Alo Restaurant

Alo occupies the third floor of a heritage building at 163 Spadina Avenue, at the southeast corner of Spadina and Queen Street West — an address local write-ups file under Chinatown even though the block borders Queen West and the Entertainment District. The restaurant is Michelin-starred, having retained its star through the 2025 Michelin Guide with a March 2026 refresh, and serves blind, multi-course tasting menus rather than an à la carte format. Seating is split across three areas: the Dining Room offers a choice of six- or ten-course menus for parties of two to four, the Kitchen Counter runs a ten-course menu for one or two guests, and the Parlour Room serves six-course menus at both tables and bar seating. Service runs Tuesday through Saturday from 5pm.

Wine pairings are available for both the six- and ten-course menus, "thoughtfully selected to complement and elevate each course" according to the restaurant's own reservations page — and that same page states Alo runs a standing non-alcoholic pairing alongside it, not a one-off special request: "a refined non-alcoholic pairing" built to offer "the same level of creativity and balance for those who prefer an alcohol-free experience."

What that looks like in practice was documented in a June 2026 review by Carolyn Jung of Food Gal, who was offered a choice of Champagne or a non-alcoholic welcome pour: Sparkling Saicho Hojicha, a single-origin roasted green tea served chilled and lightly fizzy. Jung described it as "deeply golden in color, lightly fizzy, and pleasantly none too sweet," with a "smoky, toasty, roasty flavor" that read as "not remotely like soda, but rather a sophisticated tea drink" — enough, she wrote, that she considered buying a bottle of the tea to take home.