Côte - Covent Garden

What a gem of a place. Delicious food and great service. We popped in for a meal on our way to a comedy club ( on the Tuesday) and the food was so tasty and very well cooked, we decided to cancel another booking we had along the road on the Friday evening and go back there.

We had a lovely breakfast - there were five of us in the party. The waiter was friendly and attentive. The table (pre-booked) - was set up and we were offered water as soon as we sat down. The order was taken and the food arrived in timely fashion. It was hot and the ingredients were good quality. We were offered additional cups of coffee / tea as appropriate. All in all a lovely experience.

Excellent service and great quality for value. Overall I had a wonderful dinner and that is why I keep coming to this restaurant as one of my favorite spots in London.

Wonderful staff. Manager great, he managed my being stupid with time for table, stupid me, but all OK. Lovely food, great service, and no rush to finish. Espressos to finish, asked if any truffles,--no. Manager produced amazing chocolate pot, the 3 of us shared. I always have a super time at Tavistock Street. Love to everyone there, Graham.

Lunch with a friend. Easy booking. Friendly. Good service. Good food. Covent Garden is a very competitive area and this restaurant competes well with similar brasseries.

We enjoyed our visit to Cote in Tavistock Street. The staff were very welcoming and helpful and we had a very nice pre-theatre meal. We would definitely visit again.

Good food, good service, lively atmosphere. Booking recommended as so near the theatres and hence busy with pre and post theatre goers. One of our favourite Cotes.

A very enjoyable meal. Food was served quickly and was very tasty although the mushroom dish Could have been a little warmer. Staff very friendly. Would come again

Good experience for a pre theatre meal. Staff were nice and the food arrived promptly at first, but a little slower as the restaurant filled up.

Really nice and polite service seated in a good location and food was very nice

We did not stay to eat as the chaos was unacceptable. We had booked a table for 6.30 but this was not available. We had requested a spacious table hoping to enjoy room for a comfortable 3 course meal with aperitifs, bottles of water and wine. We were eventually shown to a tiny table,the gap between the tables was miniscule (being a larger lady I could not even get through the gap). The table was by the door which meant we had to keep our coats on, it was that cold. So many people were crowded in the entrance area and around our table, it was uncomfortable for us. We were given complimentary drinks and assured we would be transferred to a larger table. After 30 minutes this had not happened and we left, never to return to Cote.

Pre theatre meal, very good menu, fantastic buzz, good food and wine, extremely efficient and professional waitress. A very good experience and we will certainly return.

This restaurant was a very good choice as a place to eat after a theatre matinee performance. Excellent table, excellent service and very good food, representing great value for money, and there was a lively atmosphere.

We visited this restaurant for the first time three days ago, it was suggested by a family member who informed us that the chain constantly provided excellent food. As we were going to the theatre tonight, we decided to return. The ribeye steak I had on the first visit, was excellent, one of the best I’ve had in years. Today I had the fish stew, the ingredients were fresh and it tasted excellent. I must also mention the french onion soup, which was good, though slightly too sweet for me, although my wife thought it was perfect. I would recommend this restaurant without hesitation.

Excellent evening with food nicely served and presented. Good wine selection The only thing I would like to see is a wider choice if beers for a pre-dinner drink

Great venue for a pre-musical lunch for MaMa Mia. Lovely waitress the food was fine but overall a little expensive. There is a compulsory service charge, which bumps the price up but fine for our day out at the theatre.

Excellent food. Excellent value. We always enjoy this restaurant. Prix fixe meals are excellent.

Love this branch of Ccte. Great food /service and friendly staff. Prompt service too and very handy for the theatre. You will need to book as it gets very busy

The lunch set menu was very nice and reasonably priced but price is really bumped up when you order sides as the mains don’t come with veg. Dessert choice very limited in set menu. Always lovely food though.

Unhappy experience . Booked table for 3 online and downloaded Saga Wine offer code. But when presented this on arrival was told it could only be redeemed if the 3 people had a main course from the A la Carte menu. In the end we all had more than a main and the bill came to £61.76 for lunch but no wine. On a previous occasion 3 Kir Royales were served graciously without the third degree at the start. As the complimentary bottle of wine is offered for just 2 people dining I think the waiter should have been more considerate. Spoilt the occasion and will not wish to repeat it.

A lively and friendly atmosphere matched by extremely helpful & accommodating staff. Food, as always, is excellent value for money and consistently hits a high standard. Cote Brasserie is, in my opinion, the most consistent and reliable brand of restaurants around.

Unfortunately we were cold at each table offered and it was only the fourth time we were offered another table, that we were warm. Therefore we accepted that we were in a corner at the end of an alcove of tables, my husband facing a wall (we decided to call it the naughty table). This time we were finally warm enough. The food was delicious and the staff were excellent, but as this was a special treat, it was rather spoiled by the lack of comfortable warm tables.

Good food and friendly service. thank you - always a good place to eat. The only problem is the noise level. Hard to chat.

Although the food was good as usual and the service excellent, our experience was let down by the quality of the Ladies toilets, that are falling apart and in poor condition. This is the second visit in a month and they have not improved from the first visit. Toilets are equally improtant to the experience of someone visiting a restaurant

Good value and good quality food. Would certainly book again.

Excellent service throughout. Very attentive waitress who was polite and considerate.

Great food, wonderful service, lovely atmosphere and excellent value. What more can I say. We really enjoyed a pre theatre meal as always. vote is always our restaurant of choice. We took our friends for the first time and they loved it too. The best pre theatre dinner we know. Many thanks

Excellent pre theatre meal for 9 ...the staff were friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend the restaurant for its location staff and menu. As usual Côte did not fail to please

Throughly enjoyed the experience. Brilliant food, attentive service and excellent value for money. Well done Cote. Will definitely recommend.

Excellent, delicious food and friendly efficient service, air/con too chilly!

My wife and I had a lovely meal after seeing a show. We were also celebrating my wife’s birthday and had a complementary glass of Kia royale. The meal was excellent also the service ( our waiter was James ) who was very helpful and polite . Can’t praise a Cotes enough.

Service quite slow with an extremely rude waiter. After 20 mins and 2 tables which ordered later than us got their food we asked the waiter to check on our food. She told us we needed to wait 20 more minutes (restaurant was barely half full). Pointed out we'd been waiting 20 minutes already to which she said "no you haven't Hun" and when I pointed out other tables received their food earlier she said "well I don't know". Dinner completely ruined. Do not come to this branch.

Lovely Parisian feel to it. Food good but 2 of our part who had steak, said it was just ok. The entrance & waiting area need to be looked at, very poor. The ladies toilets for too small & it would be nice if you gave a little sweet with the bill. Just a nice little touch, to think about.

I am not sure I have ever given anybody a low 3 star review before. That tells you something! Nice venue for a meal and as our visit was pre-theatre, it was early dinner - 16:45 start. So, it begs the question - how on earth could they have only one beef bourguignon left (we had ordered two)? Not the end of the World and a another selection made. The main course arrived and it was pointed out by me, the carrot and french bean side dishes were not in evidence. Only after much coaxing was it admitted they had been totally forgotten and I was halfway through my meal before they arrived. A goodwill reduction of £8.70 was made to the bill, without prompting by me. The positives - quite an extensive menu to choose from, the staff were pleasant and attentive and service in terms of food presentation and delivery was very good. I would return - but please - must do better.

We both thought the food was delicious and authentically French, especially as the pre-Theatre menu was cheaper than other restaurants in the local area. The staff were charming and we had no trouble settling our bill in time for the ROH at 7.30.

Good experience. Very good food and friendly staff. Rather noisy - restaurant full - so talking sometimes difficult.

Brilliant as normal. The service absolutely fab!! Food delicious, it’s why we always head to a Côte whatever city we happen to be in, always reliable.

Lovely lunch and immaculate service by Patrick. Enjoyed every mouthful. Staff friendly and observant. Food was delicious just can’t fault it .Second visit but won’t be our last.

Wonderful serving staff - thank you so much for making our visit so good.

Food was ok but we felt a bit rushed and when we commented on the wine being cooler the waitress said that it seemed ok to her

As usual very good service and great value food. A regular lunch haunt .

Loved this Cote, it was super busy on Mothers Day so understandably the service was a a bit patchy. All our food arrived together and was delicious. Our son was well cared with an excellent menu for as a coeliac and we all had great meals. Set meal was a fab deal! Thanks Cote X

The food from the premier menu was excellent. Tasty and good size portions. Attentive but not intrusive service and a good ambiance. A very pleasant experience.

Been to this chain of restaurants many times so know what to expect.tavistock Road is one we have been to on several occasions being Mothering Sunday it wasn’t as busy as usual so was badly let down by the service .We waited almost an hour after our starters so asked what happened to our food .The majority of the staff we too busy gossipping to take much notice of us so took almost 15minutes to get attention bearing in mind we were the only ones in the first part of the restaurant .The manageress apologised and said it was due to staff change over shift that our food had been forgotten to order

Fast and friendly service with extremely tasty food. Very good location for the theatres. They automatically put water on all the tables. Would definitely recommend for pre theatre dining.

A pleasant meal in a very busy restaurant. Reasonably comfortable, but a little draughty, since it was the coldest day of the year so far.

Brilliant Service, food and value. My wife and I are regular 'high end' diners, but we love this place when we're in Covent Garden, from Scotland. Genuinely can't believe the quality of the food for the price. bottle of champagne is only about £35 too!

Always a wonderful experience eating here with friends and family. Consistently good and offers a wide variety of choices which satisfies both veggies and carnivores alike. Never disappoints.

The waitress that took our order was very efficient and friendly, however she went on a break, from then on the service was appalling, we booked a table for 1.30, however we did arrive 15 minutes earlier, the first course took nearly an hour to be served and then another long wait and being ignored before the main courses were served, I had sword fish, and it appeared to be over defrosted in a microwave before being griddled, and because of this it became the tiny piece of fish you could imagine, and the taste was not nice, two of my family had salad, and I don't think you could of got another piece of lettuce in it, the ingredients that should of been in there where very hard to find. However two of our party had sirloin steak, which they enjoyed. I would like to ask why you don't have a children's menu, even at lunchtime, is it because you don't want to encourage family's to eat at Cote, and as it took so long to provide chicken and fries for my young granddaughter, she began to get very hungry and overtired, and irritable. We had to ask several times for more water, before it arrived at the table. I could go on but I think you get the gist, of our visit, it was my other granddaughters 18th birthday, and it turned out to be very disappointing. We have eaten at many Cote restaurants, and this is the worst experience we have had.

A very popular restaurant with excellent food served well by cheerful and friendly staff who know what they are doing. The restaurant is well placed for theatre goers and the service is prompt despite being very busy. It's best to book a table in advance.