Gus's Original - Grand Rapids

The next Panera's had a great salad and sandwich last week. Impressed by the unity of the atmosphere/decor/theme as well as the enthusiastic and friendly staff. After dinner I talked to the manager and the owner who said he had a few kinks to work before looking at franchising.

Excellent food at a Nice Lunch Spot. This is a great lunch or casual dinner. The pizzas and sandwiches are excellent. It is not the full sit down service, you order at a switch and then bring the food to you. It is a bit more expensive than other lunches, but the food is also much better.

I ordered the fish ladder and was disappointed to find that the fish looked shredded. For $8.00, I would have preferred to see a nice piece of fish. The food was just okay, and I was overcharged for a cheese pizza that claimed to have four cheeses. It tasted mainly like mozzarella with some Parmesan sprinkled on top.

Great new restaurant. Pizza crust is outstanding! Margarita pizza isn't to be missed.

YUM!. Along with wonderful atmosphere and friendly staff, the food at Gus 's Original is outstanding! On my first visit there I had the Strawberry Patch salad, in the mikro size. It was a very generous portion. Chock full of fresh romaine blend lettuce, strawberries, dried cherries, mandarin oranges, apples, gorgonzola cheese, and pecans (which I skipped) served with an unbelievable homemade raspberry vinaigrette dressing. It was so good that when I had family over for a cook out for the 4th of July, I went out of my way to pick up two of the larger size to serve everyone! As a treat, I also tried some of the Mooville ice cream the caramel sea salt flavor. That was to DIE for! You owe it to yourself to try this place. Great food, excellent service and very reasonable prices. Good for Gus!