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Allegro

$$$$, Italian, Staré Mesto

User Rating: **** 3.6

Fodor's Review:

The chef Vito Mollica isn't the main draw here: that honor belongs to his cooking. Mr. Mollica serves luscious dishes from around Italy with seasonal menus celebrating artisanal products and rare treats like Alba truffles and 30-year-old balsamic vinegar. To say the chef and the restaurant have raised the bar for Prague dining is an understatement in the extreme. Main courses have included such delights as monkfish saltimbocca, yellowfin tuna carpaccio, and house-made gnocchi with rabbit. Regularly recognized as one of the best Italian kitchens in Central Europe, Allegro is a treat for those who indulge in the top of the line.

Member Reviews & Ratings:

Doesn't live up to the hype

Posted by jennyboo from Sacramento, CA on 9/16/07

Stay away from the gnocchi appetizer! Yuck. We dined here while in Prague, and wished we had gone back for a 2nd night at David's. The service was impeccible, on par with a Four Seasons restaurant. However, the food cost a fortune, and we were not impressed with how some of it was prepared. The selection is modest, unless you are coming for the wine. Despite the fact that we didn't touch our mushy gnocchi, we were charged for it anyway. I don't think it's ever customary to take something off the bill when a customer finds it unappealing. I come back to the price because I would expect it to be so much better given what they charge, and given the reviews! We ate at several fine dining restaurants, and once you reach this level, the chef should know how to prepare duck so that it doesn't seem like undercooked chewy fowl. Of course, being in Prague, the Fois Gras was amazing. I'd pass on this one though.

FOOD: 3.0

ATMOSPHERE: 4.0

SERVICE: 5.0

VALUE: 3.0

RATING: 3.6