Foolish Craig's Cafe — Restaurant in Boulder

We came here on a Wednesday evening specifically for trivia. I had called earlier in the day to see if we could make reservations and was told yes; after waiting on hold for several minutes, I hung up and decided to call back later. The second time I called (a couple hours later), I was told they would not take reservations for trivia night. So, our party of 3 arrived at 6:30 and there were plenty of open seats. We asked about sitting in a vacant booth, but we were told those were “reserved.” Instead, we were seated in the front section of the restaurant, away from the main dining area. The hostess mentioned that if anything opened up in the main dining area, she would move us, as we expressed our concern at not being able to hear the trivia over the speaker system - there were no speakers in our section. As 7 approached, several groups arrived and were seated at the recently-vacated tables in the main area; unfortunately, the hostess never came and asked us if we’d like to move as she had previously told us would be possible. The restaurant continued to fill to capacity, other than two large booths that remained vacant. As trivia began, our concerns were proven valid as we could not hear the trivia host over the cacophony of voices in the main room, being as there were no speakers in our separate section. Frustrated, I spoke to our waitress and asked if we could move to a large vacant booth. She informed me that no, those booths needed to remain empty “in case” larger parties arrived. Even when I expressed that we couldn’t hear and we had come specifically here for trivia (and intended to eat food in addition to the drinks we had ordered), we were told we could not move. Upset with the restaurant’s policies and customer service regarding the policies, we paid for our drinks and left. It’s unfortunate that we only had one night in Boulder and were anticipating a fun night of trivia. Personally, I would not return to Foolish Craig’s as their policies and customer service truly demonstrated how they...

HORRIBLE SERVICE: Took my assistant to breakfast for her birthday and she wanted to go here. I am on a very limited diet plan for the month of november but didn't think it would be that hard to order three egg whites and one egg scrambled with little to no oil if possible. The waitress was super annoyed with me from the start asking for water with no ice. Then it escalated when I got my eggs and it def didn't look like 4 eggs (huge mound) so I tried confirming there was no milk or anything else added in. She explained it may be a few more eggs due to the fact that they "scoop or ladle the eggs into the pan". I didn't understand so I continued to ask questions. She literally huffed and rolled her eyes as if I was taking all of her time even though she only had one other table who was currently eating. I maintained a calm and kind demeanor for the remainder of the meal knowing that its not fun dealing with consumers food issues. She dropped the check, I reviewed it and realized my little egg combo was $11.00. When I tried to ask questions again, she explained that it was just the way she had to enter it in the computer. I said ok... but $11.00 for 1 egg and three egg whites? Are they organic? Local? Nope. She said she would talk to the manager.... from my chair I could hear her disgust. When she returned, I explained that I was sorry I was so much trouble for her but that I didn't think I warranted her short and rude behavior with me. She said she wasn't. I said ok... but it certainly felt like it from both of us. She left the table and walked over to the owner where again, I could hear her explain how I had this order and then didn't like the pricing and then I said she was rude. Tackless. Due to the layout of the floor, my assistant walked by her on the way out the door... she paused long enough for us to...

Foolish Craig's: Great Vibe, Disappointing Breakfast My friend and I visited Foolish Craig's for breakfast this past Saturday, July 27th, after I'd carefully reviewed the overwhelmingly positive feedback online. Unfortunately, despite the many glowing reviews, our experience was disappointing from start to finish.

On the positive side, the staff was excellent, and the atmosphere of the restaurant is genuinely wonderful – inviting and lively. However, if delicious food is what you're seeking, I'd recommend looking elsewhere.

The issues began with the coffee, which was surprisingly bland. Next, the "Million Dollar Bacon," which sounded enticing, turned out to be four slices of decent quality bacon swimming in syrup that was clearly not from Vermont. Despite its grand name, no effort was made to elevate the dish; it was a lackluster reality compared to its promising description.

Our crepe entrees, the Duxelles and The Homer, were equally perplexing. While they boasted promising ingredients, the food was inexplicably tasteless. It was the oddest meal I've ever had; I'm still puzzled how breakfast could be made so dull, but that's precisely what it was.

We ended up eating less than half of our meals and stopped drinking the coffee. Out of habit, we even agreed to box up the remainder of the food, only to realize once we were walking around that we truly didn't like it enough to eat any more of it.

We immediately headed down the street to a coffee shop to satisfy our morning needs. As my friend aptly put it, “Foolish Craig seems to be resting on...