Urban Gusto

italian restaurant — Brunswick · Rotorua

About Urban Gusto

An Italian restaurant on Tutanekai Street in Brunswick, Rotorua, which describes itself as Rotorua's authentic Italian experience. The menu runs from garlic loaves with bacon and mozzarella, and a halloumi and roasted eggplant dish, to pasta in cream, tomato ragu and garlic sauces, including penne with chicken, prawns, lamb meatballs or slow-cooked beef. Risotto with prawns and mussels is listed, along with a 300g ribeye with roasted vegetables and salsa verde, a hind shank with garlic mash, and a crisp breaded pork loin. Homemade pizza dough is used for the pizzas. Desserts include a peach cheesecake and a berry sorbet. Several dishes are marked gluten free and several vegetarian. The menu lists add-ons at $4 for chicken, $5 for prawns and beef cheek, and $3 for vegan cheese, and truffle and parmesan fries for $5, all as at 2026.

The website gives no opening hours, booking, parking or children's details, and quotes no customer comments, so there is no view here on what diners say.