Al Fresco

Restaurant with attractive views on a beautiful day. Complimentary valet when you go to the restaurant. I normally order to go food but have eaten here in person once or twice. Ingredients are always fresh. A little pricey but it’s «Palm Beach Island» — comparable to other restaurants on the local area. The pizzas are pretty amazing though. Enough for two to share. The Mexican pizza is soooo good. I eat here about once a week.

One of my favorite spots to visit when I am home. My parents dine here often. The menu is great. The service is great. The view, if you sit outside, is great! It is located on a golf course and is a beautiful building.

Mediocre food. Orecchiette with sausage were ok, but pizza and salads were disappointing. Thin crust, but soggy and floppy. Had to ask for the pizza to be warmed up as it arrived quite cool.

This is one of those Public Courses that has a 19^th hole which is more like an upscale restaurant overlooking the ocean and golf course. Last night was the first time we dined there. The Thin Pizza as an appetizer was average for Florida and the entrées were just okay. I would probably take advantage of this restaurant for lunch or after a round of golf, and mostly for the relaxing views.

Second time I visited. First time wasn’t bad but today it’s not looking so good either. Calamari was bland. Waiter came to the table 3 times to ask for the order. Relax will you? I’m enjoying the drink and the bland food. Just disappointed with the food and the service. Last time to get bread we had to complain about it. This time we’ve been sitting here for 15 mins still no bread. Great. Two stars for the view, the rest very standard and nothing memorable. Waiter came twice to pick up the plates and told not to, they rolled their eyes. Anyone that says food here was better than average doesn’t know good food. New Yorkers stay away.

This place was awesome, the perfect place for a nice sit down lunch. I ordered the Club sandwich, which I thought was well done. They dont seem to do anything especially phenomenally, but the view (when you sit outside) of the ocean is beautiful and only interrupted by a couple holes of golf (which I think looks great when you look out). When I went, a lot of people had been ordering their pizzas. From what I saw, they looked very well done. When I go back to West Palm Beach I will make sure to stop by and maybe even play 9 holes!

I give it a 5 for food and service, but a 1 for unreasonable delay in seating us, so 3 overall.
When our party of 9 arrived at the time of our reservation, the place was packed. Clearly, the restaurant had overbooked. After 45 minutes, we gave up and left. The manager came running out to the parking lot to say that our table was finally ready! We appreciated the good effort on his part, so we went back in.
Once we were seated, things couldn’t have been better. In compensation for our long wait, we received complementary appetizers, dessert, and wine. We had a variety of main courses, including thin crust pizzas, pastas, and a lobster salad; all were delicious. This was consistent with our previous good experience with the food at Al Fresco on Worth Avenue.

I’m so confused about all of the great reviews. People are crooning about a beautiful view, but we had to sit on the balcony with a beautiful view of… the parking lot. It was a really windy weekend, so it was chilly in the wind and all napkins and such had to be anchored down on the table or they would blow away.
Just try to ask them about an allergy friendly menu — or suggestion — ha! The staff was friendly enough, however, even trying to ask for milk for our coffee that wasn’t dairy was difficult as our server didn’t even understand the question. We asked for a non-​dairy milk and he brought us non-​fat. It was finally conveyed that we needed anything but regular milk — almond or soy — and yes, they had soy. This exchange gave me very small hopes of finding something tasty on the menu that was gluten free and dairy free as the breakfast menu is very small.
We came in during the end of breakfast and it wasn’t crowded at all, but the service was painfully slow. It might also be because we were the only ones out on the deck, so maybe we were often forgotten about.
If this place is suggested to you because you’re staying in the area, and you have a food allergy, I do not recommend it.

Very nice place beautiful view to the ocean I have breakfast every Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays we love the restaurant. The stuff is great, very friendly excellent service.

Breakfast: prices are way up and service way down from last year. The croissant was defrosted and the coffee weak. Service staff carried on a loud chat near the register as if they were at home. Needs a new manager to shake the place up
PS… no one asked if I wished a refill and I was the only customer in the dining room!
Too bad… a lovely setting overlooking the ocean. What a waste! I’m hoping for a new manager and a comeback to previous level.

I absolutely love this restaurant. I’ve been a couple of times for lunch and the view is gorgeous. The Mele & Caprino thin crust pizza, Caesar salad, and cucumber martinis are all fantastic. I can’t wait to go back. :)

Amazing staff and such a wonderful view of Palm Beach’s Par 3 golf course and the ocean! A better selection of beers would be welcome, and ceiling fans out on the second floor patio. Other than that, I really enjoyed Al Fresco. The wait staff and bus staff, and manager were all super. The pizza is pretty good too!

This place is such a hidden jewel I really hate to write a good review for it because in a little while you won’t be able to get near it! 1^st of all, look at the view: are you kidding me!!! And the food is consistently very good. The prices are reasonable, I think, especially for Palm Beach proper. We’ve always had excellent service, never been seated in a bad location, and if you treat the service staff with respect and are nice and pleasant, they’re going to remember you when you come back! I’ve had the calamari and it’s always fresh, well cooked and flavorful. When they have the lobster risotto w/​asparagus, get it! It’s great, fresh and you’ll have PLENTY to take home no matter how hungry you are! The orecchiette w/​fresh sausage is fabulous! The seared scallops over couscous is also a great dish. We haven’t yet had their pizza b/​c all the other dishes are so good!

Made a reservation weeks ago, needed it adjusted last minute. Hostess, Lisa, was very accommodating and moved our time. She also checked in with our table several times. The table next to us was being difficult about the wind and she handled it professionally and found them a satisfactory solution.
Menu was great with fresh seasonal items. The wine list is very good. View is AMAZING. We started with the Burrata appetizer. Wow! Cheese was fresh. Marinated peppers were amazing.
The table ordered the Lasagna, Orrichette with sausage and lobster risotto. The lasagna was one of the best I’ve ever had. The sausage was traditional and Orrichette cooked perfectly.
For desert our sever Juan made a custom ordered Affogatto.
Come here for the view! Stay for the food! Buon appetitto!

Service is slow but friendly. Pizza was extraordinary, everything else we tried was good but not great. Extra star for the great view!

OMG! Love it here! I definitely need to golf next time — course looked well maintained, nice greens for hot, dry May. Service was excellent, really nice waiter. Good was great! I had a simple Cesar salad, although waiter did forget to bring me the side of anchovies I requested (they started to get really busy with a table of super annoying people, so I didn’t bother reminding him of my request). Only downfall was the bun on the crabcake — it was too much for the delicate, crispy crabcake. Better option to skip the bun. The special Burratta salad with prosciutto was delish! Go for the gorgeous view & Southern style charm in the clubhouse.

The food is hit and miss… the pasta is amazing, the salads aren’t. The cheesecake was ho-​hum. Great drinks (esp raspberry mojito). The staff is AMAZING. never had to wait for anything.

The location is spectacular! Great views of the ocean off the balcony, must dine here for that alone. They were busy while we were there and we were seated at a narrow, corner table on the balcony. However it was a spot that everyone had to pass through so it was a bit annoying when staff and patrons dangerously rubbed up against our table stacked with wine. We ordered the «golf» ball appetizer, meatballs in sauce basically. They reminded of a can of spaghetti Os from childhood, tasteless ball of meat with bland sauce. We also ordered the Margherita Pizza, which was light and crispy. The fresh basil really stood out. My main dish was the Lobster Salad and it was perfect, crisp bed of butter lettuce, greens, thick cut of juicy tomato topped with generous portion of lobster salad. The dressing used was light and did not overpower the taste of the lobster. I was only able to eat half but I really tried hard to eat it all since it was good.
Our service was a little slow but the staff was busy. It seemed they could have used more help. We had to wait quite a while for our 2^nd and 3^rd round of drinks. When we were finally ready to order, our waiter was still busy at other tables. Our server was attentive when he finally got to us but the definitely need more staff at peak times.
They have complimentary valet, but they do have ample self parking. The restaurant is upstairs and the restrooms are downstairs, clean with attendant.
We will definitely be back to sip more wine while drinking in the view…

The restaurant is an attractive building set right on the Palm Beach par 3 golf course. There is plenty of seating out doors and the views are spectacular. We sat facing the ocean, enjoying the view. The food leans Italian, and was excellent. The wine list is adequate, and perhaps a tad aggressively priced. Our waitress was well informed and perfectly attentive. Food was a bit slow in coming, but well worth the wait.
Our party of eight shared four appetizers, and three bottles of wine. We each had an entrée. No coffees or desserts. The bill was $ 96 per couple, pre-tip…not too terrible for a high end experience.

Well a lovely spot to eat. The food wasn’t bad. I had the meatballs to start which was tasty then it had chicken milanese which is like schnitzel. It was a little over cooked and dry. The salad that came with it was tasty and they had made miss special for me with spinach. My wife had the seafood spaghettini, she thought it was ok. The service was very good and everyone was friendly.
So not a bad spot to go.