Posted by unregistered user: Charlean
Maybe this is your idea of fine dining, but it was not ours.
This was the first time we went to this place, as we couldn’t get reservations for the two previous Saturday nights. .Walking in I was immediately blown away by the decor of the bar and main dining room. The place is gorgeous.
We had our belated anniversary dinner there last Saturday night, and we were very disappointed . The quality and the preperation of the food was highly disappointing, especially at that price point. For our appetizer, an calamari The texture was soggy, and it was dry and served without sauce. Overall, it did not look or taste appetizing, it was too chewy/rubbery and lacked any real flavor.. For the main course, we ordered fish. The fish dry and was not at all moist as it should have been. Both of our entrees lacked the quality that we expected to find. And to add to all that, I could not help feeling cheated by the portion size. Despite the poor food, the service was also slow and poor. All and all we found it to be a little pretentious, but without anything to back it up. It would have been better to just sit at the bar and have a cocktail, and do without the food.
I think the best part of our meal was the dessert, which isn’t saying much. Needless to say that the atmosphere was wonderful, but that didn’t make up for the food or the service.. I also thought that the prices were high especially at the bar.
Our table was mere inches away from the tables on either side of us,
All in all our first impression was that it was a beautiful place with lovely ambiance. But… very disappointing, pretentious, over-priced. Paid similar prices for meals in other restaurants in Manhattan but enjoyed food of much higher quality and preparation served in better.
The service was so not at all attentive
It obviously attempts to be a “high cuisine” restaurant but it never quite reaches that ambition. Definitely not worth the price tag. So, overall, I thought the food was nothing special, and we will not be going back.
Disappointing not worth the money. I have had much better of both food and service at some of the local Long Beach restaurants
Bottom line is that we were very disappointed and I doubt if we will be back.
Here is the Trip Advisor rating for the Allegria as of today (Sept 30th, 2009). Keep in mind, those TERRIBLE reviews were posted before the hotel was even open. Why the terrible reviews? Empty promises on the hotel’s part. Why Empty Promises? Hmm, was it all the early summer rain? the construction costs? the economy? or all of the above?
