Dining & Restaurants in Vail, CO
Enjoy Dining in Vail where you’ll find whatever you’re in the mood for.
What to Expect?
There's not enough room to fit all the Vail restaurants on one page, so below is just a sample of the dining in Vail.
- Fine Dining: Sweet Basil
- Chinese: China Garden and May Palace Restaurant
- Pizza: Bada Bing Gourmet Pizza (on Lion’s Ridge Loop #2) , Bada Bing Gourmet Pizza Co. (on North Frontage Road), Domino’s Pizza, Pazzo’s Pizzeria
- Local Cuisine: Dusty Boot Steakhouse and Saloon, Blue Moon Cafe, Kaltenberg Castle, and Alpen Rose.
- Bistro/Cafe: Gusto
- Pub/Bars: Bart and Yert’s, Garfinkels, Red Lion.
- On-Mountain Dining: During the winter season, you can enjoy a quick bite to eat at any one of these places: Belle’s Camp, Buffalo’s, Eagle’s Nest, The Golden Peak, Mid Vail, Two Elk, and Wildwood, Wok n’ Roll. If you want to have a sit-down dinner but still on-mountain, try any of these ones (many which make our top ten list as well): Blue Moon Restaurant and Bar, Cucina Rustica, Game Creek Restaurant, Larkspur, and the Wildflower.
Hint– For many of the restaurants in Vail, reservations are suggested. Also, if you’re going in the summer time, make sure that the restaurant is open. A few of the restaurants close shop during the summer months.