Côte Harrogate

Where do I begin ? I have had hundreds of breakfasts at Cote over the years. I have had everything on the breakfast menu and it has always been excellent. I have persuaded dozens of people to go / join me even saying it is better than Bettys in Harrogate. Last night I had my first meal there since the lockdown and even booked a table for Monday 31st August ( which I will be cancelling) I ordered 2 glasses of white wine 1 Chablis and 1 Sancerre which were both warm ! I did not complain because I did not want to spoil our first meal out in a long time. The starters were average but my Fish Parmentier was like a micro-wave meal ( Very watery, like it had been cooked from frozen) The service was good though until it came time to pay the bill. A different person came with it and asked " was everything allright" . When I replied that the meal was less than average, he replied " Sorry I don't normally work here". As it was the first meal out with my lady friend I did not want to cause a fuss and make a scene. I would not have mentioned it now but I have been up all night being sick ! My worry is that the food has been frozen and has been in stock for too long !

Staff were great. Food was good. Timing of food was disappointing; mains arrived as we were half way through starters. Felt the experience was rushed.... unfortunately

Great food, as usual, and fantastic service from our waiter. He was friendly, double checked an order request, and brought all our drinks very quickly. Obvious changes for Covid but still a good atmosphere. Well done Cote

Gorgeous as always.. so pleased you’re open again @CoteHarrogate we’ve missed you!

Excellent service and delicious food. Côte will now be our new favourite regular place to eat.

Great food, great atmosphere, friendly helpful staff, all covid safe

Warm welcoming greeting at the entrance and straight to our table which all felt safe and well organised at this time, 3 for lunch and we all enjoyed the food, service and ambience, one of our party is gluten intolerant and Cote offers an excellent GF menu. Food was very good and the staff helpful. No hesitation in returning.

Lovely safe dining pleasant staff Great you are open again Bring back breakfast soon please

Great to see you are open again always one of the best places to eat in Harrogate

Your tea is so weak , please change to a better brand. Sourdough bread too hard would better served with olive oil to soften . Otherwise enjoyed , after very helpful polite staff had changed my tough steak . Coffee really good 👍 Really good staff be proud of them .

Great staff. Lovely venue. Food very average & over priced. Husbands main course was cold so sent back....apologies from staff & complimentary drinks given.

We received excellent service and enjoyed great food! We thought the distancing, on a busy Saturday evening, was inadequate and should be reviewed.

Tables too close to each other for social distancing. Disappointing that despite a limited menu certain things had sold out by 8pm on a Saturday evening!

Delighted to be back at Cote. Food was delicious but the main course came before we had finished our starter. The beer was served slightly warm. Other than that couldn’t fault it.

Great to be back and see the team, who looked after us as always with great service.

Very simple to book superb customer service and delicious food. Thank you!

Lovely food. Great customer service. This is regular restaurant of mine that I would thoroughly recommend.

Good food, friendly and attentive staff with nice surroundings. At great dining experience at sensible prices. Have visited the Cote in many locations across the country and the food quality is always consistently good.

Lovely meal and excellent service! Really enjoyed our night out!

Lovely meal , good service, fair price. Local car parking ok but a long walk in the rain when the route via the local shopping centre has closed.

Extremely good table service and very attentive and pleasant staff

Always consistently good. Having used the Winchester and Chichester branches, Harrogate is of the same high standard.

Service was slow and the food tasted like an airplane meal- awful. I had the poulet grille and it was presented in a way where it had just been slopped into the bowl. I have been to Cote many times and every time it has got worse. After the other night I won’t be going again. Lack of social distancing between tables and when I was about to pay the bill, I gave my card to the waitress but she looked at my partner to ask if it was okay to use contactless even though it was obviously my card. When my partner looked at me to answer, I said yes and she maintained to wait for my boyfriend to say yes instead. I had to say it was my card not his and finally she tapped it but didn’t look at me once when she gave it back to me. She asked how our food was and my boyfriend said ‘not great to be honest’ and she just walked off without saying anything or giving us a chance to explain.

Not quite the same as before lockdown but probably down to the good safety measures in place with less tables in the restaurant My daughter also has a dairy allergy and really struggled with the menu. Would be great to see something other than sorbet on the desert menu that’s suitable

Delicious food, great service and a nice, relaxed atmosphere. Thank you to all at Cote

As usual a thoroughly enjoyable meal at Cote Brasserie. There is plenty of choice available and each served to perfection. All four diners were completely satisfied !!!

Four of us had an excellent lunch. Service was good and food very tasty. Creme caramel superlative as always.

Very welcoming & friendly staff, all of whom were very attentive & helpful.

Our first time back after such a long time. We have been waiting for you to open. Had a really enjoyable evening. Food was fabulous and staff friendly and welcoming.

So glad Cote back in Harrogate. Lovely dinner and experience.

We usually go to the Cote in Manchester, which has always been a great experience and would have received 5 stars. However, this review applies to Harrogate where the experience was very different. We were in Harrogate for the day to celebrate my wife's 50th birthday. My wife has food intolerances to Gluten, Chilli and Onion including all of its relatives ie Garlic, Leak etc. This was explained to the staff who provided a list of allergens. My wife asked if the chicken could be prepared without garlic and her other intolerances being present, as Manchester have always done. She was told yes it would be prepared without garlic. However, the meal contained garlic as within two hours of eating the meal she reacted by extreme bloating and generally feeling unwell. Whilst this is an intolerance as opposed to an allergy, she will recover in a couple of days. Your restaurant should be listening to customers and providing meals as agreed. This really isn't acceptable.

Lovely meal and very pleasant staff. The price was very reasonable too

Lovely to see Côte in Harrogate open again with some familiar faces to welcome us back.

Great food so glad it’s back open, lovely atmosphere, friendly staff

The staff were lovely, the food was fantastic plus the atmosphere was wonderful even with the covid changes. Will be visiting again.

Good service and nice food on the whole. Was very quiet as apparently first week back after lockdown. Chose the lobster as a treat and was disappointed that it was quite chewy and messy to eat...not unexpected but had to ask for a finger bowl. Also had berries and white choc sauce which we thought the sauce would be warmer..still an enjoyable dessert but did feed this all back to the staff at the time

It was really great from the moment Tony welcomed us at the door, it was clearly busy at this point but we were booked in so ready at the door. The food was excellent as always, all staff were wearing visors, Hand gel was clearly visible in the restaurant and everything looked on point. We were really looked after throughout the whole evening and can’t wait to go back. Compared to other cote establishments this is by far the best we’ve been to.

Wonderful to see you back, we are regulars at York and looking forward to dee them opening, we live in Poppleton on the Harrogate line, so we made an effort to have a night out with you. The food and service was exceptional tonight. Thank you so much. John and Trish.

Always friendly and amazing food , fabulous service. Definitely recommend

Food was delicious. Not a fault with any of it. Good service and pleasant atmosphere.