FULL REVIEW Of The Wolf’s Tailor In Denver, Colorado

A New Michelin Star In Denver

The Wolf’s Tailor is one of the best restaurants in Denver and received one Michelin Star, the Michelin Green Star, and the Exceptional Cocktail Award in 2023. These prestigious awards show the commitment to creating amazing food and improving sustainability in the restaurant industry.

Being one of five restaurants to receive the Michelin Stars in Colorado’s history, I needed to experience the food for myself. 

To mark the momentous occasion, my wife and I celebrated our wedding anniversary with their multi-course dinner. 

Wolf’s Tailor Menu

The Wolf’s Tailor only offers a multi-course tasting menu but does NOT offer a la carte food options. This means your meal will only be on the pre-set menu for that day. No picking and choosing. This is common in fine dining and they are only living up to the practice. 

The restaurant sources 95% of their ingredients from local farms in Colorado and they change the menu based on the seasons and the produce available. 

According to the restaurant, they DO NOT accommodate dietary restrictions. You only eat what they serve. 

When we sat down, our server explained the basics of the restaurant concept and to my surprise, never handed us a menu. 

They gave an oral overview of the dinner and what to expect. The paper menu comes as a memento at the end of the meal. I didn’t like this personally so I asked for the menu after the second course so I could follow along better. 

Drink Pairings and Beverages

To go along with the tasting menu, they offer a Wine Pairing at $110, a Beverage Pairing at $85, and a Zero Proof Pairing at $65.

These drinks won Michelin’s Exceptional Cocktail Program for their fresh take on cocktails and creating exceptional nonalcoholic drinks.

I ordered the Apple Press which was an exceptional fall cocktail with cinnamon, and a distinctly strong apple flavor.

My wife ordered the Garden Party, a zero-proof cocktail that tasted light and sweet utilizing watermelon and lemongrass.

Thoughts On The Food And My Meal

The entire meal was delicious, innovative, and creative. Overall, I enjoyed every dish with a few standouts that showed real skill from the kitchen. 

The food surprised me in a few areas with flavors I’ve never experienced before. I love it when I can taste something new and enjoy a chef’s creativity.

The third course was my favorite of the whole meal entitled: Robata. A Japanese cooking method, Robatayaki encompasses fast cooking and searing over hot coals often with skewered meats and vegetables. 

Here, they used fruit wood to put a flavorful sear on skewered bison which came topped with an amazing nectarine sauce and crispy shallots. I tasted a bit of spice from using habanero oil and a strong umami from utilizing fish sauce. 

All that being said, I do believe the food must improve a bit more to be a real fine dining establishment.

The food tasted great but there were elements of every dish that left me wanting a bit more. I didn’t have a “best thing I ever ate” sort of moment.

The final course before dessert was the Bossam, a Korean dish that typically involves pork wrapped in lettuce leaves and served with Korean side dishes (banchan) and a sauce (ssamjang). 

Here they used a nice piece of DELICIOUS seared lamb, but the other components of the dish fell short. 

I am Korean and grew up eating bossam and all kinds of lettuce wraps. I think using a lamb chop was a great and innovative idea, but after that, everything gets muddled. 

The banchan of carrots, radishes, and cucumbers left me wanting more flavor, and the dish of mushrooms was lackluster. The Ssamjang sauce tasted great, but I felt like the dish just needed a bit more oomph to round out the experience properly. Besides the lamb and sauce, it was a bit flat.

This was the theme for me during most of the meal, where I would LOVE a few aspects of a dish, but other components muted the innovative flavors and ideas. 

Although I enjoyed eating every dish, I felt like each one could use a bit of tweaking. 

The Wolf’s Tailor Cost

The tasting menu at the Wolf’s Tailor costs $160 per person with an additional 22% “fair labor and wellness fee” added to every bill in place of the usual tipping system. Currently, two people eating dinner with all taxes and fees will cost a minimum of $429. This does not include drinks of any kind.

They offer a wine pairing at $110, a beverage pairing at $85, and a Zero Proof Pairing at $65. You can also order wines by the glass and cocktails individually for around $18 each. 

Is The Wolf’s Tailor Worth It?

Yes, the Wolf’s Tailor is worth it if you have the money to spend and want to experience a glimpse of fine dining in Denver. If the $160 plus 22% gratuity is going to be a stretch, I think you are better off eating elsewhere as the food is great, but nothing earth shattering. 

The unique approach to the food is wonderful and I tasted flavors that I have yet to experience elsewhere. I don’t think the food is revolutionary…yet, but they are headed in the right direction to put Denver on the map as a culinary destination. 

The hyper local focus reminds me of Noma in Copenhagen and the trailblazing approach to serving local ingredients. I truly believe that the Wolf’s Tailor will become one of the top restaurants in the United States in a few years. 

How To Get Reservations For The Wolf’s Tailor

Currently, reservations are only available through Tock and are purchased at the time of booking. 

This means you must buy the meal for all people and pay all fees upfront before dining there. Yes, this is tough to fathom, but this is actually regular practice in the fine dining world. 

Cancelations at the Wolf’s Tailor are accepted 72 hours in advance and will receive a full refund, 48 hours in advance for a 50% refund, and 24 hours will receive no refund. They will accept a “single reschedule per party for extreme circumstances.”

Reservations book fast, so if you plan on eating there, I recommend booking your table as soon as possible. 

The Wolf’s Tailor Dress Code 

There is NO dress code for the Wolf’s Tailor. They welcome everyone to come as they are. I am not a fan of dressing up so I wore what I always do, a pair of pants and a gray t-shirt. 

I felt comfortable the whole time and I saw other diners wearing everything from suits to casual button-downs. 

General Information

Address: 4058 Tejon St, Denver, CO 80211
Website: thewolfstailor.com
Phone: (720) 456-6705
Reservations: exploretock.com/wolfstailor