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| - After living in Scottsdale for a few years and being a total foodie, my boyfriend and I finally decided to check out Bobby's. In short, I give it 1 star for it's stylish decor and 1 star for our friendly waiter, Adam.
The inside of the restaurant has a very modern, chic ambiance; we sat upstairs in the jazz bar area. Our waiter was very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu, all was going well. Our waiter brought out the bread and it was tasteless.. it's like they cooked up a dry pizza bread and sprinkled some orange cheese on top.
On to the ordering.. we ordered a bottle of wine and the oysters rockefeller to start followed by my medium-rare filet mignon oscar style and his paella plate. The oysters were covered in spinach and a pile of cheese. You could barely taste the little oyster with all that cheese they put on it. We tried to shrug off their oyster rockefeller dish and think optimistically, as the restaurant was so pretty and their menu had a great selection of dishes... we really wanted to like this place.
My filet came out a little more medium than medium-rare but that wasn't the bad part. What was this oscar style attempt?! It was as if they cooked a tasteless piece of meat and then put a little canned crab on top, a little sauce, a slice of cheese and then melted it, as if that would pull it together. You could tell that these tastes were not cooked or meshed together in any way, just thrown together. I could have done better in my own kitchen. As for my boyfriend's paella, the rice was small and nothing special or authentic about it. There were some little clams, shrimp, etc, but it was just "meh." He and I both didn't like our dishes and vice versa.
Needless to say, we did not order dessert. I really don't know how much longer Bobby's can compete in that area with such GREAT restaurants around it - Mastros Ocean Club, Dominicks, Eddie V's.
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