Côte Hampstead Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Really good food 1st point we went as a 12 people group all of us was really pleased with the food and service."
• "The French soup starters are consistently perfect, setting a high standard for the meal."
• "Solid steak, reasonable prices, nice setting and a decent wine list."
• "The calamari starter was plentiful and delicious and the fillet steak cooked to perfection."
• "The FOOD was amazing. Calamari, duck, crème brulée and fudge cake!"
• "Chicken pate was absolutely brilliant."
• "Food was of high quality, me and my fiancè sat down there for lunch."

Cons:

• "Food was okay, nothing special."
• "Vegan main course bland."
• "Has gone downhill. Not impressed. Served us raw chicken. Was bright pink!!!!"
• "£22 lamb dish that came so rare and fatty it was inedible."
• "Food was bland, artichoke risotto lacked any artichoke and rice was not cooked properly."
• "Burger was terrible - half eaten."
• "Crab maison had no crab, could’ve been anything."

Service

Pros:

• "Clean, good service and nice customers."
• "The service was very friendly, the restaurant bright and clean, and I would not hesitate to come back again."
• "Excellent customer service, friendly staff, great food."
• "We had a great waitress, who was friendly and efficient in tending to a big group."
• "The young guy that served us first of all before then end of his shift was very very helpful and welcoming."
• "Service is very attentive... also the ambiance is great."
• "The staff were attentive and professional as well."

Cons:

• "The service was close to awful; staff were chatting behind the bar, or too busy on their mobile phones to care about guests."
• "Horrible service! Waiter totally ignored us despite the fact we called him 3 times."
• "However, we waited over half an hour for our order to be taken."
• "We complained about the pork but nobody responded."
• "Waitress was unfortunately a bit clueless and kept getting the order mixed up."
• "We alerted the waiter to the fact we'd sat outside on a (dirty) table, and were awaiting service. Sadly, fifteen minutes later, no one had emerged."
• "When we had finished our meals we were unchecked and unable to get the attention of the staff to either get another drink or to pay the bill for about 45 minutes."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Cote is always a great atmosphere and well priced for it's location in the heart of Hampstead village."
• "Nice, modern restaurant with a warm ambience to it."
• "It is very airy inside, love the space."
• "The highlight was the warm welcome we received from an energetic and smiling young lady."
• "The environment was quite intimate, you can have a relaxed conversation with the other person without feeling like everyone is eavesdropping lol."
• "It was very chilled, nice ambiance."
• "This restaurant boasts a charming ambience and an inviting atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Empty on a Friday night, awful atmosphere."
• "It's always noisy as heck in there."
• "While place was a bit noisy because it was Sunday. I have found it quite cosy."
• "Not a relaxing restaurant environment."
• "I felt sorry for the overloaded staff in this loud, busy restaurant."
• "They should look at doing something about the foliage outside. Whilst nice, it is there in your face."
• "Had a truly poor experience... Delays in service, incorrect meal and lack of following the correct allergy ordering process with management disinterested."

Value

Pros:

• "Great (consistent/predictable) tasty food, well priced, good service."
• "Great value French meal."
• "Good taste and quality for money payed."
• "Good value for money (especially compared with lots of nearby restaurants)."
• "The price-quality ratio is very good! We will be back for sure."
• "Food, as always, delicious and set menu particularly good value."
• "The food is excellent and quite good value for money."

Cons:

• "For what they charge it wasn't value for money."
• "This would all be fine if it was reflected in the price, but it's not."
• "It’s on the pricier side of the spectrum but still quite reasonable."
• "It now represents poor value."
• "I ordered sirloin steak 8oz but I am sure it was much smaller than 8 Oz and no side!"
• "Finding out that 'chilled berries with melted chocolate' meant frozen berries from Sainsbury's with oily chocolate was incredibly disappointing."
• "The massive downside not in any of the doors or windows, or tables did it specify card only!"