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Alto
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Critics' Pick
Official Website
Hours
Mon-Thu, noon-2:30pm and 5:30pm-10:30pm; Fri, noon-2:30pm and 5pm-11:30pm; Sat, 5pm-11:30pm; Sun, closed
Nearby Subway Stops
6 at 51st St.; E, V at Fifth Ave.-53rd St.; E, V at Lexington Ave.-53rd St.
Prices
$32-$42
Payment Methods
American Express, MasterCard, Visa
Special Features
- Business Lunch
- Dine at the Bar
- Hot Spot
- Lunch
- Notable Chef
- Private Dining/Party Space
- Prix-Fixe
- Special Occasion
- Online Reservation
Alcohol
- Full Bar
Reservations
Recommended
- Make a Reservation with opentable.com
Profile
The tone at Michael White's urbane, sophisticated, somewhat calculated establishment in midtown is elevated to such a refined, even high-strung, degree that you might have a difficult time knowing the food is Italian. The restaurant is located behind a small courtyard, discreetly tucked behind the Thomas Pink store on Madison Avenue. The rooms, which are neatly designed to give a sense of intimacy as well as loft, are filled with wait staff gliding to and fro in a practiced, choreographed way. Once seated, diners are strafed relentlessly by waiters proffering bottles of spa water and baskets of artisanal bread.
Three-course espresso lunch, $30; four-course dinner, $75
Tasting Menu
Seven-course seasonal dinner, $115
Related Stories
New York Magazine Reviews
- Adam Platt's Full Review (6/13/05)
Best of New York Awards
- Best Veal Chop (2008)
Featured In
- Adam Platt's Where to Eat 2009 (1/5/09)
- Where to Eat 2008 (1/7/08)
- It's White Truffle Season (10/22/07)
- 101 Best New York Restaurants for 2006 (1/9/06)
Recipes at Alto
- Ramp Risotto (2005)
| 8.6 | "Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 |
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Simply the BEST!!
MsMarvelous from 11222 | Posted on 7/6/09
| Food: | 10 |
| Service: | 10 |
| Décor: | 9 |
| Value: | 9 |
I went last week with my out of town family. I hadn't been to Alto in quite some time. We decided on a tasting menu with a wine pairing, and all of us were left speechless!! I dine out quite...Read More
LETS TELL THE TRUTH!!!!
crabsongs from 41046 | Posted on 3/22/09
| Food: | 1 |
| Service: | 1 |
| Décor: | 7 |
| Value: | 1 |
If your want to eat crap and put up with mideastern waiters with major attitudes, well this is the place for you! It was the worst experiance I ever had in the land of food.I always overtip but I refused...Read More
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