Côte Cardiff Central

"Staff were really attentive, helped bring and take away food very quickly. Everything came out within minutes of ordering/ finishing the previous course. Price was slightly high, but we are students to be fair. Portion sizes were plentiful with the 3 course Valentine’s Day meal, left very full and very happy. Food: French onion soup was pretty good, nice touch of alcohol. Steak tartare was very nice! Raw meat can seem slightly off putting, but the capers, seasoning, spices, and Tabasco condiments worked really well to mask this. Roast pork was interesting, well cooked, sauce was rich, veg and dauphinois potatoes all very nice! Would have preferred the skin to have been slightly crispier all around. Something different nonetheless, I’m sure it’s perfect if you have more sensitive teeth. Desserts were wonderful, no complaints, loved the salted caramel tart."

"Best place in town for classy cuisine, every mouthful is a delight and the staff are both helpful and knowledgeable. Always remember us and save us our table! food there is perfect...highly recommended"

"Not my favourite Cardiff restaurant, I'm afraid. The staff (and service) were superb - no complaints there. I just felt that the restaurant lacked ambiance as the tables were crammed too closely together which made it seem as though we were almost sitting on other peoples laps. The portion sizes were quite small, too, and I didn't find our starters or desserts very flavoursome; though the mains were nice."

"I used to go to cote two years ago just for the onion soup. I visited this year and i wasn’t disappointed at all. This is still the best french onion soup i’ve had in Cardiff. The restaurant is comfortable. The staff are nice and helpful. The fresh orange juice was refreshing and of course the french onion soup was splendid. Great overall experience."

"The interior of the restaurant is very classy, cosy and well presented. The food was absolutely outstanding but unfortunately service staff very unexperienced or very new . The ordering process went very smooth and quick. The food came out in few minutes was fantastic. Each time we wanted additional drinks we had to look for attention as no one was checking if we need anything or if ourmeal are ok . Two of us ordered flat white coffees which were only warm and very weak, more like small size lattes. We asked for them to be changed for stronger we received back the same dirty mugs with only added extra coffee shot in them. At this point we didnt even know which coffee is whos as they been both a bit drinked . All our table was a table hospitality managers and we were truly amazed of poor quality of service in such a nice place . On the end our boss wanted to say thank you and how much we enjoyed the food to the waitress but she basically ingored him with quick and cold " thanks " . Its such a shame as the place look beautiful and we all enjoyed our meals but we won't be back in a hurry due to the service issues ."