Absolutely loved this place, the food was delicious, the staff were super helpful and friendly, excellent drinks selection and brilliant recommendations by your staff members. Will be back for sure.Vegetarian options: So many veggie options, was my vegetarian sister who recommended it to me.Dietary restrictions: They asked if we had any dietary restrictions, so I suspect they can change various dishes.
David Buchanan
Food is amazing! Only issue was when ordering plain jasmine rice it came half way through the other plates, understand this is the style of service but most of the dishes benefited from the accompaniment of rice. I should have asked for that to be served first I'm sure that would have been possible, better to have cooler rice than none and wait for it to arrive while the main 'awesome' plates get cold.They also allow dogs. An amazing place well worth a visit!
Michelle L
Staff were welcoming and polite without being over-bearing. Good indication of things to come... Prawn toast. Chinese buffet afterthought / complimentary add-on but no doubt elevated to inspired levels of gastronomy to warrant the £9 price tag. I was expecting succulent prawns confit’d in a clarified butter infused with SE Asian herbs and spices, the flesh under-blended to a toothsome bite on crisp bread. Toasty sesame, a sharp but calibrated condiment to cut through the fat… What we got was felt like I was biting into a sponge saturated with oil, ridiculed by the baby food texture of the prawn paste within that had no indication of garlic, ginger, citrus et al. They served this oiled toast with more oil. Chilli Oil. Call me a cynic, but it tasted a lot like what you get in a jar from the Asian supermarket around the corner. A pathetic, wilted strand of coriander garnish perfectly epitomised the experience. The delicious cocktail I had cut through the gag sensation of having gargled multi-use vegetable oil straight from the fryer, and watching my partner wrestle with her cocktail with its obscene wedge of watermelon hanging out of it cheered me up. Stop being so negative - next course! Nasi Goreng. Fried rice with an egg on top. Indo street food staple for those on a budget. Everyone knows Nasi Goreng. The lion’s share of the clientele have no doubt humble-bragged an Eat/Pray/Love lost month or two in Uluwatu spending days on a white girl yoga retreat and nights riding shotgun on a dodgy scooter with a Danish surfer that didn’t bother to remember their name. It is known. Nonsense aside, my expectations of elevated basics were still high and hopeful. Alas, not so much here. £12. Yes, £12. For fried rice that hadn’t seen enough time in the wok and garnished with a sorry-looking fried egg that still had the watery-gelatinous membrane around the yolk. And some overcooked beansprouts and cabbage put through it, and that depressing strand of wilted coriander made a repeat appearance. The food cost percentage on this is seriously taking the proverbial, especially when considering the quality. For this money I would expect Partick’s best Salt Bae look-a-like to make an appearance armed with the pout, gold leaf and a ridiculous knife to stab the yolk. At the very least a minor TV celebrity to do the rounds, no? At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to palm off a 65p bag of Indomie Mi Goreng Fried Noodles from down the local Morrisons, bunged it in with a soft poached egg, peanut sauce and some greens then charged £15 for it. Unconvinced, we retired. It’s a shame. Another example of the underwhelming yet highly accessible style-over-substance establishments that compensate for their inadequacies with incredibly strong social media game. And we fell for it. Just like the thousands of others that keep the Six By Nico team in the black. The immediate West end area is rife with talent. Within 200 meters of Kelvinhall subway you can get the best dumplings in Glasgow, dine at two serious Michelin recommendation contenders, eat a whole fried chicken, eat the best kimchi in Glasgow, Taiwanese hot pot, authentic Malay, dim sum, clay-pot Cantonese classics, better bahn mi’s than I ever had in Hanoi. What they all lack in PR, alas, they make up for in substance. I would genuinely be curious to see if this is a sustainable neighbourhood addition in what is essentially a little too West of the West End. Thornwood’s credentials includes Flur wines which went the way of the unicorns, Basta pizza whose owner actively pursues the inspired marketing strategy of spending most his time blocking the doorway of clientele whilst chain smoking, Bru only appears to operate on a ad hoc basis, and Bibi appears to be on their second mortgage death rattle None of the above inspires a repeat visit. Points scored for the keen staff and palate cleansing cocktails, but it otherwise felt like a Instagram tick-list destination serving up basic Chinese takeaway scran. 3/10.
Ryan Boden
Fab addition to Glasgow's west end eateries. Delicious Southeast Asian share plates, good service and lovely atmosphere - will definitely be back to try out more of the menu. Highly recommend the green curry mussels if they're on when you go.
Huw Thomas
How lucky is Glasgow to have a restaurant of the quality of Ga Ga?! Malaysian influenced tapas style dishes of the highest order. The fried chicken is to die for, both lamb and chicken curries are fabulous and the prawn toasts are on a different planet to anything you’ll get at your local Chinese. It’s also amazing value for money, the most expensive dish being the curry at £17. The chicken is an absolute bargain at £9. It was so good we ordered a second portion! A good small wine list with the Valpolicella being excellent and again really good value. If you’re in Glasgow just go!
Odyssey673466
I love gaga the food is always exceptional, the menu is simple and well executed. Great wine on offer and cocktails are fab. Again like so many other restaurants at the moment the service wasn't great which is a shame for this gem of a restaurant hoping it was just an off day as the service is normally great.
Peter P
Relaxed and generous with plenty authentic spice. Smart room and bar. Good swift service from Holly from Canada. Have not met boss, Julie Lin who featured on TV with the "Hairy Bikers". The menu is not huge but very filling best to share the large dishes as well as the smaller ones. Samba red prawns come in shell,messy. Sweetcorn Fritters, are large tasty balls.Hake looked good. Nonya Chicken Curry, comes with haps of veg in deep sauce, had to leave some! The Wheat draught beer was finished, session IPA was fine. Good value.
Brian Williams
Excellent food, friendly service and good value. What else do you need?
Rick Cote
We loved this restaurant so much we returned a second time during our brief stay. Malaysian-inspired dishes are wonderful with complex seasonings and well-prepared ingredients. Service was friendly. Highly recommended!
Katie V
Lovely place with a tasteful, relaxed vibe and reasonably priced food. We ordered almost every vegetable dish on the menu to share and loved everything. All the food was absolutely delicious. I love homemade chips and rarely eat them out as often disappointed, but these with their thai basil mayo were amazing. Sweetcorn fritters, smacked cucumbers, miso garlic potatoes, sichuan and garlic aubergine, Malaysian vegetable curry - all stunning. We were celebrating a big birthday and so indulged in some frozen daiquiris, and these too were perfect. ?Vegetarian options: A very high proportion of excellent vegan options.
This is the best Malaysian food I’ve had, and in terms of south Asian food only Fat Rice in Chicago stands side by side.We came in with zero expectations and came out swinging.The banana shake and cucumbers came first and we instantly knew we had something special.The fried chicken and porkbelly mix of fat and acidity was so good we got a second plate.If you are in town and don’t go to Ga Ga you are missing out on some of the best food that you will have regardless of country.
William Brun Baringer
4.5 stars is criminally low. This place is a culinary experience not to be missed!!!! From the miso potatoes (wow!!) to the fried chicken (a flavour explosion) to the banana shake (I could drink gallons of the stuff), absolutely spectacular. 11/10
Ruth Watts
Lovely little restaurant, food was delicious with a good kids menu too. Reasonably priced and good size portions for 'small plates'.Vegetarian options: Loads of veggie and vegan optionsKid-friendliness: Kids menu £6 for really good size main
Ksenia Rodriguez Kisak
Urgh sooo good! Birthday meal could not have been sweeter. Obsessed with the pork belly and basil mayo fries. Sesame banana cocktail was incred. Staff lovely and professional, can’t wait to try the rest of the menu.thank youuu!
Evelyn B
Great ambience and super service. Let down by the food- a little too much salt on a few of the dishes. Maybe the chef was having a bad day.
Absolutely loved this place, the food was delicious, the staff were super helpful and friendly, excellent drinks selection and brilliant recommendations by your staff members. Will be back for sure.Vegetarian options: So many veggie options, was my vegetarian sister who recommended it to me.Dietary restrictions: They asked if we had any dietary restrictions, so I suspect they can change various dishes.
Food is amazing! Only issue was when ordering plain jasmine rice it came half way through the other plates, understand this is the style of service but most of the dishes benefited from the accompaniment of rice. I should have asked for that to be served first I'm sure that would have been possible, better to have cooler rice than none and wait for it to arrive while the main 'awesome' plates get cold.They also allow dogs. An amazing place well worth a visit!
Staff were welcoming and polite without being over-bearing. Good indication of things to come... Prawn toast. Chinese buffet afterthought / complimentary add-on but no doubt elevated to inspired levels of gastronomy to warrant the £9 price tag. I was expecting succulent prawns confit’d in a clarified butter infused with SE Asian herbs and spices, the flesh under-blended to a toothsome bite on crisp bread. Toasty sesame, a sharp but calibrated condiment to cut through the fat… What we got was felt like I was biting into a sponge saturated with oil, ridiculed by the baby food texture of the prawn paste within that had no indication of garlic, ginger, citrus et al. They served this oiled toast with more oil. Chilli Oil. Call me a cynic, but it tasted a lot like what you get in a jar from the Asian supermarket around the corner. A pathetic, wilted strand of coriander garnish perfectly epitomised the experience. The delicious cocktail I had cut through the gag sensation of having gargled multi-use vegetable oil straight from the fryer, and watching my partner wrestle with her cocktail with its obscene wedge of watermelon hanging out of it cheered me up. Stop being so negative - next course! Nasi Goreng. Fried rice with an egg on top. Indo street food staple for those on a budget. Everyone knows Nasi Goreng. The lion’s share of the clientele have no doubt humble-bragged an Eat/Pray/Love lost month or two in Uluwatu spending days on a white girl yoga retreat and nights riding shotgun on a dodgy scooter with a Danish surfer that didn’t bother to remember their name. It is known. Nonsense aside, my expectations of elevated basics were still high and hopeful. Alas, not so much here. £12. Yes, £12. For fried rice that hadn’t seen enough time in the wok and garnished with a sorry-looking fried egg that still had the watery-gelatinous membrane around the yolk. And some overcooked beansprouts and cabbage put through it, and that depressing strand of wilted coriander made a repeat appearance. The food cost percentage on this is seriously taking the proverbial, especially when considering the quality. For this money I would expect Partick’s best Salt Bae look-a-like to make an appearance armed with the pout, gold leaf and a ridiculous knife to stab the yolk. At the very least a minor TV celebrity to do the rounds, no? At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to palm off a 65p bag of Indomie Mi Goreng Fried Noodles from down the local Morrisons, bunged it in with a soft poached egg, peanut sauce and some greens then charged £15 for it. Unconvinced, we retired. It’s a shame. Another example of the underwhelming yet highly accessible style-over-substance establishments that compensate for their inadequacies with incredibly strong social media game. And we fell for it. Just like the thousands of others that keep the Six By Nico team in the black. The immediate West end area is rife with talent. Within 200 meters of Kelvinhall subway you can get the best dumplings in Glasgow, dine at two serious Michelin recommendation contenders, eat a whole fried chicken, eat the best kimchi in Glasgow, Taiwanese hot pot, authentic Malay, dim sum, clay-pot Cantonese classics, better bahn mi’s than I ever had in Hanoi. What they all lack in PR, alas, they make up for in substance. I would genuinely be curious to see if this is a sustainable neighbourhood addition in what is essentially a little too West of the West End. Thornwood’s credentials includes Flur wines which went the way of the unicorns, Basta pizza whose owner actively pursues the inspired marketing strategy of spending most his time blocking the doorway of clientele whilst chain smoking, Bru only appears to operate on a ad hoc basis, and Bibi appears to be on their second mortgage death rattle None of the above inspires a repeat visit. Points scored for the keen staff and palate cleansing cocktails, but it otherwise felt like a Instagram tick-list destination serving up basic Chinese takeaway scran. 3/10.
Fab addition to Glasgow's west end eateries. Delicious Southeast Asian share plates, good service and lovely atmosphere - will definitely be back to try out more of the menu. Highly recommend the green curry mussels if they're on when you go.
How lucky is Glasgow to have a restaurant of the quality of Ga Ga?! Malaysian influenced tapas style dishes of the highest order. The fried chicken is to die for, both lamb and chicken curries are fabulous and the prawn toasts are on a different planet to anything you’ll get at your local Chinese. It’s also amazing value for money, the most expensive dish being the curry at £17. The chicken is an absolute bargain at £9. It was so good we ordered a second portion! A good small wine list with the Valpolicella being excellent and again really good value. If you’re in Glasgow just go!
I love gaga the food is always exceptional, the menu is simple and well executed. Great wine on offer and cocktails are fab. Again like so many other restaurants at the moment the service wasn't great which is a shame for this gem of a restaurant hoping it was just an off day as the service is normally great.
Relaxed and generous with plenty authentic spice. Smart room and bar. Good swift service from Holly from Canada. Have not met boss, Julie Lin who featured on TV with the "Hairy Bikers". The menu is not huge but very filling best to share the large dishes as well as the smaller ones. Samba red prawns come in shell,messy. Sweetcorn Fritters, are large tasty balls.Hake looked good. Nonya Chicken Curry, comes with haps of veg in deep sauce, had to leave some! The Wheat draught beer was finished, session IPA was fine. Good value.
Excellent food, friendly service and good value. What else do you need?
We loved this restaurant so much we returned a second time during our brief stay. Malaysian-inspired dishes are wonderful with complex seasonings and well-prepared ingredients. Service was friendly. Highly recommended!
Lovely place with a tasteful, relaxed vibe and reasonably priced food. We ordered almost every vegetable dish on the menu to share and loved everything. All the food was absolutely delicious. I love homemade chips and rarely eat them out as often disappointed, but these with their thai basil mayo were amazing. Sweetcorn fritters, smacked cucumbers, miso garlic potatoes, sichuan and garlic aubergine, Malaysian vegetable curry - all stunning. We were celebrating a big birthday and so indulged in some frozen daiquiris, and these too were perfect. ?Vegetarian options: A very high proportion of excellent vegan options.
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This is the best Malaysian food I’ve had, and in terms of south Asian food only Fat Rice in Chicago stands side by side.We came in with zero expectations and came out swinging.The banana shake and cucumbers came first and we instantly knew we had something special.The fried chicken and porkbelly mix of fat and acidity was so good we got a second plate.If you are in town and don’t go to Ga Ga you are missing out on some of the best food that you will have regardless of country.
4.5 stars is criminally low. This place is a culinary experience not to be missed!!!! From the miso potatoes (wow!!) to the fried chicken (a flavour explosion) to the banana shake (I could drink gallons of the stuff), absolutely spectacular. 11/10
Lovely little restaurant, food was delicious with a good kids menu too. Reasonably priced and good size portions for 'small plates'.Vegetarian options: Loads of veggie and vegan optionsKid-friendliness: Kids menu £6 for really good size main
Urgh sooo good! Birthday meal could not have been sweeter. Obsessed with the pork belly and basil mayo fries. Sesame banana cocktail was incred. Staff lovely and professional, can’t wait to try the rest of the menu.thank youuu!
Great ambience and super service. Let down by the food- a little too much salt on a few of the dishes. Maybe the chef was having a bad day.