Cottonwood Grille Menu (Update 2025)
Cottonwood Grille, located in Boise, Idaho, offers a diverse menu featuring appetizers like Chilled Prawn Cocktail, Baked Brie, and Crab Cakes. Their entrees include Lemon Roasted Chicken, Sirloin Steak, and Ribeye. Seafood add-ons are available, like two prawn scampi or an 8 oz. lobster tail. Customers praise the warm atmosphere with a stone fireplace and fabric chairs, perfect for group events. The patio is a delightful spot for dining, with attentive waitstaff and delicious food. The bacon-infused bloody Mary's and flavorful chilaquiles are notable favorites. Despite some minor misses like soggy potatoes, the overall dining experience at Cottonwood Grille is recommended for its elegant ambiance and attentive service.
Appetizers
Chilled Prawn Cocktail
Tender jumbo shrimp served with a horseradish tomato sauce and lemon
Croquetas
Traditional Basque fritters made with creamed béchamel and served with rumescu sauce
Baked Brie
Warm soft French cheese baked to a golden brown, served with Lingonberry chutney and toast points
Oysters On The Half Shell
Six Pacific cold water oysters served chilled with mignonette, cocktail sauce and lemon. Or Rockefeller - baked with spinach, roasted shallots and Parmesan cheese topped with hollandaise
Smoked Idaho Brook Trout
Fresh Hagerman Valley farm raised trout, smoked in house, served with capers, pickled onions and a creamy dill sauce
Crab Cakes
Fresh Pacific crab mixed with shallots and Pernod, cooked crisp and served with lemon beurre blanc
Crispy Calamari
Breaded calamari steak skewers, served with herbed aioli and lemon
Calamari Frito
Lightly seasoned calamari strips, served crispy with horseradish cocktail sauce
Cottonwood Platter
Imported and domestic cheeses, smoked meats and fish served with fresh fruit and assorted crackers
Steamers
One and a half pounds of fresh clams, served with Idaho fries, cooked in your choice of: garlic & beer or shallot & white wine cream sauce - Sauces include red pepper flakes
Lemon Roasted Chicken
All natural chicken roasted with rosemary and lemon pepper, served with a lemon scallion cream sauce
Lamb Shank
Slow cooked bone-in lamb shank in a rich brown sauce, served with garlic mashed Idaho potatoes
Calvados Pork Chops
Grilled with apples and onions, finished with Calvados brandy sauce
Sirloin Steak
Aged sirloin steak grilled and served with creamy peppercorn sauce
New York Strip
Aged strip steak, seasoned and grilled
Tenderloin Medallions
Slow roasted tenderloin, carved and finished with cabernet sauce
Ribeye
Boneless rib eye steak, grilled and served with cabernet and wild mushroom sauce
Poultry, Pork, Lamb & Beef
Seafood Add-ons To Any Entre
'Oscar' style
Two prawn scampi
Two jumbo sea scallops
8 oz. lobster tail
North American Elk
Premium elk loin, sautéed, sliced and served with a green peppercorn sauce
Northwest Premium Buffalo
Fresh buffalo strip loin sautéed, sliced, and served with a rich cabernet sauce
Grilled Pheasant
Grilled semi boneless all natural game bird, marinated in garlic and herbs, finished with a wild mushroom cream sauce
Fresh Game
Fresh Fish & Shellfish
Halibut Oati
Filet of Alaskan halibut, baked golden and finished with a lemon butter cream sauce
Sauted Idaho Trout
Fresh Hagerman Valley ruby trout, pan seared golden and finished with a toasted almond lemon butter sauce
Fresh Atlantic Salmon
Salmon in a cage - horseradish crusted - grilled Your choice of preparation, served with lemon beurre blanc
North Atlantic Sea Scallops
Fresh sea scallops, pan seared golden, served on braised spinach with capellini pasta in a creamy saffron sauce
Mediterranean Salad
A blend of baby greens and lettuce with white asparagus, tomato, egg and red pimiento topped with Albacore tuna cured in olive oil
Chicken Caesar Salad
All natural chicken, grilled or Cajun spiced, sliced and served with our romaine heart Caesar salad
Penne With Broccol
Penne pasta cooked al dente with Parmesan cream sauce and broccoli florets
Seafood Linguini
Tender morsels of fresh fish, shrimp, scallops, and clams with mushrooms and roma tomato in a dill cream sauce, tossed with fresh spinach pasta
Porcini And Truffle Raviol
Served with rich tomato and mushroom sauce, flambéed with brandy and a hint of cream, topped with parmesan cheese
Jumbo Prawn Scampi
Tender jumbo shrimp sautéed in a classic caramelized garlic and white wine butter sauce with red pepper flakes over fresh capellini pasta
Chicken & Gorgonzola Tortellin
Slow roasted chicken and wild mushrooms cooked in Gorgonzola cream sauce with fresh three cheese filled pasta