Review of Zest

We were excited to try this restaurant out, but our experience wasn't great. The building is older and doesn't look well-kept. We asked the waitress about gluten-free options as four of us are celiac. She seemed to kind of know what could be made gluten-free, but then when we asked her about cross contamination protocols, she said "there is no cross contamination". Then we asked if they had a separate pizza oven and she said no. So it didn't seem like she was very well-versed in gluten-free and cross contamination which scared us. When our food came out, we called her back and asked her if the hamburger bun was gluten-free as it looked normal. She had brought out a regular bun. We asked them to cook a new hamburger because had they just taken the first one off and put it on a GF bun, it would have been cross contaminated and my daughter would have gotten very sick. Luckily we caught it before my kiddos touched it. They were looking forward to the watermelon (fresh cut) that came with their meal, but it tasted like it was going bad, and so they wouldn't touch it (and they are not overly picky about fruit). We were going to try the reeces GF dessert, but after the gluten mix up with the buns, and the watermelon, we decided to head out. It was a pricey meal that wasn't great and my one daughter and I still felt bad afterwards, so we are thinking there was some cross contamination. I wanted to love this restaurant, but we probably won't be back.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Below Average