The best restaurants serving French food in England

We visited La Mere on a Wednesday evening and had a wonderful time. The restaurant has a great atmosphere and the selective menu has all of the French classics you'd hope for. The food and wine menu are both great value for money.

Best brownies ever. They are gooey from inside and crunchy on outside. Perfect flavour and sweetness.

Food was lovely but service was so disappointing I wouldn’t eat here again. We ordered a selection of plates that were whisked away as soon as they looked vaguely finished (they weren’t), we had only just ordered dessert (having asked three times for the menu- generally the waiters were very inattentive and it was hard to get service) when we were told the restaurant closing. We had only been there for about 1hr 15 minutes by this point and weren’t given our table until 8.35pm despite booking for 8.15pm (which was earlier time for evening sitting). We told the waiter we needed to have dessert but then were told three times (whilst eating it) we needed to go and were given the bill before we’d received dessert which I’ve never experienced before. As soon as we had paid I felt like we were just being hassled out, particularly by one large bald guy who resembled a bouncer. Despite spending over £100 on a couple of bottles of wine we had plastic pint glasses planted on our table and when I went to toilet I returned to the table to find my wine glass was gone and wine decanted into plastic. This totally spoilt the enjoyment of almost a full glass of a nice wine, which I ended up leaving. The final straw was the bouncer guy coming over and telling me us rudely they were closed and we “needed to leave”. It wasn’t even 10.30pm and still felt early - plus other customers were still there. We felt like we were pushed out and it completely soured the evening which was a birthday celebration - and felt a bitter end. Bora Bistro I had high expectations - and you failed miserably.

Lovely service and food, would recommend.

Food always good. Nice ambiance, I had the sea bass which was very good perfectly cooked. Can't wait to go back again soon. Thanks to all the staff for making it so enjoyable.

Such a cosy lovely atmosphere and they have alcohol free beers on draught!

I have visited Bistrot Pierre a number of times now and it is fast becoming my go-to restaurant. The menu is varied and caters for pretty well everyone. The food arrived in good time and was very good. Service was excellent throughout our visit. Being a city centre location parking is a bit tricky unless you know where you're going - I needed to use Google to direct me to the restaurant from where I had parked!

I ate the best meal of entire trip in England, Paris and Brussels. The food and staff are amazing. Cote is my favorite places to eat in London

Food poisoning from a Michelin quality restaurant?! Attended with my partner for our anniversary and had the 10 course tasting menu. The food was nice but not at the same quality as other Michelin restaurants we had attended. Only after we returned home did the trouble start. My partner and I both had food poisoning and spent most of the night and following day in the toilet. This was my first time having oysters and I will ensure it was the last. The service was okay however the sommelier seemed quite rude and abrupt. Cosy atmosphere but can get quite loud at times. The last thing we expected from a restaurant of this quality.

Excellent service, the staff were all very welcoming. Roberto looked after us so well and was so knowledgeable about the wines. Our dog was also made welcome , a lovely evening.

Attentive staff, gorgeous food, classic ambience. Excellent location in Shrewsbury's Market Square.

Superb address where you can enjoy excellent brasserie-style dishes. The evening I went to Bistrot Pierre in Coventry, there weren't many people there, hence the atmosphere was a bit sad, but it was a Thursday evening during the week. As for the food, however, everything is delicious, fresh and well presented. Thanks also to Izzy for her kindness and the quality of her service. I highly recommend Bistrot Pierre.

Today has been the first time I have visited this restaurant branch with my friends. The staff are polite, kind and patient. The atmosphere was pleasant and busy and the food was absolutely amazing! I would highly recommend this restaurant! It’s an amazing but tasty curry house. I will be visiting again and will be recommending this restaurant to my friends and family. Thankyou all very much for your hospitality! Khoesh Miah, Abdul Miah and N.D Parmar

We came for a birthday dinner for my husband but sadly we were both underwhelmed by the food. The snacks to start were delicious but not all dishes that followed were as successful. Some of the flavours of the dishes were a little jarring but two of the dishes were actually difficult to eat. My Cornish bluefin tuna, rather than being melt in the mouth, was tough to cut through and the white tendon was still in place which wasn’t chewable so I had to spit it out. It was also served with small discs of radish which were raw, so the whole dish was off, even though the ponzu dressing was tasty. Ordinarily this would have been my favourite. The main course was squab pigeon but was served with the wing, including foot and claws, so was a bit too much reality for me and made us feel sad about the food rather than joyful. The waitress weirdly made a point of highlighting which bit was the heart as ‘she’d like to know what she was eating,’ so I don’t even think she was on board with this dish. To be fair to the restaurant we were given the chance to review the menu when having pre dinner drinks and we were asked if we had any comments. I can’t recall however whether this detail was in there. The wine flight however was really good with some really interesting selections such as the dessert wine with rose water. The sommelier at least had a bit of personality. Overall due to us not enjoying a couple of dishes and not bowled over by the rest, we came away feeling disappointed and not value for money. Sadly the foot is all I can think about!!

Excellent service and lovey food