Ryno’s Pub & Pizzeria

We visited Ryno’s Pub & Pizzeria during X Games weekend. They were greatly understaffed and I was very surprised they only had two people working the bar for such a busy time in Aspen. With that being said, service was very poor and the time it took to get our drinks and food was extremely long. The bartender was very rude and sarcastic to us as well, which didn’t help our experience.
I ordered a Crown on the rocks and was given a Whisky Coke, my friend ordered chicken wings and did not get them until all of us had finished eating our food. He said he did not want them anymore as they had taken so long and the bartender made him pay for them to go.
I also had the Mac N Cheese, which was very bland and just needed some more salt/​seasoning to add to the taste.
The atmosphere of Ryno’s Pub & Pizzeria is what earned it its stars. They have a lot of arcade games, with some classics as well. They also have a great outdoor eating area with big Jenga blocks out there and benches made with skis.
I would recommend this place for a good time on a slow night, however if you are thinking of going here on a Friday, Saturday or any other busy time in Aspen, I would recommend somewhere else.

Good drinks and decent food… But…
The bar was under-​staffed and the bartender told us to wait. We told him it was no problem and he told us good cause we were going to wait anyways. Took 20 min to get our drinks and I didn’t receive my food until everyone in my group had already finished their meal. I asked him to take it off my tab and he made me pay and put it in a to go box. Rude to us the whole time. Won’t be back.

Ate there with my wife and two boys Tuesday night. The waitress was fun and friendly. The pizza was super kid-​friendly AND delicious. Balanced it out with a chicken Caesar salad and a pint of Pilsner. Great place, great prices and excellent arcade games if you’re into them. This is our kids’ number one request when we go out to dinner in Aspen. Their kid burger is another simple, right-​on choice when your kids like it plain. Almost forgot the cheese fondue fries. The perfect appetizer to share between kids and adults.

People are such fucktards…
Let’s see, I’ve been to Ryno’s about 5 zillion times. You know me, I’m the one sitting in the back corner of the bar, drunk, occasionally sleeping and sometimes screaming at stupid tourists to fuck off. Either way, I’m always having fun there.
I read through all these reviews and have to say some people are just asshats. Ryno’s is an awesome locals bar that just so happens to serve great food too. The chicken sandwich is amazing, as are some of their salads. Some Unilocalers have complained that the pizza was greasy. Um, yeah, it’s a piece of dough with melted cheese and cooked meat on top. OF COURSE ITS GREASY, it’s not fucking broccoli! The grease makes it awesome you ignorant pigfuckers.
As for cleanliness, Ryno’s is very clean. The bathrooms can sometimes become questionable after a bunch of fucking tourists who can’t handle their fireball decide to spew gallons of vomit in it and don’t bother to tell anybody or clean it up, but that is hardly the restaurant’s fault. And honestly, when the place is packed wall-​to-​wall, which it usually is on weekends and Monday nights, those bathrooms get trashed and they’re not getting cleaned up until the next morning. That’s the way every nightclub in America operates… They’re not worried about cleaning the bathrooms when they’re balls to the wall serving drunk out-​of-​towners. Get the fuck over it. I bet if I came be your house your bathroom would be worse than Ryno’s.
A few losers also complained about the service. These folks either (A) were there on a super busy night and are overly sensitive, or (B) acted like a total sphincter so the staff decided to ignore them. Act like a dick, and you will be treated like a dick.
In summary: if you’re going to Aspen and you want to have a great time that includes overindulging in alcohol and sopping some of that booze up in your gut with some food, this is one of the best places to do so. If you’re the kind of person that’s going to get scared away from an establishment because of a few mediocre Unilocal reviews by some douchebags from out of town, then you’re probably the kind of person they don’t want in Ryno’s anyway you fucking hogsmokers.

Styles itself as a pizzeria but has much more food options beyond as well. The pizza is OK only, nothing really special. It is quite large and good value for money, but you can get better in town. Most of the other food is really good actually.
Decent drinks selection but nothing special. Good cocktails and a decent beer selection. The food and the drinks are generally affordable as far as Aspen goes.
Service can be spotty sometimes, but not really a deal breaker. There’s a bunch of arcades in the back as well as a foosball table and the like. Family friendly. Also has a couple of large screen TVs, so it’s a nice place to come around and catch the game as well. They have outside seating downstairs, as well as on the street level during the summer.
Can get crowded with locals and with a nice atmosphere on few nights a week (Monday night karaōke is quite popular).

Stopped in for Sunday Funday for the first time. They have NFL package so if you are looking to see your team play this is the place to go. I was immediately greeted at the door and asked what game I was looking for, my game wasn’t on so they sat me next to one of their many TVs and changed it to the game I was looking for.
They have a few game day food and drink specials with a build your own Bloody Mary which was just a card you check off any add-​ins you want the bartender to put in your drink (all for extra costs). Bloody Mary was not great, but serviceable; recommend not getting the bacon add-​in (tasted like the precooked turkey bacon).
I ordered a slice of pepperoni pizza and the fried fresh mozzarella appy. Pizza slice was huge and was good (they have deep dish available). Out of the 5 pieces of fried fresh mozzarella 2 were just empty fried shells with the fresh mozzarella oozing out in the deep fryer, disappointing but the ones that actually had cheese in it were good.
They have arcade games, bar shuffle board and bubble hockey.
All-​in-​all three stars for food & drink, fourth star for attentive service, NFL game accommodation and bubble hockey.

Reuben is my go to if corned beef is done in house. Every bite was delicious to the last bit of fresh marbled bread crust. The fish & chips was very good but not great. Fries excellent and sauces over the top tasty.
The service was very attentive.
We highly recommend this place and will be back.

My bf and I headed up to Aspen this past weekend and came across Ryno’s while we were walking around. It looked like a cool place so we thought we would give it a shot for dinner.
I will preface this by saying the Ohio vs. Michigan football game was on and there were a lot of college-​aged kids hanging out watching the game so it was very noisy. I won’t hold that against them too much but it certainly didn’t lend anything positive to our experience.
When we walked in, we sort of stood there for awhile before a very bored looking waiter came up and told us to just sit anywhere. We sat down and he dropped our menus on the table and left. He came back a few minutes later with waters and took our drink orders. They do have a good selection of beers so I will give them that. He brought our beers back and took our pizza order and left. That’s the last we saw of that guy until I flagged him down to ask for our check at the end of the night. Some other waiter brought our pizza without a pizza spatula. I’m sure we could have asked for one but we decided to use our hands rather than wait for him to bring one back.
We ordered the Happy Animal pizza and it was decent. The meat was good but the crust wasn’t that great and it was a super greasy pizza. I will chalk that up to the amount of meat that comes on that pizza. Maybe their other pizzas aren’t as greasy.
No one ever came back to our table to check on us or ask us if we wanted another beer or anything. I finally flagged our waiter down to get our check and we were able to pay and get out of there quickly after that.
Overall, not a great experience. Service was pretty minimal and the pizza wasn’t that great, especially for the price. I guess I expect more when I’m in Aspen. We won’t be back.

Wife and I didn’t agree on this one but since I’m writing the review, it’s four stars. She thought the pizza was too greasy, but that’s how it turns out when your pizza is covered in mammals.
We had the «Magic Animal», or whatever their all meat option is. (Sorry vegans; animals are delicious!) Decent beer selection added to my New Year’s resolution of 52 different Colorado beers in 2015. Closing in!!!
But I digress… Good pizza, very laid back vibe. Definitely worth a shot.

I saw the mediocre reviews before going here, but I hoped they were a fluke. Alas, they were not.
We stopped in for dinner and between the two of us ordered a pepperoni pizza, a salad and some chicken strips. The salad was the only halfway redeeming food item and it still wasn’t great. They claimed on the menu that the strips were «hand battered’ and they sounded delish– sadly what I received was over cooked, lukewarm and more batter than chicken. Half of them were left on the metal tray they were thrown onto as they were completely inedible. More batter than chicken and so overcooked the «chicken» was transparent. The pizza was overly greasy and very bland.
Our server, while polite, was much more interested in giving great service to the table of six young girls a few seats down from us, but I guess if I was a young boy I would too. I’m sure they had no complaints. Us on the other hand, didn’t really get much out of him.
I guess the rating might be one star lower because of where it is– I mean, you’re in Aspen. There are dozens of incredible restaurants near by… Step up your game. It’s not like this was a cheapy choice, either. Our bill was almost $ 80 for the two of us– I expect more for the price and for the surroundings. I won’t be back unless there is a pretty major overhaul.

3.5 stars.
Nice casual place to grab lunch. We got a pizza to share and a Greek salad and everything was very good and fresh. Reasonably priced and service was good. I’d recommend it.