Côte Norwich Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is consistently good, freshly made and tasty."
• "The food has been the BEST I have ever had."
• "The chargrilled chicken salad which is a must, it was packed full of flavour and had everything I needed in it."
• "The food was delicious with depth of flavour."
• "The food was tasty and hot."
• "The food and wine was excellent."
• "The food was so delicious."

Cons:

• "Crab starter watery and tasteless."
• "Overall however, the food was not what would be observed in a traditional French restaurant."
• "It's ok - but for the last few visits items have been missing from the meal or certain things overcooked."
• "Those Cheese Gougeres are great and the new Confiscate Duck Brigade was delicious."
• "The only profound disappointment was that I was forced to pay by card."
• "Unfortunately my calamari starter was cold, but quickly rectified with apologies."
• "Cote have lost the plot. Poor quality food, people who don’t know what they’re doing and staff arguing with customers on a neighbouring table about the food."

Service

Pros:

• "All the staff were polite, friendly and efficient."
• "Great service, great food."
• "The staff are very professional, well done to all for making it a good evening."
• "The staff were very friendly and welcoming."
• "Lovely, super friendly staff."
• "Food and service were exceptional."
• "The service was good."

Cons:

• "The service was rushed all the time we were there."
• "We were made to feel embarrassed and like we were trying to scam the restaurant."
• "The reply I received was nothing short of unacceptably rude and offensive."
• "Too expensive for the food and beer for the quality."
• "I e-mailed the restaurant the next day and still haven't heard back from them which is pretty poor."
• "No apology, no explanation...."
• "Cote had been a firm favourite for years, however we have noticed quite a decline in both the quality and quantity of the food."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Booked for 7.30pm and restaurant already busy. Lovely relaxed atmosphere."
• "Such a relaxing ambience and mood throughout."
• "Wonderful atmosphere."
• "The venue is clean and aesthetically pleasing."
• "Very much an easy recommendation if you fancy something other than a gastro pub."
• "The atmosphere is wonderful."
• "Typically French look and feel inside with low lighting and soft music giving a very warm and inviting atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Atmosphere was OK."
• "Atmosphere is good and high end. Service doesn't match the decor unfortunately."
• "Only one downfall is the lighting and music in there."
• "I felt it lacked a little atmosphere."
• "It wasn't very busy, but didn't seem very clean. Toilets were freezing."
• "The only slight shame was we chose to sit by the bar which was great until we just kept hearing the staff talk about each other behind each other's backs."
• "We were having a lovely family dinner but we tried ordering prior to the kitchen closing time, however they had closed before the said time."