La Côte — Restaurant in Berlin

I’m so disappointed especially because I saw many good ratings online.

I have lived in France and been to many French restaurants including Michelins.

The food here is low effort, small portion and over-priced. They are not authentic, more like fusion or creative dishes. There are also not many selections either. We three spent 139€ and walked out all hungry. It’s the first time I see a “French restaurant” not offering some bread or🥖 beside.

Unbelievably the rating js so high. I can’t understand WHY. Maybe they deleted the low ratings? When the staff asked if we liked it, I said it’s good but very small portion. He just said yeah it’s small like this. He’s not listening in the customers feedback.

I’ll not come again.

Reply after the reply of the restaurant: Thank you for the comprehensive response. If the restaurant is French, then it makes more sense. You did offer souther European cuisine. I guess the name is just confusing to customers. Cuz when ppl talk about your restaurant, they say it’s a French. That’s also why we were there.

We indeed spent 139€ in total as the receipt. It’s including the drinks. Regarding the portion.. actually no matter the main or small plate to the price is quite small in our opinions. The bread wasn’t a normal size - we were three, we ordered a basket of bread which came with 4 pieces. Everyone gets 1 piece…. plus one bite 😅 Thank you for reading the comments and...

Friends had booked the chambre de privacy for us and preorder the menu. We where 8 people in total.

This really feels like it’s the hotspot in Neukölln at the moment. Instant you step inside here you got the feeling someone cares about you and your friends. We are former “friedrichhainers” and recently moved over to Neukölln and it really feels like come home to good friends living room.

Food menu with dishes that someone prepared with love and care. A wine list that are impressive and we got excellent help from our waiter to chose a wine stretch over our 3 meal course.

Starters: sourdough bread whipped butter besides olives, pickled cucumber and sour creams, pimiento with tuna flakes.

Main: chicken with prunes and salad, gnocchi with broccoli and butter sauce, gnocchi with chanterelle. All served with a big smile and prepared by a chef I just suppose love his work.

The cocktails are so innovative and feels so modern. We had Nordic sour and Garden (somethings but I forgot the fully name) their the restaurant them self had infuse different booze with different herbs.

All in total, it’s just not a “dinner with friends”, it’s an experience! We where searching for something to be a bit strict about, some good feedback or so. Their was nothing. We just say- If you in 3-6-9-12 month are doing the same you are to be better then most restaurants in the area and Berlin. Thank you all for bringing such joy to...

Beef Tartare Panipuri: Beef was fresh and had a good texture, but lacked flavor. Nothing exceptional, but worth trying.

Croquettes: Crunchy outside and super soft inside with pecorino cheese. Chili sauce is delicious. Recommended.

Veal w/ Egg: Green Goddess dressing is really delicious, veal totally lacked flavor. Not recommended.

Lasagne: Very good. Soft beef cheek / tomato sauce / dill was a great combination. Definitely recommended.

Sourdough bread and butter: Bread was very disappointing - simply not fresh. Butter might be the best one I ever had, like 10/10, not sure what was inside...

Mezcal cocktails were exceptionally good.

Tables for two on the entrance floor are way too close to each other. It is understandable for the restaurant to use the space wisely, but the proximity was compromising privacy a bit too much. We were practically sitting together with the couples on our right and left. Apart from that, the ambiance and music is nice.

The service inside the place by the lady was really kind, however the speed was exceptionally bad. There is no excuse to have 30-minute gap between serving two small snacks.

We paid 137 EUR for three small dishes, one large dish, five cocktails, water and bread. Considering the overall experience, I think it was worth it.

Food: 3.5/5 Service: 2.5/5 Atmosphere:...