Earl’s Restaurant Cherry Creek

We stopped by for a nice dinner two weeks ago and couldn’t believe the place was empty because their liquor license needed to be renewed. Who knew no alcohol would seriously clear a restaurant out!?! We decided to keep our reservation and we’re glad we did. Our dinner was delicious and quite quiet too. I enjoyed the chicken curry and my husband enjoyed the ribs. We both were content with our choices. Since it was so quiet, the service was great too — quick and engaging. The restaurant had a beautiful décor and I could tell this place can get packed.

I came in here during a Unilocal Bike Meetup where they offered specials to those attending. I sat at the bar which was pretty full. The bartender was very attentive friendly. I was very indecisive and asked for a recommendation for a bite to eat. I ended up with a lovely Dynamite Prawn and Mango Roll. I like sushi and they delivered really well. The prawn is fried crispy and the sauces were flavorful.
I didn’t have an appetite to try dinner but I will on a subsequent visit.

I don’t know why, but I love the one in Lone Tree so much more!
We came here for a late happy hour/​early dinner one evening. While the food was delightful and the restaurant was gorgeous, it just left me missing the other one.
If you do come here and they have the reuben on the menu — you won’t be displeased.

Just ok. Parking is a pain in the neck but I guess that’s just Cherry Creek.
Burger was ok and service was good.

Beautiful atmosphere, great service, and easy parking on the street or in a garage across the street.
We had a delicious bottle of wine (Meiomi Pinot Noir — and I don’t normally put «delicious» and «wine» together) and a perfectly cozy seat where we could see the whole restaurant — but it was a seat made for getting lost in conversation.
Our server was sweet and attentive, and the vibe inside was truly lovely — the lights, décor… [I would live here] I would definitely come back. It requires some penny-​pinching beforehand (ahem, Meiomi Eatyourbankaccountomi) and is worth it. I’m sure this place can be swung on a budget, too — just don’t get a bottle of wine. Novel idea, eh? :)

So much classier than the downtown version, in my opinion, as the downtown version is more of a sports bar and this one in Cherry Creek is more about the dining experience. The service was excellent and we even enjoyed the outdoor patio on a cold winter night. The dining area also has a cool little bar/​kitchen area if sitting down at a table is not your thing (although, the booths are very comfortable, so I’d recommend grabbing one if you can). It’s a great option for Cherry Creek as it does not close at 10pm like some places in the area!!!

If you have not been to your local earls lately, I suggest you plan a visit very soon… and order the warm dungeness crab dip. Seriously, go now! The bubbling hot dip is chalked full of luscious sweet crab (none of that fake stuff) which is then folded into melty cream cheese and fresh herbs. The dip is rich, gooey and beyond decadent. Spread it on a slice of grilled soudough and you are in for a serious treat. Earls is really stepping up their game by making some major revisions to their menu over the past few months; taking into consideration the feedback from their test markets. Another bonus, the presentation is bar-​chic; large wood serving boards, ceramic baking dishes and clean lines that showcases the food front and center.

Love this place! The service is always personable, the food is interesting, delicious, and eclectic. Plus, it is a great happy hour spot!

If you want not a good but, a baddass burger… you go to Earl’s! It’s like $ 13 so it’s expensive for a burger but, it is a damn fine burger!

Earl’s Cherry Creek has a fancy modern interior for a common burger joint. A few other restaurants have failed near this location. I’m afraid another will soon follow. Especially when Cherry Creek’s most famous burger joint is half the price and just a block away.
On the menu, under items to share, the tacos are sold one per order. Unlike Earl’s in Toronto, Canada where I ate recently. The tacos came three to a serving there.
The waiter offered no reasonable explanation. I should have taken it as a sign of foreboding. The pinkie-​finger sized portion of fish had drown in a vile pineapple-​corn dressing, possibly made with corn syrup to enhance the already sickly-​sweet taste. That was not served on the taco’s in Toronto either.
A kale salad floated by, atop a service tray. It was placed in front of one of those high-​country grazing moose types. I can’t wait for that trend to die.
Avoid the dry salt & pepper ribs at all costs. Not ribs in the sense normal people would expect. A pile of scant flesh on what looked like guitar-​pick shaped bones – possibly scales from an alligator or iguana. I immediately thought they had been scavenged from the trash of one of the better restaurants in the area.
Beer, french fries and football games seem to be the draw here. Mind you, a bag of Cheetos and a six pack in the comfort of your own home is a cheaper rout to go and one you might enjoy more.

Cherry Creek has changed so much sincere last time I was here. It was totally dead on a Saturday night at 10:30.
I went to Earl’s Cherry Creek after already gone to the downtown Earl’s for lunch. I like the food — yes it’s pricey, but it is good. Pay for what you like.
My ‘complaint’ would be that the place was only a third to a quarter full. Service was great as was the Happy Hour. I had the Chicken Tacos (good but would prefer the fish tacis), Green Chili Soup (a must order) and a Bombay Gimlet (interesting but too sweet for my tastes).
My real complaint was that the waitress handed my my tab without asking if I wanted another drink or desert. As if «Hey, it’s 11pm and we really want to go home. Never mind the bars can be open to 2am.» I’ve noticed this cycle of death at other dead zones in my travels. I wonder if management (or Corporate) understands this is how their business begins the decline.
Again the food is good and the place has a great atmosphere. I’ll just need to hit the downtown Earl’s next time.

WOW impressed would be an understatement. From the mistaking of forgetting my shells to be corn for my taco… the manager personal came over and apologized and offered another… no charge.
The salad was delicious and filling. Seemed to be changed of shift but the bartender was friendly, courteous, and attentive.
A pricier meal but well worth it!
Almost a 5 but I would say 4 and a half stars!

One of the best steaks I have ever tasted! Not to mention, the atmosphere and layout of the place is phenomenal. The drinks are equally as good as the food, the signature Caesar being my fav!

Some family was in from out of town and wanted to all go out last minute in the Cherry Creek area for dinner last Friday evening. I hopped onto Open Table and surprisingly found tons of openings for Earl’s that would accommodate our party of seven.
I had been previously exposed to Earl’s when I was last in Vancouver more than a couple years ago, and remembered that it was pretty tasty. Their menu also seemed to be pretty vast, offering something for everyone, and thusly so, seemed like the perfect place to dine for the evening. Unfortunately, our experience was less than stellar…
After being sat, our waittress came to greet the table within a handful of minutes to take our drink orders and to ask if we had any questions about the menu. Someone at the table had asked what the soup of the evening was, to which she replied that it was a black bean soup. She offered to then bring everyone at the table a sample of the soup to see if we would like it (started off the meal pretty high). About ten minutes go by, and she returns with our soup samples for the table to try, and promptly leaves and goes back into the kitchen. I kid you not, another 30 minutes go by, before she is back out and ready to take our orders! One of us managed to snag the hostess down who promptly went and grabbed our waitress, otherwise I’m sure it would have been a longer wait. At this point, the majority of the table needed a refill and we are all beyond hungry and ready for some food.
We all ordered our dinner entrees, as well as refills to our cocktails. She brought our drinks back, completely forgetting one. With an annoying «oops» at the reminder, she disappeared back into the kitchen for another 20 minutes until she brought out our food and had to be reminded again about the drink she forgot.
The food was about average from what I remembered about Earl’s. I ordered a burger that was stacked pretty high with freshly fried onion rings, a red onion relish, and fresh greens. While it was cooked perfectly, it just didn’t do it for me. My partner ordered a sushi salmon salad. I managed to steal a bite or two and can attest that it was pretty tasty!
All-​in-​all, for the service (or lack thereof), I think that I will pass of Earl’s the next time I’m looking for a place to eat in the neighborhood. Even if the food was superstar excellent, the amount of time we had to wait to place our orders (both drink and food) was a little much, especially since the restaurant wasn’t even that busy to begin with.

Been here twice. First time was just to sneak in and enjoy a glass of wine and one of the amazing deserts at the bar. Came back tonight to enjoy a meal on the restaurant side. Really nice and fresh. Service was great. Highly recommend.

Ah, Cherry Creek, how I despise you at times. I was in the neighborhood for something, don’t recall what but I’m sure whatever it was it was expensive and pretentious. I decided I needed something to take away the feeling of expensive and pretentious, so off to the Cherry Cricket I went. Oops! Friday night + Cherry Cricket = bad and crowded. So I kept walking and wound up in Earl’s, cause… I don’t really like Cherry Creek or Earl’s.
Anyway, wound up at the bar next to a number of middle aged men fake texting on their iPhones to their fake mistresses and two younger women who were looking for middle aged men fake texting their fake mistresses. So I really liked the atmosphere of this place. (seriously, I do like the atmosphere here better than the Earl’s downtown and in Park Meadows — it’s more hip and modern IMO)
Anyway, the fish taco appetizer was pretty tasty, but $ 11 or $ 12 for two small fish tacos seemed a bit steep. Overall, it’s decent to good food and the price to be honest is comprable to other locations in «the creek.»

Okay… this is my kind of place… I love the atmosphere… love the attitude… and the food & service isn’t bad either. A little eclectic for my tastes, but I enjoyed everything that I tasted.
A little Mexican mixed with a little Asian was weird, but it worked for some reason. The ribs were yummy and crispy — The tacos were really good & the sushi rolls they had were okay…
I will go back and try a few more things just to make sure it wasn’t the booze talking… but I liked it a lot.
Stay Tuned!!!

Poor poor poor. Yeah, the inside looks great… yeah, the wait staff is eye candy… still poor poor poor.
I had dinner last night here with a date; She had the brie chicken sandwich, I had the pad thai. Both came out cold. My dish was absolutely terrible — even if it was warm, it would’ve been bad. It was cooked fine, the taste of the dish though was off. I normally never complain about a dish to my waiter/​waitress, but I had to. She said that many people don’t like it. No wonder, it doesn’t taste like any pad thai I ever had! Had a bite of my dates sandwich… meh…
I once went to the Earl’s on 16^th street. I had the steak with garlic mashed potatoes. Wasn’t anything special, but wasn’t bad at all. At least it came out hot!
By the way, maybe it was just happy hour — not real sure, but the clientèle were total tools. I’ve never seen so much collagen, botox, and fakey’s in one establishment. The girl 2 booths down from us looked like a clown she had so much plastic surgery done! I thought we all learned a lesson watching MJ change as he got older! The guys were typical meatheads looking to score off the slutty looking girls (they were dressed really nice, but the plastic is hard to miss).
That being said, one plus was our waitress was great! The second I finished a drink, they’d be a new one. She was cool and attentive. Had the food not been so terrible, I could overlook the want-​to-​be Barbies & Ken, and probably would go back.
I’m sorry Earl’s, but the Cherry Creek location needs work… fast!

A beautiful high end diner, with eye-​candy hostesses and servers who are exceptionally well trained to be friendly and attentive. The bar/​lounge always seems to be loaded with North Face playahs., and forty-​something snow geeks.
The dining room is casual swank, and the food is hearty (steaks, big rich salads and burgers) well prepared, fresh, interesting. Two visits to Earl’s have been delightful. The service was so ebullient on our last visit it was almost comical, with a visit to our table every few minutes. But in today’s careless world, the extra attention was appreciated.

I mean let’s be real… its more fun to eat and drink when the person serving you is nice to look at, but I am not a horny 25-​year-​old male whose sole purpose in life is to pick up women. That said, the waitresses are super cute, but not my type. :) Put some men in short skirts and high heels… now we’re talkin. jk.
That aside, I like the décor… ALOT. It’s a really comfortable environment. I love the bar. it’s a big, white slab of stone that brightens the place up.
I had a house margarita, and it was good. Not great, but I would go there again and order drinks… seems to be good place for that if you can sit at the bar. Not sure I would spend the time and money to actually eat here, but again… it’s a fine place to have a drink or two before heading elsewhere.