Montaña’s Cantina and Grill

Latin night on Sunday nights – . Food is decent. I don’t drink so I can’t say much about that. I’m a regular here, is a safe and great place to bring the chicas to party and dance.

They became an ok bbq place when the area already has some better bbq places… but I still love their margarita

This spot reminds you that you are in a mountain town, not just a resort area!
That can be taken as good or bed, it’s up to the beholder.
An eclectic somewhat rough group of characters comprise the staff, but they did a fine job of it.
We waited quite a while for food, but it was decent and the GM checked in with us. At one point he ran to the store to get an ingredient we requested that he didn’t carry… That is pretty cool!
Food: I had the hash. It was truly tasty! I give this place a click above a diner or a chain, but nothing to drive to mountains for!
You could soak up the previous evening’s fun here though…

The food here tastes great, especially the french toast. We ate breakfast early here and there was only one server, which makes sense since there weren’t many people in the restaurant at all. My only complaint is that I wish the food came out more hot as it was just on the warm side when they were served to us.

Went for brunch on a Sunday when the Warrior Dash was going and seriously, experienced some of the worst service I have ever encountered. Food was mediocre. Severely understaffed and disorganized! No one even apologized, which made it worse.

Horrible place, don’t even think about going here.
Very confused staff running back and forth aimlessly, took forever to get drinks, then people seated after us getting their food first. 30 minutes after we placed our order, and after getting zero attention for that long, we got up and left.
Won’t be surprised when this place closes or ends up on a restaurant rescue tv show.

Only had breakfast here. The had 5 breakfast specials for $ 5.95. I had the French toast which was the best I’ve had in years. Absolutely delicious! Going back for more before I leave town.

Went here for breakfast a few weeks ago. At 7:30 there were only 2 other tables. The menu is fine and affordable with bottomless cups of coffee. They even had the fireplace going which was nice.
There was only 1 server who was also bringing out the food. It was a little on the slow side. Maybe there was only 1 person in the kitchen too.
A note on the restrooms– while they had been cleaned from the previous night’s partying, they just smelled awesome! Like maybe pipes aren’t working properly.

The ghost of Finnegan’s returns to haunt Montana’s? :D
Service… spent over an hour at a deck table without seeing a server.
Happy hour… taco bar… near empty, a little dirty, no taco shells…
Food order from menu… good.
Got my own drinks and placed food order at bar — kudo’s to bartender for bringing out food and comping a round in recognition of slow service.
I’m a local — will try it again — but currently would not recommend to friends or visitors.

It’s a shame that people in the «valley» are so critical of this place. Mexican food in the middle of a mountain? Of course it’s not going to be just across the border good.
As far as «locals don’t go here?» I call shenanigans. On Friday’s (upstairs) they tap a FREE keg at 5 that’s there until it’s gone. I was there this past Friday night (with a local) and it was PACKED with «locals».
Shots were cheap — food was good. Actual homemade chips. Service was good and fun. Maybe the reality is… when this place opened up a year or so ago they didn’t quite have their game plan figured out. Mountain town restaurants usually always use the same food services so the food ends up tasting the same everywhere you go. Montanas is obviously trying to be something different.

We had breakfast on Jan 20, 2013. I have never tasted better french toast and I am 50 years old. The eggs benny and wavos that my companions ordered looked great. Presentation on benny well done. Waitress was good natured with the right attitude. Coffee was decent enough to have a couple extra cups. I love the remodel job by the new owner… far more inviting and warm than Finnegans was. I was kind of surprised by the emptiness but it was a sunday morning.

They have changed their world for the better. Giver a shot!

Montana’s is a great bar and restaurant. The happy hour deals are excellent and the food is always fresh and reasonably priced. The staff is helpful, friendly and knowledgable. Montanas is great for kids and adults. There are lots of night time activities as well.
Not sure what the bad reviews are about… maybe people were confusing it with finnegans (the place there before montanas)

Bland, probably store bought guacamole. Supposedly home made chips had red and blue ones in them (doubtful they’re home made). «Sizzling» fajitas were limp, lifeless and silent on arrival and tortillas are either store bought or made days ago. Fajitas looked like they had a can of stewed tomatoes dumped on it. Salsa and some cabbage creation that came with the chips were bland. That’s what I get for not checking online first.

We went here for breakfast, which apparently is fairly new for them. Serve breakfast until noon. Have both Mexican and traditional items. Huevos were great, as well as the breakfast burrito.
Nice deck. Excellent food and service.
My wife says this is a keeper!

Decent ambiance. Friendly staff. Decidedly bland food. Not sure how you mess up Southwestern, but the meat in the tacos was cold, the chips were stale, and the guacamole was tastless. Like others have said … I really wanted to like this place. I hope they improve.

I wanted to like this place Avon needs more good Mexican Restaurants, but I was underwhelmed.
The first time I stopped in, we had dinner. I had chile rellenos which were 99% eggroll and 0.5% cheese and 0.5% pepper. This could have been saved by a good green chile, but the green chile was bland, no kick to it at all. The chips and salsa has a bland salsa accompanied by a weird coleslaw salsa I once also saw at Tequila’s in Glenwood Springs — so I’m not sure if the restaurants are related, but Tequila’s is better. Anyhow, the server was weird, kept asking me if I wanted a drink. I can understand why. My boyfriend ordered one Margarita for $ 9.50 and got a tiny glass. Not impressed.
We decided to give the place a second chance and they were having a Friday afternoon happy hour, the place was lively, and filled with lots of patrons. We decided to just stop in for a drink and went up to the bar. The bartender did not even acknowledge us (a, «I’ll be right with you» goes a long way). Instead we got to hear him talk to his friends about the prices and merits of every single bottle of liquor Montana’s sells. After reading five pages of the Vail Daily, and not even getting any acknowledgment, I offered to go make real decent Mexican food and drinks for my boyfriend at home. We probably saved $ 60 and had a much better time with much better quality food anyhow.

Locals don’t go here. Bad food, bad service, and over priced. Surprised they’re still open.

Service was slow
Food was undesirable, stale and tasteless… the tortilla soup was cold and lacked flavor, the arrachera was overcooked and the beans were hard, the appetizer muscles were fishy and literally inedible.
Pricing was outrageously overpriced.
Needless to say, we won’t be back!

We’ve been here twice for lunch, and I just can’t understand why the other reviews are so bad. In my opinion, rating this place a one star is just wrong. It is clean and both the food and service are good.
Unlike another local Mexican restaurant in Edwards who leaves their cold chips sitting on the tables all day, Montanas chips are served warm after you are seated (as do most other Mexican restaurants).
Sure, the queso is basically just melted Velveeta, but at least they have queso. I’d agree it is overpriced, but where I’m from it is served for FREE along with the chips and salsa anyway so all queso that isn’t free is overpriced if you ask me.
They have two kinds of salsa: regular and spicy. Even the spicy isn’t very spicy, so they need to up their game here.
Still, their entrees are good and I think their prices are reasonable for the area. The service has been reasonably good too.
Definitely our favorite Mexican restaurant in the Vail valley, but there’s still room for improvement!