Maple & Ash
$$$$ · Wood-fired steakhouse · dressy celebration
A dress-up dinner with wood-fired steaks and seafood. Our pick for an adults' celebration; check the Scottsdale menu and dress code before reserving.
Official food photo: Maple & Ash
Guides · Dining
The best restaurants in Scottsdale, and how to get the table.
Six rooms within half an hour of 14241 N 54th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 — the celebration steakhouse, the marble raw bar, two sunset terraces, the James Beard vegetable kitchen, and the most atmospheric patio in Old Town. Photos of each, reservation numbers you can tap, booking links, maps, and turn-by-turn directions from the front door.
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Six dinners in Scottsdale, in ninety seconds.
Dinner with your group
A dressy evening or a family night out.
Group recommendations, not venue age restrictions. Price symbols are relative planning guides; check current menus or ticket totals.
Price
From the house to dinner
From 14241 N 54th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85254. Drive times vary with traffic and departure time.
Maple & Ash
7135 E Camelback Rd Suite 130, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
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Oregano’s — Old Town Scottsdale
$$ · Pizza & pasta · kids' menu
Pizza, pasta and a dedicated kids' menu make this a relaxed dinner for mixed ages. Share a pizza with pre-teens or choose individual favorites; check the current menu and contact the restaurant about seating.
Official food photo: Oregano’s
Culinary Dropout — Scottsdale Waterfront
$$ · Casual dining · kids and pre-teens
A lively restaurant with burgers, fried chicken and a Little Monsters menu of chicken tenders, macaroni and cheese, or a cheeseburger. Familiar choices for kids and pre-teens, with a full menu for the adults.
Official promotional photo: Culinary Dropout
Kitchen
Spend
6 of 6 restaurants
1/2
18 min · 10.4 mi · Steakhouse · $$$
Mastro's City Hall Steakhouse
The celebration steakhouse — piano lounge, 48oz bone-in
- Big group
- Piano lounge
- Valet
- Late kitchen
1/2
19 min · 10.6 mi · Seafood · $$$
Ocean 44
Marble raw bar, towers of seafood, Old Town glamour
- Raw bar
- Date night
- Valet
- Whole fish
1/2
26 min · 17.8 mi · View dining · $$$
Talavera at Four Seasons Troon North
Sunset terrace, Pinnacle Peak views, prime steak
- Sunset
- Terrace
- Resort
- Romantic
1/2
17 min · 8.9 mi · View dining · $$$
Elements at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain
Asian-inspired, floor-to-ceiling Praying Monk views
- Camelback view
- Jade Bar
- Chef-driven
- Romantic
1/2
20 min · 10.9 mi · Chef-driven · $$
FnB
Arizona's chef's-table original — vegetables and local wine
- Local wine
- Small room
- James Beard
- Counter seats
1/2
20 min · 11.0 mi · Latin · $$
The Mission Old Town
Modern Latin, tableside guac, candlelit salt-brick room
- Patio
- Mezcal
- Group-friendly
- Walkable
The night
One dinner out, hour by hour, from the front door.
4:30 pm
Pool, then change at the house
Last swim, outdoor shower, and get dressed. Scottsdale dresses up more than people expect at dinner.
5:30 pm
Sunset drink first, always
Jade Bar at Sanctuary or the Talavera terrace. Book dinner an hour after the drink, never at the same time.
7:00 pm
The table
Prime time in Scottsdale is 7:00–7:45pm. Anything earlier is quiet, anything later is a scene.
9:00 pm
Second act
Piano lounge at Mastro's, mezcal at The Mission, or the Old Town galleries and bars on 5th Ave.
10:30 pm
Home in twenty minutes
Every restaurant here is 17–26 minutes from the front door. Firepit, one more drink, done.
Before you book
- Reserve now, decide later
- The rooms on this list book out 2–3 weeks ahead in season (January–April). Hold the table the day you book the house — cancellation is free.
- Call for six or more
- Online booking splits big parties across two tables. Phone the restaurant directly and ask for one table or a set menu.
- Sunset is a reservation, not a coincidence
- For Talavera and Elements, ask specifically for a west-facing table 45 minutes before sunset.
- Valet everywhere, and it's fine
- Old Town garages are free but fill on weekend nights. Valet is $10–$20 and saves twenty minutes.
- Dress code is real
- No athletic shorts or flip-flops at night in the steakhouses and resort rooms. Collared shirt or a jacket clears every door on this list.
Reservation numbers, in one place
Mastro's City Hall Steakhouse
18 min · Steakhouse · $$$
Ocean 44
19 min · Seafood · $$$
Talavera at Four Seasons Troon North
26 min · View dining · $$$
Elements at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain
17 min · View dining · $$$
FnB
20 min · Chef-driven · $$
The Mission Old Town
20 min · Latin · $$