Côte Esher

The food was very acceptable - the service excellent. The branch loses a mark, though, because it was over noisy. But I don’t know what can be done about that apart from gagging diners!

The food was very acceptable - the service excellent. The branch loses a mark, though, because it was over noisy. But I don’t know what can be done about that apart from gagging diners!

This is not the first time we have been here, but it was not the best meal or service. We both had the duck from the mother's Day menu. One looked fresh and juicy and the other was over cooked and dry. The waiter did not seem very interested in his job and was coughing and sneezing throughout the service. Not ideal with food around. We will not be put off by this one bad experience,but if it happens again?

Excellent! Great service, good value for money. Well definitely go again. Had the minute steak and chips with garlic butter I recommend it for a quick meal.

Really good service team here, it makes all the difference too, attentive & informative they complete the experience, the food as ever was really good, the Crab Bisque special was wonderful..

Fantastic meal - excellent food and service especially Daniella who was very helpful. Menu qas very good but would like to see aome new options on desserts!

Great service and fantastic staff. Food was excellent and recommended

Such great food and truly amazing service. This is a perfect place for a lovely, lazy birthday lunch. We will be coming back again. Also, gluten and dairy free diners taken care of extremely well.

Excellent food, beautifully prepared and served. The set menu offers very good value and is changed frequently so always a pleasant surprise. The restaurant has a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere.

Just the right combination of courses for a light lunch. Not too pricey and good service. House wine is very drinkable too. Will be back soon with friends.

We booked for breakfast online. We had the set breakfast, there was a good choice available, nice ambiance and the staff lovely. Definitely worth a visit!

A perfect evening with friends. Wonderful relaxed meal, delicious food and wine and attentive staff. Despite starting our meal late we were not rushed. Great value

Great service, great food and reasonably priced with a relaxing atmosphere for a Sunday...

Excellent meal this evening. Good food and attentive staff. It restored our faith in Cote Esher after a very poor meal in January. Thank you

Consistent and reliable venue. Good food and great value. The variation between different branches of this chain never fails to amaze.

The best table available and it was much appreciated. However I had with goats cheese salad and have to say there's a lot more salad, particularly soggy leaves than there was goats cheese. My husband had the steak tartare and Breton stew which was very nice and I had the creme brulee which again was delicious.

Excellent food, great service (not overly fussy!) very reasonably priced. Lighting spot on. The set up of the tables is really good you dont have the feeling youre doning with the people next to you. Definitely will be coming again.

Food great, but service a bit slow tonight, but we'll be back, possibly because Easter Saturday is a quiet night and not a lot of diners expected.

A pleasant restaurant with nice staff. I found the food disappointing in comparison with visits to other branches. A shame because Cote is usually completely reliable.\

We are regulars at Esher Cote and we love going there due to the friendly welcome, superb service and always excellent food. Although we occasionally go to other Cote restaurants this is the one we always return to. As it was my mother's 83rd birthday we were also delighted that the team took the trouble to give us a free aperatif. We don't think there's a better value dining experience and the fact that the menu is regularly updated means there's always plenty of great food to explore. A special mention for our waiter on the night - superb service, always knowing when to ask if everything was ok and when to give us space - a real skill many diners don't appreciate enough. Thank you!

We would have given 6 stars but due to a misunderstanding the main courses were delayed due to one of our guests from the Ukraine eating her starter course slowly (she was not having a main) and your staff rightly delayed serving the main Your manageress did her best to rectify this and she handled the situation well

Excellent food and excellent service especially enjoyed the rhubarb martinis and the crab mayonnaise

Food and service were excellent, however we were seated right next to the area where the staff prepare the hot drinks etc. and the noise was very loud at times especially when they were re-stocking the crockery. Will ask to be seated elsewhere in future.

Lovely dinner and excellent service. Hampered only by the slow arrival of the desserts.

Had the mussels which I have had loads of times. Supposed to be in white wine cram and garlic sauce. They appeared to have missed out on the cream. It was so watery, inedible! . A few bad mussels as well. Pointed this out but no replacement offered.

First time visiting and we had high hopes, we don't eat out often but it was our 10 year wedding anniversary. We were offered drinks and aperitifs when we sat down, so went for basic bread and saucisson. When the (3rd different) waitress served it she also took our main order, which subsequently arrived when we were only 5 minutes into the aperitif. We were obviously annoyed but she insisted on squashing it onto our table, but we'd rather have that then it sitting under a hot lamp for 20 mins. It was just bad planning but should be basic protocol for a restaurant - don't call a main before the table had started its entree. We were in and out in an hour, it felt rushed without us wanting it to be. We were given two free drinks but it didn't detract from such a basic error. Ironically, the pudding then took 15 mins, for a pre made mousse from the fridge.... Won't be rushing back.

It is Bistro dining of a high standard. There are many eating places in Esher but Cote is the best! I have never been disappointed.

It is Bistro dining of a high standard. There are many eating places in Esher but Cote is the best! I have never been disappointed.

Excellent food and ambience as usual, but service slower than usual. A dessert menu was brought to us after a delay, and then it was 15 minutes before I caught the waitress's eye. We had been forgotten.

Lovely evening and great food at very reasonable price. Waitress was very attentive.

First time at this Côte and enjoyed it! Food was great and so was the service! I’m a loyal customer and visit lots of restaurants and always enjoy the experience! Some speciality wines would not go a miss.

Excellent food and excellent service Noise levels were too high but nothing unusual in most restaurants. Little bit slow between courses but not in a hurry so no concern.

Always a good experience at Cote! Amazing service and great food, cooked to perfection at a very reasonable price. I was saying to my partner there’s a reason why Cote aren’t struggling in a competitive market...Keep up the good work!

The Valentines Day menu had a good choice and the food was excellent. All the staff were very friendly and helpful and we thoroughly enjoyed our evening.

As always an excellent meal with friendly and professional service at a reasonable price

As ever, great quality, service and value. Thanks again for good breakfast.

Very good as usual and the food,drink and service was spot on.

Decent food and very attentive staff whom were especially accommodating in light of my friend’s various allergies. Good ambience. A very pleasant evening, thank you!

Great lunch as usual, great gluten free choices. The other clientele was quite noisy for some of our group but a good time was had by all.

We really enjoyed our time there. Our servers were all very friendly and the food was delicious. We will definitely be back. Thanks again, J

Wonderful evening, and the staff were wonderful, gave mum and I a free glass of bubbly for mum birthday. Fab customer service and great food

Great Food and Service as always! Our favorite restaurant in town. It's nice to always get a table, clean, comfortable, and super wait staff. Very satisfied locals.

We had a great evening the staff were helpful and friendly the food was good we will be back again soon we were served quickly .

One of the worst dining experiences I had in a long time. This Cote restaurant used to be very good and our go to brunch choice. Having sat there for the best part of 20 minutes without anyone taking our order (it was half full), you agreed to take my wife's choice from the brunch menu. The waiter returned 10 minutes later to say if I wanted brunch, I couldn't have poached eggs with my egg royale but it would need to be scrambled or fried. I questioned this as you've either got eggs or not! They then said the kitchen wasn't pleased about the doing a brunch order after 1 and we had to point out if we'd been served in a timely manner it wouldn't have been a problem. We then waited an hour for our food. Everyone else was coming and going having been served and eaten. After chasing twice, our food finally arrived. My duck main was cold, some of it overcooked and my wife's eggs were like hard boiled eggs with the salmon slices hard at the side as they'd obviously been out of the fridge for a while. An absolute disgrace. Pull your socks up.

Excellent attention to ensure the member of our party who is a coeliac had a gluten free meal.

Friendly, fast service and delicious food in a lovely atmosphere

Excellent lunchtime meal & service. Loved the pissaladière as a starter. Good value for money. Also enjoyed the tarte aux mirabelles & cinnamon ice cream

Our waiter was excellent service; the food on the 3 course deal for June was very tasty and beautifully hot, and the resturant had a good ambience

First class service with usual high standard of cuisine. One of the best restaurant group of its type. Use their chain regularly and always of a high standard.

Excellent food. Excellent service!!! And not too expensive, really nice

Lindsay our server was fantastic really made the evening, fun to talk to and excellent service. The food for me was a bit salty, I had the risotto and I could crunch the Malden sea salt flakes in each bite which I would have preferred not to but otherwise the food is good.

Lindsay our server was fantastic really made the evening, fun to talk to and excellent service. The food for me was a bit salty, I had the risotto and I could crunch the Malden sea salt flakes in each bite which I would have preferred not to but otherwise the food is good.

Lindsay our server was fantastic really made the evening, fun to talk to and excellent service. The food for me was a bit salty, I had the risotto and I could crunch the Malden sea salt flakes in each bite which I would have preferred not to but otherwise the food is good.

There was a dead fly in one of our meals. The restaurant comped that meal and a £3 soft drink but this was unsatisfactory. A shame as we have often been before but this puts us off going again.