AALTOS Garden Cafe

The current reviews posted of this establishment do not reflect my experience! The food was excellent and tasted fresh. Nile also provided great customer service. It’s nice to have a full service restaurant in your hotel, but it’s even better when that is accompanied by a positive experience.

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We came here sat morning for breakfast was gonna do the buffet but like I was in a school lunch telling someone what u want and the food looked gross so we did menu food I did chocolate chip banana pancakes they were to die my husband just got eggs sausage toast the toast was gross looked like dollar store bread but would recommend food off the menu skip the buffet and really wasn't bad the coffee tasted like hot water

the fruit and veggies were fresh, crab legs were fine but the pasta was not good.

Took so long to get us seated, take our order, bring the food. Advertised buffet was not available. Fast breakfast took us more than 1 hour. They need to hire more people. Really, if staying at the hotel, drive elsewhere to take breakfast.

Every review that talks about how this breakfast buffet is overpriced is completely right. This buffet is what would be free at any other hotel. The quality of the food is nothing more than a continental free breakfast at a motel. We were a party of five including one child with coffees, orange juice and four adult buffets and one child. Our bill exceeded $70 for what was worth less than $20 (and no, that is not an exaggeration). Do yourself a favor and go to a restaurant and get your money's worth. For the price that you are paying at this hotel, especially if you are in a suite, the rate of this breakfast should be free and included with the room. The actual restaurant was clean and nice and the service was very attentive and great, the food was a completely different story.

I gave this overpriced pompous purveyor of swill 1 * only because it won't allow me to give them a negative star. When we visited it was on Christmas and I'm sure nobody wanted to be there. But if they're going to have the doors open they need to provide better food than you can get in a Frozen TV dinner. And that is not hyperbole that is a fact. The salad bar was okay the desert bar was absolutely a travesty. There was pecan pie and it was just a mockery of that Southern dish. The main food bar had a decent selection however the quality was extraordinary poor. The stuffing, the turkey the meatballs literally everything else was absolutely dry and flavorless. And what's was the price for this swill? Over $100. For 2 adults and 2 children. Understand that is not a bad price for a good meal in a quality restaurant. If ever I find myself in Grand Forks ND staying at the Canad inns on Christmas again I will be sure to grab a couple of cans of spam and a loaf of bread from a culinary standpoint it would be a much more desirable fair then what you will get at Aaltos.

The food had no flavor. A regrettable choice. Should have gone out and bought donuts and milk for the family. Would have saved $60 and been much happier.

The worst part is that they didn't bus the tables. We ate later in the morning. Two thirds of the tables were piled high with dishes from earlier guests. They didn't appear to be understaffed, just undermanaged. I've never seen anything like it and don't expect to as i won't be returning.