Reviews for The Emporium: An American Brasserie in Fort Collins, CO

Loved everything about this restaurant. Atmosphere, food, and service. The trifecta. Kat was our server and she made sure to... take the extra time to explain everything about the restaurant cause I ask lots of questions. She never rushed us and made sureeverything was to our liking. Decent wine selection by the glass. Food was cooked to perfection. Ordered Hen of the Forestappetizer. Maitaki mushrooms, battered and fried, served with an amazing sauce. The bread board served with a compound butterwas to die for. Overall awesome experience. Will be back soon. Read more

Last minute Sunday brunch date, was a fantastic spot. Got a Reservation & highly recommend that if you've got any number to your... dining party. Service was great, food was tasty & beautifully presented! Definitely going back. Located in an old historichotel in Old Town, very close to shops & other neat sites! Read more

Updating from my last review as we had another meal here. Last time I said it was pretty good despite the high price point for... not being special compared to other places in town and I was looking forward to coming back. It was much more underwhelmingthis time and I won't be coming back again. The herb butter for the a la carte bread was thick with tarragon which wasoverwhelming and had an oil "soup" for dipping that was just a mess and not at all appetizing to look at and was filled withhuge chunks of garlic. My wife and I both got the roast chicken and it was pretty straight forward. The orzo was under seasonedand just tasted like wet pasta. We split fries and they were clearly from a frozen bag. Any "brasserie" worth its salt should beembarrassed to serve those as pommes frites. To end things we got the guava panna cotta and it was completely tasteless exceptfor the guava syrup which was so tart it made our mouths pucker. The Sauvignon Blanc was really good though. The place billsitself as french/nouveau fine dining and charges accordingly but the food is really unsatisfying. They need a menu revamp Read more

I’ll start by saying that we had a wholly positive experience with the hosts, bar staff, and wait staff - all of them were... excellent and the cocktails were delicious. However, we had a really disappointing experience with the food and felt that it wasnot handled well by the manager and that discouraged us from going back. I ordered the salmon and it arrived objectivelyundercooked. I brought this up to the server, who immediately brought me a new portion, which unfortunately was also equallyundercooked. The manager spoke to us and she very defensive and dismissive, claiming that the salmon was fully cooked and theissue was just a matter of my taste and personal preference, even though it was cold and bright pink inside both times.They tookthe entree off our bill, which was very nice of them, but overall the food and the bad interaction with the manager put a bigdamper on the evening. Read more

My new Bride and I stayed in the Elizabeth for the night and decided to give this place a try.......it did not disappoint!!! The... food was amazing to say the least, from the perfectly cooked tenderloin to the baked Alaska. Genuinely, what truly made ourdining experience unforgettable was our person who's name is Kim....she was probably the most attentive and sincere person thatwe could have had on our special night. People like her are few and far between, she has a true love for people and it shows.Thank you Kim for your help in making our visit unforgettable ?? Read more

The food was excellent. The service unfortunately left us hanging. We were first sat at a very unstable table outside. The... moment we sat down I barely leaned on the table and almost tipped the whole thing over! Very dangerous. We very visibly triedfixing it and everyone ignored us. We moved ourselves to a different table. I ordered the most expensive entree, the tenderloin.Delicious. We also ordered 2 red wines the moment our entrees arrived. I received my glass of wine when practically my wholemeal was done, I had two bites left on my plate. We also barely received a water refill before we got our wine. We ate prettymuch our whole dinner without wine or water, how disappointing. The manager even walked by us, asked how our food was with ourempty water cups, champagne glasses all lined up at the end of our table, a very obvious sign these needed removing andrefilling. We commented the food was great and he walked away. Realizing neither our server or he would help, we quickly got hisattention for more water. This still did not come out quickly, a few minutes later he came out with water for a new table andthen slowly got ours. And again, my meal was practically gone by this point and we still had no wine to go with my $40 dollartenderloin. Instead of leaving a great review about the food, which I would had loved to do, I was left feeling verydisappointed with the lazy service. If someone orders the 40 dollar 8 oz tenderloin again, you bet they are going to want toenjoy with their wine and hey, a glass of water would help as well, thanks a lot. Read more

They are running fast casual style at breakfast. Order at the counter and they bring it out. Food was terrific! We had the... mushroom omelette, bacon, chocolate pancakes (enormous!), Steel cut oats, and potatoes. Everything was wonderful and we hadoutdoor seating in the shade. Read more

Husband made a reservation for 11:30. The restaurant wasn't very crowded when we arrived, but we still waited 5 minutes for a... single person to acknowledge us. Waiter was friendly and helpful but our food took 35 minutes to arrive. Stuffed French toastwas not stuffed and was very sweet but not flavorful. Hubs had eggs Benedict with pork belly, and said it was just OK. TheCaesar salad was enormous and fine. The restaurant is large and attractive-very trendy decor and clean, but we won't be back. Read more