Julio's Café — Restaurant in Clarksburg

I was not impressed. My husband and I went with some people from his work for a holiday dinner. We were expecting it to be pricey, and I don't have an issue with the prices charged because that was expected. However, if I pay $38 for a filet, I expect it to be cooked to order and to taste good. I ordered the 10 oz filet with the salad and potato and substituted pasta with alfredo for the vegetable. The salad was fine though I didn't care for the house dressing. I was upcharged for choosing alfredo sauce. The mashed potatoes tasted like potato flakes and were missing salt, butter, and milk. The pasta portion was in a fiesta fruit bowl (6 oz bowl) that wasn't full. My husband ordered the same as me but with red sauce on the pasta. Neither of us were impressed with the red sauce flavor, and I wasn't overly impressed with the alfredo sauce. My steak was ok. I could tell it was a great piece of meat, but it wasn't seasoned much at all.

My husband had to send his steak back. He ordered it medium well, and it was more rare than my med-rare steak. He sent it back and said they could butterfly it. They returned to him a steak that was still a medium to medium rare. There was no management apology and no adjustment to the bill. The waitress made an excuse that it was the lighting; one of the other wives said "it wasn't the lighting. That cow was still mooing!"

There are so many options for great Italian restaurants in the area and at least two restaurants that serve a much better tasting filet, so we will not be...

I never do reviews but I had to for this restaurant. The food was absolutely amazing. I had the rack of lamb it was cooked perfectly just the right amount of char and a very tender cut. The broccoli was aldentè and the mashed potatoes were full bodied. Everything was seasoned perfectly I did not use any salt or pepper as none was needed. My wife had a magnificent filet mignon and a crab cake that was exquisite. Our appetizers were out of this world perfectly seared scallops and a sweet and salty mushroom cap with a chocolate and caramel sauce that at first I thought would be weird but the flavors came together to be one an amazing experience. The waitress we had Alexis forgive me if I misspelled it was very attentive and not at all rushing or pushy with anything. The atmosphere was amazing no one was on their cellphones at all as I can only imagine they were enjoying the experience as much as we were. I HIGHLY recommend this restaurant to anyone who want to enjoy an evening of wonderful fresh made food of true quality in the perfect...

The restaurant was beautiful, the workers were nice enough, and the food was amazing. I have to leave 1 star simply because we waited over 45 minutes with a reservation. This is the longest I have ever had to wait for a table, reservation or not. I was just about ready to leave by the time we were sat, especially because I have a bad knee. This sort of wait time for a reservation is, to me, unacceptable. The kicker was our reservation was for 7:30 in the dining room, but people with reservations for 8:00 of our same party size were sat in the dining room before us, yet we were eventually sat in the café after them just past 8:15. As mentioned in another review, it seemed these people might have been some sort of “special patrons” who were simply more important to them than our Valentine’s Day reservation. Only go to this place if you're willing to stand for an hour before being seated with a reservation in hand. Hart Kitchen is just around the bend and it is better, cheaper, faster, and the staff are nicer and...