A dinner is twelve people at one table, early in the week, when a good kitchen is at
its quietest. We take a fixed menu, we tell you the numbers in advance, and we pay per
head on the night. No room hire, no minimum spend, no deposit. These are the things
that tend to make an evening like that work.
Banchina opened at Gloucester Quays in March 2026, in the unit that was TGI Friday's. It seats about 130, including 50 outside, and the open kitchen and Neapolitan pizza oven sit at the heart of the room, so the pizzas are made in view of the tables. The team describe the interior as Amalfi Coast tones, natural textures and soft lighting. The menu runs from house-baked focaccia, burrata and arancini to Neapolitan pizza, rigatoni carbonara and lobster ravioli. It is the second restaurant from Metin Civlak and the Sef's Steakhouse team in Cheltenham, and it hosts our Gloucester dinners.
