Cafe Mercato - Denver

What a gem of a restaurant! The hostess is especially outstanding—always friendly and welcoming. The service is superb, and the food is incredibly delicious; it's a home run every time.

Overall, the meal was excellent. The only issue was the long wait time for the food.

I ordered the fettuccine with mussels and shrimp, which had a generous portion of mussels. Unfortunately, it was almost inedibly salty. Even my wife, who usually adds more salt to her meals, found it too salty. She opted for the risotto special, which featured parmesan risotto with tenderloin in a port reduction. The meat was cooked perfectly to medium rare, and she was pleased to say the risotto was just how she liked it. For dessert, we shared a delicious tiramisu, which we both enjoyed. We also ordered decaf coffee to go with our dessert, but it turned out to be nothing more than mildly colored hot water — undrinkable, unfortunately. When we mentioned this to our server, he apologized and offered to make another cup, which we declined, and he did not propose to remove it from our bill. Overall, our experience was quite mixed.

Outstanding service!!! Warm and friendly staff Matt and Rico rock!!! Our favorite restaurant!!!

They were running a bit behind on seating folks with reservations because of an event happening at the nearby Wings of the Rockies Center. They were very transparent, value their customers to a great extent. I really loved my experience there and the food is amazing! Would highly recommend!