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The flamboyant Italian trattoria returns to Shoreditch on July 4, wacky cocktails and Instagrammable interiors included – and you can now book a table for less than six.
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The team behind La Felicitá and Pink Mamma in Paris are opening two restaurants in London in 2019 - Gloria is the first, a 'vintage style' Italian trattoria with 160 covers and a passion for authentic sourcing.
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Summary
“If Wes Anderson did Italian restaurants, they might be something like this”; and this “very 2019” Shoreditch yearling – whose glam, pastiche decor apes a thriving 1960s ristorante – feels “like popping to the Amalfi Coast for lunch without the air travel!”. Definitely, it’s not one for food purists, who can condemn what they see as “overhyped, Instagram-led, bog-standard, fake cooking”. Don’t take it too seriously, though, and it’s superb “fun”, service is “prompt and smooth-running”, and the calorie-laden scoff – with echoes of 1970s Britalian – is “generously portioned” and “surprisingly good”.
Summary
“If Wes Anderson did Italian restaurants, they might be something like this”; and this “very 2019” Shoreditch newcomer – whose glam, pastiche decor apes a thriving 1960s ristorante – feels “like popping to the Amalfi Coast for lunch without the air travel!”. Definitely, it’s not one for food purists, who can condemn what they see as “overhyped, Instagram-led, bog-standard, fake cooking”. Don’t take it too seriously, though, and it’s superb “fun”, service is “prompt and smooth-running”, and the calorie-laden scoff – with echoes of 1970s Britalian – is “generously portioned” and “surprisingly good”.
Prices
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Wine per bottle | £33.00 |
Filter Coffee | £3.50 |
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Service | 12.50% |
54-56 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3QR
Opening hours
Monday | 8 am‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
Tuesday | 8 am‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
Wednesday | 8 am‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
Thursday | 8 am‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
Friday | 8 am‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑10 pm |
Saturday | CLOSED |
Sunday | CLOSED |
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