Leslie K

Review of Flagstaff House Restaurant

This was a quality restaurant with excellent food ...

This was a quality restaurant with excellent food in a unique location. I will say that we made our reservation for a special occasion weeks in advance and requested a table next to a window, but that request was not honored. Considering that everyone in the restaurant was sitting next to the window except one other table, I found it odd that our request was not honored. In fact, we were the farthest table in the restaurant from any window. This was disappointing. Both my husband and I each had the three course meal and every course of mine was excellent. I will say that my husband had a bad first course and that his Italian appetizer tasted burnt and I tried it and it was awful. That was the only miscue with the food. They are great at providing complimentary food throughout the meal, so tiny appetizers, a bread sampling, and tiny desserts at the end, and take-home bread to boot. The service was fine but overall, the meal was agonizingly slow. I understand and enjoy stretching time to enjoy a fine meal but there were incredibly long periods of time where we had no food on the table. It took a very long time for them to take our order at the beginning. Obviously, the location is quite unique and the view at night is pretty, but the ambiance is dull and quiet, so it left something to be desired. All in all, I will say it was an excellent meal with polite service at a highly unique location, but it was not the best meal of my life. Next time, we will go to an upscale Boulder restaurant with more life and energy in the center of the city.