Wow, great experience! T. Cook's restaurant located in the royal Palms Resort and Spa in Phoenix is a beautiful place to wine and dine. Their colonial Spanish architecture with a Mediterranean flair is both elegant and romantic. The Resort and Restaurant are both decorated with hardwoods and cherry woods everywhere with and hand-painted Italian frescoes and beautiful floral arrangements throughout. The unfortunate thing about my visit, I was there for a business dinner... lol
The service from start to finish was outstanding. The bar was fairly busy mixed with Resort guest and people like us just their to dine. The servers were very attentive and we got our food fairly fast considering the type of restaurant. The Sommelier was knowledgeable and eager to help us find the right wines to go with our meals. Excellent service all around.
I started my dinning experience with a glass of Chardonnay and Pear and organic mixed green salad. It was good but I was expecting the pear to be grilled. For the entree I had a wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon recommended by the Sommelier, to go with my New York Strip. I added a side of roasted brussel sprouts with duck confit which was outstanding! My steak was cooked extremely well and delicious. I did not have room for desert, but made room for a cup of coffee, which was very good as well.
My next visit to T. Cooks I plan to bring my lovely bride and have the pan roasted halibut with herb potatoes and local veggies cooked in a red wine butter sauce, YUM!! It looked really good from across the table : )
I recommend T. Cooks the next time you are planning a nice dinner for two or with some good friends wanting to have a great evening together. Their wine selection is good and they have an Oktoberfest menu for you German Food fanatics.