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.
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1Bacanora PHXDowntown Phoenix · Mexican · $$$$Delicious as F*ck2ShinBaySouth Scottsdale · Japanese · $$$$Delicious3ValentineMelrose District · American · $$Delicious4IndibarSouth Scottsdale · Indian · $$$$Delicious5Lom WongRoosevelt Row · Thai · $$$Delicious6Glai BaanArcadia · Thai · $$Delicious7Pretty PennyRoosevelt Row · Bar · $$$$Damn Good8Huarachis TaqueriaDowntown Phoenix · Tacos · $$Damn Good9TrattoArcadia · Italian · $$$Damn Good10kid sister A WINE BARMidtown · Wine Bar · $$Damn GoodBrowse all 109 Scottsdale restaurantsThe beef
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