established june 2006 june 2006 head chef dean light food type asian cuisine street address chalk farm road stables market city camden london country united kingdom coordinates 51 32 32 n 0 8 53 w 51.54222 n 0.14806 w 51.54222 ; 0.14806 coordinates 51 32 32 n 0 8 53 w 51.54222 n 0.14806 w 51.54222 ; 0.14806 website gilgameshbar.com gilgamesh restaurant bar & lounge is a restaurant and bar in stables market camden london opened in june 2006 . despite its mesopotamian name and theme the restaurant typically serves south east asian chinese and japanese inspired eclectic cuisine . 1 contents 1 theme 2 celebrity connection 3 references 4 external links theme edit as the name might suggest the restaurant is inspired by the sumerian king gilgamesh . 2 furnished with dark wood and heavy furnishings its owners claim its reliefs and carvings are the work of over 10 000 workers from northern india . 3 it contains a range of exotic imagery and is intended to evoke the mystique of the babylonian era . its interior is said to be an ostentatious replica of a babylonian palace . 4 the tables and chairs are also supposed to be reminiscent of those of the palaces of ancient babylon . the london restaurant guide describes its bar as being like a theme park and says this is one of those restaurants that sets great store by glitz and it certainly seems to strike a chord with a clientele that isn t too bovvered about the food preferring cocktails champagne and celebrity . 5 celebrity connection edit girugamesh chefs preparing asian dishes the restaurant is popular with celebrities such as johnny vaughan lisa snowden sarah harding david gest and carol mcgiffin who has cited it was her favourite restaurant in london . 6 in april 2011 chef gino d acampo allegedly requested to be seated in a section of the restaurant in camden that was not being used but lost his temper when staff would not let him sit where he liked and left . 6 he later launched an attack on twitter on the quality of the restaurant s food despite not having been served a meal although fellow chef andrew nutter joined d acampo in denouncing the restaurant remarking i have actually paid double just to make sure i will never return to the restaurant again . 6 references edit dining . girugamesh restaurant bar & lounge . retrieved 17 may 2011 . ... influenced by the cuisine of south east asia china and japan ... metzelthin pearl violette newfield 2007 . gourmet . cond nast publications . p. 46 . retrieved 18 april 2011 . rahim ali ; jamelle hina 2007 . elegance . john wiley . isbn 978 0 470 02968 8 . retrieved 18 april 2011 . the new yorker . f r pub . corp. 2006 . retrieved 18 april 2011 . campion charles 4 september 2008 . london restaurant guide 2009 . profile books limited . p. 263 . isbn 978 1 84668 143 1 . retrieved 18 april 2011 . a b c celebrity chef storms out of restaurant after table row . the telegraph . 14 april 2011 . retrieved 18 april 2011 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to gilgamesh restaurant . official website restaurant reviews video of the restaurant new google business photos 360 degree tour of gilgamesh restaurant courtesy of red wheelbarrow photography retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gilgamesh restaurant & oldid 743778060 categories asian british culture in londonrestaurants in londonbuildings and structures in camdenrestaurants established in 2006hidden categories use british english from march 2014use dmy dates from august 2012coordinates on wikidatacommons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 06 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view