Matthew Norman reviewed the restaurant for The Daily Telegraph, giving it a rating of 9 out of 10.
 The dishes which he praised included bean and barley soup, chicken livers fried with onions, and a spinach salad.
 His party then ordered more food and he especially praised the salt beef:
Kleftiko with lukewarm chips and Hungarian goulash with excellent saffron rice were fine winter warmers, but the clear highlight was my salt beef in rye bread with sweet and sour pickles.
The beef was plentiful, juicy and just as fatty as it should be.
 Lean salt beef is, as my mother puts it, like having a bath with your socks on.
With its bustle, warmth and earthy charm, Gaby's is our best answer to the great New York delis such as the Carnegie...
— Matthew Norman, The Daily Telegraph, 27 January 2012
Matthew Norman reviewed the restaurant for The Daily Telegraph, giving it a rating of 9 out of 10.  The dishes which he praised included bean and barley soup, chicken livers fried with onions, and a spinach salad.  His party then ordered more food and he especially praised the salt beef:
Kleftiko with lukewarm chips and Hungarian goulash with excellent saffron rice were fine winter warmers, but the clear highlight was my salt beef in rye bread with sweet and sour pickles. The beef was plentiful, juicy and just as fatty as it should be.  Lean salt beef is, as my mother puts it, like having a bath with your socks on. With its bustle, warmth and earthy charm, Gaby's is our best answer to the great New York delis such as the Carnegie...
— Matthew Norman, The Daily Telegraph, 27 January 2012
Gaby's Deli