8100 Mountainside Bar & Grill 50 West Thomas Place, Avon CO 970-827-6600 http://www.hyatt.com/gallery/beave8100/ I usually do not post really bad reviews of places since I choose pretty carefully and rarely have terrible experiences plus I am super easy going and give places the benefit of the doubt. With that said I have no choice but to put up a honest review of 8100 and I can honestly say it was one of the most disappointing meals I have had in years. First thing was nobody up front to greet us and we stood up front like idiots for like 5 minutes. We finally got greeted and sat at the bar to wait for our table and had a local Colorado beer. The menu was pretty solid with many options that sounded good but the problem was that they missed almost on every item we ordered. The Poached Pear salad was served with cold un-poached pears followed by a miserable attempt at Foie Gras that was poorly cooked with a bitter gross aftertaste. We also ordered the Seared Scallops and they were decent accept they left off the Pine Nuts that we were really looking forward to. The entrees came and they were both pretty bad also and I have never seen a piece of Salmon served so burned on both side and the burned taste went through the entire piece of fish and was totally inedible. I ordered the Braised Short Rib which is one of my favorite things and it was gross also and covered in a gross bbq sauce that tasted like open pit. With all the amazing options in Vail and Beaver Creek I really wish we would have chose better and the entire meal was a huge bummer.

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