I'm a dork for the local, organic, foodie places that are in short order in the Phoenix area, so I was excited to try Quiessence. We had the Farmer's Feast a few weeks ago - a great way to try many different options on the menu. It is $75 per person so it is not cheap, but you definitely get your money's worth of food - and the price is similar to what you would pay for appetizer, entree and dessert but you get WAY more food than that - a great way to go. Everything was great up to the meat entrees (special mention to the pasta dishes - wonderful!) Then it all became very salty. REALLY salty. My only recommendation if you order meat, is to ask them to not add salt, or easy salt, whatever. I would have loved to really taste the meat and not just salt. Other than that, a unique experience at a neat place.