Salt Creek Restaurant & Saloon

Sooo... I'm not going to lie, I looked up a couple of different places on Yelp in Breck to have breakfast and they all had too long of a wait. We got fed up walking all over the place and stumbled upon this place which looks more like a Irish pub (which it is) than a good breakfast place, but they were actively marketing their breakfast so we gave it a shot.

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by this place. I will preface by saying I set my expectations before I dine at a place, I'm not going in to a Denny's expecting a gourmet spread and then giving them a one star review. This place, at first, my expectations weren't real high and luckily they were surpassed.

I got the Trout and Eggs Breakfast. I know what most people who read this are going to be thinking, my girlfriend thought the same thing, but hey I'm being reunited with the mountains for the first time in 6 months, give me a break. The trout was great for a $10 breakfast. It came with 2 scrambled eggs, hash browns and an english muffin. I was out camping the night before, it had rained all morning, I was a bit hung over and this hit the spot. I'm not saying skip the some of the very high rated restaurants for this one, I'm just saying it can get the job done. The waitress was very pleasant as well.

My boyfriend and I received recommendations from our broker to try this restaurant out for dinner. We were there the other night on a Saturday, and had made reservations via OpenTable (very easy to use!).

The place has dim lighting and some very Colorado-esque decor (you know, like deer heads), but it's not in any way tacky. It's a very casual, cool kinda place you can go to for dinner and still feel like it's a nice dinner without being too fancy.

We were politely greeted by the hostess and sat in a booth. Our waitress was also friendly and provided her recommendations and her favorites.

I ordered the beef medallions, and my boyfriend ordered the Salt Creek platter/plate with 3 meats. He chose ribs, chicken, and brisket. Both were absolutely delicious, but I do think my boyfriend got the better value meal...all that meat for $19! My dish had maybe half the meat for $31! But it was still a good value, so no regrets there.

We had a Breck Brew, which is great if you like porters/stouts/dark beers. And for dessert we had the sundae brownie, which wasn't anything special, to be honest, but it was good after all that salty meat.

I would definitely come back again. I noticed there were a lot of larger groups, and I could see how this place would be great for that. Definitely one of my go-to places in Breck!

This was easily the worst group dining experience I've ever had.

We were in Breck with a large group, and our hotel concierge suggested that Salt Creek would be the ideal place to accommodate us for dinner.  We spoke with the manager, arranged a set menu, and paid in advance in full for the food (with the drink tab to be paid after dinner).  Of course, I understand that accommodating  a large group (of 35, in our case) is a huge undertaking, so our expectations were low.  But the restaurant should never have agreed to take us (AND accept our payment in advance).

When we arrived, we were sent to the bar upstairs for 90 minutes.  Finally, at 9:30, the host told us that he would begin seating us in small groups as tables became available.  Over the next 90 minutes the restaurant used us to squeeze one last turn out of their tables.  Rather than the group dinner for 35 we'd paid for, we had 9 individual dinners of 3 to 5 people.  And because we'd paid in advance, there was little incentive for the staff to treat us well.  (Although, I will concede that our waitress was pleasant and funny.  Unfortunately the rest of our group did not get the same waitress).  

I get that accommodating a group of 35 is difficult, but Salt Creek should never have accepted our reservation.