Côte Brighton restaurant

I normally give Côte 5 stars, but this visit was most definitely not their finest hour. The principle complaint would be the slowness of everything. I'll just mention the pork terrine from the new menu - to my mind rather too salty - also, I personally think it would have benefited from being presented at room temperature from a flavour point of view, as opposed to being so cold it could almost have come out of the freezer, and thus being rather flavourless. Anyway, back to time. I arrived at 6pm (hardly peak evening) but did not leave until after 8pm. Now it is true I had 3 courses, but let's consider that. My starter was the pork terrine, either ready platted up and in the refrigerator, and sliced and put on a plate (with 2 pieces of toast, which is hardly a chore!). Next I had the minute steak (quick to cook) but rather than have the frites I opted for gratin potatoes instead. These are served in a dish and any restaurant would cook these in advance, and just warm the in the oven for a brief period of time. After that I was left waiting about 10 minutes for the waitress to clear those plates away. I asked for the dessert menu, but this did not turn up for about another 10 mins. I ordered the tart au citron. This was a pre-prepared tart (as would be expected) with a spoonful of creme fraiche and a raspberry. It took about 20 further minutes to arrive. My objection is not that such items are pre-prepared, but with so much of my meal not requiring 'from scratch' cooking, how can I possibly have been there from 6pm until after 8pm?! What also concerned me is that latterly people began to arrive and fill up the restaurant. With the current COVID situation, I try to eat earlier in order to avoid such scenarios. The waitress apologised for the delay when bringing the dessert, but, it seems, that was it as far as Côte were concerned. I love Côte but all this, along with the pork terrine, left a bad taste in the mouth ...

I always like Côte - lovely decor and a relaxing environment.

Lovely meal as always - when I booked I let them know I was in a wheelchair, and I did not have to ring up when outside unlike some establishments: at Côte the ramp was all in place for me when I arrived. Delicious food was well complimented by the staff - incredibly helpful and nothing too much trouble, even if it is slightly altering something on the set menu! Highly recommended.

I always delight at visiting this restaurant - not the cheapest in town but all delicious!

Always such a lovely place to go. Never had a bad experience since our Daughter in law introduced us to this gem a couple of years ago. Will always return

We had our anniversary at Cote in Brighton and as usual it was lovely food and great service. We received complimentary champagne and the staff could not have been nicer. We have had many meals there over the last 5 years and not once had a bad meal or bad service.

Lovely, warming French onion soup! Fantastic staff - exceptionally helpful to wheelchair patrons

We visited Cote Brighton last Friday for a belated lockdown birthday lunch. We always receive a warm welcome from Jules and Gabor. Alexis was really helpful with one of our party who has food allergies. As always, helpful staff, good food, wine making it a lovely afternoon.

Visited Cote Brighton again yesterday with three friends. Great to be back, good food, wine and service. We had a very nice afternoon.

As usual, excellent. So good to head back there after lockdown!

Lovely to be back at Cotes after lockdown. As always service was impeccable and was made to feel very comfortable with good space between guests Food was superb

As usual, an excellent lunch. The set lunch at the increased price represents fair value for money but not as good value as previously.

Cote only accepts cash which I find inconvenient. It is now established that Covid infection is by aerosol and not by surfaces so there is no excuse for not accepting cash. Cash is legal tender and should be accepted. I shall try and avoid establishments that will not accept cash in the future. Sadly, this took the edge off a good lunch.

always great service and food here, and the French onion soup!😍😍

Great food and service as always. They really look after us well here.

Was brilliant lovely food and nice customer service in there as always. I just hope I haven't put on weight 🤣🤣

Our evening was delightful all the staff especially our waiter were wonderfully helpful and attentive to making our evening special. Thank you!

The staff were attentive and very knowledgeable nothing was too much trouble

Fantastic Christmas Exe evening at Cote Brighton, looked after by the fabulous Zoe and the team, perfect service to match the superbly cooked fillet steak that arrived exactly as ordered.

Always a lovely meal. The rest’rant’s been configured to deal with social distancing very well. Can’t wait for this pesky COVID to go so we can visit again.

Wonderful service and made us feel very special as it was our anniversary

The food wasn't up to the usual standard. My husband had a burger which he felt was dry and the bun inedible. The French onion soup was again below par. The waiter made mistakes on the bill 3 times. We were very disappointed as we have been to this restaurant numerous times and the food has always been consistent. We have been the past 3 Christmas Eves too. One main criticism is that in Covid 19 the tables were too close together.

The meal was fabulous very tasty and just amazing and the ambience was delightful however the desert was not set and was like eating custard!!! Apart from the desert was really nice

A fab dinner, and so many menu choices. Excellent range

Delightful! Me and my family had a wonderful alround experience. Thank you Cote staff!

Amazing experience as always, got the full V.I.P treatment & felt very special. Julia, Zoe & Toby were attentive & friendly without being intrusive. A lovely pre Christmas treat

As always, superb food and service. Would be nice for some festive decorations though

Lovely to be out with people. Hope it can happen again sometime

Our experience today was elevated by Zui and I want to say massive Thank you to Her! Customer service skills are above and beyond my expectations, and that’s why we are keep coming back to her! Zui was simply the best on every single occasion. She made our experience more personal and memorable than any other place before ! If your company provides any rewards for outstanding service Zui definitely deserves one! (I’m so sorry if it’s wrong spelling of your name) See you soon x Warm Regards and Happy Christmas from: Lukasz and Simone x

Teriffic, friendly service, lovely food and great atmosphere. The birthday girl loved it!

Fantastic.Lovely manu with good choises.Good food.Lovely atmpsohere. Excellent service as always. Hughly recommended.

Very soft atmosphere at a gentle pace Thank you all Nick

We always have such a wonderful time, the staff always make us feel super special whether we celebrate with friends, bring our young children for lunch or just on our own for a date. The food is delicious, I cannot find a single fault! Thank you for all the special memories, we really don’t say it as often as we ought but hope our repeat custom speaks for itself!

I love our Cote restaurant in Brighton, love the interior, the staff are always attentive and friendly and the food was excellent.

We enjoyed our meal, as ever the food was delicious and the staff were lovely. However, there were far too many people dining not just with their own household and making no secret of it to staff, and this went unchallenged. As such I felt much less safe in the restaurant than I had hoped and that was a real shame.

Excellent food and staff, Kind, courteous and professional, what more could you wish for ... thank you to all the staff in Cote who provide such warm and attentive service

Amazing as alwaysthis is the place to be, go and see for yourself

Fantastic as always, every part of the meal was superb from starter to desert,

Champagne breakfast really well cooked and good value for money.

Welcoming staff, great food and safe environment. Thank you for a pleasant experience.

We had a wonderful evening as usual thanks to the staff & management the food was first class as always Anne Hogbin

A perfect evening with friends. Good food, good place, good value and perfect service. Lovely buzz.

Popped in for ac quick burger and as always it was perfect. As was the service and atmosphere. Great place

I love Cote Brighton and the ambience, the staff were as usual brilliant, friendly and kind. My breakfast unfortunately was cold.

Fantastic evening!!! The service & overall quality of the food was outstanding.

Had a wonderful lunch for my sisters 50th birthday, food was delicious and service was excellent, will definitely be returning for more fabulous food.

Haven't ventured out for quite a while so it was quite a significant evening together. Thank you so much to our waitress..very personable, especially with advice on the wine. A really enjoyable evening... We

Despite being outside and the Covid rules I had a lovely lunch with my friends. Our waiter (a young man with red hair) was the nicest waiter we have had at Cote 👍🏼

Really tasty food, good service and atmosphere. Really enjoyed my meal, had the chicken and the lemon tart was very very good. Definitely recommend

First visit for our wedding anniversary. Food was amazing and staff were fantastic. Thank you for the complimentary fizz for our special night. Will definitely be coming again.