Best Steakhouses in Aspen
Aspen, Colorado — updated August 24, 2026
Three Aspen dinner rooms for prime cuts and chops, ranked by how squarely they answer the steakhouse question and how settled their ratings are.
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Aspen's steak options sit within a few blocks of each other downtown, two of them on East Hopkins Avenue. All three below are dinner-only rooms that open at 5:30 p.m. or shortly before, which means reservations for the 6 to 7 p.m. window disappear first in season. Ranked here by how directly each answers the steakhouse question, with review volume treated as evidence of how settled a rating is.
1. Steak House No. 316 Aspen
The most tested steakhouse on this list: 4.3 stars across 547 reviews, the largest sample of the three, which makes that score more reliable than a higher average built on a fraction of the feedback. The kitchen's stated focus is prime steaks and chops, and it serves dinner seven nights a week from 5:30 p.m. until closing, so it is the default answer on a Monday or a Tuesday when other rooms thin out. It sits at 316 E Hopkins Avenue, a short walk from the Hopkins and Galena corner. The restaurant takes reservation calls directly for availability beyond what is listed online.
2. The Monarch
The highest rating of the three at 4.4 stars, though from 276 reviews, the smallest sample here, so treat it as promising rather than proven. It is at 411 S Monarch Street, off the Hopkins Avenue cluster and closer to the base of the mountain. The restaurant says it opens daily at 5:30 p.m., while its Yelp listing shows earlier 5:00 p.m. starts on Monday and Tuesday, so call ahead if you want the first seating. Menus are posted on the restaurant's own site and change, which is worth checking before you book rather than assuming a fixed steak list.
3. Catch Steak
The lowest rating of the three at 4.1 stars from 302 reviews, enough feedback that the score is unlikely to move much. It earns its place because steak is the stated premise, alongside a raw bar and a separate cocktail and dessert menu. Hours are the tightest here: dinner Sunday through Thursday from 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday until 10 p.m., which rules out a late walk-in midweek. It is at 515 E Hopkins Avenue, two blocks east of No. 316, so the two are easy to compare on the same street.
What we left off
Kenichi Aspen, est 1991 rates well at 4.4 stars from 428 reviews and has been open since 1991, but it describes itself as a contemporary Asian restaurant built around sushi and sashimi. That is a strong record for a different guide, not a steakhouse one, so it is not ranked here.