Gallipoli Restaurant — Restaurant in London

We brought a friend here for an impromptu dinner and were very disappointed with the experience. My husband and I used to come here, or one of the other two restaurants pretty frequently in the early 2000’s, and always enjoyed the authentic food, great atmosphere and service. Tonight it felt like an entirely different restaurant.

The service felt hurried and impersonal. For the price of the food I would expect better - not for the waitress to lean right across me to deliver drinks on the opposite side of the table. The food itself was very overpriced; £19.95 for an extremely small vegetarian moussaka, with a tiny side salad. My companion’s meals were also pretty small. We all agreed the taste was fine, but nothing that special or worth the money. On the plus side we didn’t have long to wait before the food arrived.

We all ordered the baklava for dessert - mainly because we were still so hungry - which was reasonably priced at £6.95 with ice cream. We just started to tuck in when this ear-piercingly loud music started playing, and we could no longer hear each other to have a conversation. Then a less than scantily clad belly dancer entered and made the rounds of the tables, enticing people to dance with her. Some people did and seemed to enjoy it, but I just felt it was rather inappropriate. We live in different times now and this type of entertainment seems somewhat old-fashioned and sexist. I felt pretty uncomfortable the entire time, not so much from the dancer, but seeing the way men were looking at her. However you feel about it, the music made it impossible to have a conversation for at least 15minutes. We ended up hurrying our desserts and leaving as quickly as possible, which wasn’t how we wanted to finish our meal.

It’s a real shame that this will be my last memory of the place as I’m definitely...

Today I was unfortunate enough to have dinner at this restaurant . I was recommended very highly of this place and left very disappointed.

After having my meal which was fairly up to standard, I asked for the bill from one of the waiters who happened to be near me, he turned up with the bill and a card machine in his hand . After tapping my card the waiter briefly checked if the payment went through and thanked me whilst giving my receipt. Thanking him I left the restaurant and walked out, as I walked a few steps I heard someone screaming from behind “excuse me!” Multiple times and “did you pay!” Intrigued, I turned around and saw that a waitress was coming towards me eyeing me waving a card machine in her hand. As she approached me she repeated loudly “did you pay!”and I responded in a high tone “of course I paid” “ I can’t see you’ve paid on my till” I then countered with, “ have you asked your colleagues whether I’ve paid or not, ask them!” Forget saying sorry I don’t think she felt guilty in anyway I could tell this as she confidently commented “ you cannot shout at me like that” I mean you accused me of dine and dash I have every right to be angry at you

It was a very busy time and there were a lot of people around. Looking around I felt humiliated in that situation and wouldn’t wish that upon anyone. This was very unprofessional of her and she didn’t have the right to treat a customer like that in front of all of those people and I hope they do something about this so it never happens to anyone again.

Ps: If you eat here and pay, don’t forget to look behind you and see if there is someone frantically calling out “...

My family and I chose Gallipoli to celebrate my dad's birthday, and unfortunately, it turned out to be a disappointing experience from start to finish. The evening began with a lengthy wait of 10-15 minutes for our drinks order to be taken, setting a tone of poor service.

After ordering starters and enjoying them, we decided to proceed with our main course. Shockingly, we were informed that the kitchen had closed, leaving us completely unaware of any closing time or urgency to place our main course order. The waitress exhibited a lack of concern and was unhelpful throughout.

To address our concerns, we requested to speak to a manager, but instead, Barash, the bar man, approached us. Surprisingly, he failed to offer any apology or display genuine concern for our dissatisfaction. On top of this, he resorted to using abusive language directed at my father as we were leaving, displaying a shocking level of unprofessionalism and disrespect.

The overall service and treatment we received were absolutely disgusting. I strongly discourage anyone from considering Gallipoli for any celebration or dining experience. The lack of communication, unhelpful staff, and disrespectful behavior from Barash made this visit an unforgettable and regrettable experience. Would not recommend this establishment to anyone; it was a complete letdown and a stain on what should have been a special...