Rooftop Restaurants and Bars in Boulder
10 Boulder venues record rooftop or upper-terrace seating on their Google Business Profile. Most are in Downtown Boulder and Table Mesa.
The shortest of Boulder's outdoor lists and the one most worth planning around, because a rooftop table on a warm evening is the thing people actually book ahead for. Several of these are the same rooftops Boulder's tourism board names on its own pages, which is a fair check that the flag is telling the truth.
Sourced from Google Business Profiles inside Boulder proper. A venue is here because its own listing says so, not because we decided it qualifies. Ordered by Google review volume. Nothing on this page is paid placement.
| Name | Category | Google rating | Reviews | Price | Neighborhood | Address | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant | Tex-Mex restaurant | 4.2 | 2,431 | inexpensive | Downtown Boulder | 1101 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302 | Site |
 Phở Kitchen Bar & Grill | Vietnamese restaurant | 4.8 | 2,113 | inexpensive | Table Mesa | 2900 Baseline Rd Unit 3, 2314, Boulder, CO 80303 | Menu Site |
 T/aco | Mexican restaurant | 4.5 | 1,868 | inexpensive | Downtown Boulder | 1175 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302 | Site |
 West End Tavern | Bar | 4.4 | 1,777 | inexpensive | Downtown Boulder | 926 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302 | Menu Book Site |
 Avanti Food and Beverage Boulder | Food court | 4.5 | 1,392 | inexpensive | Downtown Boulder | 1401 Pearl St 1st Floor, Boulder, CO 80302 | Book Site |
 Cafe Mexicali | Mexican restaurant | 4.3 | 1,360 | inexpensive | Table Mesa | 2850 Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80303 | Menu Site |
 Rosetta Hall | Restaurant | 4.4 | 1,098 | inexpensive | Downtown Boulder | 1109 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302 | Book Site |
 Corrida | Spanish restaurant | 4.5 | 754 | moderate | Downtown Boulder | 1023 Walnut St Ste 400, Boulder, CO 80302 | Menu Book Site |
 Quiero Arepas | Venezuelan restaurant | 4 | 96 | inexpensive | Downtown Boulder | 1401 Pearl St 1st Floor, Boulder, CO 80302 | Site |
 Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii | Coffee shop | 4.5 | 71 | inexpensive | Table Mesa | 2850 Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80303 | Site |
Questions
How many Boulder restaurants have a rooftop?
10, out of 252 Boulder venues that record outdoor seating at all. Both numbers come from Google Business Profiles, which means they come from what each restaurant ticked on its own listing, so treat this as a floor rather than a full count.
Do Boulder rooftops stay open in winter?
Some do, with heaters and enclosures, and some close the roof entirely from about October. Boulder gets bright cold days where a sheltered rooftop is genuinely pleasant, so it is worth ringing rather than assuming. We hold no data on which ones winterise, so we do not guess at it here.
Which is the best rated?
Phở Kitchen Bar & Grill, at 4.8 on Google from 2,113 reviews. Only venues with at least 50 reviews are eligible, so one stray five-star rating cannot top the list. We do not score venues ourselves and no placement here is paid.
Why might a place be missing?
Because it never filled in the field. The flag is set by the restaurant on its own Google profile, not by an inspector, so a good patio on a thin listing is invisible to us. Corrections we can source get added by hand.
More outdoor dining
Our pick of the best Boulder patios is the short opinionated version. All 521 Boulder restaurants is the full directory.