Revival Denver Public House

Mark Filler 4 months ago

We loved this place for what it was before way back when. We love it more now (and glad they didn't change the setup too much). We make the little bit extra drive still, even though we aren't a half block away like before. The layout is fantastic. Tables with a view of fun 17th street, a great bar area, and if the bar is full, there is cool community bar top thing in the middle. A little bit of elegance, history, and great vibes. This is a place where you can catch happy hour, eat a good meal, have a delightful date night, listen to live music, attend special events (like with CRAB), meet up with friends, etc. Alex was our bartender, and he was that perfect mix of cool and efficient. Perfect service. The only time he disappeared momentarily was when I realized that him and one server were handling the bar people and a good amount of tables. He was all over the place, giving great service to bar and tables. Good drink and food are a good experience. Great service elevates all of that. They don't have a craft beer hh special (hint hint please), but I will never argue with $4 Coors Lights either. For my wife, wine was $2 off. We will get their $3 fries next time, but for this time, we rolled with $8 wings, $2 oysters, and a unique $12 crab...pretzel. Genius whoever thought of putting those two things together. Wife loved her oysters, and I got the Colorado white sauce for my wings, and the sauce was magical. Lots of other good deals, but stomachs only have so much room, and people only have so much time. Whether you catch live music or not, the energy is always good here. This time, we caught the reggae station, and it was perfect. Thanks, Alex, for the awesome service, and thanks, Revival for keeping it real. Oh, and this is a fun street to explore once done with food and drink here. We always look forward to coming here, and so should you, folks. I highly recommend this place, and see you there...

Cristina N 8 months ago

Hoo boy, our experience last night was fascinating. $16 for an old fashioned and I didn't even get my fancy cherry (listed on the menu). It happens, the only bartender at the time seemed stressed. Getting orders taken and new drinks requested took a lot of time due to him constantly making drinks; he seemed to be super backed up until another bartender showed up. The food took soooo longggg. The bartender mentioned the kitchen was backed up, which was odd since the place appeared to have only a few tables. $15 for tomatoes, cucumber, burrata and pistachio. Not a terrible price, but I was hoping for the good in-season tomatoes. I added fried chicken but ended up getting grilled chicken, something I would've just accepted until I discovered it had been placed super-burnt-side down. I tried to think, "oh, maybe like blackened chicken?" but it was too bitter to get through for an extra $10. After speaking with the bartender, he did get me a replacement near-immediately. The salad was pretty decent once all items were right, but $25 total was a bit nuts. There was a man playing music we were told was a friend of the owner... he was not a great addition to the atmosphere. The music was way too loud and during each pause, seemingly would go ring himself in a drink behind the bar. Overall it was an interesting night out, but not a place we're likely to return to soon.

Erica Herrin 6 months ago

Wow. Just wow. So yummy. We started our night off with the crab pretzel… there was so much crab on it! My brother got the bison bolognese and I haven’t had pasta that good since I was in Italy. The homemade noodles, the spicy bolognese sauce… it’s something to write home about. I will definitely return for that and I’m grateful I got his leftovers! His girlfriend got the butternut squash risotto and that was also stellar! Sooo flavorful and the risotto was cooked to perfection. I’d go back again for that as well. I split the flatliner sandwich with my mom and honestly that’s all I needed of it. The bacon jam was a little salty. It was just an ok sandwich. We got a side of the cheesy grits and they were reminiscent of a warm hug. Perfection. Sweet tea was weird and not done right but for how good everything else was, including our fabulous server, I can look past it. The ambiance was great, live music wasn’t too loud. Banana pudding was a delightful end to our evening. This place was recommended by a friend and I’d also recommend it to all my friends! Check it out!!

Tina Prekaski 3 months ago

This restaurant was iffy for me. It was so loud I got a headache, the service was ok but I was overall disappointed. We got the Brussels which was amazing, the bread was great too but they didn’t provide much of the butter or jam. I got a lemonade with no refills so I basically paid for a cup of ice. For our entres we got the chicken sandwich. It was a bit soggy as my ranch was spilled between the kitchen and my table. My partner got a salad. The croutons tasted great but didn’t have the crunch factor you look for. As for the service, our server was nice but barely paid attention to us and we waited a long time for our food and had to ask someone else for our boxes and the check.

HEVISHOT 5 months ago

Totally ruined and disappointed experience! I had left a full 5 star review a few months ago, then decided to bring some friends and share the experience. Came for brunch with 5 friends Miranda was our server and she was amazing! Fantastic service, awesome food we were all extremely happy! Then her shift was over and we cashed out with her. She said that we would be taken care of...NOBODY ever came to the table once! We had to go to the bar multiple times and order drinks ask for water then someone would drop off the drinks with multipleservers sitting around....but never check back on us or remove empty glasses. There was staff sitting, talking and rolling silverware in the booth next to us with only four tables occupied in the place plus our table. Not a single glass was ever taken off of the table when drinks we walked to the bar and ordered were delivered to the table. Not a single person gave any attention or service. Finally we left with a table full of glasses and an experience that was completely ruined. That day went from myself and friends being impressed to 5 people who will never return but will share the terrible experience as often as possible.