In spite of all the high ratings our experience proved to us what we suspected would be the case, which is Altius is a destination for patrons who have "the view" priority over anything else. All the other aspects of dining here failed miserably. AMBIANCE: cold in both points - interior design and temperature of the room (I believe it was about 65 with vents blowing cold air constantly). The only + (again) was "the view" which you could enjoy from the Duquesne Incline viewing point for free. FOOD: "wanna be" creative and interesting but doesn't deliver in taste department and definitely overpriced. SERVICE: very "nice and trying", but slooooow (dinner took almost 3 hours) and not professional. VALUE: beyond overpriced.
Definitely no return for us.