I guess my dad and  I must have hit a lucky night according to these reviews...  Service was prompt and friendly.  Food came timely.  We thought the meal was the best dinner we'd had on our roadtrip, 8 days in. Â
Beer: Â Dad wasn't particularly fond of the IPA, but says it wasn't bad. Â I had a sip and it tasted like regular IPA to me. Â He had the brown nut something or other next and describes it as "mild, tasty, but not very effervescent." Â I had a sip and it was unique - I couldn't say if it was good unique or bad unique. Â I ordered the Hef and enjoyed both glasses. :)
Food: Onion Petals = YUM! Â Salads = You know, salads. Fresh salads. Â Dad had the steak with seasonal veggies and baked potato. Â He now says "it was thin, but nicely cooked." Â During dinner though he was nodding and "mmm"ing and saying it was the best meal he'd had so far. Â I had the pasta primavera. Â Some people might argue there was an overabundance of veggies, but for me tonight, it was perfect. Â I tend to find anything with alfredo to be too rich and repetitive in taste to really enjoy the full meal. Â The abundance of veggies kept the flavor varied and enjoyable for me. Â I had the half size, which for a smaller appetite was the perfect size.
This place sucks. Â I was driving through on a long road trip and looking forward to a good meal but oh boy, did we run out of luck. Â I ordered spaghetti and meat balls. Â First, the sauce tasted like it was straight out of a tomato sauce can without any prep. Â The meatballs, frozen inside. Â Really, if you can't get a simple dish like spaghetti and meat balls right, you don't deserve to be in business. Â There was absolutely no concern for the food and it showed. Â If you don't care about food, you should not be in the restaurant biz. Â But I guess in Cortez CO, you can get away with it. Â Dont' go here unless you are starving and nothing else is open.
Review Source:July 2012:
We were travelling and got take-out because it was too hot to leave our pup in the car.
When we got back to the motel, we found that our salads were only half-prepared!
We ordered a taco salad, and the Asian Chicken Salad.
The Asian salad was nothing but lettuce, some odd chunks of pre-cooked chicken, and a little packet of dressing. Â No noodles, no slivered almods, no green onions or celery. Â
The taco salad didn't even come with salsa! Â Really? Â A dry salad with no salsa to spice it up?
The place is poorly designed, so that the workers in one half can't see the rest of the place - and you can sit forever in the foyer.
We will not be back, but I doubt this place will be open next time we're in Cortez.
It was that bad.