Abejas

Pricey but value not there for the price. Also, waiters/​waitresses don’t have time to discuss menu, which is a must if the place is pricey as that is part of the price. Much better places in this expensive category… eaten at restaurants world wide. Also, very noisy!

Awesome! The food was great. You cool tell that it was fresh and there was nothing that was less than perfect. The service was superb as well. I highly recommend the duck.

I had high hopes and wanted to love this place!!! The staff was great, we were quickly seated because we made reservations on Facebook.
My husband had the sea scallops. These were perfect, tender, tasty, not overcooked, which is easy to do with scallops! These were very good. However…
The boneless lamb shank was one of the most expensive items on the menu. I say that because, the flat iron steak is more expensive than both of our entrees were. Normally, the lamb and scallops would be more, that seems odd.
Our waiter said that the boneless, lamb shank, was braised for 36 hours, he also said it was a fantastic choice. I’ve had amazing, tender, tasty slowly braised meat before, one of my favorite entrees is Osso Bucco, a BONE IN, braised veal shank. I really should have known, a BONELESS shank, will be dry, why would you braise a boneless shank? but I tried it anyway.
This lamb shank entrée, was beyond awful. It was dry, tasteless and leather like. It was reminiscent of an overcooked mutton mistake I could have done at home all by myself.
We had the walnut crusted, crab and endive appetizer, the endive was very overcooked. I don’t know what was supposed to be crusted in walnuts, but nothing was… Just a few sprinkled on top. This appetizer ended up being comped, without our asking, due to slow service. That was very nice, but not the we had with our meal.
After all of that, I’d hoped something would sound good on the dessert menu… No. The desert menu was depressing.
I can’t justify ever going back. Please take the lamb off the menu, it is honestly, the worst thing I can recall ever been served.
Maybe it was a bad night for the chef, then again, if it’s braised for 36 hours, chef had 36 hours if something had gone awry.
Haven’t paid this much for a meal this bad in a very very, long time.

Wowza. We made dinner reservations based on the constant stream of great reviews and really could not have been happier. The Foie Gras appetizer is the best I have ever had. The Salmon Crudo, amazing. The Lamb Shank was outstanding as well, as were the scallops. Desserts were over the top. Excellent service from Kelly, decent pour from the bar. It all adds up to 5 stars. Can’t wait to go back.

Dinner was really good and the service was top notch in a very cool fun atmosphere. Much needed in Golden. A little pricey for the Golden area but… I wish there were more vegetarian options, being farm to table that should be easy. I can’t wait to try brunch. A very complex lunch menu that might have a small market for the golden community. Welcome Abejas, we are glad you are here to raise the bar in Golden

Make sure you make time to enjoy the wonderful meal and drinks created at this place.

The food was fantastic and reasonably priced for Sunday brunch. The service was also very good. Definitely my new go to for brunch in Golden.

Stopped in for a great lunch.
The menu is simple, everything fresh and organic. The server was very friendly and the setting was great for a nice lunch. I highly recommend the shrimp risotto. It was the perfect portion for lunch without being too heavy.

My husband and I just went here for brunch. We are so excited to have a new restaurant in golden, especially one that goes the extra mile. We started our meal with a Bloody Mary for me and a Paloma for my husband; both were delicious. I had the mushroom, squash scramble. It was very tasty, with a lot of mushrooms. It came with potatoes, greens, and toast. I especially liked the greens, they were simple and very delicious. My husband had the cheddar biscuits and gravy. His plate was licked clean. We also ordered fresh fruit, and it was fresh and delicious. The fruit was arranged beautifully, with a wide variety to nimble on. We will be back!

The trifecta! Excellent food, service and atmosphere. Refreshingly unique menu options, FRESH, healthy food that tastes great. We had lunch there, and I can’t wait to go back for dinner!

Very good food. Ordered several small plates — beets, chestnut soup and pancetta. All good! The monkey on a leash and the miner cocktails were great too. The lamb shank was too bland for my taste but everything else was great. I think we were too drunk at the end and hence I am not going to add any comments about the desserts we ordered. In any event, all I can say is that this restaurant is «farm-​to-​table» well-​executed!

Great food, great service. The night before I was out at a nice restaurant and it cost about 20% more and was not nearly as good.
You should/​need reservations here or you will have to sit at the bar. It was crazy we walked in about 5:15 to a totally empty restaurant on Saturday night. We were told sorry we are booked up you will have to sit at the bar. And sure enough by 6pm returant was full from all their reservations.

Finally made it to this Golden’s new point of interest last night. We ordered Salmon Crudo, Lamb Shank, and Sea Scallops, which all came out beautiful to look at and pleasing to the palate.
Abejos menu seems to be seasonal and intriguing. For example, you can spot Chartreuse, Lavender, and Salsify in its dishes. Fun!

This menu was a refreshing twist on classic dishes and everything was perfectly executed. I had the biscuits and gravy, and the biscuit was delightfully flakey and flavorful. My fiancé had the bangers and mash and raved about them. We each had some breakfast cocktails too, which were refreshing and perfect. I can’t wait to try this place for lunch or dinner!

Being from the east coast, the farm to table concept is very popular. Abejas was the first restaurant in the Golden area that I’ve found to embrace this concept. Maybe I’m not looking hard enough, I am a college student eating dorm food most of the time, but my expectations were more than exceeded.
I started with the baked pancetta and roasted beet and plum small plates. The baked pancetta was probably one of the best things I’ve had in a while– not that college cafeteria food is ever good. The dish surpassed my expectations and revived my hope in food. The roasted beet and plum plate was super fresh and yummy. The plate contained a gorgeous goat cheese that I wish I could have every day.
For the main plate, I ordered the seared sea scallops. The quality of the scallops on the plate blew me away. They were better than some of the scallops I’ve had at the shore. Whoever supplies them is doing a stellar job. That being said, the flavored put on the plate complimented the quality of the protein. This is one of those places where you’re not exactly sure what everything is on the plate, but you’re more than happy eating it.

Lovely restaurant. Nice ambience, warm and friendly service, and delectable thoughtfully prepared food using local ingredients. Allergy friendly. Fabulous little gem in Golden.

First off, this is the best meal I’ve had in a long time. When we went to Cleveland this spring and ate at Michael Symon’s Lola, I didn’t think it could get any better.
Nelson our waiter was great. He treated us well and we ended up with some amazing bread complimented with a pumpkin curry purée (better than butter) that any vegan would adore. I’m not a vegan. We were also treated to some amazing heirloom tomatoes with watermelon, in-​house burrata and a cute little phyllo dough stuffed goat cheese roll. The tomatoes were perfectly sweated with salt. You don’t need to add anything to the dishes here.
On to the food we ordered… I can’t remember everything but I remember this… I’ve never had such thick slabs of pancetta and the in-​house duck pastrami with the roasted beets was fabu. Close your eyes and make noise fabulous. Oh I could go on and on. There were even naughty bits… maybe some red wine deglazed nuggets of wonderment. Not sure.
For main courses we had lamb shank and duck breast. Duck breast with thick crispy fat sweaters. Forbidden black rice that made think… hmmm…provincial…nutty… Good enough to shove a fork of rice in my man’s mouth without his assent. My husband’s lamb shank was melt-​in-​your-​mouth as well, but I was too busy hanging with my duck to put full attention to his plate.
So after a couple of cocktails and freebies we were pretty full, but when Nelson presented the dessert menu he had me at Crème Fraiche Frosting. I can’t explain the dessert other than it was carrot cake and something that got better with every bite, versus the taste buds’ propensity to dull itself into a dish. It had something to do with little bits of caramel, some sort of crunchy something and a yummy vanilla bean ice cream. It wasn’t a super sweet dish but the ice cream perfectly complimented the Crème Fraiche.
I could go on and on but I need to find some elastic waist pants so I can more comfortably bask in the glory that is my utmost gratitude to have a restaurant like this 2.5 blocks from home.
Yay…

Absolutely the best dinner I have had in the Denver area hands down! This is the best restaurant I have had the privilege of eating at in golden or Denver for that matter. They do small plates but for the four of us that started the meal then my cousins husband who joined us mid meal we all were surprised at the degree of quality and deliciousness this dinner was! Even my father who is 87 years old and not the most patient for being served enjoyed the European style of service. An exceptionally wonderful new restaurant for Denver! I can’t wait to come back and try their other dishes as well as their brunch

We’re so happy to have a great restaurant in Golden! They did a good job with the atmosphere, especially the booths.
We had the beets and the lamb entrée. Excellent! We loved our server, too. She was very sweet and down to earth.
Everyone was extremely friendly except the hostess. I think the hostess sets the tone for a restaurant and she’s just not very welcoming. But we will definitely be back.

As we sat finishing our meal, I remarked to my husband, «wow…I can’t believe we’re having a semi-​fancy, bistro meal in Golden.» How it took this long to get this style of restaurant in this (not that small) town, is amazing to me. It’s about time. Abejas is a very small restaurant that fills up quickly; we got a reservation the same afternoon but I would recommend a reservation. The host, it is worth noting, seemed out of place; too young and not enough fine® dining experience. She was lackluster on the phone, and even more so in person, telling us we’d «have to wait 10 minutes» for our reservation, without even issuing an apology. Thankfully the manager/​owner checked in with us, but the host continued to be somewhat annoying throughout our meal, literally drumming along with her pen with the (out of place) overhead music as we tried to have a conversation.
They still have some nuances of timing and service to work out; took a few minutes to be greeted and our server, although very sweet, needed to check on pairings and wine flavor profiles. Despite the owner offering us a drink and giving us a minute to decide, they never actually checked in with us again or at any point, despite walking by our table with empty drinks and looking at them several times.
The food, thankfully, is quite good, if slightly overpriced. We tried the prawn and corn tortellini, which was by far the weakest dish we tried. The edges of the pasta were quite tough, the sauce was a little perplexing and we were not given a spoon, but strangest of all the filling of the tortellini was also outside the tortellini as accompaniment. This was not bad, but it was a bit unusual. The prawns were very well cooked but having almost-​raw corn inside tortellini was a bit off-​putting. This dish was $ 12, which seemed quite high for only 3 tortellini. Also, our appetizer came out within 5 minutes of ordering, which made us feel a bit rushed, and threw off the pacing of our wines and courses, as the food arrived before our wine, and the appetizer arrived before our amuse bouche. Our amuse was eggplant with garlic aioli, which was very good but a bit too plentiful, with toasted oats and black rice. We both enjoyed it but were confused about its placement in the flow of the meal.
Our mains were the pork chop with greens, polenta, and sultana and peach chutney ($ 24). It was a very large bone-​in portion, but without the bone and fat it was a fairly typical portion. It was a very, very well cooked and seasoned dish and my husband really enjoyed it. The tempernilo also went quite well with it. I ordered the mussels special, and was served the «lunch» portion according to our receipt, which was $ 14. I’m glad it was only $ 14, because I received 22 mussels (but one was empty and one was closed), ¼ cup of broth, and 3 pieces of bread. The mussels were good, not great, almost tepid, and strangely flavored with mint. Mint is not a flavor I anticipate in a typical white wine application for mussels; it grew on me as I ate but was unexpected. I was skeptical of the small amount of broth but it ended up being enough for the bread and I was satisfied overall, especially with a lower price point. After consulting in the back, our server also gave a good recommendation and I really enjoyed my wine.
We chose not to partake in dessert; the options were not that interesting despite one or two intriguing ideas. Unfortunately, a very common dessert with one interesting component is just not enough to convince people, I don’t think. Desserts are often such a weakness for restaurants in Denver– the dessert menu has to be very convincing for us to bother trying it. Two mains, an appetizer, and four drinks cost around $ 95, which my husband remarked felt just a bit too high. I would agree, but I would add that there is nothing else of this type in Golden, and honestly they could charge more and probably get away with it. The takeaway here is they make good food, with good flavors, with decent service that needs a bit more finesse. Having a restaurant like this within a 5 minute drive is refreshing, and I have no doubt we’ll return.