Cote Brasserie Richmond

Lovely restaurant, with great food. We three had different main meals, and all delicious. Especially the lamb.

Being critical, decor wasn’t entirely to my taste, but still a pleasant environment. HOWEVER, the quality simply shone through! Visited with my wife, and we both had different mains and desserts, so 4 plates of food, and every one of them exceptional! Frankly couldn’t believe this was a chain! Desserts clearly made on site, rather than brought In as with most chains. I had fish, cooked to perfection, the accompanying veg was varied and again beautifully done, sauté potatoes just so, the sauce served with it superb! A fabulous plate of food. Dessert choice was superb, we went with the chocolate/banana pancakes crème brûlée, both with fabulous twists and both were utterly superb! I had a similar lunch a week earlier, which cost more, and this from Cote was simply in a DIFFERENT LEAGUE! Service was good, and all this when they were frankly busy!! Tremendously impressed! Keep it up!!

What attracts us to Cote is that it is consistently pretty good. Our first visit to Cote Richmond but as usual more than happy with food, service and value. Our mains, Mussels and Breton Chicken both pretty good. Ok it’s not high end dining but certainly one of the better national high st restaurant brands.

Me and my partner ordered our meal myself 10oz rib eye and my partner Tomato Tarte Fine. We ordered our drinks as well at the same time. As I finished pouring my drink our food arrived. The rib eye was warm at best and my partners food was poorly presented and looked no better than a sliced tomato on RIVTA bread. The frites are no more than those from McDs. So this was my first and certainly my last visit to this over priced and rather dirty establishment. Also the toilets could be better kept clean. Not up to the standards one would expect to find in Richmond.

Lovely evening meal yesterday with a couple of good friends. The reason for this review is to give our server, Chris, a big shout out. He was attentive without being intrusive, warmly welcoming, and made the whole evening very special for us.