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| - While this is a review about Fat Ox, I must say that as someone who relies on Yelp reviews for many things, I find people who irresponsibly apply 1 or even 2 stars for things like...
"The prices are crazy and portions are for a toddler. The chef wants the customers to "share" their tiny portioned food?!"
-Quote per Phoenix A. Paradise Valley, AZ
...are doing a disservice to the establishment and really are ones I dismiss as folks who probably should be dining for fast food or staying home with a frozen dinner. If noise level is high, well, that's a personal preference, but not something that should deter one from visiting. If you said noise was high because piped in music was blaring or they had a rock band playing behind my table, that'd make sense. Don't ding them for something others might find a positive. In fact, Fat Ox has a remarkable vibe and that seems obvious by most people enjoying themselves, which is brought on in part by the overall exuberance of the staff and patrons to the happening experience.
"The lighting is very dim...for me...too dark. I didn't actually see my food until I looked at my photos I took."
-Quote per
Pepper T. Phoenix, AZ
Seriously? Maybe put your damn cell phone away, put your spectacles on, take a deep breath and look at your food! Then engage your brain and don't do what someone on Faceplant told you to do!!! I bet you text while driving too. I guarantee you surely don't use the turn signal you paid for! Dismiss this "dim" nonsense!
There are a lot of complaints about portion sizes. America is so conditioned to super-size marketing that when served an appropriate portion, somehow value comes into question! The value of Fat Ox is in the chef's preparation, presentation and servers service!
Side bet: I bet all the "portion" complainers leave cheap tips too!
My wife's and my order was as follows:
-Navigation (bar) - $15
-Tableside Caesar Salad - $17
-Agnolotti - $16
-Braised Lamb - $32
-Duroc Pork Tomahawk - $32
-Wine (2 glasses)
F-rench Press
Total with tip, $215.
No problem with portion sizes. The "tableside" in the Tableside Caesar Salad is a borrowed concept from The Mission with their tableside guacamole, another great Matthew Carter/Brian Raab restaurant in Old Town (soon to be a second location in North Scottsdale). We found our salad quite tasty and well portioned. The total meal was ample and we finished all our food. We found the Agnolotti very tasty and representative of what we expected portion wise. We sampled each other's entrees and found each to be 5-star taste. My wife and I are not overweight, heavy eaters, nor desire the "OMG, I can't believe I ate the whole thing" post dining feeling to call is a great restaurant experience. Value was perfectly acceptable per fine dining. Our server Jamar was fantastic in his menu knowledge, attentiveness, and answered all our questions. Sommelier Steve Johnson gave me, someone who is not a wine connoisseur, a perfectly great and reasonably priced wince choice based on my taste preference.
Apologies for turning my restaurant review in part to a social media rant. With the likes of Twitterdumb, Gulp, Faceplant and such, everyone now has a microphone, which requires more responsibility with such a platform, which our society of course can no longer resist to display its never-ending stupidity. As I heard recently, it used to be the dumb kids sat in the back on the class. Now they all sit in the front row!
Ultimately (no, not "at the end of the day"), I highly recommend Fat Ox. 5+ STARS!
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