The Crown Room

Decent place to dress elegantly. I enjoyed the New Years menu, making the reservation was very easy and an elegant atmosphere! The coconut shrimp was my favorite!

Great ambiance, high price for the quality.Don't get me wrong, their ingredients were excellent and they have great recipes, but they just seem to overcook the proteins.The largest scallop of the appetizers our family ordered was amazing, the rest were chewy due to overcooking.The chateaubriand was just a bit undersize for the price and the thick parts were lovely... but other parts were overdone. Seriously, no part of a steak should be grey/brown all the way through if the customer ordered medium rare. That being said, even though it was overcooked, the cut was high quality and the flavor was great. What made it even better was the variety of sauces. We had four to choose from. The mushroom sauce was solid, typical French fare. The red chile sauce was subtle and tasty. The peppercorn wine sauce was the best I've ever had, with nuanced and subtle flavor and sweetness instead of the overbearing sweet most places serve. Skip the au Poivre sauce or better yet, get it without mustard because it's the best of the sauces without the overbearing mustard.The au gratin potatoes included sweet potatoes, which was a lovely change from the typical dish. I loved it, but go in expecting the difference. Asparagus was cut properly to avoid woody parts, cooked properly and not overly garlicy. The carrots were the best cooked carrots I've ever eaten and I'm a foodie with decades of experience. My favorite was the Bok Choy which was surprisingly good; well cooked, well seasoned; and presented beautifully.Service was excellent, just a little slow, but very friendly and accurate, I'm nit picking on the speed.They should tell you that certain dishes include asparagus so that you don't order additional sides of it unless you really want a lot.Would recommend, just ask for one or tow temperatures below what you typically do; they can always add more heat.

Came here for Mother's Day and wasn't impressed at all. Especially for the price. The only thing I did enjoy was my drink. I got the prime rib which they didn't allow to be cooked med rare, which honestly when I get prime rib I've never had it any other way than red/med-rare/rare. It was on the dryer side and the potatoes on the side weren't to my liking. The offered an omelet cooked your way, bacon,sausage, some kind of dish, fruit, salad and desserts in a small form of a buffet style. And a mimosa for only the mother's. $50 a person for that. I could have had better at the Sandia buffet honestly. And they tried charging my son who is 4 $50 for his plate too. Which was chicken fingers and fries. The waiter did correct it but still charged us $15 for his meal. Let's just say I won't eat here again.

This was not our first visit. Our first visit was night and day to the last. When we went, we felt as though we were in a larger city. The food was spectacular. And the service, incredible. Flash forward to present day. The service was good. Our waitress was nice and apologetic. Our filet mignon was overcooked, and the enchiladas it was layered over were cold. After two more failed attempts to get the filet cooked properly, we gave up. We would have been better off going somewhere else.

I've been to a few fine dining restaurants in my day. The Crown Room seriously has their act together and really does it right.One thing I hate at fine dining establishments is the air of snootiness that you often get. The whole, nose in the air, casual disdain or even smug superiority is anything from annoying to downright insulting. I got none of that at The Crown Room. From the manager, the bartender to the wait staff, they couldn't have been more friendly if they tried. I got the impression, more than once, that they genuinely cared if we had a good time and had everything we needed. Not just to get a good tip or whatever, but a genuine care. Very cool.You expect the food at a fine dining restaurant to be good, and The Crown Room doesn't disappoint here either. The Maryland jumbo lump crab appetizer was generous and perfectly seasoned. The spinach salad with bacon-wrapped scallops was perfectly proportioned, elegant and delicious. After that came the palate-cleanser of a very light sorbet with Dom Perignon - wow. My entree of sea bass was perfectly cooked and moist. The black truffle mashed potatoes were slightly overly salty, but otherwise wonderful. And then, of course, desert. Bananas foster flambeed table side over vanilla ice cream. Wow! Of course the enormous carrot cake and black forest cake looked amazing!The bar has one of the best scotch collections I have seen. Not that they have a thousand varieties, but they do have a very nice selection of rare and exclusive brands. It's all about quality over quantity when it come to that and they do not disappoint. Scotch not your drink? No problem. They have a full bar and a number of nice, local beers as well. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised at the fact that they made a concerted effort to carry a number of local NM beers, wines and alcohols. Beyond that, their wine list is extremely impressive, and rivals restaurants that I have been to in Napa that have awards from Wine Spectator. Nice.The location is odd for ABQ. Sure, in Vegas you can find the most amazing restaurants in casinos, but that's not really true here. The Crown Room changes that. Don't let that throw you. Of course the free valet parking doesn't suck either.As you probably have already guessed, this place is not cheap. That being said, it's certainly not the most expensive place I have been either. For most of us, this will be a special occasion kind of place. There are a few of those here in Albuquerque, but The Crown Room is definitely a worthy addition to that elite, upper crust of restaurants here.

My buddy wanted to Gamble, but also wanted a beer. We drove to several breweries and restaurants in our area around 7pm to discover them all completely packed and parking great distances just to walk in and wait to get a seat just didn't seem worth it. We even went as far as Isleta Casino to find no parking at all even by the resort and fun connection center. By the time we hit the dirt we said the long walk to probably not get the machines we wanted didn't seem worth it. So as a last resort we gave The Downs Casino a try. Parking was pretty full but we managed to find a space. I needed to use the restroom and we saw the food court area so my buddy went on a search for beer as I headed to the restroom near there. I found this place by accident. I saw the door and the sign having no idea what was behind it, and well my curiosity got the best of me so I opened it to see a bar. I called my buddy and we drank there. We're not too familiar with this casino because our first visit didn't leave us with a good impression. This restaurant and bar was a neat surprise. Honestly it was pretty nice and gave an upscale vibe. We just wanted a beer so we sat at the bar and it was a site for sore eyes. I wished they offered beer on tap instead of bottled and had more of an array of beers. Our server was a nice gentleman that gave us the run down and treated us well. If we come back to the Downs we will probably come back. Supposedly there's another place on the other side but guess we'll have to explore the next time we're in the area, but we won't forget this neat little gem.

I've been to lots of four and five star restaurants but this place! We are avid travelers and did not expect this place to wow us. We were unexpectedly and gleefully surprised. I can't believe it got 3.5 stars on Yelp. This place deserves 5 stars despite it being in Albuquerque and in the international national district for that matter. The ambiance is perfect and the food is even better. The chef, Dennis, takes the time to come and make sure your dinner was perfect. He took special care of preparing every dish, from the appetizers to the desserts. Drinks were very good as well. No complaints from us. Service was perfect as well. This might be one of our new favorite places. Hope you all come to try this place out. It deserves the recognition.

We made a reservation for tonight, 17 Aug to celebrate our Anniversary. We get there. All dressed up, to a closed restaurant. The casino ppl called the restaurant who said that they didn't have the staff so they just didn't open. UNACCEPTABLE!! They could have called or emailed to let us know

Had lunch here. Food was bland service was subpar. My utensils and glass was dirty. It was our second time giving it a chance but definitely the last.

Had a wonderful Valentine's Day dinner tonight. Everything was wonderful from the homemade breads to the Brie to the salad to steak and linguine. The dessert was chocolate covered strawberries and a red velvet crusted cheesecake For two! Yum! All was delicious and the service and atmosphere was great! The Crown Room is definitely a hidden gem in Albuquerque for sure!