The Cottonwood Steakhouse is located in Bluff, Utah, a small community in the San Juan river valley in southeastern Utah.
After a day of hiking, rafting or sightseeing, relax, unwind and enjoy dinner in a casual, Old West atmosphere at the Cottonwood Steakhouse. Dine inside or in the outside courtyard under the shade of our beautiful cottonwood tree.
We feature a variety of steaks that are fire-grilled grilled to order. Our steaks are Colorado Beef Genuine USDA Choice. Other menu specialties include country-style, bar-b-que ribs that fall off the bone, smoked brisket, as well as delicious chops, chicken, fish, and vegetarian dinners.
Enjoy a glass of wine or a cold beer with your dinner. We have an array of wine varietals either by the glass or bottle. Our beer is ice-cold and is served in a frosty mug. Our beer list includes domestic, Utah microbrew and imported beers. Draft beer is also available.
About Bluff, Utah
Nestled between dramatic sandstone bluffs, the San Juan River and the Navajo reservation, Bluff, Utah is a living museum. You will find a rich array of attractions in and around Bluff: Anasazi prehistoric sites, Native American culture, pioneer heritage, geologic formations, and river running on the San Juan river, as well as nearby national and state parks.
The present-day Bluff area has been long been inhabited. Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) were the first humans to establish permanent communities in the Bluff area dating to 650 AD. Following the Anasazi, the Navajo, Paiutes, and Utes moved to the area.
Bluff was the first Anglo community in southeastern Utah, settled in April 1880 by Mormon pioneers seeking to establish a mission in the Four Corners area. In 1879, seventy families left Escalante in south central Utah and spent six months traveling The Hole-in-the-Rock-Trail in difficult winter conditions. Many sections of the trail were almost impassable. To allow wagon passage, the men spent six weeks blasting and chiseling a path through a narrow, 1,200 foot drop in the sandstone cliffs known as The Hole-in-the-Rock, still visible at present day Lake Powell. On arrival in the Bluff valley, the pioneers built one room log cabins formed in a square, known as the Bluff Fort. After several failed attempts at farming the area, a successful local livestock cooperative business, the Bluff Pool, was formed in the late 1880’s to help the Bluff settlers compete with larger cattle ranches. Most of the Victorian homes in Bluff’s historic district were built in this period.
Relax and enjoy your stay in Bluff. Thank you for dining at the Cottonwood Steakhouse.