Côte Peterborough Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was described by a French friend of ours as 'authentically French'."
• "Food quality was excellent."
• "Fresh food (especially the vegetables), well cooked and tasteful."
• "Food delicious like always and generous portions."
• "The food was very good, drinks are great and a special glass of wine as a starter."
• "The food here was wonderful and served promptly."
• "The food was delicious with great portion size and lovely presentation."

Cons:

• "The sea bass came overloaded with so many peas that it was ridiculous."
• "The starters were average but we were disappointed with our mains."
• "Extremely overpriced for very mediocre food and tiny portions."
• "Food was lukewarm, service acceptable but given they knew it was our wedding anniversary, disappointing."
• "Deconstructed Tuna Nicoise had tuna and not much else. Scraps of salad, a few pieces of olive and no artichoke I could find. Disappointing."
• "The food quality in the past half year is getting worse, and the portions size each time getting smaller."
• "Food was nice but not value for money at all, portions are tiny."

Service

Pros:

• "Absolutely wonderful service and a great meal to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday."
• "The staff were welcoming and attentive."
• "Excellent service from start to finish."
• "Staff could not have done enough for us and went above and beyond to ensure things were right."
• "The service was amazing, very friendly staff who were always smiling and willing to help or give advice."
• "Friendly attentive staff made it a night to remember."
• "Very attentive service from our waitress and other members of staff."

Cons:

• "Nice food but very slow service!"
• "Other patrons send food back as it wasn’t hot enough."
• "When we received our starters and mains, he never returned to check if everyone was ok."
• "Different experience entirely recently though, had to go in and ask for someone to take our order as others were being served despite arriving after us."
• "We had to chase every course."
• "It took a while for the meal....we waited approximately 1 hour for something on their lunch menu."
• "The service really wasn't great for us but was automatically added to the bill."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The restaurant looked welcoming and smart."
• "The ambiance is warm and inviting, with soft lighting, charming decor, and an intimate atmosphere that makes you feel right at home."
• "Always a brilliant experience- beautiful restaurant setting, excellent food, service and all staff are very professional - efficient and very friendly."
• "Lovely to sit outside and enjoy a meal looking at the cathedral & all the other old buildings of Peterborough."
• "We liked the ambience in the restaurant, especially the unobtrusive music."
• "The atmosphere felt good, lots of people having a nice evening with friends or partners."
• "Lovely atmosphere, lovely food, lovely staff."

Cons:

• "The place was empty, then like 20 minutes later it completely filled up."
• "Only downside was being seated near the coffee machine which was quite loud."
• "Sound travels tremendously and gives an almost stressful environment when it seems (with the lighting and candles) they are trying to do the opposite."
• "No real atmosphere."
• "The music was too loud and somehow disco seemed inappropriate too."
• "Only issue was being shoved into the corner on a tiny table next to the crying babies."
• "Sometimes there's a feeling a being a little rushed."

Value

Pros:

• "I visited recently (May 2023) and had the most delicious three course meal with a white wine spritz on the side for approximately £38 - which for the quality I personally did not think was bad at all."
• "Don't expect to pay fast food prices here - the food is worth the extra cost though."
• "Very good quality and great value."
• "We both enjoyed our drinks and I believe the overall experience was great value for money."
• "The set menu makes any visit easy on the wallet too."
• "The set menu which was affordable considering the menu."
• "For the quality of food, drinks and service the price was very low and reasonable."

Cons:

• "Given all that it was overpriced."
• "A little more expensive than near by restaurants but the food is of a much higher standard."
• "Dislike the 'voluntary' 10% added to the bill. I prefer to decide whether to tip, and how much, myself, thank you."
• "Very expensive if you like extra veggies and a bottle of wine £103 for 2 people mid week meal!!!"
• "Better quality burgers from M&S. Ice cream and sorbet miniscule, prices very large."
• "I def have to stop trusting reviews after this - I would have rather ate a carbonara or pizza at pizza express and I don’t even eat carbs."
• "Not worth the £154.00 paid for 5 meals."