This was my second visit to the restaurant, the fi...

This was my second visit to the restaurant, the first visit was pre Renovation. My first experience cost my wife and I over a $1000 and was worth every penny. More recently we invited a couple to join us, assuring them that this would be the most memorable dinning experience of their lives. The experience was memorable but for the wrong reasons.

The staff; Positive notes first, the staff, without exception were wonderful and reminiscent of the Alenia that I remembered. Unfortunalty things went steeply downhill from there.

Presentation; There were a few interesting features which we enjoyed. I will spare you the details as I don t want to spoil it for anyone that will be going to the to the restaurant. Overall however, this was a huge let down compared to my previous experience.

The food; Some of it was great, the rest not so much! Lots of fluff like fancy plating and reconstructing foods so that they looked like something different ( again I m being vague as I don t want to spoil anyone s visit). This would have added to the experience had the food been better. Quantity was light to say the least, for $500 a head I would have expected to walk away full. The choices for the wine pairing were perfect however, the volume of wine was scant and there wasn t enough time between glasses to properly enjoy the pair.

In summary, I was very dissapointed with my dining experience as were my guests. I am shocked that Michelin has assigned the new Alinea 3 stars, perhaps the Michelin folks should go back for another look, I know that I won t be going back.