The 81 Best Places to Drink and Stay in Scottsdale
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The best places to drink and stay in Scottsdale, according to the experts: Industry Excellence Awards, Sunset, and Foodist Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Tell Your Friends comes out on top.
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The Canyon Suites at The Phoenician, Scottsdale and Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North hold the next two places. AAA shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Phoenix New Times next.
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Rank 1. Tell Your Friends
Cocktail Bar
A red mirrored hallway leads you down into this speakeasy-style cocktail lounge beneath a north Scottsdale restaurant, which is exactly the kind of entrance that makes people feel they've earned their drink. Inside, gold ceilings, red velvet drapes, and live music set a mood that commits fully to the bit. The cocktails lean sweet-and-savory strange, and small bites keep the evening going. Phoenix New Times named it Best Bar in 2025.
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- Industry Excellence Awards Industry Excellence Awards: Bar of the Year
- Sunset Sunset: Better Bars · Where to Eat and Drink
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2025 · Winner · Iconic Speakeasy Experience
- Industry Excellence Awards Bar of the Year
- Sunset Better Bars · Where to Eat and Drink
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner · Iconic Speakeasy Experience
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A hotel-within-a-hotel tucked behind The Phoenician, The Canyon Suites earns its Forbes Five Star as a quieter, more insular retreat from the main resort's bustle. Earth-toned rooms lean into the Sonoran setting, a private palm-fringed pool runs serene enough to hear pages turning, and the Canyon Lounge keeps a fire going for when the desert night reminds you it can actually get cold.
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- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Five Star
- AAA AAA: Five Diamonds
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Casitas scattered across 40 desert acres make it easy to forget the other 209 guests exist. This Forbes Four Star, Michelin Key resort sits at the foot of Pinnacle Peak, where saguaros do the landscaping and Troon North's two golf courses are practically at the door. The pool is a genuine refuge from the Scottsdale heat, the spa runs Four Star as well, and Talavera handles dinner. Phoenix is a short drive whenever the desert quiet starts feeling too quiet.
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- AAA AAA: Five Diamonds
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Four Star
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Key
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A Havana-via-Hemingway resort sitting just off Scottsdale's main drag, where the whole premise is that you're not in the Arizona desert, even when the Arizona desert is right there. Eight acres of hammocks and two pools, one with a sandy beach, do a lot of convincing. Rooms run Art Deco and mid-century, heavy on walnut and brass. The on-site restaurant serves Cuban-American food, and yes, craft cocktails arrive in pineapples.
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- AAA AAA: Four Diamonds
- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The rooftop lounge and the sandy palette both nod to Camelback Mountain, which gives this modern Hilton a more coherent design identity than most hotels in the Phoenix sprawl. Rooms are contemporary and quietly comfortable, with Cobre Kitchen + Cocktails and the open-air Outrider Rooftop Lounge on site. The real advantage is the address: Old Town Scottsdale is one of the few genuinely walkable neighborhoods in a metro that treats sidewalks as a theoretical concept.
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- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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- AAA AAA: Five Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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- AAA AAA: Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Retro doorknob tassels stand in for standard "do not disturb" signs, which tells you pretty much everything about the vibe here. The REMI. is a hotel in North Scottsdale built for the kind of people who consider the pool deck a social obligation. Rockwell Group did the interiors, all leather headboards and powder-blue velvet, and the Allegra rooftop bar pulls sunset crowds on the 12th floor. Kauboi's yakitori-meets-sushi terrace and the F-16 diner round out a property that locals treat like a neighborhood.
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- AAA AAA: Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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- AAA AAA: Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 10. AZ88
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Bar/Nightlife Experience
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Scottsdale
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Bar/Nightlife Experience
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Scottsdale
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A 110-foot water slide and a Flowrider wave machine in the same resort that houses the Agave spa, where the treatments draw on traditional Native American healing practices. This Scottsdale resort runs to ten restaurants, a championship golf course, and day camps that will absorb the kids entirely if you need them absorbed. It's the kind of place where "staycation" stops being a lazy word and starts making geographic sense.
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- AAA AAA: Four Diamonds
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Staycation Spot · Best of Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner · Most Creative Handcrafted Cocktail Program
- Foodist Awards 2025 · Finalist · Iconic Speakeasy Experience
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix
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Rank 61. Coach House
Dive Bar
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- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 61. Jamie's Bottle Shop
Wine Bar
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- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 61. TT Roadhouse
Dive Bar
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- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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A strip-mall address in Scottsdale is doing its best to throw you off, but step inside Course and it's a full tasting-menu restaurant, white-tablecloth intentions and all. The kitchen runs a rotating seasonal menu, five courses on weeknights and eight on weekends, with a James Beard semifinalist nomination for the chef and another for pastry. The Pinnacle Guide awarded it one Pin for 2026.
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- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
- USA Today USA Today: Restaurants of the Year
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Winner · Top Chef · Cory Oppold
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- USA Today Restaurants of the Year
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Winner · Top Chef · Cory Oppold
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Rank 69. The Goose
Plush Speakeasy
You get in through Crust Pizzeria next door or a utility door out back, which is exactly the kind of entrance a plush Scottsdale speakeasy deserves. Inside, the cocktail list runs from an 1870s Martinez and the hard-to-find Clover Club to moody modern signatures built around bourbon, amaro, and pistachio orgeat. It's part of a small family of animal-named bars, and the Goose is the one that makes you forget you're in a strip mall.
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Rank 70. Goldwater Brewing Co.
Beer Bar
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 70. Los Milics Vineyards
Wine Bar
A dark, sleek wine bar in Old Town Scottsdale pouring from Arizona's Willcox region, which Wine Enthusiast has been calling the next Napa with a straight face for years. Co-owner Pavle Milic also runs the beverage program at Charleen Badman's FnB, so the pedigree is real. Bar staff are genuinely gregarious about helping you navigate a glass or flight, while regulars who never need to ask fill the other stools.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Tasting Room · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Tasting Room · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 70. Night Owl Pizza & Drinks
Pizzeria
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 70. Pinnacle Brewing Company
Beer Bar
A craft brewery taproom in north Scottsdale that solved the age-old standoff between beer nerds and sports fans by simply installing TVs everywhere. The brewmaster leans toward classic European styles, rotating Czech lagers, English milds, and an Oktoberfest marzen through the taps. The covered patio connects to a permanent BBQ food trailer, so there's no reason to leave at halftime. Phoenix New Times named it Best New Brewery of 2025.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best New Brewery · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best New Brewery · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 70. Rift Wine + Tap
Beer Bar
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 70. Rusty Spur Saloon
Dive Bar
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 70. Three Beans Cafe
Cocktail Bar
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Rank 70. Trevor’s
Cocktail Bar
The cocktail list pulls from the shelves around you, which tells you exactly what kind of place this is: part upscale liquor store, part proper bar, and committed to being both at once. Depending on which Phoenix-area location you land in, the extras might include a golf simulator, pinball, a pizzeria, or a cigar lounge. The drinks run from spritzes to stirred classics, and the bottles for sale are genuinely worth browsing.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Liquor Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Liquor Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Liquor Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Liquor Store · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The Top 100 Bars in Phoenix
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Some Scottsdale hotels park the hot tub by the pool, which means sharing the water with strangers and their unexplained rashes. Scottsdale Parkview puts one in your room instead, spacious enough for two, in full view of the TV and the windows, the latter detail left to your judgment. It's a hotel that won a Phoenix New Times Best of Phoenix nod for exactly that setup, which tells you where the priorities are.
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- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix