Arcadia Farms Cafe
| Address: | 7014 E 1st Ave, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, USA |
| Phone: | +1 480-941-5665 |
| Site: | arcadiafarmscafe.com |
| Rating: | 4.2 |
| Working: | 8AM–3PM 8AM–3PM 8AM–3PM 8AM–3PM 8AM–3PM 8AM–3PM 8AM–3PM |
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Marty McFly
The Doc and I decided to take a trip back to the future in order to find out how far food technology has progressed since 1985. Our gustatory systems were ill prepared for the flavour adventure on which we were about to embark. Initially, it must be said that this establishment serves up entrees which I can only define as being Scrumdiddlyumptious. This word, while foreign in your time, is quite popular in whats left of America after Dear Leader Trump accidentally blew up Northern California and the city of Portland, OR. I enjoyed the warmed ham on ciabatta and my companion tucked into the vegetarian quesadilla. Both were as good a dish as youll have anywhere in the vicinity. My ham sandwich contained but the warmest, juiciest cuts of ham which I can only assume came from a pig who lived his short life in the lap of luxury on the grounds of some vast estate where he was loved by a child until his final days. The salty tears, rained upon the ham from the child as he watched his beloved pet slaughtered, add a distinct umami that shant be duplicated. The red onion chutney tastes of freedom. Freedom only known by this chutney and Nelson Mandela. Top it all off with some dijon mustard and smoked mozzarella cheese and you have yourself a sandwich that would cause god himself to shudder as the complex flavours are received by your palette not unlike divine sacrament. The iced tea was good. The service, although courteous and fragrant, was anything but prompt. Most people would take issue with delayed service but I find it a wonderful delight. I go to restaurants to enjoy the company of a companion while eating food and drink. Should this take a few minutes longer than others, so be it. As long as the food arrives on a warm plate and my beverages are maintained as to be not less than half empty, their lack of expeditious expediency is a welcome respite. So I say to you Arcadia Farms, Bravo! Bravissimo! Il tè ghiacciato mancava di sapore! Youll definitely find me visiting your wonderful restaurant time and time again.
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A Private User
The food, 5 star without a doubt. The service, one or less, if thats possible. I had read about this place in Sonoran Living and thought Id make the 40mile drive to try it out. I made a reservation for 2pm and showed up at 145pm, I guess this is a problem because we were passed by several staff members without anyone even saying hello or smiling, or making eye contact so we waited in the small entry way for someone to acknowledge us, finally they did and seemed put out that we were early, even though we offered to wait outside until 2pm, they seated us. We sat inside and when I asked about being able to sit outside at one of the several open tables I was told they were all reserved, though during our hour plus that we were there, no one else was seated in them. The waitress greeted us by saying "the specials are..." No hello, how are you, would you like a drink, nothing. The waitress was gone most of our meal and I assumed they were just understaffed although she did seem super attentive to the table next to us with only one person, talking on and on with that table, with her back to us and never turning to check on us and making it difficult for us to get her attention even when we needed things like bread, water, part of our meal that was not served. Very odd place but the food was outstanding. Too bad the staff is so pretentious.
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Dawn Johnson
I will start with the good; the food was wonderful. The initial problem occured when the hostess couldnt find our reservation. My friend showed the hostess the confirmation text on her phone. She says sorry I dont have it in our system. Finally the manager figured out that they put the reservation under Gloria. Umm yeah. We dont know a Gloria. The service was horrible. Our waitress was not friendly and looked stressed out. A smile goes a long way. It took forever to get our food ordered. We got nothing pleasant from our waitress and was reluctant to take our group photo for our book club. Really? Lighten up. We werent giving her a hard time or anything. She did take the photo and did a good job. At the end again, disappointment. Stressed out waitress, informed us to put away your birthday cupcakes you cant have them here. She was nice enough to ask the manager was it ok. We said never mind we will eat them outside. Yes, in 105 degrees. We were offered a birthday dessert for our book club friend. She declined; we were ready to go after that. it was not a good experience; it also ruined our book club experience. I am sure that the waitress was having a tough day and I am sure things werent all her fault, but sometimes you just have to roll with it and she did that poorly. I will not be returning.
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Jess Gibbons
I was so excited to go here as my mother in law has been raving about it for years. While the entrees and sangria were top notch, as usual, the service ruined the entire experience. Even though we had a reservation, it took 15 minutes to get our table and there was just one group ahead of us. It took over 20 minutes to get our drinks, had to ask for water 4 times before receiving any (which is not good for the desert around lunchtime)! They over charged us (added an extra glass of sangria) so we had to wait an additional 15 minutes for them to change the bill. No apology. We were there for a birthday with our 90 year old grandma and they didnt offer anything to celebrate after we were obviously frustrated with the server. Tip for management: If youre going to charge top prices for top food, please reinvest in the quality of service or you will lose your loyal customers. Thanks.
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Ashton Weinberger
Although a bit on the expensive side, we truly enjoyed the fancy brunch experience. I had the kir royal (which I thought was steep at $8 a glass) and it was very tasty. We started by sharing the lemon curd bread pudding and it was fantastic! I had the ham omelets, which were incredibly rich but really hit the spot. My fiancé had the breakfast quesadilla and was disappointed that it was filled with zucchini. I tried it and also thought it was too sweet and it could benefit from more cheese and sausage, although the tortilla was very good. There was a surprising amount of seating on the back patio without overcrowding the space. We will definitely return soon to try the lunch menu.
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R Nez
This place is a joke. My wife and I walked in on a Sunday morning to get breakfast. The "hostess" informed us we needed a reservation or the wait would be 20+ minutes. They place was half empty. She said they werent seating anyone outside because it was "too hot". It was 95 degrees, and the misters were on. The best part as we walked out- there were at least 5 tables seated outside already. Great service morons. I went up to true foods kitchen instead. Next time I wont even waste my time at this dirtbag joke of a diner. By the way I spent $140 on breakfast and drinks at true foods, glad I didnt waste it at this dump.
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Rob King
This company caters our work lunches for us on a regular basis. First of all they serve us the same food over and over again on a rotating schedule which gets tiring very quickly. Second of all, just about every time I eat their sandwiches and some other food items I get really sick and have to destroy a toilet at work on a consistent basis. I would not recommend them at all. I think its not just me because our company has now bumped them down to only 2 lunches a week and have started using a different company for the other 3 lunches! Thank god! To reiterate I wouldnt recommend this place to my worst enemies!
