Where the Locals Eat Rating
Best Wine List
Top 100 Restaurant, New York City
"The restaurant's name is both a reference to Alta Cucina (the term for highly refined Italian cuisine) and to Northern Italy, from which Alto draws considerable inspiration for its menu."
– Alto website
"Star chef Scott Conant has departed this midtown spot and been replaced by Michael White, leaving behind an eatery that still feels slightly austere (bottles of vino are stolidly displayed and sturdy banquettes line the walls), but delivers some surprisingly homey Northern Italian cuisine."
– Randall Lane, Time Out New York
"Alto is now a full-throttle dining experience, no matter where on the menu you turn. ... They've banished much of Alto's self-consciousness and, in the process, found it more of a soul."
– Frank Bruni, The New York Times, Oct. 31, 2007 review
"Service – from the accommodating reservationist to the exceedingly well-informed waitstaff to the attentive bus boys – was impeccable."
– Newsday
"Oenophiles will certainly find something to suit their palates in the basement cellar filled with a staggering 12,000 bottles."
—Michelin New York City
How Others Rate Alto
The New York Times
*** (Excellent)
Top Pick
New York magazine
** (Very Good)
Zagat 2008
26 Food Rating (Extraordinary to Perfection)