Gallipoli Bazaar

The food was a very low standard, I ordered the whitebait to start which were all black inside really not appetising at all. For our mains mum ordered the lamb knuckle which was swimming in oil so we had to get another plate so she could take it out of the oil in order to eat it. I ordered the upper street special mixed kebab and it was so dry I had to ask for yogurt to put on it so I could eat it.

The service was really bad as well I spent half the evening turned around trying to get the waiter’s attention and we waited so long for the bill I had to get up and stop him arguing with one of the other waiters, ignore the dirty looks and ask for the bill so we could get out of there.

Also the toilets are downstairs very close to the kitchen and there are no smells of cooking coming from in there, considering most of the food is supposed to be kebab, it made me wonder if the food is cooked elsewhere and they just heat it up.

Not a pleasant evening at all, the staff couldn’t care less about the diners and they had an aggressive attitude amongst themselves.
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Kirsty
2 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 3
Thursday, September 22, 2011

After going for a meal at Gallipoli Bazaar last friday evening i was very disappointed. I went with a group of 14 women for a leaving do. Four of our group were served and had their meal 35 mins before the rest of us, so when the other 10 finally had theirs the other 4 had finished, sorry but this was not acceptable, they even had the cheek to charge us £24 service charge. So i wont be going back there again, oh yes and it is far too small to try and cram in as many people as possible.
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Michele Kinley
3 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 3
Sunday, June 26, 2011

We booked for a large party. Over half the group ordered the set mezze and ate what we thought was the first round only to discover it was actually the whole meal. This is the first time I have ordered mezze and been hungry at the end of it... we were also certain that two of the dishes ordered hadn't actually been brought to the table. The waiter argued with 8 people telling him that none of us had seen any chicken - he refused to accept this was true because the chef confirmed it had been sent up. A separate dish (not part of the set menu) was completely forgotten which he agreed to remove from the bill. They did give us some extra wine but then held us up from leaving because we deducted the automatic service charge from the final bill.

He also told us that the bowls of food we got were each supposed to be shared between 4 people when we could clearly see from the tables around us that diners in groups of 2 were being given the same portions.

It might be OK for small groups and couples but I will not be going back after this disappointing experience. The measly portion of food I did get, tasted quite nice though.
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M.Arif
3 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 1
Thursday, October 28, 2010

Went there some time ago and food service was very poor

I think these people are taking the customers for a ride..
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1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 0
Monday, March 29, 2010

Decor / place was nice but bad service.

Went there for valentines set menu and had to ask for the menu, drinks and bill.

The food was fairly good except for the dessert, raspberry creme brulee. It did not look like creme brulee or did it taste like creme brulee. The waiter didnt even recognise it on the menu.

The waiter then also avoided our table because she was too embarrassed to collect the dessert, which was pretty much untouched.

To top it off, we had paid a deposit for the table being valentines day and they had lost the deposit. Took 30mins to find out it had gone to one of the other Gallipoli's restaurants.

Wont be going back...
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3 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 3
Tuesday, February 16, 2010