"2012-10-27T00:00:00"^^ . "Yelp asked me \"Did you mean Gushi?\" when I did the search on this place before writing my review. They may have been onto something as the pasta was pretty soft.\n\nAnyway, I had been hearing about this \"fake Piada\" that opened in Lakewood a few weeks ago and thought I would give it a try.\n\nFor starters, this place is indeed almost certainly \"inspired\" by the chain of Piada restaurants that exist in the Columbus area. In fact, they have even chosen the same color scheme. Original. The place has nice enough decor/layout but falls short in some areas. For one, I thought the pine paneling on the walls looked like it should be in a Ponderosa Steakhouse. Also, the menu options aren't spelled out as clearly as they are in other fast casual places like Piada or Chipotle.\n\nThe pasta was alright. That said, you can't really screw up pasta (as I said, it was soft but that may be the preference for some). If I'm ordering pasta it better be really good. I didn't try their wraps. I don't think pasta was meant to be in a wrap anyway. The ingredients were hot and warm though nothing special. \n\nThe staff wasn't unfriendly but also wasn't as engaged and as helpful as you would expect them to be when opening a new restaurant. \n\nOne difference between Gusti and Piada is that the former offers tiramisu as a desert option while the later offers cannoli. Personally I prefer tiramisu and was excited to try it out. My tiramisu was frozen and nothing special.\n\nAs I was leaving \"Baby Come Back\" by Player was on in the background. Gusti was a one night stand sort of thing for me. I won't be coming back."^^ . "3"^^ . "2"^^ . . . . "0"^^ . "3"^^ .