Buon Gusto Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria — Restaurant in Karon

Good things first- extensive menu with lots of vegetarian and vegan choices. We went there first for lunch. Salad and pizza were both great. Next we went for dinner. It was a disaster. We ordered lasagne and mentioned that we are not vegan. Yet he got us a stale Vegan lasagne which was tasteless. The next was gnocchi in pesto. It was cold and without salt. The staff is un-bothered and lazy. They look so bored and demotivated and it shows in their food and service.

And please know that it's a mighty expensive place. At half the price Wine Connection is a...

Good generic Italian food with friendly service. We had 8 people in our group and 2 of them had to leave early because of a food poisoning from the morning before. Floor manager saw only 6 out of 8 chairs occupied and told us we all had to leave by 9pm due to ‘wasting’ their seats. The request by the floor manager (or whatever his title is) for us to leave came at about 8:25pm and even before we ordered our main dishes. I would have given 4/5 stars for generic everything at this restaurant but customer service brought it...

Be prepared to pay western prices. Pizza was excellent (350 baht for a Parma ham, tomato and rocket) and the size was huge. Also got an americano aperitif (180baht, not on the menu) which was well made, if a little weak. Unfortunately tiramisu (160baht) was not really tiramisu - just sponge and cream with some cocoa powder- no indication that any coffee or alcohol had been added, making it quite bland. Disappointing as everything else was quite authentic. Service was excellent and venue was...