Half-off appetizers, $2 off beers, $6 Diego Margaritas, $6 wine and sangria
From each restaurant's own menu or website. Happy hours change, so check the day you go.
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Maple & Ash
4.4(2,304) on Google · Steakhouse · Old Town
Tower Hour fills the bar and lounge every day from 4 to 6 p.m. On the dinner menu, the fire-roasted seafood tower of Maine lobster, king crab, clams and scallops comes in À La, Pro and Baller sizes. Dress the part: caps, athletic wear and ripped denim are off limits, and a 3.5% staff benefit surcharge is added to every check.
4.5(115) on Google · Japanese robata · North Scottsdale
Happy hour fills the first hour of service, 4 to 5 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday. Shishitos, spicy edamame and chicken negima robata cost $5, while Korean pork ribs and garlic noodles are $10. Hand rolls and chef's choice sashimi are $15, and drinks run from $5 wine or house sake to $12 martinis.
Tanoshi Hour is the happy hour here, served nightly from 5 to 6 p.m. in the bar and lounge. Specialty martinis such as lychee and elderflower cost $15, featured wines by the glass are $12 and Japanese beer is $10. Bar bites include $16 half orders of yellowtail jalapeño, $20 crispy rice spicy tuna and $24 lobster tacos.
4.5(753) on Google · Italian steakhouse · North Scottsdale
Happy hour runs 4 to 6 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday, and only at the bar, on the patio and at high tops. Food comes in three price tiers: $3 for shrimp cocktail, oysters or scallop crudo, and $6 for sliders, skewers and garlic fries. The $9 tier adds a lobster slider with black truffle honey, an Ibérico pork slider and meatballs over mascarpone polenta.
Happy hour covers the first two hours of evening service, 4 to 6 p.m., seven days a week. Among the local favorites is a shiso mojito made with rhum J.M. blanc, shiso-mint syrup and lime, next to wagyu carpaccio with fried jalapeño. Walk-ins are welcome, and Friday through Sunday lunch pours $5 lychee martinis until 2:30.
Happy hour runs Monday through Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m., in the bar and patio areas only. On Tuesdays it stretches all night as Toca Tuesday, with the happy hour menu served alongside live performers. Toca Madera lists $8 cocktails and bites from $5, and children under 16 aren't allowed in the bar and lounge areas.
Happy hour here puts oysters on the half shell, Peruvian scallop crudo and shrimp cocktail on the table at $3 each. Sicilian meatballs, lamb keftades, whipped ricotta and hummus with pita are $6. Craft cocktails are $9, house mocktails $7, beer $5 and house wine $8.
Happy hour runs Monday to Friday from 4 to 6 p.m., at the bar only, where bar-top seating is open. Cocktails like the Strawberry Paper Plane and Chophouse Martini are $12, wine is $9 and domestic bottles are $4. Food runs from a $14 short rib martini over mashed potatoes to the $25 Devil's Cut on a hot rock.
Martini & Bubbles Happy Hour runs every day from 4 to 6 p.m., and only in the bar, lounge and patio. The martinis lean on vodka and gin gathered from around the world. Wednesdays add Wine Down Wednesday, when a curated list of bottles goes for half price.
4.2(221) on Google · Cocktail bar · North Scottsdale
Happy hour runs Wednesday through Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at this speakeasy below The Americano. Every specialty cocktail and every bottle of wine is 50% off. The raw bar sends out oysters with Chianti mignonette, shrimp cocktail and scallop crudo at $3 apiece. The Adult Happy Meal pairs the TYF burger and shoestring fries with a martini your way for $25.
Happy hour runs 3 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and it's served only in the bar and lounges. AZFamily lists $5 draft beers, $10 wines by the glass, and $11 cocktails and martinis such as an espresso martini. Bruschetta is three pieces for $14, and flatbreads start at $12 for a margherita.
Happy hour runs 4 to 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday, dine-in only and never on holidays. Featured cocktails are $7, draft beer $6 and wine by the glass $8. Bites cost $9, from Ho Ho Wings with hot honey and gochujang to pepperoni fries, and the blackened jumbo shrimp cocktail is $18.
4.7(1,598) on Google · Seafood · Scottsdale Quarter
Happy hour is listed from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at this Scottsdale Quarter seafood house, and the lounge stays open until 9. Expect live music and a deep list of curated cocktails. The dress notice asks for business casual or resort evening wear, with no athletic shorts and sleeves required on men's shirts.
Sunset Sips happy hour runs 4 to 6 p.m. daily, with $12 margaritas and old-fashioneds, $10 wines and $7 draft beer. Kitchen plates join from 5 to 6 p.m., including $8 duck fat patatas bravas, $11 falafel sliders and a $21 W&W burger. Camelback Mountain sunsets are the backdrop for the dining room and patio.
Happy hour lasts four hours here, 3 to 7 p.m. every day, at both the upstairs and downstairs bars over Civic Center Park. Spritzes and signature cocktails are $11, highballs $10, wines $8 and drafts $7. Oysters are $2.75 each, shrimp $3.25, hummus and dips $5 off and rotating shareables $12, and seats are first come, first served.
Happy hour runs 3 to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday, at this Grayhawk sushi restaurant. The concrete-topped bar sits under hanging lights, and a long counter with blue under-counter lighting looks onto the sushi bar. You can sit indoors, at the bar or out on the patio.
Happy hour runs seven days a week, 3 to 6 p.m., for dine-in guests only. Diego Margaritas made with 1800 Blanco tequila, triple sec and house sweet and sour are $6, and so are wine and sangria. Beers are $2 off and appetizers are half price, though the Dip Trio of salsa, guacamole and street corn queso is excluded.