Alma Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota Restaurant Details

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Restaurant: Alma Restaurant

Address: 528 University Ave Se, Minneapolis (Hennepin), Minnesota (MN), 55414

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Phone: (612) 379-4919

Fax: (612) 379-4909

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4.0 based on 5 ratings
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11/16/2015 10:14 pm

Absolutely amazing seasonal food! The wine selection and pairings are phenomenal. I highly recommend going every 4-6 weeks as the menu is constantly changing to accommodate fresh, local, in season ingredients.

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10/12/2015 6:48 pm

I had been really excited to try Restaurant Alma for a while, and was excited when my fiance' recommended we get a reservation. I had a good experience all in all, but a few minor gripes leads to the 3 / 5 rating.

I was upset when we turned up early for our 8:30 reservation that we were not seated until 8:50, when we were seated we were in one of the worst tables back in a corner.

The food was all very flavorful, and I very much enjoyed my selections, but I felt my second course and main course were a little cooler than they should have been. (I ordered the Pork Belly In Parchment and the Roasted Pork Loin)

Dessert was delicious and helped to bring the experience to a positive close.

For the money I would probably rather visit Spoon and Stable, but I'm glad I tried Restaurant Alma.

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08/26/2015 1:28 am

My wife and I are down to cities for our anniversary and found Alma on Google. What an incredible find! Absolutely delightful meal that had some of the most amazing flavors we have ever experienced. My wife had spring bean salad, lamb curry, and duck two ways. I had yellowfin, spaghetti with egg, and sturgeon. Everything was mouthwateringly good. And our server figured out how to get us fresh mint hot tea - our new favorite drink. Very highly recommended!

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04/16/2015 1:26 pm

One selects 3 courses from several choices per course for $52 (4/15/2015). I did need to pay an extra $5 for my 3rd course since I selected the lamb. The courses are sophisticated, modest portions, of creative and very thoughtfully combined ingredients. I'm afraid that I won't remember all of what any of my courses had combined but I can say that the combinations worked very well to make for a delightful taste experience. It is possible to order single course a la carte. The menu changes as different foods come into season, so I won't try too suggest any favorite. My wife and I had all different courses and tasted each other's, they were all wonderful. I don't drink, but the wine list looked extensive. We did have desserts and cheeses after dinner. The menu describes these well, and the desserts were as elegant as the other courses. My wife got a 'strawberry cake' dessert, which had virtually no strawberries, but rather had items flavored with strawberry including what looked like a cracker that simply melted in your mouth bursting with strawberry flavor. I had a coconut dessert, that again was not so much 'just' coconut, but was a mix of cake, ice cream, crispys, with toasted coconut sprinkled liberally over all. We selected cheeses with fruits that went together very nicely. Reservations may be a good idea - since there were only two of us and we were somewhat early, we were seated at once, but after perhaps 7-8PM the place filled up. Service was attentive and described the courses in succulent detail. Although a bit expensive for us to frequent, it is a reasonable deal and we would consider returning for special occasions especially with friends who would appreciate something besides 'traditional' fare (it's definitely not a burger/steak/Italian/Chinese type of menu).

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03/05/2015 9:23 pm

Alma makes great food, no question there. I used to rave about the place, speaking highly to everyone I know. Not anymore. We had a dinner reservation on Valentine's Day. The prix fixe menu was priced at $85/person for the evening, and we were told that it was because there was an extra dessert as well as a started plate. Not cheap, but for a special occasion, ok. We were seated on time, the menu was explained to us, and we picked our items off the menu within 15 minutes of being seated. Our wine showed up 15 minutes later. 45 minutes after being seated, we had not seen the starter plate yet, no bread, nothing. Some couples that sat down after us had already received theirs or were starting on their first course. My wife flagged down our server who went to check on things (hadn't seen her since the wine came out). At the 1 hour mark, we finally received our starter plate - the same plate as everyone else received. While we waited for the main course, we noticed that others around that arrived around the same time or after us were starting to finish up. We finally got our food, but a 7:30 reservation turned out to be a 9pm++ meal. On top of this, we barely received any apology or acknowledgement of the issues. For that price, it was just disappointing. I even wrote a note on the comment card that came with out check giving this exact same info - no response.

I won't be going to back to Alma anytime soon. Even thought the food was good, they totally blew the experience. For that price, you can do better elsewhere.

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