Diners' Choice: Best Ambiance restaurants in Denver

OpenTable

Updated June 05, 2025

Looking for restaurants with the best ambiance in Denver? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Vin Rouge Wine Bar & Tasting Room

5.0

5 (198)

$30 and under

Wine Bar

Highlands

About the restaurant

Welcome to Vin Rouge Wine Bar & Tasting Room in the historic Berkeley neighborhood in West Denver!
We specialize in boutique organic wines from around the globe, local craft beers, and must-have light fare staples like cheese, charcuterie, and local desserts in the comfort of our cozy neighborhood bar. Last call is made 45 minutes prior to closing.

Top review

Christopher

Dined on Jun 6, 2025

Amazing wine list and owner was so nice and inviting !! Will be back soon.

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Experience

TWTE - Umbrian Owner/Winemaker, Lorenzo Mattoni

Cirrus Social Club

4.9

4.9 (86)

$30 and under

Lounge

Congress Park

About the restaurant

Denver's Premiere Cannabis Experience! Now open to the public 4 days a week.

Cirrus is an entirely new experience for Colorado and soon, the world. Share cannabis with the people you love in an environment designed to create joyful moments and fond memories. Whether you're a first-time consumer or as we like to say, "sophisticated stoner", our Flight Attendants will guide you through a sesh experience featuring cannabis, munchies, and beverages.

Cirrus is perfect for: Special Occasions, Date Night, Friends Night, the Adults of the Family, and Guests Visiting Denver!

Learn more on our website.

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Johana

Dined 4 days ago

Our server Daniel was great and made sure we had a great experience. Love this place!

Room for Milly

4.9

4.9 (165)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

LoHi

About the restaurant

Modern cocktails and design. We wanted to create a space to share with our friends. Reflecting love of travel, color, a little bit fancy mixed with irreverent intellectuals and a good story.

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laurel

Dined on Apr 27, 2025

Room for Milly was a great experience for my meetup group, our server Guillermo was very attentive and kind and the drinks were wonderful!

Mezcaleria Alma

5.0

5 (205)

$31 to $50

Contemporary Mexican

LoHi

About the restaurant

Chef Johnny Curiel debuts Mezcaleria Alma in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood, bringing the dynamic spirit of Mexico City to life with CDMX-inspired small plates and an expansive Mexican spirits menu. Located beside Curiel’s first solo restaurant, Alma Fonda Fina, Mezcaleria Alma marks the natural next chapter in Curiel’s culinary journey to share the beauty of Mexico through food. Each dish and drink draws from Curiel’s experiences in one of the world’s most renowned culinary capitals—a city where culture and tradition merge with global inspiration and constant innovation.

While Alma Fonda Fina is a love letter to the home-cooked traditions of Chef Curiel’s childhood—the comfort food found at traditional fondas across Mexico—Mezcaleria Alma embodies the unbridled innovation that defines CDMX.

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Natalie

Dined 1 day ago

So delish - I dream about the tostada and the daiquiri, both my ultimate favorite food and drink!! And sitting at the bar is the most fun - we’ve enjoyed watching and chatting with the chefs. We highly recommend that you don’t miss this place!!

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Experience

Chef's Counter

Experience

Dining Room Reservation

Mizuna

4.9

4.9 (2452)

$50 and over

Contemporary American

Central

About the restaurant

Beautiful little Mizuna is consistently rated among the best restaurants in the country. A neighborhood eatery firmly rooted in French cooking techniques, Mizuna aims to marry tight, professional service with culinary mastery. With a menu that changes monthly to reflect the bounty of each season (on land and by sea), Mizuna is the flagship restaurant to Bonanno Concepts, Frank Bonanno’s chef driven restaurant family, dedicated to satisfying meals, outstanding service, education, and community.

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Kim

Dined 4 days ago

We went for an anniversary dinner and the service was over the top and made us feel so welcome. Highly recommend Mizuna for a special occasion dinner.

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Experience

Welly Wednesday!

Experience

Grapes in the Greenhouse

Kizaki

4.9

4.9 (51)

$50 and over

Sushi

Platt Park

About the restaurant

Kizaki is Chef Toshi Kizaki’s long-awaited solo omakase restaurant, representing the pinnacle of his celebrated career and decades of influence in Denver’s culinary scene. After more than 40 years of success with Sushi Den, Chef Toshi returns to his roots with deep reverence for Edomae-style sushi—a 200-year-old Tokyo tradition that highlights the true character of each ingredient through precise Japanese techniques. Kizaki brings Denver its first authentic Edomae omakase, offering around 20 courses featuring raw, cured, seared, cooked, and dry-aged preparations. Guests can enjoy a full bar along with carefully selected sake, wine, or combined pairings to complement the experience. Omakase at the counter or table is $225 before tax. Drinks, additional sushi, and gratuity are not included. Reservation times are at 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Once all guests have arrived, we will transition to Kizaki, where the Omakase experience begins approximately 15 to 20 minutes after the scheduled time.

Top review

MichaelVIP

Dined 3 days ago

The best sushi experience in the state of Colorado.

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Experience

Kizaki Omakase

Hamburger Mary's - Denver

4.9

4.9 (74)

$30 and under

Burgers

Denver

About the restaurant

Located in the City Park West neighborhood, Hamburger Mary's Denver has over-the-top entertainment with impressive eats. Stop by for a juicy burger, cocktails on our outdoor patios, or one of our events!

Our purple house hides off of the best outdoor patios in Denver! Come by for a burger or a beer and see what it's all about! Although we are known for our entertainment, we focus on food and service. Check out our reviews then come check out Hamburger Mary's

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Christine

Dined 4 days ago

The food was good and the entertainment was spectacular. We loved it and will be back!!!

Matsuhisa Denver

4.9

4.9 (2891)

$31 to $50

Japanese

Cherry Creek

About the restaurant

Featuring Chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s signature new-style Japanese cuisine, Matsuhisa Denver anchors the ground floor of the Steele Creek luxury apartment building in Cherry Creek, Denver’s premier shopping, restaurant, and entertainment district. Our 7,800 square foot dining room is open for dinner service from 5pm nightly. Takeout available nightly from 5-9pm.

Chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s world-famous cuisine draws influence from his classical training in Tokyo and his life abroad in Peru, Argentina, and around the world, showcasing signature dishes such as Yellowtail Sashimi with Jalapeño, Black Cod Miso and Whitefish Tiradito.

Top review

AnitaVIP

Dined 1 day ago

Matsuhisa never disappoints. The New Style Salmon and Aspen roll are perfection.

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4.8

4.8 (1055)

$31 to $50

American

Highlands

About the restaurant

Williams & Graham is an internationally recognized and awarded craft cocktail bar hidden behind a bookshelf. We have been recognized as a World's Top 50 Bar and Top Cocktail Bar in the US (2x). We offer a rich ambiance, wide variety of drinks, delicious food served until 1am nightly, and genuine hospitality.

We take reservations Sunday through Thursday with walk-in availability. We accept a limited amount of reservations on Friday & Saturday allowing more space for walk-in guests. Due to limited capacity and high demand, all reservations have a set maximum time of 2 hours to enjoy food and drink. Thank you for your understanding and consistent support!

This is a 21 and up environment, we apologize for the inconvenience but we will not be able to permit entry for anyone under the legal drinking age.

We look forward to sharing a drink with you soon!

Top review

Matt

Dined on Jun 5, 2025

Our drinks were so great and the bartenders were so attentive to us all night. We even had them make something just by giving them a few adjectives of what we were looking for and they did such an amazing job. Always love coming here.

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Popular dish

Bone Marrow

Le Colonial - Denver

4.7

4.7 (417)

$31 to $50

Vietnamese

Cherry Creek

About the restaurant

Le Colonial is a celebration of seductive spirit and vivid flavors reminiscent of Saigon in the 1920s. With locations in Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Delray Beach, Lake Forest and Naples, the famed Vietnamese restaurant is designed to capture a bygone era of sophistication and opulence. Celebrated restaurateurs Rick Wahlstedt and Joe King deliver on exquisite attention to detail in a luxurious classic and romantic atmosphere in the heart of Cherry Creek. For special occasions, our private dining space provides a bespoke setting for unforgettable celebrations.

Valet Parking is available nightly starting at 5PM

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LarryVIP

Dined 1 day ago

We just love this place! This was our second visit and we brought friends with us who were just as delighted. This has quickly become our favorite restaurant in Denver. Reservations have already been made for our next visit.

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