Tammy M.
Yelp
I'm not sure or how to give this review, but hear it goes... I've had many year's of awesome times, the most legendary wings in Denver, and the best shrimp fried rice ever...
I built year's of amazing memories at the Old Piper Inn with many great friends.
I now live way out in Lakewood, but was missing the taste of the amazing mild asian wings with the little cooked onions & my usual fried rice, so I went with a friend that missed the food as well.
We finally was able to get a server after waiting for twenty minutes, without even a hello from anyone working, so my friend got up and walked to the bar, and flagged down someone. I do understand after Covid that getting good help is a constant battle...but that that wasn't the worst problem! We finally ordered or wings, drinks, and shrimp fried rice. It took a long time to get any service, and server didn't even check on us or get us another drink...
despite it taking the kitchen so long to prepare our food. When the food finally came, and wow... what a disappointment...
it was... The wings had a dark-red sauce, (wasn't asian tasting at all) and uncooked onions and extremely hot...so hot I could hardly eat them, but I tried. I sent them back and we also told a nice, young man who helped us out... how amazing the wings & fried rice use to be... In year's past! We also told him that the shrimp fried rice was horrible as well... They had just a few canned shrimp thrown on the side, not even cooked in the rice.
My friend & I asked the server what in the world happened with the kitchen staff & the great food?? He said that the original owner retired, and he said also stated that his family had no desire to run the kitchen,
so a different person took over the kitchen, I only wished they hadn't changed the mild asian wings & sauce recipe & cheapen the ingredients in shrimp fried rice. I even look a video of the blue cheese dressing & ranch and it was runny, just like a glass of milk.
If your a customer from the old days...
You will be disappointed in the food.
If you just want a cold draft beer, the glasses are still chilled & the beer is really cold & refreshing... But I don't recommend the mild Asian wings or shrimp fried rice any longer... If you like the other types of wings that they served, they looked ok... (but no guarantees) just don't expect the food to be prepared the same way, as they use to be, though... the restaurant still looks the same... It's definitely not!
If your a new customer to the #PiperInn ... and you weren't spoiled by the original cooks & kitchen staff and then you might be ok to eat there...