Alure

Posted by: avidfoodie | 5 June 2011, 5.28pm

prior booking is highly recommended. the place is packed at meal times. we were brought to our tables promptly upon arrival. we had desserts and cocktails and the quality of the food was really good. however, the service was kind of disappointing. it was hard to get the attention of the wait staff. we were expecting more since it seemed to be a quality restaurant. but the ambience was really chill and nice. the dining area was separated from the bar. it was a pleasant experience in general.

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Posted by: fully fed | 7 November 2010, 6.57pm

John our waiter is what true hospitality is all about. A litttle bit of fun and a whole lot of profesionalism.
Alure is a well kept and proffesionally run restaurant,
a pleasant surprise from what you normally expect from a restaurant within a hotel. The food is a journey of the senses. It was our anniversary, and we could have not had a better evening. Thank you and congratulations on a job well done!

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Posted by: rsclutch1990 | 30 November 2009, 12.38pm

Let's start off with the bad as to not leave with a sour note as I certainly did not on the night I dined. The only bad thing that happened that night was the people sitting next to us were a bit unruly, which obviously cannot be helped by the staff. Three guys obviously having too much to drink.

On to the good stuff - The entree, the Wotlif Tart, was a perfect way to begin the evening. What was even better, was that afterwards, they brought out a mango sorbet which broke up that gap between the entree and main beautifully.

I had the Morrocan Chicken and my girlfriend had the Red Emperor. Both, we agreed, were amazing. We both enjoyed a couple of glasses from the extensive wine list which is sure to please everyone.

I found the service to be delightful--always pleasant, but subtle in brilliance. I found it to be a refreshing change from the usual dregs of Perth restaurants.

The prices were also incredibly reasonable. I have paid more for worse experiences.

All in all, I highly recommend this restaurant and I will definitely be returning

Food:			Visit: Sat 21 November 2009 Mealtime: dinner
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Posted by: Liddie | 15 July 2009, 12.53pm

The food was excellent, the interesting menu made it difficult to choose.
My friend said the oysters Kilpatrick are the best he has ever had, and he has made it his mission to try this dish everywhere in a search for the best. They were indeed good.
My chicken and white fish sashimi were awesome.
He was not so happy with his stringy, old venison, and the waiter handled his complaint perfectly - offering to have the chef inspect it, and offering to take it off the bill and bring another dish (the pork belly, also good), then checking that the pork was to his satisfaction. The chef didn't handle the complaint so well, and gave the poor waiter some BS story to tell.
The extensive wine list is a pleasure, also.

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Posted by: mercergirl | 14 February 2009, 9.33pm

We made a booking for 7pm. We are seated and given a 'short' menu. I ask for the full one, only to be told that there is a function on and the full menu isn't available until 8pm. No one told us that when we booked nor when we called up to confirm our booking. We decide to wait it out and the hostess advised us that she would come and get us from the cocktail area at 7.45. 8.00pm passes us by so we get up and see if our table is ready. She had obviously forgotten about us. We order drinks (beer and water) and our meals. We get the beer and entrees but I had to remind the waitress for the water (and this was after we finished our entrees). Mains were tasty (beef fillet and pork chop). Boyfriend was still peckish so he ordered the sashimi, I ordered the fondant for dessert knowing that it would take half an hour to cook. Silly me assumed that the sashimi would come out first (how weird is it having sashimi and dessert at the same time?), but they both came out half an hour later. Get up to pay, and I tell the hostess the food was great but the mix up earlier was disappointing. I get an apology but no discount/ free drink etc.
I am only disappointed seeing as I held it to such high standards, having dined there before and experiencing impeccable food and service, what a contrast to this night.

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Posted by: OutAnAbout | 31 August 2008, 3.06pm

We dined later in the evening (8.30pm) which is the only reason that I can see that we had a disappointing experience in comparison to others.

As soon as the cocktail bar 'picked up' the music was so loud in the restaurant that we couldn't hear each other, let alone the wait-staff. At about the same time, the service quality dropped noticeably. We were left waiting for the better part of half an hour for our bill to be processed.

The otherwise tasty and well cooked food was soured by the rest of our experience. Although, I do have to say, perhaps a steak knife would have been better to cut the chunks of chorizo that were served with my scallop entree. The table was shaking as I battled with my tiny, blunt entree knife. The fillet steak was the saving grace of the evening - tender and perfectly cooked with a delicious sauce. Sadly, the prawns were poorly deveined, which ruined the flavour.

Our party of six was presented a bill for just under $900.00 - which would have been acceptable had we had silver service. We didn't. We had cutlery from Ikea, confused waitstaff and bungled coffee orders.

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Posted by: Anon01 | 15 August 2007, 2.02am

After all the hype, Alure was a restaurant that I had been looking forward to going to for a long time. After all, where else can you get a Valhrona chocolate fondant?

Alure replaced Windows at Intercontinental Burswood as the new signature restaurant. It has a modern, well-lit decor with trendy, almost jazzy background music.

As one of the first to arrive at the restaurant, initial impressions were good. However, as the night went on, service went from mediocre to non-existent. Our water ran empty most of the night without an offer of a top-up, our dishes (empty) sat on the table for over 20 minutes and it was another 10 before our dessert orders were taken. Then another 40 minutes before ONE chocolate fondant was served (after being told it would take only 20). Many restaurants run at capacity and a walk around showed Alure was only 2/3 full. Not once were we asked how our meals were. Our jackets were not taken. Napkins not placed upon our laps. This certainly was NOT a fine-dining establishment.

Food was average and disappointing again for a signature hotel restaurant. I have visited every fine-dining hotel restaurant in Perth on many occasions and felt that the balance of the food was just not there. Average food I would expect from an average diner but not a hyped, modern and new restaurant like Alure.

The oysters kilpatrick were unbalanced with too much BBQ sauce. It felt like eating a mouthful of ham with BBQ sauce overpowering the oysters themselves. The marron was overpowered by excessive cream with the truffle in the oil non-existent. The bread hard, not fresh.

To their credit, the steak was perfectly cooked, one inch thick and tender. And the lamb rack cooked to satisfaction.

Onto the chocolate fondant that took three quarters of an hour to arrive. Slightly overcooked and dry on the outside and the chocolate sauce - lacking the complexity of quality chocolate. Perhaps they added too much sugar? Cream?

All-in-all a disappointing dinner. Sure, it's not all 'that' bad and for the less discerning palate, probably satisfactory. But it is worlds below ever achieving a Gold Plate and at the price, I expected much better.

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