S L-R I came here while I was out of town visiting Lubbock. I like searching for new American or chef to table type restaurants.
The West Table did not disappoint. I had the quail and brussels sprout appetizer, the beet and goat cheese salad, the pork chops, and in my mind, I had the crème brûlée, but I actually didn’t have enough space to fit that in, so I didn’t actually try it.
I actually liked it all so much that I asked to ChatGPT “ are there any restaurants like West Table in Denver?”
If I had ordered the same meal in Denver, it would’ve been half the size and twice the cost. They say that everything is bigger in Texas, but I’m telling you that the portion size here was huge for this type of restaurant. I could barely eat it all. It was crazy. And crazy delicious. I think that the prices were quite reasonable for what they were offering. I don’t know if you’ve ever cooked quail, beet salad and pork chops from scratch but 20 minutes to wait is really not that big of a deal. Everything came out with perfect timing steaming hot. It probably would’ve taken me like an hour and a half to try to cook all those things plus I would’ve had to cook them so that in itself would be problematic IMO.
They also really very graciously accommodated my requests for gluten-free and if there were certain dishes that would be challenging to accommodate… since they make it from scratch they were willing to try to “improv” the dish or they offered a better suggestion which I appreciated.
As others have said, the restaurant is loud. It’s not exactly an intimate quiet setting. But whatevs.
My only regrets were:
- Not having enough room for the crème brûlée in my stomach
-Not having enough money to try all of the nonalcoholic mocktails
- not drinking alcohol because I really would’ve liked to try the unemployed astronaut
I’m not saying it was cheap. I spent $100 on just me. I’m not sure how I’m gonna know how I’m gonna justify that as a business expense. Probably gonna tell my boss that it was my birthday present.
The only thing I think that West Table could do better would be offering “à la cart service” - meaning- can you please wheel me out to my car in a cart after eating all that food?