Reviews Alloro

You will find everything in their breakfast menu. Service is good.

Good ambience and great food...it was very calm and warm welcoming staff...we ordered wheat spaghetti in red pesto and the quartro cheese pizza...both very light and cooked perfectly that the blue cheese dint seem over powering or pungent...a must visit place only if you enjoy italian cuisine

It’s got an Italian taste. Not the Indian Italian. So go for it if that’s your thing! Nice n quiet ambience too. Must try the Lasagne “Alloro”, Con gamberi e rucola.

A good experience! The Wood fire Margherita Pizza was a winner🤘The breads/ spreads/ chocolates added to the experience..The Mushroom Risotto was good, but not really a standout - a little bland per my taste buds..but a good experience all in all!😀

A must visit place for lovers of Italian food. Restaurant staff was highly curtious and welcoming.
Minestrone soup in the Set Menu was prepared well and set the tone of our dinner just right.
Salad had less of vegetables in it and more bread.
Dessert was chef's choice which was browine with ice cream.

Alloro is all about Italian cuisine and fine dining! The food was amazing! Anyone interested in trying authentic cuisine in Bangalore, Alloro is the place! Coming to the chef and the staff, everyone at the restaurant was courteous and welcoming! highly-recommended place!

We were in Crowne plaza for their Ocktober fest on saturday . After savouring on the beer and the sausages, my mom was in a mood to have arrabbiata pasta. So there stands the story how we came here .

Alloro, introduced as the award winning italian restaurant to men by the receptionist has an impeccable decor, beautiful seating arrangement and even more fine cutlery. Everything about the place is elegant and beautiful.

They serve complimentary breads which are fresh bake produce of that days. We enjoyed having them with flavoured butters.

So we ordered :-

Pici alla arrabiata :- Wonderfully made dish. The pici pasta was great and the tomato sauce was rich in flavours and tanginess. Oregano being the dominant flavour. The pasta is on the spicier side, we loved it.

Garlic Bread:- 1 portion of garlic bread has 3 toasted slices with rich flavour of the main ingredient. But I found the bread too hard to enjoy with the pasta. Can be improved.

A special mention of the service. I don't remember the name of our severer, but she was very pleasant, knowledgeable and on her toes to make us comfortable.

A once in a while to have a pricy italian meal in blissful environment.

Cost of meal 1200/-

Ambience and taste is really awesome. The Italian dishes are very unique to try, and also great pizzas and pastas. They also gave complimentary breads which was that day's chef special. There were 4 kinds of breads, all taste good with the Black Olive sauce served.

Alloro restaurant is the best place to be in Bangalore! I travel to Bangalore 5-6 times a year and am so glad to have excellent food combined with great service! There is always an eye for details and each extra wish will be considered! Pankaj and rest of the team from kitchen chef to Restaurant manager: you guys are great! Penne Pasta and veg Cesar Salad rocks...!  Thanks thanks and thanks! Or as we say in Germany: Vielen Dank! See you soon!

Best Italian food I have had in Bangalore. Aloro reminded me of my US days. Olive garden used to be my favourite Italian restaurant. Aloro served food very close to the taste we used to have there. Loved the food and ambiance.

Aloro in Crowne Plaza is an only classiest Italian restaurant in Electronics City and a perfect fine-dine restaurant in the town. I was invited for their Milanese Food Festival and the dishes were exclusive all the way from Milan. I have close relationship with Crowne Plaza from almost 5 years; my work place is very near to Crowne Plaza and most of the corporate gatherings congregations here. I already visited “24@43”, “Terminus” couple of times and never noticed such a beautiful restaurant called “Aloro”.

Recently, Aloro at Crowne Plaza hosted us for the Milanese Food Festival, and oh my! it turned out to be an elaborate tasting from both their Milanese promotional menu and the regular restaurant menu. We were a large crowd of foodies and you can only imagine the craziness that would have gone on around the food plates what with the cameras flashing and all the tasting! We had innumerable dishes of which I'm highlighting just a few must-haves.

We started with  Zuppa di porri e bietole and Busecca. Both were poles opposite to each other in texture and flavor. While the leeks were in a clear soup with sharp notes of acidity that were cut smoothly by the Swiss chard, the Busecca was a thick typical bean soup full of familiar flavors.

The Rucola Organica was fresh and unique with the very nicely created Parmesan rocks that tied all the freshness together with some deep fried umami.

I couldn’t wait to get a bite of the Taleggio Dip which was visually spectacular with delicious savory sweet seared watermelon. The dip itself was a firework of flavors.

I adored the pasta in Traditional Pizzoccheri Pasta and the ravioli filled with pumpkin in Tortelli di Zucca. Everything was flavored with parmesan. They sure love that ingredient!

For desserts we had Panettone (Milan Christmas special dessert presented by Chefs way), Charlotte alla Milanese (Rum laced apple & bread pudding), Barbajada mousse (Chef special Popular Milanese dessert made with chocolate, milk, coffee), and Homemade gelatos (Rich Saffron, Fresh Fig & cherry, Caramelized Pistachio & rosemary) which just made our smiles expand like rubberband.

Although it was not a part of the Milanese Menu, I would recommend you try the Parmesan Trilogy at Aloro. It is one dish that will not let you down.

A meal for two would ideally cost you about Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 4,000. The quantities are generous and the service makes you feel like royalty! Make sure you stop by their wall of wine and try something that suits you palate.

Aloro in Crowne Plaza is an only classiest Italian restaurant in Electronics City and a perfect fine-dine restaurant in the town. I was invited for their Milanese Food Festival and the dishes were exclusive all the way from Milan. I have close relationship with Crowne Plaza from almost 5 years; my work place is very near to Crowne Plaza and most of the corporate gatherings congregations here. I already visited “24@43”, “Terminus” couple of times and never noticed such a beautiful restaurant called “Aloro”.

I clearly remember about a year ago, when a friend asked me for some fine-dine non-Indian options in Electronic City and I was a little stumped. I didn't have too much of an idea and told them to come back toward Koramangala instead. When I received the invite to try out the Milanese Food Festival at Aloro at Crowne Plaza, it brought surprise and joy that there indeed was an option for Italian fine-dine and they were celebrating a food festival, in addition to dishing out regular Italian fare. I was lucky enough to be able to order from the regular menu and the Milanese special menu and here is a detail of my experience at Aloro.

We made it in at about 7:30 pm - Easy peasy directions on Maps + The Expressway drive, made finding the place stress-free. Valet Parking and some gawking at the awesome photography session of a bride & groom who were celebrating their reception at the hotel afterward, we headed towards Aloro. Just by the bar, the place has some very inviting decor, made even more prominent by the wall of wines at the entrance. The right side to the wines is the live pizza counter - you see the open oven, the array of toppings inviting you to just get on that high chair and start customizing.

To the left is a more private and lovely European setting dine area - Ideal for dates - The tables are small and god forbid if you are in a group of four or five - then you'd rather sit where the open pizza counter is.

We got started with some mocktails (they had a fabulous range in their mango festival happening), then went on to try the soup. They had a clear Parmesan soup which I opted for - My first time trying a clear soup in an Italian restaurant. The bowl came in with an absolutely spotless, clear broth, with two small raviolis filled with parmesan and some basil and cherry tomatoes in the center. The raviolis by themselves were excellent tasting but the broth didn't work for me personally. I did see friends around who enjoyed the flavour, but I felt it lacked flavour and would easily do well with some light spice. A friend had ordered for the Cappucino de Funghi which is indeed excellent. It looks just life a cup of coffee - With the brown broth and a creamy foam on top. Deceptively clever this one and great in taste as well.

Moving on to some anti-pasti - Bruschettas came in. I asked for the Peppers Bruschetta which was lovely in taste. Drizzled with some olive oil on top of those super well minced red peppers, this was a very different but successful take on Bruschetta. There was also some excellent Caprese (the presentation on this one was one of my favourites - great flavours on the drizzle of olive oil and herbs as well).

Then we tried their award winning signature dish - the Parmesan Trilogy. There is a bed of Parmesan soup on which a scoop of Parmesan icecream is placed and a nice crunchy ring shaped wafer of parmesan placed on its edge. It looks completely master-cheffy when it comes in and one bit in you understand why this is award winning and so on. It has some excellent independent flavours going on well by themselves but when you put them all together, they start making more sense and become more appealing. For instance, the soup is slightly warm and like a cheese sauce. The icecream is sweet and cold. The ring is like a cheesy chip. All put together, there is a parmesan party happening. For all cheese lovers with an experimental tooth - this is what you need to sink into.

We then ordered main course - A Margherita pizza is what I wanted to try. I personally think that Italian fine-dine places do a fabulous rendition of a Margherita, unlike fast food pizza outlets. I was not let down one bit. The cheese on the pizza was fresh and unbelievably smooth when melted, the sauce was just perfect and the right amount of basil leaves strewn around. The husband ordered a chicken main - Piccata di Pollo, which were like chicken cutlets - Well cooked, but lacking too much spice is what I heard.

I also did manage to dig my fork into some other mains ordered by the others and this is what I wandered about to find:

A starter with some roasted Watermelon and herbs - Interesting take on a fat slab of watermelon - Some people loved it, some didn't. This was a little polarizing starter.

- The Quattro Stagioni - This is an excellent concept in a pizza, I've had it many places before and Aloro does a good job at it as well. There are four seasons depicted on four quadrants of the pizza, artichokes for spring, olives for summer, mushrooms for autumn and ham/prosciutto for winter. Great for sharing and very generous toppings - Don't you love it when restaurants don't treat you like Oliver's Twist when it comes to pizza toppings! :)

The Pasta Arrabiata - So, this was one dish which had some tang in the sauce - after about 2-3 bites, it gets too tangy in fact. But if you're a fan of the tomato bases, go ahead and order.

There was a ravioli stuffed with beetroot puree and herbs - It looked lovely in color (purple due to the beets, but encased beautifully in that blanket of pasta) - Didn't work for me too much, but any one up for experiments, can sink their teeth in.

There were also some beautiful looking non-vegetarian things served - A sizzler of some chunks of beef, some calamari rings and some veal as well. Great presentation on these plates and the carnivores in the group seemed to love the Now taste as well.

Now coming to the most interesting part of the meal, desserts. Being in an Italian restaurant and having served up some beautifully designed and creative food during the evening, hopes were high for desserts to be the stars and outperform. Some did, some did not.

The trio of sorbeti (more crushed ice than cream), came in lemon, Chilli and Blueberry. The Chillii one was outstanding - Pink in color and the spice doesn't really hit you till an aftertaste kicks in. The lemon too was nice and tangy and had that lovely zing.

The Tiramisu was fairly decent - Beautifully plated and interestingly had blobs of coffee cream and pesto on the plate. One bite of the tiramisu with the pesto (what I would never imagine a combination, otherwise in my life) actually was not as scary as one would think and going quite well together.

The Trio of Gelati (Icecream) was quite average - Flavours ranging from Pistachio, to some Strawberries and some Lemon & Olive oil flavours - I definitely preferred the sorbeti over the gelati.

There were some St.Guiseppe fritters - Fried dumplings with lemon cream inside and some sugar syrup on the outside. Fabulous concept - But I didn't get that zing in the lemon cream. Perhaps the intention was to keep it subtle.

The Barbajada mousse was the stand-out for me. Beautifully designed, to look like a lava cake with the glaze and stuff on the outside, but when you poke it, its a lovely, delicate mousse. This is what I would have even the next time round.

Overall, the experience was excellent - to have been able to savour this many dishes. The place is a refreshing change from various italian eateries. The chef genuinely enjoys what he makes and will be out to chat with patrons happily - They do have food festivals from time to time, every 2-3 months - So its definitely good to keep an eye out for these and head there for some experimentation.

Expect to spend around 3,000 for two upwards for a Vegetarian meal for two with mocktails.

I'd definitely recommend for anyone looking for a fine-dining Italian outlet in EC - You really don't need to head out too far any more!

BUONE NOTIZIE !!

Good News as we say in english for Italian food lovers and connoisseurs !!.

Aloro, the specialty Italian cuisine restaurant at premium hotel chain, Crowne Plaza Bengaluru Electronics City is hosting a Milanese Food festival for its esteemed guests and Italian food aficionados these days.
Situated at the lobby level, the ambiance of this place has been pleasantly inspired by the ancient settlements of alluring and charming country of Italy. The Pizzeria counter with wood fire oven further adds to the rustic charm of the whole place.

During my tete-a-tete with restaurant manager, I was told that the regular menu offers the guest a selection of choices from home-produced pastas, freshly cooked antipasti (starters) and a wide array of excellent meats and seafood dishes from the region. The wood fired authentic thin crust pizzas are among the popular choice with the patrons.

The restaurant also boasts a finest medley of Italian and imported cheese, wines and Grappa that will rejuvenate your palate and tastes buds for elegant food experience.

The Italian Chef Mrunal Uday Dhamaskar told me that the Milanese food extravaganza is being held here to celebrate the authentic food from Milan and the other northern region that have a influence of Italian and French.

Thus it is strikingly different from the central and southern Italian cuisine that has influence of Austria and neighbouring countries and the Mediterranean food.

The special menu for the promotion has been carefully crafted to promote the elegant dishes from the region. The choices of soups include country style beef soup, Zuppa de Sciqol, and traditional soup made with leeks and Swiss chard called Zuppa di porri e bietole.

The select antipasti’s like must try Taleggio Dip, a signature dish by Chef and the awesome Affettati Misti, the cold Bresaola & salami Milano slices are absolute delight.

The list also has some irresistible range of pastas and risottos. My favorites here were the classic Risotto Milanese con Gamberi alla griglia with grilled tiger prawns and the Gnocchi alla fruiti di mare home made pasta with coarse tomato sauce cooked with seafood assortment.

Among the mains I would recommend the Piccata di Pollo , a bread crumb, herb & cheese crusted chicken served delicious accompaniments.

The others on the menu are wood fire pizzas ranging between INR 500 to INR 650.

The selection includes Pizza con Taleggio , topped with taleggio & mozzarella Cheese ; Pizza Cocktail di Gamberi , a Prawns cocktail pizza made with tomato, prawns & rocket leaves and the Pizza alla Bresaola , topped pizza with salted , air dried Bressola ham.

The desserts served during the festivals include Panettone , a milano christmas special dessert ; Charlotte alla Milanese , an itlalian apple pudding ; home made gelatos and Chef special Popular Milanese dessert made with chocolate, milk, coffee called Barbajada mousse.

The show stopper of the evening was undoubtedly the Cotoletta alla Milanese.Delicious to the core,It is classic Milanese style breaded Veal chop served with Saffron aioli and potato crisp.

The Cost for 2 persons at Aloro would be around INR 3500-4000 for a 3 course authentic meal.

Prior reservation is recommended.

My rating is 4/5 for Italian dining experience at ALORO

If you’re a fan of Authentic Italian Food,then Aloro should be your go to place.

Cheese and wine, two of the most quintessential ingredients in Italian cuisine at its ultimate best. With a choice of wines from different parts of the world, to cheese that’s incorporated perfectly in every dish, this place will make you go,”Ummmh Deliciozooo”

Located in Electronic City, Phase 1,making it one of the best restaurants in the area to organize a business dinner or if you’re someone who decides to travel to the other end of town to experience Italian cuisine, then let me tell you, it’s totally worth it.

The ambiance - very elegant and classy making it apt for a nice romantic dinner or a pleasant meal with family. A huge modern style wine cellar that boasts of the different wines available, a small smoking area on the outside and a wood fire oven gives the restaurant an Italian story to tell at every nook and corner.

A bunch of us foodies were invited to try out their Milanese food festival and the Mango Feast that has recently been introduced at Aloro. With a separate Milanese Food menu that lists out names from an unknown land, be sure to ask your waiter to explain the dish before you decide to order. The descriptions give out a very fancy imagination, the plating and presentation simply furthers that perfectly painted picture in your mind, you take a bite and you’ll be transported to that imaginary world you’ve created for yourself. You will find a menu abundant with cheese, veal, mild flavourings, light desserts, mango inspired cocktails, mock tails and a host of different wines.

Zuppa(Soup)-We tried their traditional bean soup, leek and Swiss chard and a nice beef broth, All of which were light and went perfectly with the freshly baked breads. I absolutely loved the meatball soup, it had the right amount of flavouring.

Antipasti-The bruschetta were delicious, loaded with the right amount of cheese and flavouring. Calamari Fritter-crispy and came with a delicious dip that was delightful. Parmigiano ait re modi, their award winning dish looked like it came out of one of the Masterchef shows. Parmesan in different three different forms(ice cream, soup and crisp),complementing each other perfectly and the caramelized onions adding to the sweetness. This is one of the best dishes I have had in a long time, and oh yes perfectly plated too, so if you’re a cheese-lover like me, then well I needn’t say more.Caprese-Nice and light, the pan seared watermelon was quite impressive as well.We also tried the Scallops on a bed of polenta,although this dish I didn’t enjoy much,considering it was a little too bland.

Pasta-Perfectly al dente,all the pastas I tasted were brilliant, particularly liked the buckwheat pasta and cheese ravioli.

Pizzas-We tried their quarter pizza with different toppings depicting the different seasons, each quarter tasting different from the other, although one thing that united them was the delicious cheese that was added to this perfectly cooked wood fire pizza.

Mains-With all my favourite dishes

Beef Sizzler-Simply delicious, perfectly cooked beef,it was recommended to us by one of the waiters(Mr.Lally)as it was his favourite dish on the menu and we truly enjoyed it too.Ossonbuco-Tender falling off the bone meat(literally),lightly flavoured ,served with mashed potatoes and plating fit for a queen,this is definitely a must try.The pork infused saffron tasted great too, perfectly cooked caramelized pork served with polenta.

Now coming to my favourite course-Dolci(Dessert)

The Tiramisu, well I didn’t really enjoy it, it had a very different taste and the coffee didn’t really come through. The chocolate mousse with ice cream was quite nice too although the fritters, a real bummer, it was just too eggy. We tried the Italian gelatos and ice cream, all of which were light and had the right amount of creaminess. I particularly like the Raspberry Chilli.

The staff here is extremely friendly and they guided us around the restaurant, the waiters-exceptionally well trained and they are well aware of the different dishes on the menu.

Overall I would say I had a wonderful experience and a perfect evening and I would definitely say this is one of the best Italian I have tasted here in Bangalore. Food can truly be beautiful-this is something that I’ve learnt here, given the splendid plating, kudos to the chef and his team for that.

Awesome dinner

I hated mushrooms till I had their mushroom cappuccino. Truly amazing

The food is delicious and perfect ambience for a great evening

Visited this place for dessert today with my team. Electronic City lacks a proper dessert place and I believe there is lot of scope for the big players to start one here. After half an hour of roaming about, the 3 of us decided to come to Crowne Plaza. And that's how we landed at Aloro.

The place is quite elegant. The chairs impressed me the most. It was made of wood, pretty huge but very comfortable. (I think we sat in the space of Connexions). Since it was around 2, the place was rather empty.

My colleagues went with Tiramisu & Zuccotto respectively. I asked for 3 flavors of ice cream. Since they din't have 2 of the 3, I also went with Zuccotto. The Tiramisu came first. My colleague found it to be just about ok. He said you can easily find better ones in Bangalore. I had a bite and found it to be decent. Nothing exceptional. Zuccotto came next and it looked grand on the huge plate. Presentation was very good. Zuccotto contained a lemon based cake sort of dessert with chocolate covering and powdered chocolate biscuits along with a scoop of chocolate ice-cream. Honestly when it came it looked a tad small, but after I finished it I felt full!!

The surprise and why I give this place a 3.5 was they gave a scoop of lemon & sorbet ice-cream complimentary with my dessert. I guess its because the first dessert I had ordered had lemon & sorbet flavor ice cream in it but since they did not the have the other 2 flavors, they had to cancel it. Good sign and I really liked the ice-cream.

The service was fine. You expect atleast so much from a place like this. Being Crowne Plaza you know its on the pricier side and each dessert was around 400 bucks before tax. Nevertheless it was a good experience. Looking forward to dine here sometime!!

Crowne Plaza, I would say, is the best hotel out in the island of Electronic City. A 5-star among no stars out there.. :D Today, I was here for a celebration lunch and decided against the buffet restaurant, so we landed up sitting in Aloro. The only comfy seating I found is the round table where one part is the sofa.

Looking at the Italian menu, the first thought that hit me was that they have quite a selection of dishes, but nothing that stands out or appeals instantly. We also wanted to check out their Indian menu, but finally settled for italian. They gave a complimentary bread basket accompanied by 2 dips instead of butter, which were very interesting. I liked the light frothy milky dip; never had it anywhere else. For appetizers, we ordered the red pepper and almond bruschetta. Tasted OK, nothing great. For mains, we tried out different things - first, the Garganelli Calabrese pasta - sadly it totally lacked in flavor and we definitely felt the pasta was under-cooked, plus it wasn't served that hot! We had to send it back. The waiter was accommodating and he said he'd ask the chef to make another one, but we decided to have it with a tomato based sauce instead. The fresh pasta was served piping hot and tasted fine.

Second, we wanted a nice veggie spicy pizza and the guy suggested the Vegetariana pizza which he'd make with the tomato sauce base instead of the white pizza. We wanted it spicy so we asked him to add jalapenos as well. This was pretty OK and the whole thing was polished off.

Third, we tried the Nasi Goreng from their Asian menu. This was a very well presented dish, but sadly again lacked in taste. Low on salt and very low on spice, it definitely did not taste like the Nasi Goreng I had in Thailand! But the yummy chicken skewers served with the peanut sauce with the dish were yum!

We couldn't end a celebration without a dessert, so I chose the Fig and Almond Tart served with Vanilla Bean ice-cream. I felt the tart should've been warmed a touch 'cuz thats how they taste better. But it was fine. Nothing out of this world, but the fig and almonds were a great combination for a tart and for that I'd thank the chef.

What you need to know before emptying your pockets here is that this restaurant is insanely priced. The portions they serve are very less for the prices they charge. Moreover, an imported beer is priced at 650 bucks! Thats sheer madness.

For the Just-OK food, I doubt I'd ever come back here only to make a huuuuge hole in my pocket! :O

Very pleasant experience and food is great. Staff is courteous and attentive. We had pasta and pizza.

Great food and Ambience! Excellent service by Ms. Mohani.

The place and ambiance was amazing and the ambiance was on point the oy thing I felt was the dishes were a bit spicy.

One absolute stop if you're looking for a cozy and beautiful place for a good dining. Their Sandwiches, the different varieties of pakodas, their cakes, dessert, sweets will easily let anyone drooling 😋🤤

Top of the line experience in fine dining. Great ambiance. Food totally Italian. The place is very expensive, as one might expect from a 5 star hotel. If you are looking for good experience, this is a good option