Red Square Euro Bistro — Restaurant in Denver

Upscale and pricey Russian Bistro. The Red Square is illustrated through a red colored theme that runs through the restaurant. It is classy, sophisticated and just on this side of minimalist.

We started with a Moscow Mule (how can I, a Mule fanatic, not take a Mule in a Russian place?), a Reisling from Germany and a Jameson. For an appetizer, we ordered the Zukeski board. We got the Chicken Kiev, the lamb rack and the Ghoulash for the main course.

The Mule is the smoothest mule I've ever had. I loved it. The vodka and ginger beer combine so smoothly, it slowly hits you as a surprise a lot later :) the Reisling was good too. I didn't taste my brother's Jameson because I can't do whisky but he took two, so he liked it.

The Zukeski board was interesting. The veggies on it came with a hidden wasabi(?) sauce which looked nothing like it. So when my brother took a big dollop of it, he suffered the consequences. The Stilton cheese had herbs added to it, which was really good.

Of the entrees, my chicken Kiev was the best. My brothers felt it was a bit over cooked, but it was perfect for me. The mashed potatoes are again the smoothest things I've had. Comes with carrots and mushrooms in a sauce that made everything on the plate better.

The lamb rack was ordered medium rare but felt more rare to eat because it was chewy. The taste of it was good and the side salad and potatoes were very very good. The Ghoulash was a bit disappointing for my brother. He found the beef overcooked and the plate unsalty. I personally found the beef chewy as I always do, but I liked the sauce. It had an Indian curry feel to it and I would've liked salt. But I finished that plate too 🤷

We got both desserts available - the lemon tart and the chocolate mousse/parfait(?). The lemon tart was delicious - lemony to the right amount, not over sweet and thin crust so we could enjoy the lemon more. The chocolate was too chocolate-y for me. My cousin loved it though.

All in all, could've been a higher review but the entrees weren't perfect. The final price for 3 came up to $166 so be prepared to...

My friends and I came into the bar on Saturday night around 9pm. We were not with a St. Patrick's day crowd (although this should not determine our level of service). We were dressed up and celebrating someone's achievement. Being a previous bartender myself I was sort of appalled by the level of service that we received. Upon approaching the bar with six people that wanted drinks it took us over 5 minutes to get served. The bar staff walked by us several times, the girl that was doing who knows what looked at us several times, and still walked by without even setting a menu in front of us. I get that they were in between dinner service and shifting to night time bar, and trying to get ready for the night and etc. But there were maybe 6 other patrons at the bar that were already served, so how can it take you 5 minutes to serve the next people?

We received this same poor level of service all night. The bar was NOT busy, and I had brought 15 people in to drink at this establishment. Not impressed and bar staff is driving away customers. The balding bartender seemed annoyed that we wanted to order drinks from a bar at 11pm that was open till 2am and that we wanted to try to give this establishment revenue and therefore tip them. My boyfriend paid the tab, and I did not see how he tipped the staff, but i honestly hope it reflected their poor level of service. Many of my friends said they will not...

TLDR: This was the best way to finish off 2022. The food was great, the service was absolutely fantastic. The ambiance was an upscale casual low-key delight. Just how we wanted to celebrate 🎉

For the Too Long Will Reads:

First Course was amazing. We chose Mushroom Bisque and Salmon Caviar.

Mains were delicious too. We ordered the Steak and Spinach Pirog. The Spinach Pirog was delicious and I had no complaints! My partner ordered the steak cooked rare but it came medium rare - still delicious but could have been perfect.

Would have preferred a herbal tea, but the only tea available was a black tea which came in a cute little French Press and a slice of lemon. It was pretty good! We tried the Kvas which was just the most delicious beverage I’ve tasted in a while.

We chose both the desserts on the menu. Forgot to take a photo because it was all so delicious! The 15-layer honey cake was subtle, rich and just divine. The chocolate pot de creme was creamy, rich and decadent. I paired the mouse with some coffee and it was delicious. We both agreed that a lighter acidic flavor in the dessert menu would have just been the perfect end to our extremely rich and decadent dinner. But we are not complaining!

Our waiter was very pleasant and knew jusssst when to come and check in. We had a great time at the bistro! It’s quite expensive but totally worth a...