Côte Guildford Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Andrea, our server, was thoughtful and made sure we were looked after exceptionally."
• "Staff are very good. Attentive, timely and friendly."
• "Good, friendly service."
• "Service is always very quick and friendly."
• "The service was friendly and welcoming."
• "Staff were very attentive."
• "Fantastic service from the moment I walked through the door."

Cons:

• "service was a tiny bit slow."
• "Busy and service suffered when we had a show to go to we had to cancel some end of meal beverages."
• "Although Service was efficient and food was served fairly quickly but I just feel that we were being rushed."
• "The initial service was unfriendly and generally unprofessional very unusual!"
• "Waitress seemed to be quite stressed, so didn't smile or engage."
• "The service was absolutely awful to begin with."
• "Terrible service! Booking not honoured either."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Really nice atmosphere and well cooked elevated brasserie style food."
• "Lovely atmosphere and staff polite, professional and happy to serve you."
• "Great atmosphere."
• "Atmosphere carries a bit of a buzz but not noisy."
• "The restaurant had a fantastic buzz."
• "Lovely relaxed atmosphere."
• "Very classy feel to this restaurant perfect atmosphere for a date x"

Cons:

• "Noise level was high - always the same in the evenings due to room acoustics."
• "It gets really noisy, even with only a few tables occupied."
• "A bit noisy with 10 females on the table next to us!"
• "We sat near the front door so the only negative was the cold as people entered."
• "Very warm sat in the front window, needed to leave to get fresh air."
• "Mediocre setting."
• "The only slightly disappointment is that the choice of beer is limited to a small selection of bottles."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was beautifully cooked, I went for a steak frites which was cooked to perfection."
• "The Poulet Grillé is always good, the crème caramel is a must for me."
• "The food was delicious we had dinner on mothers day and it was spectacular."
• "Food superb."
• "Great food, very authentic and delicious."
• "Food was excellent and well presented."
• "Mouthwateringly good food perfectly cooked and well seasoned."

Cons:

• "However the selection of food was limited, they did got what we wanted initially, so we had to substitute the meals."
• "All the night was ruined and we have even to pay for something that we didn't order and we didn't like it we ate the fries because we were hungry."
• "The fish stew was so badly packaged the delivery guy didn't make it to the door."
• "The vegan burger was covered in some rancid coconut oil based 'cheese' which left a horrible layer of scum in the mouth."
• "Steak became cold pretty quickly after being served and was hardly cooked."
• "Our dishes... lacked the richness of flavor that emphasized the expressiveness of the dishes."
• "Salmon could've been pan friend with a bit more flavour."

Value

Pros:

• "Some really affordable food for the quality of your experience."
• "Prices were very fair given the excellent value overall."
• "Good value for money."
• "The food is always excellent and very good value."
• "The food is unpretentious and great value for money."
• "Delish food at very reasonable prices."
• "Provide even better value for money."

Cons:

• "the added 12.5% gratuity to the bill !! Gratuities are at the customer's discretion."
• "It is a bit on the expensive side, but is worth it."
• "£50 a head with two bottles of wine between 4 and 5 beers so not the cheapest in guildford."
• "Vegan Breakfast is a rip off."
• "Bang average (being polite) and very overpriced... had the Full Breakfast....the word Full is definitely misplaced...worlds smallest rashers of bacon, very watery mushroom."
• "to add a service charge for just coffee was a little harsh."
• "The only downside was that they close at 10pm on a Saturday, we may have ordered another wine otherwise as the atmosphere was nice."

Staff

Pros:

• "Lovely staff as well!"
• "The staff all very friendly."
• "The staff were amazing and so helpful."
• "Staff friend & accommodating."
• "The staff are friendly and attentive, too."
• "The waiters were welcoming and friendly."
• "Friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Staff are friendly but enjoy smashing a lot of glass."
• "The initial service was unfriendly and generally unprofessional very unusual!"
• "VERY RUDE MANAGER."
• "Food superb but the waitress was very rude."
• "My visit in Cote Guildford was very very bad because of the very rude waiter (male) was most of the time at the bar."
• "Staff off hand."
• "For service, under average as the wait staff were very loud talking at the bar area."