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Gran Gusto, Cambridge, MA

Gran Gusto

4.7
4.7
1247 Reviews
$30 and under
Italian

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 5 times today
  • Neighborhood gem
  • Good for special occasions
  • Good for groups
After 8:30 pm the restaurant prefers to take reservations by contacting the restaurant.

At Gran Gusto, we pride ourselves on the best quality for a great price.

We are a completely in-house production, starting with fresh, basic ingredients in order to create homemade bread to desert.

Over 80% of our products come from Italy one time a week such as, olive oil, flour, truffles, specialty cheeses, bufala mozzarella for the Neapolitan-style pizza, ice cream and etc.

Order delivery or takeout

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Wed–Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Daily 4:00 pm–11:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (617) 441-0400
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Executive chef
    Giuseppe Castellano
  • Neighborhood
    Cambridge
  • Parking details
    After 6 PM free parking.
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Delivery, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wine

What 1,247 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.7
4.7 based on recent ratings
  • 4.7Food
  • 4.4Service
  • 4.4Ambience
  • 4.5Value

NoiseModerate

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Gran Gusto offers an authentic Italian dining experience with "delicious, authentic Italian-inspired food" and "the best pizza in town." Guests love the "warm and friendly ambience" and excellent service. While service can occasionally be slow, the consistently high-quality food and "outstanding professional service" make it a neighborhood favorite.

1,247 Reviews
  1. Alexander

    VIP

    Greater Boston

    28 reviews

    5.0

    28 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Outstanding Italian food, fresh, authentic and very tasty

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  2. Barry

    Greater Boston

    32 reviews

    3.0

    32 reviews

    Dined on December 11, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    The wait staff were acerbic, impolite and disinterested. We had to purposely stop them just to get any attention and then they seemed to resent being stopped. Furthermore, it was overwhelmingly noisy. The food was good but not enough to overcome the negatives. This is at variance with previous visits there but would make us think twice before another return.

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  3. Melissa

    Greater Boston

    7 reviews

    2.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on December 7, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    It pains me to write this but I genuinely have no idea how this place has managed to stay in business for this long. I had high hopes for this place and made a reservation to celebrate my husband’s birthday there. I came to regret this. After being greeted by a friendly hostess, we were promptly seated. There we sat, unacknowledged, with a stack of menus for several minutes. Zero interest from the wait staff to see if anyone wanted a drink of any sort, despite several wait staff walking by or standing around just talking amongst themselves. When we flagged someone down, very possibly the owner, he was less than enthusiastic to answer our questions about the menu and even less so to help the vegan member of our party find a suitable option. In fact, he was borderline rude. A We kept having to flag him down just to get anything after placing the initial order for the table. We had to place the orders for cocktails, appetizers and meals all at once. No offer to get the drinks first to allow more time to look over the menu and certainly no offer to answer any questions about said menu. The service was so poor that it was making the entire experience awkward for everyone. There was too much effort required for very little service. The worst part, though, was how incredibly underwhelming and bland the food was. I’ve ever paid so much money to eat something on par with stale pizza from an airport Sbarros. When we were all done with our main courses, and had finally been granted the one chance to order a second drink (after initially being seated), the dessert menus were literally just tossed down onto our table. No being asked how our meals were or whether we even wanted dessert. Just menus and nothing else. If you care about things like the quality and taste of your food, level of service, and value for your money, do yourself a huge favor and go elsewhere.

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  4. Steve

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 1, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Dinner was excellent, I would highly recommend Gran Gusto

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  5. Katherine

    Greater Boston

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on November 27, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    One of my favorite restaurants. I love the food, the wine and the people that work there.

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  6. Jane

    VIP

    Greater Boston

    47 reviews

    5.0

    47 reviews

    Dined on November 20, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We had lunch…all ladies Salads all fresh and tasty Pasta dishes perfect Al dente and flavor outstanding orecchiette and alla puttanesca Margarita pizza just like in Naples Desserts outstanding…pistachio dessert with chocolate amazing, cantucci were plentiful and delicious, ricotta pie the best ever flavors and texture, sorbetto were yummy limoncello and mandarino! Love Gran Gusto

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  7. Barbara

    VIP

    Greater Boston

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on November 16, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    Fabulous food. Wonderful service. The chocolate and pistachio cake was incredible. Multo grazie, Gran Gusto.

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  8. Stacey

    Greater Boston

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on November 16, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    A gem of delicious food, with outstanding professional service and warm hospitality. This ristorante never disappoints.

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  9. OpenTable Diner

    Greater Boston

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 16, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 1
    Service was perfect. We sat in a hallway, though. The hallway is a space that is shared with a school in the same building. This is just awkward ambience walking by grade schooler art on the way to the bathroom. The food was underwhelming, too. My partner got the orecchiette (currently served with sausage and brussels sprouts) The sprouts were cut so small and one could barely find them in the dish. The plating was just kind of like what we'd do at home on a weeknight. My partner got the worst gas they've had in years. I got the pollo (chicken) and it was A LARGE AMOUNT OF CHICKEN- nice and thin indeed but incredibly salty and dry. The parts of my dish that were not chicken were halved raw grape tomatoes, shaved parmesan and fresh greens. I would have liked maybe a starch or a cooked vegetable side of some kind. Again, I can do better than that in my own kitchen. The one thing that we both really enjoyed was the meat and cheese appetizer which sounds like charcuterie but had a small nest of olives and dressed arugula in the center with a side of "fruit mustard " which tasted like maybe pear (?) In an applesauce sort of texture with spices. It was a well executed clever idea with like 4 or 5 cured meats which were tasty.

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  10. Rick

    VIP

    Portland

    41 reviews

    3.0

    41 reviews

    Dined on October 6, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    Everyday, reasonable, Italian. Server was pleasant with a frown

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FAQs

Gran Gusto offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (617) 441-0400.

Gran Gusto is rated 4.7 stars by 1247 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 5 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for Gran Gusto

90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140

Additional information

  • Neighborhood
    Cambridge
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Wed–Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Daily 4:00 pm–11:00 pm
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    After 6 PM free parking.
  • Executive chef
    Giuseppe Castellano
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Delivery, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wine
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