I was in London in early September for the very first time and celebrated my birthday at this Côte Brasserie location, its newest location in Ealing. It's conveniently located three blocks from my cousin's flat, so it was a quick stroll to make our 6:00 dinner reservation for five adults and one baby.
My cousin told me they just opened a few days prior to our visit, so I was pretty excited to try it out for my birthday. We got seated in a round dining table in the center of the restaurant and was quickly greeted by a server and jugs of water for our table.
We started off with a bottle of red wine, calamari and duck pâté. My Auntie & I got the rib eye steak and frites for our entrees, my Mom got the seafood pasta and my cousin and wife got flat iron steaks.
When we were done with our dinner, we had a small birthday cake come out for our dessert. I knew we brought one with us to dinner, it was just a matter of them bringing it out when we were ready for it. It was pretty nice to blow out some candles on my big day, but was later told by my cousin's wife that it was not the cake they had brought with us. Turns out it was the cake brought in by another table sitting nearby. Oops.
Overall, my birthday dinner was great. I'd definitely go back if I find myself ever back in London Town. Loved my memorable, quiet dinner with my family abroad at this lovely French restaurant. read more