Renata’s Hearth is an upscale modern Latin laced with the South West style restaurant located in the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix Arizona. The Biltmore recently re-opened with a 70 million dollar renovation and this brand new restaurant. You can be seated indoors or out doors.

Renata’s Hearth and part of the patio

Cushy masculine furniture. Parts of the dining area have a view of the patio.

one dining area

inside

Some of the magic happens here……Cocktails are made here and I see lots of high end tequilas.

Some cocktails are smoked.

They offer Jamon Iberico. (****Update the Jamon Iberico plate is not on current menu)

It’s the highest end ham that you can eat. It’s made from special black footed pigs that only eat acorns to produce a ham like no other that dissolves in the mouth. Jamon Iberico is something special we usually find in Las Vegas or mail away for.

We also shared a Spanish watermelon salad.

It’s made with grilled sweet watermelon, queso fresco, baby arugula, and sherry vinaigrette. It’s light, refreshing and delicious.

There were many choices on the menu tonight. They offered around 5 entrees and around 6 different family plates. All but the luxury 44oz Oaxaca spiced wagyu tomahawk steak you can order as a single dinner. It was hard to decide so we shared two single orders of family plates.

The grilled branzino.

and the mole negro – rubbed smoked wagyu brisket.

These dinners came with delicious Peruvian style rice & black beans (that are refillable), hand made in house flour and corn tortillas, and three salsas (verde, roja & mango pineapple)

Our branzino was cooked perfect and was very moist inside. The sweet peppers and sauces are so delicious on the fish.

But that mole negro – rubbed smoked wagyu brisket knocked it out of the park. It was juicy, fatty (but not too fatty), smoky, crunchy and oh so FANTABULOUS! In case you don’t get what I’m saying……The mole negro – rubbed smoked wagyu brisket was FORKING GREAT!

I thought both portions of the family plates (half sized or single were very generous to me….)

I was full and didn’t need dessert but they all sounded delicious. I was talked into just a single scoop of cantaloupe sorbet (instead of the three scoop normal portion listed on the menu. ( the cantaloupe sorbet is made local by Novel Ice Cream)

Gosh it’s delicious. It taste better than the cantaloupes I just bought from Safeway. Even the Mexican Wedding cookie is delicious.

That was my first taste of Renata’s Hearth in Phoenix AZ at the Biltmore.

We went back for a 2nd visit.

They started us off with complimentary wagyu New York steak tacos.

Gosh the steak in them is buttery soft.

We also had the radish salad.

and the Basque Sandwich bites (Jamon Iberico, manchego, truffle oil, polenta fries, and romesco sauce.

I didn’t eat the sandwiches but my husband said that they are like really tasty grilled cheese.

Tonight we shared a single order of the mesquite smoked jidori chicken.

The chicken is really perfect and juicy….even the breast….On ours the leg is a stronger with smoke taste so here I prefer the breast because I like less smoke taste on chicken but my husband likes the smokier leg better so this worked out perfect for us. This plate also came with Peruvian rice, black beans, grilled baby bells, grilled scallions, house made tortillas and three salsas that were all delicious.

We also shared the roasted Chilean Sea Bass.

This was truly amazing…It might be the best Chilean Sea Bass that I have ever had….So delicious with that mole verde……..Really REALLY Forking delicious. I ate well so I was too full for dessert.

3rd visut we started out by sharing the sardine escabeche.

The can is for display. The sardines are obviously fresh and good. In the middle of board isa light refreshing apple fennel slaw and on the end is high quality sour dough bread.

We also shared the Chile relleno.

It’s all vegetarian and tasty. It’s poblano peppers with faro, cauliflower, Mahon cheese, mole negro and cashew cream.

The smoked wagyu brisket and sauces differed this time.

The brisket no-longer comes with the bottomless rice and beans. If you want the rice and beans it’s $18.00. The sauces all taste different too. The red sauce is mild now, The green sauce is milder too. Instead of the mango habanero salsa there is a creamy sauce that taste like it has chipotle in it. This batch of brisket is good but isn’t crazy amazing like the first one I enjoyed. It’s much less succulent with less flavors and is barely warmed up.

We ordered a street corn to go with dinner.

It’s fresh corn with lime, cilantro, pimento, smoked goat cheese and some cotija cheese. It’s tasty anyone would like it.

The entrance now is accented with candles and musicians.

I have to say that Renata’s Hearth is Worth a Fork!

www.RenatasHearth.com

Everything is subject to change.