Restaurant: Alize

Location: Hilton Dalaman Sarigerme Resort & Spa. Sarıgerme, Tourism Center, 48610 Ortaca/Muğla, Türkiye

Date: June 28, 2023

Cuisine: Vaguely Italian restaurant

Rating: Great Hotel restaurant

Alize is the Italian restaurant at the Hilton. Over in the main part of the complex they have the big buffet restaurant, Sarigeme and a number of more specific cuisines.The format at the non-buffet restaurants is a bit more gentile. There is a very small “supplemental” charge (beyond the baseline all-inclusive rate), and you order off the menu instead, but they are also AYCE. So they have a format a bit like a cruise ship where you could just keep ordering stuff. In practice, you would become quickly full.


The menu.

Lovely patio.

Bread.

Amuse plate.

Another amuse of bruschetta, Turkish style. No pork, of course.

Buratta Cheese. Truffle, Warm Tomato Pestil.

Summer Breeze Salad. Stracciatella Cheese, Peach, Strawberry, Colourful Baby Tomatoes Basil and Pomegranate Seeds with Olive Oil Vinaigrette.

Caesar Salad. Shaved Parmesan Cheese, Caesar Dressing and Focaccia Croutons.

Pumpkin Ravioli. Sage, Pumpkin, Cream, Parmesan Cheese and Roasted Peanuts. Very cheesy! Couldn’t really taste the pumpkin, but I liked the goopy sauce so it was nice.

Pomegranite sorbet.

Plain pasta.

French fries.

Pan Seared John Dory. Potato Gnocchi, Spinach, Marjoram and Porcini Mushroom Ragout.

Mushroom Risotto. Porcini Mushrooms, Heavy Cream and Parmesan Cheese.

Osso Buco alla Milanese. Milanese Style Osso Bucco with Saffron Risotto. Not bad, although the risotto wasn’t perfect and was perhaps undersalted.

Tea.

Chocolate ice cream.

Tiramisu. Baileys Syrup and Tiramisu Cream, Lady Fingers, with Coffee and Cantucci Biscuits.

Crème Brûlée. Thyme and Basil, Milk, Cream, and French Merengue.

Alize was a substantial cut above the dinner buffet. And to start with, the buffet food was actually quite good, with tons of options, but a have my particular “beef” with the buffet forma. It’s not about food quality or taste, but about the pacing of the meal. They are great for breakfast, but particularly on a vacation, buffets aren’t very fun for dinner. The pacing is way too fast — after a quick trip you are stuffed — and half the time half your table is up and away so any attempts are conversation are foiled. Everyone seems to be on their own pacing.

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