Gorging Ourselves in Gusto

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the week so far! Gosh, how is it already Wednesday?! Time seems to be flowing away from me so speedily as I sit here every day, glued to my laptop for revision. As the weekend is rapidly approaching, I thought I would do a quick restaurant/foodie type post in case you were looking for somewhere to go out.  

Last Friday I took Mr.Gingersnap out for a meal for his birthday, as we were driving my car home from uni the next day we ate in Heswall instead of down South like usual. I had actually been to Gusto before on a friend's birthday and it was fabulous! 

The decor is very classy and Italian themed, there are lots of cute fairy lights draped on real olive trees between the tables. Gusto has that perfect balance of mood lighting, not so dark that you can't see what you're eating (though it tasted so good I didn't need to see it!) and not so light that you feel like the sun burning you to a crisp. I like that there aren't too many tables, but they don't rush you on so they can have another sitting, rapid service, but not being hurried is the best. When you first go in there is a fully functioning bar with some lovely cocktails, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic! I love a good mocktail, we went for tasty strawberry flavours because who doesn't wish it was summer already. 

Left is Strawberry Kiss and right is Mint & Strawberry Cooler - So yummy!! 

As we are both little piglets we had a starter and a main each...I went for the calamari drizzled in fresh lemon juice with lime dipping sauce and Mr.Gingersnap went for the meat balls in a spicy tomato sauce with bruschetta. Yum! For mains we both went for thin based pizza, with Mr having a carnivore with every kind of meat known to man, whilst I went for the chicken and sweet red pepper. We were so stuffed that we couldn't eat it all and ended up taking some home with us. Which I must say was delicious as a lunch on the long drive home! I think it is the mark of a good restaurant if their food tastes equally yummy the next day. 

We were both too full for puddings, *longing sigh*, but they looked amazing! Check out their menu here. What kind of food do you guys love? Let me know in the comments below :-) 

xoxo