We waited 1.5 hrs for food despite being one of only 3 parties there. I paid almost $80 for a couple of tiny Moreton Bay bugs that were the size of slightly large prawns. The sauce they were drowned in was cloying and over sweet, and the lack of substance in the meal was overwhelming. If this is what it's like, do not recommend.

A bit of a mixed experience. We did a trifecta and ordered the Moreton Bay bugs, the crayfish and the mud crab. Oh, also started with some oysters. All seafood meat itself was delicious and well cooked. There was too much saucy butter on the crayfish. Would have been nicer with butter on the side. The Singapore chili sauce tastes like sweet and sour chili sauce, so avoid. The mud crab was meant to be 1.6kgs, but there were at least one of the claws missing. Prices are on the higher side too for what you get. All in all OK experience, but with some issues.

Exceptionally elegant, the staff are all trained very professionally and strive to meet all customer requirements; pulling out chairs for people and regularly checking on drinks, etc. The food is beautifully presented and usually in generous portions, very fresh smelling and tasting seafood, cooked nearly perfectly. Prices I’d say in some aspects are steep, though quite worth while. Overall will definitely revisit again and again. THANK YOU GAMBARO!

The food is ok but the restaurant itself is filthy, dirty, and sticky from years of dirt and grime stuck to everything. It’s a health hazard and makes you wonder what the hygiene standards are in the kitchen. Look at my picture of the trays. Absolutely disgusting. Everything is dirty and sticky. Yuck. Definitely wash your hands after leaving the restaurant to make sure you don’t catch anything.

Last night we dined from the Gambaro2Go menu and it was delicious. We also added a bottle of wine to the order, which was very reasonably priced. A huge shout-out to John Gambaro and the team for this fantastic initiative. Dining in is the new dining out!

It’s my pleasure to be writing a review for Gambaro’s. My partner and I have visited this restaurant numerous times and each time we discover a new exquisite menu item and enjoy trying different seafood options as that’s our niche, we both love seafood and have travelled North QLD to South QLD and dined at many restaurant and this establishment is very much competitive in its service, atmosphere and welcoming staff. The attention to detail in the condiments and palatable combination the seafood is made with as much as the uniqueness of the atmosphere makes the whole experience at Gambaro’s a worthwhile and desirable destination.

Highly recommend this restaurant. Beautiful fresh seafood & high class service. I had my menu signed by the chef & Matre'D who said I made her feel like a rockstar. Parking is available underneath only for customers.

Really tasty vegetarian food! Ample seating and friendly staff. Highly recommend

excellent vegetarian food! really tasty and very nice options. I had the lasagne with salad and the feast menu another day, both were delicious and so affordable!

Food is amazing. They have a $12.90 feast meal which is extremely filling. Would highly recommend if you're in the city, vego and hungry.

Food and service are both great. We came all the way to try truffle menu. Nothing to complaint but it’s just overpriced for truffles.

tl;dr: Excellent seafood & great service, but some might find it a bit pricey The food menu was small-ish (this isn't a bad thing!) and obviously concentrated on seafood, with very limited choices for non meat and seafood eaters. We all had the seafood, so can't comment on how well those non-meat and -seafood dishes were, but I'd assume that they would've been handled with equal expertise. Highlight of the meal was the crayfish; the live seafood was incredibly expensive (>$200 for one), but the prev frozen ones were of a more reasonable price. The seafood platter was also another well executed dish. Mum enjoyed her birthday dinner immensely, and as someone who hasn't spent the day with her mother for over 10 years, this made me very happy also. My only quibble were that in this day and age of pandemic, and with hospitality having numerous issues with staffing because of the need to isolate or because they're sick, correct mask wearing should be enforced.

Very average experience. The service felt rushed and sloppy. The wait staff are exceptionally poor communicators. Patrons are crammed into a quarter of the available dining area creating an incredibly loud rabble leaving it impossible to hear my partner speak. The seafood was just okay but fairly priced. I felt most welcome when I was leaving.

We shared the hot and cold seafood platter for my birthday. It was absolutely fantastic. The prawns were huge and fresh..The crab and bug were amazing as were the fish and oysters. Would definitely recommend for a special occasion

Not nice seafood place to eat should go to Paragon if you want to eat seafood. The issue here is that waiter not care about customer dining in, hard to eye contact and ask for getting water. . Should teach them how to be a good customer service. And even take a payment without saying thank you, not recommended, not good for anniversary dinner at all, and not congratulate us on our anniversary day. Not friendly staff and rude manner.

We had a brilliant time! The service was impeccable, we booked the 5.30 time slot, & were not disappointed! We were lucky to be sat away from most people, which was nice & quiet. The food was so incredibly fresh & full of flavour, the cold seafood platter was the perfect amount for us, we ordered some chips on the side as well. Dessert finished off the meal so well! The gentleman who was serving us, suggested the orange Broulee & it was 100% worth it. Great place for an anniversary or date night!

Had an awesome early Father’s Day dinner. Service was amazing and we felt well taken care of. It’s hard to find Lobster Thermidor in Brisbane and dad said they did it really well. Fish we had was delicious too. They were happy to cater for me as I can’t have dairy or egg. Some car parks underneath which helped us a lot too. Thank you team!

Food was amazing! And yess, the price tells it all as the first time you taste it. The ingredients quality is ultimately fresh 👌 Service was genuine & friendly. Definitely come back for another occasion & very recommended 👍

Beautiful as usual! Always so fresh and so delicious! The spammer crab was absolute perfection and even in COVID times, the hospitality was so lovely. Anniversary done right!

Super fresh food, and super fresh service. You can taste the attention given to each dish, and it's all served with a genuine smile.

Always an amazing experience. Fresh seafood and excellent service.

Food was good but the waiting time for food to come out was just unreal. We had to wait for two hours. The waitress did not say a thing then there was a very brief apology saying it was a miscommunication in the kitchen after one hour of waiting. I was a bit disappointed with the service here to be honest.

This place is incredible!! There is attention to detail in everything from its design, food, and even their customer service. Hands down my new favorite restaurant!

The food, service and atmosphere was great.

Never again...Here is some honest review of Gambaro.Attitude with the waitress and zero personality.warm beer.not enough butter for the rolls.25% overpriced.and check this out.I ordered a 75 dollar lobster thermidor.turns out it was a FROZEN Californian lobster not even Australian and this is meant to be Award winning Seafood restaurant.And to cap it off when mentioned to the waitress that the lobster was not fresh,her response provoked my response,....well we sell many and yes we do have live lobsters but they more expensive...listen pre coved I am sure they were better but not now and understaffed presently.I did expect the owner to at least acknowledge me but nothing.I been to a few restaurants and normally Italian family ones are brilliant,not here.Ok that’s the negative hears the positive.the water was chilled,the oysters at $5 each were good,the Greek not Italian salad was good.Here are the 3 questions.did I enjoy overall.no Would I go back.no.Would I recommend.no.....one more thing the menu on the net is nothing like the one in the restaurant.And this in my opinion only,you make your mind but don’t forget your credit card.

A nice meal very good service

Great customer service and atmosphere! Started our dinner with complementary oven baked breads and butter, followed by oysters, marinara and BBQ seefood platter. To me the best part of the dinner was ice cream nougat served with berries.

Fantastic service and food :)

Fantastic service, incredibly fresh seafood and a great atmosphere. The only reason I dropped a star is just the lack of variety, gambaros claims Brisbane's best seafood restaurant and if we're basing this on the standard prawns and bugs than sure... However that's it, besides a salmon and oysters there's just so much missing, I suspect they don't want to risk the wastage... Which is fair but I feel if they really want the claim of best seafood in brisbane they should at least have a half dozen types of fish to choose from.

Great service and food, will be back

We had dinner with our family. We left feeling Gambaros is trading on reputation and no longer represents the high standard of hospitality or care they were known for previously. I don't think it is acceptable to have wait staff arrive at the table and call out the meal they have in their hands. They should know who ordered what dish. Wait staff should not reach across guests but rather go around behind diners to reach the next person. It was not busy. Coffee was delivered and finished before the arrival of dessert. I'm not even going to get too deep into the pricing, the lack of sides, parking hassle etc.Whilst Gambaro's is a Brisbane institution, there are many better restaurants with better food and service elsewhere.

It is an absolutely beautiful and very classy Restaurant. You dine in soft lighting and candlelight. The room divisions are separated by beautiful see through curtains that add to the very romantic feel to this amazing restaurant. The staff are so friendly and professional and very knowledgeable with their food suggestions. I had the Crayfish Mornay and my partner had the Crayfish in Garlic butter. It was the best I've ever had. So fresh and so tasty. We will definitely visit there once everytime we visit Brisbane. It is a bit pricey but worth it. Also they have their own parking that goes down, located to the left side of the restaurant.

My mussels was so bad using can tomatoes and full of chorizo not flavour at all . My partner lobster was rubbery my family eat because was hungry and for the price we’re spending. I don’t eat my mussels

disappointing for the price

Great food, nice restaurant!

Amazing food and the function before State of Origin was sensational. Highly recommend it and the steak was mouth watering.

Beautiful food, great service

Fantastic food fantastic service

Lovely staff and excellent food

Very welcoming. The food was amazing. The staff was. Very attentive. Must go to location. Price is great too.

Had our 10 year wedding anniversary here, seafood platter was amazing. They even made fresh gluten free bread rolls for our daughter who is coeliac.. she was in heaven with the rolls and the salmon. Couldn't recommend this place highly enough.

Underwhelming... expected better

Food tastes absolutely beautiful

My daughters 21st, ordered my daughters drink 3 times before it finally arrived, ordered Mt Gay received bundy, ordered coral trout after prepaying the $99 a head menu, recieved Cod..... $99 a head and they substitute coral trout for cod??? Not sure where the awards come from but for $100 a head it was very ordinary. Slow forgetful service and scabby ordinary food. Go somewhere else

Really good food,quality!!

The food is always fresh delicious and worth every penny. The service is one to be mirrored by other restaurants.

Very good food and service

Fantastic food...great service.

Have been dreaming of these bugs for months!! ♥️

Fantastic and fresh.

Food and service is great, the presentation is spot on. You'll spend $600 for a table of 4 and a few drinks but it's definitely fine dining.

After driving an hour into the city and our reservations fell through at another restaurant we nearly went home feeling hungry and frustrated but then we called Gambaros and Ash the manager on was so understanding and fortunately she had some space for us to dine. Even while we waited for an opening for a short time we were able to sit and relax in the bar area which was warm and welcoming. Our entire night turned around at the kindness and flexibility of Ash and her staff at Gambaros. The food was amazing, and our waiter Meg was very gracious and prompt. It seemed other patron's were also thoroughly enjoying their experience. Gambaros has always been one of our favourite restaurants but after lastnights impeccable service and food its now on the top of our list.

We ended up here Saturday night around 7:30pm, you could have fired a shotgun down Caxton Street and not hit anyone, it was surreal to see. We ordered takeaway for 4 people (the only option really), 4 pieces of battered cod and two serves of chips were quickly served. The servings were enormous and the fish and chips were delicious as was the sauce provided. The staff were very friendly and seemed quite cheerie considering the lack of patronage. We will definitely be back to dine in once the restrictions are lifted.

Hats off to the best fish an chip meal ive had in a very long time. Got the cod an hubby had the salmon. Calamari, prawn cutlets an potato scallops as side orders. Traveled from Carindale an will do it again. Supporting a great restaurant in difficult times. Thanks Colin an team.

The seafood was fresh and cooked to perfection, the presentation was also great. Pricing was higher than your average restaurant however you are paying for a dining experience by very skilled and friendly staff. Parking spaces are very limited however we managed to get one under the restaurant.

Excellent value for money. Very cheap and large portions. Couldn't even finish it all, had to take the leftovers home. Great flavour. Koftas were amazing with the chutney.

I used to go there regularly until one day i got stomach infection from eating their samosa. It was that bad I felt was gonna die. Never going back to this place. I'm pretty sure their food makes trip to freezer and back.

Amazing service, delicious food, so cheap and this has been the same from over 10 years ago! One of the best eats in Brisbane, highly recommended. Thank you very much everyone at Govinda's 👌

Great vegetarian food, all you can eat 12.90$

I concur with previous comments: very nice staff, warm and comfortable food, peaceful ambiance. A simple gem.

Great Meal. Good price. Good quality. Delicious and tasty.

Buffet is very economical and good in taste. The only drawback is the website is not very user friendly.

Great tasting Cheese and spinach filo’s here... get it early though, as they run out.

I couldn't express better how much i love this place. Amazing food and the servings are heaps. Highly recommend this place. Prices are reasonable too.

Great Indian Buffet for just $8.50 each. Don't get confused and think buffet means you help yourself, because you don't. The food is served onto a plate and then you take it to your table. We had the smaller of the meal options and it was plenty. The curry wasn't too spicy, but very flavoursome.

Super awesome restaurant! Really tasty, healthy, and great value for what you get. 100% recommend this place

Healthy food, great taste and menu

Delicious and nutritious food, friendly staff and cheap price for the large portion

For $10 (student)you get unlimited farayli food which is wholesome healthy and filling.

(Translated by Google) Simply because it's sooo delicious, cheaper than most others and vegan no problem (Original) Einfach weils sooo lecker ist, billiger als die meisten anderen und vegan kein Problem

Delicious food. Great value.

A bit average for flavours. “Feast” plate is all bulk carbs. More variety would be great. The price is ok for a quick feed

Best value for money in town. Tasty food too and vegetarian.

Love the food

Excellent

Take the fast mal you can as often refill as you want (food and drink), it's so delicious and the waitress is so nice :).

Good food and a popular destination among vegetarian people

All you can eat for inexpensive price!

Bland and deplorable food, avoid like the plague if you prefer quality Indian food with spices, aroma and that delicious flavour that we associate curries with. It is as if someone has put together very basic Indian food with no taste and the owners must think that customers are fools that have no idea what good authentic Indian food is all about! In India this kind of trash food would be thrown away! The dhal, dessert, fried rice, potatoes and spinach curry were all appalling! The only thing that was half decent were the Koftas with red chutney. I saw that the owner was not polite when someone came for seconds even though it's all you can eat, but who would want seconds with that awful tasting food! Waste of my time and money for $13.90!

I really enjoyed the food and it’s cheap.

Vegetarian fare. Cheap eats. Limited menu. Good food. No table service.

Good value an delicious

Great for a cheap eat and a nice warning on a cool and rainy day. Not spicy and a pretty good range.

(Translated by Google) Satisfied with an affordable price. But it's not delicious for Koreans. (Original) 저렴한 가격에 만족. 하지만 한국인의 입맛에는 맛있다고 할 수 없는 맛.

Amazing value for money. The all you can eat lunch special includes a drink and dessert. The food was delightful and there were plenty vegan friendly options.

Very nice food and friendly staff.

Always a good feed. Their veggie lasagna is the best in town and sells fast!

The most delicious lasagna I've ever had

Incredible feed. Amazing food experience. Lovely staff

Greay place for a vegeterian meal. Affordable and healthy. Staff are really friendly and kind.

Their good and prices just perfect to nourish your body and soul.

Quiet cheap for the enormous quantity (12$ for a massive plate), the food wasn’t amazing tho.

Always amazing. Fantastic vegan food

Good value for the $$ All you can eat $12+ AUD

I love govindas. It is my happy place. This location is excellent. The food temperature in the bainemarie was hot and safe food levels, food handling practices that I noticed while there are very high standard. Restaurant is tidy, small, busy and a little warm in summer. Great level of conversation, everyone seems happy when they eat here. The food is divine. No meat, no garlic, no onion. Very very tasty, and very good karma. Great value. I could eat here every day.

Always the place to go as a vegetarian when you want low fuss low complicated eats.

Tasty, healthy and plentiful food.

The seafood was amazing. Singapore chilli bugs were delish. Definitely recommend a dinner here for a special occasion

Beautiful seafood great friendly service

Fantastic food and atmosphere! The eye fillet was cooked to perfection, coral trout was delicate and delicious and the linguine marinara was amazing too. Not to mention the orange brûlée and chocolate hemisphere desserts which were perfectly balanced and not too sweet. The service was incredible, the staff were very welcoming and attentive to your needs. A special thank you to our waitstaff, Layla, who accommodated for our halal dietary needs really well, and briefed us as to what we were able to eat. They also managed to bring out the desserts with a ‘Happy Birthday’ message and sparklers for our special birthday guest. Will most definitely be returning for many more special occasions!

Whilst there are tranquil views of the smoking area from your table where you get to stare at nicotine addicts feet all night, this is the most expensive pub meal you'll have in your life. Everything on my plate was frozen thawed and I paid $69 for a $25 bottle of Chandon. The cutlery looks like it is 17 years old and the furniture come from the RSL; this place needs work.

Food was lovely. Service was good. Drinks were very expensive. A good venue for functions. Security was friendly and polite.

Welcoming hostess and great food. Large portions and delicious seafood

Was a busy night because it was Valentine’s Day yet staff was attentive enough to and service was fast. Their prawn toast is very good as well as the scallops. Drinks were nice and strong and food atmosphere.

The presentation is great, the drinks were good, but the crab was cold not once but twice. We were in a big group but unfortunately this can happen from time to time. The sauce was really good so I'm sure if the 2 of us who got cold crab could have eaten it would have enjoyed the meal. (Pretty pricey spot- don't forget to load up the credit card)

Great night out. Can highly recommend this place. We had the $99 set menu with a side of oysters. The food was amazing and fresh. The staff were attentive and professional. @straddiefresh

The dinner was amazing. Wine's amazing. The fellow gentleman server who served us was incredible in what he does . Coming back again.

A good friend recommended and we had the set menu to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Absolutely delicious and great service! loved everything, great atmosphere.

Excellent seafood, well-prepared and tasty. Good service. Decor is a little outmoded but otherwise a good place for a celebratory meal!

Everything was really nice! I only had a couple of negative things to add like the fresh seafood platter we enjoyed didn't come with lemon or butter, which would of made it absolutely perfect. Staff we friendly but not very well informed in the beverage department. I'd still recommend checking it out.

From the minute we walked in the service was amazing. Our waiter looked after us very well. I didn’t get his name, but he was a Filipino waiter. My daughter went and tipped him $50. Lol as for the food the cold platter was fresh. Hot platter was amazing the lobster linguine and the marinara was absolutely on point. Such great food great atmosphere couldn’t fault the place. It was a little expensive, but very well worth it. Thanks guys my daughters mum enjoyed her birthday. Definitely will be back.

Took my daughter to celebrate for her graduation there , lovely service and delicious seafood. Such a great dining experience, we all enjoyed our meals.

We had a fabulous dinner and dessert last night , the seafood was fresh and full of flavour! Cooked perfectly. The service was 2nd to none, our glasses were always full and William looked after us like we were the only people in the restaurant. I will be coming back and I would 100% recommend this restaurant to anyone who is looking for a top quality seafood meal. Thanks again!

I am going to firstly start with the Crab we ordered the Singapore Chilli Crab and it was delicious ! Now thats out of my system the service was fab and friendly and very timely ! Great night we will be back

Thomas always makes our experience so enjoyable and compliments to the chef! Our meals are absolutely delicious every single time without fail. See you again soon.

Sensational. Had our office pre- Christmas lunch in December 2023. The staff were experienced and attentive, the host a charm, the dining room a delight, and the food!! Absolutely superb. Catering to vegan and omnivores alike. Thank you for a wonderful celebration.

Enjoyed dinner here had the hot & cold seafood platter. Worth every dollar. Seafood was fresh & full of flavour. The sauces to accompany were beautiful on clams, oysters and thousand island for the prawns. The cooked seafood was done beautifully. Very hard to find a place that doesn’t over cook the seafood & they nailed it. Plenty of seafood to fill 2 people. The service was great, the staff catered to every need. Very friendly and conversed politely. When our glasses were empty they would refill or offer to get us another beverage. They ensured they took our shell bowl when it was full and placed a clean empty one there. They had wet wipes to clean our hands in between. Atmosphere was lovely.

Went there to celebrate my wife's birthday last night. Ordered the hot and cold seafood platter for 2 for main. While the seafood were very fresh, but we didn't feel that special considering the $$$ price charged. The waiter William was friendly and warm, all the other service personnel that came around were very plain, did not feel they care or meant what they said. It's a nice gesture for them to write "Happy Birthday" on the plate with dessert we ordered, but the server was so stingy to even express greetings while serving it. Quite disappointing with the food, atmosphere and services overall, we will not visit there again.

It was my first experience with this restaurant and seafood. I ordered Hot and Cold platter. I can't explain how tasty the food was and i enjoyed the services, atmosphere around it. James is absolutely amazing, his services are too good and Thanks to Matthew. If your going to Brisbane and wanna try Seafood then you can't miss Gambaroo. They have Halal options as well. Sausages are too good and Oysters Crabs, Morton bay bug. As per Quality and Quantity they are best in whole Brisbane.

A mixed review for us on this occasion. My wife and I visited for our Anniversary for dinner as I had always wanted to dine here. Entrees were delicious, but the mains were mixed in results. My wife's main meal was absolutely lovely, mine not so much. Linguini marinara, had flavour but many pieces of fish not even cooked, and a few scales on them as well. Very disappointing considering the price. When I advised the manager he simply said sorry about that sir and took the plate away! Luckily the waitress we had was lovely and my wife's food was really nice so a 4 star from me.

The most beautiful dinner, attentive staff and great atmosphere. Made a special night even more special. Have already booked again for next family event. Thank you so much for everything.

Great service. Seafood was fresh and full of flavour.

Gambaro Seafood Restaurant is absolutely amazing and accommodating to all different dietaries. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly, always knowing exactly what to recommend. I can not express enough how wonderful the atmosphere is and the food is just divine! A beautiful rotating menu that thinks of everyone.