About
221 South Oak is a warm and inviting restaurant located in a refurbished historic home near the Gondola. The cozy yet casual spot offers diverse New American fare, including a vegetarian menu and an extensive wine list. Chef Eliza Gavin, a former Top Chef finalist, leads the kitchen in creating inventive menu selections with interesting flavor combinations using local and sustainable ingredients. The restaurant's colorful artwork, warm wood ceilings, and spacious exterior patio for al fresco dining add to its charm.Reviews
South Oak is a highly recommended dining spot in Telluride, praised for its friendly service, tasty food, and incredible dishes like the octopus and bison short ribs. Reviewers highlight the superb vegetarian options, cocktails, and desserts. The ambiance is cozy with lovely outdoor seating options near the gondola. Guests appreciate the separate vegetarian menu with delicious offerings like vegan cheese appetizers and soy glazed tofu stir fry. Chef Eliza's passion for real ingredients shines through each dish, making it a top favorite among visitors.
Enjoyed dining at the bar. Friendly service. Tasty food. The octopus dish was incredible.
Lovely restaurant experience in a cozy space with super friendly and attentive staff. Food was very thoughtfully crafted, well presented, tasty and high quality. We loved that they have a separate vegetarian menu (with a whole vegan section).
Ordered the vegan cheese appetizer to start - the cheese is made in house and was very tasty. For entrees got the soy glazed tofu stir fry which was excellent and well flavored (the marinade was so good and tasty), and the mushroom ravioli dish (also very good).
For dessert got the apple crumble, which was great.
Would definitely recommend - the dinner here was very nice.
Ambiance and food presentation is great but the taste didn’t live up to the hype. Not worth it in my opinion. We were so excited to have dinner here but overall disappointment. The arugula basil ravioli was so bitter we literally took out all the filling.
5/5Anabella C. Borges Zingg
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I count the days every year to come back here. This is by far the best restaurant in Telluride. Real cuisine with real ingredients and real passion behind every dish. Every plate will be a good idea and nothing to regret of. Starters are big size and amazing to share. Entres are perfect size too.
Top favorite:
Vegan menu Brussels sprouts
Duo soups
Elk t-bone
Wagyu
Pistachio chocolate tart
Amazing vegetarian options, cocktails, and desserts! I'm not sure why they asked if it was a special occasion, b/c they didn't do anything different until we mentioned we just got engaged around dessert, but the food was phenomenal!