Alpen Restaurant & Bar

Ben

Not great. Decor is a little dated for one. Secondly, took about 5 minutes to be greeted at the door. To add, service was not great, idk if it was because the band was going on or what, but took an hour to get food. Next they didn't have my first choice the Top Sirloin. So instead I had the Cuban Special ($25) - "Cuban" Pulled Pork, White Rice, black beans, and plantains. Pork was white, no color, like it had been boiled in water for hours (not slow cooked but literally boiled in water), also there was almost more onions than pork. It was incredibly salty, as was the white rice. Black beans were swimming in gray water like they had just dumped them out of the can and then microwaved them for a couple minutes. Plantains were ok..... Anyways, for the place to take an hour to get the food and then for it to be inedible was pretty disappointing. I'm from Florida so maybe my standards for Cuban food is high (idk I'm just trying to find reasons to help their case). But IMO if a restaurant claims to have an "authentic Cuban" special, then i guess I was hoping they would deliver, especially after they didn't have my first choice. I was far from impressed. Also one of the steaks ordered from my party was not cooked to the correct temp, the Med Well was Med Rare. So for the price - the service and quality of food was not worth it. 1/5 not recommended.....

daycee breña

Excellent place!!! Excellent food and serviced!! I recommended very highly !!!

Breezy

I wish we were spending more time in Beech Mountain to be able to return here. We came in for a few drinks, sat at the bar. We were one of a few people in there when we first walked in but every table was set and had a reserved sign on it. We ordered a crab cake to share, you can always tell how good a restaurant is by their crab cake, and it did not disappoint. The menu said pan seared but it was deep fried and I was very okay with that. It was delicious!

lindadayj

We enjoyed a romantic, unexpected dinner here last night (due to the winter storm that delayed our trip home). The pecan encrusted trout (minus honey) and salmon were fabulous, as were the carrots and other sides!