3.5 stars, rounded up to 4 for always friendly service. I've now been here for brunch, happy hour, and dinner, and I think I enjoy Ace Eat Serve in that order. Most items on the brunch menu were enjoyable and they had a variety of beverages. I would say the biggest let down was their Japanese soufflé pancakes because they weren't light and airy at all, but maybe that's just very hard to make in high altitude, I have no clue. Happy hour is always a fun vibe here. None of their cocktails really stand out to me of the various ones I've tried, so I'd stick with beer or whichever whiskey of the week they're using for their $5.95 old fashioneds - those are a steal!I think dinner has a lot of potential but maybe they need to work on some fine tuning and nomenclature of the dishes. Some highlights were the Tiger Wings (good texture, slightly heavy handed on the fish sauce), XLBs (skin was a little thick, but again it may be a high altitude cooking/baking thing), and the entertainment value of the peking duck that was carved table-side (more on that later). Shrimp wontons were okay, and the wagyu dan dan noodles were a straight up miss - you can't call a dish dan dan noodles if you're using flat rice noodles. I think they would have positioned the dish better calling it a beef pad see ew or a beef chow fun. Also sometimes less is more - we don't need cherry tomatoes in it no matter what you want to call this Asian beef noodle dish. There was also nothing "wagyu" about the beef slices. Okay the Peking duck: you have to set your expectations right - this is a fusion restaurant in Denver after all. They only serve 6 each night on Thursdays and Sundays, so it's highly suggested you pre order it. I would say the duck was tasty and overall an enjoyable dish. Only found a few pieces of skin that were crispy, wish there were more. For $73, it would have been fun if they took the remaining duck carcass and made a congee/soup out of it for the table, like many more traditional peking duck places do. I feel like most of the accoutrements that came with the duck (which I found annoying that our server called "banchan" - wrong Asian cuisine lol, and these are not even banchan) didn't go well with the duck besides just the regular hoisin. Why are there pickled bell peppers or five spice sugar? Again less is more in this case. We ordered Turon for dessert, which is traditionally a Filipino sweet eggroll with plantains inside. The texture and overall flavor were actually pretty spot on, and may have been a perfect dish if they used plantains instead of regular bananas. The two Filipinos in our group approved of it.
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"Love how fresh the foods were and how quick and friendly the service and staff were. Easy to find and many parking spaces too. High quality Japanese food. Recommend!"
"Parking onsite available. The restaurant is small but food and service were great. You can order at the cashier or from QR Code at any of the tables we did both. I was hesitant to order the takoyaki but I am glad I did. It was made fast and fresh with ample octopus inside. The Chicken Kara Age was very mild in flavor not as crispy as other locations but still well made the accompanying sauce complimented the chicken very well. The gyoza was also good quality I wish the bottom was just a touch crispier. The spicy tonkatsu ramen was well flavored and very rich, the egg appeared poached unlike traditional Ajitsuke Tamago. The duck ramen my husband ordered was well seasoned his only complaint was there weren't enough noodles. The noise level was very quiet I don't know if that was because we dined it 2 hours prior to closing. Staff was kind stand offish so they need a bit of work welcoming customers."
