After hearing all about Alo and how impossible it was to get a reservation there, we were lucky enough to get a last minute spot through the DINR app.
Alo did truly live up to its hype as many reviewers have already said here. When you arrived, they first took you to the bar for some drinks and led you after a while to their dining room.
There are two kinds of menus - the Chef's Table (which is extremely hard to get into) and the dining area (which is also hard to get into). Alo features a prix fixe 8 course meal (with an extra course at the Chef's Table) and the menus change completely every season. They do change 1-2 items weekly.
Everything we tasted danced in our mouths with bursting flavours and we were in heaven the few hours we were in there. It is a slow meal so definitely be prepared to be there for a couple hours.
Reservations open 2 months in advance on the first Tuesday of every other month. They just finished the May June ones but will likely open again in July for July/August reservations. Go go go! Seize the day and have this meal.
Updated: May 18, 2018 visit:
The food was just as fantastic this time and our service was good up until the very end when my server emphasized to me that I had put a deposit on and that my total had deducted the deposit and therefore, I would have to adjust my tip accordingly and that there's a guideline there.
Ok Captain Obvious. Thanks.
Was it because I'm young or Asian or female that you felt compelled to point that out? In any case, that was a bit rude to assume that I would not have tipped accordingly otherwise. I was definitely going to do my usual 20% tipping but because he pointed that out and it irked me completely the wrong way, I gave him less.
To that server out there, I'm coming back in June. Please don't do that again. It was uncalled for and plain rude.