Address: | 13264 Chicago Creek Rd, Idaho Springs, CO 80452, USA |
Phone: | +1 303-567-2138 |
Site: | echolakelodgeco.com |
Rating: | 4.2 |
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Michael Peckman
This review is more about the restaurant managements attitude than food, which affected the entire experience. A restaurant should stand behind its food, right? Didnt happen. Lets talk good first... The bacon, egg and cheese sandwich was superb. Did my hunger have something to do with it? Yeah, but our was really, really good. The blueberry muffin, which the staff raved about, was a different story. It was sooooo dry that no amount of liquid could make it edible. So I brought the muffin back to the counter to inform the staff. What happened next? The waiter threw the muffin in the trash, then told me he ate one every day and found nothing wrong with them. I asked him if this was a day old, to which he agreed. I told him perhaps that was the problem while asking for my money back. Nope, "its good enough for me so it should be good enough for you too," he exclaimed. Wow. At this point I bought a slice of cherry pie since I had read great reviews. Oh yeah, I made sure it was baked today. Meh at best; good crust but #8 can filling. Oh well.
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Matt Starr
Had a terrible experience here. They were out of chili, stew, and tater tots at 5pm. Place was half empty. Ordered 2 burgers, chicken pot pie, Mac n Cheese bites, and brat. After 4 tables around us (who sat down 10 minutes after we did) got their food before we did, I asked what the hold up was. Server forgot to put our order in. Oops. 20 minutes later (1hr 15min total now) we are given the check. Thanks. 10 more minutes go and Im about to walk out (1st time Id have ever done that) and server comes out of the kitchen with our food. BTW, the only drink that got refilled the whole 1.5hrs was my coffee that I had to ask be refilled. Also had to ask for napkins and silverware after food was delivered. Cant say how the bison burger is, but regular burgers came out of a freezer sleeve with minimal seasoning. Pot pie was bland. Mac N Cheese bites were luke warm. Didnt try the brat, but my kid didnt eat much of it. Spend your money down in Idaho Springs, its worth the drive.
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Christine Chang
People make mistakes. It was clear after an hour and 15min of waiting for our food at Echo Lodge.. a mistake likely had been made. But instead of coming out and being honest to give us a choice of leaving or a complimentary free pie... we got an apology and a free piece of pie an hour in. Unfortunately that piece of pie came a little too late especially with a 3 1/2 year old (who was being super good) I was done. We walked out. Honesty and transparency. Orders get messed up.. no worries. I was a waitress once. And had that restaurant been packed while we were there (they had at least 5 empty tables by the end of our wait)... I wouldve understood. On top of that.. we couldnt even enjoy Echo lake bc we were starving and it started to get cloudy bc of that long wait. :-( Hope they get more cooks/staff and take better care of their costumers in the future.
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Penny Mixhau
We waited at least 15 minutes for someone to take our order. Then we were informed one of the fryers was not working so the menu was limited to non fried foods - no chicken nuggets and no fish. We ordered a hot dog, a rib sandwich, PBJ sandwich, and BLT. After another 15 minutes our server came back to the table to tell us they were out of ribs would we accept pulled pork instead. We agreed. It took another 40 minutes for our food to arrive. PBJ - no cooking needed, pulled pork - also just needs to go into a bun, ditto with the hotdog, and a BLT. Forty minutes. When it finally arrived the BLT was icy cold. Not just room temperature but actually chilled. Service was slow, obviously, and inattentive. The view is fabulous and the gift shop is delightful. The rest? Less than desirable.
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Wayne Wagler
After a 1/2 hr. wait to get into the rest., we were told it would be another 1/2 hr. before the food would come. we ordered 2 drinks and 1 appetizer. The appetizer came after a few minutes, however, after a one hour wait, seeing several tables that came in after us get their food, we left and paid a $17.00 bill that should not been more than $14.00 or anything at all. We also told them to cancel our order. We were really hungry but couldnt wait any longer. this was on the Sat of Labor Day Weekend so I guess they were overwhelmed at 1:30 in the afternoon. we left at 3pm
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John Michopoulos
Great food. Buffalo burgers and trout. Bar window overlooks the lake (pic cred Laura M). Tons of hummingbird and a short trail walk around the lake that you can fish at also. Nice car camping site next to lodge where you can pitch your tent and grill out or walk over and have fresh breakfast lunch dinner. All types of Mt Evans merchandise and custom Mt Evans shirts hoodies and jackets. Nice and cool on a hot day. Great motorcycle ride and road bicycle ride but do be careful on the lovely curves for cars.
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Ch S
I was expecting average food at above average prices. I was very pleasantly surprised when our meal was excellent. The food alone was worth the drive. The decor is rustic and there is nothing fancy about it, but it is charming and the views are great. The service we received was very good. This was the first time I had eaten there, so I cant speak to consistency. If the food is always as good as it was for us, this place is a underappreciated gem.
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Frank Shannon
Nice little gift shop/restaurant combo to stop in on your way up or back from going up Mt. Evans. Lots of souvenir merchandise in the gift shop. My girlfriend and I even had lunch at the lodge after going up to the summit. The food here was pretty good. We got the Buffalo Chili Cheese Fries for an appetizer, she got the Buffalo Chili, and I got the Buffalo Bratwurst. Everything was good and our server was friendly.
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Justin Atkinson
Only 6 tables had guests. Took 30 minutes to get our food, of which grilled cheese was on white, not wheat as ordered, hamburger was shoe leather and the sweet potato fries were cold along with all the food. When asked to get grilled cheese on wheat so the kids could eat, the waiter subtracted the sand which off the bill and never brought what we originally ordered. Great atmosphere, terrible service and food.
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Wilson Christner
Terrible. My mom has food poisoning so bad. She is puking as I right! Coffee was horrible. When I mentioned about the coffee the server was so arrogant and disgusting. Said no one has ever complained since 1991! I call BS. My chicken pot pie was so terrible. There were 6 people on our group and none of us were happy. If nothing else the the server was very rude and arrogant.
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Fluffy Greenman
Food is fantastic with a great view! Food alone is worth the drive. Staff was fantastic. Only complaint was price of hoodies. They know people are going to buy from them cuase of were they are at, but juicing people for over $50 for a cheap hoody is not cool. Two hoodies with tax cost us $97!