If you’re looking for Gusto, stay away from Gusto’s Bar.This place is extremely shady and caters only to their favorite drunken locals. My best friend and I decided to look for fun things to do on 420, even though we rarely go out to bars in Barre, VT. Gusto's was having a "GLOW" party with black lights, body/face painting, and a DJ. Both of us purchased tickets. The event details did not mention that you could not smoke outside of the bar. Because of the laws in Vermont, we couldn't smoke inside. We understand and accept that.We smoked a joint in the backyard/lawn area and were asked to leave. Smoking got us kicked out of a 420 party. No warning or review of the rules was given to us. Just a quick kick out. In the event that we had received a warning instead, I would have respected the rules and not continued smoking. A 44 minute evening wasted us $77.00, and what was the point? The whole event was a money-making scheme. My friends and I will not waste time and money at this bar in the future.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Nate H
Good ol’ Dive bar food was good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Taylour Nance
Alex was our server and went above and beyond to take care of our large group of 18 (and that’s including 12 children)! She had the patience of Job and was truly one of the sweetest hearts we’ve ever met!! We will definitely make this a must stop on our way to Stowe every time we come to visit!! The food was amazing and their entire staff did so much to go above and beyond to make us feel welcomed and taken care of!! Thank you so much Gusto’s!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Oddities
Rude staff behind bar. There are more welcoming options that don't just cater to locals.
Service: 1
Barbara Druge
Gustos has awesome food, such as Their taco salads And the service there is excepchanel. it does not matter if you dine in Or take out the staff there is always so nice ! And they make the best Raspberry Frozen Margarita's !
Shannon Wright
Went in at 5:15pm on a Sunday night before a concert at the opera house, so it was not busy. I am used to a good dive bar, so was not uncomfortable, but could see how some people might be put off by the interior. The music was incredibly loud, my mother had to turn down her hearing aids, but we could not even speak to each other without shouting across the table, so talking could not happen anyway. We ordered poutine, bruschetta, fried pickles, coconut shrimp and my mom got the french onion soup. It took 40 minutes to get our food and when it arrived the waitress told us that they were out of the shrimp and would we like to order something else and brought a menu back. She never came back AT ALL until we had to flag her down another 40 minutes later to get the bill so we could get to the concert. Drinks (water and Sprite) were empty and had been for half of the meal, but she never returned.Poutine- I asked the server what “truck driver gravy” is and she said it was a dark, beefy gravy. Super! Nope—-it was more like a minimal amount of turkey gravy, with melted grated cheese on top. Poutine has cheese curds, this did not. It was cheesy fries with a little but of gravy, but it did not taste bad, so at least there is that.Bruschetta- it was soggy pieces of thin bread with a half inch thick slice of mozzarella on top with some sort of tomato chunks on top. Not a bit of basil in sight. We each took one bite and couldn't eat it. It was disgusting, and nothing like bruschetta.Pickles- huge portion, very salty (and I love salt!) but it was too much salt even for me.French onion soup- was lukewarm with 2 slices of lukewarm cheese on top. I wanted my mom to send it back because it wasn't even remotely hot, but she refused because it had taken so long to get in the first place. When food is not kept and served at the appropriate temperatures, that is how people get sick, and sure enough, my mother was sick within an hour, and for two days after eating there.It was disappointing, because I really wanted to like this place, but the service was terrible and the food was just as bad.Halfway through our meal, the music stops and some guy says “Okay! I would like to call this meeting to order!” and then they proceeded to start some kind of sports meeting (they were talking about referees). A patron brought in two children with him that could not have been but about 8 and 10 years old, and then he was served beer. For an establishment that says in their reviews that they must follow strict guidelines for serving alcohol, it just seemed to be a poor choice to serve the only driver of two young children, let alone have two young children in a bar of this type, where food is definitely not the main reason people go there. I think that this place has the potential to do better and hope that they make a commitment to improve.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Heather Bagley
Was a wonderful time and the food is great kind service will be going back
Delicious food. The Chicken Caesar Wrap and Onion Petals are delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Grant S.
Extremely disrespectful to the customers and passive aggressive. Came here for my buddy's birthday and treated poorly. Gave us one shot told we had more than one and refused to serve more. Would not recommend this establishment to any of my friends. After Owners Response: We apologize for the use of outside alcohol but the only reason my friend resorted to this was cause he couldn't get any drinks that he wanted such as mixed alcohol beverages since he doesn't like beer. I understand the shot policy but he clearly was not inebriated in any manner.
Christine B.
Great food! Friendly service and the atmosphere is overall friendly as well. Good place to hear some great music
colt croteau
Went for the breast cancer motorcycle ride... second year doing this everyone is great gustos staff is very accommodating and are
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Tyler Sherman
Place is just overall great. Backyard to hang and sometimes there’s a fire. Can play some cornhole or just chill out inside play some pool or hit the dance floor when there a dj, great vibe great prices. Place is awesome!Kid-friendliness: Kids are there playing arcade games and dancing on the dance floor when music is playing. They are aloud there until 9:00Parking: Parking is right outside or right across the street.Wheelchair accessibility: They have a nice wheel chair accessible ramp to go right in!
Spend your time and your money elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
If you’re looking for Gusto, stay away from Gusto’s Bar.This place is extremely shady and caters only to their favorite drunken locals. My best friend and I decided to look for fun things to do on 420, even though we rarely go out to bars in Barre, VT. Gusto's was having a "GLOW" party with black lights, body/face painting, and a DJ. Both of us purchased tickets. The event details did not mention that you could not smoke outside of the bar. Because of the laws in Vermont, we couldn't smoke inside. We understand and accept that.We smoked a joint in the backyard/lawn area and were asked to leave. Smoking got us kicked out of a 420 party. No warning or review of the rules was given to us. Just a quick kick out. In the event that we had received a warning instead, I would have respected the rules and not continued smoking. A 44 minute evening wasted us $77.00, and what was the point? The whole event was a money-making scheme. My friends and I will not waste time and money at this bar in the future.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Good ol’ Dive bar food was good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Alex was our server and went above and beyond to take care of our large group of 18 (and that’s including 12 children)! She had the patience of Job and was truly one of the sweetest hearts we’ve ever met!! We will definitely make this a must stop on our way to Stowe every time we come to visit!! The food was amazing and their entire staff did so much to go above and beyond to make us feel welcomed and taken care of!! Thank you so much Gusto’s!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rude staff behind bar. There are more welcoming options that don't just cater to locals.
Service: 1
Gustos has awesome food, such as Their taco salads And the service there is excepchanel. it does not matter if you dine in Or take out the staff there is always so nice ! And they make the best Raspberry Frozen Margarita's !
Went in at 5:15pm on a Sunday night before a concert at the opera house, so it was not busy. I am used to a good dive bar, so was not uncomfortable, but could see how some people might be put off by the interior. The music was incredibly loud, my mother had to turn down her hearing aids, but we could not even speak to each other without shouting across the table, so talking could not happen anyway. We ordered poutine, bruschetta, fried pickles, coconut shrimp and my mom got the french onion soup. It took 40 minutes to get our food and when it arrived the waitress told us that they were out of the shrimp and would we like to order something else and brought a menu back. She never came back AT ALL until we had to flag her down another 40 minutes later to get the bill so we could get to the concert. Drinks (water and Sprite) were empty and had been for half of the meal, but she never returned.Poutine- I asked the server what “truck driver gravy” is and she said it was a dark, beefy gravy. Super! Nope—-it was more like a minimal amount of turkey gravy, with melted grated cheese on top. Poutine has cheese curds, this did not. It was cheesy fries with a little but of gravy, but it did not taste bad, so at least there is that.Bruschetta- it was soggy pieces of thin bread with a half inch thick slice of mozzarella on top with some sort of tomato chunks on top. Not a bit of basil in sight. We each took one bite and couldn't eat it. It was disgusting, and nothing like bruschetta.Pickles- huge portion, very salty (and I love salt!) but it was too much salt even for me.French onion soup- was lukewarm with 2 slices of lukewarm cheese on top. I wanted my mom to send it back because it wasn't even remotely hot, but she refused because it had taken so long to get in the first place. When food is not kept and served at the appropriate temperatures, that is how people get sick, and sure enough, my mother was sick within an hour, and for two days after eating there.It was disappointing, because I really wanted to like this place, but the service was terrible and the food was just as bad.Halfway through our meal, the music stops and some guy says “Okay! I would like to call this meeting to order!” and then they proceeded to start some kind of sports meeting (they were talking about referees). A patron brought in two children with him that could not have been but about 8 and 10 years old, and then he was served beer. For an establishment that says in their reviews that they must follow strict guidelines for serving alcohol, it just seemed to be a poor choice to serve the only driver of two young children, let alone have two young children in a bar of this type, where food is definitely not the main reason people go there. I think that this place has the potential to do better and hope that they make a commitment to improve.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Was a wonderful time and the food is great kind service will be going back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wings
Dj was great service was
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Real fun lil small town
Atmosphere: 5
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Delicious food. The Chicken Caesar Wrap and Onion Petals are delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Extremely disrespectful to the customers and passive aggressive. Came here for my buddy's birthday and treated poorly. Gave us one shot told we had more than one and refused to serve more. Would not recommend this establishment to any of my friends. After Owners Response: We apologize for the use of outside alcohol but the only reason my friend resorted to this was cause he couldn't get any drinks that he wanted such as mixed alcohol beverages since he doesn't like beer. I understand the shot policy but he clearly was not inebriated in any manner.
Great food! Friendly service and the atmosphere is overall friendly as well. Good place to hear some great music
Went for the breast cancer motorcycle ride... second year doing this everyone is great gustos staff is very accommodating and are
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Place is just overall great. Backyard to hang and sometimes there’s a fire. Can play some cornhole or just chill out inside play some pool or hit the dance floor when there a dj, great vibe great prices. Place is awesome!Kid-friendliness: Kids are there playing arcade games and dancing on the dance floor when music is playing. They are aloud there until 9:00Parking: Parking is right outside or right across the street.Wheelchair accessibility: They have a nice wheel chair accessible ramp to go right in!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chipotle Chicken Sandwich, Wings