The Rustic Oven

‘Another place my folks love, & they are so tough to impress that I have to recommend it. They lovingly refer to it as, «The Oven». ‘Have no specific reasons as to WHY it is such a gem to them, but it MUST be affordable and yummy, because I know that they are very particular about the cost of restaurants, mainly because they eat out a LOT. ‘Will update this post when I get specifics as to why they eat here 3 – 5 times per week. ‘Literally. In the meantime, ‘perhaps you should give it a try…‘Decide if YOU would commit to a place, ANY place, that often. Cheers! :)

A friend and I decided to give this place a try thanks to a free entrée coupon. My friend ordered the steak medium and it came out well done and very tough. I ordered the lobster mac and cheese. It was so salty I couldn’t even eat it. I tried eating just a piece of lobster and it had no flavor other than salt. It’s lobster mac, you want to taste the lobster right? The menu said it had lobster claw meat. There was almost no lobster in the dish. At $ 19 a plate, I was hoping for some shellfish. The pasta was obviously dried, store bought, over cooked, over salted and cheap. I don’t know how they are running the kitchen, but a few hours after being home I got really sick and the only thing I ate was rustic oven that day. The interior and location are nice, but the food was not cooked properly, the lobster mac and cheese was inedible and the server was just plain and not friendly. I’m never going back

The Rustic Oven had a great atmosphere while having great service. Josh catered our party and made that night a 100% better. The pizza was substandard. The appetizers were amazing. We had the pretzels with the cheese sauce and I couldn’t get enough. 4.5÷5 if I could do that.

We’ve been to this location many times and yet every time the lobster Mac and cheese is different. For the hefty price (not to mention the name of the dish) one might think there would actually be lobster in it– not so fast! It’s basically «prosciutto» with a few, tiny pieces of lobster… But I will say this, their steak taco, and the pretzels with cheese dip were amazing! The service was mediocre at best. Our glasses went empty 2 times during the course of dinner and my daughter never got her sundae, which was included with her meal. I don’t think We’ll be visiting this location for a while after tonight’s outing there. Such a disappointment.

Tried this place because of a buy 1 get 1 entrée free coupon we got in valpak. Felt food was overpriced for not being worth writing home about. Slow service, too. I showed the waitress our coupon and she had to take it to the manager. Apparently the $ 4.50 happy hour pizza we got as an appetizer counted as an entrée, so that’s what he had to give us for free… cheap bastards!

Came with a friend who lives nearby who recommended it and so glad we came here! I had the bacon and blackberry pizza. Never had such a thing but it was really good. We sat on the patio and it was a hot day but they have misters that helped.

Setting-​great! Food-​hmm…
The last two times I have been to the Rustic Oven I have ordered the «used to be my favorite» Tomato Florentine soup. What I got: lukewarm: watered down with cream, grease floating on top, tomato, liquid. Sure I ate it-I’m of that generation of «waste not want not», but it was a big disappointment. This time also ordered chicken pesto pizza with a gluten free crust. Now, I was there at an off time, not busy that is, so my pizza could have been given a little more TLC. Yes, it was hot and cheesy, and yes chicken… big hunks! Even got a big olé hunk of skin. What? I guess I expected tidy diced bits of meat…
To boot, with only one other group in the bar area, my daughters drink order was wrong and the bartender was like «huh, are you sure?»
BTW, sorry, I did waste. The leftover pizza was not worth boxing up.

Tasty food. We enjoyed the Reuben and BBQ pork sandwiches. We came in for an early dinner (about 4pm) on a Tuesday. Sat in the bar. Bartender waited on us. Food and drinks came out quickly. Probably would go back again. Like other reviewers have said, it’s pricy. But our food was good.

This is our go to restraunt even though I am upset they got rid of their spicy sausage marinara. But their other dishes are still. Good. And the bartenders are very friendly adds to the great ambience.

This place was awesome. We came in around 6 and sat at the bar and were immediately greeted by our awesome server. She recommended the beers, the apps, the food, everything — and we loved it all. Being from Texas, we can’t wait to come back to Colorado so we can eat here again!

Friday lunch with a friend/​coworker. Had the half pizza and soup lunch special. The arugula and mushroom pizza was delicious and the perfect size, the potato soup was pretty good. Thought it would have been a little thicker, next time I’ll try the tomato. Service was great, our server Jenna was attentive and made good recommendations!

Raw meatballs? That was a first. Disturbing actually and a bit embarrassing for the manager who quickly rectified the issue and comped the meal. Kind of funny when the waitress asked if everything was all right and responded with «great», not waiting for a response from us. An all around awkward evening.

This restaurant has me coming back for more.
Ambiance is relaxing. Staff is upbeat and friendly. Food is delicious! And drinks are well put together (Martinis).
Wife and I find when we just want to have a relaxing meal together this one of the places we will dine.
Recommended to friends and family.

Great food. Poor service.
Waited 10 minutes to be seated. Not bad for a Friday night. Waited several minutes for a waiter. Waited 10 minutes for water. Ordered. Had to ask for bread. Waited 20 minutes for bread. Not very attentive. My filet mignon was good. My wife’s ahi was excellent. Too bad the service was lacking.

I had high expectations. It wasn’t bad, but I can’t say it was worth the price. They have a very extensive menu… Which is good. They have a great wine list and at first the atmosphere is very comfortable, until you hear the 1950’s pop being blasted from the radio. That doesn’t quite fit. The soup was amazing, but we got the scallops also, and that was very disappointing. They were partially cold and tasted like they came from those bags of frozen scallops that come from Sysco. I don’t know where else I could get gluten free lobster Mac. So that is very impressive. It was decent, but overpowered by garlic to the point that all other flavors were unrecognizable. The service was okay. Nothing spectacular. So all in all I give this restaurant a resounding… meh…

This is my first time here, and I have to say I was very impressed! The decore is modern and beautiful. Mostly, the food was fantastic!!! I highly recommend the Tomato Florentine soup! The artichoke dip was really awesome, as well!

To pricey! To noisy and I had my kids and they were the quietest in the place! Not happy at all I would suggest fast food!!! I will never walk through the doors of that establishment ever again!!!

The place like the menu is a joke. I left wishing I would have eaten at the local gas station and saved the money and time I wasted here.
Nice employees, they can’t help the fact the food/​building is horrible.

A friend and I tried this place for dinner recently. We had a BOGO entrée with two drinks. We both tried the med chicken… And two 3 oz pours of wine. Our server was friendly, although didn’t really know the specials.
The cons?
1. Our bill was wrong and I didn’t notice right away… taken care of, but annoying.
2. Chicken was a bit too butter heavy for me
So good, but there are other places to try.

This is a sad little story of an otherwise good food item. My friend and I agreed to meet here for happy hour only to find out that happy hour ends at 5. What, 5?! Really? It’s as if they feel obligated to do a happy hour but don’t really want to do it so they end it ridiculous early.
Our waitress was very friendly but either really inexperienced or just had a really bad night. I waited for 15 minutes for the glass of water that she offered me. She never did get around to asking me for my drink order and by that point I was annoyed and decided I was going to spend as little as possible.
For dinner, I ordered the wild mushroom, arugula and goat cheese pizza. I asked her if there was regular cheese along with the goat and she told me no. I asked for the gluten free crust and half the amount of goat cheese. The pizza comes out covered in so much cheese it looked like the cooks put a fire out on my pizza with cheese. I sent it back and she seemed shocked that it had all that cheese. Ten to fifteen minutes later I get the pizza and my friend is halfway through her meal.
This is the only good thing about this whole experience — the pizza was really good. The crust was thin, flaky and melted in your mouth (it is a corn/​rice flour combo and it was spot on). The mushrooms weren’t exactly wild mushrooms but the chive oil and goat cheese was nice.
We finished up and waited and waited and waited. Finally she comes to our table and offers us split bills. (I was disappointed that nothing was deducted from my bill and there was no offer of a scoop of sorbet to apologize for the mix up and subsequent wait for my food). Less than five minutes later she comes back with one bill. It took some time to flag her down (all of her tables seemed to have trouble flagging her down) and when we asked her for a split bill she acted like she hadn’t been the one to suggest it.
Nervous to give her my credit card, I figured, what the heck, live on the edge. She did manage to get the right bill charged to the right card and we were finally free to go and never return.