Restaurant Alma

From beginning to end, perfect and unpretentious. Lightest gnocchi ever!

The Food and Wine Pairing Menu was so Yummy! Such a fantastic local spot!

Absolutely Amazing!

This restaurant is phenomenal and our server was excellent. Pricey, but worth it for a special occasion.

Excellent food and engaged service, a consistently wonderful experience.

We have been visiting Alma for the last 6 years. The cost is high, but the events are important. Twice a year we come for our wedding anniversary and my wife's birthday/my proposal dinner. Alma NEVER disappoints. The only disappointing thing is my cooking for months after we come :-).

Excellent service and interesting, delicious courses - what more can one ask for?

Food was cold! Service bad.....

I know you don’t normally mention the valet, but this time I have to. I had car troubles, had to have roadside assistance jump my car. This was before dinner. So, during dinner the valet babysat my car. He did this without asking and with a smile.

Now Alma. Everything was great. It is not cheap, but everything was excellent, and worth it.

First, there is only a three course dinner (at least the night we went, but I think it is every night). With each course you have choices.

My first course was a hamachi sashimi. Second was tempura octopus with a fish broth. The octopus was tender, and very lightly battered. Excellent. My last course was my favorite. Gnocchi with shrimp in a truffle cream sauce.

Great place for a business dinner. Service, ambiance, decor, comfort, and a great valet.

I will be back.

We throughly enjoyed the menu and wine pairings. Everything was delicious, the wine pairings were spot-on and our service was fantastic. I’d highly recommend for special occasions or for a date night. We’ll definitely be back!

I don't feel like offering more details about my experience.

great food and great service as always

Wonderful as usual

Our time at Alma was tremendous. It was our first time there and the food was incredibly delicious. Our server was very charming. The food and wine exceeded our expectations. It could become our new, favorite restaurant.

Excellent, except for the awful “Health Benefits” surcharge.

Excellent food and service! We tried half the menu! The duck dishes, in particular, were superb! One of the best restaurants I have been to recently!

It had been some time since we've been to Restaurant Alma. After our recent experience the interval will be much shorter. We would rate Alma at the top of restaurant list in the metro area.

Consistently one of the best restaurants in the city.

This is definitely a special occasion restaurant as it's a bit pricey, but the food was outsanding-- very flavorful, unique, and perfectly portioned. The drinks were also fantastic. The atmosphere is very relaxed and intimate, and overall it was a great experience.

Great service and meal

We were sat upstairs in a very isolated small space that wasn’t as inviting as the main area.

Wonderful first night in Minneapolis dinner at a James Beard award restaurant. Food presentation, taste, and wine pairings were excellent and on point. Enjoyable for romantic dining experience. Staff was appropriately attentive, but not overly friendly.

The service was good and the waitress was informative. I wish that the entrees had more depth in their flavor.

An awesome food experience for us, visiting in Alma for the first time. Loved the place and service too.

For all the hype of Alma, we were roundly disappointed. The staff were terrible. If this were my restaurant, I would fire them all and start over. We felt totally disregarded.

My wife had the fish and it she couldn't finish it--it was dried hard. I had the braised beef and it seemed like they had made it a couple of days ago. Tasteless. Dry. Stringy. Everything a great braise shouldn't be.

I'll admit that I am spoiled because I've eaten Agnolotti in the Val d'Aosta. The Agnolotti at Alma was terrible. It had been cooked, then sat a long time, dried out, was reheated--so it was slimy and chewy.

It was Sunday evening...maybe the staff were burnt out from a busy weekend? Maybe the food was left over from the week? Is that an excuse for such a terrible dining experience?

Whatever they are doing, they need to throw it out and start over. But I will never be back. There are far too many great restaurants in The Cities now to waste my time with Alma. So sorry, but you earned this review!

Absolutely not recommended!

Anniversary dinner, awesome

Enjoy our dinner here for Valentine's Day! Excellent menu selections, great wine list and awesome service.

Wonderful fixed price selections - was hard to choose and every one was delicious. Fantastic service - 5+ stars, great ambiance.

Exceeded our expectations! We ate at Restaurant Alma for our 50th Anniversary in hopes it would feel and taste special. It/They did not disappoint! We will be back. It's a gem! Thank you for a wonderful evening!

Wonderful service. Great food. Expensive, but worth it when you have a special event to celebrate.

Wow! The tasting menu was outstanding, and our server was great. She was very knowledgeable, attentive and friendly.

Wonderful way to celebrate a birthday. Gave us best table in the house, champagne and just really attentive service.

I was excited about going to Alma. The unique main menu was great and so was the appetizers and first course. I had the duck and my wife had the hamachi fish. Both were interesting and delicious. For the main course I had the sturgeon and my wife had the duck, they were both exceptional. The middle meal was weak at best. To much pasta hiding the meat. The deserts were poor too, but like my wife said I didn't need it anyway. The most disappointing part was the very limited bar. With a high end meals you would expect a few high end labels for Vodka. Only a base brand I had never heard of before. The server said I wouldn't notice the difference from a grey Goose in a martini, right? The wine list too was also very weak and poor. They need to improve the bar options. It's usually where the money is and Keeps people coming back. If I were to recommend to a friend I'd say great meal, drink at home and don't order desert.

Our new favorite "date night" restaurant. Amazing food, and they made it vegan for my spouse.

Our favorite place to have a special dinner! Everything met and exceeded our expectations - the food and service were outstanding!

Amazing food and staff, will definitely come back!!

The food was good but overpriced for what your received for a Prix Fix three course meal (only choice on menu). Use of unique ingredient pairings often masked the primary ingredient to a point it was not identifiable. This was not true of the "Duck - Two Ways" which was excellent.

Wine list for bottles was large but very very pricey. Wine selections do not justify the price listed. By the glass selections are extremely limited and also pricey but not as bad as the bottle price.

Valet parking is not convenient and to retrieve vehicle you must go outside stand and wait for attendant to retrieve car and bring it around. Note vehicle is not locked during your dinner as key bob is left in car.

Note there is a 3.5% surcharge on your bill to cover management offering health and retirement programs for their staff. Rather ridiculous that it is not included in price of meal which is already high.

We would probably not return to this restaurant as there are superior fine dining restaurants in the area.

One of my favorite restaurants anywhere. The seasonal cuisine is always inventive and perfectly prepared.

For my money this is the best in town . The service, the food, the setting is impeccable. The way the tables are arranged is such that you’re never distracted by people or noise nearby. The timing Of the service is such that you enjoy each course slowly and never feel rushed Alma. Mama is not trying to turn tables we were there over 2 1/2 hours. It was the best dinner we’ve had since the last time we were at Alma!

The menu is amazing. If you have never tried Sturgeon before I highly recommend you do before the menu changes.