Côte Royal Festival Hall

Great food and service. Happy we chose it. They were patient when we were late; did something special for a birthday, and the food was excellent.

Excellent meal and service from start to finish. Our waitress was very attentive and as this was a celebratory catch-up meeting with colleagues, we never felt rushed, despite the restaurant becoming busy during our visit. Complimentary bubbles was the icing on the cake; thank you

Delicious food, nice environemnt and very friendly staff. I had the goats cheese salad and my dad had steak. Great to have a Cote in this location.

Lovely meal! We were early for our table but not a problem & we were well looked after by attentive and friendly staff. Our first visit here & will definitely return.

The food was incredible and the location was also really good!

This Cote restaurant has only been open since March 2018. As soon as you walk through the door the staff were friendly and immediately made you feel welcome. The food is the same high standard as other locations. great meal and a great evening.

food lovely! but more importantly the staff were lovely and incredibly accommodating to my father who is disabled, it made it a stress-free enjoyable experience!

As always, service excellent, food exactly to my taste. My husband especially appreciates the size of the portions - not too big. So happy about the branch at the Festival Hall.

Fantastic lunch in the sunshine on Saturday afternoon. The staff were so attentive and friendly and couldn’t do enough for us. The squid on the starter menu was stunning! Lovely central location with nice busy and warm vibe.

Welcome and hospitality excellent. Food pretty good. Drinks excellent. Our problem (party of three) is that this resturant is very noisy and it was difficult and tiring to have a conversation. I guess its the tiled floor, as I've eaten happily in other brances of Cote without this problem. Some noise baffling procedures could be considered for this busy and popular resturant.

I ordered sirloin steak with medium but it turn out nearly well done. Apart from the sirloin steak, others were good. Set dinner is good value.

Very prompt service, tasty food as ever. Very handy when attending events at festival hall although it can be somewhat noisy when it busy. Booking recommended

Very good and friendly service and value for money combined with excellent food. A wholly positive experience in a popular and convenient location. We will return!

As usual, our visit to a Cote restaurant was good. It was very busy and the only problem, bearing in mind that two of us were late due to traffic chaos, was that we had to wait a little while longer than usual between courses. Despite that we had a very enjoyable meal, and look forward to our next Cote meal.

Great value food with great service . Fab location . A good edition to the south bank dining experience where it’s always so hard to get in anywhere

Excellent – and plentiful – food from the Prestige Set Menu, which we thought was great value for money. Service was good, although the restaurant was very busy, and we were out well in time for the theatre. Will definitely go again.

We are Cote regulars but this was the first visit to this one. Excellent service and food as usual. Only criticism - please don't interrupt my meal to ask me how it is. I know it is the modern way but it grates on us oldies.

Great food and service - special theatre menus are very good value for money. Good choice of wine and drinks with free chilled tap water. Very consistent.

Had a great meal service was good. Was able to sit outside as a nice evening. Recommend that you book at busy times. Atmosphere was excellent.

A delightful occasion with good service. Steak rather cold, hence loss of mark, but replacement was offered. Pleasant environment upstairs, if a little noisier downstairs.

The acoustics are slightly noisy, but the service and food was great. I've marked 3 since they had only 2 bottles of the wine we wanted, and neither was chilled in advance at midday...

A very slow start to the service. Repeated questioning about whether we had booked. Took 10 minutes for someone to attend to us. Food was good. Ran out of orange juice. Not my best experience at Cote.

Good service / food in a very busy restaurant which is down to the staff and the way it was being managed. The only comment is that all food was taken by tray from the kitchens, which were down stairs.

Lovely new venue or Cote, there on a very sunny and warm Saturday early evening. Delicious meal, both dishes new to me, crab mayonnaise starter and cheese and mushroom crepe - delicious and I'm not a veggie!

Very crowded, noisy, tables very close together. Food average. Other restaurants from the same chain are more comfortable. Not going there again. Service was staff was very attentive.

Great experience all around. Excellent food and service. Don’t like Cotes policy of optional tip and putting it on the bill anyway. I think it’s a bit cheeky. Lots of restaurants add a gratuity to the check and are upfront about it.

Have yet to have a bad meal here. Excellent food, excellent service, always consistent. We eat here a few times a month, across London, always amazing. It is our go-to restaurant in the capital.

Extremely busy around 6pm / 6:30 today but served a glass of bubbly while waiting for our table and dinner / service was superb. Well done.

Lovely breakfast overall - just ove cookked eggs and the service was quite slow. Would have been nice for toast to be included in be breakfast

We were welcomed by the staff on arrival at 6.00pm and showed to the downstairs area of the restaurant which was fairly quiet. (A table on the ground floor would be nicer with more natural light) We chose from the two course pre-theatre menu which had a good choice of about five items per course. The food arrived quickly, the portions were good and was very tasty. The service was friendly and attentative throughout.

Cote festival hall terrace. Good service, and a great location. Good food always consistent. Selection good and fresh produce always. Good seasonal varieties. Thank you

We have used Cote often but this was our first time at South Bank. We liked the ambience and the menu. However two of our party found their main course tepid. We also had to wait more than 20 minutes for the main course, which was not desirable as we were going on to a concert. Not up to the usual Cote standard. The Manageress apologised and offered to bring fresh dishes but we couldn't wait for that. She did reduce our bill as a compensation.

A cosy atmosphere on a cold rainy day, service was quick and friendly, and the food excellent. The set menu is amazing value. I will be back!

Great value, good food, friendly service and relaxed surroundings where you can hear what your dining companions are saying. Overall this was an enjoyable experience. We'll be back.

Lovely food and very pleasant staff- very convenient location close to Waterloo station Can either choose from 2 set menus or a la Carte and wine price reasonable

The bistro was extremely busy on a Saturday evening and service was courteous but VERY slow. Customers were anxious about getting to concerts or trains on time. This would indicate a need for additional staff although as the tables are very close to each other this may potentially be a problem. I am a great “fan” of Cote but feel this one - in a prime position - still has some enresolved difficulties. Just hope it’s early days and that solutions will be found.

We were met by smiling faces and the services was very good. A busy place in a popular location but we did not feel rushed.

This is a newly opened restaurant with staff showing great enthusiasm. There is a standard Cote menu but good enough and representing good value for money

Spent a very enjoyable few hours over a long leisurely lunch with a couple of old friends, delicious fish stew, lemon tart and nice bottle of chilled sauv which (much to our joy) was complimentary with a voucher of hers! Same high standard I’ve come to expect. Well done Cote RFH.

Very pleasant staff and good choice of food and wines. Thoroughly recommend this branch. Very clean and excellent location close to The Festival Hall. .

We were 6, we took different courses from starters to main courses and they were all well prepared, the seafood was fresh and with good ingredients. Difficult to find this balance of good quality and good price.

Great experience. Warm, welcoming staff who go out of their way to make sure your visit is positive. Good food, wine and ambience. Nothing too much trouble for the people working there.

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Another good experience at the restaurant. We eat meat and fish courses, the chicken was tender, the fish starters and the main courses fresh and well presented

The staff very polite, friendly and efficient. Food excellent. The restaurant was very busy but the service was very good. we would definitely go again.

Very good taste, fresh food, very kind staff. We booked a table for dinner for 6 in the second half of the evening, when we arrived the table was being prepared and they offered a drink. The waiter was kind and asking for our feedback.

Food was at the expected high consistent standard but service was slow which for pre concert is disappointing. Manager handled it very professionally. Will return but hope for speedier experience!

Staff very friendly and welcoming. Very busy restaurant so advisable to book a table and tell your waiter that you are going to the theatre, as the staff try to allow you enough time to eat and to get to your show. The only downside was the noise and two very loud women behind us however we were seated in the middle of the restaurant, better to sit near a wall in a noisy place. The food was very good, set menu had many delicious options and finally great value.

Very well looked after, even moved us to a larger table when an unexpected guest turned up halfway through the planned meal. Food very good, although I would have liked it a little hotter when it reached the table. I shall certainly be a regular customer on my frequent trips to concerts at RFH.

All great we both had the Fish Stew which was very good. Stared a starter. Only slight problem very noisy but it was full so not surprising.