Gilgamesh

Leaving the 'hustle and bustle' of Camden behind using the Gilgamesh escalator, arriving in Gilgamesh is an amazing experience. The entire place is fitted out, top to toe in what looks like hand crafted wooden and copper panels on the walls and ceiling with lush seating areas lit in a low light, the overall effect is of a wondrous Asian Middle Eastern hybrid exclusivity. The staff are smartly dressed in understated black and the place is screaming fashionable taste.

The cocktail menu is as individual as Gilgamesh is. Nothing of the usual here, with some very tempting ideas unfortunately the couple of (maybe too adventurous) cocktails that we had, failed to produce anything that I would want to try again, the flavours were muddled and there was no theme for the taste.
Moving through from the lounge area to the restaurant, the awe inspiring themes and decoration continue to amaze, the menu is Asian fusion, which I found at odds from who Gilgamesh was (In Mesopotamian mythology he was a demigod), still the menu has some wonderful examples of Asian cuisine, be it Sushi, Dim Sum, Thai or the Gilgamesh main courses.
We ordered a few Dim Sum as starters, which when they arrived were delicious (one arrived while we were eating our main, it was still good but the taste didn’t really work alongside the main course).
The main course beef and lamb were excellent cuts of very fine meat, beautifully cooked, nice and rare and melt in the mouth stuff, and the side order of stir fried Asian greens was the perfect accompaniment.
The dessert was an interesting affair, a selection of Japanese ‘tea cakes’ - delicate little things with a subtle flavour, these were a little too nice and deliacte and I felt that they didn’t work after the spice of the main course, not enough substance to stand out so a little disappointing.
All in all a good meal and at the price of £50 per head somewhere that is best left as a treat.
Although I can think of other places that do far better cocktails and Dim Sum combinations (Ping Pong), and dare I say better food for a more reasonable price, you can’t beat the glamour and opulence of Gilgamesh for a truly memorable night out.