St Cruz at the Leo Kent

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   Connie

   VIP

   Phoenix

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Super service. Shelby served our table with attention. We enjoyed the whole experience. Drinks were great and appetizers excellent.
   

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   tri

   Chicago

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   the vibe was nice- low lighting but that about it. food was over priced, portions way too small even for a specialty menu (we got the valentines day special) and im not sure what they didn’t cook properly but unfortunately i spent the rest of my evening throwing it up. a valentines day to remember for sure. wish i could get my money back.
   

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   Marci

   VIP

   Tucson

   19 reviews

   5.0

   19 reviews

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The Valentine's Day menu was perfection and executed perfectly.
   

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   Leana

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Good food, good service. Only thing that was disappointing is they put us at the smallest high top Table, hard to enjoy your meal when you are worried about things falling off the table.
   

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   Walter

   VIP

   Tucson

   213 reviews

   3.0

   213 reviews

   Dined on 10 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   As a person who is sensitive with scents, you get hit with a strong perfume when you enter the hotel doors. This scent travels into the restaurant and stayed with me and another diner throughout our meal. Hamburger and crabcakes were great and sliders OK. Meatballs were dry. Our waitress who was very nice seemed very new and and a bit nervous. We sat at a table in a corner where she couldn't get to us to serve us our food so we had to hand it down the table. The chairs were a strange design where the arms were extremely high and gave us little room to move our arms. Seems poorly designed for a high end restaurant.
   

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   Tom

   Yosemite

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 8 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Service and food were excellent. We had the caesar salad, the salmon and the achiote chicken. The restaurant and the bar are adjacent; no separation, so it's a bit noisy and not conducive to quiet conversation. And, the restaurant is a bit more pricey than I would expect for Tucson, even accounting for the excellent food and service.
   

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   Sue

   Phoenix

   57 reviews

   4.0

   57 reviews

   Dined on 7 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   St. Cruz Restaurant, which is the dining room inside the Leo Kent hotel in downtown Tucson seems to be somewhat of a sleeper in terms of patronage. However, having eaten there three times, I would recommend it. First, a "shout out" to our server, Emma. After seeing us looking somewhat puzzled as we perused our menus, she realized that we had inadvertently been given the lunch menus and promptly brought us the dinner menus. She described the entree special, pork bellies with asparagus risotto, which we both ordered. We both agreed that while tasty, a little pork belly goes a long way; and there was too much of it. But we loved the risotto. We both had a glass of wine. My friend's chardonnay was part of Happy Hour, so discounted; and my Rhone Blend, while not discounted, was quite reasonable--especially for a hotel restaurant! After all that food, we opted to finish our wine as dessert. I had mentioned in my reservation that we would be going to the theater after dinner; and Emma noted that. She was very efficient, but she never rushed us. We would eat there again.
   

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   Mark

   VIP

   Phoenix

   6 reviews

   3.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 4 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Unfortunately they were out of several items on the menu and no Pinot Grigio. Food came out wrong and overdone but location was good for us
   

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   Susan

   New York City

   6 reviews

   2.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 26 January 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   This was a disappointing experience. We have enjoyed this restaurant in the past, but on this visit we waited at our table for a full 15 minutes with no service. Finally we had to flag down a waitress and let her know we would like to order dinner. No wine or cocktail list was provided until we specifically asked if there was one available. We waited a long time for our cocktail and even longer for our meal, The food was OK, but not worth returning to. In the future we wlll try some of the many other restaurants in the downtown area.
   

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    Ralph

    VIP

    Phoenix

    7 reviews

    1.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on 1 January 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2

    Long story but made the mistake of going here for NYE dinner. 8:30 reservation…. Had to wait about 25 mins to get sat…. Close to 30 for a drink… finally ordered dinner 45mins past our reservation time and then was told 15 mins later they were out of food. We were literally there for an hour and had to try and find an alternative. Several other tables as well. Ouch.
    

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