Service was disappointing, NOT the quality of a fine dining restaurant. The service was rushed and pushing us to order. We ordered a bottle of wine and the server wanted us to order before bringing the wine. She did not know how to serve wine properly, struggling with the cork palms of hands on cork, no fork presentation, and poured half a glass of wine instead of a taste for the first pour. Poorly done.
Food was a 3 star. Disappointing as well. Artificial liquid smoke flavor was used on appetizer and dessert. The salmon was fantastic and well plated. Check came BEFORE I even finished my dessert, had just started it. My appetizer plate was taken as my last bite was still in my mouth. Rushing us(and there were not many people there so business is not an excuse).
The check was tallied incorrectly. I had to ask for a manager to get total corrected and be assured that taxed amount was on actual total versus the very confusing way it showed on receipt with poor explanation from waitress who clearly is not accustomed to serving wine. Manager came and explained satisfactorily that the tax was tallied on total and gave an additional discount to account for tax. I appreciated the manager's explanation and making it right, however I had seen enough at that point:
While it was restaurant week, we did order a nice bottle of wine and were not there being cheap. Much nicer meal at Citizen Public the other night at same price point and I will not comPare the Michelin starred place from last weekend.
BOTTOM LINE IS POOR SERVICE. Food is not impressive, especially for Scottsdale.
Manager's comment about us being there "almost three hours" is incorrect, and correcting the bill took well over half an hour as there were several steps before I asked for manager.