Absolutely lovely place!!!! One of ours favourite hang out…read moreplace all the time....!! In the heart of Denver downtown.... Food is good ... But for that try weekday evenings Weekdays are crazy & busy... Service was good too.... Drinks are always bang on... Love the surroundings & views which are Awesum Always recommended guys!

Stayed at Le Méridien hotel and took advantage of their tallest rooftop bar in Denver…read more The drinks were good, the views were even better. The servers took a while to get to you at times, but if you walked up to the bar they're pretty quick.

Union Lodge has been a cocktail destination for us since our first Denver trip. This trip was no…read moreexception as my wife must always get a Gin Fizz here! We have found one other bar (surprisingly close to home in Maine) that does a Gin Fizz. Although the impressiveness of the foam does not compare to here. During all of our other visits we have enjoyed multiple cocktails and enjoyed some great conversations with both bartenders and other patrons. An absolutely fantastic experience. They are a Pre-Prohibition style cocktail bar but can whip up some off menu cocktails as well. The vibes here are always fantastic as well. Unfortunately, despite all this high praise I must say our visit this trip left us with a good amount of disappointment. The bartender and bar-back for this visit lacked the same expert over the top experience we have previously had. My wife did enjoy having the gin fizz but was her least favorite version she has had at Union Lodge. I will keep the five stars for past visits and will return, but disappointed overall this trip.

Came here on a whim! Fun drinks and very friendly bartender. Felt like you were visiting a small…read moregroup of friends. Menus were cute too

The space is overcrowded and overwhelming but the food is insanely good. The potatoes (not the…read morefries) and burger especially were fantastic. It's a shame they let so many folks cram in, as it is difficult to enjoy the decor and ambiance. Service needs a dedicated host / hostess. If there was one, we never saw them.

I stopped by Cruise Room for an espresso martini and really enjoyed it. The drink was well balanced…read moreand had a good espresso flavor without being overly sweet, which is something I look for in an espresso martini. Good service and atmosphere is also what makes this place stand out. It has such a unique, classic feel that makes it a fun spot for a drink, whether you're stopping in before dinner or just looking for a cool bar experience. I love the red lighting! Definitely worth checking out if you're an espresso martini fan or looking for a classic Denver cocktail spot.

This place is a must try. The drinks are out of this world! We sampled quite a few and I can…read moreconfidently say you should not leave Denver without trying their Spill the Tea, it's incredible. Top tier service too...so friendly, so welcoming and just overall awesome people. If you're in Denver and you're looking for a good vibe with great drinks and awesome people, you have to try this place. I will return every trip to Denver!

Love this space! Best thing about it is that they have a selection of yummy alcoholic AND…read morenon-alcoholic drinks! Probably one of the best selections of mocktails I've seen, not gonna lie! Staff is friendly, hip and fun. They're great at suggesting options to match your palette. My fave time to visit this space is on a weekend afternoon after I've spent some time exploring the RiNo neighborhood. It tends to be less busy in the daytime, and I love chatting up the staff at the bar. Very cool spot!

I have a weakness for a great whiskey bar. My wallet knows it. My liver knows it. My wife…read moredefinitely knows it. Sometimes I show up hunting for rare pours. Other times I'm just in the mood for a cocktail that reminds me why I don't waste my time at places that think whiskey and cola is "craft." This visit was all about the cocktails, and Seven Grand absolutely delivered. Josh, our bartender, was running the room like a conductor leading an orchestra of happy whiskey drinkers. He asked what we liked, made a couple of recommendations for Old Fashioneds based on our preferences, and absolutely nailed it. Every drink was balanced, flavorful, and dangerously easy to sip. The guy knows his whiskey, knows his cocktails, and somehow still manages to make everyone at the bar feel like they're his only customer. The whiskey selection is enough to make a bourbon nerd lose all sense of financial responsibility, but surprisingly, we escaped without needing to refinance the house. If Josh doesn't own Seven Grand, someone should probably look into fixing that. Until then, I'll keep showing up to "try just one drink"... knowing full well that's a lie I tell myself every single time. Highly recommend. Just don't blame me when two hours mysteriously disappear.

7 years since I've last been here and its still the same. Yes a couple of the stuffed animals have…read morebeen moved around. But the service and the drinks are still top notch. They've gotten do much busier though. There must've been over 30 people at the bar getting drinks. But the 4 bartenders at the bar were slinging them out quickly. Even though they were fast the drinks were extremely well made and the customer service wad amazing. The ambiance was great!! Everyone was here to have a good time. But no one was overly rowdy or raucous. People were friendly and conversational but stayed in their lanes also. Even though all these years have passed. And the pandemic has ravaged many businesses. The quality and service here still makes this place one of the best whiskey bars around!!!

Love the Emerald Eye! Wow, it is attractive environment with the best music…read more. Our mixologist shook some good vibes into our drinks! The lighting is beautiful and creates the perfect ambiance for an elegant evening! Yes, they do have happy hour and I will return! We really appreciate the service and conversation!

A bartender from another business recommended this spot to us as one of their favorites. It did not…read moredisappoint! Located in Larimer Square downstairs you will find this tropical-themed bar that is going for an oasis feeling. Could be easy to miss if you aren't looking, although during our visit they had a sign out on the sidewalk so not completely speakeasy. They had a good amount of plants, good music playing and just chill and inviting vibes overall. Bartender greeted us right away despite being busy making drinks. Mentioning we could sit anywhere then coming up to order. They have the bar area with some seating in that room as well as additional seating in another area to the side too. By far one of the nicer bartenders we encountered, with who we had a great chat with. On top of that the bartender threw in some flair with his drink making throwing the shakers and such, turning it into more of a show. My wife got their Woah Blackberry, gin based fruit forward drink with great flavor. I got the Spicy Margarita that brought just the right amount of heat to it! Expertly crafted drinks in a tropical vibe that can be a perfect spot for that first drink of the night or as your nightcap drink, either works! Check it out.

I cannot express how comfortable the folx at Tetra Lounge made me feel. The space was soft and…read morecozy, the humans running Tetra were inviting and knowledgeable. It is important to have third spaces besides a bar to go to when feeling social, Tetra provides that safe space. Thanks y'all for such a wonderful Monday experience

Vibes here are great. This is a place for the grown & sexy. Music or a live DJ spinning at times…read morewhile you just vibe out with your people or others around. I have been here over 5 times now. Summer Winter & Fall. Outdoor vendors, Food truck, chill atmosphere, beautiful people, just being grown & sexy while vibing out. The service and owner are the most hospital people on the block. When your here they make you feel like family. One of my best events was the Tical Colorado, even the hometown homie himself Mr. Meth;came through and just chilled, vibed out and danced to some great R&B spun by Colorado's finest (literary) DJ.....the one the ONLY DJ Cyn. One of my best times was a Bday celebration for Colorado's own Ms. Iselin aka Ms. Ask Ethel who graced us w/ her presence fly back from her busy time in Arkansas helping run BOLD Cultivation.

The bar was such a vibe on so many levels. I was with a group that was celebrating a birthday and…read morewe all found different components that made us feel like we were in our own happy places. From the silent disco, to the live DJ, to relaxing in the sensory space...we all felt we were having individual yet collaborative experiences!

Such a fun spot! Super eclectic bar that literally feels like you've walked into a fairy…read morewonderland. There's also a lot of outdoor seating, which is where my group ended up hanging out. On a Saturday night, it was popping and there was a DJ. There was a $5 cover. I got a Dirty Shirley for the first time, which was a bit too sweet even for my taste, but service was fast. 8/10 would recommend!

What a fun bar!! I love all the room options with dofferent vibes and music. I will say the crowd…read moreis young....but very fun spot. Bar tenders were nice. The place is pretty clean but I went on a night that was not that packed.

The edge is gone folks, but more so, the heart, the soul, and the authenticity of a real…read moreunderground scene. Now the life of the party is lost like a chicken McNugget dropped in the ball pit of a McDonald's play place. What's left is a random collection of half-baked ideas by management with no understanding of a music scene whose ever-changing themes seem copied from the websites of clubs in Europe, or maybe, Alabama, who knows? Go upstairs and things are worse with a Janky wanna-be suburban gangsta DJ playing pre-recorded mixes from songs that were obviously ripped from YouTube, and shooting monopoly money from toy guns like an anamatronic rat at Chick E. Cheezy's. Anything that was truly edgy and cool has now been thrown out and replaced by pure neglect, promos slapped together by some AI they didn't even bother buying a subscription to--you know, the basic version which is completely on brand--reduced to a desperate cash grab. This is apparent as soon as you step over puddles of urine and walk in the door, and through the fake metal detector (and oh yeah, then over sand bags and puddles from sewer pipes that overflow because the owner is too cheap to invest in repairs or ensure customer safety), finally into a building that is in disrepair. Yeah, it's a vibe from a backwater dancehall in Khazakhstan but unintentionally, not so much as a place of entertainment. Almost everything, and I mean everything in the venue is old, outdated, or broken, from the ATM (you'd be crazy to trust that anyway) and arcade games, to the club rooms with broken, non-working club lights, and again pipes that drip and leak (you'll literally see buckets on the middle of the dance floor, and garbage bags draped over the DJ booths and the bar--and no, they don't sanitize after these accidents, evveeeer. The place is in disrepair and what used to be rooms with cool decor are now just generic and dirty looking as basic cleanliness is non-existent--the whole venue reeks the moment you walk in. Most worrisome is the lack of security (good luck finding anyone if you need help after you get past the door person) making the disorganized chaos feel unsafe and gross and anything but exciting. While Milk was once a cool and celebrated part of the Denver club scene up until a few years before the pandemic, the owner has obviously lost touch with reality and has no sense of loyalty to a clientele and commujity who made his clubs successful. But this has been a long time coming as Milk has been on the slow and steady decline for years. Over the last year the place has spiraled into a complete free fall with the last regular DJs pushed out and replaced by amateurs like the dude who needs a platform to stand on whose sets sound like a complication of greatest hits CDs played on random, with no theme or identity. The events and nights seem thrown together at the last minute, like you know splattered against the wall to see what will stick, but it's stinking instead. Its consistency, its soul, its relevance is gone. Most damning and reflective is the point several other reviewers have made about the vibe of sexism that exudes like the toxic masculinity that produces it from those who run this place as it's almost all male managers, DJs and bartenders, with a few women in the lowest, menial positions. And that obvious bias and grossness speaks volumes! My humble advice: save your night, your money, your self-respect and conscience choosing instead to support venues and spaces that actually know something about loyalty and principles other than greed and pettiness, which actually cares about and respects its patrons and customers.

Retrograde was out of this world! Took a friend from the UK and we both found it to be a really…read morefascinating experience. They really stuck to the retro sci fi theme. Staff were polite and helpful and went out of their way to match us to a drink. I wish I could recall the name of my flaming drink because it was delightful. Also tried a drink with absinthe which felt decadent. Wonderful presentation of the drinks. Two caveats: bring your ID because a pic of your passport won't cut it here! And they have no food on the menu, although they brought us a bowl of kettle corn when we asked.

Apparently Retrograde doesn't accept vertical IDs, even when the ID is unexpired and the birthdate…read moreshows you're old enough. Would've been useful information before we showed up. So I pulled out my military ID. The bouncer rejected that too, citing "company policy," then explained that there are horizontal military IDs. Okay, but I'm presenting the military ID I was actually issued. What exactly is the next step here? Call somebody and request landscape mode? I'm trying to buy a cocktail, and we've somehow reached a disagreement about the artistic direction of my federal identification. Which brings me to speakeasies. Jesus Christ. It's a secret bar! Except it's on Google Maps, has online reviews, and a man outside explaining the company policy. Incredible underground operation! Double the drink prices! The authorities will never think to check Yelp. I understand the appeal of a cool entrance and a good atmosphere. But at some point we decided ordering a drink needed an escape-room component. Find the entrance. Impress the gatekeeper. Present the correctly shaped rectangle. BROTHER, PROHIBITION ENDED. YOU CAN JUST SELL THE LIQUOR. Can't review the drinks because we never got that far. Can review the experience of standing outside a publicly advertised secret being told my ID wasn't acceptable. Not worth my time. I'll find a bar that's ready to come out to its parents.