Beast + Bottle

Having read about them in a magazine, We decided to come here for dinner on a Monday night– and did not make reservations. We chose to sit at the bar as the tables were full.
We ordered:
Octopus Crostini small plate
Peruvian Hamachi small plate
Duck plate
Baked Lamb plate
Gingerbread and molasses gelato
The bartender was incredibly friendly and his service was great– it was a rather busy night and service was on the slow side– however he was quick on his feet and did the best he could!
Food was mediocre– which was a let down considering all the things I’ve read about this place. I did see that most of the reviews were raving about brunch and cocktails, both we did not have.
The octopus crostini was bland and uninspiring. The hamachi small plate was pretty okay. Our mains were mediocre to bad– duck was tough and chewy and lamb was so-​so. The dessert was our favorite part of the meal and saved the day– the flavors went great together and baked ginger strips were great!
I might consider coming back for brunch to give it another shot!

We made the right dinner choice while visiting Denver.
Starting with the cocktails. I like them dry and not very sweet, so the waiter recommended a very unique one! Forgot the name now but it has that liquor from Norway called linie aquavit and notes of pistachio? It was one of the best cocktails I have ever had. And you make the bartender work for it. :D
We need them brussel sprouts… Their take on a caesar salad uses brussel sprouts and was again unique and amazing with the cured egg shavings.
I like that their menu changes depending on what meat and ingredients are available. The meat was excellent and the flatbread, too.

Went for brunch and had the Sweet Potato Waffle and grapefruit mimosa. The waffle was definitely on the sweet side with the marshmallow and candied nuts but it was wonderful with the grapefruit mimosa to cut the sweetness. Wonderful little brunch place.

We came here without a reservation on a Tuesday night. I tried to book on open table but it would not allow me. There were only two in our party. We arrived at 7 and were told it would be an 1 ½ hour wait. There were about three tables open and the bar was empty, the hostess explained they just sat the entire restaurant. We ended up sitting at the bar which was fine. But they still served us dinner there, so the whole thing was a bit confusing. The food here is good, well prepared and a tad pricey. It is nice that they cater to food allergies so just ask and they will help. Not sure I’ll go back for awhile as there are so many great restaurants in Denver. This place is good if you have a reservation and/​or live in the area and want to throw some money down.

We went here for dinner thinking we were going to some place special for really good, healthy food. The staff was great at helping us since I didn’t make a reservation (oops). I didn’t realize how popping this place was. I’ve only heard a little about it.
We got there and were ordering food and the waitress was a little less than helpful since we didn’t really know what to expect as far as portions and whatnot. We ordered some appetizers and some meat. We got some beet thing that was pretty salty. I don’t even know what anything was called because it was that fancy. Obviously I need to learn how to Unilocal better… sorry!
We also got a duck dish, a fish something and then lamb. Everything came out super salty. I usually don’t drink much when I eat but I think I had about 5 cups of water to help wash everything down. I had to drink water after every bite. I’m pretty sure my tongue was raw the next day from how salty the food was.
We don’t like to be rude so we finished all of our food and then left but we had to go to another restaurant to get food because we were still hungry. I won’t be going back.

Have only had the brunch so far but we are planning to go for our next nice dinner out.
The menus was creative and everything looked so good it made it difficult to settle on one thing.
We started with two of Andreas Daily Pastry, fresh fried doughnuts with jam filling, mimosas and coffee. The daily pastry was delicious, I know I know ‘what fried dough with sugar was delicious?!’, plus I love the idea of a daily pastry. Coffee was great and local. And mimosas were mimosas, awesome! They offer slight variations that sounds fun but we opted for the traditional.
We took our time and never felt rushed as we needed a little rest after all that food. The waitress was patient and helpful with our menu indecision.
Per her recommendation I had a breakfast sandwich made with croissants from a local baker. However breakfast sandwich does not do justice to how eloquent and perfectly balanced this dish was. The smoked ham and Brie were so flavorful and worked together wonderfully. The croissant was just perfectly flakey and light yet held together enough to not make a mess.
My girlfriend had the corned lambshank hash. I tried a bite and loved it. It was a smaller dish, beautifully plated, and was rich so she found the serving size perfect. I really appreciated the subtle yet unique move of using corned lambshank instead of the same old corned beef you see everywhere else.
We also shared the poutine with a poached egg. Which was delicious and not too salty, as I find poutine often is.
Please please give this place a try. It is locally owned and perfectly executed and deserves good patronage. We need to keep gems like this one around!

By far a fantastic restaurant. The service was impeccable as was the host and the waitress. Fantastic drinks and dessert. I had the lamb with sweetbreads and sunchokes david had the pork with Trotter and head cheese and fat back. We finished it off with Panna cotta and Klondike bar and can’t forget to mention the fig and meat flatbread. To die for! Please try this place well worth it for not just the meat eater but any eater!

Went for brunch. A little underwhelmed. Had the french omelet special. It was definitely well executed and was the best item we had. We also had the ham sandwich on a biscuit. The ham was great, but the saltiness was supposed to be cut by the sweet sauce on the biscuit. Needless to say it was not, and the whole dish ended up being on the salty side. The biscuit itself was a little on the hard side. It wasn’t a bad dish but not really that creative and for being $ 15 per plate for brunch I would definitely expect more. One big annoyance was that I asked for jam to go with the toast that came with my omelet, and the waitress explained that it was a $ 2 up-​charge due to the fact that they make their own jam in house. Well, there are myriad breakfast joints around town that make their own jam and don’t charge for it. That was definitely not cool.
The thing that really got me was the price of the beverages, and I’m not even talking about alcohol. We ordered up some espresso drinks, and they ended up being $ 6 a pop. That is outrageously expensive for coffee. I’ve been to fancy places in Chicago and NYC where coffee was not that expensive. Granted I don’t usually get coffee at a restaurant considering the usual markup and the lack of quality. But still, they shouldn’t charge $ 6 for it. And $ 2 for jam. But wait, the butter is free!
On the plus side, the bartender (we were seated at the bar) was super friendly, incredibly attentive, and eventually took care of our coffee drinks, due to having broken a glass in front of us at the start of the meal. We appreciated the gesture.

Great experience in every possible way. We showed up without a reservation and the hostess kindly sat us at the bar. We have been married 27 years so sitting alone at a table can get old. We enjoy talking with the bartender or other guests sitting nearby. John, our bartender, was fantastic. He was super busy at all times making innovative cocktails with a variety of in house elixirs and concoctions, but still made time to talk with us.
The kitchen also did a great job with the menu. We had lamb sweetbreads, roasted beets, and a ceviche type dish as an appetizer. We highly recommend Beast +Bottle and will be returning ourselves in the near future.

The first time we were here… We were here for at least 3.5 hours and felt like 1.5 hours… However, we have a new chef and we were here for 2 hours that felt like 4 hours.
We would have paid 5 star prices for the food the first time and today we are paying 5 star prices for 3 star food… Every dish was slightly under-​seasoned…
We were here for our anniversary because our first experience over a few years ago was so memorable… And we miss the old bartender, Dean…
We enjoyed all of our starters after we seasoned them with salt: beets, and squid ink gemelli and squid + merguez sausage…
Entrees: the duck was pretty good but the lamb was a little underwhelming…
Everything felt complicated for the sake of being complicated…

Intimate, classy, comfortable — great for culinary and foodie types! We were first timers — loved it – started with reservations (recommended) then truly kind and attentive staff… Love the European-​country /​comfortable décor… Went for brunch, and lots of tasty and unique offerings…
Enjoyed the special of the day — not on the menu: duck confit terrine on top of crustini, complemented with arugula, pickled mustard seed and soft boiled egg. It was delicious, but my crustini was too hard & charred on the ‘crust’ side of the ‘ini’. They replaced it rather quickly. Great experience overall!

This place is everything that is «trendy» Denver. It’s the «normcore» of dining — cool but not too cool, trendy but in that blink-and-you’ll-miss kind of way. Farm-​to-​table — check. Organic and local and fair-​trade and fair-​everything — check.
I’m still a large advocate of portion size v price. It’s great that everything is local and organic, but it does make for a pricey brunch when all one wants is a scramble and to get tipsy off fancy alcoholic juices. Case in point: delicious pumpkin croissant bread things. $ 4 for something that I swallowed in 1.5 bites. Tasty, but not that tasty.
If anything, I did feel a wee bit cooler dining here than I do in real life… surely that counts for something.

Oh this was cute! That was first impression. White brick on the outside, simple and classy. Totally judging a book by it’s cover but I could not help it. It reminded me of a cute little restaurant front similar to what is in my hometown.
And it just so happened that I was meeting one of my hometown friends (Ohio hometown then Chicago hometown who has now taken off to Denver) and her husband at Beast + Bottle. Admittedly, I wasn’t overly thrilled with the menu at first glance, considering the other menus from several options we had prior to meeting, but I was pleasantly surprised when all was said and done.
To start, the drink list was small yet covered a wide range of tastes. I went with the «your own pear-​sonal Jesus», solely because of the name, and, for someone who is not really a vodka drinker, it was the perfect amount of bitter and fruity. Can’t go wrong with JHC I suppose!
The group started with one of their special flatbreads which was great, but I think the star of my show as certainly the pappardelle. Never one to pass up on a pasta dish, especially pappardelle, I thought this was certainly a hit. The lamb ragu was excellent and the ricotta was great (although I would have liked a little bit more of a serving!). I was able to finish the whole plate, which is generally impossible with most pasta dishes, however, it was so good I couldn’t stop eating it… and I was not looking into taking home leftovers.
The price point is moderately high for a random weeknight out but was completely within expectations, and I think the product they serve is totally worth the tag. Beast + Bottle has a story to tell and I recommend you be a part of it.

The bill added up quickly, especially for Sunday brunch, but you’d be hard-​pressed to find this type of quality at most brunch joints. Plus the lines aren’t nearly as long as literally every brunch restaurant ever.
Finding a proper eggs benedict usually turns out to be a chore. This was the best prepared I’ve found in years. Gravlax was a bit heavy but the eggs were perfectly poached, bernaise perfectly seasoned, muffin toasted properly, and capers really balanced the richness.
Hash is another brunch essential and they do their Corned Lamb Shank Hash justice. It’s more of a rustic hash, but you’ll walk away quite satisfied.
Also. That poutine. Even if you’re stuffed and couldn’t possibly eat anything else. Just get that. You’ll thank me.

Beast +Bottle tops many Denver top brunch lists, and as a self described brunch expert I felt a gap in my knowledge having never been there. No more!
Beast+Bottle is every bit as good as the hype! The breakfast cocktails, the coffee, the entrees are all excellent! My favorite thing about this experience was the pastry of the day that my husband and I split as a kind of brunch-​appetizer.
The one thing that had put this visit off until recently was that I could not find any definitive information on a patio. The reviews and photos put the focus solidly on the food, which is where it should be. In case this lacking piece of information has you looking for a sure bet, I’m happy to tell you there is one. It isn’t the best patio I’ve ever been to, but the food makes it worth the compromise.
If this is the area you find yourself in come Saturday or Sunday, skip Steuben’s, don’t even think of finding a Snooze, and check out Beast+Bottle!

Summary: The food, service, and atmosphere are a phenomenal value at their price point. The food was delicious and clearly fresh. I would definitely eat here again.
Food: The entire menu seemed well put together. We went for brunch and got the chicken cherry sausage with a salad. Everything tasted fresh and perfected. I also got a bloody mary which is easy to screw up but they did a great job.
Service: The host and wait staff were friendly and catered to our needs with a friendly disposition.
Atmosphere: we ate outside which was great. Only got a glimpse of the interior but it seemed rather fancy and well decorated.

I finally made it to Beast & Bottle on a Saturday around 11:15am for brunch with my sister. We had made reservations but it was possible to get a table without a wait. With a warm sunny day we decided to sit on their patio, which accommodates some two tops and several four tops.
A nice busgirl offered us a choice of still or sparkling water (no extra cost for sparking) and coffee. The coffee was very strong (my preference). They normally have Kaladi brothers coffee but were serving DazBog that day because of an order mix up. They serve the coffee with cream and white and brown sugar cubes (splenda and other sweeteners probably available).
The waiter Tony was very helpful as they have many good choices for brunch. I went with the pizza carbonara which was delicious and had a fried egg (yolk oozed perfectly onto the pieces) which made me feel like it was a breakfast dish.
My sister ordered the pork which was tender and with delicious peppers.
It did get very hot outside but that’s Colorado for you.
I definitely want to come back to Beast & Bottle to try more of their delicious menu.

My wife and I have wanted to dine at Beast + Bottle since they opened but were never able to get there for one reason or another. But last night, we FINALLY made it in and celebrated our 2^nd wedding anniversary.
Upon sitting down, we noticed that our menus read «Happy 2^nd Anniversary!» We thought this was an amazing and thoughtful gesture, and we knew right away that we had chosen the right restaurant to celebrate our anniversary! Not only were the menus an amazing touch, they even sent us over some champagne before we ordered. Again, a very thoughtful touch.
The service was prompt and friendly, and we both really liked the ambiance of the restaurant. It is small, but that gives the staff an opportunity to better focus on their guests instead of trying to cater to a huge dining room. The restaurant has a very pleasant atmosphere.
My wife ordered the Line Caught Yellowfin Tuna and I had the Pan Roasted Lamb. When the plates arrived, the presentation was beautiful and the food was delicious. We both really enjoyed our meals and ate every last bite!
For desert, we had the Dhocolate Dacquoise. Peanut butter + caramel served on a wafer… Yes, please!
We could have chosen many other restaurants to celebrate our anniversary. But we are so pleased we chose Beast + Bottle. A huge thank you to the staff and managers for making our night a special one!

Ooooooh! So was excited to come here and it did not disappoint. You will take a hit to the wallet but the quality is worth it… I took the plunge and ordered the set priced menu — which has items that are NOT on the regular menu… Why??? No idea– it was definitely good enough to be on the regular menu…
The assortment of meats as the appetizer was amazing. Make sure they explain it all to you. So yummy. The pork sausage which is not on the menu was to die for. The flavors and the texture… Loved it. By the time the lamb came out, I was teetering on full, but the lamb leg was cooked perfectly and the sauces complimented it perfectly. The carrots looked like they were just pulled out of the ground… The dessert — omg. I want that again. The chocolate dacquois It’s like meringue and mousse and chocolate… Um, yes! Delicious. Check out the pix.
I would be back again— yes… And come hungry if you order as much as I did… And the food does reheat well ;)

Got back into town on a Saturday morning and decided this was the first place I wanted to eat. Arrived for an early brunch and was seated right away. It’s a small place and the tables are close together and it gets crowded and cramped but the food is de-​lish-​ush. I want to come back just for the B+B poutine. I LOVE poutine and this was probably the best poutine I’ve ever had. The fried egg on top was icing on the cake. T slurped it all up. He loves egg yolks. I ordered the french toast and T ordered the eggs benedict. All you could hear was ‘mmmmm’ the entire meal. Halfway through our plates we did a switch and more ‘mmmmm’ throughout the rest of the meal. Both entrees were so good. Next time we’ll go for dinner. It looks like more scruptiousness in the evening as well.