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| - Here's the headline: Ask for Julio to be your server if you want a phenomenal dining experience. Julio made dinner even more awesome. From the moment he came to our table to introduce himself, we knew we were going to have an amazing night.
Now, the rest of my review.
The location of Orange Sky is awesome. The view of the valley of the sun from the perch atop the Talking Stick Resort is spectacular. To avoid walking through the smoke filled casino, try to park on the north side of the resort, not the side that faces Talking Stick Way. You will shave a 10 minute walk through the mindless, hypnotized gambling people.
For special date nights, i'd recommend making reservations for one of the private sweetheart tables. The atmosphere is super romantic the view is as mentioned above and you have total privacy while you dine. There is a $200 meal minimum, easily met if you order appetizers, drinks, bottle of wine, etc.
Let's talk about the food. Was it good? Yes. Was it great? No. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give the food an eight or nine. Have I had better steaks? Yes. Have I had better side dishes? Sure. But, food is very subjective. The food was high-quality, tasty, prepared perfectly, and exactly what you would expect from a high-quality, high-end restaurant.
We started with a prickly pear, crusted, shrimp for an appetizer or. My wife ordered some exotic margarita and I ordered an old fashion.
She ordered some market price cut of beef that I had never heard of, nor can I pronounce. It came out rare as she ordered it, it was tender as can be without being Kobe beef. I got a perfectly cooked ribeye. We shared the sweet potato and goat cheese side dish with maple bourbon. We also had a great bottle of Pinot Noir from New Zealand. We finished it off with a lemon curd cheesecake and two French pressed coffee's. Our dinner came out to $207 and was worth every bit of it. We tipped Julio on the bill total and rounded it up to 25% as he alone increased the enjoyment of our dinner immensely.
What makes the experience at Orange Sky is a combination of all of the above elements. When you start with the sweetheart table, and Julio as your server, order a terrific meal with good wine, you can't go wrong.
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