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La Gondola London

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Italian in London - Bethnal Green
253 Globe Road , Bethnal Green, London, E2 0JD
+44 (0) 20 8980 8776

A very friendly family run restaurant.
The tables spread out for leg room with soft candle light and beautiful softly played Italian music. Entertaining service never to get bored whilst you wait for your meal. If you don't fall in love here you were meant to be on you own.
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La Gondola London Reviews


Hidden Italian gem in East End - We went to La Gondola with my partner and parents for a birthday meal and the staff were extremely helpful and friendly and made us feel welcome at once. The menu was very extensive and the waiter also advised that they had specials. We were spoilt for choice. I had the baked avocado and it was gorgeous, my partner had calamari which was a very generous portion. My parents seemed very happy with their starters. The wine selection was really impressive and resonably priced. We were impressed with our main courses and I tried the sea bass which tasted very fresh and the sauce was delicious. My main came with sautéed potatoes and a selection of vegetables which was if no added cost and complemented my dish. My partner and parents had pastas and steak. All in all a great evening as the waiter and owners came out to sing happy birthday in great Italian spirit and it made our evening even more enjoyable. The oqner came to our table to ask if we enjoyed our meal. We really enjoyed having the chef come out to talk to us and we were given a complimentary limoncello which was delightful.

All in all a fantastic evening and the food and service were brilliant a real little gem hidden in Globe Road. I really recommend this restaurant it was value for money and great authentic and fresh italian food with bags of character!

I will be going back very soon!  
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Rating  4

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no style, no substance - Although it looks ok from outside I was highly disappointed by the whole experience once I'd been seated at a table.
The first warning sign (& one that I should have acted on by leaving), was when the sole waiter (the owner I presume) brought over a small plate containing limp carrot sticks & celery with a dish of Thousand Island dressing. In one fell swoop I was back in the 1970s & all the culinary delights that period entailed. At this point I became very nervous as to what I should order & my thought process was along the lines of ..."what can they not screw up". I decided to bypass the starter & go straight for a pretty safe pasta dish for my main course. My partner however was feeling a little braver & decided to order from the 'meal deal' menu.

The part baked bread rolls we were served some time before our starter arrived were tasteless & over cooked (i.e. burned)

The place was far from busy, in fact the 2 tables occupied had already eaten or had just been served their main course. Another couple had chosen the table outside. So pretty quiet for a restaurant that easily had 30+ covers.

However it still took well over 15mins for my partner’s starter of deep fried camembert to arrive. When it did we were both amazed/shocked at what arrived. But game to give anything a go we both ventured in...& were left distinctly unimpressed. The salad appeared to be drowned in salt, the camembert itself - apparently mama is to cheap to even shop at Iceland - the identikit cheese pieces appeared to have come frozen from a packet & reheated, but surely not even Iceland food is that bad is it??

Giving the starter up as a bad job, we decided that we would give the benefit of the doubt & stick around to try the main course. However after 25mins this had still not arrived - I'd only ordered pasta in a sauce & my partner a fish dish. 3 more people had arrived at the restaurant whilst we were waiting on out starter & another couple after our starter had been cleared - this was not a busy restaurant - why on earth was it taking so long.

I'm more than happy to wait for food to be cooked but this was verging on the ridiculous. My partner tried to get the attention of the waiter a number of times to no avail & eventually had to shout out a couple of times. We were assured it would be 'coming now', however it didn’t. At this point we decided to cut our losses & leave paying for an overpriced starter.

What frustrated me all the more is that just 10mins down the road in Victoria Park there is a fantastic Italian at around the same price & the food/ service is superb. My advice would be to head there instead.
  
Tags: bethnal green, italian

Rating  1

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Bubblyone - This is the best Italian Resturant i have ever eaten at. Highly recommended.
This is a family run place with the best service one could wish for.
The food is exquisite.
Customer Service is superb.  

Rating  5

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