area downstairs too.

Lovely and welcoming. Food was amazing, staff were even better, service here is always fantastic.

Great steak frites! A Very busy location so don’t forget to book. Always good service and value from cote and very convenient for the west end

Had a wonderful afternoon with friends which was a reunion and to celebrate our birthdays. The food was delicious and cocktails super. Love the Cremant. Everything was perfect. Thank you to all the staff.

Very disappointing! I chose Cote to take two guests from America as I have always had consistently good experiences. Unfortunately I felt very let down from the time we arrived having to stand in the doorway and wait for our table (we were offered a table in an empty basement/dungeon which we refused) service was very slow and erratic and the food was average with my guest having to send his steak back as it was over cooked! Not your best...

Everything perfect thank you all. Will be back next week.

Hi Food quality very good and the creme caramel was excellent! Only negative is that the main course was lukewarm. Very helpful waiter, who provided directions (using his mobile) on how to find the theatre.

Cote was its usual friendly self we are regular visitors at St Albans good choices on menu and good quality, look forward to next time. Thank you

Eat here often always excellent food and efficient friendly staff..was here with girlfriends, we typically spend 3 hours plus when we meet.. obviously chatting and catching up.. Cotes never rush us so once we have eaten our food we sit back with our delicious choice of coffees and relax Highly recommend Cotes I have eaten in many different ones around the country,never had a bad meal consistently good.. with no hidden extras 😊

Delicious food. Good value, good portion size and good service.

Really tasty meal and we like Cote as a good place for lunch and dinner. Overall service was good and friendly. Learning points - didn't ask if we wsnted vegetables. Toilets not very clean (gents and ladies) and no paper towells in Gents. Things constantly dropped in the staff area throughout the meal. After saying this, the quality of the food means we would go back (French onion soup was delicious as was the steak).

Great meal and excellent service. We had the lunch/pre-theatre menu and the range of choices for all 3 courses were excellent. The dishes were delicious and a good and substantial amount of food for each one. I have eaten regularly at Cote but it was my companions first time and he was very impressed at the quality.

Lovely dinner. Good variety of choice on the set menu and a wide range on the a la carte. Restaurant was busy with the pre-theatre crowd, service was prompt and friendly but never felt rushed. There was quite a lot of hubbub but overall not noisy, as one of our party uses a hearing aid, meant we were all able to follow the conversation. Booked here as had eaten at the Cote in Oxford and was very pleased that this branch didn’t disappoint.

Although very busy, our waitress was very friendly and polite. Food and service were good

Nice place. Good location. Good selection of food and wine. Reliably good

We pre-ordered our food, were shown to the table and then waited 15 mins and getting our own drinks menu before calling someone over to place a drinks order and told them we had been waiting with no service, a male waiter (who wasn’t involved in our service was looking over and shaking his head in dissaprovement at our comments about not being tended to!! Then a waiter came over and told my wife that her pre-order was from a previous menu (that we were sent from the reservation) and had to change both starter and main course! After this a table next to us received Salmon, which was my wife’s original main course pre-order.

Friendly , fast & efficient staff which is what is needed for a pre theatre dinner . Delicious hot food , good value for money - this branch of Cote is one of their best

Brilliant food at reasonable price. Steak cooked perfectly just as I requested. Service excellent. Only minus it was quite noisy but it was a Saturday evening.

Food was good and service excellent , very good value for money

Pleased to get requested window table - excellent service throughout so very satisfied

Great food and service in spite of a very busy restaurant...we were going to the theatre and the waiter ensured our meal was served quickly...would certainly go again

Beautiful food, great service. Reliably good French cuisine beautifully prepared in a welcoming atmosphere. We were happy to bring our guests here and have dined at other Côte Brasseries (also good). We had a brilliant dinner!

Very busy pre-theatre service but the staff coped well and we still had a great experience. Good food and excellent friendly service as usual. Thank you!

As usual food choice from the different menus was good and the quality of the food was excellent. Service was good and we were comfortable on time prior to our opera visit. Only downside was placement of our table for four- just inside the door and therefore we were disturbed by the arrival/departure of other diners.

Very efficient and good service, if a bit frenetic, and well cooked tasty food.

Service really good Food disappointing I’m a fan of cote but tonight my meal was very mediocre the chicken breast in breadcrumbs tAsteless and very dry