Giulianos Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The plates were filling - seafood risotto and seafood spaghetti were delicious, same for mushroom and chicken pizza, as was the half bottle of chianti wine."
• "Their pizzas and desserts are great, the pizza being fresh mad and good quality ingredients and the desserts look amazing as well."
• "Food was delicious and the coffee was very good."
• "The pasta is amazing!!!"
• "Food is amazing, home mande authentic food."
• "The food is absolutely delicious, fresh and very tasty."
• "The food was excellent, cooked to perfection."

Cons:

• "The garlic bread felt straight from a premade section in a grocery store."
• "The filled pasta I ordered was no better than that you would buy in a packet out a supermarket either."
• "Food wasnt even good."
• "The food was extremely basic with both the pizza and our risotto was not particularly flavoursome."
• "Food from the pre theatre menu is pretty disappointing."
• "Meatballs were very dry and no wild mushrooms in sauce."
• "The lasagne was a light pink color over-all and tasted exactly like Chef-boy-ardee."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were lovely and friendly, offering great recommendations."
• "The staff were so attentive and friendly."
• "Service was friendly and fast."
• "Service staff were friendly, funny and accommodating."
• "Staff are very friendly and are always welcoming."
• "Service was excellent and food was above average."
• "Staff were attentive, friendly, and efficient (but not intrusive);"

Cons:

• "Awful!! Overcharged by £40 and main course took the best part of an hour to arrive!!"
• "Service was awful."
• "Worst service I've ever experienced."
• "Service was downright appalling, and I certainly plan not to return until this is improved greatly."
• "Some of the staff, not all, really quite abrupt."
• "However we found the staff very rude."
• "We had to endure harsh reaction from waiter!"

Ambiance

Pros:

• "A spacious place with good ambiance with decor and pictures of Italy and culture."
• "Really good atmosphere, felt like we weren’t in Edinburgh anymore and had stepped into a little taste of Italy."
• "The atmosphere was warm and the fresh pasta was a little taste of Italy!"
• "Very very good it was noisy busy fun atmosphere."
• "Fabulous warm family feel, friendly humorous hardworking staff."
• "It's a great place to relax and enjoy your meal."
• "The ambience very authentic."

Cons:

• "Restaurant is bigger than it looks from the outside and pretty cold inside."
• "The whole experience felt a bit lack lustre, for sure they need to look at the lighting, most certainly the background music......the overall feel of the place."
• "Atmosphere at the start of the meal was nice but as the place became busier and noisier it lost its touch."
• "Lacked atmosphere!"
• "Felt as if they were so busy that they just wanted you in and out restaurant as fast as they could."
• "Flies were a constant around our food and heads."
• "Staff appeared off hand and the organisation was poor."

Value

Pros:

• "Excellent value for money, menu selection was great and the portion size was excellent."
• "A large glass of house wine will cost you a fiver, a pizza another £10 or so, but it's nicely baked and a great value meal."
• "Quite inexpensively priced big portions."
• "VERY reasonable prices for the quality and quantity!!!!"
• "Always a must when in town good pre theater menu 3 courses 21.50 brilliant price."
• "It's honestly cheaper than I expected and the pizza was decent."
• "Huge portion and very affordable - especially the pre-theatre menu!"

Cons:

• "Awful for the price."
• "Not really worth the price we paid."
• "The price I paid I don't object to but I would not have been willing to pay any higher."