Côte Edinburgh

We were in the neighborhood doing some shopping and one of the shoppes mentioned Côte. It was nearby and we walked in during a busy lunch time. The accommodated us very nicely considering we didn’t have a reservation. I adore French food but never get to go when dining with my daughter who is gluten and dairy free. However, they had so many items to choose from for her. The food was outstanding!!! Cannot wait to go back.

Booked Côte Edinburgh for our first evening meal of our short city break as we've used this restaurant chain before and not had a bad experience so thought it was a safe bet. Arrived on time and were seated in the second area of seating wic was nice and comfortable. Ordered a couple of beers whilst we looked through the menu, the waiter didn't say much which was strange as the last time we dined at a Côte we had really good service. When ordered the food the member of staff appeared disinterested and didn't write down our order, fair enough if you are confident in your ability to get it right. Unfortunately this wasn't to case, my wife had the salmon dish and I ordered a ribeye steak with mushroom sauce, I also asked for a bottle of red wine to be served with the meal. The meals turned up without the mushroom sauce and no wine, I mentioned this to the waiter who then disappeared only to return a few minds later with a tiny amount of mushroom sauce in a small pot. He then disappeared again and returned to say the wine was on the way. We were at least halfway through before the wine turned up and it was the lady who took the order who brought it, she did apologise and said she hadn't heard the order. If that was the case why didn't she just ask me to repeat the order. Anyway, the food was nice, the sauce was nice even though it was late and the wine tasted good, so no major problem. As we had planned, we still ordered dessert as we are not in it to cause drama. I went for the salted caramel madeleine, my wife had the chocolate madeleine, these were both enjoyable and finished the meal off on a positive. When the bill came, the waiter informed us that the wine had been removed from the bill as an apology and he again apologised for the mistakes. This was a nice gesture and happily received, I would say that we don't look for this, we would rather have an uncomplicated meal and pay our bill. This has not put us off using Côte restaurants, but was a little surprising that the service wasn't as good as we normally receive. Perhaps this was a one off and just one of those nights. Overall, we did enjoy the meal.

The food was delicious, everything we ordered was great. Highly recommend the steak tartare. The service was great from start to finish, a friendly welcome by the host and wonderful table service by Georgia our waitress. She was friendly and attentive. It was Valentine’s Day so the restaurant had a nice vibe. Would highly recommend cote as you know you’ll be getting a great meal. Thanks guys