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Food
Lets start with the food. I ordered the Omelette from the Brunch menu, which is an Omelette with spinach, cheese and mushrooms with Kale salad and potatoes. The Omelette was extremely soggy, and when I cut into it just with my fork, all the toppings fell out of it. I made an attempt to get the toppings and egg together, when I tasted the egg and toppings the spinach tasted like mush, the eggs were soggy and the mushrooms were rubbery.
After two bites of this "Omelette" I decided to move on to the Kale salad, which was extremely salty and also soggy, it tasted like over cooked seaweed. I then tried some of the potatoes. The skins on the outside were overcooked and fell off the potato, leaving behind the dry pasty, unspiced inside of the potato. The only thing that made the potatoes salvageable was the fact that my boyfriend ordered a dish with a chickpea pure sauce that I could dip the dry potatoes in.
Service
The service was very mediocre. One of the other guests at the table politely asked the server if she could have the dressing on her Kale salad on the side and was told no, because the dressing is massaged into the Kale and that is how the chef serves it. Gusto also cannot accommodate those with dairy allergies who would like to enjoy a coffee with their brunch. They do not have soy or almond milk or any kind of dairy substitute.
Also, if you have 6 or more guests be prepared to pay an automatic gratuity of 18%...based on this automatic gratuity for our group of 6, I would have expected a higher level of service and the ability to order your food the way you want it ex. dressing on the side.
Venue
This is the only aspect of the dining experience that bumps it up from a 1 star to a 2 star review. I sat on the roof top, which offers an open concept, high ceiling glass enclosure with exposed brick and a rustic feeling. However, the venue does not justify a soggy, underwheliming, lack lustre brunch, which prompted me to make my own lunch when I got home.
Overall, after having Gusto's brunch, I would pick McDonald's all-day breakfast menu over coming here....which is a pretty low bar. There are much better Italian or brunch restaurants in the city in terms of quality of the food you should consider over Gusto.
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