The restaurants worth a reservation in Phoenix, from neighbourhood bistros to the new classics.
The restaurants worth the trip in Phoenix: bistros, neo-classics, neighbourhood favourites, and the rooms locals book first.
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Order Anything off the open flame, finished with chiltepin Andrade hauls from his family's Sonoran ranch.
Bacanora in Phoenix is Rene Andrade's wood-fired Sonoran room on Grand Avenue, the kitchen that won the 2024 James Beard Best Chef Southwest award.
Order The Wiseguy, with wood-roasted onion, smoked mozzarella and fennel sausage.
Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix is Chris Bianco's wood-fired pizzeria in Heritage Square, the James Beard kitchen long called the best pizza in America.
Order Whatever pasta is on the day's handmade list; the menu turns with the season.
Tratto in Phoenix is Chris Bianco's Italian trattoria at Town & Country, a white-tablecloth room of handmade pasta built around seasonal Southwest produce.
Order The grilled tribal buffalo tenderloin with smoked corn puree, cholla buds and scarlet runner bean chile.
Kai at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass is Arizona's only AAA Five Diamond restaurant, cooking Pima and Maricopa ingredients from the Gila River land.
Order The braised leeks with mozzarella, mustard, breadcrumbs and a sunny-side egg, a Food and Wine top-ten dish.
FnB in Scottsdale is Charleen Badman's vegetable-forward room in Craftsman Court, where the chef won the 2019 James Beard Best Chef Southwest award.
Order The tableside guacamole and the slow-roasted pork shoulder; Carter won the 2024 Arizona Food Pioneer Award.
The Mission in Old Town Scottsdale is Matt Carter's modern Latin room, drawing on Spain, Mexico and South America in a dark stone-walled dining room.
Order The crispy-skin branzino with caper-infused brown butter, a fixture on Osso's changing menu.
Virtù Honest Craft in Scottsdale is Gio Osso's Mediterranean room behind the Bespoke Inn, a courtyard kitchen with an early James Beard new-restaurant nod.
Order The weekly tasting menu, built around whatever the garden cut that morning.
Quiessence at The Farm at South Mountain is Dustin Christofolo's seasonal tasting room, plating produce picked hours earlier from the on-site garden.
Order The multi-course tasting with wine pairings, timed for sunset over the city lights.
Different Pointe of View sits 1,800 feet up at the Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, a AAA Four Diamond room pairing American cooking with a wide skyline view.
Order The chef's eight-course tasting, the deepest version of the kitchen's seasonal cooking.
Cafe Monarch in Old Town Scottsdale is a family-owned room serving four-course prix-fixe dinners and a chef's eight-course tasting, with a deep wine list.
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Order A dry-aged prime cut and a tower from the raw bar to start.
Steak 44 on North 44th Street is the Mastro brothers' modern Phoenix steakhouse, a high-energy room of prime cuts, raw-bar seafood and a deep wine list.
Order A grilled steak alongside one of the bar's signature smoked cocktails.
Mowry & Cotton at The Phoenician resort is a relaxed Scottsdale steak-and-cocktail room, plating grilled mains and smoked drinks in a luxe poolside setting.
Order Whatever comes out of the wood oven, paired from Tarbell's own wine store next door.
Tarbell's on Camelback Road is Mark Tarbell's long-running Biltmore-area room, a New American kitchen with a wood oven and a deep wine program.
Order Raw oysters with salsa negra mignonette and the marinated deep-fried octopus.
Marisco Boys on North 7th Street is a 2025 seafood room from the Taco Boy's team, plating Sonoran and Sinaloan mariscos in a converted mid-century bakery.
Order The seasonal tasting plates paired with the bar's spice-driven cocktails.
Indibar in Paradise Valley is Nigel Lobo and Ajay Negi's modern Indian craft-cocktail room, opened in 2025 in the former Rancho Pinot space.
Order The handmade enchiladas and a plate of the day's specialty tacos.
Cocina Madrigal in South Phoenix is Leo Madrigal's from-scratch Mexican room, plating handcrafted tacos and homemade enchiladas with house specialties.
Order Whatever fish is on the grill and the seasonal paella when it runs.
Pa'La Downtown is a wood-fired Mediterranean room on Washington Street, the larger sibling of the original 24th Street bungalow, built around grill and oven.
Order The Margherita, judged against the AVPN's true-Neapolitan certification.
POMO Pizzeria Napoletana in downtown Phoenix is an AVPN-certified Neapolitan pizzeria, baking pies to Naples standards in a wood-fired oven.
Order The traditional chile relleno, then the Mexican chocolate cream pie.
Los Sombreros in south Scottsdale has served Oaxaca-inspired Mexican food since 1994, in a cantina-style house with a patio and a menu that includes moles.
Order The Oaxacan-style plates at dinner or the breakfast tacos at the weekend.
Otro Cafe in Midtown Phoenix is Doug Robson's Oaxacan-leaning room, the breakfast-and-tacos counterpart to his Gallo Blanco, with local and organic sourcing.
Order A spread of street tacos and the savory weekend brunch.
Gallo Blanco in the historic Garfield district is Doug Robson's street-taco and brunch room, a Mexico City-born chef's casual spot with strong veggie options.
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