Côte Esher

We love dining at Esher Cote. Great food and wine, good service, as always.

I LOVE Cote. Everything is right about it and that’s why I chose to have a birthday meal there. However something interesting happened over desert. I rather fancied the cheese platter which I have had a few times before, so duly ordered it. However when it arrived this was the conversation that ensued with the lovely waitress; Us - nice selection of cheeses, aren’t there usually some crackers or biscuits to accompany it? Waitress - No, it’s just cheese Us - that’s a bit weird, loads of cheese on its own and nothing to eat it with? Waitress - That’s how the french have it Us - but seriously, nothing to eat cheese with? I’ve had this desert in other Cote’s and I’m sure it comes with some kind of cracker? Waitress - No, definitely just Cheese, I’ll check with the manager. Us - this is crazy, JUST cheese on its own and no accompaniment?? Waitress - yeah lots of people have said the same thing Us - and???? So you see, we are a little perplexed. Perhaps someone from head office could let me know if we were being crazy or if that is the norm nowaday?

We love cote, especially Esher One waitress in particular who has been there a while now is great and her level of service is fantastic (wish I knew her name!)

I am finding more and more when I visit the Cote venues that there is a consistency with quality of service and food and ambiance. Very kind and well trained staff and front of house management. Food reminds me of the way Michelin started restaurants were in France 25 years ago but without the fussy attitude. Well done and keep this standards up!

Excellent service, delicious food and wine. We asked for a quiet table and it was. Such a change from the ghastly noise levels e perienxed in all popular restaurants. I love Cote it never disappoints.

Good food and the waiter was very pleasant and chatty making it feel very comfortable evening for us all. Thanks again Cotes Esher for a lovely birthday meal.

The staff are great, very attentive. I think the food is okay. It does lack a little depth. For example, I had the fish stew and was pleasant but not something you couldn't make at home - my scale of what you would expect. Lamb was okay but not seared. All the things that take time to do and give the extra flavour. It is a great family restaurant and caters for everyone really.

We had a very enjoyable meal at Cote. We really appreciated the complimentary Bellini’s in celebration of our anniversary. The food was really lovely - we especially enjoyed our main courses - and well priced. The service was fantastic and we did not feel rushed at all. The staff were very conscientious and polite. Overall we had a really great time! Thank you.

Great waiter named Aidan Very attentive. Best waiter so far over the years!! Pls cook green beans al dente. Only criticism an extra bottle of wine added to the bill but this was quickly rectified

Very good food and service ... Will definitely come back again :).. Will definitely recommend to family, friends and colleagues. Keep up the hard work :).

A very meal discreetly served and cooked beautifully. My friends enjoyed their steak and lamb. Lovely vegetables.

Great food and great service. Delicious food cooked beautifully.

Good quality but small portions. Attentive service and a good menu but left still feeling hungry. Atmosphere was good and it was quiet and a good choice of tables available when I dined with my partner. Shame to go somewhere to eat and leave feeling unsatisfied

The tastiest scallops, delicious duck and a fantastic raspberry creme brulee together with a beautiful and yummy complimentary rhubarb martini all served by friendly and professional staff - what better way to celebrate our anniversary.

Normally a good venue for meeting friends - but this time a wrongly placed order meant that two of the group were served, while the third was served a hot side order but not his main dish. That did not arrive for almost 20 minutes As for the food, a steak was over cooked, as was a sea bream. The third was proclaimed “OK, I suppose”. Although the waitress was very apologetic, this visit was nowhere as good as usual. A great disappointment. *to cover the misorder/delay, no charge was made for a glass of wine and three coffees.

The Manager and our server Lindsay were brilliant. Very attentive and couldn't fault a thing apart from my pork belly which i nearly always have was a bit too salty. My son who is now 12 loved his Birthday experience at Cote Esher.

The food was very acceptable - the service excellent. The branch loses a mark, though, because it was over noisy. But I don’t know what can be done about that apart from gagging diners!

Excellent! Great service, good value for money. Well definitely go again. Had the minute steak and chips with garlic butter I recommend it for a quick meal.

Really good service team here, it makes all the difference too, attentive & informative they complete the experience, the food as ever was really good, the Crab Bisque special was wonderful..

As regular visitors to Cote - Enjoyed our evening, good environment, good service, food could have been slightly better - one of the Fillet Steaks was under cooked, others were very dry. Also food could have been served a little warmer. Great wine

Firstly I have loved Cote asI have always considered it good value for money and great food. Wasn’t the best experience last night. It was my birthday and am on crutches so messaged the restaurant a week prior requesting a table in the window and also rang the day before to confirm. We got there and this didn’t happen. We had our menus and eventually had to ask for my two birthday offer Kir Royals..These Normally these arrive as your booking site alerts the bar I believe. We complained to the manager about the table and he apologised and offered us a free bottle of wine,which was Vernice of him.I ordered Breton Fishstew which arrived with hardly any sauce so I sent it back. My husband ordered a spinach side and it arrived in a tiny dish and contained two spoonfuls. This cost £3.95 and frankly was an insult. I know times are hard but I could have bought two bags of spinach for this amount of money. Crazy to reduce the size of your side dishes. Further to this when are you going to change your menu. I hadn’t been for a while due to health issues and apart from a special it was the same as last year. Come on Cote you can do better. If Cafe Rouge can change their menu so can you. Heather Howell

Cote is a very reliable restaurant. Had a lovely meal with friends, the food and service were good as always.

Food great, but service a bit slow tonight, but we'll be back, possibly because Easter Saturday is a quiet night and not a lot of diners expected.

Thank you for a wonderful evening. You made me feel very special for my birthday celebrations. Much appreciated the Complemetary bottle of fizz and we will be back very soon.

Very welcoming staff and pleasant all around. Food was delicious and delivered in an appropriate manner. Staff were very attentive with good knowledge of what they were serving.

Great food, great service! Beautiful set up will defo come back

Thought about going for ages as we'd heard the 'Veggie b'fast was good'... Avocado's were rock hard (x 4 covers) and my daughter's came without a mushroom. Staff pleasant enough; took money off bill as my coffee did not arrive after a 20 minute wait. In this day and age, MUST do better!! Willing to go back and see if they were having an 'off day'...

We use Cote quite a lot and it’s normally nice but this time it was most disappointing, the duck was dry and tough, it had obviously been pre cooked and warmed through, and although it was replaced with moules it was annoying as our guest who had steak had finished his meal before we received our replacement. The bill was adjusted but we were not atall impressed as it spoiled the evening.

As on previous occasions, a very nice meal with good service. The Cote Brasserie chain is always reliable, wherever they are and we have been to many.

Very good food and excellent, friendly service. I have always liked your restaurant and look forward to my next visit there.

Our waiter was fantastic. We are regulars to the chain and live the food service, however there was clearly something different in food quality with this experience. Particularly the celeriac mash I was meant to have with the set steak was in fact potato mash. That’s ideal for me, except that it was extroadinarily bad, cold, lumpy, pre-cooked, heated up mash! Really goes against your usual quality and reputation. The couple next to us had the same thing. On a personal taste point, we went to cote because we love what you normally do, we didn’t like the set menu which we found restricting. Petals on the napkin was a nice touch though.

Food was lovely, tasty and quick service too but cooked to perfection. Very impressed by the waitress who was great, didn't feel pressured but she was there when required and was friendly

Great experience. Food was lovely as always. Staff extremely attentive. My husband was looking after our baby girl while I was eating my lunch on Father’s Day. The waiter has noticed his dish got cold and offered to rehear it. The chef then actually prepared the dish again. We also got our dessert free of charge because we had to wait for them a bit. We’ll be back again.

Overall the meal was good but restaurant busy and service a little slow. Quite surprisingly advised , after taking the order, that garlic bread was not available. Had to suffice with plain bread .

Excellent friendly and efficient service. My Breton chicken a little dry but guess that is why you offer sauces with it! Also a little noisy but a race day so to be expected. Ambience otherwise good.

We had a wonderful meal celebrating a 30th Birthday and Mother’s Day. Food was delicious, Service great. A memorable evening. Thank you to Cote team.

We love the Cote menu compared to the other chain restaurants. Nice wines even at the lower price level. Fast and very friendly service. All made for a lovely night.

There were four of us celebrating a family birthday . Delicious food , good service and a pleasant atmosphere . We thoroughly enjoyed our evening .

Excellent food . Friendly helpful staff. Very good choice on menu .

Brilliant family brunch with excellent and attentive service as usual! We always feel looked after and the waitress and waiters look after our every need. Highly recommended.

As usual, food and service good except for burnt pissaladier, which the manager took care of. We enjoy Cote for it's consistency and menus, always easy to find something to enjoy. The complimentary cocktail was special too.

Very nice as always :) :) :) :) :) :)

Excellent food and service. Good ambience, helpful waiters and excellent food. Great care for coeliac dietary requirements we felt quite confident all was well prepared. Thank you.

Great food atmosphere and service as always in this cote , party of 8 all enjoyed food and drinks service great & spacious table. Recommended

This was a very satisfying experience with the Valantine’s Day menu that had been rolled over being a welcome surprise. The staff were charming and we went home happy.

Delicious rhubarb martini to start. As always great food and wonderful staff. We have never had a bad experience here.

We really enjoyed our time there. Our servers were all very friendly and the food was delicious. We will definitely be back. Thanks again, J

Excellent service thankyou. Good was lovely. The waiting staff were very attentive all in all can't fault Esher.

One of the worst dining experiences I had in a long time. This Cote restaurant used to be very good and our go to brunch choice. Having sat there for the best part of 20 minutes without anyone taking our order (it was half full), you agreed to take my wife's choice from the brunch menu. The waiter returned 10 minutes later to say if I wanted brunch, I couldn't have poached eggs with my egg royale but it would need to be scrambled or fried. I questioned this as you've either got eggs or not! They then said the kitchen wasn't pleased about the doing a brunch order after 1 and we had to point out if we'd been served in a timely manner it wouldn't have been a problem. We then waited an hour for our food. Everyone else was coming and going having been served and eaten. After chasing twice, our food finally arrived. My duck main was cold, some of it overcooked and my wife's eggs were like hard boiled eggs with the salmon slices hard at the side as they'd obviously been out of the fridge for a while. An absolute disgrace. Pull your socks up.

Friendly and excellent staff as usual - and wonderfully delicious food as always