Local Bistro

This review is based on the fact that I just had dental surgery, and I am limited to eating soft foods. I was able to convince my family to go out for dinner to a place where there was good that it looked like I could eat. Fortunately, we picked well! The waiter also understood my dilemma since he knew someone who just had dental surgery. He made good recommendations for the rest of my family who could eat like normal, and for me, if I asked about a dish that looked like it might be soft, he would confirm or let me know that some parts might be difficult to eat.
We started with the handmade burrata which came with fried eggplant and a spicy tomato sauce. (I could eat this, and it was amazing). I also had the French onion soup which was very good. For dinner, I had the gnocchi. Normally, I like gnocchi in small quantities because it is so soft, but tonight it was amazing –b some of the best gnocchi I’ve had with truffle sauce and garlic chops (maybe the best because it wasn’t yogurt or hot cereal), but it was excellent!
I plan on coming back here once I can eat normally again. There were several items I wanted to try.

Our server Jonathan was extremely accommodating and the food was delicious. The only reason I gave a 4 star rating was due to the hostess’ willingness not to accommodate our seating arrangement even though we made a reservation. The positive side to sitting on the patio for dinner was the low volume level. When said and done I will definitely return for dinner or lunch.

Tried lunch last Friday, unfriendly greeting. Had to wait for table as hostess tried to work which of the seventeen empty tables we could sit out
Dirty water glass, not my lipstick color, food okay. Cold pasta
Expensive and not a single person thanked us or bade farewell
I bid farewell to local bistro

I came here for lunch and really enjoyed dishes made from local fresh ingredients. Service was friendly and I really liked the way the server presented lemon plate when I asked a slice of lemon for my water.
For appetizer, I ordered tuna tartare — avocado, crème fraîche, jalapeño pesto, sesame crisp. Tuna was fresh and went well with avocado paste. Great appetizer to share, I thought it would be nice to have before start drinking (tuna and avocado help)
I ordered pasta bolognese — beef, pork, veal, tomato ragú for my lunch. I asked them to boil pasta al dente and they actually delivered pasta al dente. Sauce was very meaty, I became full a half way through my lunch. Very flavorful sauce indeed.
My friend ordered seafood salad — crab salad, marinated squid, shrimp, orange vinaigrette, after I saw the salad and I smelled nice squid, I secretly wished I was the one ordered the salad. I had a bite of squid and it was so tender and flavorful, would have enjoyed eating the whole salad myself. Perhaps next time I will order this salad for me.
For desert, I ordered tiramisu. I knew I was going to do exercise a lot that weekend, I truly enjoyed my tiramisu guilt free. Love the texture of mascarpone cheese and coffee flavor. Did you know tiramisu has a meaning «pick me up» and «cheer me up»? No wonder why I am always happy after eating tiramisu… Must be the chocolate/​cocoa. And YES, their tiramisu was soooooo gooooood.

The food here was amazing. Great seafood. Had the seafood linguini and it was out of this world. Felt a nice basket of bread would have been out of this world and a great addition.

I’ve had dinner a few times in the past year or so, and every meal has been really good and the bar area is really a must for a drink.
Today I stopped by for breakfast and while I only had a side of two poached eggs and toast, they were really good.
Great service, unique atmosphere and really good food. Even my simple breakfast today was way above average. If I could give it more than 5 stars I would!

Local has a pretty good happy hour, but just as a note, the well drinks advertise as $ 5.00 but depending on your mixer it could be as much as $ 7.00.

We tried Local Bistro for the first time last Saturday and it was fantastic! Can’t believe we live in Scottsdale and we’ve never been there. I had the chicken parmesan for dinner, it was delicious. I would also recommend the tuna and carpaccio for appetizers. I didn’t have one but my girlfriend said even the margaritas come with blueberries, sounds yummy!

We were at Local Bistro last night. Yes very good. We found it very reasonably priced for the quality of food. We will surely return. Excellent carppachio.
Eric or waiter was on top of things and made my experience better. I had him pick my entrée and he chose the double pork chop. I was not at all disappointed.

The inside is renovated with a nice dining area, patio, bar with lots of tvs. The quality goes down from here. The food is decent, and the customer service is not very good. They are often out of menu items, and they wouldn’t let us sit at our reserved table 30 min early even though the dining area was one third empty. Retarded.

This place is the worst! Terrible service and food. I heard such good things about this place but the food was bland and over priced. The worst part was that I found a hair in my food! The waitress said it was probably mine, but my hair is only a quarter inch long. Avoid at all cost!!! They think they are an exclusive place, but just a string mall type restaurant with a bad attitude.

This is one of those places that is clearly trying WAY too hard. The menu wants to cater to foodies but they can’t even properly season a pork chop. The pizza was drenched in grease and burned. The bar lacks consistency — the margaritas were weak while other cocktails were pure alcohol. And don’t even bother trying to have a conversation, it’s so incredibly loud I’m impressed the waiter was able to get the orders right.

We arrived with a reservation and table was not our favorite spot, Brandon changed our table, happily, we loved our time there I had some friends visiting Scottsdale and they were thoroughly impressed, Eric our Server was very efficient and knowledgeable about menu. Brandon checked in on us regularly to make sure everything was perfect. Our meals were fantastic, the chefs that night did a first class job of preparing everything to perfection.
Atmosphere was buzzing. We loved everything about the restaurant. Thanks for a memorable evening.
Linda, Karen Nicole & CLiff

Best. Brunch. Ever.
I had the eggs Benedict Oscar style and was in complete heaven. The mimosas were perfection. They bring the champagne in one glass and you can add your own juice at your leisure. Finally! Someone knows how to serve a mimosa! Their champagne was dry, and not overly sweet. Which is exactly how I like it. The waitstaff was top notch and super attentive. I will definitely be back.

Very impressed, short wait time. Nice intimate seating. Steak salad was my order steak was one of the best I every tasted or maybe body was craving protein after my workout. Wifey chicken Parma was delicious and rich to me, wifey rated it a 3.5. Soup was good would not have ordered it until our great waitress Christina brought me a sample. Great service. The waiter/​manager brought me a sample of all of the salad dressing which was a great service. Wifey ordered the dessert the gelato and cookies it was huge and on top of that the waitress took care of the dessert. We will definitely be back

Really love this restaurant each time more. Thank goodness it’s in the neighborhood. Wine list is fabulous too. I didn’t «love» my choice today for dinner but it’s a solid appetizer. I just wasn’t paying attention it had chorizo in it and I didn’t feel like that with my shrimp. However for the description I believe it was excellent. Service was fabulous and very welcoming group of staff. Definitely try it out.

MUST GO HERE! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Tried this place for an early dinner last night. OMG, everything was amazing!
Waitstaff: friendly, knowledgeable, attentive, professional… I didn’t catch her name, but our receipt stated «Barri» on it.
Food:
Appetizer was Beef Carpacio — YUM-​MY! So fresh & tasty. Just wish they would give a little more lavosh or foccacia or whatever yummy thing you stacked the beef, arugula & avocado on. Our 16 yr old looked at it and made a comment, but as soon as he tried it, he joined in the rush to try to get as much of it as he could between the 3 of us.
Soup of the day was a chowdery, potato, bacon, chicken, something… Just yummy!
Chicken Parmesan — best we have ever tasted! Great flavor, big portion, yum!
Alfredo with chicken — tasty! And the chicken wasn’t just grilled it had some Pesto coating that just added to the flavors.
Truffle risotto with shrimp — OMG, I loved the flavor, the creamy, somewhat Smokey risotto, all the flavors (including edible flowers) blended very nicely. Nice size portion so I had some to take home.
Panna cotta — small, but perfect size to end a great dinner with a little sweet, Italian custard, fresh berries and cream. YUM!
Berries and cream (because we can’t spell nor pronounce the French name) — very yummy and refreshing. Son said it was «amazing»!
We will definitely be back to try more dishes. Can’t wait to bring friends here… or just keep coming back, just us.
Go. Here. You won’t be disappointed!

Hello carb heaven!
Prepping for a race? Love pizza? Looking for great wine? Come to local bistro!
They’ve revamped the place and it’s trendy, sleek and yummy.
We had drunk bread to start… Awesome. Just get it, you won’t be disappointed. Follow by a pizza which was equally as tasty. Their beet dish is amazing and burrata is to die for.
They have a great wine list, as well homemade Signature cocktails. I opted for the skinny margarita with had muddled blueberries and homemade mix.
Some of my happy hour companions had the Makers Mark slushy and raved about it. We even had a peggo in tow, and the server went out of their way to have the bartender make a virgin mojito for her!
All around good vibe and great food. Definitely a nice, and reasonably priced place if you are in the DC Ranch/​Greyhawk area!
Kudos to the restaurant group on another fantastic restaurant!

Amazing food. This is one place I truly look forward to going back to and trying something new. I’ve had 3 evening meals here and everyone of them has been delicious. Its a nice place. Excellent service, really professional waiting staff. Fair prices. Tagliatelle Bolognese is amazing. This is my experience so far.

I took my friend here for brunch for her birthday. Plus they had unlimited mimosas. Lol
I ordered the wild mushroom omelette. This comes with mushrooms, white wine cream sauce, Gruyère and a side of potatoes. They weren’t kidding about wild mushrooms. Because this was smothered in mushrooms. I think they went overboard with it and should’ve added more veggies. However it white wine cream sauce was excellent. The unlimited mimosas is quite a steal. $ 12 on Sundays with penny refills. Unfortunately I only made it to three. Lol
Our waitress was very attentive and always made sure we were taken care of. I loved the ambience of the restaurant. I felt like I wasn’t even in Arizona. It felt like a restaurant I would find in la. I’d like to come back to try their dinner menu but it’s quite a drive for me.

Excellent meal… excellent service. excellent ambiance
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