I am so disappointed in our experience. We had come here five years ago and it was a 5 star…read moreexperience. This time, it didn't come close. We walked in and the hostess was eating a piece of pizza, which I thought was funny. But now looking back, it definitely set the tone for the evening. Our waitress barely looked at us or talked to us. After ordering the wine, the gentlemen that came over was rushed, barely said two words, poured the wine and before we could ask for a decanter, had already filled the glass. It was not personable at all. They did not come around to refill our wine glasses all night. There was one gentlemen bringing food that was great, but most of the night our food was placed down in front of us without any explanation to what we were eating. Even if the food was spectacular, the front of the house experience was such that we wouldn't be back. Especially when dropping that kind of money.

I called Harwigs on a Wednesday and asked if it would be possible to get French onion soup if we…read morecame in for tapas, i was told yes, so we made the trip into town- when we got there the bartender was there with one other patron, I asked him if we could order the soup and he said no- I told him that I called earlier and they said they would make it for us- he shook his head and told us no. I then asked him about the oysters advertised on the board outside and and he stated that they didn't have them on Wednesdays- no sorry for all the wrong info, just this is what we have, the tapas- we won't be back....

We had dinner at Aurum Food & Wine in Steamboat Springs and it was an excellent experience from…read morestart to finish. The atmosphere strikes a nice balance between upscale and comfortable--refined without feeling overly formal. It's a great setting whether you're there for a relaxed date night or a small group dinner. The riverfront location adds a calm, scenic backdrop that makes the whole evening feel a bit more special. The service stood out as attentive and well-paced. Staff were knowledgeable about the menu and offered helpful suggestions without being overbearing. Courses came out smoothly, with just the right timing between plates. The food itself was the highlight. Everything was thoughtfully prepared and well-executed, with clear attention to flavor and presentation. The menu has enough variety to feel interesting while still being cohesive, and the dishes we tried were balanced and satisfying rather than overly complicated. Overall, it's a strong choice in Steamboat for a higher-end dinner that still feels approachable. It delivers a consistently solid experience--good food, good service, and a setting that makes the evening feel like a step up from the usual night out.

Stick with the starters and skip the entrees. The Parker…read morerolls and duck wings were delicious. The kids enjoyed their steak. However the shrimp risotto was more like mushy porridge. I couldn't eat it so went with the Peruvian chicken that the server recommenders. It was very salty and not what I would've expected .

So happy we decided to stop in Mambo! I loved walking in and seeing the kitchen immediately, this…read moreis usually a sign that food is going to be goooooooood. We were seated right away with no reservation (on a Tuesday evening around 7:30 pm); I imagine reservations probably come in handy. We started with a bottle of wine - the wine list had a wide range of bottles priced lower to your more expensive bottle; we chose one in the middle range (super Tuscan) and it was very tasty. Reviews on food: Calamari: I really enjoyed the calamari! It was lightly battered but had just enough crunch. The flavor was great. They even had lemon wedges and pepperoncini fried in with the calamari which I loved. Cesar salad: I forgot to snag a picture of the salad, and it also happened to be my least favorite item we ordered. The dressing was overly sweet for my liking and did not have your standard Cesar flavoring. I wish I would have asked more about the dressing to understand it a little better. I probably would not order this salad again. Eggplant parmigiano: this was sooooo good! The eggplant was breaded and cooked perfectly. I could have just eaten the eggplant it was so tasty. Highly recommend!! Tagliatelle bolognese: I am a huge sucker for bolognese, so I usually judge this sauce pretty tough. This. Was. De. Licious!!! The meat sauce was full of flavors and the noodles were cooked perfectly. I was impressed! Butterscotch budino: perfect way to end our meal. I'm a huge fan of butterscotch flavored desserts and this did not disappoint. It was light and not too heavy after a meal of pasta. The thick layer caramel on top was delicious. The portions were big in my opinion, so while prices were a little high, I thought we got our moneys worth of food. Our server (and others that came to the table) were all super kind and helpful. It does get very loud in the restaurant, so had the weather been nice enough to eat outside, I probably would have chose the patio seating. Overall this was a great meal! 5 starts for the scrumptious food, portion size, and service.

Great food great service great people. I am a local and we love it. Park on the street or you…read morecan go over to the BMO bank after biz hours and stay away from the major crowds further in town. Yum!

Great new addition to Steamboat. Mike Lange has been a sommelier in Steamboat for 20 years and…read morealways picks fantastic wine so when I heard he was opening up a shop I was super excited to check it out. I haven't gotten to experience the wine pairings yet but for $50 on Friday's I think this is a stupendous deal! They can also help you host a private event at their space. The coffee shop is open until about 2pm each day and the barista is amazing. The coffee cows from Big Iron downtown and is absolutely delicious! Its a great spot to start your day and relax in a quiet space. They are also offering to host your wine collection. Check out their website for more info on the 55 degrees club. Looking forward to the future of the collective.

My friend and I came to steamboat for a small weekend getaway and found this gem of a place! Such a…read morecute atmosphere. Great wine and amazing charcuterie board to pair! We loved the sommelier and all the history behind the different types of wine. Highly recommend!

This place is a what a great pub should be. Bartenders are…read moreexcellent friendly and attentive. Food was delicious. quick and hot. The atmosphere is old town pub just like the name. TV's everywhere to watch all the games. This is my go-to place when I am in town. Don't miss out on it.

My wife and I having been part and full time residents of the Yampa Valley for over fifty years. We…read moredine in Steamboat often. We had not been to the Old Town Pub for several years and thought we would try it today. Never Again. The staff members from the person who seated us by flippantly telling us to 'pick a table' to the server who was impatient, cross and rude to the bar staff member who brought my beer without any effort to be polite, quickly dissuaded us from staying for a meal . Clearly the clients in the room appeared to be tourists. The staff exuded disdain and resentment of them . I will post these comments on Yelp . How very sad that your establishment, which should be a mainstay of food , beverage and entertainment provision in the valley, is staffed by individuals who display such rude and unwelcoming behavior. Sadly delivered. Michael and Diane Elkins, Hayden

Cafe Diva was very impressive! The service was probably the best I have probably ever had - Casey…read morewent above and beyond, even taking us outside to take a family photo. We ended up splitting some soups (get the tomato crab), the beet salad, and the Market Fish (salmon) on a bed of cous cous and red cabbage. It was very nice that they split all the dishes for us. The crème brûlée was typical of what I get at "fancy" restaurants, and also very delicious. We also got a delicious wine recommended by the sommelier, which was a nice additional service.

4 stars for the food, deductions for service…read more We got the $95 off season special which was nice. They advertise it on their website but you must request it or they won't offer it. Small restaurant that has been around since the 1990s. My partner enjoyed his sommeliers choice wine Complementary bread (2 small pieces) with olive oil and olives. Pretty good Tomato and crab bisque (shared) was super rich creamy and delicious The duck breast was meh for me. Meat was fine but the rest of it all together was off The venison short loin (red elk) was amazing. It was cooked perfectly- rare to medium rare. Mashed potatoes were good. Asparagus was just ok Crème brûlée was also super delicious. The vanilla bean inside was great We were ready to come back on our last night to order the venison again before we drove back home 3 hours bc the food was so good My biggest complaint and why I dropped two stars were the services. the server was super nice and attentive at the start. But once we finished the entree, he spent most of the time chatting with the table across from us. We heard the whole convo as we were waiting for him to remove our plates and bring us the dessert menu. It was 8pm and he only had two tables left: Our table and the other table. He chatted with the other table about furbo and ring cameras for their pets for a very long time. Maybe ten minutes later he took our plate and said he'd bring the dessert menu. Then he brought them wine , chatted with them for a bit about growing up in steamboat and the neighbors and then he eventually brought our dessert menu. Then while we were eating dessert, chatted with them for another good 20 minutes without even looking at us. We just wanted the check but my partner didn't want to be rude and interrupt him. By 9pm we got tired of waiting and we got up, put our coats on and walked to the front to try to pay at the front. That's when he came over. No apology, just said oh you want to pay? Charged our card and gave us the receipt to sign. We noticed he over charged us. He was already back chatting with the other couple and my partner didn't want to interrupt him so then I went to go ask another employee for help which then got the servers attention and he came over. Then we waited like 10 minutes until he was able to refund and recharge the correct amount. We had just driven 3 hours after having a medical emergency all morning and almost cancelled our trip. We had an absolutely heart wrenching day with the news we received from the doctor. But we decided to move forward with the trip and just have a nice dinner as we recovered for our first night. So while the food was good, this was not a pleasant ending to our already terrifying day. Pay attention to ALL of your customers! Not just the ones who are clearly wealthy and keep ordering more glasses of wine. I am updating the review 06/09 because in the end, the restaurant made it right.

We stayed in steamboat for the weekend and decided to come here for dinner on our first night. They…read morewere pretty busy, but we made a reservation earlier in the day after finishing skiing so we had a table. It took pretty long for them to greet us or bring anything out after we ordered it - I'm talking 40 minutes for our meals, and our server Sam was a little sassy but I'm sure it was just the product of an overwhelming shift. We shared a bunch of stuff for the table, the large steak chimichurri, the burrata, tomato salad, the truffle fries, the kale beet salad, the mac & cheese, and the soup of the day which was truffle mushroom. The stuff was pretty good, I loved the tomato burrata. When I ordered the soup, I asked if it came with any bread or crackers, and he said no, but that he could add in some of the crostinis for me. He ended up charging me several dollars for those later, which I discovered on the bill. That didn't feel right, but whatever. The fries were yummy, the steak was OK and the chimichurri was not even real chimichurri - for $80 for one steak i was hoping for a little bit better experience there. The other dishes were good, but nothing was super memorable here, they did mention that their lunch menu was more well-known and that we should try that, which some of the group did go back the next day and said that it was a much better meal. I know that this is on property at a ski resort and that I never expected prices to be super reasonable, but I was a little bit disappointed for the value here. Giving four stars only because my friends enjoyed their lunch the next day.

Just left the Truffle Pig on a Tuesday night, and unfortunately it may have been the worst…read morerestaurant experience I've had in years. If you read my other reviews, you'll see that I don't make a habit of criticizing restaurants. I know everyone has an off night. But this experience missed the mark on almost every level. We were a party of four adults and two teenage girls on our last night in Steamboat Springs. The adults planned to enjoy a nice dinner while the girls did their own thing, but we all agreed on one thing: we wanted to eat at the Truffle Pig. The menu looked fantastic, and we were looking forward to a memorable final meal. Our first impression was a little strange. When we arrived, the two hostesses were playing cards. It wasn't offensive--they weren't busy--but it felt odd for a restaurant positioning itself as upscale. We explained that the girls wanted their own table, yet they seated them immediately beside us on the patio. There was only one other occupied table outside and roughly 15 empty ones, but we were seated directly next to that party as well. I politely asked if we could move a few tables away to give everyone some space. I was told they were "managing the servers' sections." The result was three occupied tables packed together while the rest of the patio sat empty. Our server, Dina, was friendly and pleasant. She mentioned there were no specials and took our drink orders. Oddly, after taking everyone's drink order, she returned to the first person and asked what she wanted to drink. She had simply forgotten she had already asked. It seemed harmless at the time. After our drinks arrived, I asked about the bacon-wrapped dates. Dina explained they came in orders of three, but we could add an extra one, so we ordered enough for everyone. Five minutes later she returned and asked if we'd like to order an appetizer. I reminded her we had already ordered the dates. "Oh yeah," she replied. The dates arrived and, to their credit, they were excellent. A few minutes later, Dina came back to let us know our dates should be out soon. Once again, I had to tell her we had already received them. Her response was simply, "Oh good, because I saw they started your entrees." My wife's Spinach & Bib salad with added steak was very good. Our friends ordered the burger and the cauliflower steak. Dina highly recommended the cauliflower steak, but our friend thought it was just average. Then the evening completely unraveled. I ordered the $79 New York Strip, medium rare. It was honestly the worst steak I've ever been served in a restaurant. The center was completely cold--well beyond rare--and it was so undercooked it's difficult to imagine anyone checked the temperature before it left the kitchen. On top of that, the steak was overwhelmingly fatty. I understand a New York Strip has marbling; it's one of my favorite cuts. This was something entirely different. I had to send it back. Remarkably, the teenage girls had also ordered the New York Strip, and theirs was even worse. Instead of preparing a new steak, the kitchen simply threw the already sliced pieces back on the grill. The result was an overcooked, tough, nearly inedible steak. At that point, I declined another steak and asked for the burger instead, specifically requesting no mushrooms. About ten minutes later, my replacement burger arrived covered with mushrooms. I scraped them off and, when Dina checked on us, I pointed out that I had specifically requested no mushrooms. There was no apology--just, "Oh, I know they were in a rush back there trying to get your meal out." That response perfectly summed up the evening. Mistakes happen. Kitchens get backed up. Servers forget things. What matters is how a restaurant responds. Throughout the meal there was no accountability, no manager stopped by, no chef came out, no offer to remake the girls' steaks properly, no complimentary dessert, and no effort to make things right. When Dina returned with our massive check, she apologized for the (wildfire) smoke in the area - really, for the smoke? I can only imagine the owner or Manager was off tonight, as well as the primary chef - or maybe not? For a dinner that approached $500, we didn't just leave disappointed--we left genuinely surprised that an establishment with this reputation handled the situation so poorly. The logo is great. The music and atmosphere are amazing (love the Grateful Dead theme). I just wish the food and service had lived up to them.