Reviews for Alpen Restaurant & Bar in Beech Mountain, NC

This was a special experience. Top of a mountain, wonderful food, great service and spectacular views. stuffed portabellos and... veal schnitzel were best ever. Read more

We walked into the place and the manager or host told us that it's going to be quite a delay since there's going to be 20 people... coming soon that had a reservation. I said are they here now? No, he said, they're coming soon. I said well we'd better sit downquick and make our order so we can get ahead of them. He wasn't too pleased but he sat us anyway. The waitress was wonderful.She put our order in right away, brought out our meal that was delicious, and we were finished by the time all the guestsarrived. I did not appreciate that first guy because I felt that he didn't value my patronage as much as he valued the 20people coming in. Now, the reason I gave it three stars was because of him, and the fact that my bill was $174 for five peopletwo were children. I supposed the dollar signs were in his eyes thinking that there were four times as many people as us and howmuch money he would be making. We probably won't be back there. Read more

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 choicethe Top Sirloin. So instead I had the Cuban Special ($25) - "Cuban" Pulled Pork, White Rice, black beans, and plantains. Porkwas white, no color, like it had been boiled in water for hours (not slow cooked but literally boiled in water), also there wasalmost more onions than pork. It was incredibly salty, as was the white rice. Black beans were swimming in gray water like theyhad just dumped them out of the can and then microwaved them for a couple minutes. Plantains were ok..... Anyways, for the placeto take an hour to get the food and then for it to be inedible was pretty disappointing. I'm from Florida so maybe my standardsfor 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. Iwas far from impressed. Also one of the steaks ordered from my party was not cooked to the correct temp, the Med Well was MedRare. So for the price - the service and quality of food was not worth it. 1/5 not recommended..... Read more

My husband and I really enjoyed our meal at Aspen R&B. The mountain view from the dining area was beautiful! I highly recommend... the trout- it was cooked to perfection. And the servers were very kind! We would definitely visit again on our next Beech Mtntrip. Read more

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 acrab cake to share, you can always tell how good a restaurant is by their crab cake, and it did not disappoint. The menu saidpan seared but it was deep fried and I was very okay with that. It was delicious! Read more

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! Read more

Always love going to Alpen Restaurant and Bar. It feels so cozy when you walk in. The food here is wonderful!!! The pecan trout... is one of my favorites! Better to make a reservation ahead of time, especially during their busy season. During the summer time,I love their live outdoor music on Sunday evenings! The deer will be out walking around and there's always a lovely sunset andcool breeze! Bring your own chair or use one of the many set out! Read more

Been there years ago n it was fantastic...had the same experience tonight: food was delicious, margaritas ???? on point! Service... immaculate: our server was fantastic n very sweet! Not crowded! Everything was perfect as before! We had crab soup n calamari asappetizers, my main course was linguine w shrimp n hubby got the trout! Everything perfect! I will be back for sure! Read more