Highlands Alehouse

This place is lucky that it sits at the foot of a première mountain in Aspen… The service is an absolute joke, and this is coming from a local. Most horrendous service… Will look at you & not acknowledge your existence/​ask if you need anything. Will charge you different prices each time. It’s a mix of entitled people working & hanging out here. The other 75% of the time it feels like a frat-​house.

Terrible service. Employees with lousy attitude. Food for half the table came out and then 15 minutes later the rest of the table received their food. Restaurant was empty yet it still took 30 minutes or longer. Food average at best.

There really is no place in Aspen I’d rather eat. Normally, its an apres ski thing — one thing leads to another, and a beer turns into beers (really nice selection), which then begets a pizza, some wings, their superb, unequaled gluten-​free pizza, maybe a salad…
Sometimes its lunch, after skiing and hiking. We’ll grab a big table and park a bunch of kids and bigger people, and pizzas, burgers, wings and more beers will start heading our way and everyone eats too much and walks away stuffed.
Either time, its crowded. To get to the yummy food, you have to deal with the crowd. Service consists of ordering at the bar and then they bring your food to your table. If you can get a table. They’re big and there’s no seating person or plan so you just have to find a group that’s about the vacate and snag before someone else does. Then some other vulture will hover over you when it looks like you might leave. Crowd situation. Part of the experience.
Last night we showed up about 6pm for dinner. No one there except a couple tables and a bar full of ski instructors and ski co employees at the bar. The place was so clean and quiet! And the food was even better than usual. I had the salmon, which came perfectly pink inside, on a bed of delicious spinach and peperonata. Really, really tasty. Pizza and wings for the kids, excellent as always — the buffalo wings are seriously crisp and tasty and come out hot!
Having been to the Ale House maybe 20 times, and an equal number before that when it was Aspen Pizza Co (same people, smaller location around the corner), my whole family are fans. Yes, it gets crowded. Because its really good!
I wish they had maybe one or two more entrée type items on the menu. For us low-​carb/​gluten free types, it’d be nice to have maybe a roast chicken or pork chop on the menu. After my salmon experience last night, I’m really curious to see what the kitchen could do with a few more meaty options. But that’s my only sort-​of complaint…

Great food! We sat at the bar and the service for the food was a bit slow, but otherwise really great.
I had the arugula and prociutto salad and it was fantastic. Hubs had the Elk sausage sandwich with french fries and loved it. He also very much enjoyed the beer list.
Definitely the place to be at the bottom of Highlands.

After reading the reviews, I wanted to try the pizza here. I called 3 times and no one answered the phone, even though the hours listed say they’re open, and that they deliver.

I have been searching and searching AND searching for the best pizza on Aspen and this is it! Perfect place for some quick slices and a beer for lunch. The ordering seems a bit confusing at first but just go to the bartender! Everyone was really nice and the slices came out delicious and fast. Pretty good beer selection as well, including a good amount of local beers. Come here!

Aspen is famous for being expensive and crowded, but Aspen Highlands is the hidden gem. Highlands Alehouse was the main restaurant at the bottom of the hill. The pizza was so delicious, and the mussels (special) were fresh and savory. How do you even import mussels this fresh?
Great convenient location for lunch which won’t break the bank. Love that it’s much less crowded than Snowmass and Aspen!

I’m a valley local and take note of the good places to have an après bite & drink so as to take friends who visit. I ski Highlands most often and was happy to see the ale house open. The first time I went in it was so packed you couldn’t order. Unfortunately you have to order pizza and beer at one place which is partially obstructed by a structural pillar making forming a line hard. Also be sure to see what slices they have before ordering as you can’t see what’s avail when they finally take your order. Anyhow the place was so packed I went across the way to the Ritz bar, which is not my type of place typically but I was thirsty & hungry, and had great apps & cocktails with a chill vibe. Today I came back to the ale house which was fortunately less crowded. Unfortunately what I found was a grumpy cashier and a pizza cook that only grumbled when asked about slices. Perhaps it was because the end of the ski season is near and these folks were burned out but, hey, you live and work in a resort town so get over it or move. Long and short the pizza & beer were good but service sucked.

this place was exactly what we needed for lunch. we both got the bison burger with truffle fries. yeah its a bit expensive but you are on a ski mountain so its to be expected. the food was awesome, especially the fries. it can be tricky to find a place to sit down, but that can be a sign that the place is good! The burger and fries were awesome, I probably could have gone for round 2 but still needed to ski.

After a 9 day snowboarding trip to 3 resorts in 3 states and countless pizzas later, I can say this was the best pizza I had on the trip. For $ 6, I got a veggie pizza with a delicious, crisp crust. Yes, the crust was crisp. Not doughy. Crisp. Only complaint was that my friend’s slice was way bigger than mine. They need some consistency on that cutting.

I stopped here the other day between ski runs for a quick bite. I had a bowl of the chili and to my surprise it was one of the best chili bowls I ever tasted. I spoke with my server who turned out to be one of the owners, and I was impressed by his commitment to quality ingredients. I brought my wife back tonight to try the pizza and it was definitely the best pizza in the valley. We live in Aspen on the east side of town and it only took us 9 minutes to get there. Let’s support this local gem!

What an awesome place. Good vibe, great pizza and chicken wings, good beer selection, and completely packed for a Wednesday. I would definitely recommend this place.

Delicious pizza. I’m a New Yorker originally and this pizza co, Pete’s with many NY pizza parlors. We came in for a quick slice and pint after hiking at the maroon bells and it was the best decision.

Aspen on a budget sucks. Trying to stretch your dollar goes a LONG way here. The pizza is made to order and large was pretty affordable. It was good… I wouldn’t order the chicken wings, they were sitting around in a large bucket with water over by the oven, Gordon Ramsay would probably scream at them for that, otherwise, I’d risk a upset stomach to save $ 40 on a meal. Save yourself some money on a drink, just walk 5 feet to the Ritz walk inside and grab a bottle of free water. Seriously… the Ritz has free cookies at 3pm too… maybe I’ll write a review for the Ritz next…

I love being back home and eating some great pizza with my family. Nothing ruins a day like having a craving for PIZZA and finding out that you have just been served something that resembles cardboard with rubber layered on top… yeah not here. This place is a great slice, with great beer. Highlands Pizza Company also offers local Aspen Brewery beer and other choices too.

This place is awesome! The pizza is pretty expensive, but what isn’t in aspen? the staff is real chill, drafts are fairly cheap and they’ve got enough microbrews to keep me happy. the only cruddy part is that it isn’t open since there’s no one around.