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| - This restaurant is one of the many Fox Restaurant Concepts in the Valley of the Sun. The Fox Restaurant Concept has mastered creating amazing ambiance in great locations. What they need to focus on now is creating amazing food to equal the ambiance.
There were 5 of us in our party on a Friday night. When we arrived around 7:30pm the restaurant was pretty empty. We sat at the bar and were intrigued at the gorgeous décor. From the all white foundation of the rooms to the light blue accents everywhere, the entire restaurant is truly beautifully appointed. In fact, it's so nice, you may almost be willing to accept some mediocrity in the food area...and then again, maybe not.
We ended up sitting out on the patio area at a really nice table. Weather was beautiful, company was great and the drinks were made to perfection. Then, first thing I notice after we get comfortable is a huge rip in the chair cushion at the table across from us. Not a big deal, but definitely strange for a restaurant that's trying to rank up there with Morton's and Ruth's Chris Steakhouses. Right? Next, out of the 5 of us at the table - 4 of us ordered steak. Out of the 4 of us that ordered steak - 3 of us had to return our steaks because they weren't cooked. Now, anyone who has worked in a restaurant knows the deal with steak temperatures, so I can understand a little difference here, but when the server doesn't mention that they cook their steaks 2 levels different than what you are actually ordering, kind of makes you wonder about the kitchen ability. (For instance: one steak was supposed to have been medium well and came out bloody.) Now, in defense of the kitchen, the fish and the sides we ordered were great! Of course the manager was nice enough to remove one of the steaks and give us 2 free deserts (of which no one ate because they were really bad). All in all, the dinner was not worth the price.
My opinion of this restaurant is much like my opinion of the other Fox Restaurant Concepts. Ambiance = Amazing. Food = More to be desired. I agree with a friend who said, "Fox should spend as much on their chefs as they do on their interior designers and they'd be a huge hit in every state!"
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