gusto restaurant

not a good experience, unfortunately. it may have been because it was mother's day and we couldn't get a table until 2pm, but the food was at best ordinary, and in the case of my tarakihi in batter, chips and salad, it was largely inedible. the reason, i suspect, is the oil in which the battered fish was cooked may already have been turned off (it being mid-afternoon), and the result was the oil had soaked up into each fillet. the first fillet was not helped by having a lot of dark flesh (something you should never get in a good restaurant). i did my best to down the fish (which was reasonably fresh), but after a few bites of the second fillet my wife looked at me in alarm and asked if i was okay. i felt sick. the salad was soggy and had all the appearance of having been made very early in the day and not kept properly cooled. the chips were fine, in fact crisp. i managed to get as far as i did with the meal by using a lot of salt and pepper (i never usually apply salt for health reasons) and dipping the fish in the tartar sauce in the hope it would counter the greasy taste. my wife tried a small piece of the fish and said it was disgusting. she wasn't exactly thrilled with her seafood spaghetti, which was not exactly overwhelmed with seafood. i mentioned the fish to the woman taking our money, but she said i was the only complaint they had had on a busy day. she asked if there had been a standard food check, but there was none. there was no offer of a refund, but to the restaurant's credit the waitress rang us on our way home and offered a $20 voucher, which she promised to post out. we had been to the same place last december and it was fine, so either things have gone off since then, or it was just the result of a busy day. my advice to gusto is don't take reservations so late in the day if you can't manage them properly.

we've had numerous lunches at gusto's and it is always excellent. lovely setting, staff always accomodating (ie arriving without a booking on a busy weekend!) and the food is very good as is the price (for lunchtime anyway). highly recommended.

good friendly service, good atmosphere and nice outlook.

then came the food. i ordered a medium-rare eye fillet steak and the first cut into it revealed it to be well done and borderline chewy. i sent it back and was given a free drink for the trouble. to my surprise, the meal then came back out with the steak cut into several pieces and i was told it was in fact medium-rare in the middle! nevermind the fact it was medium at best, what restaurant charging $34 for a main does this?!

we have been to gusto a few times now and it has become the new favourite. beautiful view, great food for a reasonable price and superlovely service staff who are attentive but not overbearing.
something that i particularly love about tgis restaurant is that the tables aren't all crammed together and the ceiling is higb so you can actually hear those at your table even when the restaurant is busy.
on this occasion we got the scallops with mussel fritters and the beetroot pasta. if we could suggest anything, it would be to add a couple more vege or vegan options - that would make this place absolute perfection!!

i̇zmirde yaşadığım yıllarda burası gidilebilecek nezih dediğimiz birkaç restauranttan birisiydi, yemekleri ve ortamı güzeldi. birkaç senedir gitmedim, değişmiş olabilir.

salata sevenlere birebir - bornova'da yasiyorsaniz ve salatadan hoslaniyorsaniz gusto'yu tavsiye ederim.. özellikle de sicak tavuklu olanini. ayrica bir de misir çorbasi yapiyorlar ki baska yerde bulmaniz pek mümkün degil, harikadir tavsiye ederim.

gusto ... - meksika usulü tavuk ve misir çorbasi favorimiz. çok seviyoruz. hem sakin, hem de romantik oluyor aksam yemeklerimiz. yaz kis çok severek gideriz..

geç gelen yemekleri ile sizi çileden çıkaran mekan. nazik bir dille bunu ifade etmenize rağmen umursamayıp üste çıkan yetkililerin tavrı da apayrı fiyasko. eğer fazlasıyla sabırlıysanız yemekleri denemeye değer. tüm öğlen aralarımı her seferinde bekleyerek geçirdiğim için tekrar tercih etmeyi düşünmediğim mekan

lezzetlere bayilacaksiniz - biz yillardir esimle beraber haftada bir mutlaka gideriz. servis, hizmet kalitesi, lezzetler ve fiyatlar mekani daha da cazip kiliyor. özellikle meksika usulü tavuk bizim favorimiz. sirrini çözmeye çalisiyoruz ama çözüme ulasamadik :) hem nezih bir ortamda güzel bir yemek yemek hem de uygun fiyat ödemek isteyenler için çok güzel bir restaurant. herkese tavsiye ederim.

hos bir mekan - bornova'da hem sohbet edebileceginiz hem de yemek yiyebileceginiz güzel bir mekan. yemekleri de oldukça iyi. gidilebilecek mekanlardan birisi.

lezzet... - yemeklerini çok sevdigim bir restoran. menüleri yillardir ayni ve gelen yemekler de ayni kalitede. alkol ruhsati olmamasina üzüldügüm bornova mekani. menülerindeki yemekler bir kadeh sarapla çok iyi tamamlanabilecek lezzette. adina yakisir bir istah ve sicaklik buldugum bir ortam. ahsap dekorasyonu ve içeride kullanilan farkli objeler ayri bir hava katiyor.

gusto is a lovely restaurant by the port with great sea view. the food is high quality and i was impressed by the standards (and i'm quite fussy). the steak was ordered medium-rare and actually came back as medium-rare which isn't as often as i'd like in many higher-end restaurants i've been to. other dishes were tasty and were presented very well with good portion sizes.
the only thing was the oysters - they did not taste as fresh as i'd like, and i'm wondering if they've been defrosted from being frozen.

the tables are spaciously spread out and there is an area in the corner with toys which makes it family friendly. 
the waiter (forgot his name) was absolutely lovely and most accommodating.
impressed with a restaurant for once, will be coming back.

food: 8.5/10
service: 10/10
ambience: 9/10
value for money: 8/10

we arrived here super late for lunch and super early for dinner. but surprisingly we were not the only ones having meal at that odd time of 4pm. between the two of us, we ordered a 6s scallops, garlic bread and sea food pizza. i am from india, and expected the scallops won't be sufficient for us as we both are sea food lovers. but after the scallops arrived, i was stunned looking at the size of each scallop. we couldn barely finish all of it.

everything was great, especially the sea food pizza.

i came here with a work colleague. we both had the steak, it was so tender and it just disappeared when it hit the inside of your mouth. the steak was cooked to perfection. we also got to share a platter of breads and dips it was devine. we enjoyed mix matching the oils and dips that they had on the platter for us to taste. a fantastic way to try oils and dips. the service was lovely, we enjoyed looking out to the sea between meals.

lovely. i go to gusto from time to time, and it is wonderful to sit by the windows in the sun and enjoy a glass of wine with their antipasto platter. the atmosphere is quiet and unassuming, which is rare, and the wait staff are very polite and effective. this is a good place for business lunches, as you know you will never be let down.