Alba Seaside Italian

Outstanding service,food and ambience ,all of the staff are very friendly and professional! Incredible chef. Outdoor dining overlooking the ocean!

Ok I'm giving this 5 stars for several reasons. It's a beautiful restaurant on the water with great views while dinning. Great bar and owner Ralph Pagano is great in many respects.

We started off at the bar with a few Martinis but first let me back up a bit,  the night before we were Yollo's and had an amazing meal and decided to stop by Alba for a night cap. Our friends who we were dinning with said that this new place Alba was great. So we went and had some port and met Olga and Ralph while we were at the bar. I got a really good feeling and when our other friends said that they wanted to go somewhere they can watch the game while dinningl I remembered screens at Alba and suggested we change our plans and go to Alba.

Boy was everybody glad we did. At the bar we ordered the tuna tartar, outstanding, then the deviled eggs with truffle oil, equally as good, then meatballs, very good, needed a little more sauce in my opinion and then Olga said you didn't try the dates.
OMG one of the best things I ever put in my mouth. Truly a prize winning dish.
I ordered a second round!

Then we happened to meet our other friends who we were at Yollo's with the night before and introduced them to our other friends and we all went to a big round table to eat and watch the game. I had the Veal Parm, it was so huge and delicious I had to give some to my friend and almost was able to finished the rest. It truly was enough for 4 people.  Lamb chops are as good as you will get in the best of greek restaurants. I know a good lamb chop when I eat one. Whole Yellow Tail Snapper was terrific, The Seafood and pasta fra diavlo was excellent, too spicy for me but our friends devoured it and let me say unlike most other places where you get 90% pasta and 10% fish this was the other way around and there was a whole lobster tail in the mix!!

Then we said we were so full no desert and Ralph sends out this desert platter for 20 people, we all said well we at least have to try it to be polite. Well after taking one little bite the 6 of us almost finished the entire thing it was so good.
Then Ralph sends out his flourless chocolate cake. No words do it justice.

So all in all I wish Ralph and everyone at Alba the best of luck,  we need a really good local place to come to and enjoy good seaside dinning. Yes the entrance and valet is a little awkward but don't let that stop you from enjoying a great meal at a great restaurant. Also walking up the steps is good for you, after you're done eating here you can use any and all calorie burning activities you can get.

I will be back with friends, lots of them.

The food was excellent with servings the perfect size. Italian classics from beginning to end.