The Crown Room — Restaurant in Albuquerque

The Crown Room is something of an anomaly. It wants to recreate the old school glamour of fine dining in a casino however when the casino in question is mostly penny slots in a horse racetrack located at the edge of a part of town commonly referred to as "The War Zone" then you're more likely to share a restroom with someone with face tattoos rather than someone from the Rat Pack. The actual restaurant itself is also a mix of contradictions. On most visits the food has been top-notch and served to perfection. Other times I've received over fried calamari burnt to a crisp. My last visit was similar with excellent food though served with chipped plates, extremely water spotted wine glasses and an odd refusal to offer new forks between courses with an overwhelmed wait staff. Though I suppose as long as people are willing to gamble then The Crown Room will be subsidized by their losses and stick around in all its...

Silly Me... As a vegetarian for about a year I am starting to learn both the good and bad about eating out with food restrictions. On the plus side most restaurants have at least 1 main dish on the menu that I can eat so I don't sweat it. Then I came the Crown Room and realized everything was made with meat or fish, literally unless I had a side salad and a dessert I would have gone hungry. Fortunately, the staff and the chef were very accommodating and whipped up an orzo pasta with seasonal veggies, an amazing beet reduction, and carrot puree! Next time I go here (or any steakhouse for that matter) I will plan on calling ahead. Thanks for accommodating me and making probably one of the best vegetarian meals I...

The place is beautiful as for the service it was horrible I was taken for a dinner date with my boyfriend we waited 40min to be sat after we asked the bartender to seat us and another couple we waited almost 30 min for menus we got our food a pre set menu and the couple next to us waited the same time as we had once the food came out I noticed something off with my beer I looked inside and someone had put some white powder Could have been salt suger or God know what else this has been the second time I had a bad experience here I don't recommend. We shouldn't be spending so much on a dinner service for imature people to mess with the food we are...