Good restaurants in the phx area?

Hey guys, lookin for some good restaurant ideas to take the gf out for her bday. Or even odd/cool/new things to do to celebrate.

Do you guys know of any hidden gems in the valley? Lookin for a place with good food and good drinks. What do you guys got?

 

Oh man... There are so many places...

What type of food? Any budget in mind? You looking for upscale or something more hole-in-the-wall? You looking for good cocktails/drinks too? What parts of town you trying to explore? I could give all sorts of suggestions for downtown Phoenix, but know the entire valley pretty well.

 

Awesome! I appreciate the info.

We go out to dinner pretty often but we dont get out to the phoenix/scottsdale area as often as we would like. We typically stay within the east valley, so I'm familiar with this area but not opposed to staying here if we find something good. We went to bourbon and bones for my bday, so something on par with that would be awesome. I'm thinking about going out to wild horse past and eating at kai and just spending the night there. But not fully convinced on it.

But if you've got other suggestions, I'm absolutely open to it. Even starting dinner somewhere and going somewhere else for more drinks. Thanks again!!

 

Bobby Q’s on 17 & Northern. It’s a smoke house, but a nice one. You could wear a suit and fit in, or jeans an fit in. It used to be my go to nice meal in Phx.

If you’re gonna ball out, Mastros in Scottsdale.

 

We've gonna to the Bobby q on Stapley and the 60 a couple times. Their cornbread is fuckin delish. Never been to mastros. Might have to look into it. Thanks!!

 

Who wears a suit to eat BBQ? Do you Rob? Thats baller. Hahaha

Personally, if you arnt wearing a suit, get Little Miss BBQ - Bobby Q aint got nothing on Little Miss and they just opened a new location in uptown. If you looking for a good date place and something different, my first suggestion would be Rokerji - the Carne Adovada and Pasta Heidi are sooo good.

Other things to add to your to-do list for Phoenix (various pricing)...
Welcome Diner
Otro
Breadfruit/Rum Bar
Steak 44
Ladera
Nelson's / Wandering Tortise
Barrio Cafe
La Santisima
St Francis
Tratto
Durants

Done.

 

Oh... and for super cheap date night... Tacos Huichos and/or Tacos Chiwas.... followed by a trip to Wren House.

 

Lots of really cool places. I've been/heard of some of these places. La santisima is awesome! Wen there once. I've been wanting to go back and just steal a bunch of salsa.

We went to the place next to tratto, cant remember the name of it. But I remember thinking we should have gone to tratto. I've heard really good things about that place. Thanks again for the suggestions!!

 

hahah I’ve seen it all there man.

LMB is hands down the best bbq in the state. I just thought he wanted something fancier.


TacoGuild is good too, is a hipster taco place, but a cool building and the fancy tacos are good.

 

I built all of the cool light fixtures at Taco Guild!

 

We went to Chelsea’s Kitchen last night and it was outstanding.

 

Killer Mexican food is marisco playa Hermosa in Phoenix get the molcajete you won't regret it

Another awesome BBQ place besides the above mentioned is jalapeno bucks it's small but really original and unique

 

Pastys

https://www.cornishpastyco.com

 

This is our go to restaurant. For a while we were going here every other Sunday. Love this place!

 

I like taco guild. Hipster or not, good food is good food.

 

I think one of my favorite places that we've gone to in az is nobuo. Food was awesome. Cocktails were dangerous, in a good way. Chef came out and spoke to us for a good bit. A really cool overall dining experience.

This dry January has me craving a beer and now all I can think about is eating. God I need a fuckin drink.

 

Jalapeño Bucks is probably the most overrated bbq joint in the east valley. Not that it’s horrible, but it definitely isn’t delicious.

Slap yourself for even suggesting it.

 

Have you guys tried haps bbqs on Washington off the 143. I've always thought this was pretty good.

https://hapsbbq.com/menu_section/food-menu/

I need to try little miss bbq. Guy I work raves about this place. I've only heard good about little miss bbq.

 

To each his own! I'd take jalapeno bucks over Bobby qs the brisket bean and cheese burrito was great!

 

Got super sick eating Haps. Didn’t have anything else to eat all day. Was about 18 months ago though.