It was the first time we’d ever been to Pages. It was just my wife and myself. I very much enjoyed the room, and we thoroughly enjoyed the meal. But little about it was memorable or stood out.
Montee and Alliance have been our two favorite French-by-a-Japanese-chef places for a while. Went to Montee last fall and not Alliance, and found it not quite up to previous levels, though that could have been a one off. This time at Alliance, we were celebrating my daughter’s birthday, and a friend of hers was with us as well.
The service was excellent and noteworthy - one waiter was fantastic and playful, one was excellent, while with the service from the third waitress, I was able to explain for my daughter by example the meaning of the French word correct. 
The foie gras cone that was part of the amuse was fantastic, and even the bread was noteworthy, as were the mignardises. It’s quite possible that the rest of the food was no more than on par with Pages, but our overall experience was much greater at Alliance, and it is now alone on the top of our list of such restaurants to return to.
That said, YMMV, and I’d urge you again to search this board for the comments about Alliance at dinner.
