Bruce’s Bar and Restaurant

Best bar food! Great staff! Fun place! Favorite hole in the wall, has awesome different kinds of meat and of course their Rocky Mountain oysters.

This place gets 2 stars only for the waitstaff being accommodating and seating us without a reservation. We won’t be back though. There were 11 of us. They got one order wrong and she had to wait an additional 20 minutes for the correct order while the rest of us had ours. The guy that ordered steak and potato got a cold steak and potato was hard. He took his plate to the manager who told him they should have never sat us in the first place and we should have went somewhere else. Really? What kind of service is that? He did comp his meal but he did not get dinner… Not good service and food was par. We won’t be back.

Not very welcoming on the outside but it’s a pleasant surprise on the inside. It’s a typical dive bar with pool table, small bar area and a bunch of locals. The menu looked good with different meats like yak, elk and buffalo. Oh, and you cannot forget the main attraction (to me at least) are the rocky mountain oysters (!) both buffalo and cow. I got both the buffalo and cow because it’s likely the first and last time that I’ll ever order them so I had to try each one. A little strange, a little chewy and a little addictive. Pretty much anything you batter and fry will be fine. I’m sure that an old shoe with some beer batter will fry up nicely, but I digress. Overall, I would say go and try it. It’s worth it.
Oh, and don’t be like this nummut who came in right after me and told the waitress that he wanted to put bull balls in his mouth. It’s not original enough to think you’re going to get a laugh because I’m sure every 20 year old with a fake ID has said the same joke…

You’re an idiot if you don’t try this place. Great drink specials, amazing food, and if you don’t try the beef or buffalo (my personal favorite) Rocky Mountain Oysters, you’re missing out on a serious foodgasm. Located in wonderful Severence, CO, you won’t get better Rocky Mountain Oysters anywhere else in the world. Don’t forget about the great live music on Saturdays. Definitely worth the few mile trek off the beaten path.

Just an update, apparently the help at this place gets pissed about bad reviews.
Was «complimented» by *name changed to protect the guilty*, who said, «Not a chance in hell», whatever that means. Looked up her profile and saw «0» friends and «0» reviews, looks like she opened a Unilocal account just for little ‘ol me!
Also got a private message from this lovely lady, goes something like this:
«Hey Raoul, you should be REALLY embarrassed, apparently you didn’t see the other 150 people in there, you were so HIGH maintenance and had the nerve to ask for separate tickets for a table of 5 AFTER you all finished eating, and yes I was you’re server! Good luck next time!»
FWIW, we asked for separate tickets at the very beginning of our unfortunate experience here. In fairness, the place is kinda big, maybe there really WERE 150 people in there, but honestly, I kinda doubt it.
I love it when a member of the help accuses me of being «HIGH maintenance».
We saw this gal a total of twice while we waited over an HOUR for our f***ing food, she spared no effort to let us know that she was far too busy to get us another drink, and basically communicated to us that we were a big PITA.
I guess I touched a few nerves with my spot-​on review of this establishment, truth hurts, I guess. And since I’m not the only one who wrote a review like this, I would suggest that it is y’all who have the problem, not me.
I have a suggestion for the waitstaff at this place: Rather than running down the people who spent their hard-​earned money at your place of employment, why don’t some of you take a hard look at yourselves and the way you conduct yourselves? Maybe some of you need to be in another line of work, with all that charm you exude, I’m thinking, maybe, prison guard?
I like that she ended her message with, «Good luck next time»!
As if there will ever, ever be such a thing.

I had low expectations going into Bruce’s due to its location and the fact that it is mostly a divey, biker bar. However, Bruce’s managed to be worse than my low expectations.
I am a server and I really do understand what being busy is like. They were definitely busy and WAY understaffed and underprepared. And I really believe this is what contributed the most to us having a bad experience.
We sat at the bar and asked for waters with our beers. We got the beers and never got waters. The ice bin in the bar was right in front of where we were sitting so the waitresses would set their trays on the bar right in front of us to load their drinks and leave dirty cups right there too.
When the waitress took our order, she did not ask how we wanted our burgers cooked or which of the three sides we wanted with our burgers. They automatically cooked them to about medium well (i would have liked my elk burger medium rare) and she automatically brought us all shoestring fries and we wanted a salad and waffle fries.
It took about 35 minutes to get our food. Understandable for how busy they were, but like I said, they could use some more staff.
The waitresses were also grumpy and cussing and complaining right in front of customers about how busy they were.
Last but not least, they finally got a new waitress in when we were almost finished and she complained to a regular customer about how sick she was. Glad she wasn’t going to be handling our drinks or food.
We spent $ 67. ($ 56 bill and $ 11 tip giving them the benefit of the doubt) But we won’t be back.

Horrible. The waitress was a grumpy woman who couldn’t even manage to take our drink order with civility, much less friendliness. She was also snippy when taking our food order… in fact, the only time she managed to behave marginally better was right before «tip time.» The place was practically empty, but half of our table’s orders arrived about 10 minutes after the first group, so we were eating in shifts. Everything is fried to within an inch of its life, so it doesn’t matter what you get — chicken strips, mushrooms, Rocky Mountain Oysters — they all taste like fried batter. Try your luck at Bruce’s if you’re desperate, but don’t expect much.

Awesome friendly service, great prices, cheap margaritas! and great food. My boys all had Rocky Mountain oysters and loved them. My daughter found vegetarian options and I was really disappointed there were no gluten free Rocky Mountain oysters :(

I love this place! The Rocky Mountain oysters are amazing, tender, and the best I’ve ever had. They also have a version made from buffalo. In addition to that, they have great burgers made from different local meats. Oh yea, of you like dessert go for the homage cobbler and Blue Bell ice cream. I swear it taste just like grandma’s.

Bruce’s is a great destination off the beaten path for a nice afternoon or evening drive. The food is good & plentiful for the price. I enjoy the Sat prime rib dinner special. The RMO’s are OK as well.

This a great place off the beaten path with a colorful history all it’s own. I must say I do not go to Bruce“s for the notorious Rocky Mt. Oysters. I typically enjoy a buffalo burger, beer, onion rings or fries and leave the Oysters for the rest of the crowd.
If you ride motorcycles and like to take the back roads or highway, Bruce’s is a great stop for lunch or dinner no matter how you get there…

Came up to bruces 5-11-2012,came all the way from calif, stay ed in denver. Igot my rocky mountain oysters, fantasic food. Service outstanding, great comany, hopefully i will come in sept, thanks guys. The long island ice teas were great thanks again.

Buffalo Oysters were tastier than the regular Rocky Mt. Oysters, the texture was better, the RMO’s were a bit chewy.
And it was pretty unanimous across the table that the mashed potatos were Yuck-​O; too much canned gravy, too much salt, and the texture overall was that they were flaked. I got a baked, I figure you can’t do too much to a spud.
Prime rib could have been a lot better. They couldn’t seem to get the cooking order right: I asked for medium rare, it was more like medium. My husband’s MR was more like WD, and our friend’s medium was more like well-​done.
Th side veggies were good, they even had yellow carrots== Pretty sophisticated for a po-​townie bar.
Service was spotty. She was friendly enough, but she said she’d be back with horseradish for us… and wasn’t. She did have a few friendly suggestions when we were ordering.
But I have to say, the Texas Toast was completely Yumm-​o!
The Beer Battered Onion Rings stole the show tho’, I’d come back just for those.
Heh, I started out giving this place 3 stars, but after re-​reading this review, I think they deserve only 2.
I think all those other dudes giving this place 4 and 5 stars were just too impressed with themselves that they ate BALLS.

Balls. Slice them, fry them, dip them in sauce, grub forever and ever. Man, I love this place. No frills. I go here everytime I go goose hunting in northern Colorado. Highlight of my trip!

I went to school at UNC back in 1994 – 1997. My friend Doug introduced me to Bruce’s back then, as we were on a budget. So, he found all kinds of ‘All-​u-​can-​eat’ places. Bruce’s had AYCE on Thursdays and Fridays.
At first I was hesitant, knowing what RMOs were. But they are delicious. We went quite a few times. I even went solo (since my girlfriend at the time refused to eat them, even though I told her there were burgers and steaks too… what a prude b***).
Anyways, since I left Greeley, I can’t find a place that serves RMO’s. I went to a few places in Denver… eh.
Nowhere in Arizona. Used to be, but they stopped serving them.
Went back to Colorado this past Summer, and Bruce’s was a MUST. Got Doug (he’s still in Greeley, after all these years) his wife, and another couple to head out to Bruce’s. I’m so happy they re-​opened, and I tried 3 different kinds of RMO’s. I liked the Cajun a lot. But you can never go wrong with original. The place was packed, so hopefully they’ll be open for years to come.
I’ve never tried anything else on the menu, but I’m sure everything is excellent (seeing how it is in cow country) and fresh. Good that they have an outdoor patio area too. I don’t remember that from back in the day.
I’m definitely making a trip back up there this upcoming Summer.

Bruce’s is open again after a couple years of being closed due to the death of it’s founder. Everything has been cleaned up, painted and is still serving great bar food (tasty burgers) and their world renowned Rocky Mountain Oysters. The onion rings are damn good too.
I’ve been coming here for years and was pretty disheartened when I heard they closed. After a phone call today to confirm they were open again, lunch was had and enjoyed. The crowd is pretty much the same — predominately (friendly) bikers and the people like myself who love to stop in now and again for my RMO fix.
I’m so happy.