I really want to love Alex. The dishes are beautiful. I can't ask for better service. And the decor exude traditional elegance.
Unfortunately, all dishes are either too salty, mediocre, or just bad. I didn't finish most of the dishes ; which rarely ever happen in restaurants at this level.
Ambiance: 4.5 stars
Service: 5 stars (love the little couch for the purse.)
Price: overpriced ($125 for prefix, $185 for tasting menu)
food: 1 stars for the taste, 4.5 stars for aesthetic presentation.
We had:
-quail+ foie gras (worst seared foie gras I ever had. quail meat was dry)
-Shrimp appetizer (too salty but otherwise, meat is not bad)
-pork belly (too salty and too fatty. There's a fine line betweeen just perfect amount of fat and too much. The one we had were too much)
-waygu beef (the saddest dish of them all. The $4 NY Steak I cook the night before tasted better)
-chocolate valencia (YUCK!)
-something with Hazelnut (so so)