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 disappointing. read more