The meal, service and vibe were 10/10. My good friends are locals to Aspen and said this was their favorite spot in town to meet for dinner. Jill the owner was lovely. She went above and beyond to take care of us. Willy at the bar was 10/10. Come here for dinner when you're in town. You will be happy you did. read more

Ellina is my absolute favorite spot in Aspen. If I had two children and one was Ellina and the other was another local restaurant, I would tell the other one straight to their face that Ellina is my favorite. In the summer, they have outdoor dining (had this before it was cool from the pandemic) and they give you red blankets to keep you warm. read more

Terrible Unfriendly, actually hostile service. Overpriced so-so food. Not worth it. No outdoor heaters where we sat. Many other better choices in town. Cannot recommend. read more

Food was delicious. Service was fabulous. Lovely cocktail list and great reasonable wine list. Definitely going back!

OMG talking about the rude hostess. The food is just ok, nothing special. With so many restaurant choices in Aspen I don't recommend this one. read more

I am utterly surprised by the good reviews on the food here. The location and restaurant has potential, but EVERY dish we ordered was absolutely foul. The summer greens salad must have been picked last summer, because the lettuce was wilted and limp. We looked at it and couldn't even build up the courage to taste it. It looked AWFUL. The calamari fritti ( which is very difficult to mess up) was served soggy drenched in a very sweet soy sauce ( odd for an "Italian American" cuisine) the artichokes are just plainly steamed then served in a butter sauce. We were hoping the main courses would save our evening..... A Braised short rib is always supposed to fall off the bone, being able to easily eat it with just a fork...it unfortunately was well over cooked, bland, and not braised whatsoever. The tuna poke... They serve it on a steaming hot plate that actually cooks your tuna poke while it's served to you. That can't be normal right? My poke dish made my stomach instantly uneasy with the clashing of the top layer of the fish being cold and the bottom being slowly cooked. Service- super unfriendly, unkind staff. The bartender was AWFUL, one of the worst people I have ever encountered in the service industry. I ate there almost a week ago, and the horrible food and service has infuriated me still a week after that I had to warn others! I looked over the reviews and saw the owners spends more time slandering bad reviews, than time on improving the quality of her place. The location is fantastic! My suggestion to the owner is spend more time in investing in your food and service and no defending your restaurant on the bad reviews... btw here is a our reso our hotel made so she doesn't claim we are a "troll" like I see she has on previous review. Good luck! And eat elsewhere! read more

Ellina - New American Near Me - Aspen, Colorado

This place wasn't very good. Definitely don't get any of their "homemade" pasta. It was annoyingly undercooked. In the summer if you aren't sitting outside you're pretty much ignored. We had to wave our waitress down for more bread and to fill our waters. For what it is, it's not that great. read more

Don't waste your time or your money. Not sure what is worse, the food or the service. Combined it's a disaster of epic proportions. If you have any enemies who ask for a restaurant recommendation you would do well to send them here. Update: the owner tries to say that every bad review is fake. I dined here on August 4th as part of a party of 10 people that was broken into two tables. I will find the reservation and post it here . read more

The worst service ever! Waiters are extremely impatient. They treat you with an attitude like you are making them to do their job. No wonder, the owner is so rude. Doesn't let you talk and doesn't listen. Even if it was the best food it's not worth to ruin your evening. read more

Ellina - Dining room - New American Near Me - Aspen, Colorado

This is the worst restaurant in aspen. The owner is so rude. Apparently it's ok to serve cold soup and gross cold calamari. Don't waste you're time at this place. We come to aspen in the winters and I never had such a horrible experience at any restaurant. The owner has several bad reviews on here and other reviews so I won't take it personal, she's just a very nasty person who shouldn't be in customer service. Ok, to reply to this crazy women it's all lies! Read on everyone and you will clearly see all her bad reviews are very similar to mine. No need to add anything more, I never walked out of a restaurant before, like I said she's crazy and lying. We walked out yes after she yelled at me. Of course we would never go back! She even said leave if you don't like the food prepared cold! The soup was suppose to come first as I told the waiter, then we were sharing the gross calamari. They slapped both down cold and said this is the way it has to come! Who eats coup and calamari at the same time! Soup is suppose to be hot, but you must do what she says and eat both at the same time, even after requesting it twice to come separate. Does this even explain her behavior? I mean if you're owner aren't you suppose to be customer friendly?!? She honestly came over ready to ATTACK me! It's ok, I told all the concierge people at the hotel and they all said this is why we can always get a reservation here lol. They have also had complaints about this crazy lady. You're a owner! You need to go to learn customer service. You can clearly see what kind of person she is by her response! Fyi, I didn't yell at anyone, but you sure yelled at me, basically scared me! Get lost!! My reviews is true, the many other bad ones here show the truth! Keep having people write reviews for you because you're food sucks! Normal person that knows Customer service would have made sure the cold gross food was at least came out hot! Any good business owner makes people happy, that's how you keep a good business! I sure would and do in my business! The concierge agreed about this place to me. Eventually she will be out of business. Any owner acting like this deserves ALL the bad reviews here. Read on, there's so many, I wish I saw the yelp reviews she doesn't seem to care about before I went! read more

Greyhound. Instead of quiet wine dining environment, you will get loud ass greyhound bus station atmosphere. Nothing good/special about the food either. Not worth it. read more

One of the best in Aspen. Great food. Friendliest staff. i always stop here at least once while in aspen.

Probably the worst $250 dinner I've ever had. My pasta dish was described as coming with prawns, so I pictured the whole prawn head and all type deal. Nope, five average shrimp. My wife ordered short ribs. What she got was a braised chuck steak. It was dry, boneless, and had none of the fatty goodness that comes with short ribs. Two dishes on the menu complete misrepresented for what they were. To top it off, our server was completely inattentive. We were treated better by the other servers bring our food to our table and the bus people. Not sure if it was because we are lesbian couple, or if we didn't look ritzy enough for Aspen (we were both dressed as nicely as others in the restaurant). Total disappointment. read more

Very unimpressive food and service, especially for New Year's Eve prices. Charged $200 per person price fix menu for only 2 courses. Service was pushing us to leave after only 75 minutes and was consistently late with drinks, serving us wine as we were finishing our main courses. Many better restaurants are available for much less money. Try Bosq or Butela for a much better experience at a much better price. read more

Look at this dm the owner of Ellina sent me. Way to prove my point Jill! The fact that you felt the need to message me on Yelp calling me a Karen because YOU were rude just really proves my point that you shouldn't be running a customer facing business. To say I have anger issues when I'm not the one who messaged a stranger on yelp because I didn't like the review they left me is laughable. Honestly don't want to stoop to your level of name calling so I'll just leave you with a piece of advise - dissolve and franchise a McDonald's read more

Ellina - New American Near Me - Aspen, Colorado

We had a party of four. Very good wine selection. We shared 4 entrees and a few of apps. We had 3 desserts so I felt we had a good representation of the options. Loved the short ribs, French onion soup and artichoke bruschetta! It was a very special night with my son. Least favorite was the spinach pasta with bolognese sauce. ( noodles were too think). Favorite part is the personal touch of the staff stories of meeting the winery owner of our choice wine. read more

The owner of Ellina is completely unprofessional and harassing. We made reservations through OpenTable for our upcoming trip to Aspen. I later called the restaurant to confirm the reservation and to make a request. When the employee answered the phone, there was no greeting, just a hello. If there was a greeting, it did not come through on my end. I asked if it was Ellina because the person who answered the phone sounded very casual. I thought that I had called someone's personal mobile number. She then said yes this is Ellina. I said I would like to confirm my upcoming reservation. She asked me my last name and how to spell it. I spelled out my last name and she said hold on. I was not put on a real hold because I could hear shuffling and talking in the background. I then heard from a distance someone else say "hello ELLINA". It was very distant so I was confused if it was me who this other person was speaking to or if it was just me hearing someone else's conversation. So I asked very politely! "hello are you speaking to me?" The person in the distance said yes in a very unprofessional hostile voice. I was taken aback by the rude tone of this person since I was just genuinely confused by the awkward way the phone call had been handled to this point. After I asked her who was I speaking with because of this very unprofessional treatment, I was shocked to learn it was the owner herself! I told her I was shocked that the owner would treat a returning customer so poorly! She showed no care whatsoever. She just said she was going to cancel my reservation and I said yes please do and that was that, at least for me. The reservations were canceled and that should have been that but she continued by inappropriately initiating text messages to my mobile! Please, be warned! I never write reviews because if I don't like the food or service, I just try somewhere else, but this I could not let go undocumented! Look at the other 1-2 star reviews and you will see this is true to the owner's behavior and treatment to customers! The past few years that we have been visiting Aspen, we have enjoyed so many of the restaurants and have been welcomed with nothing but professional kind service everywhere. This is the worst experience I have ever had with any business owner and service industry owner none the less, anywhere! read more

I think the owner of this restaurant doesn't read all the other reviews about her attitude and that of her hostess Courtney. Let's be clear with facts. 1. We arrived at 6:28pm 2. We waited in line as the hostess talked to a group of gentleman who had already been seated much before. 3. There were two other groups ahead of us to check in and they all mentioned how unprofessional it was that the hostess was in ignoring us. 4. When we checked in Courtney said we were late which we simply responded we were waiting in-line. We also showed her the email confirmed by her and the Ritz the reservation was for 6:30pm 5. When you came out the first words you said was 'we can't do anything for you - your late" - at which point we proceeded to show you the email. You said you hold tables for 10 minutes then you said 15 at which point we all reminded you even if there was a mix up, we were here on time within the window - however in fact we do have a confirmation from the Ritz with Courtney's name at 630pm. Your misguided attempt to brush it off as 'entitled' clearly illustrates your lack of self awareness to read your own reviews. Best of luck. read more

We had several people recommend Ellina as a good place to visit in Aspen. I want to think they had an off night, but our meal was not worth the $250 we ended up dropping between the two of us. We ended up having the fettuccine and the spaghetti marinara. The marinara was actually pretty good, but the fettuccine was something that you might expect at an Olive Garden at best. French onion soup was the same. Service was good. There were enough people here to think that they may have had a bad night, although we felt pretty down about the whole experience on our first night in town based on quality of food at the price point it was at. read more

Delicious appetizers and well prepared pasta dishes with attentive and friendly service. We particularly enjoyed the artichoke bruschetta, which was fresh, flavorful and creative. The polenta bites were very good too. The main pasta entrees were very flavorful and well portioned, but it being pasta, were also very heavy. We sat indoors because of the rain. If you're concerned about COVID it probably wouldn't be your first choice as the space does not have great ventilation and it was quite crowded. But the food and service are worth it. read more

I don't have the money to eat here, and I would not if I did have it because it would be hard for me to drop that kind of money. But, if you were the sort of person who doesn't mind spending $200 per person, you will really love this restaurant. It's in Aspen. It's downstairs in cool, chic atmosphere. And I have to admit that the flavors in all the foods were pretty creative and amazing. The artichoke bruschetta was fantastic as was the mushroom ravioli. The tuna tartare was great and the polenta croutons. The lamb was the best of ever have or will ever have. Can't imagine it would be better. Only okay was the spaghetti and fettuccine. Cheesecake okay. Chocolate lava cake was what you'd expect. Standard and good. read more

Amazing all around! Went twice on my 10 day trip to Aspen! Started with a summer salad and the polenta croutons! They were to die for! The sauce served on the croutons was amazing! The bolognese was perfect for my entree as well as the fall apart short ribs. I understand why this place has been around for so long! I hope more people don't find out how amazing it is so I can get in without a reservation! read more

Was in town for Food & Wine and ate here on our last evening. I am a plant based eater and ate pasta the previous 3 nights...I was craving some veggies. Our server was awesome, I am sorry that I can't remember her name. I asked if the chef could make me something vegan, no pasta please. I was served a beautiful vegetable tower wrapped in shaved zucchini on a bed of marinara. It was delicious and exactly what I was craving. Thank you to the chef and server for going above and beyond! read more

Had a fabulous dinner with my boyfriend last night. We sat outside and our server Martine was phenomenal. The polenta croutons are a must and so was the espresso martini - one of the best I've ever had! Dinner was great and we loved the entire experience. read more

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Nothing special about this place but the attitudes. Did spend some time in the restroom after.

Stumbled upon this restaurant and I'm glad I stopped in for dinner! The service was excellent; the waiter was very attentive and the food came out quickly. The lemon vinaigrette on the mixed green salad was light and flavorful. I ordered the roasted chicken as my main dish, which was moist and well seasoned. For dessert, I shared the decadent molten chocolate lava cake, which was served with a scrumptious vanilla gelato. This was by far my favorite part of the meal. The restaurant offers both outdoor and indoor seating in the summer. This is a great place for an elegant meal with family or friends! read more

Ellina - Molten Chocolate Cake - New American Near Me - Aspen, Colorado

Wow ... Could be the best chicken Milanese I have ever had. Def my new favorite spot in Aspen. Menu is wonderful a lot of great choices. Artichoke - a must have as well. Bar tender was delightful. read more

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Party of 8 at Ellina, the Owner makes recommendation for wine. Ordered the bottle. Ask for another. She says that was the last one. Order different bottle. Finish it, ask for another. Once again last one. 8 ppl are splitting each bottle so our pours are minimal. We call the Owner over and say, "you are clearly recommending wines so you can clear out the cellar, can you please recommend wines where we can order multiple bottles so we can enjoy a full glass?" Owner responds, "don't tell me how to do my f'ing job, you guys can get the f*ck out of my restaurant ". We were all in shock. Felt bad for our waitress, she did a great job. And the food was lovely. Unfortunately, her attitude made our meal and experience awful. I always say, don't be in the service industry with a poor, aggressive attitude. I do not recommend giving her business. read more

We had family in town visiting, and after countless dining experiences in Aspen over the years, Ellina has been their favorite restaurant by far. The menu is perfect if you have a table of varied palates, because while Ellina boasts mostly Italian cuisine, there are Mexican and Asian influences throughout the menu, so there is something for everyone. The tacos are the best in town, the tuna poke bowl might be one of the best dishes in Aspen, the short ribs are melt in your mouth insanity, and the black pepper fettucine seems sent straight from heaven. If I had to change one thing, it would be the name (husband's very angry, floozy ex gf's name), but it's spelled differently, so I suppose it's forgivable. Thank you Jill & team for a consistently wonderful dining experience. 10/10 service, food, ambience. read more

I know people love going here- however I always seem to show up on the miss nights. Their menu isnt my favorite but the food seems to be pretty good read more

We ordered the calamari for appetizer and we loved it! It was crunchy but not oily at all. Found out the batter is from rice flour which is even better. The sauce and calamari really compliment each other well. For main course I had the fetuccini carbonara. The pasta itself was amazing. Homemade and perfectly al Dante. One of the freshest and best pasta I've ever eaten! My partner had the rack of lamb. Unfortunately it was overcooked and overshadowed the true flavor of the lamb. The manager graciously apologized and gave us a discount for the mistake which we appreciate very much. The dessert was my personal favorite. We got the affogato. Every single element of the dessert was fantastic by itself and when you eat it together, for sure made our mouth happy. The espresso was super high quality. The biscoti was crunchy and tasty. The caramel Gelato was not too sweet yet flavorful. Overall we had a great experience! read more

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Amazing secret gem! You have to look for this restaurant it's in a secret cove! Worth the look! Locals definitely k own of it!

This Aspen treasure is easy to miss, so definitely make a note to eat here the next time you visit. The quality of the food is exceptional-And the best part may be that you can eat here for less than half of what some of Aspen's other restaurants charge. And don't miss the mushroom ravioli! read more

We came here for dinner over Labor Day weekend and throughly enjoyed our experience! Our waiter, Martin, was so kind and helpful. He gave us great recommendations about food and beverages, but also about things to see in the city. The food was delicious. We ordered the Bolognese, the short ribs, the pepper fettuccine, the calamari and the ceviche. Their drinks are also very good!! Check this place out if you're ever in Aspen. read more

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Food and atmosphere is good but I had a very bad experience and will not go back again. I had an unexpected very important international conference call come in. Due to the loud music being played there I had to turn the volume up on my iPad but no louder than would have been necessary to have a conversation at the table over the music. The owner came striding over to my table and began yelling at me as though I had just committed murder. She could have come over and in a quiet voice asked me to turn it lower. Not the way to treat a customer. I will never return. read more

Had dinner last night on the patio and everything we had was fabulous! We had the braised artichoke and prosciutto with peaches followed by the pan fried halibut. My husband had the short ribs...all were cooked perfectly and great portions! Service was good considering they had less staff. Felt safe as everyone working wore masks the whole time. Highly recommend!! read more

This is a must stop while in aspen. The mushroom ravioli is my favorite dish. The bar is great and the vibe overall is high end!

Our group had the croutons appetizer followed by bolognese, short ribs and tuna. It was all delicious but the environment was too strained. We enjoy delicious food and effortless service. read more

Amazing food, wine, cocktails and ambiance. The best establishment in Aspen. Looking forward to another mouth watering meal at Ellina, soon!

Hands down one of my favorite restaurants in Aspen. The service is top-notch, the location is perfect, and the food is truly unbelievable. I have been coming here for 7 years and it keeps getting better. It's the perfect spot for a family outing, a date, or just a delicious meal. The tacos are ridiculously good (Baha halibut is my favorite). All of the pastas, tomato soup, the fish dishes, and the short rib are unforgettable. You must eat here! Drink a diablo cocktail and some wine too. Jill, the owner and a sommelier, has phenomenal taste in wine. I have been living here for the summer and going 3 times a week. read more