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Restaurant review: Gam Gam, in Venice
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 01:05 pmWhen I told people I was going to Venice, the response I got back from many of the Jewish ones was "Gam Gam", a kosher restaurant located in the Ghetto Vecchio. On being told they even offered Shabbos meals, I went online in search of how to book places. This restaurant, from what I experienced, appears to be a victim of its own success and of poor communications; anyone intending to go there at peak season should read the below before committing to it.
( Read more... ) I ended up storming off in a huff, informing them loudly of how bad a review they were going to get on the Internet; and unless anybody can say anything here to placate me, I am going to distribute a redacted version of this review as widely as possible. (It's not my intention to try and put Gam Gam out of business, but anyone who goes there in peak season should certainly be aware of what they're letting themselves in for.)
(Finally, as a postscript, a brief review of the other kosher restaurant we tried out on our holiday, the Albergo Ristorante at the Maraschina Hotel on the outskirts of Peschiera del Garda: ( Read more... )
I think I should add, though, lest anyone come away with a bad view of all kosher restaurants in Italy, that the ones in Rome I ate at a few years ago were all good, and varied from €6 for a shwarma to €40 for a fish dish I failed to realise was charged by the hectogram, not the kilogram...)
( Read more... ) I ended up storming off in a huff, informing them loudly of how bad a review they were going to get on the Internet; and unless anybody can say anything here to placate me, I am going to distribute a redacted version of this review as widely as possible. (It's not my intention to try and put Gam Gam out of business, but anyone who goes there in peak season should certainly be aware of what they're letting themselves in for.)
(Finally, as a postscript, a brief review of the other kosher restaurant we tried out on our holiday, the Albergo Ristorante at the Maraschina Hotel on the outskirts of Peschiera del Garda: ( Read more... )
I think I should add, though, lest anyone come away with a bad view of all kosher restaurants in Italy, that the ones in Rome I ate at a few years ago were all good, and varied from €6 for a shwarma to €40 for a fish dish I failed to realise was charged by the hectogram, not the kilogram...)
