Coq d'Argent

Went on Friday 18th December with a group of 6 friends. We were given the worst possible table by the door in spite of booking many weeks ago. It was one of the coldest nights and we got very chilled with the door constantly opening. Food Ok but no atmosphere and very pricey. I don't think I will go back any time soon! Terrible experience
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Luisa
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Food 5 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 1
Monday, December 21, 2009

Had a beautiful lunch today!! Thank you very much. Tuna steak was fantastic!
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, December 10, 2009

We went to Coq d'Argent on Friday 18th September 2009 at lunch time. We had booked in advance and arrived at 12.30. Service was incredibly slow. We had been seated for an hour when we finally caught a waiter's attention and asked if we could order. It was well over two hours before our main courses arrived. The food arrived cold and with the wrong accompaniments. We were charged for side dishes that should have been inlcuded in the meal and the waiters were generally snooty and disinterested in our attempts to speed things up. We had to leave without desert as it was already 3.30pm by the time we finished out main course. The food was fine, the terrace was lovely but I for one, will never return and I do wonder how in the current economic climate a restaurant can afford to be so blase about service.
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Food 3 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 0
Monday, September 21, 2009

went on to coq d argent on 17/08/09 had a good experience

service was great, food was ok but the desserts were amazing
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Monday, August 17, 2009

Don't bother would be my advice. I booked a table for my wife and I to celebrate her birthday. The staff seemed underwhelmed with our presence which was particularly annoying as we spent over £200 on the meal. The waiter preceeded to announce that about half the menu was not available even though we were early evening customers. The food was average and overpriced, the staff pretentious in the extreme. I wish we had booked Gaucho!
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nathan munson
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Food 3 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Ate here with a party of six. Asked to be moved from the first table as it was ridiculously large for a small group (we didn't really want to have to use our mobile phones just to talk to each other), and it was also right in front of the toilets. The tables are so packed together that people were constantly bumping against the backs of the seats on that side. Oh, and being close to the bar they might as well hand out ear-plugs as you sit - you won't be doing much talking over the racket.

Second table by the windows was much better, although the noise levels are still too high to make conversation easy except with your immediate neighbours.

Food was competent, without being amazing. Wine list was not bad, but not much choice at the shallow end of the price pool.

Service on the other hand was very good. Our waitress was a delight and made every effort to keep us happy, and even arranged for a special desert for the just-married couple a the heart of our party. If not for her, I think they would have been disappointed with the experience.

Maybe some more soft furnishings would help tone the noise levels down, and maybe it was just a bad night as heavy rain came down, driving all the drinkers inside, but I won't be rushing back.
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David Sutherland
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Food 7 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 5
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

arrived on Saturday for the top table offer and thought we would have a drinkie before dining, Just a word of advice DONT order cocktails...overpriced and jam packed full of ice....not a sniff of alcohol. I am quite sensitive to spirits so even a thimble full would have been appreciated.

Soup was extremely watery (in line with the cocktails)...was it due to the offer or always served that way (I have eaten here before and the soup previously had been the best I've ever tasted). Yes as a veggie I am limited. Deserts though were fantastic and extremely yummy.

Great service ....will go back ....but will avoid the bar...and yes it was cold!!
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the veggie muncher
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Food 5 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Monday, March 02, 2009

Food was not of the level had expected.. Restaurant was freezing cold, although we did ask for the door to be closed, and were told it wasn't possible because of the people wanting to smoke outside. Even a lady who was wrapped up in a blanket standing at the bar it was so cold. Understand that is sometimes neccessary to order sides to accompany main but would have been nice to have been made aware of this when we ordered rather than having to order these once main courses had arrived and were going cold. Have eaten at several of your restaurants before and this did really not live up to the group name.
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Laura mckenzie
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Food 2 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Friday, January 09, 2009

Food was not of the level had expected.. Restaurant was freezing cold, although we did ask for the door to be closed, and were told it wasn't possible because of the people wanting to smoke outside. Even a lady who was wrapped up in a blanket standing at the bar it was so cold. Understand that is sometimes neccessary to order sides to accompany main but would have been nice to have been made aware of this when we ordered rather than having to order these once main courses had arrived and were going cold. Have eaten at several of your restaurants before and this did really not live up to the group name.
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Laura mckenzie - View all reviews by this user
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Food 2 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Friday, January 09, 2009

I'm not normally in the habit of writing reviews, though the bad spelling of some of the other reviewers (chateau brione ??) and also regarding an amusebouche as the mark of fine dining has driven me to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard!

Let me put it simply. If you want pomp, over the top service and visually stunning food, or as I would say 'ponceyness' then go somewhere else.

If you want superb food, excellent service and a pleasurable dining experience then go to Coq D'Argent. They don't try too hard, because they don't have to. The food is definitely the best food I've tried in City and probably in London. I say probably because after a few glasses of red the mind does get a bit hazy!

I won’t recommend anything specific from the menu because everything we had was excellent, and everything we didn’t have looked excellent and I’ll try some more next time. I’m a picky bugger but I can only fault them on the presentation of the cheeses, I wasn’t told what each one was – but that’s my little foible due to my cheese related OCD.

I like this place. I like its service, I like its food and if you're careful with the wine choice (it's easy to blow a lot of cash on some of their bottles) it's not too OTT priced.

Though, if you want to impress someone with a location then go to one of the style over substance parlours of the West End or Shoreditch. If you want to impress a foodie and have a relaxed lunch or dinner then you could do a lot worse. But let me know if you can find better because I’d like to try it.

Bon appetit!
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Nicholas Huddart
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Wednesday, November 19, 2008