Via Milano - An escape to Milan

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Just like every anniversary, my husband and I haven't got a plan to spend the day. Like most of the days, we pick a restaurant for a nice meal together and catch up for a movie. This time we decided to luncheon at Via Milano. Luckily, they were hosting the Sunday Buffet Lunch spread. We liked Via Milano’s ambience on our first visit on ‘V’- Day last year; it was a romantic scene.

As the name suggests, it’s an Italian restaurant located in Jubilee Hills and surely lives up to the name. The place is quite nice and cozy and the white partially plastered walls give that old Milan look while the white canopy compliments the scene. Empty wine barrels stacked up add more of a vintage touch; a wine shelf on one of the walls will compel you to believe you are dining in one of the Wineries in Italy. Since it was a Sunday they had a live band playing.

They had a long list of small bites as antipasti; couple of salads, cheese platter, canapés and cold cuts platter. I feel in love with the Watermelon feta canapé and the salads. You may not like the beef starter which is actually raw ground beef with some seasoning and olive oil; it left a very weird taste on the tongue.  Also the cold cuts were watery and very salty; didn't enjoy it much either. The rest of the things on the menu were good and will make you want more.

For entrées,  a live pasta counter was set up where you could choose between white or red Sauce Pasta (Veg. and Non-Veg.) with a range of veggies to go with it. And don’t miss the Lasagne; it was well cooked, juicy and rightly seasoned. And from the roast section, we had the fully roast Chicken served with mashed potatoes and mushroom sauce. They served something for the veggie lovers as well but I don’t quite remember what the dish was. From the hot kitchen, we were served barbecued sea food (they had prawns that day) and chicken as well.

How can you say Italian without having a taste of pizza; they served this amazing Veg. margarita pizza. It had a thin crust and the cheese would just melt in the mouth. I absolutely loved it and had many servings of it J.  Now for the main course, I guess the options changes every week. It was beautiful Sea Bass dish that I had – don’t remember the name well and my hubby had a chicken dish. We were quite full by the time we actually got to the main course. Our sincere advice is to go through the menu well and have small portions of the antipasti and the entrées.

And finally the desserts; a range of desserts were offered. Chocolate Lasagne (just a layered Chocolate cake actually), Tiramisu and Pana Cotta are few I can remember. The Tiramisu was quite nice and light.

Overall a nice experience, but you may feel they are a little over priced for casual dinner. For special days, you could spend that extra bit. They also have a weekday Executive Lunch Buffet which is a great value for money. The place is very romantic by night and you’re sure to impress your love.

Snapshot

Taste: 7/10

Ambience: 9/10

Service: 7/10

Overall rating: 8/10

Hygienic: YES

Serves Alcohol:  YES

Children friendly: NO

Valet parking: YES

Reservation: Preferred
Cards Accepted: YES