Oak On Camelback is a New American Casual full service Restaurant and bar located in Phoenix Arizona not too far from the Biltmore area and not too far from Midtown. They serve American food and globally inspired food. Oak On Camelback is mostly a dinner restaurant but also offer weekend brunch and happy hour.
Some of the appetizers offered are – Thai style mussels, Moroccan meatballs, and baked goat cheese.
They offer salads in two sizes like OAK roasted beets, Thai peanut, and blue cheese salad.
Wood fired pizzas are on the menu. Many of the usual pizzas are offered but some of the more unusual pizzas are the Moroccan meatball pizza, duck confit Asian BBQ pizza, and a jalapeño chicken pizza.
Burgers and sandwiches like pork belly banh mi, and maui maui sandwiches are offered.
You can find entrees like Argentina Ribeye, Oak fired lamb curry, scallops and risotto and more.
Inside is energetic loud and busy.
But beware of parts of the patio.
The misters are very aggressive and certain tables, chairs, and parts of the floor are covered with water.
My husband started off with a $3. Happy Hour pork schnitzel Nashville Hot slider sandwich.
He said it was good but they forgot the pickle…..
Next were the Oak roasted beets and the kung pow Brussels sprouts.
Both are tasty and good but was surprised that the Oak roasted beets lack a wood fired taste…..Still good though. Also was surprised about the difference in portion size….
Dinners arrived exactly three minutes after all the appetizers arrived. My husband felt the need to alert the manager about this. She said that she was sorry but made no offer to take the dinners back and time them better………
Anyways-
For my main I had the salmon with quinoa black rice studded with eggplant, tomatoes and almonds.
The fish is cooked to a perfect medium and has a beautiful sear on the other side. But they seared the fish with so much salt that I had to cut the sear off to eat the fish. Other than that it was good.
The cassoulet special was duck confit, pork sausage, beans, mirepoix, crumbs and toasted focaccia.
A cassoulet is suppose to be a slow cooked rich stew……….
This is not a slow cooked rich stew. It actually seemed pieced together and the beans are still hard.
Dessert was A – OK.
That was my trip to Oak On Camelback.
111 E Camelback Rd PHX AZ
602-200-8111
www.OakOnCamelback.com
Everything is subject to change.
