Why do people go out for dinners? It seems like a stupid question when you look at the reasons why people actually do this, doesn't it? People go out for celebrations, for birthdays, for anniversaries, but in the end we go out because we don't have to cook at home and we get to relax and let someone else serve us and cook for use. We go out for the unusual, for the gourmet, for the new and different. Well, I debated with myself as to whether I should write this review, to help make that decision I took to Google and looked up the current reviews for Denver Beer Co. to get a perspective. The perspective I got was that my own opinion was not the only one. So, here goes. We arrived at DBC around 6:20, the place was quite busy but not so much that it took more than a minute to get to our table, we had a large family gathering and there were both adult children as well as smaller children, we sat at one of the "tall" tables and it worked out fine for us. Our server was smiling and had a great attitude and took our drink and food order pretty quickly. It was done electronically so without question it was written down and availalbe to the kitchen right away. She was accurate in her order both in the amounts and details and the order was complete around 6:25. The beer/drinks came to the table about 10ish minutes later, all the orders were correct and the samples were quite good. I have to point out that despite getting a flight of 5 different lighter lagers the one that was an overally favourite was the one made at DBC. Kudos to their brewmaster on that one, it was a blonde with vanilla and coffee and had a deep richness despite looking quite pale. While we waited the little kids were over in the playground right next to the place, this is a good marriage of design and convenience when it comes to dining with a family that has little ones. The playground was great, lots of places for little ones to play and get booboo's. At approximately 7:10ish we realized that food had not arrived and we were quite hungry, I checked on it and was told although the kitchen had been backed up they were getting to our order, a little concerning and I confirmed with the bartender that they were short handed, probably not a good thing with summer coming up. When the food arrived it was decently fresh but there were some concerns. The burgers were insanely salty, waaaaay too salty for just a regular burger they were of average quality and seemed like they were small for the price. When I tried the "adult" chicken tenders I discovered that they were what I call generic 'foamy' chicken, not chicken breast with a breading and a processed white meat that are available at local super markets, this was disappointing. The kids were so hungry they ate the mac and cheese so I didn't get a review from them. The pizza was also disappointing in that the balance between sauce, cheese and pepperoni was completely off. The Buffalo wings were also quite generic, the sauces were prefab except for the dill ranch which was quite good!!! Overall it was a pretty bad experience and I felt VERY bad for the servers and kitchen people because they were working extremely hard to make the place look good. This is a failure of managment, poor scheduling, very bad choices of generic food that's easily availalbe at local supermarkets and quite frankly an insult to the staff who work so hard and the customers who expect more. In the future I'll CERTAINLY buy the brew that was made there. I doubt we'll return to the restaurant again. Overall it was a failure of managment and whomever is in charge of the food. In the end I did tip the waitress, it's NOT her fault that management is terrible and she worked hard. But the nearly $300.00 for a very mediocre experience was extremely...
Read moreWaited 30 minutes in a table outside waiting for a server that never showed up so we thought maybe you’re supposed to order at the bar. We are then told to sit back down and wait for a server that never showed up so we decide to sit inside and waited another 10 minutes at which point a server asked us if we were doing ok. We finally ordered drinks and food at the same time and the server tells us we are not even her table and the server for the table is on a 5 minute break. Surprisingly the food and drinks came to our table maybe 7 minutes after ordering, however we never saw a server again to ask if we wanted another drink. I was able to finish my sandwich drinking some self serve water i saw near the utensils. I was definitely not going to leave tip after that experience so i waited patiently for another 20 minutes after we finished our food for a random server to come and ask if I wanted to close the tab. I closed the tab and finally left. HORRIBLE...
Read moreI’ve come here a few times and it is a fun place to hang out. It is right next to a playground so it is fun for the kids to play while the adults eat and have beers. We came on a Saturday night and it started raining around 7:45. We had already closed out our $200 check and our waitress told us we were welcome to go finish our drinks inside. We braved the rain for 15 minutes or so but when it picked up we moved inside. Some of the waitresses were very rude about everybody moving inside (which was literally what our waitress had suggested) and rearranging chairs (at an open seating bar lol) and about how crowded it was inside. If I come here again, which I probably won’t, I definitely won’t pay my check until we are ready to leave because after you pay you are just dead to them and in the way (even if you are finishing...
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