an off day on the lunch buffet?. i usually like the buffet here (not a frequent visitor, but i've had it before), and today it just wasn't the best. the first pizzas that were put out were fresh and good, but the third one that was brought out was really dark, and it tasted like yesterday's leftovers reheated . . . i couldn't even eat it . . . it was horrible. the deep fried zucchini was o.k., but it was kinda dry, so i put a little red sauce on it that i took from the rigatoni pasta on the buffet. the marinara sauce wasn't brought out until the zucchini plate was already empty, and then they replaced the empty plate with deep fried mushrooms, and some of the mushrooms were still cold on the inside. it took 45 minutes before any italian hoagies arrived on the buffet, and i was sadly disappointed because they were cold and not cooked enough on the inside, and just didn't taste good. i also should mention that there were some dirty plates on the buffet too, like somebody didn't wash them properly. also, i was hoping for maybe some wedding soup on the buffet, but they didn't have any. and lastly, the pieces of garlic bread were too big . . . i think they should be cut into smaller pieces. i ended up getting two big pieces because they weren't cut properly and stuck together, which was about 3/4ths more bread than i wanted. i'll come back again some day, but i really hope they step it up a bit, since today was kind of an off-day. at least the cost wasn't too bad . . . $9.00 for all you can eat.
-----16 jun, 2010-----
pretty good lunch buffet.. there has been so much buzz here on urbanspoon about this restaurant, that i had to go and check it out for myself. i had the buffet lunch, and was pleased with the selection and taste of the food, although i have to say that it wasn't the best i ever had, i was still satisfied. they had two types of pizzas, two pastas, garlic bread and a salad bar when i arrived. while i was eating, they also brought out an italian hoagie, and some breaded zucchini. i didn't really like the zucchini, it had an off-taste, and was a bit dry. i thought it needed a little bit of marinara, but overall, this was the only item that i found not to my liking, everything else was just fine, including the piece of sugared fried dough at the end for dessert.
btw, in case you are wondering why so many people are reviewing juliano's on urbanspoon, it is because they have a card on every table asking for people to help vote them into the top of the urbanspoon restaurant rankings.