Côte Bishop's Stortford

As always, very reliable food, tasty well cooked. Staff were cheerful and attentive with a warm welcome on a cold night. Prestige set menu very good value.

Great decor and atmosphere albeit a little crowded. We both booked for Valentine’s Day and the service was attentive and professional, however the food wasn’t as adventurous as I would have hoped in terms of flavour. Overall a good night and will be back again.

Another lovely meal in very pleasant surroundings. Staff very attentive and professional as always. Good start to the Easter break. Will be back again soon.

Great Management and staff, been coming for many years and never disappointed with service and there knowledge of their business and products. A long with this it is good to have some friendly banter before the meal. I would like to thank all the staff lead by Pavel, Marlene, Telmo. These are some of the many reasons why we return week after week. You come away with a good will factor which you take away with you and talk all the way home.

Terrible service, one in our group got her starter when we'd all finished, another got her main course when we'd all finished, it was also wrong but by this stage we were thoroughly fed up! Repeated complaints by us and eventually the manager came over and offered the starter's for free, also bottle of wine. This was before the debacle of the main courses! Second manager came over near the end of the meal, pretty stroppy and very defensive. Waiter was awful, no apologies. Sort this restaurant out! Despite the awful service the food was good, but we'll never go back. It really spoilt my birthday celebration.

My son booked to take my mother and I for mother’s day brunch. We are a tricky bunch, a vegetarian, an eccentric grandma and a super fussy child with add. The wonderful staff could not have been more accommodating or polite. Everyone’s little demands were met with charm and humour and a delicious relaxed brunch. Full credit to the team

Having Dined at Cote on a regular basis , its always a pleasure to enjoy the range of differing foods and wines on offer, in a relaxed environment and decor .

The meal was delightful and the food delicious. The evening was somewhat spoiled, sadly, by the concentration of staff given to a large party in another room. Our main course was served piecemeal; those with meat dishes being served a full 10 minutes before those who chose fish, so the vegetable side dishes became cold and had to be reheated and the meat eaters had almost finished by the time the fish arrived. The greatest bugbear was not having any waiting staff to sort it out. We were deserted. However, we were compensated with a reasonable redemption on our drinks bill which we accepted. Next time though, should there be a similar situation, I hope the logistics of service are planned more successfully so that no one is left without somebody to attend to them. It will result in a 5 star review!

I would recommend the vegetarian breakfast. It tastes really healthy and fresh. The staff are friendly. My friend was impressed and said she wants to comes again. Soon.

Excellent service as always, it was very busy as Fathers Day but very well organised as to be expected

We frequently have an excellent early evening dinner at Cote, usually on a Friday. Last Saturday was not so great. The olives were mushy, as though they had been recycled. The boudin was very good. The French onion soup was sort of OK. My duck confit seemed stale. The chicken was not as fresh as usual. Its gratinee was excellent.

The food was good , except the steaks . Most of the wine was out of stock . Service was incredibly slow , Probably would only go there for breakfast As they do a nice fry up

We normally enjoy the Cote experience, but in this case it was spoiled by: - the restaurant was uncomfortably cold, even sitting at the back. The front door needs proper draught protection - the waiter was pushing to sell extras, served me before my wife and generally made eye contact with me rather than both of us. His attitude could have been better - we came early at 6.15, but the main course took so long to arrive that we had to leave in a hurry without having a desert as we had to get to a concert - staff were friendly otherwise and food good quality and value

Booked a table for two for 20:00 on arrival asked to wait as table wasn't ready although plenty of empty tables on view, waited 15 minutes at the door feeling a little bit awkward. Log time before waitress finally came to our table. Asked if we would like any bread and olives and took food order, started came after around 25 minutes wait - no olives or bread - asked for them to be taken off of the bill. Main order took a long time to be served, relatively simple Rib eye steak and frites! Small side orders. Dessert again took a very long time to be served. Didn't finish meal until around 11:00. We had just been away to Madrid for a long weekend all of the restaurants visited were much quicker food better and value for money better. To top it all there was a 12.5% service charge!!!! which I asked to be removed and did not leave a tip, which is very unlike me. Apologies to give negative feedback but its a shame, the Bishops Stortford restaurant is in a prime position and is decorated quite nicely and usually a good atmosphere.

Super meal, super staff,lovely atmosphere. Cotes is real asset to Bishops Stortford

A wonderful anniversary meal. Juts the right atmosphere and, of course, excellent food. The lamb chops were cooked to perfection and the Cornish new potatoes were sweet and succulent. We will be back!

Very disappointed. I have been to Cote many times with friends and loved it. Today I brought my family for Easter Sunday and was really upset with the service. I had my Grandchildren aged 1 and 3 and they had to sit for ages. The service was awful. The waitress more or less asked me why I was complaining. We spent over £300 for bad service, cold starters but good main courses. Also we shouldn’t have had to wait 30 minutes for a drink. I will not recommend to friends now. I know I booked the table for 4pm but I still expected good service, polite staff and hot food. You should not accept a booking if you cannot offer the goods.

A bit noisy - as usual, Went eafrly last night and thought it woulde be quitter because of the westher - it wasn't.

Had a nice evening as usual at our favourite restaurant. The waiters were extra busy as it appeared to be short staffed, and we had to wait longer than usual before we gave our order in, but our meal came quite quickly afterwards.

Overall a pleasant dining experience in comfortable surroundings and seating. Staff attentive and good service despite being busy. The food was hot, well cooked and off good standard.Free Gin cocktails an added bonus!

Food was very nice and the staff were very polite and curtious, price was very reasonable for the experience we had and would definitely go again.

The food was lovely but the service was very poor. We were left far too long after arriving then the drinks and the food were very slow. Felt completely invisible

I have booked several times with my friends and always found the staff to be friendly and helpful. There is always a nice selection of dishes on the menus and the overall atmosphere is good. A bit noisy at times.

Noon, Bank holiday Monday I booked a table for 4 persons for the family as we were going on Holiday. We had to leave at 1.50pm to catch the flight. The restaurant was not busy and yet it took one hour to get the starters. We did not have time for a dessert or Coffee and our relaxed meal turned out to be an anxious wait. Although they took off quite a portion of the bill, all we wanted was to be served.

I was welcomed and given top class attention .mya was outstanding and professional , the young man who waited was very professional and I was incredibly impressed by the way he walked myself and my guest to the taxi at the end of the evening . The food was the best it has ever been , my steak was perfection and my guest enjoyed her salmon and starter . It makes a massive difference having a floor manager aware and vigilant of the restaurant room . Please congratulate the bishops Stortford team .

Wonderful staff good food and good location. pavel and staff very attentive

We used to visit Cote regularly but then our last couple of visits were disappointing with food and service. However we went back last and everything was perfect!!! Food, service, atmosphere the lot. Can't wait to go back

Wow!!!!!! What a friendly and warm welcome....we signed up to the newsletter and you guys gave us a free bottle of wine because of it..excellent staff, nothing was to much trouble. Clean restaurant and lavatories as well....we'll be going back.

As always excellent and the staff were amazing. I had some Dutch family members over for the Easter weekend and they had such a good time we came back for breakfast on Easter Monday before they returned home. Great times thank you.

We went to Cote recently for a night out, to catch up with each other as we had not seen each other to spend quality time together for a few weeks. It is often a overlooked restaurant in Bishop's Stortford, that serves great food and the wine list is by far and away the best in a restaurant in the area. Food came quickly, it wasn't too noisy so we could talk effortlessly and is was a positive visit all round.

Very slow service, waited nearly an hour for food to arrive. Eggs were over cooked.

Beautiful food, beautiful wine. Usually 5 stars. Never had any problems before but my partners steak looked half the size of the rest of the table's but they told us that the steaks are weighed. They offered to take back the steak and do another one but everyone's food was already on the table.

The restaurant was very quiet when we arrived, it was late afternoon /early evening so very few diners in. We were in no great rush as we had an event to go to nearby and we had arrived a little early also. We were seated quickly and given a choice of seating areas. We were attended too quite quickly soon afterwards with a request for drink and the waiter was patient enough to wait whilst I dithered over the food choices. Food arrived about 15 minutes after ordering which is very acceptable, not too slow and not too quickly either(which would have caused me more concern). The food itself was very hot, well presented, tasty and filling, good value for money too. Desserts were offered and ordered an like the mains were appetizing, delicious, vfm and served at the right pace. We settled our bill, said our thanks and left. Overall a very enjoyable experience as a first time user to this chain and one which would encourage me to go again should I need to eat out and find myself near a branch

Excellent food and service. Restaurant uncomfortably noisy until some of the patrons had mouths full of food.

Have been to Côte in other locations before, but first time in Stortford. Long waiting time. They forgot to bring my main meal, and they were really awkward about it. Made me feel a bit uncomfortable. Probably won't be returning to this one.

This is the second time we have dined here and again were not at all disappointed. From the minute we walked in the staff were really friendly and efficient. As it was my friend’s birthday we were given a glass of bubbly each which was delicious as was the food. The ambience is just lovely and noise levels low so a perfect venue for a nice relaxing meal. We feel it’s the best restaurant in Bishop’s Stortford. Will definitely be returning!

I have to say every time we have gone to Cote in Bishops Stortford we have a great time the food is excellent value we took our friends this time and they said they will definitely come again because the value for money was outstanding. I also have to mention your Manager Marlene she always greets us with a warm welcome makeing us welcome fantastic service thank you Marlene and your team

Normally this is our favourite restaurant. We haven’t been for a while and all the staff had changed again and not for the good. It was a very busy evening but the wait for our starters was far too long, we were compensated with free drinks though. Our main course was also a long wait and to top it all my husbands dessert was cold after another long wait (and the restaurant was a lot quieter by then). In the past we have found the service to be really good and friendly, this time service was very disappointing with a somewhat grumpy waiter. We like the layout of this restaurant with all its quirky corners which is why we return (and the food which is normally good) but the service in Bluewater and London (off Oxford St) is far superior in speed of service and friendliness.

Tasty French style food and reasonably priced. Attentive and pleasant staff. We Will definitely be returning. Easy to book a table online as well. Well done Côte!

always good, food, service, atmosphere . . . . .