St. Michael's Alley

Ambiance, outstanding service, and brilliant food.

Great evening, inventive menu

A little gem tucked away with a wonderfully executed menu highlighting locally sourced ingredients. Clearly the chef understands the difference between seasoning to enhance flavors rather than over-seasoning which is all too common these days.

Really good food and first class service.

Yummy brunch on the dog friendly patio

Took a friend here for brunch on her birthday.If you're coming past the 84, expect quite a bit of local driving. Kind of nestled deep in Palo Alto.Other than that, pretty solid spot for brunch over the weekends. Ordered their salmon eggs Benedict, good Hollandaise, tomato slice was properly cooked so that it melded with the rest of the dish's texture and wasn't too crisp.There's a lack of appetizers during brunch, was hoping there's be something like oysters to share, but the fruit plate sufficed.The dessert menu is very straight forward, a lot of safe choices. Nothing stands out, but I doubt you'd be disappointed with what you find.

Great atmosphere for a relaxing meal. Fairly cheap compared to other similar places. Menu changes quite often so there's always something new. Lamb was great!

Great food with fresh ingredients. Menu changes every 3 months and they capitalize on seasonal produce. Has a really nice ambience too.

Cozy restaurant for a date night. The drink menu is extensive with a wide selection of wines, spirits, cocktails, and beer. Service is attentive and friendly.

The appetizers and entrees were amazing. Dessert left room to be desired. Great service.

perfect service. Seating in patio was great choice. (Inside was quiet and classical atmosphere). Food was freshband tasty!

Came in for Sunday brunch with bestie - and thoroughly enjoyed our time. We don't need much, food, drinks, and a place where we can just hangout and talk. St. Michael's was just that, plus some. Now, this isn't your average diner, cafe, etc. Food: expect great flavors, a variety of sweet and savory. We ordered french toast and chilaquiles - both were delicious, well balanced and sharable. We also ordered a carafe of grapefruit mimosa - which was slightly too tangy. But drinkable - you get a full bottle of cava in there, win! Ambience: this is more of an upscale restaurant - expected for downtown PA. But it's not bougie - setup to be more of a dimlight dinner, the settings look very formal in normal light. It's a great place to impress someone while staying within budget.

Was really looking forwards to our dinner, but it was just a bit meh. Service was half-hearted, and food was 1-dimensional, comparable to a much cheaper restaurant. Plated & presented well though.

I made reservations and specifically notified an individual in my party had a birthday and to do something special for them, after the "bland, unsalted" meal, nothing was done, the birthday not even acknowledged which really ruined the night, if you are hungry, this is not the place for you, if you are full and need an expensive over priced snack, with their ridiculous small plates, this is the place for you.

Came here for our anniversary. I loved the pasta special they had that day. I think it was a casarecce with naked chicken and a lemon sauce. My wife had the short rib ravioli which was good but I preferred mine. Their cocktail list was amusing with some creative names and jokes mixed with the ingredients. I got the corpse reviver. It was a little too sour for me. All the appetizers were great. My favorite was the one with crab but the meat tar tar was good also.