ORSO

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   Terry

   Tulsa

   32 reviews

   4.0

   32 reviews

   Dined today

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

   Hadn't been to Orso in awhile and was pleasantly surprised. It was nice to see a fairly wide variety of Alaska seafood on the menu. One would think that would be fairly common for restaurants in Anchorage, but sadly it is not of late. It was also nice to see a refresh of the house cocktail offerings. All in all it was a pleasant evening of good food and service!
   

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   Carol

   Anchorage

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   Great steak (better than Sullivans). Always nice. Pretty Christmas decorations. It's too bad you can't ask if people want to be loud; loud can be fun. But, the women next to us were guffawing so loudly (nothing is that funny), that we could not have a conversation.; sad face.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Anchorage

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   This was not our best experience at Orso. We were seated promptly for our 6:15 reservation. Despite choosing salads and entrees fairly quickly, we did not receive our salads until about 7 pm. Our wait for our entrees took another almost half hour before they arrived. Our server, Patty, was helpful & gracious despite her being obviously overworked-I’d swear she was covering almost half of the main room by herself. Despite all this, 3 of the 4 at our table ordered dessert (even though it was only 8:30 by this time, they were out of the 4th person’s dessert choice). I ordered the creme brûlée risotto which, after spooning into, was found to be very runny and not at all set up firm like they have made it many times in the past. Also to our disappointment, we were told that Orso has discontinued their excellent Limoncello Panna Cotta. All in all, I was a bit disappointed in our overall experience, especially since I’ve eaten at Orso off & on over the years since they opened, and I’ve never had an experience like this one. I’m hoping it was an extremely “off night” for them. I sincerely hope it gets better than it was this night.
   

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   Will

   Portland

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 3 December 2024

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

   Great food, even better service, and great atmosphere! Was worried about parking, but plenty available.
   

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   LizzieLouWho

   London

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 2 December 2024

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

   From drinks to appetizers through main courses and dessert... All 5 of us were extremely happy with our food. The music selection playing over speakers was a little incongruous with the fine dining ambiance and it was also a bit loud... they would not change it when we asked politely. Just a minor tick off an otherwise superb meal.
   

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   Karen

   Anchorage

   8 reviews

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   3.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on 30 November 2024

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

   Our server was fine, but not very detailed. My chicken parmigiana was ordered without vegetables. It came out a plain fried chicken cutlet over pasta with nothing else. The person who brought it out realized there was no sauce on it and offered to get it for me. 5 minutes later I got the sauce. The server came by and said “oh I can have them make it again”. At that point we needed to be eating as we were going to see a show. No way would it have been done in time. No apologies for the way the meal came out and very little else interaction wise. I don’t know if I would recommend or come back.
   

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   Mike

   Anchorage

   4 reviews

   2.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 24 November 2024

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

   We’ve dined here many times over the years but found this last experience to be lacking. We may try again but will most likely choose not to.
   

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   Desiree

   Anchorage

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 21 November 2024

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

   They forgot my drink and switched my table but overall it was a great experience.
   

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   pattyc

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 18 November 2024

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

   Amazing flavors. Great place for a dinner out with friends.
   

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    Bill

    Seattle

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on 16 November 2024

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

    Took a very long time for the server to provide water and take our drink order even though it was a slow night. Both drink glasses were sticky on the outside suggesting they weren’t clean. Manager was at the adjacent table talking with the busser about his work schedule and other business. Steak was okay but not as good as Texas Roadhouse and halibut was overcooked and dry.
    

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