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| - After having visited alo for my birthday late last year, I made it a point to visit aloette as soon as the weather became nicer.
After months of being tortured watching other people post photos of uni toast, we decided to go to aloette and try it for ourselves.
With a no-reservation rule, we walked in at 7pm and I foolishly believed when Google told me the avg wait time was 30 minutes. We were given a 2-hour wait time.
With no bar area or anywhere really to go, we had to wander a few blocks down to the black bull for some aperatifs before the meal. Finally got a seat around 9:15pm, ordered a couple of cocktails and .... Were told that they had sold out of uni toast.
After much hemming and hawwing, we settled on the torched scallops, the parisienne gnocchi and the roasted Lamb. We were also given a plate of the house-made cheese bread and butter... Which, I feel bad in sayin, but was the best thing that night.
The scallops were sweet and tender and cooked to perfection. The gnocchi were tasty and the lamb was fall off the bone and very aromatic.
I wish I could have given a half star more because I really wanted to love everything. While the dishes were very tasty, the 3 dishes and 2 cocktails came out to 130 before tips.
I'll have to come back another time to try my hand at getting an earlier seat and a plate of the uni toast, but it's a bit disheartening having to wait 2 hours for a seat.
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