Odyssey Gastropub

Verdict

Odyssey Gastropub is an easy booking on Colorado Springs' downtown Tejon Street corridor, which means there's no logistical barrier to trying it. The real question is whether the food clears the bar for a gastropub worth your time, or whether you're paying for atmosphere and getting pub-standard plates. If you've been once and are deciding whether to return, the answer hinges almost entirely on what you ordered first time around. Gastropub menus can run the range from genuinely kitchen-serious to dressed-up bar snacks, without confirmed menu data we can't call the specific dishes here, but the gastropub format at its finest rewards repeat visitors who move past burgers into the broader menu. Come back with that in mind.

About Odyssey Gastropub

The address at 311 N Tejon St puts Odyssey in the middle of Colorado Springs' most walkable dining block, a stretch where foot traffic is steady on weekends and the competition for casual dinner dollars is real. Gastropubs in this position tend to evolve quickly: a kitchen change, a menu refresh, or a shift in focus from drinks-first to food-first can meaningfully change what a visit delivers. If your first visit was more than a few months ago, the current experience may read differently. That's not a hedge; it's a reason to go back with fresh eyes on the food menu rather than defaulting to whatever you ordered before.

On the food-quality question that matters most for a gastropub: the format only justifies itself when the kitchen is doing something a straight bar won't do. Think composed plates, house-made components, or a chef treating bar staples with actual technique. When gastropubs get that right, they occupy a useful middle ground between a full-service restaurant and a drinks-focused bar. When they don't, you're paying a restaurant price for a bar kitchen result. For a returning visitor, the practical move is to order further into the menu; away from the obvious safe choices, judge from there.

For broader context on eating and drinking well in Colorado Springs, the bars and dining options on Tejon and the surrounding downtown blocks give you genuine alternatives at every price point. If cocktail craft is part of what you're after alongside food, 503W and Burrowing Owl are worth knowing. For a different format entirely, Cerberus Brewing Company is a reasonable comparison point if you want a Colorado craft-beer frame around your food order. And if you're building a full night out, Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort adds a different energy to the mix.

For a wider view of where Odyssey sits in the Colorado Springs food and drink picture, see our full Colorado Springs restaurants guide, our full Colorado Springs bars guide, and our full Colorado Springs experiences guide. If you're visiting from out of town, our Colorado Springs hotels guide and Colorado Springs wineries guide round out the planning picture.

For benchmark reference on what serious bar food and cocktail programs look like at a higher tier, Bar Leather Apron in Honolulu, Jewel of the South in New Orleans, and Julep in Houston show what the format can achieve when kitchen and bar operate at the same level of ambition.