Bamba takes its name from the Gothenburg word for a school canteen. Its menu follows that reference: the restaurant serves classic local dishes like those eaten for lunch in Swedish schools. Examples are Swedish meatballs with mash and breaded fish with potatoes. Visitors can go to try these familiar Swedish lunch dishes in a restaurant setting. The address supplied for this Bamba is Repslagaregatan 7, Göteborg.

Visit Sweden also describes a second Bamba restaurant, Bamba Fixfabriken, which opened on 16 May 2025 in the older part of the new Majorna district. It is at Bruksgatan 17, in a former garage that was carefully renovated. This is a separate location from the Repslagaregatan 7 address given for this entry. The Fixfabriken branch carries the Bamba name; the entry describes its opening and setting, and gives no further menu details for that location.