AAA
"AAA Four Diamond Award winners consistently exceed the association's requirements by providing skilled and attentive service staff, high level of customer service and top-of-the-line amenities and ambiance," said Steve Seay, President of AAA Colorado. "Grouse Mountain Grill is truly in a class of its own as only an estimated 5% of the nearly 24,000 AAA-rated properties and 5% of the more than 100,000 restaurants are Four Diamond recipients."

Grouse Mountain Grill is one of only 33 AAA Four Diamond award winners from Colorado.

Preferred Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Pines Lodge 1999 Award Recipient
“The Preferred Hotels name is your assurance of gracious hospitality and unparalleled service, set in an atmosphere of elegance and sophistication that reflects a way of life.” “Preferred Hotels Standards of Excellence program…ensures customers that all our hotels and resorts provide high standards of personal service and hospitality.”

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence since 1996
“Grouse Mountain Grill is honored by the Wine Spectator for having one of the most outstanding wine lists in the world.”

Zagat Survey rated since 1995
Comments include:
Top Colorado Restaurants by Cuisine "American Regional"
Rated 27 in Food & 26 for Décor, meaning
“extraordinary to perfection”
& rated 25 on Service, defined as “very good to excellent”.

“Gorgeous and delicious” sums up this “intimate, quiet” Beaver Creek Regional American with a “great view” of the Valley below, and “extraordinary food, décor and service”, plus a “top-notch wine selection” inside; though the “delicious, large portions could serve two people”, save room for “excellent desserts”.

“This Beaver Creek American does up huge portions of “amazing” food, including a “locally raised Limousin beef tenderloin that could possibly be the best steak in Colorado”; “simply one if the best.”

“Everything at this Contemporary American ski-area mountain dining room is big: the view, the portions, the flavors, the tab; both the regular and weekly specials menus (each about a dozen items) show off Chef Rick Kangas’ culinary strength at preparing delicious, frill-free meats and vegetables.”

James Beard Foundation
Manhattan's James Beard Foundation Featured Chef, October 9, 1999.