Mirage Steak and Seafood

We tried this place on a whim, and I’ll be honest, we weren’t looking forward to it at first. The waitress didn’t speak English, but we decided to stay and try it out. We had a salad, chicken kabob, beef kabob, and lamb kabob. We also had some cheese bread they make and it was all delicious! The waitress, despite having some communication barriers figured us out (with a little help), and was great. I like that this place isn’t pretentious, and it’s not trying to be super fancy. It was really quiet, we sat on the patio, and there were only a couple other people there. It’s definitely a hidden gem. Just get ready to point to what you want on the menu, and chill for a bit while they make your kabobs;)

Hmmm well this was the worst restaurant I have ever tried to eat at.
My group of eight was purposefully ignored for 2 hours, after which we were never served dinner. 2 hours+, no dinner — no exaggeration. We went for a birthday dinner and were sat on time. However, it was clear from the beginning that ALL of the wait staff, except the bartender, were used/​busy with tables of 15+. It was also apparent that each of those tables was heavily overstaffed. So I’m guessing it helps to bring a lot of people in with you in order to get fair service (more people = more money = more service). Although the bartender did his best to wait on our table, our drinks took 40 minutes, after which our 2^nd order of drinks kind of came out about an hour after we ordered. Our food order was placed after we received our initial drink order and then we waited for our soups and salads. We were completely unattended to after that and the salads never came — only soup, 45 mins out. We tried to flag down our «server» and ask where our entrees were, only to be screamed at. Afterwards, it seemed like the only solution to our food mystery was to walk into the kitchen and ask where our food was after 2 hours of waiting… only to be yelled at by two egotistical line cooks. We left immediately after that. Thanks for the free drinks.
Duraki, dge eda??? Where is the manager or owner of this joint? Not worth the wait, no customer service, no supervision and the food — well, it never came out so I can’t comment on that. Actually wait, I CAN comment on the soup — the borsh, if to be knitpicky, was actually shiii, not borsh.
Oh and if you expect a truly Russian spread, not much of that is on the menu. You’d need to find the hook-​up for that. The big tables had all the traditional dishes, the menu advertised only a couple.
Lastly, a comment on their re-​opening: I called a while back to get info on their business hours and dance nights, spoke in English and was promptly told they hadn’t opened yet. A day later I called and spoke in Russian and they told me they had re-​opened a month back.

The worse restaurant I have ever went to. Went there for a wedding, food was almost spoiled, restaurant was nasty and dirty. The owner was the most unpleasant person I have ever met. Save your self from a food bug!!! Worse restaurant in Denver

1. The place was good, but the chairs were too close to each other and I cant properly eat. The table setting was also good but there are some flaws i saw on the table. They better double check that one fast.
2. Food was great, loved the salad here. They used super fresh veggies which is really nice. And the mixture of the veggies was totally good so you better try this on out if you are here.
Well, there’s nothing good to discuss on their service. Ordinary kind of service, I think their staff should give more time on improving their customer relation skills. Because that’s one of the most basic thing that they should know and one of the first thing that the customer would notice.

Where is «Steak and Seafood»? Non-​existent! What’s worse? A lot of items on their already-​small menu were not available. So plan to be here a long time because the server will have to walk back and forth between the kitchen and your table to check if something you want is available on their menu (if it’s not, then you pick a 2^nd choice, the back and forth happens again, and that choice is still not available…) Also, good luck waiting for your check, we probably spent almost an hour when we first requested the check till we’re done paying. There was a party that night, but I heard the place isn’t open unless for big parties? And you need a reservation.
What’s the hurry to pay and leave, you ask? Because live music starts at 8, while it’s great to have that kind of entertainment (people from the party got up to stage and danced!) as part of your meal for free, the bass is super loud and every beat pounds my heart and rings my ear. A lot of the times, it’s great music if they’ll only learn to TONE IT DOWN!!!
How was the food? Not bad actually! We started with some salad and bread, mom ordered Russian beer, I sneaked a sip and it’s very good. Not dark but refreshing and still tastes like beer! So was the salad, it was very fresh and crunchy. A bit oily but the spices used made it not greasy. The bread is nothing to write home about, it was cold and served with pre-​wrapped butter slices. A few of the items we wanted were not available (including Russian Dumplings and Lula Kabobs) so we ended up with:
Salmon Kabobs and regular Beef Kabobs — both were on the dry side and required some teeth strength. I prefer the latter because it was really beefy, and as promised by the server, the beef was fresh, with good aroma of spices. But different from regular kabobs (and from their own menu pictures!), these were neither skewered nor staggered with grilled vegetables. The pork ribs were similar tasting, with big bones and lots of over-​charred area, you ended up with just bits of meat. All of these grilled specialties were served on top of a tortilla style flat bread, I forgot what it’s called but it looked much bigger (and perhaps thinner) than a Mexican tortilla, with the corners folded in. Instead of rice or French fries as sides (which is what’s listed on the menu!) we were given Garlic-​Roasted Potato Wedges. Good thing these turned out pretty good, but all five plates having the same sides? Sigh…
The best, and quite different, dish was the Beef Stroganoff. The creamy mushroom sauce was spot on and great for dipping the flat bread in. Not to our surprise, the same potato wedges were there but at least smothered with the yummy sauce (was that supposed to replace pasta which is the normal carb in stroganoff?) What’s interesting is the beef pieces were so small that you had to look for them!
We had a theory: since there was a big party, perhaps we were served with some of the batch cooked food. We know that’s the case for dessert as our server pretty much told us she’ll get us some of the party desserts. Hopefully my friend didn’t end up being charged for it (since we asked for ice cream from their dessert menu and again, were told they didn’t have any), they were these square cakelets found in Chinese buffets to which they added some whipped cream, pathetic. Hopefully my friend’s husband’s Turkish coffee was satisfying. It was $ 2.99 without refill, I mean come on, it’s just brewed coffee!!!
I hope my friends don’t end up seeing my review, lol. It was nice of them to treat us out, too bad it didn’t work out for the better…

This place is never open but they always having something going on… The open sign is never on. I have gone inside several times and the people inside look at me like WHAT THE??? I think it’s a front for a mob or something. It smells really good though.

Update from my previous review. I called on Sunday to find out their brunch hours and once again they are «closed for a private party». I don’t know why they bother advertising that they are open to the public when they rarely if ever are. I’m starting to agree with my partner that this place seems like some kind of front for an illicit business in the back. Maybe THAT’S why it’s called «Mirage»!

We had our wedding there. First of all the manager or owner or whoever was very rude! They had another party there who was also rude. We had 10 people per table which they didn’t even give enough food to go around at 30 a head which is ridiculous. The food was ok but they forgot the salad. Instead of using a knife the waitress grabbed handfulls of cake and ruined it. They didn’t tell us they tripple booked us. When we got there in the morning to set up it was extremely dirty and the manger yelled at my mother in law to clean up the place. We wasted $ 4000 on that place.

Best value! Yummy foods!
I have a feeling this will become one of my favorite places to eat for as long as they’re open. Not only is it inexpensive, but the quality is really top notch and the food is yummylicious.
I started with the shrimp scampi appetizer. It’s made with a good amount of juicy, succulent shrimp sitting in a bath of butter and seasonings. I love butter! I love shrimp! I almost died from happiness just eating this damn appetizer. For dinner, I ordered the rib eye steak and lobster tail with veggies and garlic mashed potatoes. I wasn’t expecting much for the price of $ 25. However, it was a huge portion of well-​marbled steak, a good size lobster tail, and a giant dollop of mashed potatoes. Now, I tend to piss people off by putting ketchup on my steaks. This would be the first time in a very long time that I didn’t feel the need to. That’s saying a lot about the seasoning and quality of this steak.
Dessert was a gluttonous moment for me since I’ve been on a low-​carb diet. That diet went out the window when I ordered the tiramisu and the triple mousse. Both desserts were presented nicely and tasted absolutely sinful.
This restaurant doesn’t look like much from the outside, but the décor makes you feel like you’re about to attend a wedding. It’s kind of nice eating in a fancy shmancily decorated place. There’s a dance floor and everything in here. It’s also roomy as heck.
The service was a good and our server was very nice. He did disappear a few times, but he was the only server there. The bathroom could use some updating. There is ample parking here so bringing large parties shouldn’t be an issue.
Overall, I love this place and am looking forward to my next visit! If this place was located near my neighborhood, I’d probably be here everyday, totally overeating, and I’d turn into a big, fat lard.

Great food and atmosphere! One of my favorite places! Love going there on the weekends especially and enjoy the live music :)

I have actually been to this place twice and got a very similar experience. I think it is VERY simple. Their service needs to improve, it seems as if they run on a skeleton crew and don’t staff according to the business needs. Both of the times I was there the poor waiter was running around this big a$$ restaurant like a track star. Yes, he was making his fair share of gratuities, however; the experience for the customer suffered. The first time I was there I got the wrong order and I let them know, and they fixed it IMMEDIATELY and without question.
As far as the food goes, they give you some generous portions. I am a big boy and each of the two times I have been there I had to take food home.
Another thing to be aware of, don’t expect the place to be open during regular business hours. Sometimes I will drive by and it will look like a ghost town and nobody is there and other times it looks like ¹⁄₃ of Aurora is in the place.
Consistency is what they need in this place. They have a great location and a good looking building now they just need to live up to the expectations.

I went here on a Thursday night, and they had a large crowd of people.
However, I was told that the restaurant was closed for a private party (funeral). I was also told, «And we won’t be open Friday or Saturday night either due to private parties».
It seems to me that these people don’t really want to be a restaurant, as much as an event center.
I will never go back.

The short of it… STAY AWAY FROM HERE!!! Now for the longer version: There were 2 of us out for Dinner. Since this place was new and we love a good steak dinner we decided to give this a try. We had been to this location when it was an Italian Restaurant. At any rate, we entered the building and noticed the same décor as 2 restaurants ago… not a good sign! They were not busy at all… just 3 tables of 2. Our seater sat us at a table that was so wobbly that it was about to fall off its pedestal! So we moved ourselves to a table that wasn’t so bad as it wasn’t like any of the others were being used! After maybe 10 minutes the original seater came back and asked if anyone had been by yet to take any orders. Since no one had been he decided he would take the order. We ordered the cheese sticks as the appetizer… oops…shouldn’t have done that! They came out cold! But it gets better… we told the now seater/​waiter that they were undercooked… he takes them back to the kitchen… a few minutes later he returns with the plate… now remember we had to have each bitten into one to know they were cold… what comes back to the table is the bitten ones, along with the others that we hadn’t touched… they now looked as if they had exploded… of course they were hot… they microwaved them until the cheese exploded!!! The ones we had originally bitten into had only the shell left… the cheese… I hate to say must still be in the microwave! The taste… HORRIBLE! The salads now come out… but they forgot to drain the water from the lettuce when they washed it ad he lettuce was swimming in water! Now dinner arrives… The Rib eye was EXTREMELY fatty and slightly undercooked… enough that it was medium rare instead of medium… The taste of the meat (when you could find some) was great! Along with the rib eye was rice and the baked potato skin stuffed with garlic mashed potatoes. This could have been very very good… but instead of making this fresh… they microwaved it into the 22^nd century!
The rice was bland… The other dinner was the filet… what a disaster! It was undercooked, the baked potato was huge… but they forgot to heat it back up from the day before! When this was brought up to the seater/​waiter he took it back to the kitchen. Instead of someone coming to the table to apologize and see if there was anything they could do… the staff chose to have everyone walk by the curtain that is separating the kitchen from the dining area to stick their heads out to see who had complained. A simple visit from the manager or owner would have at least smoothed the situation over. Then the server was to scared to come back so we had to get up to find him to pay for what we ate. Not good. This is why Aurora has so many chains that do much better. It would be nice if the mom and pop shops could get it right in this city…

This restaurant has been open for one month. The food was excellent at a very reasonable price. Steak and Seafood are their speciality, but have other great choices.
The staff is friendly, entertaining and helpful. Live music on Saturday night.
All in all a fun place to go.

My partner and I just happened upon this place en route to another restaurant and decided to try it instead, since they’d only been open for a week or two. This particular location has been several different restaurants over the years; all have never been able to make a go of it long-​term.
The restaurant is HUGE, with a large bar on one side, a dance floor and stage, and wonderful picture windows everywhere… the kind of location that you might think would be a good place for an event center for wedding receptions, quincineras, etc. All had been freshly painted, nice tapestries surrounding the windows, nice linens and plates, glassware, etc. It also somehow seemed as if we’d been magically transported back in time to a nice supper club that my parents would have loved back in 1974, but in a good way, mainly due to the goodhearted vibe thrown off by their close-​knit staff.
Advertised as a steak and seafood restaurant, the majority of the menu is steak and seafood, as well as a lamb shank, trout, with a few Russian/​Eastern European specialties thrown in, including Beef Stroganoff and some pasta dishes. Prices unbelievably low right now on their menu for all dishes, with all entrees including a soup starter and HUGE portions.
We weren’t expecting much, but like to try new neighborhood locally-​owned places when they open… we were very pleasantly surprised by the quality of everything we tried, and we did try quite a bit.
I started out with a Russian beer and ordered a scampi appetizer, which was very good, lightly seasoned with fresh herbs, lemon and garlic (maybe a bit light on salt, but you can always add it tableside.) My partner ordered a lentil soup and I opted for borscht for our soups, both of which, by the way, were soooo good, freshly seasoned with just the right amounts of fresh herbs to accompany the soup stocks and main soup ingredients. The warm baguette bread slices provided tableside included a wonderful whipped butter with fresh basil and maybe a bit of olive oil all whipped together; we had to have more.
Our entrees arrived: I had a ribeye steak and lobster tail with whipped garlic cheese potatoes inside of a baked potato skin and steamed veggie medley (for $ 22!) and the partner had their beef stroganoff ($ 12.) I have never seen such large portions, especially at the menu prices, including a soup. This ribeye must have been 16 oz. with an excellently prepared lobster tail with garlic butter for dipping. The steak was very tender and perfectly cooked to my specifications. I tried my dining partner’s stroganoff… and it was really good, good enough that I had to pour a bit of it on top of my steak.
About half-​way through our dinners, our server, Jose offered us each a complimentary fruit-​infused vodka, made on site, so we took him up on it. Yum… but quite strong. I finished every bite of everything, my partner not able to finish the huge beef stroganoff entrée, so we boxed it up and told Jose to bring us what ever dessert he though we’d like. He came back with a tiramisu, pretty good (very fresh and creamy) but not the best I’ve had.
For 2 large Russian beers, two infused vodkas, scampi, two wonderful soups, 16 oz, ribeye, lobster tail, beef stroganoff and sides, including tax, our bill was $ 48! Unheard of, and they’ll surely close if they don’t re-​think their portion sizes and menu pricing… but who am I to refuse such a low dinner bill?
We spoke with several other employees (family members) during our dinner, and everyone was as sweet as pie and genuinely grateful that we’d stopped in. As I said before, I love to try new neighborhood locally-​owned places when they open, and continue supporting them when they’re good. I’m putting my money where my mouth is and will frequent Mirage whenever possible.