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Saguaro fruit, tepary beans, and wild sumac foraged from Gila River Community land anchor the tasting menu at this fine-dining room on tribal grounds. The team turns those Sonoran Desert ingredients through a global fine-dining lens, so cactus lime pie and buffalo with saguaro syrup land somewhere genuinely unexpected. It holds a Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamonds, a combination that signals dress-up territory before you've even looked at the menu.
Six honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- AAA Five Diamonds
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Service · Best of Phoenix
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix
One number, weighted & current 92
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Cactus key lime pie Phoenix New Times, 2025
- Buffalo steak with saguaro syrup Phoenix New Times, 2025
- Posole with Ramona Farms corn Phoenix New Times, 2025
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