Clearly overwhelmed, they were doing their best to cope. My wife told the waiter about the mismatch and the response was "Well it is Saturday night and the kitchen is really busy" The saving grace was the staff. Oh well, the dogs will enjoy the bulk of the 28 day aged bone-in rib eye. My wife's medium-rare came out as a well-done and my "chef's choice" came out as severely underdone on the lamb, even for my normal blue-rare taste. our mouths were watering in anticipation. We couldn't go past the amazing sounding aged steaks and the full rack of lamb - fire roasted to perfection. The seafood tower was very impressive with the halved lobsters on the top plate but the bottom plate was much less so with just a handful of oysters, mussels, shrimp, clams and a solitary scallop, but it shows well on the table. ![]() So with the optics taken care of, we sat down for a meal that we had been looking forward to. This is a big place with various open rooms and tables spread throughout and even a side patio which has been enclosed for summer. Admittedly, I did ask for 3 Olives and top shelf Gin, but we were rubbing shoulders with the elite, so I expected to pay more. Inside we found the bar and ordered a couple of $40 martinis while waiting for our table. The Ferrari parked on the sidewalk, should have been a dead giveaway that it was all about the pretentiousness as well as the word on the menu & as part of the marketing image. I'm not a brunch fanatic, but if do a (Covid/no buffet) brunch, I would consider this one of the best.Īs with many Scottsdale destinations, this is a "place to be seen" rather than a place to find exquisite food. ![]() Overall, the $150 pp brunch was a great deal considering all you get. Had there been no loud music, the conversations at the other tables would have been quite disturbing. Once we realized that there were many party tables, we realized why. And delicious! Thank you all staff! and another post script: Seeing some other very bad reviews: We were at first not happy with the loud music. It was incredible! More food than I can eat. ![]() We opted for the What the what the F prix fixe. We had the most lovely server, Kyrri! But the whole staff took care of us. OMG! A lovely ambiance! Despite their dress code, of which we had no idea, they let us in. Long story, short! They could not join and my husband and I went. But they called and were able to get us a reservation for 6. (Covid, Delta, whatever.) So the lovely Concierge team suggested Maple & Ash! When they went online, nothing was available. We had planned a brunch at the Phoenician, where we are staying but for whatever reason, they are not doing it. The plan was to have an older couple who were neighbors of ours on the central coast and one of their sons with wife wife join us. OMG! What a fabulous brunch place!!! We flew to PHX from SBP for a long weekend.
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