I went to the Caribou Club for a wedding. We had our own private room for dinner. The cocktail hour and dinner were really great. Excellent service, great food, I would give it 4 or 5 stars for this for sure!
It got super weird around 11pm. The bride and groom had done their dances and then the dance floor filled up with a bunch of weirdos. Old rich men and way-too-young-for-said-old-guy girls. It was almost uncomfortable! The DJ played straight up techno and all these akward couples were grinding on each other. This really brought the rating down. I would never hang out here for fun.
The wedding was great though! Would have been nice to have the place to ourselves a little longer before the Scenesters made an appearance.
If you have 20K to spare yearly, this is the club for you. This is a members only club in the heart of Aspen. I thought the amenities were really nice in this club. The bathrooms utilized cloth towels, a sign that this club intends to cater to the elite. This club felt like I was in some private moose lodge. It was dimly lit with a lounge area where people can converse and a dance floor where people dance the night away.
As a warning, no caps or hats allowed inside the club which means you need to check it in at the coat check. Also, coats are also not allowed. Anyhow, for what this club is, it was pretty fun although the drinks are quite hefty, but then, this is Aspen.
I have been to the Caribou Club three times over the last 10 years. I met the owner, Harley Baldwin....many years ago and was even invited to his private residence upstairs for cocktails. He made the Caribou Club a classy place. Sadly, it is no longer the place Harley envisioned since he passed away. I received an invitation to the Club from a member on January 20th and entered the club. The dooman had no record of my name on the list, and suggested I leave !! A few minutes later, another guest of the same member arrived, and the list of invitees was found in the reservations book, and I was rescued and admitted. The host took me to the member's dining table, and told me that I "must" check my coat. I decided that I may come after their dinner, back to the club and have drinks with my friends. While we were deciding, the host rudely demanded I check my coat. I told him, we were deciding whether to stay or not..and he interupted me and told me "Check your coat...it's the club policy, or GET OUT!" I was very embarassed and appalled by the rude treatment, we weren't even seated yet.
I decided to check my coat and THEN decide on whether I wanted to stay, or not. While checking my coat, a lady entered the club and told the same host, "I'm just going to look for my friends, first". He abrubtly told her, "Check your coat first!" and she replied, "Are you serious? I just want to see if my friends are here, first!", to which he retorted, "DOES IT LOOK LIKE I AM JOKING?!!"
He was of some foreign descent...possibly Spanish? But nevertheless....VERY rude and completely unprofessional. Later in the lounge, we were having drinks and some 20 something year old ladies were scantilly dressed and started doing lap dances on the men at their table, and were very loud and drunk and acting obnoxious. My friend noted that the host was overly concerned with checking coats (perhaps a form of club income?) but had no care on how guests acted in the "private" and supposedly exclisive club. Harley would be rolling over in his grave..!! Sad to say, the Caribou Club is no longer what it used to be, and I have no desire to return. I was treated much better the following nights by the fireplace lounge at La Montagna in the Little Nell, by their staff.
Caribou Club. Â Yes. Fun.
You need to have the right mindset to come here.
What if I told you my really rich 50-year-old friend was going to get married in the middle of winter. Â You are invited to the reception at this weird hunting lodge, but unfortunately they didn't spring for an open bar. Â They know lots of famous people and you will probably see one. Â Would you go?
Of course you would, you star-f**ker.
You have to endure the fact that there are going to be some people eating, right next to other people on an awkward disco dance floor, next to a brightly lit room where everybody is constantly scanning for somebody famous. Â If you are black, prepare to be mobbed, because it's safe to assume that you're famous.
I went, and I saw a certain famous person. Â Her name starts with a "p" and rhymes with harrishilton. Â Worth it!
First of all, this is a members' only club. Â i don't understand why people write hasty reviews here based on simply its exclusivity. Â If you're not a member, and you're not with a member, don't go! Â You've no reason to be there!
This place is an oasis in Aspen when the place is crowded. Â It's for people to get out of the spotlight and have a good time. Â It's beautiful, the food is great, the staff is awesome, and you never know who you might run into!
This private club in Aspen is nothing to write home about...unless that is, Â your enamored by women with Botox bursting from their faces, wearing high end fashion that is as over the top as the establishment itself. Â
The place drips with pretentious older folk who have nothing better to do then spend an outrageous amount on the 'private' price tag and size everyone up around them. Â
The club is a glorified mountain lodge with much to offer if, lets say, you want to put down the $20,000.00 for a lifetime membership.
BUT HEY- hats off to the owners, they're the ones laughing all the way to the bank!
--what an experience--
Oh, Caribou Club. Â Do you have a predilection for wearing mink coats and several dozen carats of diamonds at once? Â Do you love small, $8 bottles of Fiji Water? Â Do you like making out with people several decades younger than you? Â Do you want to hang out with Neil Patrick Harris and Jon Voight and dance awkwardly to old Britney Spears hits? Â Then the Caribou Club is for you, my friend.
This is a private, expensive, members-only bar/nightclub in Aspen. Â Considering the price of membership and the usual crowd in Aspen, the scene is definitely that of a high-roller, fancy-dressing, middle-aged crowd. Â Is it hard to get into, and thus exclusive? Â Yes. Â If you've never been here and happen to have a friend with membership, then by all means, go and drink and dance. Â It won't be your usual night out.
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