We have been to the Culinary Dropout in Scottsdale and Phoenix. We didn't care for the one in Phoenix but we wanted to try the Tempe location. There were 4 adults in our party and we were celebrating our adult daughters' birthday. First of all, the restaurant is hard to find - many one way streets and construction. When you enter you go down a long hall to the actual restaurant. The restaurant itself is similar to a large convention hall with poor acoustics. It was very, very loud - making it difficult, at times impossible, to have a normal conversation. Our server was really lacking in just about every trait a server should have, including the 4 rings in her exposed belly button - not very appetizing. From the moment we arrived we felt very rushed by her. Our meals were pretty good. I had the sweet corn cannelloni, which was an unusual dish and very sweet, my husband had the Italian Grinder - something he always orders at CD, our son had the fried chicken which he said was very good and our daughter had the grilled cheese sliders, which she thought were OK. We had ordered a bowl of the "daily house made chips", which were stale. Despite our opening gifts, cards, etc., the server never acknowledged our celebration.
Quite frankly, I am sorry we chose this restaurant for our daughter's birthday. It was a disappointing evening. I expect more from a Fox Concepts restaurant.