8100 Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, Beaver Creek CO - February 19

Rating - 2.2** for dinner, 9.7 for Breakfast

We were pretty excited to have dinner here since our friends at the concierge desk set this up as our final dinner....and it was named as one of the "15 Not to Miss" last year by Esquire....but that reviewer must have drank several bottles of free wine to write that.....

In the end we were so disappointed. We got down to the restaurant a bit early and got a decent table next to the fireplace. Our waiter, Scott, was marginal at best....he would disappear for long stretches...and was definitely trained to up sell the most expensive wines that he could (he recommended a $175 bottle - NOT).

The place was pretty full on a Friday night (not packed), but it took FOREVER to get a drink or app or entree...it was actually painful and was by far the worst dinner we had. Best thing about it was the Patron Margs.....even though it is STUPID that they are $20 a pop....no way Jose....

I had the Buffalo Strip and it was not that good, and Hot Mamma's trout was worse. Really disappointed in the food, thought it sucked!

1 White Haven SB 12.00
1 Patron Marg 20.00
1 Patron Marg 20.00 (was that me with 2???)
1 8100 Salad 11.00
1 Buffalo Strip 32.00
1 Trout 26.00
1 Frog Crest, Chard 25.00
1 Bailey 11.50
1 Mothership 5.50
1 8100 Tatin 9.75

Total - $190.01

Now breakfast on the other hand is a completely different story....it was FABULOUS. Station for cereal/granola, eggs/omelets cooked to order, lots of good bread/cheese/bacon/biscuits and gravy (a personal favorite)/fruit/etc. You get a beautiful view up the mountain from the tables in the bar area. Excellent waiters, and I think it was pretty expensive, over $20 a person, but "on the house" with Diamond status with Hyatt.

The BAR is really fun after skiing, and the bartender was awesome!