La Fogata Kitchen & Bar

Highly recommend! We ate at LaFogata for an early Mother's Day dinner and it was an overall great experience. Great views (I recommend eating on the patio), great food including appetizers, main course and dessert & the service was excellent. Thailor specially was an absolute delight! He was friendly, helpful and tended to our table nicely. We enjoyed every bit of LaFogata and Thailor was the cherry on top!

Given the high rating here, we were shocked by the TERRIBLE service and quality of food. We ordered the avocado toast and breakfast enchilada, and it was so bad we couldn't finish it. We are pretty easy going about food, and these entrees tasted like they had been driven 45 mins across town from a subpar hospital cafeteria. The servers were nice, but did not seem to have any idea how to manage tables (wiping down tables and cleaning while we waited for service).

La Fogata Kitchen & Bar, led by Executive Chef Ken Arneson welcomes diners with a menu showcasing regionally inspired flavors. Housed in a hacienda-inspired setting with an open-air kitchen and wood-fire grill, La Fogata offers a taste of authentic Arizona cuisine.Arneson, a 15-year culinary veteran, honed his skills at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley under renowned chefs Charlie Trotter and Thomas Keller. The menu features dishes like grilled octopus with toasted paprika aioli, Sonoran fire mesquite-grilled corn with cured chorizo and sambal aioli, a house-smoked salmon board served with local Noble bread, and half-confit chicken with sautéed kale, red grapes, mushrooms, and an ancient grains jus lie sauce. Seared scallops in a cauliflower puree are another menu highlight.Desert luxury awaits at Scottsdale Resort. Explore, unwind, and indulge in this oasis.

Ssssllllooooooowwwwweeeeessssstttt service ever. Friday evening at 8pm and the place was dead. Took almost 2.5 hours in total. It was so slow chefs just hanging out and at one point, I wasn't even sure they had chefs on staff. Took forever to get drinks. Drinks came out incorrect, but when notified, they were corrected and brought out the correct drink. After we finally got our drinks, server just disappeared and was non existent and took forever to come take our order. Once our order was in, the food surprisingly didn't take long. I will say the food overall was actually pretty good. Ordered scallops and the meat and potatoes (which is basically a play on beef stroganoff.) after getting our food, server disappeared again and took forever to get our check. Our server though was nice and friendly but non existent.

Came here on a Friday night with a girlfriend. Service was good although i feel like the server wasn't very sociable. The ambiance was beautiful & the music was loud enough to hear it but not be obnoxious. Now the food.... Was super disappointed In the entrees. The ribeye had barely any sear and didn't even taste seasoned. My friend had the half chicken and it didn't taste seasoned at all. I feel like this place was not authentic to its menu. Drinks were okay. Dirty martini was good. Paloma ... meh. Appetizers were amazing. Ceaser salad. Fav part was the croutons. Tomato bisque soup came with a whole sandwich even though it was listed as a croutons. I don't live in Scottsdale so if I come back I probably would explore other options instead of this place. 4 stars for service. 3 star for ambience. 3 stars for drinks. 2 stars for food.

Beautiful seating on the patio, it was a slow night and even a bit slower service. But we finally got the octopus and some mole meatballs . Then a wedge salad and the charred bone-in veal chop. My hubby loved the meatballs. The chop was great, perfectly cooked and served in a delicious sauce. The octopus not so much, I know you aren't supposed to over cook octopus or it'll get tough, but this was served almost raw and still cold inside, so it was sent back and taken off the bill, (after we had to remind our server). Salad was ok.

Great staff, food and ambiance! We went for Easter brunch and had a great time. It rained that day but the views of the golf course where an extra plus

My experience was outstanding. The staff were so professional and personable. My favorite was Chris (I believe the manager) his customer service was over the top. He went out of his way to make our guest's drink order perfect. Though they didn't have blue cheese olives for their martini in house, Chris took it upon himself to make blue cheese olives from scratch and serve the table. Our waitress Janna was top notch with her great recommendations. The food was delicious / cannot say enough good things about the people and food.