Restaurants near Taliesin West

Ate here when they first opened and it was exceptional! Last night, the service was mediocre, the noise level was high and the food was not as good. The first visit we sat next to a table with two food critics so I am assuming we got superior service due to that fact. I ordered the Italian salad on both occasions and felt the dressing had changed. Two of us ordered the Shrimp Fra Diavolo. While the shrimp was excellent, the linguini had very little sauce so it was dry. Another ordered the Chicken Parmesan and that was wonderful. I can recommend the short rib lasagna. That is to die for! The noise level was high so we had trouble communicating. Beautiful decor.

The restaurant was very busy but they honored our reservation right on time. Very pleasant experience.

Amazing is all I can say. Zinc is authentic French food and is spectacular. The ambience is soothing and welcoming. My wife and I are frequent visitors to France and love French cuisine. Zinc is the real deal. This was our first visit but certainly not our last. We started with the carrot starter which was beautiful and it only got better from there. My wife had the Provencal Bouillabaisse and I had the Scallops. Both dishes were 5 star worthy. Chef created an amazing taste with both dishes. The service is worthy of 5 stars. Just the right amount of touch points and knowledge. Zinc Bistro is now on our favorite Scottsdale/Phoenix restaurant list. I highly recommend Zinc. You won’t be disappointed. One item missing is the chocolate mousse authentic to France. See photo.

Food is really good, service was excellent. however, when we had our food getting packed up, we said we’d like to take all of our food and once my family and I got home, we realized that they didn’t put all of our food in the to go boxes. We were missing some leftovers; a ribeye steak and a few sides.

Very nice ambient resturant. Service was great and food was tasty!