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Susan
Orange County15 reviews
Dined on January 20, 2025
- Overall 2
- Food 1
- Service 4
- Ambience 3
I was one member of a party of three. We reserved a table at this restaurant at 5:00 pm on Sunday, Jan. 19th so that we could enjoy a Magic Show (on the 2nd floor) by David Minkin at 7:00 pm. We were pleased to learn the restaurant opened for dinner at 5:00 pm so the “Taste of Italy” Buffet offerings should be fresh.
We were able to select a 4-top table at the back of the restaurant because the hotel bar area was adjacent to the front. They had 3+ T.V.s on very loud so patrons (all over the first floor of the hotel) could watch the football game.
We were attended to very quickly by our waiter, Jose. We each ordered a different glass of “house” wine (a Cabernet Sauvignon, a Merlot and a Pinot Grigio) and found the Cabernet Sauvignon “undrinkable” while the other two were just barely tolerable. Jose, was such a kind man. We showed him the surface bubbles in the glass of Cabernet. It looked like the wine had been poured into a glass that was not completely rinsed after washing. The bubbles would just not go away. They were the size of green peas (large) and iridescent. He took away the offending wine and replaced it with a new glass. He said the bartender opened a new bottle for us. Still, there were iridescent bubbles in the 2nd glass. The bottle of wine was not the problem…whoever was washing the wine glasses was not rinsing them completely. We thanked Jose for his effort and left the glass of wine on the table.
On to the food! We were looking forward to delicious Italian fare on the Buffet. All buffet items were only luke warm put onto cold plates: Three pastas with three sauces (marinara, meat sauce and Alfredo), lasagna, cheese and pepperoni pizzas, chicken piccata, garlic bread, eggplant parmesan, veggie medley of zucchini and other squash. Also, they offered a tureen of soup and a salad bar with trimmings. Salad was cold and good.