Uncle

One more Denver restaurant with sub par food. Who adds cream to pho? Yuck. And the amount of veggies in my vegetarian noodle bowl was pathetic. When Id asked them to go heavy on the veggies the waiter literally said "I cant control what they put in it". Really? I spent another 30 bucks here and was bummed. Good for the neighborhood, bad for the Denver food scene.

First visit here tonight and I was impressed. The thing that should have earned this place five stars is Dustin, the front host guy. Amazing service, in a natural caring way, not over the top or fake. I LOVE how this place is smart and because they don't take reservations, they go to the effort of getting everyone drinks while they wait. Huge bonus for me. Dustin offered awesome knowledge and recommendations on sake.
 At the table: the only thing thing that earned this place one less star was we were given our appetizer plates after ordering and the last plate was obviously, disgustingly dirty, and should have been removed right at that moment. Umm, ewww no thanks. Thankfully the food restarted our appetite. Had a range of apps and all were good. We all got noodle bowls and those while didn't blow everyone's minds off, they were flavorful and each had its own special personality. I encourage you guys to just keep fine tuning and keep up the good staff. You've got a great thing in the works and great flavors. P.s, I love that you guys force us chopstick-challenged Americans to attempt to eat delicate tofu with no fall back forks. Right on.

Am I in the total minority by being completely underwhelmed by this place?

Their menu changes frequently but this review is for the Spicy Beef Ramen. To me it literally tasted like Chef Boyardee meat sauce poured over beef packaged ramen. And at around $14 a pop...I was set on devouring the bowl but honestly I did not enjoy my meal.

The joint is very small but clean and utilitarian inside and service was perfectly fine.
Because of that, I'm not totally against sampling a different dish at Uncle...but I feel like with the plethora of restaurants in the Highlands...I'd rather dine elsewhere.

Colorado may have a fantastic pho selection...but we are sadly dry on the ramen front!