Tonto Bar and Grill is a south west themed golf resort in beautiful Cave Creek Arizona. They serve up American Food sometimes studded with local desert foraged ingredients. They were offering a great sounding three course menu so we decided to go for it.
They offer a beautiful out-door patio.
With beautiful views of the golf course.
The dragon flies are real and are not decorations.
We request a seat on the patio. I ask for a shaded table and they offer a seat in full sun. I try it out and one side blinds my eyes and the other seat burns my back.
“From one seat the sun blinds me and from the other seat the sun burns my skin”
I tell them for those reasons this table won’t work for me. Our server tells me the sun is only temporary and will set.
“The sun is only temporary and will set eventually” “What’s your problem human….
I say I can’t sit there and then she says they can set an umbrella up for me.
“Stay at this lovely table in the burning sun…..we will install an umbrella for you so you can stay here….”
They set the umbrella up and then the table is tolerable. I thought it was strange since 90% of the tables looked available and many were shaded.
Well any who……
They start us off with a bread basket with creamy soft butter.
The bread seemed like it might have been house baked and was topped with some interesting seeds.
Our first of three courses soon arrive.
I had a compressed Arugula Salad.
It was delicious with Pecans, Green Apple, Pistachios with Pistachio vinaigrette. The salad also contained Spanish Cheese and Dried Cherries. It was all good.
My husband had theTortilla Crusted Crab Cakes.
The Crab Cakes were unusually good and was a welcome surprise as you very rarely get good crab cakes outside of Baltimore.
Soon our plates are cleared and the watering system starts up.
We get splashed with water a few times but not too bad. I just didn’t want to get lawn water on my food because the outdoor water might contain lead and other impurities.
For dinner I have the Onion Crusted Walleye. It’s served over a potato roesti cake. They served me two generous servings of tarter sauce topped with fried capers some lightly steamed shreds of steamed carrots topped with some fresh spinach. The fish is pretty good until I hit the slightly undercooked rubbery bloodline and the soggy fish skin that was crusted over with onion crust. The potato is seasoned nicely and is a tasty treat.
My husband tried the Root Beer braised Short Rib Dinner.
Our favorite part of the plate was the Sweet Potato Casserole. It was layers of nicely cooked sweet potatoes held together with cheese. Anybody would like the sweet potatoes. For both our taste the rib was too stringy and might be over-cooked slightly for our taste. For me it ran too sweet. For me the green beans were painfully smokey. They were infused with a massive amount of smoke. It was too much smoke for me to swallow and I had to spit the piece I tried out. They were too smokey for my husband too but he was able to eat a few of them.
The desserts were
A decadent Warm Buttermilk Chocolate Cake with Warm Chocolate Sauce, Fresh Fruit, House Pecan Ice-cream with fancy cookies. So many treats to try on one plate
And Lemon-Lime Sour Cream Pie.
Both desserts were very detailed and also very good! The Lemon-Lime Sour Cream Pie had this citrusy ribbon that hit you with the right amount of tang, sweetness and flavor. Under the ribbon was a creamy layer that was so tasty with nutty tasting crust. This dessert was all good even down to the cute hand made sugar bumble bee.
Tonto Bar and Grill offers a Taste of the South West indoors or on the patio. For sure you can enjoy some lovely appetizers and amazing desserts. I haven’t tried enough of the menu to be clear on a rating.
For more information please visit www.TontoBarandGrill.com
I note that your experience and taste may differ and I just tell the truth about my dinning experience.
The Forking Truth.
The Forking Truth
