Côte Newcastle

Amazing food and the staff made me feel really welcome

Great food we all really enjoyed brunch- lovely staff too - really helpful.

We were so glad to be able to return to Cote Newcastle for breakfast. The staff were faultless and our food was lovely.

It's good to be back at Cote. I was one of those who added my name to the email list to be told when Newcastle was reopening. When I received that email, I booked a table for last night. Subsequently I received another email offering a free cocktail if I booked now. But I had already booked, being a loyal customer. On arrival, we said that we would like one of the cocktails, I had a G&T instead. We told the waiter that we had booked before the email offering the complimentary cocktail, and he said that was no problem, we could have one. At the end of the meal when the bill arrived we were told we would have to pay for the complimentary cocktail as we had not booked our table via the link on the email. No, being loyal customers and wishing to support the reopening, we had already booked. Our support was rewarded by having to pay for the cocktail that other, less loyal, customers received free of charge! Next, we asked for the sourdough bread to eat while we drank our drinks and read the menu. The waiter wanted to know if we were ready to order, we were not. He was back quite quickly so we did order, food and wine. The wine came immediately, but we were hardly started on the pre-dinner drinks and bread. The bread was served without side plates, and the butter was frozen and rock hard, not a good start. Then very quickly our starters arrive while we were still enjoying the bread and drinks. A bit rushed. But, moaning aside, the starters were very nice, we enjoyed them. The main course arrived very soon after, a bit too quickly again, but again, they were very good. I had the Beef Bourguignon, a Cote favourite for me, and it was very nice. The waiter then returned to ask if we had finished our mains, when were were still eating! Soon after we actually finished he came back, removed the plates and brought the dessert menu. He was back quite quickly, again, to ask what we would like. We said we would like five or ten minutes to actually digest the main course before we ordered desserts, suspecting they might arrive quite quickly! I think he was back in about four minutes, so we ordered and not surprisingly, the desserts arrived very quickly. But they were very nice. Sadly, Covid to blame of course, the restaurant was not very busy, especially sad as it was a Saturday night. This allowed the waiter to be over attentive and the kitchen staff to cook for us without delay. That all having been said, Cote is a great restaurant, the food was very nice and we were pleased to be back. But we quite like to have an evening out, and not just an hour and fifteen minutes. A little tip here: Be less attentive so I am in the restaurant longer and I am bound to need a second bottle of wine! We didn't need it last night. The staff though were nice, friendly and certainly attentive. They were fully PPD equipped and social distancing was in full effect. So great to back at Cote, but please can we have side plates and a more relaxed service next time. Thanks again, and see you soon.

Great service, lovely food, as always, and felt COVID safe! Thanks to all the staff members

Always a lovely brunching experience. I highly rate the vegetarian breakfast as it's bursting with fresh food and colour. I haven't found anywhere else that does such a good vegetarian breakfast. Fabulous coffee too.

food and service as good as before closure.Harry looked after us like our favourite uncle.

Wonderful to be back. Better than ever! Thank you all.

Amazing as always. Service phenomenal, very well looked after and the food was amazing. It was great to be back after all of these months.

Brilliant food and rhubarb cocktails to die for. So glad you have reopened your one of our favourite restaurants. Thank you to all the excellent friendly staff see you soon.

Great you're open again, even with the social distancing a lovely ambiance and the food and service as good as ever, many thanks, see you all soon.

The staff are so obliging and as always, fab cuisine and drinks. Brilliant organisation on virus protection, well done to all. Just need to return to previous weekday hours for brunch.

So good to see you back in business. I missed you. The food is always good, and good value too, and your staff here in Newcastle are just great!

Côte Newcastle has long been my 'go-to' restaurant and I am delighted that it has re-opened. I have eaten there three times this week, twice with guests - so that probably conveys the extent of my appreciation of what the brasserie offers. It is always a great experience as the food and wines are a joy, the friendly but unobtrusive service adds to the pleasure, and the comfortable, relaxed brasserie setting contribute to the atmosphere - it's rather like a quick trip back to France right in the heart of Newcastle. All success to the company for making it so easy to boost the spirit after more than six months of covid restrictions. A huge thank you!

Great to have you back. Lovely calamari for starter followed by the always reliable pork. Wife had Prawn Gratinee and Beef Bourguignon, couldn't finish it, so filling. Great food, relaxed atmosphere and the best staff in the world. Oh, and those Rhubarb cocktails!

Felt safe and comfortable. Great food, andservice. Will be back soon.

Excellent food and service at the Cote. Thank you.

Fabulous as always and great to be back. Looking forward to our next visit. Thank you.

Excellent. First class service, as always, albeit strange for everyone. It was great to be back and enjoy the ambience. Thank you.

Excellent service and meal. Very pleased you are open again.

Lovely meal and excellent service, so good to be back!

Lovely to have lunch here again after an absence of 7 months due to Covid

Lovely food, great service. So worth the long wait for the restaurant to reopen 😁

I love this restaurant. Can’t fault the staff. So pleasant and helpful. The foods gorgeous. Been going to this branch for a while now and was so happy it’s reopened. I’ve booked to return next week with another of my good friends. Already decided what I’m having. Can’t wait ..... I’d like to have given more stars for the service (actually everything)...

I love Cote! Been waiting since lockdown for it to open. Glad they introduced the cook at home range!

Wonderful to be back. The food was as delicious as ever, the staff were friendly and efficient and the environment felt covid-safe without intruding on the experience.

Glad we can eat here again. Great food. Excellent staff. We’ll be back again soon.

Had a lovely lunch at Cote today. It was lovely to see all the staff and nice to feel you were being looked after regarding COVID regulations. The food was delicious as usual however, it did say on internet breakfast menu was on (Brunch) unfortunately, this was not the case. It was just I had built myself up to have one of their breakfast. Best in the area. What we had was very nice so it isn’t really a complaint - just wish it was back👍

Beautiful food, a good selection of drink and first rate, and friendly, service.

Great to see your friendly staff again. The food and service were excellent as usual.

One of my favourite places to dine. I can rarely fault any aspect of Côté and standards are consistently high. It's probably the only place where I don't mind paying the 12.5% gratuity. Beautiful food, served by lovely people in pleasant surroundings... with reasonable prices and plenty of choice on the menu. What more could you ask for?!

Everything was lovely today. We had wonderful food. My husband had the whole sea bream and I had the sirloin. Both were done to perfection. The steak was exactly as I requested medium rare. Service was superb and they still do a superb red wine. Cannot fault anything. Made our day perfect thank you Cote.

Enjoyed pre show supper.Excellent value set menu.Both enjoyed our starters & elected to pay extra for steaks but sadly mine was fatty.My companions was perfect though. Staff are attentive & personable.Will return.

Having lost my sense of taste over a month ago it was nice to partially regain it during lunch today. Thank you to the kitchen for the best creme brûlée’s in the northeast.

Great food, service and lovely staff. Have never been disappointed. Highly recommend. Miriam

Main was really good (we had pork belly, Tuna salad and one of the chicken dishes) and nice relaxing atmosphere. A little disappointed with 2 of the starters (Prawn and flatebread but really liked the calamari). Good selection of different dishes, good for vegetarians. Only problem - asked one of the dishes to exclude creme but they were unable to accommodate, which question the sauces are pre-made.

We love Cote Guildford and were looking forward to visiting Cote Newcastle.The consistency of the dishes served are one of the selling points of Cote, however on this occasion we were disappointed that the asparagus in both our main courses was under cooked and the risotto was undercooked also. The general ambiance wasn't anywhere near as good as that of the Guildford branch. I understand there was a rugby tournament on and the town was very busy and all restaurants had been full to capacity all afternoon, so will give Cote the benefit of the doubt as we arrived at 5pm and it felt like the lull after the storm. Hopefully our experience was just a one off as we're huge fans and we will return but will keep fingers crossed for a better experience.

We ate from the Prestige set menu on a busy Saturday evening. Food and wine lovely and excellent service as always. Good value and friendly staff.

I booked the table for four for my birthday after receiving an email offering free aperitifs. We were not offered the drinks - I had to ask for them twice - we had a trainee waiter and then an experienced one and then the trainee again - by the time we received the two free drinks it was after the main course and not really appropriate by then. We were overcharged for our food due to confusion over what was ordered on the set menu and the a la carte. The small portion of bread and olives had an extortionate charge. We did not feel the 12.5% service charge which was automatically included in the bill was justified.

I eat at Cote a lot and staff are wonderful and food is always gorgeous with a great choice.

Visited Cote on the 15th June with my mam and sister, food was average. But our waiter was very arrogant and had a bit of an attitude and not helpful at all. Don't think I will be going back.

Warm welcome , excellent food and customer service and value for money at Cote Brassiere. Restaurant is well organised and kept very clean by staff. Would like to have some French Music played such as Piaf and Zaz.

Really lovely warm welcoming restaurant- staff very friendly and attentive. Plenty of choice and different pricing menus for those eating early evening. The food was delicious and well presented with enough time between courses not to feel rushed. We had 3 courses each and no complaints about anything we were served. Would definitely return again as so much more to try. Well worth the money.

Brilliant, service was excellent, the food delicious, the Creme Caramel was fab. It was my first visit, but i will definitely return, and highly recommend to my friends and family. Thanks I had a lovely evening. 😊

Informal but attentive, great food with excellent service, attention to little details makes it a bit special

Lovely food, lovely atmosphere, pleasant staff, overall a fantastic experience

Good choice of food and drink. Excellent service from all the staff. Only problem is the noise levels when tables of more than two as the acoustics are poor

The staff/food made my Birthday lunch a very special day.

Just all round excellent!! Always a fabulous dining experience. Thank you

Excellent food, service and ambience. Usual top quality from Cote.