What is the price range for a meal at Golden Bee?
As a casual pub specializing in hearty English fare, Golden Bee offers entrées with a price range of $9 to $17. The average three-course meal (excluding drinks) — which, mind you, amounts to a whole lot of grub — wouldn’t top $30 at The Broadmoor restaurant. You’ll find tasty appetizers such as South Shore seafood chowder and Hackney hot wings with Stilton cheese dip, all under $10. Specialties like shepherd’s pie and cottage pie (beef tips braised in Guinness) go for a tad more, around $12.50. Pub classics like fish and chips as well as English-cut roast beef in a mustard crust top out at about $16. Of course, if you want to up the ante a bit in terms of price, there’s always the other restaurants within the Five-Star hotel, such as Charles Court or the excellent Five-Star Penrose Room.
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On September 25Duane Thompson answered the question:
What is the price range for a meal at Golden Bee?
A meal at The Golden Bee ranges from $9 to $16. -
On September 25Forbes Travel Guide Inspector answered the question:
What is the price range for a meal at Golden Bee?
As a casual pub specializing in hearty English fare, Golden Bee offers entrées with a price range of $9 to $17. The average three-course meal (excluding drinks) — which, mind you, amounts to a whole lot of grub — wouldn’t top $30 at The Broadmoor restaurant. You’ll find tasty appetizers such as South Shore seafood chowder and Hackney hot wings with Stilton cheese dip, all under $10. Specialties like shepherd’s pie and cottage pie (beef tips braised in Guinness) go for a tad more, around $12.50. Pub classics like fish and chips as well as English-cut roast beef in a mustard crust top out at about $16. Of course, if you want to up the ante a bit in terms of price, there’s always the other restaurants within the Five-Star hotel, such as Charles Court or the excellent Five-Star Penrose Room. -
On November 11, 2011Forbes Travel Guide Inspector answered the question:
Is Golden Bee a romantic restaurant?
Although it isn’t romantic in the traditional sense, Golden Bee is certainly cozy, with its carved mahogany woodwork and gleaming brass fixtures. By day, it’s lively and energetic with families and co-workers kicking back on their lunch break — this is a locals’ haunt as much as a casual alternative for The Broadmoor guests out of tie-and-jacket mode. But by night, it’s even livelier, when the 21-plus age policy goes into effect and the ragtime pianist starts rolling out the barrel for a sing-along crowd. There are plenty of opportunities to snuggle up to your significant other as you sip Bristol Brewery’s 50th Anniversary ESBee pint and belt out a show tune. -
On November 11, 2011Forbes Travel Guide Inspector answered the question:
What’s the best table at Golden Bee?
The best table at Golden Bee depends on the time you visit and your inclination. During the day, in a dining room as snug as this one, you may not have much of a preference among the bar stools, two- or four-tops and leather-padded wooden banquettes. But come evening, when the ragtime revivalist takes to the keys and the sing-along starts, the best seat in the house hinges on whether you’d rather join in the singing or find a quieter nook opposite the piano. Part of the fun about this restaurant is the energetic mood that takes over post-sunset, so the best table could end up being the one you’re randomly assigned after making friends with your fellow pub-going neighbors. -
On November 11, 2011Forbes Travel Guide Inspector answered the question:
What are the desserts like at Golden Bee?
Hearty as the savory pub grub at Golden Bee is, the selection of desserts tops it. Rich and gooey, the concoctions range from a hot fudge sundae topped with crumbled Heath bars and whipped cream and cinnamon-roll pudding with whiskey-macerated raisins and hard sauce for two to charmers such as a white-cheddar-spiced apple crumble à la mode and a beer-battered pound cake “sandwich” filled with apples and blackberries and topped off with bourbon sauce. Following the likes of cheddar-cheese soup and cottage pie, however, you’d be forgiven for sticking to the signature Irish coffee or another ESBee pint and calling it a night. -
On November 11, 2011Forbes Travel Guide Inspector answered the question:
What are the five best things to order at Golden Bee?
Amid the plethora of pub classics Golden Bee’s known for, favorites abound. Here’s our list of the five best things to order at the casual Broadmoor restaurant:
1. Fish and chips. First and foremost are the signature fish and chips, a basket of light, crisp ale-battered cod and fries with rémoulade for dipping.
2. Cheddar-cheese soup. Devonshire cheddar-cheese soup by the cup or bowl makes for a rich starter, with plenty of ooey-gooey bites to satisfy your palate.
3. Roast beef. For a hearty meal, try the mustard-crusted roast beef doused in Stilton-mushroom gravy, followed by the bangers and mash smothered in whiskey-spiked onions.
4. EsBee. Brewed exclusively for the Bee by Colorado Springs’s own Bristol Brewing Company, the 50th Anniversary ESBee — a traditional English bitter — is a must for ale aficionados.
5. Cheese spread. One of the best things on offer comes free at the Bee: the crock of delicious cheese spread that accompanies your cracker basket. -
On November 11, 2011Forbes Travel Guide Inspector answered the question:
What is the menu like at Golden Bee?
Golden Bee serves a menu as proudly pubby as its Victorian English décor. Rarely fixing what isn’t broken, it sticks to tradition with a repertoire of old favorites: Oysters on the half shell, shepherd’s pie and cottage pie, fish or shrimp and chips, bangers and mash, roast beef and ploughman’s platters are all gold standards. Wash down the grub with an array of English ales by the stein, pint, half-yard or yard; a selection of Scotch is also par for the course. For dessert, try one of the pub-influenced sweets, like cheddar-and-apple crumble à la mode or beer-battered pound cake with two-fruit filling. -
On November 11, 2011Forbes Travel Guide Inspector answered the question:
Golden Bee doesn’t just have a bar, it is a bar — or rather, a Victorian-era English pub. In fact, Golden Bee originally came to The Broadmoor back in 1961 as a collection of panels and fixtures from a real 19th-century pub that were shipped from England and reassembled in Colorado Springs. It specializes in English ales served the traditional way, in pints, steins or yards — as the tall, beaker-like vessels secured by wooden stands are called — but Scotch also figures prominently in the full bar’s selection. Be sure to try Bristol Brewery’s 50th Anniversary ESBee pint, one of the signature beverages at Golden Bee.
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On November 11, 2011Forbes Travel Guide Inspector answered the question:
What is the interior design of Golden Bee?
Set slightly below street level, Golden Bee marks the second coming of a 19th-century London pub, resurrected piece by piece. In fact, the restaurant décor originally came to The Broadmoor back in 1961 as a collection of panels and fixtures from a 19th-century pub that were shipped from England (and reassembled in Colorado Springs). From the copper ceiling tiles to the elaborately carved mahogany woodwork, it glows amid brass and pewter, black leather cushions and yards of ale glittering in their wooden stands. A piano in the corner comes alive at night with ragtime ditties, but its very presence enhances the cozy, easygoing mood that suffuses the Bee. -
On November 11, 2011Forbes Travel Guide Inspector answered the question:
What is the dress code at Golden Bee?
In keeping with its pubby vibe, Golden Bee is one of the few full-service restaurants at The Broadmoor with a casual dress code. With a variety of libations and a ragtime player who dances his fingers across the keys to sing-along songs night after night, you’ll find this bar filled with warmth. Worry less about your wardrobe and more about brushing up your rendition of “Sweet Caroline,” should you so choose to join in the singing festivities. However, even though the restaurant offers a rather casual atmosphere, remember that you’re still in a Five-Star hotel, so we suggest leaving the board shorts and bikini tops back in your room.
