Jeremy R.
Yelp
Location - 10
Service - 7
Ambiance - 10
Food - 1
First off, the Blake is really an amazing place. Beautifully designed and exactly what you'd expect for an upscale mountain lodge / restaurant. The dining room had a very large fireplace with a roaring fire going the whole time and an open layout kitchen.
The waiters and waitresses were incredibly nice and professional although not very attentive. It took nearly 15 minutes to get drinks and nearly an hour to get our dinner. It was funny because the gentleman who sat us came over after 45min-1hr and said, "So how did you like everything?" When I told him we hadn't received our food yet, his eyes got really big and he ran to the kitchen. Our food came out immediately after that. Lol.
The reason for the two star review is the food. The food was ABSOLUTELY THE WORST. I cannot even emphasize how bad it was. We ordered the kids pasta, kids pizza, the salmon, pepperoni hot honey pizza and a Caesar salad.
The pizza was level 10 salty. My face puckered up uncontrollably and I gagged so hard. Was someone playing a joke? It's like someone spilled a container of salt in the sauces or something. My son's cheese pizza was the same. He went to take a bite and spit it out on the plate. He's only 8 years old and loves pizza and his eyes watered after tasting it. He's never not eaten a cheese pizza before. You know it's bad when a boy won't eat his pizza. My daughter thought the pasta was gross and my wife's salmon was subpar. Don't get me started on the Caesar salad. It was incredibly bland with no flavor. It did, however, have two cute anchovies on the top of the salad.
Overall, it felt like the chefs either didn't care or were woefully underqualified to be cooking for an establishment like this.
We were so disappointed in the food because everything else was so spectacular. At the end of the day, the manager made it right by taking the pizzas off and offering to make us something else but we declined. It really didn't matter. For one beer, one glass of wine, two kids sprites, kids pasta, salmon and a Caesar salad, our bill was $143.00 with tip. That's ridiculous.
Welcome to Taos Ski Valley.