The Valley’s food & drink guide
Eat. Drink. Discover Phoenix.
The Valley’s guide to the best restaurants, cocktail bars, happy hours, breweries, wineries and food trucks, reviewed by people who eat out for a living.
- Places to eat and drink
- 16
- Happy hours
- 11
- Video reviews
- 4
- Food weeks coming up
- 3
What are you craving?
Start with a mood. We’ll find the place across the Valley.
Don’t miss these spots
The places we send friends to first, rated by people who’ve been.
The Nopal Room
Cocktail bar · Downtown Phoenix
Order: Prickly pear margarita
Ocotillo Comal
Sonoran Mexican · Downtown Phoenix
Order: Carne asada on blue corn
Brick & Ember
Wood-fired pizza · Tempe
Order: The Sonoran
Cinder Rooftop
Rooftop lounge · Scottsdale
Order: Desert Spritz
El Chilito
Taqueria · Glendale
Happy hour: Mon–Fri 3–6 PM
Kumo Omakase
Sushi, omakase · Scottsdale
Morning Mesa Bakery
Bakery · Chandler
Red Hills Cellars
Tasting room · Scottsdale
Order: Estate Graciano
Happy hours worth leaving work for
Deals running right now come first. Times are local, and we check them every month.
3–5:30 PM
Tue–Thu
$12 margherita, $5 drafts
Brick & Ember · Tempe
4–6 PM
Daily
$10 spritzes, $8 sliders
Cinder Rooftop · Scottsdale
3–6 PM
Mon–Fri
$3 tacos and $6 palomas
Ocotillo Comal · Downtown Phoenix
4–6:30 PM
Daily
$9 house margaritas, half-off bar bites
The Nopal Room · Downtown Phoenix
2–6 PM
Mon–Fri
$4 pints of the house lager
Dry Wash Brewing · Mesa
3–6 PM
Mon–Fri
$2 tacos, $4 aguas frescas
El Chilito · Glendale
5–7 PM
Tue–Sun
$8 mai tais and painkillers
Lost Oasis Tiki · Tempe
4–6 PM
Wed–Fri
$5 off flights, $25 bottles
Red Hills Cellars · Scottsdale
2–7 PM
Daily
$5 margaritas, $3 tecates, $6 nachos
Saguaro Patio Cantina · Tempe
4–6 PM
Thu–Sat
$7 sotol cocktails
Sotol & Sons · Gilbert
Number one right now
Prickly pear margarita
The Nopal Room, Reposado, fresh tuna juice, chile salt
Who makes the best cocktail in town?
Our running ranking of the bars across the Valley, by the drink they’re known for.
Watch before you go
Short video reviews from across the Valley, so you know exactly what to order.
Phoenix food weeks
A week, a dish, dozens of kitchens competing to make the best in town. You eat, you vote.
Sun, Jan 10 – Sat, Jan 16Pizza WeekForty-plus pizzerias, one special pie each, and you vote for the best slice in the Valley.42 places taking part
Sun, Mar 7 – Sat, Mar 13Burger WeekSmash, stacked or green chile: a week of signature burgers at $12 or less.38 places taking part
Sun, May 2 – Sat, May 8Taco WeekFrom Sonoran carne asada to birria, the Valley’s taquerias put their best taco forward.55 places taking part
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Upcoming events
Tastings, festivals and food tours we run across the Valley.
Stories from the Valley
Where to eat and drink right now, and the people behind it.
Prickly pear season is here. Here’s where to taste it.
From margaritas to sorbet, the Valley’s brightest fruit is on menus everywhere this month.
Five chefs changing how Phoenix eats
Tasting menus in strip malls, tortillas from heirloom corn and one very small kitchen in Mesa.
A weekend of dates, citrus and slow lunches
Our favourite two days in the East Valley, from the date farms to the orchards.
The weekly bite
New openings, the happy hours worth knowing and first dibs on food week passes, every Thursday.
Get found by hungry locals
Featured placement, a video review by our host, happy hour listings and food week spots. Packages for every size of kitchen.
- Featured on the home page
- Video review
- Happy hour listing
- Food week entry