The Arvada Tavern

Great atmosphere and service. I had the Tavern Burger and it was a perfect blend of sweet and spicy. The garlic fries were crispy and we’ll seasoned. I would definitely recommend and we will be back!

This is my new favorite place! I love the vibe. The food is great! Especially the burger. Honestly can’t think of a better one that I have had. So good!
The cocktails are amazing! I love the sazerac and the Olde Town Fashioned most of all.
For an extra good time, sit at the east end of the bar and watch the bartenders make drinks. Quite the amazing craftsmen! Stop reading and get over there as fast as you can! Enjoy!

What a great experience. Pierogis were excellent. Pork chops and Grilled Pear Salad good too. Cocktails are wonderful.

Incredible drinks, delicious food, and wonderful service. This is our spot for special occasions. If you haven’t been there, it’s absolutely worth trying.

Loved this place; perfect old time ambiance but at the same time very hip. The drink list is almost too good, I had a hard time choosing just one (they’re pretty pricy) but the one I ended up with was DELISH. Ordered Rocky Mountain oysters (my first time) and a burger. Both were to die for. Last but not least, our waitress was a real sweetie and seemed to genuinely care about us and our experience there. Thanks Arvada tavern!

Great place cool old time feel, speak easy. Live music, great cocktails. We got wings, perfectly grilled, nice bit of spice. Pretzels are amazing with green chile’s, and a white cheddar sauce. There fluffy and light, great salt on top. Ordered the pork belly tacos, excellent flavor and textures, red cabbage and crispy pork belly.

We really liked it here. I think the Arvada peeps are pretty lucky to have such a cool bar nearby. The inside definitely has a 20’s-30’s vibe and the bartenders concoct very detailed and memorable cocktails.
Hubs and I split the pork belly tacos and the Grilled Pear Salad. Both were good but the salad was out of this world! The pork belly, though tasty, was a bit too sweet for me. I find this often happens with pork belly– there’s some common glaze that kitchens just love to throw on it. Anyway, I would definitely order either of those again.
There is no happy hour (sad face), but business is good so I don’t think they need it.

Truly a gem in Arvada Olde Town. The inside seating is great with comfortable booths; small tables outside are perfect for summer nights. Staff is nice and courteous– looking professional without being requiring to wear uniforms and look like clones. Food is great — everything from appetizers to basics to main dishes.
Appetizers are usual American style food — wings, dips, vegetables…
Basics, while seem simple, are a great spin on traditional American dishes– I love their Mac and cheese (I recommend adding bacon and mushrooms).
Main dishes are on the pricier side, but still worth the buck if you are hungry — each offer something unique yet not overwhelming.
This place is a must try if you are in Arvada Olde Town, highly recommended.

Love this place! Great atmosphere. Incredible cocktails and amazing food! Can’t wait to come back.

I came in looking for what I hoped would be the best French 75…
Let’s start: the ambiance is amazing especially for something out in the ‘burbs. I’m a cocktails/​speakeasy kind of gal so when a friend invited me, I immediately Unilocaled it & learned I should be here now.
We stopped by on a Wednesday afternoon just before the happy hour crowd. It never got too busy while we hung around.
I ordered my French 75 and went in with high expectations. The drink was your classic 75 (gin, champagne) & pretty decent. Full disclosure-​The best one I’ve ever had was at Luke — John Besh’s San Antonio restaurant– and my only hope was that this one wouldn’t be subpar. It pretty much achieved that.
My friend’s a big tequila guy so he asked the bartender to get creative. Now, this place sticks to your standard liquors & didn’t have too many tequila options available. Also, the bartender didn’t seem too interested in going off menu (something you don’t see too often).
If you’re a cocktail kind of person, keep this place handy! Hubs and I will be back!

Amidst the sea of breweries all over, the tavern is a welcome respite for cocktail and wine lovers. They have a rotating list of seasonal specialty cocktails created by their bartenders. Be careful because they drink easily so you could easily go overboard!
We thought the food was amazing as well. I had the grilled cheese dish which came with their version of tomato soup. It certainly enticed the senses! My partner had their classic tavern burger and scarfed it down with glee.
The décor is wonderful, giving you an old-​time, nostalgic, speak-​easy style feel.
Our server was friendly, knowledgable, outgoing and helpful. I look forward to returning!

The Arvada Tavern was yet another very fortunate choice for a place to eat during our trip. I had the trout which was not only well cooked, and flavorful, it was accompanied by a wonderfully prepared risotto. Also had the Hemingway Daiquiri… Nice! The daiquiri part is a little misleading as this is not a sweet drink, it is instead a grapefruit and Lome concoction that becomes more addicting with each sip.
Highly recommended!

We have been here several times and keep coming back! Their drinks are terrific, their food is fantastic, the live jazz upstairs sets the tone and the décor is sexy. We love this place and recommend it to anyone in Arvada — but don’t make it too hard for us to get in ;).

My husband and I stopped in this past Saturday evening for «date night» cocktails and dinner, however we decided to leave after being seated for our meal.
We’d never been in before, and my initial impression of the Tavern was good. The atmosphere of the bar is quite lovely, we were greeted by the hostess immediately and we were able to sit at the bar while waiting for a dinner table to open. I enjoyed my cocktail and the bartenders were helpful and friendly. When our table was ready, we received our text and were shown to our table.
Unfortunately, the dinner table was EXTREMELY small — tall, round, with 2 bar stools, directly behind the hostess station and front door. Like most women, I brought a purse with me and had no area to keep it aside from my lap or the floor. We had more room seated at the bar.
We were brought waters and menus, but refused the water so as not to crowd the table. (I was still trying to figure out what to do with my purse and coat.) As I reviewed the menu, I couldn’t help shake my discomfort. The food looked great, but I couldn’t imagine trying to enjoy the meal on a table meant for beers and hot dogs — not $ 20 entrees and $ 10 cocktails.
My husband could sense my discomfort and offered to move on to a different restaurant. I JUMPED at the chance, and we told the waiter we’d decided against dinner. We probably could have asked for a different table but the larger ones in view were all occupied and my anxiety was off the charts — I just wanted out.
We left and probably won’t be back unless we’re forced. Just not our kind of place I guess. Of course, your mileage may vary depending on your seating needs/​preferences.

I rarely give 5 stars, but this place definitely deserves it. The ambience is really nice. We had the best service. Our waitress, Meg, was extremely accommodating and was willing to make tiny requests to make our experience here wonderful. Our cups were never empty and she always checked on us.
We ordered the pretzel, pierogi, and pork belly tacos. The tacos were freakin amazing! Probably the best tacos I ever had. I’ve never had pierogis before and it was really good! They’re Polish dumplings with mashed potatoes inside. They also make their own ginger beer so we had to try their Moscow mule. Yum!

Oh my! The Arvada Tavern got me thinking about it long after the food taste is gone from my memory.
I’ve been very fortunate recently to walk into wines bars/​bars and come out really pleased with their food offerings as well.
Well this place touts itself as a prohibition style kind of place. That’s what our server informed me. Specialty cocktails made as you wait. On Unilocal it is a regular bar or a lounge.
For this visit I skipped their libations and made a mental note to actually go back and enjoy their specialities. Why? Because I had to drive. That’s why! Nosy!:)
I turned to their food menu portion and decided to share with my friend C. We ordered the following:
Cider Brined Pork Tenderloin. Roasted heirloom carrots. Mushroom barley and Bourbon chipotle pear butter. $ 20.
The Olde Town Burger. ¹⁄₃ lbs house ground burger, green chile cream cheese, spicy candied bacon, onion ring, over easy fried egg, served with garlic potato wedges.$ 14
Both I highly recommend. The meat on the Brined Pork Tenderloin was tender and tasty. Easy to cut and therefore very enjoyable to eat.
The potato wedges were crunchy and salty and freshly made. The burger patty was seasoned just enough and cooked the way I requested. Medium.
Our male waiter was very professional but pleasant. Present but non obtrusive. Clean place. Mellow vibe.
Now I have a bar to stop whenever I visit my friend. Thanks C for introducing me to this gem!

My absolute favourite place to get drinks. The care with which they craft their beverages is noticeably above any other place in Colorado. The menu is great and they regularly add interesting new drinks, while keeping the staples I love. And they’ll make you anything. Asking for suggestions always proves fruitful. They are truly passionate about a great taste experience.
I live far from these guys, but will make the trek as often as I can.
There is nothing else around even close to what they provide. The service is out of this world and the staff are incredibly patient, professional, and inviting people.
The owners are super cool too.
I don’t often eat there, but the food is delicious. The wings are phenomenal, as are the burgers.
If you like booze, I mean REALLY love craft cocktails, these guys deliver.

Omg. We just landed from LA and on our way to Breckenridge. Stopped by Costco and decided to eat in the area. We Unilocaled and found «The Arvada Kitchen.» We both ordered the steak and, omg, the gnocchi, the pesto sauce, the garlic, and the Brussels sprout combo with the Steak… Seriously one of the best steak ever! I been to quite some fancy steak houses in LA and this has them beat.
The atmosphere is great and lots of locals? Our Server is super fantastic!!!
The next time we come back to Colorado (next month), we will have to come back!!!

OK so this is one of those small town treasurers that I found about a year ago. One of my favorite late night/​date/​night places to go and to recommend. The speak-​easy upstairs is what tops it for me.
So the break down:
The down stairs is Prohibition themed. The bar and the drinks are uniquely designed to give you the old time romantically sophisticated feel. The food is equally rich with a chef the loves to experiment yet stay classy. Great food!
OK the upstairs in which you enter through an old time phone booth. A long stairwell that leads to an and bar/​band area. Jazzy/​blue grass bands play up in this bar area, no food orders and a bit small but such a unique place. The kicker is that they do such a good job of «hiding» the sound you would never know the band was there. You can’t here it downstairs when you are eating and even the windows that seeming lead to the outside never reveal the live band playing. Such a cool and fun experience.
I recommend this place as a date night, girls night endeavor. Sooooooo amazing and what a find. I am so happy it is in an area close to where I live.

Visited on tiki Tuesday. My friends tried the zombie and the 151 swizzle, which they said tasted like 100% alcohol — a good bargain for the price. I tried the ginger beer, which was quite spicy and not as carbonated as I like. The atmosphere was great. The staff was friendly and the venue is situated in the very adorable downtown Arvada. Worth a visit.

After my most recent experience, I had to lower my rating. Food and beverages are still amazing and on point. Service however has changed.
I came in on a Saturday early evening for my mothers birthday. From the moment we walked in the door, I was shocked to be treated the way that we were. We didn’t have a reservation and we were okay with waiting 30 minutes just like the hostesses said. An hour goes by and I’m still waiting and there were four tables open. When I asked the young girls why we haven’t been seated yet, they said that those tables are reserved for reservations. When I asked when are the reservations, they told me they weren’t for another half hour or more. Are you kidding me?! They were planning on leaving those tables open for HALF AN HOUR when there are plenty of people that have been waiting to be seated for an hour?! What a joke! I’ve been a hostess before for six years! I know how to do the damn job and that is simply not okay!
The only reason I didn’t speak to management was because I felt bad for these high school girls and their lack of common sense. I’m sure they need that job to pay for their gas to get to school. However, I highly suggest the Arvada Tavern hire someone a little smarter and experienced. It is not okay for your underage staff to be scoffing and gossiping about you customers right in front of them.

Food was great. Had the Chicken Schnitzel. That’s about the last of the good I have for this review.
For the record… What she brought me half way through my finished dinner was NOT a Sloe gin fizz. The first one she brought out was a Ramos gin fizz which I couldn’t drink & was not what I ordered. The second try at what I ordered they put cream in it… kinda like a Ramos, but clearly not a Sloe gin fizz… And then she progressed into arguing with me that it was just the egg white… she points out to me its «not the „traditional“ way its supposed to be made.» I beg to differ I say «Traditionally all „fizz“ drinks have egg white… that’s where they got their name…» I’ve had quite a few Sloe gin fizz in my day… Oh and you know Google & Wikipedia… they corroborate my complaint… And I even showed her because she didn’t believe me… but you know.. Customer isn’t right… #CheckPlease! #NoReallyWeWouldLikeToGo… #StillWaiting

Muy Excellante! Wow. We just pulled this place up on Unilocal looking for dinner before meeting some peeps for drinks, and I’m darn happy we did!
I don’t think I can effectively describe this décor, it’s just exactly what I would expect a place in Olde Town Arvada to look like. It’s old and traditional. The menu boasts some fantastic cocktails to match every taste. We tried a couple, the Sazarac and the Tipparary, you should too. perfectly balanced and very strong. For dinner I had the the elk sausage and Jess the grilled cheese (with bacon of course!) and split them. I had a tough time choosing between bites. The latter came with the best tomato bisque I’ve ever had. The service was really friendly too.
I’m definitely going to find my way back here soon, this is a great little spot!
Cheers!

Cruised by a little early on a Sunday evening to grab some dinner.
First impressions: dimly lit and candles, exposed brick walls added to the overall ambiance. Sinatra crooned in the background, which was a nice touch.
The wait staff was very attentive, answering all our questions about the menu.
We ordered the white bean & roasted red pepper hummus for an appetizer, which was very tasteful.
For dinner we ordered the short rib pasta and chicken schnitzel.
The artichokes that came with the short rib pasta were amazing. Bursting with flavor. The short rib dish overall was flavorful. The sauce was not heavy, but was rather light to medium bodied.
The chicken schnitzel was pretty good, the chicken was moist and the breading was crisp.
As the night went on, the place began to fill up. The bartenders look to be on top of their game. I also ordered a Czech mule, which was as good as any mule I have had prior, maybe a little better.
Overall, we loved this place. A bit on the expensive side if you’re looking for a nice casual night out. (63.00 for appetizer, two drinks and two main dishes) but definitely worth it.

My 10 $ spinach salad came with no dressing.
That’s cool if I grab a handful of spinach from the bag in the fridge, slice some red onion and maybe a tomato, shake out some bacon and cheese, and take it to work in a tupperware… but it is absolute bull — - alongside 10 dollar cocktails at a bar of this caliber.
My husband ordered a 11 $ burger, and then didn’t finish it. He was so excited about it too, and I’ve never seen him not finish a burger. ‘Better than McDonalds but worse than almost anything else’ was how he described the disappointment.
Potatoes were great, drinks were amazing, but we went out to eat.

So I’m very torn on this place. Atmosphere, music, location, drinks & food were great! It’s got a great underground speakeasy type feel and we walked in to jazz playing overhead. The rest & bar are candlelight and could be romantic although it can get loud. They’ve got an impressive and creative cocktail menu and killer sangria. The brie with cranberries & pears… heavenly. My dining companions both enjoyed their food and the pickiest said it was the best burger ever.
The downside. Initially our waitress was very attentive and prompt, however by the end of the meal she’d cozied up to a table and spent an inordinate amount of time over there. Enough so that we couldn’t get any ketchup to finish fries, nor the bill or even another round of drinks. Additionally, there was a group of drunks that had been over served and were getting vulgar and loud. We finally made a comment to another server who attempted to quiet them down. It was pseudo successful, but when you’re already on guard during your meal that they guy next to you is going to vomit everywhere… kinda kills the mood.

This place is truly bar atmosphere, no big TV’S, elegant booth, friendly staff’s, exelence kitchen Chef!!!
Looking forward to come here again for weekend

I’ve been to the Arvada Tavern a couple times now and have not had a bad experience. I’m really surprised this place wasn’t busier on a Friday night. People may not be willing to pay $ 8 – 12 for a cocktail (though this is fairly reasonable for the quality they’re putting out). Both times I’ve been here I’ve sat at the bar. The bartenders are very attentive and friendly.
The food is pretty good too. I’ve had short ribs and the green chili Mac and cheese. The short rib dish I had the first time was good minus an over abundance of pink peppercorns. The Mac and cheese was spot on.
Be advised a couple drinks and some food will set one person back $ 30 – 40.

The other Elite-​ers hit the nail on the head with this place. To be honest I have nothing really different to say about the atmosphere, food, and drinks. But I would like to review the places as a musician.
I had the fortunate pleasure of singing with a band last night at Arvada Tavern. It was a jazz band it was part of the Swingin’ Denver Wednesday Night Hop. I must say, the restaurant was very accommodating. They move tables out the way for swing dancers upstairs.
The bar is INCREDIBLE. They made specialty drinks just for the band. I had a drink called the Bees Knees. It was a STRONG whiskey drink. Just how I like it. My Macaroni and cheese was delicious. All I have to say is one word, GOUDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
As for performing, the stage is a little small but we made due. We also had to manage our on sound on the sound board. It took us a minute to figure it out but after we did it was nice. The dance floor is great and the lighting upstairs is very warm.
I look forward to performing there again in the future.

This place is top notch! I will explain in list form …
~ High quality food
~ Great tap list
~ Extensive cocktail list
~ Live music up stairs
~ Attentive wait and bar staff
~ Open late on the weekends
So the upstairs lounge has been my new favorite place in Olde Arvada. There is live music, great drinks and a fun environment. You can even walk through an old phone booth to get up there, very Sherlock Holmes like!

Why haven’t I heard of this place before today?! Tiki Tuesday every Tuesday and if you order the tiki tiki tavern drink you get a special tiki mug!
These bartenders are seriously awesome. They know way more about these drinks than the last sommelier we had at Old Major knew about the wines he was pouring. These guys make house made simple syrups and bitters, how cool is that?!
Retro vibe inside with old artifacts, signs, phone booth, old cigarette dispenser. There’s a good variety of seating: big booths, high top tables, lots of bar seating and community type tables.
Speakeasy upstairs with live jazz every Friday and Saturday night. More limited bar upstairs since its a smaller space.
Menu looks interesting and some of the others food we saw looked great. I will definitely return for food and drinks when I have more time!