Best Restaurants in Scottsdale
Desert luxury with a chip on its shoulder — the good kind.
Scottsdale's scene is resort-polished but increasingly chef-driven, with Sonoran flavors pushing past the golf-course dining rooms. Mesquite-fired steaks, agave everything, and a taco-and-tasting-menu range that surprises people who wrote it off as a spa town. The desert provides.
The Spots
The spotThe rating
1Bacanora PHXDowntown Phoenix · Mexican · $$$$Delicious as F*ck2Pizzeria BiancoArcadia · Italian · $$Delicious3ValentineMelrose District · American · $$Delicious4IndibarSouth Scottsdale · Indian · $$$$Delicious5ShinBaySouth Scottsdale · Japanese · $$$$Delicious6Glai BaanArcadia · Thai · $$Delicious7Lom WongRoosevelt Row · Thai · $$$Delicious8Pretty PennyRoosevelt Row · Bar · $$$$Damn Good9Huarachis TaqueriaDowntown Phoenix · Tacos · $$Damn Good10TrattoArcadia · Italian · $$$Damn GoodBrowse all 92 Scottsdale restaurantsWhat movedAug 29Pretty PennyExcluded →Damn GoodAug 28Bacanora PHXDelicious →Delicious as F*ckAug 28ValentineDamn Good →DeliciousAug 28IndibarDamn Good →DeliciousAug 28ShinBayDamn Good →DeliciousAug 28Glai BaanDamn Good →Delicious
The beef
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