The Fort Restaurant

Just had an amazingly lovely evening at The Fort.Arrived a bit early for our reservation and was seated in the bar. Ordered drinks and a jalapeño peanut butter appetizer. Highly recommend the Jim Bridger it was fantastic.The place was hopping and several tables had paid their bills and were sitting and chatting. The Asst GM felt bad that we were waiting and brought us some appetizers while we waited.Everything we ate was expertly cooked and flavorful. The staff was attentive and took wonderful care of us. Special thanks you to Chris and Tyler for doing everything to make my parents 56th anniversary special and memorable.Great place, beautiful view, fabulous meal with bread and salad to start. Drinks on point and desserts were indulgent.Highly recommend at stop at The Fort, Chris and his team will take care of you like you're family.

Absolutely stunning!This place is very pricy and popular so make sure you get a reservation in advance. Easy to book online or through the Open Table app. The parking lot was not the best. It gets dark around 5pm now so it was pitch black during our reservation time of 7:30pm. There should be more street lights guiding the way. When coming from the road, it was hard to find where to turn in for the parking lot. A street light would have been very helpful. Lights in the lot would have been very helpful as well. Part of the lot is on a hill and if you do go slow you might go off it. The handicap section is at the bottom of the hill and you must follow the ramp down to it but again, there was no parking lot lights so it was hard to see where I was going. After the parking fiasco, we made it inside and were greeting with a friendly smile. We were seated immediately. Our waitress was kind and quick to respond. At first, we were only handed a drink and appetizer menu. So, we got a few drinks and one appetizer. I personally didn't try either of those but my family loved them. We were then brought out the entree menu. We ordered two entrees to share. The game plate and the full rack of Buffalo ribs. The game plate came with a bone-in elk chop, buffalo sirloin medallion, and a grilled teriyaki quail. We absolutely loved this dish! It was delicious trying all the different types of game meat! Highly recommend and it was gluten free! Great for anyone with allergies!We also got the full rack of smoke house Buffalo bbq ribs! Those were enormous! So tasteful and very well seasoned! We had so many left our waitress knew we wanted a box to go!We also got the chef's special crème brûlée! It was apple flavor! I thought it was great! The hints of cinnamon and small apple pieces were delicious!I'm so glad I got to experience this with my family and I hope I can go back one day!

For the past year and a half, my friends and I, under my leadership, have been doing a monthly supper club in which we take turns select the restaurant and we get those try a new place every single month. That is how I found my way to The Fort! Opening in 1963, they bring 1800 recipes to the present day to create a style of their own. From Buffalo to Quail, this place does not miss! what we ordered: - Josepha's Buffalo Empanadas- Jalapeno "Poppers"- Fort Bread- William Bent's Buffalo Filet Mignon Aux Poivre- 14-ounce Colorado Natural Beef NY Strip Steak- Smoke House Buffalo BBQ Ribs- William Bent's Grilled Quail- Dish of Magill's World Famous Ice Cream- Chocolate Chile Bourbon Cake- Bobbie Chaim's Famous Cheesecake- Crème Brûlée - Apple & Pear Cobbler best bites: I really loved everything I tried but the NY strip was cooked to perfection! The quail was so flavorful, juicy and so so good! When I stepped away for a second, my friends order five different desserts. While they were all good, the chocolate cake easily stole the show. Wow!

I came with a group and we had a lovely meal here. There was some confusion about how many we would have showing up, but they very helpfully added a chair and setting to our already prepared table. Corey was our server and he was great. It is expensive, but you get a lot of food and I loved my bison filet. A good special occasion place. They do add 3% to the bill for kitchen staff. It's worth going outside to check out the views.

I've been coming here for decades at this point. Charm and pleasant ambiance are unchanged, service and food remain top notch. Great spot for special occasions or entertaining out of town guests looking to experience old west Colorado.

Stopped by here for our fancy dinner for our college reunion trip! The main thing we wanted to try were Rocky Mountain oysters and bison steak and the fort had it all and more.The location is amazing, right next to huge red rocks and having amazing views of the city.We got the sampler appetizer that had a bit of everything, we really liked the Rocky Mountain oysters and the jalapeño stuffed with peanut butter was also pleasantly good.For the main entree I ordered the game plate, which had a bit of everything: elk, bison, and quail. Out of the three elk was by far my favorite, extremely flavorful, then bison then quail.

I came to The Fort to celebrate my boyfriend and I's anniversary and wow what a unique exterior that matched the name of the restaurant so well! Our server Adam was so sweet and had the best recommendations as it was our first time there. We started off with the Historian Platter, which had a great assortment of their popular appetizers. It was a great value to try a little bit of everything, and I did enjoy everything except the peanut butter stuffed jalapeños mostly because they were chilled, but the flavor was delish! The salad was divine with the chipotle honey dressing, super fresh and don't even get me started on the pumpkin muffins that come on the side! For my main course I had the duck which was so tender and flavorful, however I wasn't a big fan of the wild rice. We saved room for dessert to do their crème brule, so so delicious all in all an amazing experience all the way through. Thank you to our server Adam for making our anniversary so special!

Well, I've always heard about this place so I wanted to try it while we were in Denver. We probably had too high expectations. It's in a beautiful location. Everything was set up so nice. It was beautiful. I felt under dressed. We ordered Mountain Oysters and the Buffalo Bone Shank for appetizers. The mountain oysters tasted like liver to me. They were cubed which I had never seen before. In my opinion not great. The Bone Shank looked really cool but didn't have any flavor to it. I ended up putting salt and Tabasco on it. But just disappointed in the taste. If the main course we had the trout and a sampler plate that had Elk Steak, Buffalo Ribs and Quail. If they had charged $30 for it I would have thought it was pretty high. But it was $69 for that. And, again, it was pretty mediocre. I always hate to give a not so great review but that is my honest opinion.

I usually wait 24 to 48 hours before posting a review so I can digest my meal and "digest" the experience. No need on this one. Two and a half hours....to eat dinner and dessert! Two and a half hours of absolute.....BLISS! If you plan to come to this wonderful restaurant, don't expect a quick "in-n-out". Take your time and enjoy every minute of this experience! They pace your meal perfectly and its delightful! My wife and I had never eaten at The Fort but--being Colorado Natives--have always wanted to. It did NOT disappoint! We arrived a half hour early of our reservation to sit at the bar and have a glass of wine but the sit-down bar was closed. Note: its only open on Fridays and Saturdays. We got seated immediately by a very friendly host, We were seated on the patio which has a fantastic view. Atmosphere was low key and, while not muted, very mellow and relaxing.We were greeted by Emma who would "be assisting our Server Tyler". After chatting a bit we learned she had been there a year and it was her favorite restaurant she had worked at. You could tell because she was happy to be there and it showed. Our server, Tyler, arrived with the drink and app menu. The menu was explained--with recommendations. My wife ordered a glass of wine from the "wine bible"-an EXTENSIVE wine list. I ordered the Trade Whiskey. Bourbon, red pepper, tobacco and gun powder--yes I said gun powder! I'm not a whiskey guy but felt like I needed to do it to stay in the moment. VERY good! Tyler, though a little soft spoken, was very friendly and knowledgeable. He made us feel right at home and welcome. A little later came the appetizer. We had the Empanadas and I'm a bit of a snob about emenadas. These were fantastic! The pastry was unbelievably flaky and buffalo filling was delish! It came with two sauces. A tomatillo based and a tomato based. The tomatillo was a little sharp and tangy but I'm not a huge tomatillo fan. The tomato sauce was unreal good! Fantastic pairing with the buffalo. We ordered our meals--My wife: Mountain meets the Sea (Buffalo and Lobster) and I ordered the Game Plate (Buffalo, Elk, and Quail). We also ordered a side of mac and cheese (Spoiler Alert: OH...MY...GAWD!) Tyler informed us that he wouldn't put the order in until we were close to done with our app which was fantastic. One of my peeves is when you are just getting started on an appetizer and my meal arrives. Now the food. Couldn't have been more delicious! The meat was cooked perfectly (rare for me. Medium rare for the wife). The lobster was juicy and well cooked. The buffalo was a little tough but it is a sirloin so that's to be expected. The elk chop was perfect! Melted in my mouth. The quail was my least favorite but not because anything the kitchen did. Just not my thing. The only complaint I have is that the potatoes were a bit salty and I love salt. And the mac and cheese? Mouthwatering. We ended the night with the strawberry cream Creme Broulee. I thought it would be too sweet but it was delectable!To sum up: THANK YOU Tyler and Emma and the rest of the Fort crew! You were a delight and made our anniversary dinner memorable and fantastic!!

The Fort is a great restaurant I feel for newcomers to Colorado and an overall unique experience with the historians walking around to give you some history and great views. I am toggling between a 3 and 4 rating because this is the first time I found myself disappointed in the meal. One of my favorite appetizers is the Hot Sausage Bean dip. It was dry. . And I usually go for a steak or a combo game type plate. This time, I ordered the Idaho Trout, and it was very dry even after adding the sauce. Both overcooked. Now my friends' dishes were perfect, they ordered the Buffalo Ribs and The Mountain meets the Sea and both plates were cooked perfectly and tasted great. The Mac and cheese was tasty, they said, as well as the rocky mountain oysters. I at some point will revisit and cross my fingers for a tastier experience.