Gustu Review

A few weeks ago whilst browsing through the Guardian I saw an article about one of the co-founders of "the world's best restaurant", Nomu in Denmark, and his new business venture in Bolivia - Guardian Link. As someone who enjoys a good meal out, I decided to try this place out, and managed to sell the idea to a few friends who were travelling with me. It wasn't that difficult to do, his other restaurant in Copenhagen has a waiting list of a few months for a table and is considerably more expensive than the 30 GBP 5-course tasting menu the restaurant offers here. Eating at a restaurant horrifically expensive compared to the average bolivia wage also seemed more justifiable when we considered that the restaurant only sources from inside Bolivia (no coke or imported drinks) and has trained up young Bolivians to work in the restaurant.

We had a good evening, and the food was certainly very good. Unfortunately, the restaurant management side of things still needed some work - our 5 course tasting menu became 4 when they forgot to bring out the first of our 2 deserts. When we raised this issue with out waiter we were offered only a 10% discount on the basis that we missed out on a cheaper course. Needless to say, we weren't overly impressed and it was a rather disappointing ending to what had been a great evening and a really interesting meal.

One side of the table

The other side of the table

Fancy food - chicken hearts with something else.