Côte St Albans

Yes we enjoyed our lunch, staff very helpful and friendly, and despite we were ‘eating out to help out’ and the spacious restaurant was busy we didn’t have long too wait, good coffee too !

Great food and service at reasonable price. Lovely evening out

Service was superb, food delicious as always just not happy with service charge, left a cash tip for the waiter instead

Lovely meal. Great tasting food and excellent service. My favourite restaurant in St Albans.

Great overall experience, Amazing Food good Atmosphere good Drinks good Service very good

The Covid-19 protection messages seemed to work reasonably well. Service was somewhat slower than normal and there was a long wait for our initial drinks order. The food was good though I had to send back my lamb as it was almost raw having asked for medium. The returned chop was still very under done but didn’t complain as I didn’t want to delay the meal any more.

Service excellent but food wanting - Fougasse was stodgy, beef fillet not as tender as you would expect and Tarte Fine aux Pommes had clearly been heated up in microwave and showed no sign of being crisp - just very soggy. Very disappointing

An all round nice visit with good food & service. Only downside is , due to the style & size of building, it is very echoing .

A pleasant lunch. Husband was disappointed that all beer was bottled. Delicious starters ( crab and prawns au gratin) and the three fish potato topped pie - but my Goats cheese salad was lettuce, onion and dressing heavy. Pleasant servers - good spacing of tables - but no one pointed out the hand sanitising stations - indeed, we should have been asked to use them on entry - as in other restaurants we have visited recently. It was not made clear what happened to the menus when taken away - are they ‘one use’ or sanitised for re-use) our server was very vague about this.

Great service, well cooked food, pleasant atmosphere and a very reasonable price.

Bread was hard, not enough butter, very basic. Sausage was excellent. Steak was tough to cut through, let alone chew. I gave up after an enthusiastic attempt. Table far too small to accommodate drinks and food, charmless waiter wasn’t happy with using empty table next door to place bottles, subsequently resorted to using the floor as an overflow area. All a bit refugee for me.

We are repeat visitors for the following reasons , The food is consistently delicious . Our favourite , crab mayonnaise and steak frites but other meals are always tempting . The service is efficient ,prompt ,friendly and professional, and again consistently so . The atmosphere is relaxing and during Covid we have felt safe . St Albans is a particular favourite as we can enjoy the outdoor experience with the comfort of the outdoor heating . Think the management ensure this consistent lovely experience with charm, enthusiasm and professionalism .

excellent food staff superb nice table it was my 66th b'day and you made it !! Thank You x

Lovely food and relaxing atmosphere. Will defiantly come back 👌🏻

Lovely food & excellent & friendly staff. Will definitely be returning.

Generally excellent food and good service, some customers not really behaving correctly and as they drink too much don’t always observe social distancing rules but not much staff can do about this. We still have a very enjoyable evening and would go again

Great atmosphere, great service and great food. See you soon.

Lovely atmosphere, great food and service as always. Second time I’ve been back since opening and will continue to do so, the restaurant is clean and staff I’ve taken great care to ensure the safety of customers in these unprecedented times

Great service and lovely food, amazing gluten free options too!

Very nice overall. Food and service were great. There were a couple of niggles. We asked if there was somewhere to hang our pram’s wet rain cover to dry so it didn’t drip all over the floor causing a hazard and were told there wasn’t anywhere, which I don’t believe for a minute. Maybe it was a COVID-19 precaution. The other thing I would change is the type of salad bowls - it would be better if they were wider and shallower to make eating the salad easier. The ones used were too high and narrow in my opinion. Other than those points we had a lovely lunch.

Social distancing in place... good Quick service and amazing food...

The atmosphere and décor were pleasing with a varied menu and excellent caring staff. I would recommend it to friends and I wish you every success in these troubled times. I would love it if you opened a restaurant in Hertford.

Amazing food and service - only would say not have every table used as quite close to others

Very professional and courteous, excellent service and wonderful food, have booked to visit another restaurant in Cirencester on Tuesday as we where so impressed. will be using again even after Government discounts stop.

Really great to be back, veery calm well spaced and delicious food a real treat

Lovely food, great ambient atmosphere and attentive staff. Good social distancing measures in place

Wonderful family meal had in the garden of the St Albans brasserie. Service and good were excellent as always. We really enjoyed using Cote at home and will continue to do so but it was lovely to get back to the restaurant. Social distancing and hygiene were excellent and we felt safe at all times

Only criticism, table was a little small for x4. Perhaps the complimentary water could be poured for each guest then just one flask left on the table to allow a little more room. All dishes very much enjoyed. Very grateful the manager was able to bring our booking forward. All staff very obliging and friendly.

Beautiful presentation, great setting, fantastic professionalism. What else.... equisite food; likewise to the service provided. The personnel seemed all very professional. Hygiene kept to the highest standard. I mean it was simply fantastic.

Good food and attentive service. They had promised us a complimentary kir royal as they had to cancel our booking the week before and without having to ask, the waitress remembered. Small touches that make all the difference.

Staff were wonderful food was not. No spice taste in prawns. Burger was awful.

Pleasant friendly team of servers Well presented tasty food served swiftly in difficult circumstances (Covid restrictions etc) Pity there are no set menu 2/3 course deals as a la carte only can get expensive Crispy skin on the belly pork next time please....lovely dish otherwise Creamed spinach was superb thx !

Good service, good food, good selection, well worth 5 Stars. BGD

Quite a few dishes not on the menu this evening. Also a change of menu overdue!

Really liked the meal but I felt it was really cheeky to add a tip of almost 20 percent to the bill. The tip had been added before the government scheme reduction. Not impressed,

The food was good, the service was polite, friendly and attentive. We felt comfortable that the well being of both staff and guests was being taken seriously. We had a relatively late lunch, so the restaurant may have been busier earlier. What I can say is that our order was cooked promptly, and that the volume in the restaurant allowed a gentle conversation without having to strain to make yourself heard. That made for a relaxed and enjoyable meal - exactly what you would want regardless of Covid. Nice job well done.

We've been to Cote lots of times and never been disappointed. Apres lockdown was very efficient and felt very safe. Great food as usual and top service.

Excellent service .and very aware of covid19.hand sanitizing and staff with masks As usual food excellent

Fine wine, excellent food and very good service from Costa and the waitress

Fine wine, excellent food and very good service from Costa and the waitress

I am a regular at Cote (usually St Christopher‘a Place) but this was the first time my sister & husband had visited. We all enjoyed our food immensely.

Very pleasant staff. Felt very safe and clean. Not too busy.

Food amazing, its nice to see the place busy but still keeping social distancing for a Monday night. Great service. The only thing was it was very hot in there, i’m not sure if you couldn’t have aircon on due to covid though.

Went to Cote for the first time on my birthday at the end of July, loved it so much that we came back two weeks later with my mother in law. Both times the food was exceptional and I can't wait to come back.

Great experience as always. Lobster was delicious a real treat Thanks guys!

Returned from West London to St Albans within a week to re-live the experience, thank you very much! The staff was attentive and helpful, the food was divine! Will come again!

Always good choices for coeliacs. Good social distancing Staff wearing visors

Food was excellent! Service was ok, but nothing special. A bit slow for not a busy restaurant at that time. We will be back! Thank you

Lovely food and service! So nice to go to a restaurant after so many months. This felt like a real treat. The pork belly was delicious and great value

Very smart french restaurant with fabulous menu. We enjoyed our choices and my sea bream was cooked to perfection. The chocolate fondant was beautiful. Service was polite and friendly. A very enjoyable experience.

Our first visit since reopening and was as good as usual despite the necessary covid restrictions - lovely food and felt safe, tables well apart. |Staff all wearing face coverings and very attentive and welcoming.