On the surface, Renegade is an exorbitant establishment. The decor is excessive, embellished and meticulously planned. Every detail is included, from the wine cellar to the open-air bar, dining room and private banquet rooms...it's very impressive.
I'll say the Yelp cliche: I wanted to love it. I really did. I just wasn't impressed with the quality of the food. The menu is quite limited yet seems excessive...Too much to decipher, yet not enough selection.
Don't even try to abide by your diet when eating here. Normal rules of portion control and calorie limitations are thrown out the window. Even the healthiest dish (a small spinach salad) is topped with a coddled egg--an over-easy egg yolk ready to ooze all over the baby spinach. The dressing? A "cider vinegarette" (also called the honey-bacon dressing). Pure oil with bacon on the bottom. Absolutely zero resemblance to a vinegarette.
The chicken and roasted pepper flatbread was the highlight of the meal. Not too spicy, just the right texture...lavish amounts of cheese. It was divine.
My date had the "award winning" RC Burger. I had a bite and felt greasy all over. I hate that feeling. Had they seasoned the meat (e.g. salt and pepper), it might've been better. The pretzel bun looked yummy, but it didn't stand up to the 3/4 lb patty and fixings. The best part of the matchstick fries was the ketchup. Good ol' Heinz never let's me down!
The waitress was friendly but the service wasn't remarkable. Everyone seemed to have their noses too high to care, including the employees.
It's your typical Scottsdale Restaurant: exhaustively pretentious with relatively bland offerings.