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Gamba

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Gamba

225a West George Street

Glasgow, G2 2ND

Phone: 0141 572 0899

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Website: www.gamba.co.uk

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Food served: Mon–Thu noon–2.30pm, 5pm–10pm; Fri noon–2.30pm, 5pm–10.30pm; Sat noon–2.30pm, 5pm–10.30pm; Sun 5pm–10pm
Pre-theatre times: Mon–Sat 5pm–6.15pm; Sun 5pm–7pm
Number of wines sold by the glass: 7
Also offers: Gluten-free options, Pre-theatre menu, Post-theatre menu
Music on stereo: Elevator ambient
Capacity: 70
Largest group: 70
Open since: 1998

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Average price:
£16.95 (set lunch)
£32 (evening meal)
Pre-theatre price: £16.95
House wine: £19.95 per bottle

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The 2011/12 edition of The List's Eating & Drinking Guide is out now – only £5.95 (+p&p).

This review is taken from the current (2011) edition.

Since opening for business in 1998, Gamba has received regular fulsome praise and more than a few awards for Derek Marshall’s fish-focused cooking. Until a makeover in January 2011 though, the décor failed to live up to the restaurant’s exacting standards of food and service. Now the 1980s suburban trattoria look has been replaced with a smart, simple, predominantly dark-brown colour scheme better suited to special occasion food at special occasion – or expenses – prices. Gamba’s sourcing of great fish is close to faultless, as is the attention to detail in all that goes with it. A mature creative approach sees restrained oriental influence in a ginger-infused fish and crabmeat soup or a shellfish stew with coconut, while elsewhere, simple grilling and pan-frying bring out the best in sole, sea bass or red mullet. À la carte prices are high, with a couple of mains close to £25, and you pay extra for (delicious) hand-cut chips or a bowl of salad on the side. On the other hand, lunch and pre-theatre offer good value.

High point: Sophisticated cooking of great fish
Low point: Expensive, even for a place this smart

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13 Mar 2008

Gamba restaurant in Glasgow is celebrating its 10th birthday with a series of special meals, kicking off with an Oriental night on Friday 14 March. Tickets cost £59.95 for four courses with wines; book on 0141 572 0899. Two of leith’s most venerable…

Reviews of Gamba (225a West George Street, Glasgow)

3. Paul James, Glasgow – 9 July 2010, 1:58pmGambaReport: Bang on review, this place cooks beautiful fishes dishes. If you love fish, you will love gamba!

2. ShonaS, Glasgow – 9 September 2009, 1:03pmGambaReport: I would give my experience at Gamba 0 stars. Having previously visited the restaurant and enjoyed the experience, I had a dreadful time on Friday 28th Aug 2009. My partner and I had received vouchers for the meal as a gift and the meal was to be a treat to kick off a week long holiday for us. The signature dish of fish soup was overly hot, had very few dumplings and did not live up to my previous visit. Not only that but it made my stomach go into cramp almost immediately, so much so that I felt very unwell and had to leave the restaurant without eating more than two small mouthfuls of my main course. My partner did not eat the majority of his main course as we had to leave the restaurant due to my illness and discomfort. I did not wish to ruin our evening so attempted a couple of forkfuls of my main but could not continue. We attempted to take the remains of our dinner with us but the restaurant have a policy that no food is to leave the premises. By this time I was in severe discomfort and had to leave. The restaurant charged us full price for our truncated meal - over £110 for a below-average starter that made me ill. Half an hour after leaving the restaurant my partner vomited. I spoke to a manager on the following Sunday and he claimed I had eaten 3/4's of my main course - I had not. He also claimed that we could not have been ill - we clearly were. There was no apology or indication that Gamba were in any way bothered that we had had such a horrendous time at their restaurant. Both my partner and my uncle have been unwell following previous visits to Gamba. I will never go back and I warn others that they may also become ill from Gamba's food.

1. SCOOBY32 – 22 February 2009, 5:18pmGambaReport: We visited Gamba on Saturday. Restaurant was fairly quiet. Good point was there was no intrusive music. Food was very nice. I had smoked salmon - £10 starter and then as it turned out the dearest thing on the menu, £24 for 5 scallops with some superfluous jasmine rice. What I had was nice, but there wasn't a great deal to the main course. With our List card, we managed to get £34 off the bill, otherwise LUNCH would have been just over £100 not including tip. Does anyone else think this a tad excessive, no matter how nice a restaurant or how good the food? The set menu of £12.95/£15.95 (2/3 courses respectively) had 3 items on it for each course, none of which were startling and could be had from many other establishments at a much lesser price. The bottom line is the restaurant was nice, the food was lovely, although I have eaten just as well if not better elsewhere, not least at its sister establishment, Urban Brasserie, much better value for money, much more choice and also on your List Card (this incidentally was what had pre-empted my visit to Gamba). Word of warning - it is definitely a seafood restaurant, for those who don't know that Gamba means Prawn. There were 2 starters I believe on the a la carte and 2 mains, which were not fish or seafood related, so be careful if you are going with someone who isn't a big fish eater. Is Gamba worth the money? No. Even on the List card scheme. Don't think so. We had 2 starters, 2 mains, 2 coffees, a beer and a £20 bottle of wine and it was £67 for lunch. Like I said, £100+ if paying the full price. What I will say is that their a la carte lunch menu appeared to be the same as their a la carte dinner menu and was priced accordingly. How could they improve it? Add more choice to their set lunch menu, even if it meant putting the price up a couple of pounds. Can they justify a main course at £24 and then asking you to pay for side dishes? I don't think so. Haven't they heard of the credit crunch?