Craftwood Inn
(719) 685-9000
404 El Paso Blvd
Manitou Springs,
CO
80829
38.8589
-104.9024
Neighborhood: West Colorado Springs
What People Are Saying About Craftwood Inn
User Reviews
Darlene7988
January 21, 2008
This is one of the best restaurants that I have eaten. The food is exquisite, the service is flawless, the atmosphere is brilliant, and the views are marvelous! The staff is very professional and our server exhibited a fair knowledge of the food and wine they serve. We started by sharing the Combination Appetizer, which was amazing along with the Winter Salad, which was also quite unique. For our entrees my husband had the Trio of Tenderloin and I had the Wild Grill. Both of us were astounded at the quality of these dishes, you can really tell the chef used a lot of creativity and they look like artwork. Our server was prompt, but didn?t rush us; friendly but not intrusive. We sat next to the fireplace and it was so romantic and cozy. I would recommend anyone to go here for a special occasion, to bring visitors, or just to pamper yourself. I will be returning to Craftwood Inn very soon.
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1foodie4u
May 27, 2007
Charming hidden historic building, but has many draw backs. We had heard the Craftwood had a long history of fine dining, but that was not our expereince at all. We dress up, lady in gowns and heels with a group of friends in a limo for a birthday celebration. the limo can't get up the narrow circular drive, so we had to walk a 100 yards up a hill in the rain. The lays are getting their hair and dresses wet, slippy and sliding on the steep drive way... ok a bad start. WHEN WE GET INSIDE WE WERE NOT GREETED BY ANYONE! We waited for several minute while servers were walking past us soaking wet, we want to dry off and tidy up, butdon't know where the restrooms are... we find the restrooms ( not what you expect for fine dining!) ...eventually get to a table.. the place is a little tired and needs a make over, wornout table and chairs, dirty walls, tired carpet. The server appologized for out expereince so far... but added. " what can I do? management is busy trying to run two restaurants now and the place was not designed to handle limoservice" Well food was ok, but not great, are server was too busy to be attentive, it took a long time to get our food and the we saw the chef talking to another table with a glass of wine in his hand in the middle of dinner service...go figure. Overall it was better food than Chilli's or Appleby's, but its a place I go for a 2nd visit.. of course you can decide for yourself
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velvetrose
March 11, 2007
I thought the Craftwood Inn was romantic, but did not live up to what I expected. My husband I were seating right in front of the fireplace, which was excellent. Our server was obviously new and he couldn't answer all of our questions, although he tried. We have good hearts, so this did not bother us. He did drop a glass at another table later in the evening. We left him a big tip because we saw how embarrassed he was. The food was good, but we aren't really in to wild meat. The jalapeno dessert was surprisingly good despite our hesitation. We were confused by the dress. We had arrived quite dressed up and the table next to us were very dressed down in shorts. The father was annoying and very loud and he allowed his older teenagers to order alcohol, which I did not agree with. However, this was not the fault of the restaurant, but another customer.
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