Stark's Alpine Grill - Snowmass Village

Frankly, we were disappointed by our meal. the facts of our life were good, but the French pommes were lukewarm. my pasta bolognese was good. the salmon of my man was boiled, and when we sent him back, he was not cooked enough. in a hotel restaurant should contain the menu side parts, not only a la carte side that only runs the bill overall. our server was lovely

This was quite possibly the worst dining experience ever. I should have known to run, but being NYE we didn’t have many other options. I had made an 8:30pm reservation over a month ago then when we checked in I was told it’s now a prix fixe menu and the regular ala carte menu would not be available. I questioned why I wasn’t made aware of this and was told it was emailed to me. I checked my emails and didn’t see it so perhaps it went to spam, but don’t you think jumping to a $235.00 per person menu is worthy of a phone call?! Because our options were limited being NYE, we decided to stay. Mistake number one! It’s was ridiculously hot in the restaurant, like stuffy, uncomfortable hot! The lights were bright even though it was NYE at 8:30pm total ambiance killer! Then there’s the food…..best way to describe it would be banquet wedding food. Very apparent everything was made in advance, including the halibut which was ridiculously dry and the sides for the steak entree were very apparently the last of the last to be plated in the banquet kitchen. Essentially once we were served the place was empty and staff was scurrying around preparing for morning breakfast service, I assume. The server tried her best and was very pleasant but holy cow was this place a hot mess! Our bill was $1500.00 before gratuity I couldn’t even get myself to say a single thing because all I wanted to do was to get the hell out of there. This place desperately needs help. Oh and PS the salt and pepper shakers were a clue of the lack of care being, they were half empty and dirty. Gross!

Our waiter was good, responsive and attentive. The bus staff is clearly over worked. Dishes sat, silverware was hard to get. But everyone was pleasant. The food all came out at once so we ate our salads last. Artichoke dip was bad per those who tried it so we ate the chips. Steak. Shrimp cocktail. Crab cakes. All good. Overall it was pleasant and reasonable cost for Aspen. I good mid week meal choice.

We were told the 8:30 reservation was all that was available. Upon arrival the restaurant was pretty empty expecting a big crowd?? Maybe 5 tables occupied.

Great quality on the mountain and not too overpriced