Gvsto (已結業)

Item: Gvsto
Rating: 3
Author: 飛飛人

3.5

28 食評

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$201-400

意大利菜自助餐 Fine Dining 西餐廳

飛飛人

等級2

All in all, a disappointing experience. Given its owner was a famous bakery chain in Italy you would expect its bread to be delicious. This is not the case. The restaurant attempted to serve bread flavored with squid ink, but the product was so hard and dry when I tried to cut the "bread", it exploded with crumbs all over the table. The other types of bread were passable only, not at all comparable to the bread served at Robuchon. When I asked the waiter to help me clean the table of bread cr

The other types of bread were passable only, not at all comparable to the bread served at Robuchon. When I asked the waiter to help me clean the table of bread crumbs, he at first looked at me with hesitation and when I insisted, used an old access card to clear the crumbs!

Another disappointing point was when I tried to order a glass of house wine. I tried to ask for a recommendation for sweet white wine (as the wine menu was all in Italian and I am unfamiliar with Italian wine). He looked back at me blankly. When I repeated my question, he asked me to wait and referred me to another waiter! Also when they poured me one glass, it was quite clearly less the standard "one glass", particularly when compared to my friend who also ordered "one glass" of house white. When I clarified this with the head waiter, she explained that my glass was the standard size and that my friend received a glass of wine above their "standard"!! (I find this explanation unacceptable as I had seen another diner who was only tasting a wine to receive almost as much wine as my "standard one glass".

) As they agreed to top up my glass at the end, I did not further pursue this, but my lasting impression is that their standard is very much dependent on who is pouring the wine.

We ordered mozzarella cheese with tomato salad, and another cold appetizer involving tuna (the details of which I forgot). The mozzarella cheese was okay (although my friend described it as Park N'Shop quality), but the tomato were cut into quarters rather than a whole ring. For a salad that costs HK$180, serving tomato quarter slices seems to me like a signal the restaurant is cutting costs at desperate measures. For main we shared the signature squid ink pasta and steamed sea bass. The pasta was indeed al dente and tasted good, but th portion was so ridiculously small I felt I could finish it in two gulps. There was also a measly amount of squid in the pasta. Our second main was a steamed sea bass which to our surprise, was served whole and big enough for 3 to share - although we later found out this fish was a whopping HK$600! For dessert we ordered something involving baked apples, this was surprising good and was perhaps the highlight of the night. Their cream puff desert (courtesy of the manager for my "exploded" bread) was also very delectable. I may go back to GVSTO for high tea, but this is definitely not a place for dinner.