Gus’ Food & Spirits

Terrible terrible service and food. Waited forever for a waitress to even take out drink order. Mind you, we were sitting in the bar area with staff all around us, and the place wasn’t even full. Finally the hostess took our drink order and brought them out to us. I wish she would’ve been our waitress. Waited forever to have our order taken, which should’ve been a sign for us to leave. Food came out after a LONG wait and was COLD. The avocados, which I had paid extra for, were brown. Are ya kidding me??? This place has been off my radar for quite a while, due to situations just like this, and this just helps reinforce why.

Seated at a table. Never waited on. Even went up to the waitress station and asked if we could place an order. Was told someone would be right over and then she went back to her cell phone. Went back to our table and still not waited on. Walked out! Never again

I don’t understand the bad reviews of Gus’. Every time I have visited, our waitresses have always been attentive and friendly. Which is commendable since we are usually a group of 10 to 16 — each asking for their own checks — there for trivia. That alone should make the waitresses run screaming, but they never do.
There is nothing fancy about the food. It’s just plain, olé bar food; however, it’s still tasty and good. Several of the appetizers in particular are damned delicious.
The loaded tater tots come smothered in cheese and bacon. They are also covered in jalapeños, so be sure to ask that they leave those off if you don’t like spicy food.
The boneless chicken wings in spicy maple glaze are excellent. Don’t be afraid of the sweet on the wings… just think of how good chicken and waffles are. Believe me, the flavors work.
The cheese wontons are exactly that… a piece of string cheese inside a crispy, fried wonton. Think thin egg roll, with cheese instead of cabbage. This really is much better than cabbage.
And, Gus’ offers great drink specials. Their premium pints are all ½ on Wednesday — which, incidentally, is also trivia night. It’s really a great deal. Just make sure not to order until after 7 because they are sticklers for the start time… and, I mean, not even a minute before. Close is not good enough when it comes to drink specials.
Overall, Gus’ is a great time with friends. No reason to shy away.

Nothing special going on… Went with the Philly, because that’s clearly what you should order in IA. Their twist on it was adding horseradish sauce… not a bad idea however, it replaced the cheese. Prices were average for a bar/​grill. 3 people, meals/​drinks, $ 50.
No clue how this place is as a ‘go to’ bar, but as many of these reviews stated, service is also average, but if I lived in the nearby apartments, I’d probably go here.
Their ribs looked alright, kind of light on sauce. Not sure why people complain about the prices… most expensive item is a prime rib sandwich and it’s $ 15, maybe? Pretty much everything else is under 10. I’d come here again. Mainly because they use ‘real’ ranch. Powder + mayo + buttermilk = happiness.

Last two times we have went to Gus’ the service has been… well nonexistent. The waitress looked at our group (of 10 people mind you) and just kept on walking. So all of us had to fight our way to the bar and get drinks. On the plus side the Lady Bartender was awesome and remembered my drink order everytime.

I live on Coral Ct and frequent Gus’s since it’s so close to my apartment. For the most part Gus’s is ok, I enjoy playing shuffle board there and some nights its ½ off craft pints.
Which leads me to my one big issue with this place, I am a huge craft beer fan, and like that Gus’s gets different beers often. But they don’t clean the lines and they have put wrong kegs on wrong taps multiple times. I don’t like to be a b*tch and have to send my beer back. But if I want a Bell’s Two Hearted, it better not be Bud Light or taste like you had a wheat before an IPA in that line.
Gus’s– please! Clean your damn lines between kegs!

Service was fine. Food was fine. Prices were fine. Live entertainment was horrid… nothing special about this place. I wish there were more pool tables and dart boards.

The worst service in the area. The food is expensive for what you get. The only reason this place is still in business is they can draw people from the apartments nearby. Cheap drinks of you can tolerate the service.

Our large group of friends use to go to Gus’s all the time but started going less and less because the sudden lack of service. Went there a couple weeks ago to give it another shot after being away for awhile and walked in the door and stood there for 10 minutes without being helped. We just turned around and walked out. Haven’t been back since.

I actually feel validated to come on here and see the other reviews for Gus’. Let me start by saying that I have been to Gus’ several times in different capacities (guys’ night, family dinner, game day, etc.) thanks to a couple of friends living in different condos on Coral Ct. After going all of these times, eventually reluctantly, I can say that Gus’ sucks. The food and drinks are expensive. The service has ALWAYS been atrocious (most of the staff are just plain a-​holes). The food is bad and the TVs are small. Pretty much everything that make a sports bar a sports bar, doesn’t measure up. Despite all of this, it seems to always be packed. Granted, many of them are Coral Ct. people that want to get hammered and stumble back to their condos. I’m guessing if it weren’t for that, they’d go under.

Started going here in July. Service was never too bad. There are a couple who won’t have anything to do with customers, but the others more than make up for that. I believe timing is critical when going here, never had a problem on a slow night with friends. Can get a bit loud, but overall not too bad. Reasonably priced, decent food. I think that the growth in business from the other restaurants being down due to flooding has helped this place out.

This place is an OK bar. I agree that it is a/c’ed to meatlocker levels. It is close by, so we go three for OK burgers, OK service, and OK prices.
Nothing special, but our experiences haven’t been as awful as others.

oye. the virgin experience was shiny enough to give this place another go around even tho the air conditioning was set at meatlocker levels. my second experience brings me to Unilocal so that all may relive a Gus experience thru my pain.
the atmospheric conditions: the a/​c wasn’t so blasting this time, so that the old, old residual cig smoke was able to really add to the atmosphere. we immediately noticed the tables all had those SMELLY candles??? like– cinnamon stick/​evergreen petals– in a RESTAURANT? hmm.
the waitress was sweet– i got the same as last time– bbq pork and onion rings and my pa was gonna go for the pork tenderloin… she kinda warned him, but he’s a dad and he really will eat anything.
the eating part: she sets the bbq in front of me. good. here comes the tenderloinish type looking thing that might be food that — notevenmydogwouldeat. we laughed. we laughed. my dad had to look under the table to make sure he had 2 shoes on his feet cuz he thought he was eating one of them. he was warned and now you are too– IT’S BAD!
the bill and closing: my mom put cash down and left the envelope open as in: «we need change» …the waitress came and closed the bill and said «Thanks have a good night!» and was gone b4 we knew it. um– woman– you aint gone git 9 $ tip for this shizzzz? my mom was so mad and we were so blown away at the balls… ya we coulda asked for our change but how embarrasing to have to chase it down right? so if you do find yourself sitting at a smoky, hockey puck servin Gus: pay w your pennies.

Upgraded to another star because of their service.

been hitting this joint about once a year when I’m back in IC for Football games since it is only a few blocks from my buddies houses and we can walk home :-). its been 3 or so years now and this place never ceases to disappoint.
last visit 9−28−07
1. Service= actually this time it was very good. if i had wrote this review a year ago it would have sucked. pleasantly surprised.
2. Beer= while i drink bottled beer my buddies drink drafts. WOW was the tap beer terrible. HEY GUS CLEAN YOUR LINES ONCE IN AWHILE! I should probably lighten up on this because it is a college town and well… when your 19 – 22 who really cares what the beer tastes like :-)
3. Food= This time went with a standard «lets eat because were drinking tonight!» order of chicken wings and nachos. Wings weren’t half bad i would order them again. Nachos… These were the ABSOLUTE WORST NACHOS i have EVER EVER EVER had. Taco Bell could teach Gus a thing or 2 about nachos and that’s sad. they were cold, the cheese wasn’t melted and the beef… like Taco Bell
VISIT #2 10-​26-​2007
ONCE AGAIN this place can’t get it ALL together.
Food= not too bad this time. i had the tenderloin sammich. not the best but descent. we all ordered bottles so no problems there. a 3 star visit this time for food.
Service= WOW and i mean WOW was are server a bitch! i’m not going to bother with the details because it completely pisses me off to think about it. i think it really has to do with being a college town. you have employees who know they aren’t going to be there long and thus have a CRAP work ethic. this isn’t just Gus’ its ALL the restaurants in the I.C. area.
so there you have it. my review of Gus’ in Coralvile, IA there will be no more updates as we will not be returning. anyone representing Gus’ may feel fre to contact me via Unilocal if you at all care about your service. i’m guessing no one does since the lemmings keep coming in and the service usually is sub-​par at best.