Cooking over fire

Chef McLean Hyde builds the menu around the fire. Recent dishes include wood-grilled octopus, a blackened rainbow trout with gumbo, a rotisserie lamb gyro and rotisserie chicken salad, alongside a raw bar of oysters and crudo and a steak burger with pimento cheddar fondue. Crab mozzarella sticks are a nod to Sweet Basil. The menu changes with the seasons.

Drinks and wine

The bar mixes seasonal cocktails and pours local and national craft beer; even the non-alcoholic list uses rotisserie-roasted fruit. Sommelier Jeremy Gramling's wine list draws from America and Europe.

The room and the bar

The restaurant sits creekside on the north side of the building, beside the Gore Creek walkway. The 18-seat bar serves the full menu without reservations, first come, first served. The dress code is mountain casual, but ski boots come off in winter. There is a children's menu for kids 12 and under.

Groups

Parties larger than eight book through the groups coordinator as a contracted event with a set menu. The Front Room along the creek-side windows seats up to 18 in summer and 24 in winter, the bar area up to 14, and a full buyout up to 64.

Sister restaurant: Sweet Basil

Sweet Basil, the Vail Village dining room that has been open since 1977, faces Gore Creek Drive at street level in the same building and is run by the same owners. It is the more polished, special-occasion choice; Mountain Standard is the casual one. Gift cards work at both.

Sources: Mountain Standard, about, food menu, FAQs, groups. Checked September 23, 2026.