Palace Arms at the Brown Palace

Expensive... terrible meal.. tough beef, beet salad was a jumbled up mess..even the ice cream was tasteless.. I expected a lot more from the best restaurant in Brown Palace..

Just a disappointing experience

The food was surprisingly mediocre in flavor and overly presented with complicatied things like the pineapple upside cake dessert. The physical restaurant is beautiful and classic with professional service.

Special menu for Thanksgiving was fabulous in many ways, especially the service, but was not designed to ensure one could enjoy dessert. And one when is eating in a restaurant for Thanksgiving, you do not have the luxury of wandering away for two hours and coming back to have dessert as many families do and thus the ultra rich surprisingly sweet second course meant dessert was near impossible for all of us. We are regular restaurant eaters, have a clear sense of value, and felt that the Thanksgiving dinner was a $400 dinner that ended up costing us $800 after tip when there is no choice and the menu is Wholly pre-ordained, then the cost per person should feel like an experiment and adventure not a subsidy. Let us be clear the dinner was very good and we were very happy but despite our experience in restaurants at this level we did feel that it wasn’t fully our money’s worth. And we would’ve happily and did happily tip for the incredible quality of service offered by the hostess our waiter the runners and the other servers in the restaurant. We would not complain but wanted to be clear because we did have a lovely time.

The food for Thanksgiving diner was only barely warm. Very disappointed.

They don't make them like they used too, what a cool old place to enjoy a meal. The food and service were great. I would recommend giving yourself some extra time to enjoy some music in the lobby before or after your meal.

Food was really disappointing except for the tomato soup which was very good. Scallops were rubbery. Very expensive. Service was also inattentive. Nice ambiance, quiet— since it was almost empty on a Friday night.

A Saturday evening dinner at Palace Arms was a special occasion surprise for my spouse's 65th birthday along with our two grown up sons and their dates who had never been to the Brown Palace. When we sat down our surprise was that the Tasting Menu was our only option for dinning that evening with our choice of a six or eight course meal. I did not notice the menu before making this reservation, but once we realized this limited option, we should have gotten up to go to another restaurant in the Brown Palace to eat. The atmosphere was quiet and dark - more like going back in time - compared to the lively options in the downtown Denver area. Four people ordered the six course meal and two ordered the eight course meal. We shared the extra two courses which were veal and duck. The food was tasteful but not exceptional. Although there were only six or seven tables being served that evening, service seemed to be slow - possibly understaffed. For example, after a wait our dessert was presented and then the pre-dessert was delivered since the staff was still making the pre-dessert. Our experience lasted over three hours during which a few of members of our family lost patience. The Palace Arms is Denver tradition which is relying on is reputation. Unfortunately, this dinning experience did not live to our expectations especially considering how much the final tab was.

Set menu, which was ok but happened to feature one of the few foods I cannot stand: beets.
The red meat and fish were dry/overcooked. The artwork is odd. There were only 2 other tables occupied on a Saturday night and I think it's because overall it was not all that great, esp for the price.

The Brown Palace is just a delightful establishment
From its white linen service in the Palace Arms to Churchill’s Cigar Bar or the less casual Ships Tavern. It is the Denver institution when it comes to stetting the standard in quality and service.
I love the place.

We celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary here. It was an awesome experience. We enjoyed the 6-course chef menu. The food was tasty, the service exceptional. We felt truly “special” throughout this memorable meal. Needless to say, the rose that I was presented was a delightful, thoughtful touch.

Chose the restaurant to celebrate a 30th Anniversary. Enjoyed the ambiance and the historic status of the hotel. The menu was a chef's tasting with good variety and techniques. Our party enjoyed the food very much and appreciated the portion size. The number of wait staff was more than adequate which leads to my major complaint. With so many staff and a limited number of courses, that were the same for each table, why did we get lost? The waiter served the second to last course, the beef course, without even knowing that we were already missing two courses, the salad and fish, and unless we reminded him where we were he had no clue. Then he asked if we even wanted them! Really? We were in the restaurant for 3.5 hrs to finish our meal. The waiter did comp one bottle of wine to make amends but this was a $600.00 dollar dinner and I expected better from the Brown Palace. Now that I think of it, maybe I was to nice in my ratings.

Failed to check menu in advance and it turned out to be limited to a prix fix menu only which would not have been our preference.

Six course dinner, only the dessert was okay, the others were either barely edible or inedible

My husband and I went for a dinner date. The meal was average, however the wine pairings were wonderful. We opted for the six course meal, which consisted of salmon, a curry style soup, steak and the dessert was a creme brûlée. The steak was too rare. My husband and I both felt the meal wasn’t comparable to the price. The ambiance is beautiful and the wait staff excellent.

Fancy dinner. I liked the concept, the food was well arranged on the plate. However not all dishes were tasty. And they only had the 6 and 8 course seasonal menu, so options were limited.

We went for an anniversary. Wonderful food. They do an amazing job of creating such synergy in the tasting menu. Be warned. It is a LOT of food. Definitely worth the money, but come prepared to eat a lot of wonderfully delicious food!

It was my wife's birthday. The eight course entree was fabulous. They acknowledged her birthday and the evening was fabulous. Wonderful evening.

Wonderful experience. Had 6 courses. Perfect amount of food. Atmosphere very romantic.

A remarkable experience!

A gastronomical gem! Trust this chef to your meal, and be delighted with perfectly composed meals, paired with harmonious libations.

The decor reminded me of what a military captains dinning room from WW1 would be like, and it carried the aroma of a deep fryer. The food selection, although small, was excellently selected by the chef and staff. We were treated with amazing service, and the rose at the end of the meal was a happy surprise.

Elegant and the food was awesome!

We thoroughly enjoyed the six course chef's tasting menu with the wine pairing. It was exquisite, a special evening in Denver!

Four in our group ordered the chef’s tasting menu, 6 courses. The meal was rushed as the courses were served for too quickly. The dinning room was nearly empty and we felt hurried to leave. Very disappointing. Courses should be served with sometime between each plate , not rapid fire...

Planned A special celebration for 40 th Birthday party for 6 people. Made a last minute change to 7 and the manager accommodated and provided a private room! We received a comp glass of sparkling wine on arrival ! Our waiter Harrison was the best ever! The experience was a 6 out of 5!

My husband and I love The Palace Arms. The food is exceptional! The history, impeccable service, outstanding wine list. The Palace Arms will not disappoint.

Wonderful service and excellent classical technique in the kitchen.

Wonderfully fun restaurant with a touch of the last century and a wonderful menu and staff.

This was a Denver experience checkbox. I’d never been to the Brown Palace. We thought the iconic hotel & amenities would be worth the cost. Unfortunately, really nothing was special. The service was excellent but that is a gimme when fine dining. The best entree was the caesar salad prepared from scratch & at the table. Our choices of (4 course tasting) ribeye, salmon, rice + cocktails were extremely average. $250 buys a lot more all around ambiance & value elsewhere in town. But, box checked.

Very good food. Years past dining.. table side preparations such as Caesar salad. Nicely done..

Wonderful experience for an out of town couple celebrating an anniversary!

The Beef Wellington was superb! Definitely worth the trip downtown.

My mom and I had a lovely time at the Palace Arms! The Beef Wellington was to die for!

Incredible location with Lobby/Bar area superb in ambiance...restaurant was quite beautiful with wonderful food...we had the place basically to ourselves...

So impressed! Such a nice fancy place.

Fantastic lineup of seasonal ingredients. The 8 course tasting menu with accompanying wine was filling and delicious. Although the dessert came in with apples in March, not sure where that one came from. Overall great experience and will do it again next time in Denver.

Very enjoyable and delicious. It was a magical evening

I had been around to different restaurants for food tasting but this is the worst experience ever I had. I have friends come over visiting but this dinner make me look bad. The service was rude the food was salty

It was a Birthday Celebration and it was Fabulous!