Oh no… not another post about that damn freakin’ hotel!!! That’s right! How can I let a week slip by without mentioning the Allegria? I can’t.
Tripadvisor.com has a page for the Allegria and some of the comments are so sad!
“They Keep Lie”
“Stay Way”
“The Allegria RUINED MY WEDDING”
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?
Check out all the reviews @ tripadvisor.com
“They keep lie” “Stay Way” “The Allegria RUINED MY WEDDING”
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Funny how you only post the bad review from some idiot who booked her wedding at a place that would never have been finished within a year
Look at all the GReAT reviews after it opened
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We love this place. My wife, my neighbor, my coworkers.
We have all grew up in LB and we think its AwesomeA++++++++++++
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Well I mentioned that the bad reviews were posted before the hotel was even open.
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The Allegria is beautiful. I had lunch there yesterday and couldn’t believe how nice it was. I was really surprised that Todd Jacobs is the Executive Chef there. He is fantastic. we used to drive to his restaurant in Westhampton on Dune road just to have diner. Congratulations long beach you have one of the best chefs on the east coast!!
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Posted by unregistered user: lois
a beautiful place, no doubt, the prices were a bit high and the service was very poor.
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Posted by unregistered user: Chaz
Service was poor….they are not even officially opened yet. give them a chance
there is no name on the building yet
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So I want to get some advice, I reserved a room here for next Sunday. My husband and I are vacationing from California to NY and will be staying with a friend in Manhattan the rest of the time. Got a REALLY good deal on an Oceanfront room...but I too saw the reviews on TripAdvisor and now I am a bit hesitant about keeping the reservation. Any advice? I'm assuming the restaurant is open since someone posted that they had lunch there. Is there more to do in Long Beach this time of year just for the day? I saw the pictures on the website and thought staying on the Atlantic Ocean would be a refreshing way for my husband and I to spend the last night of our "kidless" vacation before heading back.
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Posted by unregistered user: Allison
LSAzarrage,
You should stay there the hotel is beautiful. They had a weird summer with false openings but the place is worth the stay. My friend ate at the restaurant last night and said the food was outstanding.
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LSAzcarraga,
Most of those reviews on tripadvisor were written before the hotel opened. The place is beautiful and I hear nothing, but good things about the food there. Some people had issues with the service, but the place just opened up last month. I’m sure they got their issues figured out.Posted 11 months ago # -
Posted by unregistered user: Tricia
Place is awesome you should definitely stay here its AWESOME!!!!
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Posted by unregistered user: Bobby
LSAzarrage,
You should check out the reviews after the place opened. The first couple of reviews were about some disgruntled people who booked weddings there and the place took longer then they thought to open. Like that was the owners intentions to not open and have a bunch of brides pissed off. What the reviews don’t mention is that the owners did everything possible to make these weddings right. Check out all the reviews since it has opened. Place is fantastic
You will love long beach
Let us know what you think
You will love it Chef is AWESOME!Posted 11 months ago # -
Posted by unregistered user: Lois
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lois says:
October 7, 2009 at 12:27 pma beautiful place, no doubt, the prices were a bit high and the service was very poor.
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Chaz says:
October 7, 2009 at 2:21 pmService was poor….they are not even officially opened yet. give them a chance
If they are not “officially opened yet” then why are they taking money for their service.I’m sorry to disagree, but If You are taking peoples money then you should be ready to serve them properly..
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Posted by unregistered user: Bobby
Lois were you perfect when you first started at your job?
Don’t think so Give them a chance!
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Posted by unregistered user: Lois
Yes I was Bobby.
But one big difference, I didn’t charge $125.00 when I wasn’t ready.
PS What in the world did I say that was so bad?
I said the place was beautiful, and the service was poor (at my table) sue me.Posted 11 months ago # -
Posted by unregistered user: Sammy
We (4 of us) visited here on last Friday night (for the second try) The first try was not a good one.. We again had absolute atrocious service. It started the moment we walked in the door. The host asked us if we had a reservation. We said yes and she made us made us waited over 20 minutes. Although this was not a long wait, I mention it only because there were many open tables. Instead of coming back to seat us, my husband had to ask her if she was ready to seat us. Of course she brought us to a table that was in the rear where it was uncozy and cramped between other close by tables and where there servers were constantly rushing by you on both sides.
So, we sat. For 10 minutes with menus. No greeting by a waiter, but the bus boy did promptly deliver water and bread.. Finally, my husband noticed a table that had JUST been seated getting waited on, so we literally had to flag someone down and ask who our waiter/waitress was.
When the waitress did arrive, she was a bit rushed and told us about the specials but she did not described them nor did she mention the prices.
For starters we my husband and I ordered an order of calamari and an order of mussels. Our friends ordered salads. My husband and I both ordered the striped bass dish from the menu. In about 25-30 minutes the appetizer finally arrived. The calamari came out dry and over cooked, you needed a magnifying glass to find the meat inside the mussels that’s how small they were. And the sauce was very sweet, as well as the portions being pretty small and overpriced.
After another 30 minutes the entre’s arrived by a server that literally threw them down and ran off. He didn’t ask if we needed anything at all, but just ran off. And guess what! The fish was tasteless and over-cooked.
But we were already having such an unpleasant experience, that we didn’t really care. The food was bland and overall boring. The service was very poor. The prices were fair except for the drinks which we found to be high.
I can’t believe some of these reviewer’s that raved over this place.
I guess that we must have ordered the wrong food because our’s was not good. And we also must have had the wrong waitress also. Our friends agreed .
Have you ever tried fish that was tasteless and over-cooked? You can try it here.
You can blame it one the place being fairly new if you wish, but it’s been opened for about 2 months now… How long can they use this excuse. Besides the chef is supposed to be a pro, so what’s his excuse? But, it don’t matter, I’ll never know, because I’ll never go back.. You fooled me once…….. then you fooled me twice.. They won’t get a third chance.
I’ve heard so many things about this place ranging from poor service to food that was only fair. I have to agree.Posted 10 months ago # -
Posted by unregistered user: Lori
I just had dinner at the hotel Saturday night and absolutely loved it. The service was OUTSTANDING. We had the chilean sea bass, and the hanger steak. Food was great. 8 of us ate there and 7 of us loved it.
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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 restaurantsBottom line is that we were very disappointed and I doubt if we will be back.
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Posted by unregistered user: Maxwell
I had dinner here the other night and we enjoyed it. Service was great, food was excellent. We live in sayville and have been to Todd’s other venue in westhampton and we love his food. Sorry to hear some do not like it. We will be going back.
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Posted by unregistered user: Lori
I am assuming your comments “Maybe this is your idea of fine dining, but it was not ours” was directing at me?? Please DO NOT take your displeasures out on me. We enjoyed it, and we will go back. Maybe you should try Ruby Tuesday
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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?