Coq d'Argent Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was of good quality and the wine excellent."
• "The food was absolutely fantastic."
• "The food was really good."
• "Simple selection of high end dishes cooked to perfection."
• "The food is excellent - always perfectly cooked - and the wine waiters extremely knowledgeable."
• "The salmon with crab risotto and caviar was the best ever tried in London."
• "The food was simply amazing! The lamb shank tore off from the bones! It was divine."

Cons:

• "Food was good, not great."
• "I ate a burned steak, with extremely salty potato chips aside."
• "Starters were average, steaks were poorly cooked (ie not rare or medium rare, but medium or medium to well done)."
• "Steak was surprisingly tough."
• "The food was average, by no means bad but certainly not anything special."
• "For these prices you expect very tasty food, was much lower than what we expected."
• "The steak was cold and it was medium rare (almost rare), although we requested it to be medium."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was great and we had a great time."
• "Staff were extremely helpful and friendly definitely help you have the best experience."
• "Excellent service very warm, attentive and efficient."
• "The staff made an effort to remember our faces and managed to do so after only a couple of visits."
• "Wonderful service. Delicious food. Extensive wine list."
• "Service attentive and friendly."
• "The staff were friendly, helpful and knowledgeable, without being intrusive."

Cons:

• "Once checked in and seated it took around 30minutes to be served."
• "The service was quite slow in terms of getting the drinks order."
• "Great food let down by less than attentive service."
• "Service is terrible, it takes them ages to bring things out."
• "I was not impressed with the service either since I had to ask three times for some ice."
• "Shame about service, had to keep asking them for everything."
• "The service was a bit slow and didn't seem to have a sense of ownership as four separate servers asked us for our drink orders."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "The whole experience was like something out of a movie!"
• "Coq d'Argent has a relaxed stylish feel to it with its roof top pergola around the central well of the building, bar and garden it's fabulous for summer evenings."
• "Loved the atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere inside is very welcoming and sitting outside in summer would be lovely."
• "Beautiful terrace near bank station."
• "The view from the balcony is lovely, you feel like you are in an oasis in the middle of the city when you look up at all the sky scrapers around you."
• "They have a amazing garden on the roof of the building with panoramic views of the city."

Cons:

• "Decor is a bit tired and dated."
• "Feels a little dated."
• "Firstly the view was non existent, same for all the tables in the courtyard area we we in. In fact could not see a view anywhere."
• "Interior was surprisingly dilapidated for a premium city place."
• "ALL waiting staff had severely crinkled clothes (not ironed, and the clothes looked very shabby)."
• "Any view of the city you can get is pretty much accidental - the space is surrounded by walls and high fences that block visually, and the trees don’t help."
• "You expect lovely views you’ll get but not next to your table, as the rooftop is surrounded by a big thick wall."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Had a set meal which was a very reasonable £35 or so for 3 courses (snails to start, lamb shank and a chocolate mousse)."
• "Extraordinarily good value for money! An all you can eat buffet of oysters, prawns and fish."
• "The menu is priced fairly for the quality of food, and the drinks are not too expensive either."
• "Not cheap but great value."
• "We ate lunch for a total of 107gbp for 2, including a bottle of sparkling water, 2 diet cokes each, 3 courses each and bread, which isn't the cheapest but which is not bad either considering location, service and the quality and freshness of the food."
• "The food was excellent, amazing value for the price."
• "Not cheap but worth every penny!!"

Cons:

• "Visit this place if you are happy to pay these prices but I did not find it anything special for these prices."
• "When we did order the wine (very overpriced, 200% mark up) the waiter started to push us to buy a bottle of wine 100% more expensive than the £130 bottle we had ordered, really pushy."
• "For these prices you expect very tasty food, was much lower than what we expected."
• "My biggest issue is it's just simply overpriced."
• "Unfortunately the prices were substantially high."
• "The food is lovely but very, very, overpriced for what it is."
• "For an overly priced restaurant you don’t really get what you pay for."