Joy Hill Denver — Restaurant in Denver

No joy. No hill. We had a reservation for 14 people, 13 of us showed up. After we were seated a waiter in a Santa costume with a hook in his lip proceeded to tell us we couldn't do individual checks. I haven't been to a place for at least 15 years that won't do individual checks. He said it's too confusing. He seemed quite irritated and not happy to be working. Meanwhile, we tried to sort out what we wanted to do; it's not really our responsibility to play "banker" with each other because the restaurant discriminates against separate people enjoying time together. However, if we ordered at the bar or pulled the tables apart, not as much of an issue, so it seems like the restaurant is hooked on semantics and they call it "policy". If they accept five different forms of payment for a party of 13, why can't they accept five different types of payment for parties of five, divided into three groups, even though we socializing together. If they can't figure out the simple math, how can they possibly do honest bookkeeping. I kindly mentioned it to the hostess and the manager when I was leaving and they really didn't seem to care; repeating the phrase "it's our policy" several times. They also didn't seem to be happy to be there on Christmas Eve, so imagine it's an owner issue that forced them into working on a night they wanted off. Guess they'd rather lose business and potential repeat customers and referrals rather than split checks up. I estimate our table would've spent at least $520, so probably $130 tip for the server. (seems like a decent wage for maybe 1.5 hours of work 🤷🏻‍♂️) If our business is not worth it for them, then giving them business is not worth it to us. We took things to a place down the street that was more than glad to have our business on Christmas Eve. I guess "Joy Hill" was the Inn keeper, and "Historians"...

My wife and I were super stoked to come here, mainly because my wife loves pizza and she's vegan. Although there are other places we could go for vegan pizza we wanted to try something new. Before making a reservation my wife did her research and saw that their menu had a note that said "All pizzas can be made vegan". Unfortunately that statement requires a bit of nuance because I think Joy Hill uses it literally but customers (like us) assume it means that you could order any pizza and they have a vegan equivalent. They didn't.

For example, If you ordered a vegan version of the "mushroom sally", which is a white sauce pizza, they replace the white sauce with a "vegan" version, which just happens to be garlic olive oil. Mind you, they do have vegan cheeses, but not any vegan sauces. I'm sorry but garlic olive oil is not a "vegan white sauce" -- it's olive oil.

On top of that our pizzas were slightly burned on the bottom. My wife got the "That 70s Pie" and it tasted like they put a salad on top of some pizza dough, drizzled olive oil on it and burned the bottom.

When we first ordered I asked for the vegan version of the Elote pizza, only to change my mind after the waitress (who was lovely) basically explained that it would be pizza dough with corn and olive oil if I wanted it "vegan".

The atmosphere on the roof top was really cool -- there were mist sprinklers nearby and a great view of the Rockies but also adequate cover from the sun. That was something we really enjoyed about this place.

Considering the price (~$20 / person per pizza plus a mandatory 3% "kitchen staff" charge) and the quality, we'll likely not be...

I visited Joy Hill Weds May 1st evening taking a friend and his mother out for dinner. Joy hill was my recommendation as I had been twice before and enjoyed myself.

That night was a bummer and yall let me down.

I ordered a dirty martini for my drink. Server was amateur and not knowing the vodka in house told me to look at the list and pick having no recommendations when I asked for Titos. Bartender put about a whole shot of vermouth in it :/ Pretty amateur move. I suffered through it to not make bother for my table or server.

I ordered the meatball app as my dinner wanting to stay low carb that night. Meatballs from a pizza joint should always be a tasty option correct?? Wrong.

First they came out barely even warm. I asked the waiter to warm them up. He instead brought me a togo box and said they were going to make a fresh order and I could take those rather then throw them out. Sure.

Second order came out warm but woof. Those meatballs are frozen right off a Sysco truck or Ill eat my hat. I ate the pre-made balls because I was hungry.

Server came back to check on us and I asked if the balls were made in house. He said he didn't know and scurried off never to provide an answer.

All in all this is a $$ hipster/gen Z joint that pretends to offer an upscale and trendy experience. I would PASS unless you have a smaller budget and want to impress a date with an interesting aesthetic. (Ps the giant light fixture by the fireplace is filthy and likely never dusted, wouldn't...