My favorite place to end a day @ the Denver Art Museum. The food is always delicious, the service attentive & the atmosphere artistic & welcoming! The menu has several new items on it but my friends & I enjoy ordering different plates then sharing, which the servers always accommodate in a gracious manner. I highly recommend you try it if you haven't already. It is a gem in the crown jewels of the art museum! Kathleen
Debi
I always like this restaurant and usually go after I see an exhibit at the DAM or History Museum. They have very unique food but everything I've eaten there has been fabulous. Service has never let me down.
LAURA-LEA
After visiting the Art Museum and being transported by Pissarro's installation, we were ready for a touch of artistic, classy and comfortable dining. The Ponti made it easy to accomplish all that while only walking across the street! Thank you!
Marcia
Three old friends, two from out of town one local. It was the perfect setting to just spend a relaxed easy lunch talking non-stop and catching up before enjoying the Pissarro exhibit. It was a cold gray day and one member of our party had some mobility issues so we didn't want to walk far so the ponti was perfection. Loving the sweet potato salad with its little bit of kick. Huge serving!
Janet
We had an excellent lunch yesterday while visiting the Pissarro exhibit. Highly recommend going there.
MaryX
My friend and I both had the salad with salmon as a protein. The salmon was cooked perfectly, and a generous portion. I had the grain salad and it was superb. My only suggestion is that the restaurant offer bread with the meal.
Andi
Excellent service and very good good with a broad selection. We took our granddaughter and our daughter for her birthday and everyone was pleased with their order. I would love to see white tablecloths for an elegant presentation.
Judy
If you are visiting the Denver Art Museum (DAM) - in which it is located - or any nearby Denver attraction I would recommend a visit to Ponti for dinner. We ate there between seeing an exhibit of art by Pissaro and attending a lecture on impressionism in the music of Debussy. The food was quite good though not exceptional - my wife had the Moroccan Sweet Potato salad and I had a nice Butternut Squash Soup with pomegranate seeds and a Cavatelli, and for dessert we shared an interesting (and good) Pumpkin Spice Crème Brûlée. The server was conscientious about getting us out in time for our lecture. The ambience in the room where we were sitting was quiet and not too fancy. They have a large bar in an adjacent area, but we didn't use it so can't comment further. In warm weather they have an pleasant outside seating area, adjacent to the indoor seating area and in a plaza shared with the architecturally interesting main branch of the Denver Public Library and across the way from the DAM's (also architecturally interesting) Hamilton building.
Patricia
Lovely menu options, great ambience in one of the timeless interior settings extant. A pleasure and joy to dine here.
Andrew
The environment was remarkable, The Menu was exciting, The food was delicious , The Service was attentive, The value was outstanding. I'll be returning for another wonderful experience.
Amazing ambience and cocktails. Perfect place to grab a drink and hit the latest DAM exhibit.
Alice
We arrived early for our reservation and sat outside. It was a nice day but got a little chilly by the end of the meal which took 2 HOURS FOR LUNCH!!!! The food was very good, as usual, but our waiter was terrible. He just didn't listen to what we ordered, how we wanted it delivered and as a result, our expectations were not met. He left out part of one of the mains and when he was specifically told to just take it off the bill, he delivered it anyway “at no cost”. As always happens in that instance, it arrived late and, worse, it was refrigerator cold in the middle. We had starters, appetizers and desserts. Nothing not on the menu. The service was not only bad, it was extremely slow. I will go back to the Ponti because it's a favorite and this was the first awful experience we've had in all the years it's been open but wow, it was a mess.
chris
Everything is exceptional but the decor. But being so close, inside the museum, it is still wonderful to dine here. The tables by the windows are the best.
Nelda
The Ponti is a great restaurant with atmosphere, good service and the food is amazing. Will definitely go again
Stephanie
Terrible food, cold coffee served in what looked like dirty cups they so covered in spilled coffee. Terrible dessert- tasted only of vinegar. Aweful main courses. What happened to a once lovely place to eat after goi g to the museum. Won't be back.
My favorite place to end a day @ the Denver Art Museum. The food is always delicious, the service attentive & the atmosphere artistic & welcoming! The menu has several new items on it but my friends & I enjoy ordering different plates then sharing, which the servers always accommodate in a gracious manner. I highly recommend you try it if you haven't already. It is a gem in the crown jewels of the art museum! Kathleen
I always like this restaurant and usually go after I see an exhibit at the DAM or History Museum. They have very unique food but everything I've eaten there has been fabulous. Service has never let me down.
After visiting the Art Museum and being transported by Pissarro's installation, we were ready for a touch of artistic, classy and comfortable dining. The Ponti made it easy to accomplish all that while only walking across the street! Thank you!
Three old friends, two from out of town one local. It was the perfect setting to just spend a relaxed easy lunch talking non-stop and catching up before enjoying the Pissarro exhibit. It was a cold gray day and one member of our party had some mobility issues so we didn't want to walk far so the ponti was perfection. Loving the sweet potato salad with its little bit of kick. Huge serving!
We had an excellent lunch yesterday while visiting the Pissarro exhibit. Highly recommend going there.
My friend and I both had the salad with salmon as a protein. The salmon was cooked perfectly, and a generous portion. I had the grain salad and it was superb. My only suggestion is that the restaurant offer bread with the meal.
Excellent service and very good good with a broad selection. We took our granddaughter and our daughter for her birthday and everyone was pleased with their order. I would love to see white tablecloths for an elegant presentation.
If you are visiting the Denver Art Museum (DAM) - in which it is located - or any nearby Denver attraction I would recommend a visit to Ponti for dinner. We ate there between seeing an exhibit of art by Pissaro and attending a lecture on impressionism in the music of Debussy. The food was quite good though not exceptional - my wife had the Moroccan Sweet Potato salad and I had a nice Butternut Squash Soup with pomegranate seeds and a Cavatelli, and for dessert we shared an interesting (and good) Pumpkin Spice Crème Brûlée. The server was conscientious about getting us out in time for our lecture. The ambience in the room where we were sitting was quiet and not too fancy. They have a large bar in an adjacent area, but we didn't use it so can't comment further. In warm weather they have an pleasant outside seating area, adjacent to the indoor seating area and in a plaza shared with the architecturally interesting main branch of the Denver Public Library and across the way from the DAM's (also architecturally interesting) Hamilton building.
Lovely menu options, great ambience in one of the timeless interior settings extant. A pleasure and joy to dine here.
The environment was remarkable, The Menu was exciting, The food was delicious , The Service was attentive, The value was outstanding. I'll be returning for another wonderful experience.
Restaurantji Recommends
Amazing ambience and cocktails. Perfect place to grab a drink and hit the latest DAM exhibit.
We arrived early for our reservation and sat outside. It was a nice day but got a little chilly by the end of the meal which took 2 HOURS FOR LUNCH!!!! The food was very good, as usual, but our waiter was terrible. He just didn't listen to what we ordered, how we wanted it delivered and as a result, our expectations were not met. He left out part of one of the mains and when he was specifically told to just take it off the bill, he delivered it anyway “at no cost”. As always happens in that instance, it arrived late and, worse, it was refrigerator cold in the middle. We had starters, appetizers and desserts. Nothing not on the menu. The service was not only bad, it was extremely slow. I will go back to the Ponti because it's a favorite and this was the first awful experience we've had in all the years it's been open but wow, it was a mess.
Everything is exceptional but the decor. But being so close, inside the museum, it is still wonderful to dine here. The tables by the windows are the best.
The Ponti is a great restaurant with atmosphere, good service and the food is amazing. Will definitely go again
Terrible food, cold coffee served in what looked like dirty cups they so covered in spilled coffee. Terrible dessert- tasted only of vinegar. Aweful main courses. What happened to a once lovely place to eat after goi g to the museum. Won't be back.
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