The best restaurants in Scottsdale on one page: the rooms we'd book for a birthday, an anniversary or a client dinner.
Chef's counters, resort steakhouses and Old Town dining rooms, picked by hand. Each one links to its own website, so you can see the menu and book straight with them.
Updated October 21, 2026 · 19 places · ratings from Google
Dinner at this family-owned Old Town restaurant is a seasonal four-course prix fixe, with an eight-course chef's tasting as the splurge. Every server trains through the Court of Master Sommeliers program to pair wines with each course. For private dinners, the Madison Room seats up to 14, and Reserve across the street has a heated courtyard for 40.
Flavors of Greece, Spain, Italy and Morocco anchor this coastal Mediterranean spot at the base of Old Town's Senna House hotel. Handmade pastas, fresh seafood and hand-tossed pizzas are made daily, and the patio has a 40-foot bar and cabanas. Weekends bring Cala Grand, a patio brunch buffet with chef-driven stations and spritzes.
Up on the roof at this Scottsdale Quarter steakhouse, a 30-foot pool sits under a retractable glass roof in the Poolside Room. Master butchers cut USDA Prime, dry-aged and Japanese A5 Wagyu steaks in-house, and sides include corn crème brulee. The Mastro family and partner Scott Troilo opened it in 2011, and a working wine cellar doubles as a private room for 25.
Fine-aged steaks, house-made pastas and Mediterranean seafood come out of an open kitchen at this modern Italian steakhouse, alongside ice-cold martinis. Peter McQuaid is executive chef, and Tell Your Friends, an underground cocktail and live music lounge, sits beneath the restaurant. Three private rooms seat 10 to 30 guests, and happy hour runs Wednesday through Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.
The Mastro family's seafood house near Scottsdale Fashion Square pairs an 18-foot raw bar with USDA Prime steaks and Australian Wagyu. Start with Oysters au Gratin, then order Chilean sea bass or a hand-cut steak from the wood-fired oven, all served a la carte. Dress up: athletic wear is not allowed, and collared shirts are appreciated.
Tower Hour runs 4 to 6 p.m. daily in the bar and lounge at this wood-fired steakhouse on Camelback Road, and the seafood tower arrives hot from the hearth, not on ice. Sunday brunch pours bottomless mimosas and martini trees for six to 12. The hidden Green Room, a private space, has its own bar. Dress code: elegant and chic.
Opened in September 2026, this Japanese restaurant and robata grill on North Scottsdale Road cooks over binchōtan charcoal on a robata grill. Across the room, a raw bar handles bluefin, hamachi and Hokkaido uni, with seafood arriving from Tokyo twice a week. Executive Chef Erik Davila runs the kitchen, and happy hour runs Wednesday through Sunday from 4 to 5pm.
Black cod miso, yellowtail jalapeño and new style sashimi arrive beneath a 15-foot skylight in the luxury wing of Scottsdale Fashion Square. Seats range from the sushi counter and main dining room to the bar, lounge and patio. A $155 seasonal tasting menu runs nightly, Tanoshi Hour pairs cocktails with bar bites from 5 to 6, and weekend lunch adds bento boxes and donburi.
James Beard Award winning chef Tyson Cole founded Uchi, which means "home" in Japanese, and this Scottsdale Road location brings his sushi bar feel to the whole room. The menu mixes Japanese tradition with new ideas, built around omakase and tastings. Happy hour runs every day from 4 to 6 pm, and a $25 three-course lunch is served Thursday through Sunday.
Chef Ken Tanaka runs this Old Town omakase counter, where much of the fish arrives from Japan within 24 hours. Nigiri and other seafood are served at two seatings, 5:45 and 8 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. It was among the first Arizona restaurants selected by the MICHELIN Guide.
Michael Mina's steakhouse at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess grills Angus beef and American Wagyu over mesquite. The menu adds Japanese A5 ribeye and a hay-smoked 32-ounce tomahawk. Executive Chef Sara Garrant, raised among Alaska salmon fishermen, has led the kitchen since 2017. Starters include Michael's tuna tartare, the cellar holds 3,000 bottles, and the bar, lounge and Fireside Terrace open at 5.
Jacques Qualin trained under Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Daniel Boulud before becoming the opening chef at this steakhouse at The Phoenician. He still runs the kitchen. Steakhouse classics and seafood from around the world pick up bold Asian and American flavors. The fifth-floor restaurant pairs a cocktail lounge and spacious dining room with a sunset patio at the base of Camelback Mountain.
Spanish and Latin traditions shape the menu at the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale's signature restaurant. Indoor and open-air tables share views of the Sonoran Desert and Pinnacle Peak. The grill handles Prime and dry-aged steaks up to a 33-ounce tomahawk, beside seafood paella and jamón ibérico croquetas. Emmanuel Urban is executive chef, and the private Gin and Wine Rooms seat up to 10 each.
Chef-partner Cory Oppold, a 2025 James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef Southwest, runs this tasting-menu restaurant on Shea Boulevard. An eight-course chef's tasting runs Friday and Saturday, with a five-course prix fixe Tuesday through Thursday. Fall dishes include sturgeon pie with kaluga caviar and Copper State Ranch ribeye, and the covered, misted patio seats up to 45.
Fire performers and live music are part of dinner at this Mexican-inspired steakhouse on Goldwater Boulevard, just north of Camelback Road, where a large indoor tree sits at the center of the room. The menu runs from premium tacos to a tomahawk steak, with vegan options. Toca Tuesday is an all-night happy hour, and weekend brunch brings tres leches French toast.
Named for 1961, the year Paradise Valley incorporated, this Mountain Shadows restaurant cooks modern American food, much of it in a hearth oven. Dinner brings Wagyu tagliatelle with braised short rib and a Two Wash Ranch chicken roulade. The patio looks out on the pool and mountains, and brunch runs daily until 2pm.
Giada De Laurentiis, who learned Italian cooking in her grandfather's restaurant kitchen, shapes the menu around her Roman heritage with California influences. The dining room sits on the first floor of Caesars Republic Scottsdale beside Fashion Square, and al fresco tables look toward Camelback Mountain. Aperitivo hour runs daily with lobster arancini and pizzette, and a private dining room seats 14.
Handmade pastas share the menu with Mediterranean seafood and imported wild game at this Old Town dining room on Stetson Drive, run by Chef Marcellino Verzino and his wife Sima. It celebrated its 24th anniversary in October 2026. Look for scialatielli with Manila clams or porcini-infused fettuccine with lobster and white truffle. Service is European in style, and live music plays Saturdays.
Mexican cooking meets steakhouse cuts at this spot in The Shops at Hilton Village, near Paradise Valley. Quesabirria tacos arrive with a cheese crust and salsa macha, and the 30 oz Black Angus tomahawk comes with elote and guacamole. Ribeye aguachile, Sonoran shrimp ceviche and tres leches cake fill out the menu.