Local’s Grill

They smoke their own meats! That alone makes them stand out. Extremely good reuben, both corned beef and smoked turkey (ask). Not too salty, which was great! Above average side salad. Friendly server. Apparently they’ve had a change of ownership and some staffing changes. I’d return. We’re up in Estes fairly often so will get a chance soon. Normally I look at reviews before entering a place and this time I’m glad I didn’t! The 2.5 stars doesn’t make sense. It’s clean, friendly, and tasty. And they Smoke their own meats! And make their own salad dressings (at least the dressing for the Reubens).

The service was good here, but they only had one server working the tables. The food was just okay but they do get the food out quick. A good selection of beer. The restaurant could use a little cleaning and updated décor.

Cold food, not that flavorful and the staff doesn’t light up the room to say the least

Yeah there are definitely better places to eat. Nothing special whatsoever here.

I hate that HAVE to give this dive even one star! This is the worst place I have ever eaten in my 50 yrs. We should have turned around and walked out as soon as we walked in. It was really awful. The service was bad, the Bloody Mary I had was undrinkable, and the food was disgusting and inedible. Even the condiments were bad.
There was food ALL OVER the walls and the pictures hanging on the walls. I wonder how the State of Colorado ever approved this place to serve food to the public. It’s NASTY!
Never again!!!

This place was sooooo dirty. Even the decorations had food splatter on them. The food was nothing more than hot canned goods. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place. The only positive was our waiter… he was nice. Maybe not attentive, but efficient.

Waitress made us immediately feel as though we were bothering her right away. We requested a couple of cocktails and we explained how that would take extra time as they only had one blender. The drinks were horrible, I think they had soap in them.
Then we ordered a French dip and she brought out a Rueben and took off. When I got up to get the to-​go boxes and see if I could find our check, she came over and REPREMANDED me for not telling her sooner the sandwich was wrong!!! Never again!!!

Stopped in to give this place a try. It was busy! I though ‘wow’ this place must be good. Sadly I was mistaken. The food tasted like reheated leftovers, the table we were led to was dirty and had to be cleaned upon our request. The waitress was the only bright spot with her sunshine while working in such a pit of despair. You are inspiration to us all. Keep it up soldier!

I should have read the reviews first… We were both sick before we even left the restaurant. The food was horrible, but we salted it thrice and choked it down. Tasted like bland cafeteria food. The waitress was funny, if you like dry and crass humor, but nothing would make up for that food or the sickness that came with it

Food was terrible. Everything tasted frozen or from a can. Would not recommend to anyone. Way overpriced for the quality.

I ate there today with my family and I hope locals know better! Below average food and our waitress was just plain angry. Will never return

The service is friendly and amazing. The atmosphere is fun and inviting. The place is clean, the bathrooms are clean, the prices are good and the sweat tea is off the hook and can give any sweet tea from Texas a run for its money (I’m from Texas and here on vacation).
I had the steak and shrimp po boy (prime rib) and it was out of this world!
Cold PBR in the bottle and it’s conveniently located. Our bill was $ 101 for 7 people. Completely budget friendly with food far above par for such great pricing and VERY attentive service from the staff.
My next trip to the Rockies will definitely bring me back in the doors.
The only fault of this place is that they’re huge Green Bay Packers fans. But it’s worth overlooking for the excellence of everything else. At least they’re not Raiders fans. Hahaha.
Thanks folks, perfect way for us to end our trip to your great state!

Very good food, and grear, friendly service.
We ate hamburger, garden salad, beef stew and no name turkey sandwich, all was very testy.

The best fries! Good burgers. They deliver to the Wheel and the beer garden. Always good and convenient!

Rueben sandwich was perfect. Not over stuffed and perfectly toasted. The rest of the fried selections were good. A nice stop for a bite to eat.

I came up for a fly fishing trip and stopped at Local’s Grill for a quick meal. The food is decent (nothing to rave about) and the service is a little slower. Still, it’s «OK» and one of the few more affordable meals in Estes park (where a person can eat under $ 10).
I had chicken fingers which may or may not have been what you could buy frozen at the grocey store. My friend had a burger which he said was «fine» but wished we had stopped at fast food on the way up.
Still, for a $ 20ish tab, it was fine.

I don’t understand the other terrible reviews, but oh well. The food was fine. Nothing amazing, but fine. Good service. It was the first place in town we didn’t spend $ 60+ to enjoy a meal. A decent, centrally located lunch spot.
They do seem understaffed but it isn’t so bad for lunch.

They lost our order. Took 10% off. Mostly bar food on menu.
Smoked brat w grilled onions and kraut. Super good. House made chips are awesome. Friendly staff.

Just absolutely terrible in every way. I actually felt sorry for the guy who served me, because he was nice, but he had ZERO help. The bar tender, evidently the only other person working, looked me in the eye and said «HEY, SOMEONE’S HERE.» Ugh, awful. The food was terrible, too, and I’m not even going to bother going in to detail about their runny chili and bucket of fries I got with a dry, crusty wrap.
I ONLY went here out of desperation, because nothing was open on January 2^nd. Don’t ever go unless you feel the need to punish yourself. Not. Worth. It.

I wish I could give no stars as my visit here was SERIOUSLY terrible.
You’d think that a restaurant on the main drag of Estes Park would be a good spot to stop, but we were very wrong. When you walk in, the place smells like dirty dish rags. When my friend didn’t notice this, I didn’t say anything but should have.
The wait staff is rude. Our waiter listened in to our conversation and basically confronted us about our «fight». Really?
The food was subpar. I can usually go for a dive bar meal, but this was terrible. Overpriced for what it was. And within an hour, I vomited. I thought maybe this was just coincidental and had to do with the altitude, but then my friend also got sick.
Thanks for the food poisoning, Local’s Grill!