Gusto Grill Reviews Summary

Category: American restaurant East Brunswick, New Jersey

Address: 1050 NJ-18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816, USA

Phone: +17326512737

Rating: 4.4
based on 198 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The fig and goat cheese pizza had a tasty profile."
  • "The burger I had was delicious."
  • "The food is fresh and thoughtfully prepared."
  • "Very fresh and quality ingredients!"
  • "The Shrimp & Avocado Spring Rolls are back - and they are EXCELLENT."
  • "The Harissa shrimp and fried goat cheese were fantastic, and the Fig pizza were really good as well."
  • "Everything was cooked perfectly."

Cons:

  • "The onion presence was somewhat overpowering."
  • "Of the 7 steaks ordered at the table, 0 were the cooked to the right temp."
  • "This steak was absolutely cooked from frozen, overcooked, tough."
  • "It tasted like expired ginger. The rice was like wrongly cooked minute rice."
  • "The food was just awful. All of us got different items in a party of 5, and it was just so flavorless and bland."
  • "The chicken Parmigiana had cold chicken cutlets with cold cheese on warm rigatoni covered with warm vodka sauce, not very appetizing."
  • "The steak sandwich was dry and bulogaga bowl drenched in soy sauce."

Service

Pros:

  • "Our server Cole was efficient, unobtrusive and helpful."
  • "The staff is fast and friendly and very attentive."
  • "Staff attentive & friendly! Recommend highly!"
  • "Service was good. Reservations recommended."
  • "The staff serving our party was very attentive and so friendly."
  • "Service is always great, with a friendly and attentive staff."
  • "Brandon was our server. He was really good and attentive."

Cons:

  • "Our waitress was nice, but not too attentive."
  • "We were an afterthought and the restaurant was maybe a 1/4 filled."
  • "Not once did she check on us or ask how we were doing even when she brought us our check."
  • "Service was not so good AND slow."
  • "Plus our waiter was not attentive. There was a lengthy wait for every item we ordered, even drinks."
  • "Our waitress was less than friendly or attentive."
  • "The waitress we had wasn't attentive at all."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere were awesome."
  • "Gusto Grill had a convenient location for us."
  • "It's back to a great place again."
  • "We enjoyed the ambiance."
  • "Nice atmosphere in the restaurant and outside on the terrace."
  • "Good ambiance, good food."
  • "Clean and comfortable atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "The atmosphere is really the drag here, changes the whole feeling of the dinner."
  • "There is NO atmosphere what so ever. Room was open and blah - not warm or cozy."
  • "The vibe is a bit weird; there are randomly only two small TVs."
  • "But, not a lot of people there, and I was there on a fairly nice Saturday night. This definitely takes away from the ambiance."
  • "It was a bit chilly in the dining room but it was bitter cold outside and ceilings are high."
  • "Try to avoid the loft because it's a bit noisy and hard to hear your table mates."
  • "This is honestly one of my least favorite areas of the state."

Value

Pros:

  • "The drink menu is extensive and also reasonably priced."
  • "The entrees are $25-35, but the portions are excellent and worth what you pay for."
  • "The prices were fair for the quality of the cuisine."
  • "Also this place is so very affordable."
  • "Prices are in line with similar places."
  • "The food is good and reasonably priced."
  • "The prices aren’t crazy so you can bring the whole family."

Cons:

  • "The prices were on the high side considering neither dish were extravagant."
  • "It was $20 for one tentacle over a small salad! Little disappointed in that!"
  • "Again, $15.00 for 3 small pieces of pork belly is over the top."
  • "I thought it was a little over priced."
  • "The prices are really high and the quality and portions do not reflect the prices."
  • "Had to return a chicken entree, average fries and HIGH craft beer cost."
  • "We ordered drinks which took about 15 minutes to come out, which wouldn't have been so bad if they weren't so expensive."

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