Today's lunch was Gumba's Italian Restaurant. I was out and about and came across this little place. It looked like it would be a good choice for a quick lunch. When we got there, we knew it was a family friendly place. They had the Cartoon Network playing on the TV that was on the wall. We started with some drinks. My soda was flat, but they brought out a can to replace it, so I don't hold that against them. We also had a Mango Lassi. It was okay, but a little on the thick side. It did taste like mango. Then we ordered food.
We attempted to order the calamari, but they were out of it. We settled on the antipasto platter. It was interesting. The food all tasted like it came from the store. The mushrooms were slightly wilted, the artichoke hearts definitely had the from a tin taste. They had pepperoni on the plate that seemed like it came out of a Hormel package. The rest wasn't much better. All had a store bought taste.
For the main courses - we went with the special, which was a spinach ravioli in Alfredo sauce with vegetables, and the Stromboli. Neither was all that good. Again, everything had that cheap store bought taste to it. The pasta was chewy, the sauce had the tinned artichokes and teeny slivers of what we think was zucchini, and was much too expensive for what we got. The Stromboli was boring and they put too much mustard on it. The meats all were store bought. The entire meal was very disappointing. I know I could have gone to the store, bought the ingredients, and made a better meal.
Overall, the service was slow, the food tasted of being reheated and store bought, and left a feeling of disappointment after you ate. I will most likely not be going back to Gumba's. Maybe they have better pizza and it might be good with a family of small children, but not for us.
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