Two days ago a friend and I went in the evening to Cote Chiswick, London.We had a very substandard meal. But our main complaint is one we have repeatedly had to make at Cote. Requests for dishes to be brought in a certain order are just completely ignored. On this occasion we asked for a portion of fougasse bread to be brought before the rest of the meal. We wanted to eat it with wine while we were waiting for the meal to arrive. "Can we have the fougasse now, that is immediately?" We asked. "Yes" was the reply. But it did not arrive for a good 10-15 minutes and then it arrived at the same time as out starters one of which included bread. We complained but for some reason this caused the waiter to take away the two portions of chips we had ordered. I really do not know why! The chips were left on a nearby counter for a while then returned to the table. The waiter did consent to reheat them though they were still cold when we've eventually got them. All in all, a badly presented, dried-out "tired" meal which we did not enjoy.The basic problem as regards the impossibility of getting bread while you wait for your meal is that the only a available bread has to be heated up before it is brought to the table and the kitchen insists on doing this at the same time as they heat up the other dishes you have ordered. So no matter what you may say to the waiter everything arrives at the same time!I think standards at the branches of Cote I have been to in the last couple of years have been steadily dropping. Several dishes have been dropped from the menu which is now much reduced. Dishes do not seem to have been prepared to order but are often dried up and cold. I'm not likely to go to a Cote again in a hurry.
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