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| Ute City 308 E Hopkins Avenue Aspen, CO 81612 (F.K.A. La Cocina) View Map (970) 925-2900
Restaurant Menus Ute City Dinner Menu Ute City Bar Menu Ute City Dessert Menu Restaurant Description Ute City Restaurant Specials, Happy Hour, News, Etc. This new Aspen restaurant opened late fall 2009. An American style bistro that is operated by the same crew that made Syzygy one of the best restaurants in Aspen. Ute City Restaurant is located on Aspen's restaurant row in the new building on the former La Cocina restaurant space. Serves lunch, apres ski & late night menu. Executive Chef Martin Oswald Chef de cuisine Tyson Harding Visit website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reviews of Ute City OVERALL RATINGS
Add Your Review July 4, 2010 Overall Rating:  Fantastic!!!! Walt and his gang prepared a great meal and Gordon our waiter provided great service. I will definately eat there again!
February 18, 2010 Overall Rating: Ute City Romper Room ("UCRR") A Gathering Place... for Children. We had a reservation for three and upon arrival, we were immediately seated. The good news ended there. We were taken into the dining room which brought me back to my nana's living room in western Pennsylvania. From the white stone on the walls to the grand piano jammed into the tiny room (complete with random old man playing the piano) the sterile decor was missing only burnt red shag carpet and an Atari 2600. But what really brought me back to my roots was the "kids" table we were sat next to. Yes, that is right, in this "posh" establishment, a table of ten kids 6-12yrs old right in the middle of the dinner crowd. Lest you wonder where their parents were, the children were sat near the "grown up table"-from which they were often scolded for random hijinx and horse play. If you are wondering why we did not simply leave at this point, you are not alone. I have spent the past few nights agonizing over our decision to stay this poor man's Spago. I am trying to come to terms with the loss of those few hours of my life. On to the meal. Our server was an Asian female, who did not offer her name. Let's call her "Ice Queen" she may have said ten words to us the entire evening. The three of us ordered drinks: one cocktail and two glasses of wine. She brought one glass of wine and the cocktail and walked away. When I was able to get her attention, I told her we had ordered two glasses of wine; she gave me an ice cold stare, scoffed, and went to the bar without a single word. She returned with the wine, put it on the table and then said abruptly, "are you ready to order?" (Here is where a polite "I am sorry about that" would have been a nice touch.) Not terribly impressed by the menu, I asked if there were any specials- to which Ice Queen responded: "NO. Are you ready?" We ordered - and I believe that was the last we saw of our princess non-charming. While we all laughed at how mean she was, her behavior really was ridiculous and unacceptable. Honestly, we get it Ice Queen, your parents lost all their money in the burst and you got stuck in Aspen having to wait tables. Get over yourself Ice Queen. Leaving a tip was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. The host or manager came by the table to ask if we had chosen a bottle of wine, he was pleasant... that is, until I told him that we decided to order by the glass. He said nothing, took the wine list and walked away. A note on the wine list: it is totally understandable, given distribution in Colorado and Aspen, many wine lists are going to be very similar. However, a few local restaurants have been able to include a few cult or interesting wines on their lists, UCRR wholly failed here, simply, we had no interest in its run of the mill wine list. Given its clientele, I half expected to see Welch's Grape Juice on the list. The food was fine, but did not make up for the rest of UCRR's shortcomings. Realistically, in keeping with the motif, I believe dry fish sticks and Cherikee Red Cherry pop should be added to the menu. Finally, I am simply disappointed that Syzygy wasted this opportunity to bring something special to Aspen. What a waste of the great name "Ute City" the last thing Aspen needed was this Ute City Grille. What a total shame.
February 12, 2010 Overall Rating: Horrible customer service! Very rude manager. Had a bad experience when dining with a friend who is allergic to nuts. We ordered an entree to split which arrived full of pistachios! The menu didn't say anything about nuts in the dish. Consequently, my friend had to choose something else to eat while the rest of our table waited for it to come while our food got cold. The staff never brought anything for my friend to munch on so we could at least commence eating. When the bill came, my friend's meal wasn't comped, which would have at least excused the error. Instead, we were charged full price for something we were forced to order due to the restaurant's mistake. When I contested, the manager was very rude, stating that because we ate everything, we had to pay for it all. Finally after much debate, we were given a 50% discount on my friend's entree only. All in all, we were made to feel very unappreciated and deprecated; customers should never be treated the way we were at Ute City.
January 20, 2010 Overall Rating: Good food in a nice space. Excellent service. I enjoyed both the lentil soup and the ahi tuna.
January 2, 2010 Overall Rating: After a night on the town we headed to Ute City for another drink. The bar is wide and very chic. The service was quick and very friendly. I ordered the "Valrhona" hot chocolate pistachio-anise biscotti as a dessert. It was great! If you love chocolate you have to try this hot chocolate made with real chocolate. My friend added a liquor to her's and also enjoyed it. I would definitely go back for dessert. Now I have to try Ute City for dinner.
December 27, 2009 Overall Rating: We had an exellent dinner. I enjoyed Sable fish and a lite salad of baby beets, my husband had the pork tenderloin and a ceasar salad. I had a glass of brut champagne and he enjoyed a pinot noir. We felt as if we were in a New York restaurant, very lovely, but noisy.
December 27, 2009 Overall Rating: Really great service and good food. Price is righ, decor is fabulous.
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