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This place bills itself as North America's largest restaurant and I do not doubt their claim. It occupies 52,000 square feet and has seating for 1,100! The building itself has an 85 ft tower topped by a 22 karat gold dome. Inside is a plaza, wishing well caves and a faux cliff with a 30 foot drop into a small lagoon. Every 5 or 10 minutes a diver goes off the cliffs Acapulco style. There are skits staged atop the cliff and a band plays between acts. There is an "escaped gorilla" who provides some slapstick comedy as well as strolling mariachi bands, magicians and jugglers. My two grandchildren (in the photo) loved it. We were seated in a balcony overlooking the main level and when Nicholas sat down and looked out, he said, "I feel like an emperor!"
The food is only average Mexican fare but reasonably priced and each meal comes with sopapillas. They are pretty good when doused with a generous bit of honey. Leave a Comment
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A goofy but fun resturant is the Casa Bonita, out on West Colfax in Lakewood. It's a mexican resturant, built sometime during the late 60's, early 70's. It has a waterfall with actors diving off, and the inside is set up as a mexican village. The food is something to be desired, but we always went there as a kid.
Senor Rics in Aurora (I-225 and Mississippi Ave) is a favorite Mexican resturant of mine. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherOther Contact: http://www.casabonitadenver.com/
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If you have children Casa Bonita is a good place to take them. adults like it too.
Your paying for the atmosphere, its almost like your dining at the foot of a cliff, they put on skits, they have cliff divers. And of course theres also a gift shop.
no favorite Theme: OtherAddress: Its on the west side of Denver.
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this is a note to the gentleman from texas with a party of 8 and no reservation, you are an idiot, the reason you got 2 booths and other parties were being sat at tables made for large groups is because they used their heads and called to reserve a table. next time you are in denver,(which hopefully isnt too soon seeing as you are about as bright as our coke head president, go figure he is from your crappy state too, why doesnt texas secede, at least that way it would be a little more difficult for you morons to come to our beautiful city) use your head, we are a civilized state and believe if we have a party greater than 4 we need to call, hell we sometimes call if there is only 2. lemme guess you were also there on a weekend, just a tip weekends are the busiest days for a restaurant if you dont have a reservation you are on the back burner to the parties that do.
margarita Leave a Comment Theme: MexicanPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: denver
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On Sunday, July 1, 2007 my family visited the Casa Bonita restaurant in Denver, Colorado. Eight of us had gathered from Indiana and Texas to enjoy time together. Our son had read about the restaurant and wanted to visit it. He showed us the advertisement and we were all eager for an evening of fun.
I can not tell you how disappointed we all were. First of all, we were ushered into a large room and forced to sit at 2 booths instead of a long table accommodating eight people. Our booths were arranged where it was NOT convenient to visit back and forth. Long tables were available and people were not seated at them until more than 20 minutes after we were seated. We requested to be moved so that we could all sit together and were denied this request. A magician was supposed to perform at 7pm and my grandchildren could not see the stage at all due to a tall column. When another table on the floor opened up, we moved to the long table so that they could watch the show. The magician did not begin his performance until after 7:25 pm. After about 10 minutes a waitress asked us to leave that table so that she could place another party there. My grandchildren were still not able to view the performance – partly because it began 25 minutes late and also because we were asked to move. This treatment of my family was inexcusable. We did walk around and noticed other people enjoying the shows at their tables but we never experienced any show, entertainment, or performance anyplace near ours. We will likely never return to this restaurant if we visit Denver again.
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This place has the best entertainment for the money in Denver!!! My family and I have been coming to this establishment for many years for that "special occasion"! My family always enjoys the cliff divers, the music, the Gorrilla gun fight, Black Barts Cave, and the amazing magicians that perform there are top notch professionals! My daughter was selected by Magician, Brian Arkell who was very kind and signed an autographed photo after she was floating in the air by him! It was Incredible and I have never seen anyone do that except David Copperfield on television! To this very day she still and always will remember this memorable time for the rest of her life and has a picture of the amazing magician on her wall!
I had the chicken fried steak many times and is way better than the Mexican food! Leave a Comment Theme: MexicanPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: 6715 W. ColfaxDirections: In the JCRS shopping center
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I have been to Casa Bonita 3 times(I do live in Denver) It is fun for the ambience, but the food is a huge disappointment. If you go consider it money spent for an evening of entertainment with the food as an afterthought.
none Leave a Comment Theme: MexicanPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: West Colfax Lakewood Colorado
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A warm and friendly place to go. Dim lighting and a 50 ft waterfall with divers that juggle fire and jump into a pool. Food is excellent and abundant!! You put up a flag and they bring more food so you dont have to leave your table. The sopapillas and honey are to die for!! My kids loved this place!!
The enchiladas are the best I have ever had! Theme: MexicanPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than average
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Definately a 10 on the weirdness scale.
Not much of a hot spot during the day, there were only a handful of patrons when we were there. I've been told that its much busier during the evening. I'm sure that the kids love this place, but we found that it was over the top kitsch. If the quality of food were raised to match the setting it might be a decent place. Food choices were very limited, and very poor excuse for even anglicasised mexican food.
The sopapillas.........its hard to screw up sopapillas Leave a Comment Theme: MexicanPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: 6715 W Colfax
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Super cool place. The Gorilla stole my sopapia, but that was OK because they had more. Best Mexican TV Dinner food I ever had. The Mariachis even knew how to play El Mariachi Loco. If you have kids, or you are a kid at heart, you must drop in. Very casual and no reservations need.
The sopapias. Anything fried with honey on it is goood. Theme: MexicanPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: 6715 W. Colfax, Lakewood, CoPhone: 303-232-5115Directions: West Denver in Lakewood at Colfax and Pierce.Website: http://www.casabonitadenver.com/
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