This spot reminds you that you are in a mountain town, not just a resort area!
That can be taken as good or bed, it's up to the beholder.
An eclectic somewhat rough group of characters comprise the staff, but they did a fine job of it.
We waited quite a while for food, but it was decent and the GM checked in with us. At one point he ran to the store to get an ingredient we requested that he didn't carry... That is pretty cool!
Food: I had the hash. It was truly tasty! I give this place a click above a diner or a chain, but nothing to drive to mountains for!
You could soak up the previous evening's fun here though...
The food here tastes great, especially the french toast. We ate breakfast early here and there was only one server, which makes sense since there weren't many people in the restaurant at all. My only complaint is that I wish the food came out more hot as it was just on the warm side when they were served to us.
Review Source:Horrible place, don't even think about going here.
Very confused staff running back and forth aimlessly, took forever to get drinks, then people seated after us getting their food first. 30 minutes after we placed our order, and after getting zero attention for that long, we got up and left. Â
Won't be surprised when this place closes or ends up on a restaurant rescue tv show.
Went here for breakfast a few weeks ago. At 7:30 there were only 2 other tables. The menu is fine and affordable with bottomless cups of coffee. They even had the fireplace going which was nice.
There was only 1 server who was also bringing out the food. It was a little on the slow side. Maybe there was only 1 person in the kitchen too.
A note on the restrooms- while they had been cleaned from the previous night's partying, they just smelled awesome! Like maybe pipes aren't working properly.
It's a shame that people in the "valley" are so critical of this place. Mexican food in the middle of a mountain? Of course it's not going to be just across the border good.
As far as "locals don't go here?" I call shenanigans. On Friday's (upstairs) they tap a FREE keg at 5 that's there until it's gone. I was there this past Friday night (with a local) and it was PACKED with "locals".
Shots were cheap - food was good. Actual homemade chips. Service was good and fun. Maybe the reality is...when this place opened up a year or so ago they didn't quite have their game plan figured out. Mountain town restaurants usually always use the same food services so the food ends up tasting the same everywhere you go. Montanas is obviously trying to be something different.
Frequented Montana's again and was pleased with the meal. Started with a cucarita, a cucumber margarita which was so delicious and refreshing. We were started with the house chips, salsa and slaw. The entrees were fish tacos, grilled shrimp enchiladas, ahi tuna lettuce wrap and Aztec chicken. Everyone enjoyed their meal. The enchiladas were cheesy and yum.
However overall the meal wasn't mind blowing. Plus tip the meal was $100 including drinks for all. I will go back for the drink but probably not the food, I've had better Mexican.
Bland, probably store bought guacamole. Â Supposedly home made chips had red and blue ones in them (doubtful they're home made). Â "Sizzling" fajitas were limp, lifeless and silent on arrival and tortillas are either store bought or made days ago. Â Fajitas looked like they had a can of stewed tomatoes dumped on it. Salsa and some cabbage creation that came with the chips were bland. Â That's what I get for not checking online first.
Review Source:I would give them 0 stars if it would allow me to! My boyfriend and I stopped in here for lunch before the dreaded drive on I-70 after a holiday weekend, and were highly disappointed. Â We walked in and there was no one around to greet us. Finally, after standing in the bar area by the outside patio looking confused, someone finally came out and told us to seat our selves. Â We sat, and waiting, and waited. We saw another couple seat themselves and a server greet them. They then brought them water, menus, took their order, etc... and looked right at us knowing we were sitting there. We had a guy walk by saying he'd be right back, but he never came back. Hungry, tired, and wanting to get on the road we decided to leave and try the place next door. If their service is that bad before they even bring out the food, I'm afraid to know what their food is actually like. We will definitely not return!
Review Source:We held our family reunion here just before July 4th this year, and I was highly impressed with the food and service. They were very flexible for our needs - putting us in a separate wing so that we could do some moving around, taking us out to the patio and taking our reunion picture for us (with MANY cameras!), dividing up the tickets appropriately among the 7 or 8 family groups! They kept the tasty multi-color chips coming, and generally were attentive. And the food was good!!! And I just spoke to friends who were eating there an hour ago and they were enjoying their food as well! We'll definitely return the next time we're in Avon!
Review Source:I don't like giving one star, but this place needs help in both service and food. The server we had was extremely bubbly and nice, but spent more time chatting with tables the serving. She didn't bring napkins or utensils until our food came, and we had to ask for them. We ordered chips, salsa, and queso for an app. Chips were cold and bland. Salsa was ok but too chunky. Queso was down right gross and tasted very processed. We ordered the shrimp enchiladas with the cream sauce on the side. This dish was good with blue corn tortillas. The menu said gulf shrimp but this shrimp was definitely salad shrimp. A man from kitchen staff brought the food and was much more helpful then our server. Beans and rice were ok. They needed the enchilada sauce drizzled on them to make them better. The rice was almost couscous like. Our teas never got refilled. Service was pretty disappointing. Needless to say we will not be going back here. It's too bad cause their deck is great.
Review Source:I wanted to like this place Avon needs more good Mexican Restaurants, but I was underwhelmed.
The first time I stopped in, we had dinner. Â I had chile rellenos which were 99% eggroll and 0.5% cheese and 0.5% pepper. Â This could have been saved by a good green chile, but the green chile was bland, no kick to it at all. Â The chips and salsa has a bland salsa accompanied by a weird coleslaw salsa I once also saw at Tequila's in Glenwood Springs - so I'm not sure if the restaurants are related, but Tequila's is better. Â Anyhow, the server was weird, kept asking me if I wanted a drink. Â I can understand why. Â My boyfriend ordered one Margarita for $9.50 and got a tiny glass. Â Not impressed.
We decided to give the place a second chance and they were having a Friday afternoon happy hour, the place was lively, and filled with lots of patrons. Â We decided to just stop in for a drink and went up to the bar. Â The bartender did not even acknowledge us (a, "I'll be right with you" goes a long way). Â Instead we got to hear him talk to his friends about the prices and merits of every single bottle of liquor Montana's sells. Â After reading five pages of the Vail Daily, and not even getting any acknowledgment, I offered to go make real decent Mexican food and drinks for my boyfriend at home. Â We probably saved $60 and had a much better time with much better quality food anyhow.
How is this place still even open? Â The service is decent, but the food is AWFUL! Â The enchiladas had no flavor and the stuffed mushrooms were so greasy I couldn't eat them. Â I'm still wondering why my $5 beer was served in a plastic cup.
Do yourself a favor and skip this restaurant when looking for a cantina. Â Go to La Cantina. Â It may be in a parking structure but at least the food is good.
Service was slow
Food was undesirable, stale and tasteless... the tortilla soup was cold and lacked flavor, the arrachera was overcooked and the beans were hard, the appetizer muscles were fishy and literally inedible.
Pricing was outrageously overpriced.
Needless to say, we won't be back!
We've been here twice for lunch, and I just can't understand why the other reviews are so bad. Â In my opinion, rating this place a one star is just wrong. Â It is clean and both the food and service are good.
Unlike another local Mexican restaurant in Edwards who leaves their cold chips sitting on the tables all day, Montanas chips are served warm after you are seated (as do most other Mexican restaurants).
Sure, the queso is basically just melted Velveeta, but at least they have queso. Â I'd agree it is overpriced, but where I'm from it is served for FREE along with the chips and salsa anyway so all queso that isn't free is overpriced if you ask me.
They have two kinds of salsa: Â regular and spicy. Â Even the spicy isn't very spicy, so they need to up their game here.
Still, their entrees are good and I think their prices are reasonable for the area. Â The service has been reasonably good too.
Definitely our favorite Mexican restaurant in the Vail valley, but there's still room for improvement!
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