I've always been a big fan of this place but I have to downgrade my review now. On our last visit a few nights ago, we were very disappointed in the new "appearance" of the place. One of the things we originally loved about Satara was that we could feel like we were going to a true upscale kind of place without making the treck to Scottsdale. We were sad to see that they've made a lot of bad changes recently...They've removed tables and chairs and replaced with booths in some sections. Low class! We also noticed a big huge TV screen on the outdoor patio that we faced, blasting football to all the diners who were eating outside. What the heck? I thought we had gone out for a nice upscale date night, but it turned into feeling like we were at any other run of the mill casual strip mall restuarants that choke the West Valley. We might as well have been eating at a Dennys or an Olive Garden. Service seems to have gone downhill along with the decor. We were seated for dinner (7pm) and given no wine menu. We had to ask our waitress to bring us one. We noticed that almost everyone else that was seated after us had the same thing happen and had to ask for the wine menu. We liked the food, but i'm a strict vegetarian/vegan and I forgot to ask for my dish without egg in it. A sign of a good establishment is when the waiter/waitress knowingly asks if you want egg or not in the dish, when they hear you are ordering vegetarian. Our waitress did not ask, and thus i got a dish with egg in it. Partly my fault of course, but i am used to being asked/reminded by the waiter/waitress. I also noticed they have removed any mention of accommodadting vegans from the menu. Long story short, we made the 30 minute drive hoping to get what we had gotten in the past -- excellent professional service, an upscale/romantic environment and great food which we thought we could find nowhere else near our home. So much for that. We won't be back. If you are satisfied with mediocrity, then this place will work for you. Seems like the owners have had to "dumb down" the restaurant to appeal to more typical suburban Arizonans.