As much as I try, I don't like this restaurant. The only reason we keep coming back is because my husband really likes it. Go figure.
We have previously eaten at the Phoenix location, but decided to try the Scottsdale location in the hopes I may like it better...not so much. We went on Saturday night, which is live music night. All I can say is, "Wow." We walked in the door and we were the youngest people in the place by 40 years. The band was playing standards and it was apparent that this was probably the big weekly night-out for a lot of the couples dining together. The band and tables were set up so it was difficult to move through the restaurant. We waited at the bar for our table and kept getting bumped into by the servers and other patrons trying to move around the restaurant. While not a fan of the entertainment, my rating is based solely on the food.
We ordered starters. I ordered the potstickers, which did not come at the same time as my husband's squid. Several minutes after the squid was delivered to the table, we had to flag our server down to #1) order our entrees since she had never come back over to take our order and #2) ask about my potstickers. I am assuming the order was never given to the kitchen because the potstickers were brought to the table well after my husband FINISHED eating his starter. The potstickers were fair. I found them to be oddly pink on the inside.
I went with the moo goo gai pan on the recommendation of the server. The dish should be renamed chicken & snow peas. I really can't see past the rice here. At least it is consistent...consistently dry.
The restaurant has been nicely renovated except for the bathrooms. I honestly think the bathrooms are original from when the building was built. I think the previous owner even threw in the rickety old toilet seat and the nasty garbage cans.
Maybe one day I will find a dish here that finally makes me a fan.