Cote Brasserie Esher

A quick catch up with a friend over exceptional French onion soup on a cold day, it really means there’s only one place to go…. A French brasserie so we go to Cote. Their French onion soup is delicious and filling.

First time visiting a Cote restaurant. We were visiting the area. Staff friendly and efficient. Surroundings relaxing/decor great. Good food well cooked at a very reasonable price. I had a glass of the house white wine which was excellent.

So much better, we have had a number of bad experiences recently and worried Cote had gone off the boil. Very good breakfast catered for my fusssy sons' desperation to contract scurvy with his aversion to fruit. Smashing eggs Royale. Will be back. Minus one point for lacking creme fraiche, maple syrup. Voir le carte

We arrived at the restaurant on a Sunday evening to be greeted by the duty manager who told us that they were operating on very restricted menu as they had had no delivery for 4 days! In addition, cheese soufflés we’re not cheesy and 3 rib eyes were as gristly and tough as could be! The staff were apologetic and great. In the end the manager did the right thing and reduced bill considerably We all have off days and this sure was an off day. But. Will be back!

We popped in at 7pm on a Friday evening without pre booking we were lucky enough to (genuinely) be offered the last table for 2. Our host Erica was an absolute delight, she really couldn’t have been more lovely, helpful, attentive, friendly etc etc….. The table was wobbly, she noticed fixed it herself as soon as we sat down. as soon as we were seated she waited took our drinks order then when she returned she took our food order I know they’re just little things but were really appreciated by us. I just noticed that Erica was a very happy person, smiling engaging with staff customers as she moved around the restaurant, she just made it feel like a happy place, she made us smile made it a lov...

We went to Cote Esher with friends for sunday lunch. We chose from the festive menu. The food was passable but nothing that would entice us to come back. The service from start to finish was atrocious or maybe i should say non existant. It didn't suprise me that they had already included service in the bill when it arrived, because they wouldn't have got a penny if it was optional . Most suprising was that when we paid after a very long wait, I informed the server that the service was atrocious, she basically wasnt interested and offered no apology. Cote may make a lot of money during the festive period but based on their food and service they will struggle badly next year. This is one chain... Voir le carte

Having eaten here before, my father chose Cote to celebrate his significant birthday! We booked a table for 13 (certainly not unlucky), pre-ordered our food and dropped a cake in earlier in the day. The celebrations got off to a great start… on our arrival, we were greeted with a very warm welcome, shown to our table and promptly served complimentary bubbles. Our waitress ran through a couple of finer details regarding our menu choices and we were off! Starters included calamari, cheese soufflé, chicken liver parfait, crab maison, French onion soup, steak tartare and tomato tarte fine. All arrived together and were tasty appetisers. Our main courses were all cooked to perfection, exactly as...

What has happened ? Cote in Esher has been a solid go to over the years but our recent meal was really disappointing. We have had the Lamb Provençale before but ours came with no tapenade, harissa or thyme jus and the lamb was really poorly cooked without the fat rendered at all. I love rare meat but it was unpleasant lamb and sautéed peppers no sauce in the ratatouille it really wasn’t the dish on the menu. It felt like they didn’t have any of the ingredients to cook the dish. We asked one of the staff and they said they would ask the chef but no one came back to us. By the end of the meal we asked again and no reason was given. In the end the waitress was sweet and apologetic and didn’t ch...

I had a disappointing experience at Cote. My mother had just moved to the area today and we were looking for a quick bite to eat, before we started to unpack. Despite the restaurant not being full and having empty tables, the waitress on the door was very rude and immediately told us that they were full. There were a few empty tables which could clearly be seen in the windows. I have been to other Cote chains many times before and have never encountered such behavior. I quickly went online and found that there were indeed tables available, so I made a reservation and returned to the restaurant, hoping to wait at the bar and have some drinks. However, we were not allowed in and were told that... Voir le carte