Degenerate gamblers unite! Â What's with all the hate for Red & Jerry's! It's a great place to have a drink watch a game/horse race and place some bets. Â They have a nice little happy hour, plenty a space to spread out and an opportunity to win some money while sitting and drinking...how can this be bad? Â
I typically go at off times to place my bets as to avoid any entrance fee which I would have a bit of a hard time swallowing. Â People are typically pretty friendly whilst placing bets, but I would recommend knowing what you are doing if you would like to avoid some dirty looks from the regulars. Â
I go here for each of the Triple Crown races and will continue to do so, because when in Rome do what Romans do! Â I recommend anyone that likes to bet on the races to do the same!!
Meh w/ super cool staff!
The location is crap, the vibe is creepy, but the bartender and people in the betting booths are hella cool! The only reason to go here is to feed the beast known as Gamblor. I hit it up a couple times during the triple crown.
What a drive, out in the boonies. If you are a gambler and like to bet on the ponies, here you go. Otherwise, there is absolutely no need to venture here. If you are hardcore you probably park it and get your grub on. I am not that person.
YELP DEAL ALERT - a free kamikaze shot with a check in = boom!
My boyfriend and I went here tonight for Wrestlemania 28. He had previous experiences but it was my first time. The bad experience just kept getting worse as the night progressed.
First off, the front hosts and hostesses and NO CLUE what was going on. No one seemed to know which seating was for whom and what the actual cover price was. We ended up paying $15 each (after being told on the phone it would be a $10 cover). As for where to sit? We had to walk around and find waitstaff before we actually knew where to go based on the admission we had paid.
We finally sat down and the waitstaff seemed confused as to what to do with us. They were not quite ready, which was fine, but even getting a glass of water was a challenge. A friend joined us a bit later and we ordered a couple beers, a couple sodas, two apps and an entree. Nothing complicated. I wanted a Cherry Pepsi which seemed to really confuse the waitress. So she brought me a glass of Pepsi and a small cup of grenadine to make my own.
The beers on tap, at least in the restaurant section, were extremely meh. Coors Light and Fat Tire on tap, Bud, Bud Light and Corona in a bottle. Nothing else. Oddly enough our wrist bands which indicated how much we paid to get in said 'Miller Lite'.
Once the program started getting any attention from any of the twelve waitresses was next to impossible. Part of me was ok with that because I wanted to watch the show, but we were thirsty. To make it even worse, some guy kept interrupting the program to announce crap over the intercom.
We eventually got our check which had an automatic 18% gratuity applied. Ridiculous. The service we had did not deserve that much gratuity yet we had no choice. I have never heard of automatic gratuity for a party of three people and a total bill of around $30.
Free parking is about the only plus to this venue. Service, food, selection, seating and the antiquated TVs and sound system will leave you wishing you paid for it at home.
So long any childhood hopes and dreams that I had for a place that is full of games and food that is bad for me.
I finally went to Red and Jerrys for a night out after friends have always spoken highly of it for as long as I can remember. The place is huge that is obvious, but maybe too huge for the staff they have working there.
There were two events going on the night I went a WWE PPV and a car show outside in the parking lot so I figured OK I might have to wait a minute before one of the waitresses come over as it is "seat yourself" (Now I can be exact on this next part because events tooks place) I sat down at 5:16PM at a dirty table and waited until 6:45PM for a waitress to finally stop at my table, all the while I attempted to stop her as she finished helping other tables around mine. Finally when she stopped I recieved a youre slowing me down look, lets get this over with stare. While waiting on my food I decided Ill take it upon myself to wipe down my own table accepting the fact that they were busy. I kindly asked the bartender if I could use his wet towel to wipe down my table, at this time he shouted how he only had one towel and I would just have to use napkins and some water.
When my food arrived the waitress was kind enough to wipe down the table before setting my food on the table, but this small victory was short lived for them as I learned they messed up my food order which was a simple substitute onion rings instead of french fries with a side of hamburger.
The bun was ice cold, the meat was blistering hot and the lettuce and tomato were just the right amount of sitting out since yesterdays lunch. As I choked down the last bite the waitress came by with a new burger and onion rings, explaining how the kitcen mixed up the orders because they are extremely busy at the moment, and gave me the food to go. The onion rings were good, crispy and salty.
They were kind enough to had an 18% grat. to the bill which it does state on the menu they will do during special events, so this was no surprise. I didnt see the waitress after that, which was quite some time.
My assessment of Red and Jerry's comes from someone who usually only visits for the WWE Pay-per-views. In the past, we've been quite happy with this establishment as a fun place to enjoy WWE events in a group setting. The food is decent as far as bar fare goes, and the service has been alright, but I must say the biggest wrecking ball to my opinion of this place came at the Wrestlemania 27 PPV. At most PPV's, the tables are first come, first serve, and everyone has access to the bar and menu. We arrived two hours early expecting to at least be able to get a decent table for our effort, and saw a poster indicating that there were some special VIP tables, as well as a series of special reserved tables. We were mortified to learn that *all* the tables in the main bar had to be reserved for a minimum of $60 ($5 more than paying for the event in the comfort of your own home), the VIP section was a farce in the Fantasticks restaurant, and everyone else was relegated to banquet tables and two lonely big screens in the back... A small buffet of mediocre sports park style entrees was set up, but upon asking if we could order from the regular menu, we recieved a stern chiding that not only could we *not* order from the menu, but security would pounce on us like wolves on a steak if we *tried* to get near the bar to order from such said menu.
Also, during the event, there was a widespread DirectTV outage during one of the matches. While we learned later this wasn't Red and Jerry's fault, they handled it quite poorly. They managed to get the match going again on the reserved section TV's, but when standard admission guests tried to step back into the main bar to watch while the rest of the TV's were still out, security drove them off like coach passengers on the Titanic. It was ridiculous and people were screaming to get their money back. On top of this, the MC for the event from one of the local wrestling leagues that does shows there also talked all the way through a promo involving The Rock (a big deal to WWE fans) despite shouts all over the complex for him to wait until the segment was over.
Needless to say, we felt a bit insulted by all this. While we may continue to visit Red and Jerry's for standard PPV's, we're swearing off this VIP rubbish. More likely we'll take our business to Fox and Hound which has been added to the WWE Blast Areas for Denver Metro. It seems that the overlords of Red and Jerry's got a bit greedy with this particular event. We are not so easily fooled. Adieu.
Wow - this place is just sad. I guess they used to have video games along with the off track betting but now it's just betting and a very sorry restaurant and supposedly some pool tables somewhere.
We wandered in wondering what the scoop was at this place (after driving by it numerous times in the past few years) and, unfortunately, we were very hungry when we arrived. Â We weren't really up for betting on dog or horse races but apparently the people that were there are very serious about their racing. They looked like they spend a lot of time at Red & Jerry's and no one looked like they were having much of a good time.
We did decide to grab some lunch there but that was a bad decision. I ordered a caesar salad - nothing too complicated, right? But it was not tasty at all. Blech and more blech. Even my water tasted funny. My friend had a cheeseburger but, again, not good.
I guess this place has really gone down hill over the years. Even the sign outside is looking pretty shabby. I guess that should have been our first clue.
HUGE !!
This place is like two Dave and Busters in one building!
I have been here a couple times for the Xtreme Cage Wars MMA events- which benefit fallen Police and Firefighters.
Beer prices are high- actually quite similar to Pepsi Center or any other major arena.
Sadly- Red and Jerry's staffing, food and overall feel just don't do much.
I have had 10 times better service from the waitstaff at Denver Diner!
Food= passable but nothing too special.
Free parking!! Yay! does that overcome all the other "issues" ??
ummm....no.
Huge disappointment! We've been to R&J's before to watch the Kentucky Derby and stopped in again this year. For starters there was a $10 admission. Ok, we thought maybe it wouldn't be so crowded as it has been in the past. Which it wasn't. We settled into one of the event rooms which was comfortable and the big screen was the biggest one in the place. It looked like in other parts of the place they had raided an old tv repair store and set up these TVs on rickety stands. We got settled in and watched some of the earlier races. While there was bar service in the room - no waitresses. The line for a beverage was never less than 20 people deep. We gave up after one. So what was the $10 for? To sit in a room we've always sit in for free and be ignored? The joint exists only to hold events. What a dump indeed.
Review Source:Dude...
This place is huge. Â I've never seen it empty, that's the only way you can appreciate it. Â
All the games are gone. Â
In the front is the bar and restaurant for the off site betting guys. Â There are several smaller club/event center type places in the back that were completly dark when we were there. Â The private party we were with was in the back, the bar area was large, well kept with all the TV's on. Â The bar was stocked by 1 bar maiden whom made it a point to tell me how she made squat the last night because of an open bar...(wait a second, this is an open bar...what are u trying to tell me?)
The place is dead, I figure Wal-mart will buy the lot and build some super ginormous shit hole.
Word.
I must say this place has massively declined over the years, worse and worse every time I go. Â Not only the food is sub par even for bar food, the service is terrible. Â Unless you're an extremely patient person and that can tolerate incompetence you probably want to go elsewhere.
The last time that I went here was to watch a football game.  They do have  a lot of big screen TVs and the Direct TV package so it's a good spot to watch the game, how ever because every other aspect of this place stinks, I'd rather watch the game on a 13" black and white with crappy reception then going here... There are plenty of other places to go and watch a game with service 100 times better with HDTVs.
For the kids they have a pretty big arcade... big in square feet, not in the amounts of games. Â Every time I go there are less and less games, with OUT OF ORDER signs on most of them. Â I remember a time when the arcade was comparable to Dave and Buster's. Â Definitely not the case anymore. Â Such wasted potential with this place, pool, indoor golf, dance club, etc... Â Once again, bust.
If it wasn't for the OTB this place would have shut down years ago.... I suggest to pass on through if you're thinking of going here.
I truly wish Yelp would allow us to give a rating of zero stars, because this place deserves it.
The only reason I ever go here is to watch an occasional NFL game with a friend that lives farther South, and this place is more or less in the middle. Now, on to the review.
The food in this place is just plain bad. I do not ever remember having a good meal here. The last time I was there, I had a fajita wrap that was on special, and I think the reason it was on special was because the meat was about to turn. Service that day was probably 2.5 out of 5 stars, but the girl was basically alone with 12-14 tables, so I can't blame her.
Today the service was flat out terrible. My friend ordered fajitas, I ordered a bacon cheeseburger. 15 minutes after we had ordered, the waitress returned, stating that they did not have bell peppers, but if we still wanted fajitas, they could make them without peppers. Um, no. My friend changed his order to the same as mine, a bacon cheeseburger, and then I remembered that the menu stated a choice of cheese, and he ordered provolone. I then asked the waitress why she never asked me, and she just said that they'd put American cheese on there. I said no, I wanted cheddar, and to have it cooked medium (which she also never asked, and I figured I had better mention now, since I figured my burger was probably already done, sitting under a heat lamp, waiting for the waitress to return with my friend's order. 20 minutes later, another server brings our meal, both burgers well done, with "American" cheese on them, and not even real cheese, it was that cheese food crap that you can buy 100 slices for $1.50. I asked her what happened to the cheddar and provolone, and she said they were out. So far, they were out of 3 things we had attempted to order. I sent my sandwich back, and it returned with the same cheese, only cooked longer. the waitress then began to complain how the management were idiots. As proof, they hired her, so I could not argue. the "manager" came over, and I realized it was a guy that was yelling at a TV earlier, then screaming about his team as he walked through the restaurant. I showed him a YELP card, he had no clue what it was, and I am pretty sure he has never even considered that restaurants get reviewed, judging by the look of confusion and surprise on his face. I told him that yelp only allows a minimum of 1 star, but I would give zero if it were possible.
I asked his name, Dave something, asked for a business card, and that seemed humorous to him, as he said he didn't have one. He walked away.
Since our game was already under way, we stayed for the duration. The waitress came back, said she was sorry, and offered to buy us 2 sodas. Woohoo, don't break the bank on us by "giving" us a product that probably costs about 8 cents.
I will NEVER return to Red and Jerry's. Ever. It's obvious the owner does not care at all about his clientele, judging by the very low quality of employee he hires. My friend said he didn't send his food back out of fear that they'd do something disgusting to it, which made perfect sense considering who works there.
What a dump!  We stopped in here after Hearse Con 2008 (<a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hearseclub.com%2Fhearsecon%2Fhearsecon.htm&s=5c797888e28193bd91d79b105a540a58063f9b007c4aae608693939cb012fb8a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.hearseclub.co…</a>)  which was holding court in the Red and Jerry's parking lot.  Huh?  I didn't get the connection, but whatever.  We had the 2 year old maniac with us and he needed sustenance (you know this because he won't stop yelling EAT! at you), so we transitioned from the goth Cadillac collection into the completely different world of family amusement center and OTB parlor.  Again-Huh?  On one side, you have some paunchy  old men yelling for their ponies to win, place or show, and on the other you have crazed kids running around the game room like wild animals.  I estimate that about 25-30% of the games had out of order signs on them, or were simply not plugged in.  It was kind of sad really.  Isn't the main attraction of the place supposed to be the games?  How hard is it to fix a ski ball machine?  The food was average sports pub fried food-which was about what I expected. Â
I do have to mention on one bizarre waitstaff comment. Â After we sat down, we waited for somebody to bring us menus. Â My husband got one that was blank inside, which was a new one for us. Â Then, a waiter came over told us about the drink specials, offered that he wasn't sure if there was a dinner special, but that he did know what the lunch special was (it was 7pm). Â He then proceeded to tell us in great details about the Mexican hamburger lunch special and how tantalizing it was, but ended with a comment that if we were not super hungry, we shouldn't order is as the portion size was enormous. Interesting sales technique? Â The kicker was then he told us that he didn't know who our server was going to be and that he wanted to go home because he wasn't feeling very good. Â Another-huh? Â Why did he come over to our table and give us the long winded Mexican hamburger pitch but not take even our drink order? Â The best part was that he never did leave- guess the manager didn't buy his story about not feeling good.
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