Côte Sloane Square Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The peach and feta cheese salad was delicious."
• "The food was very good all cooked fresh and very tasty."
• "All the food arrived very swiftly and was hot on arrival during what was clearly a busy time."
• "The food is really nice and tasty."
• "Food is always well cooked, service quick without making you feel rushed and the atmosphere and decor is great."
• "Every dish we ordered was absolutely delicious."
• "The food was very good - French onion soup and Cote Burger."

Cons:

• "Some dishes were atrociously bad."
• "Our starter came pretty much seconds after we placed our order, both mine and my friends was stone cold."
• "The Steak Frites was unusually tough, the chips had no crispiness to them and the Poulet Breton was a little dry."
• "The tartare was barely acceptable, lacking tenderness, instead resembling a bleu steak rather than a tartare."
• "One portion was also half the other which shows a lack of supervision and quality control."
• "I selected the mussels which 60% of were sealed shut."
• "The steak itself was rather rubbery, the mussels portions a bit on the smaller size."

Service

Pros:

• "I was warmly greeted and seated."
• "Our server Dom is really professional and helpful with the orders."
• "Impeccable and professional service from Deep and his colleagues."
• "The lady who waited our table was friendly, professional, lovely and smiley."
• "Service was very courteous."
• "Service was quick and attentive in spite of being a busy location."
• "The staff were great, especially our waitress I didn't ask her name but she had long dark curly hair and went above and beyond to make sure everything was great for us."

Cons:

• "Tonight the chef at Sloane Square didn't allow to add a fried egg (a fried egg!!!) next to the fillet."
• "Food as all Cote,s fantastic, unfortunately the waiters at this Cotes need more training in laying of table."
• "The initial reception from the front desk was quite unwelcoming, marked by a seemingly dismissive attitude."
• "Had such a terrible service from one of the managers."
• "Staff weren't helpful when it was requested that the heating was put on, and outer door closed."
• "The service was a little bit slow and lacked attention to detail, we didn’t feel seen and had to ask to order."
• "The service was horrible! They are extremely racist to others nationalities."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The restaurant is good, maybe a bit noisy but the ambiance is what I would expect from a French bistro so it was a good experience."
• "We loved the ambience."
• "Typical atmosphere of a Parisian brasserie."
• "The atmosphere was very happy and relaxed."
• "The ambience was extraordinary."
• "A great brasserie in the heart of Sloane Square. lovely atmosphere and fantastic food and service."
• "The place itself is beautiful."

Cons:

• "Additionally, the toilets were dreadful. The gents and ladies facilities were out of order leaving everyone to use the disabled toilet."
• "It was very busy and noisy."
• "The smoke from the outside seating area blew into the restaurant during our meal resulting in us moving table."
• "There was a whiff of gas smell in the air, possibly from the roadworks up Sloane Street."
• "It was very noisy due to the tables being tightly packed."
• "The tables are very close to each others."
• "Only big downside is the disabled toilet is down a steep flight of stairs! So only for those who can climb stairs and altho the restaurant is wheelchair friendly, the toilets are most definitely not."

Value

Pros:

• "Not expecting much from a very reasonably priced set menu, however after drinks and service charge it is not good value."
• "Overal a very good place, with great value for money, which I'll be glad to visit again."
• "Price was reasonable."
• "Everything was tasty and reasonably priced."
• "Delicious food at very favourable prices."
• "The value for ‘early dinner’ menu is extremely good!"
• "With the early dinner menu, we got appetizers, main and dessert for 15.5£."

Cons:

• "I was very disappointed."
• "No wonder Cote restaurants are closing down all over."
• "Cheapest bottle of sparkling wine was £23, not exactly cheap!"
• "Food quality has absolutely declined over the past year."
• "Feels and taste like rough short order cooked good from some tourist trap in France."
• "The fries for steak frites was a very small portion."
• "We believed these were complimentary, but we found them added to the bill."