Auld Alliance

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   SonyaC

   Atlanta Metro

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Auld Alliance is a fabulous, somewhat out of the box, restaurant with a limited and seasonal Scottish inspired menu. It has very interesting choices and we tried four different entrees, all of which were great! The ten day dry aged pork chop is hands down the best thing on the menu! And seeing the views at McLemore and Cloudland Hotel make the dining experience all the better!
   

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   Jared

   Atlanta Metro

   6 reviews

   vip
   1.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 10 November 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   This restaurant is not ready for service. Skip it until they hire the appropriate number of staff. Food comes late if at all, staff argues with the guests, and the manager when trying to remedy the situation references their open table rating as his defense. Not worth the price.
   

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   Terri

   St. Louis

   17 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   17 reviews

   Dined on 9 November 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   I call Aukd Alliance an ‘almost’. What I mean by that is they have almost everything to be a very good restaurant, but they still come up a bit short. The good: the hotel is gorgeous and so is the restaurant. The hostess greeted us, wished us a Happy Anniversary and showed off the prime aged ribeyes in the display windows. We were promptly seated…and then we waited for our server for at least 10-15 minutes! By then we were parched. The waiter took our orders then the bartender came to our table around ten minutes after we ordered to inform my husband the beer he wanted wasn’t available and neither was my drink…oh boy. So of the 7 beers on tap, only one was available and it was an IPA. They did provide a canned beer on the house for him and I stuck with water. For a restaurant to be out of booze on a weekend is odd to us. The service continued to be beyond slow and our waiter kept forgetting what we ordered. Now for the food. The butternut squash salad was way too sweet. When my steelhead trout arrived the skin was extra crispy but the trout had no flavor. My husband ordered the scallops and he said they were good. Finally when dessert came around my husband ordered the crème brûlée which tasted and looked awful—really odd to mess up that dessert. The waiter never said Happy Anniversary to us nor was anything special done for the occasion like you get at other higher scale restaurants. We wanted to like this place so badly, but it was a miss food and service-wise. The next morning we ate at the hotel’s cafe and the food was honestly not good. For now, I chalk it up to being a new hotel and them working out the kinks. We do plan on returning as the scenery and hotel amenities are gorgeous. I am hopeful the food will greatly improve over the course of the next year. The food at the neighboring clubhouse was delicious (The Creag).
   

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   Andrew

   Atlanta Metro

   1 review

   vip
   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 9 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent service and food. A little pricey on the wine list but the Scotch soaked ribeye was one of the best steaks I’ve ever had in my life. Truly unique and memorable
   

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   Harold

   Nashville

   5 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on 8 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food, service and setting. We had the ribeye for 2. It was one of the best steaks we have had in a while.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Sacramento

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 3 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   When being seated for our 8pm reservation the hostess showed us the aging area where they offered 28 day aged rib eyes and bison filets! We enjoy a wonderfulboytle of wine, and ordered the bison filet, the aged pork chop with heirloom carrots. For dessert we selected the pumpkin offering which was spectacular! We will definitely be visiting this restaurant again when we return to Cloudland McLemore!!
   

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   Jennifer

   Atlanta Metro

   19 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   19 reviews

   Dined on 1 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Not your typical hotel restaurant! Auld Alliance is a special restaurant in a special place. Everything from the food, service, and ambience was top notch. Our server, Costace, was a pleasure and maintained the perfect balance of checking in enough, but not too often. It was noted on our reservation that it was our anniversary, and they recognized it verbally as well as some rose petals on the table, a card signed by the staff and some dried flowers when we departed. Every bit of the food was delicious, and the craft cocktails did not disappoint. We will be back and I highly recommend a stay at the resort, and a reservation at Auld Alliance.
   

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   Bob

   Alabama

   5 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on 31 October 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food, atmosphere and service. Cassie was very attentive.
   

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   Kenneth

   Minneapolis

   1 review

   vip
   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 31 October 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food and staff were excellent, will be eating here again soon!
   

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    scott

    Washington DC

    13 reviews

    3.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on 29 October 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 5

    The service was ok. Very friendly but either they need extensive training on wine or a sommelier. The theme is French and Scottish and wine is the obvious French part. They literally knew nothing about wine. Expected more for fine dining. It’s a running theme at the hotel. The staff is all very friendly but lacks attention to detail and needs more training. Particularly for how expensive it is.
    

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