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Best Steakhouses in Scottsdale (2026)

Best Steakhouses in Scottsdale: 1. Dominick's Steakhouse · 2. Mastro's City Hall · 3. Bourbon & Bones Chophouse | Bar · 4. Cholla Prime Steakhouse & Lounge · 5. Village Tavern. Addresses, prices and what to order.

Paul Mercer
By Paul Mercer Dining Trends Editor · Updated September 2026 · How the score is built
Best Steakhouses in Scottsdale (2026)

The top picks: Dominick's Steakhouse, Mastro's City Hall, and Bourbon & Bones Chophouse | Bar, with all 9 rooms ranked below.

Scottsdale's steakhouse scene runs deeper than the resort-strip reputation suggests. From the Mastro family's competing rooms to a Michael Mina flagship to a Four Seasons terrace with desert-mountain views, the city has built a serious expense-account and special-occasion infrastructure. These eleven rooms cover that range, ranked by the Insider Score, with no restaurant paying for placement.

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1 Dominick's Steakhouse Yelp

Dominick's Steakhouse

Steakhouses · Scottsdale · $$$$ · № 14 on the List
7.4

Dominick's earns its reputation on the dry-aged ribeye and a service model that shows up for large parties as reliably as it does for two. The room operates at a fine-dining register from valet to close, and the kitchen's execution on lobster tail and filet mignon holds up across celebratory occasions. Groups of twelve report the private dining setup handled well. The standard here is consistent: food, service, and the room all pulling in the same direction.

What to orderDry-Aged RibeyeLobster TailFilet Mignon Book a table Call Directions +Read the review

Scottsdale's Occasion Steakhouse, Built to Deliver

Dry-Aged Ribeye

The dry-aged ribeye is the centerpiece order at Dominick's, a Scottsdale steakhouse built around occasion dining and the Mastro family's track record in the Valley.

Lobster Tail

Lobster tail draws from a tradition of surf pairing that has long anchored white-tablecloth steakhouses in the Biltmore and Old Town corridors.

Filet Mignon

The filet mignon is the reliable formal-dinner choice here, suited to the room's reputation for client entertaining and milestone celebrations.

Dominick's Steakhouse in Scottsdale operates at the top of the Valley's occasion-dining tier, where the dry-aged ribeye and the filet mignon carry the weight the price demands and the room is built around delivering on a night that matters. The dry-aged ribeye is the anchor, the kind of cut that signals the kitchen takes aging seriously and prices accordingly. The filet mignon reads across the record as the gentler, equally reliable choice for guests who want that clean, precise result rather than the assertiveness of a dry-aged program. Lobster tail rounds out the table, the classic surf-and-turf complement that keeps the room in the old-school American steakhouse tradition the Valley has always rewarded.

The service model is front-of-the-house attentive from the moment a car reaches the valet stand. For large parties, the room has demonstrated it can absorb a group of twelve midweek without the seams showing, which is not a given at high-end steakhouses that size their operations around couples and fours. That kind of large-party capacity matters for Scottsdale's corporate-entertainment market, where a client dinner at a white-tablecloth steakhouse remains the default play. The room meets the standard that expense-account and special-occasion diners expect in both execution and atmosphere.

Scottsdale's steakhouse row is genuine competition. The Mastro family's footprint across the Valley means these rooms share lineage and sensibility; Dominick's sits in that cluster. High-end pricing is consistent with the market, and there is no confusion about what the room is selling. For birthdays, anniversaries, and client nights where the evening has to land right, Dominick's has built the operating pattern to support that expectation.

Map showing Dominick's Steakhouse© OpenStreetMap
HoursMon - Thu: 4:00 PM - 9:30 PMFri - Sat: 4:00 PM - 10:30 PMSun: 4:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Address15169 N Scottsdale Rd
Insider tip

The dry-aged ribeye is the signature order; the kitchen's dry-aging program is the point of differentiation at this price. For large corporate parties, call ahead rather than assuming the guest house configuration is automatically available.

2 Mastro's City Hall Yelp

Mastro's City Hall

Steakhouses · Scottsdale · $$$$
5.3

Mastro's City Hall runs a polished operation in Scottsdale, where the prime ribeye and truffle mac and cheese anchor a menu that hits the high notes of the classic steakhouse format. Service is attentive and the GM is known to work the floor. The room draws a loyal crowd for birthdays and anniversaries, and the bar program keeps pace with the kitchen. Occasional service inconsistencies surface, but the kitchen's output generally justifies the top-tier price point.

What to orderPrime RibeyeLobster TailTruffle Mac and Cheese Call Directions Scored from the full review record 6991 E Camelback Rd · (480) 941-4700
3 Bourbon & Bones Chophouse | Bar Tripadvisor

Bourbon & Bones Chophouse | Bar

Steakhouses · Scottsdale · $$$
5.3

Bourbon and Bones lands at a slightly lower price point than the top-tier Scottsdale steakhouses while still running a serious chophouse program. The bone-in ribeye and Chilean sea bass are the reliable anchors; the lobster mac and cheese travels well as a side. A deep whiskey and cocktail list gives the bar real standalone credibility. Temperature execution on premium cuts like A5 wagyu has drawn some criticism, so the conventional beef program is the safer call.

What to orderBone-in RibeyeChilean Sea BassLobster Mac and Cheese Call Directions Scored from the full review record 4200 N Scottsdale Rd · (480) 629-4922
4 Cholla Prime Steakhouse & Lounge Yelp

Cholla Prime Steakhouse & Lounge

Steakhouses · Scottsdale · $$
6.7

Cholla Prime positions itself as a special-occasion room with a dry-aged ribeye and pan-seared Chilean sea bass as the headline dishes, alongside lobster mac and cheese as the signature side. The lounge component gives the room dual utility: a full steakhouse program for dinner and a cocktail-forward option for those who want to stay later. The price tier sits below the flagship Scottsdale rooms, making it an accessible entry point into the dry-aged format.

What to orderDry-Aged RibeyePan-Seared Chilean Sea BassLobster Mac and Cheese Call Directions Scored from the full review record 524 N 92nd St · (480) 850-7736
5 Village Tavern Yelp

Village Tavern

Steakhouses · Scottsdale · $$
5.3

Village Tavern operates as a reliable neighborhood room in a city where reliable is not always the baseline. The dry-aged ribeye and pan-seared salmon cover both ends of the protein spectrum, and the truffle mac and cheese holds its own as a side. Bacon-wrapped scallops and onion dip with house chips represent the kitchen's range at the start of a meal. Walk-in-friendly for a Scottsdale room at this level, and the price tier is reasonable for the occasion-dining register it aims at.

What to orderDry-Aged RibeyePan-Seared SalmonTruffle Mac and Cheese Call Directions Scored from the full review record 8787 N Scottsdale Rd · (480) 951-6445
6 Ruth's Chris Steak House Yelp

Ruth's Chris Steak House

Steakhouses · Scottsdale · $$$$
4.6

Ruth's Chris is a national steakhouse chain with a Scottsdale location that delivers the format the brand is built on: sizzling-platter filet mignon, lobster tail, and New York strip in an upscale room calibrated for celebrations. The service model is consistent with the chain's full-service standard. For visitors who want a known quantity at the special-occasion tier, the Scottsdale location performs as expected within the Ruth's Chris program.

What to orderFilet MignonLobster TailNew York Strip Call Directions Scored from the full review record 7001 N Scottsdale Rd · (480) 991-5988
7 J & G Steakhouse Yelp

J & G Steakhouse

Steakhouses · Scottsdale · $$$$ · № 44 on the List
5.7

J and G Steakhouse sits inside a Scottsdale resort property and benefits from a setting that earns its own mention: the sunset view is a legitimate draw for dinner reservations timed to the light. The kitchen runs fresh shrimp, tuna, and truffle fries as reliable starters, and the dry-aged ribeye and Maine lobster tail hold up as the main event. Standard service operates at the expected resort steakhouse level. The Thanksgiving buffet format has drawn criticism and is a different operation than the core dinner program.

What to orderDry-Aged RibeyeMaine Lobster TailTruffle Mac and Cheese Book a table Call Directions +Read the review

Scottsdale's steakhouse case for the occasion

Dry-Aged Ribeye

The dry-aged ribeye is the anchor of the steakhouse program, a cut where the aging process does the primary work of building depth and concentration.

Maine Lobster Tail

Maine lobster tail represents the surf side of a classic surf-and-turf steakhouse menu, a straightforward luxury order for those stepping outside the beef program.

Truffle Mac and Cheese

Truffle mac and cheese functions as a steakhouse side that crosses into standalone territory, the kitchen's richer alternative to the standard starch rotation.

J & G Steakhouse operates at the top of the Scottsdale steakhouse register, where the room, the view, and the kitchen are all expected to carry equal weight on a high-stakes night. Sunset from the dining room is the kind of visual that justifies the price before the bread arrives. The kitchen earns its standing through the dry-aged ribeye, which represents the steakhouse program at its most committed: time in the aging room shows up in the depth of flavor and the crust. The 12-oz filet runs alongside it as the more restrained option, and the shrimp starter reads as genuinely fresh, not an afterthought.

Maine lobster tail covers the surf-side of the surf-and-turf expectation this tier of room requires. The truffle mac and cheese is the signature side, and it anchors the table as the kind of dish that gets ordered on every visit. Tuna among the appetizers and truffle fries confirm that the kitchen is working across the menu, not only around the centerpiece steaks. The room is built for special-occasion and business-entertainment use: Scottsdale is the Valley's steakhouse corridor, and J & G sits at that table with the capital to match.

The Thanksgiving buffet is a different operating mode and draws a different verdict from regulars, worth noting for anyone planning around holidays. On a standard dinner-service evening, the full-service experience holds up as one of Scottsdale's better cases that an expense-account room can also be the right room for a genuinely good meal.

Map showing J & G Steakhouse© OpenStreetMap
HoursMon: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PMTue - Wed: ClosedThu - Sun: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Address6000 E Camelback Rd
Insider tip

The dry-aged ribeye is the order that best reflects what the kitchen does at full capacity; the truffle mac and cheese is the side worth doubling. Book for sunset seating when the dining room view is at its peak.

8 Jing Yelp

Jing

Steakhouses · Scottsdale
5.5

Jing runs an unusual format for the Scottsdale steakhouse category: wagyu ribeye alongside omakase sushi and a miso-glazed Chilean sea bass, which gives the kitchen flexibility across a celebratory dinner. A DJ at eight signals an evening shift in the room's energy. The lighting and design are a deliberate part of the experience, and the service team has drawn praise for handling milestone occasions attentively. The room reads as a modern hybrid rather than a straight chophouse.

What to orderWagyu RibeyeOmakase Sushi SelectionMiso-Glazed Chilean Sea Bass Call Directions Scored from the full review record 10605 N Scottsdale Rd · (602) 699-8888
9 Talavera Yelp

Talavera

Steakhouses · Scottsdale · $$$$
4.9

Talavera is the Four Seasons' flagship restaurant in Scottsdale, and the kitchen's scope reflects that position. Tableside paella and Spanish octopus give the menu a Mediterranean lean that sets it apart from the conventional chophouse format, while a dry-aged ribeye anchors the steakhouse side. The outdoor setting delivers desert and mountain views that no interior room in Scottsdale can replicate. Cold or rainy weather shifts guests inside, where the visual payoff diminishes, so the open-air season is the time to book.

What to orderTableside PaellaDry-Aged RibeyeSpanish Octopus Call Directions Scored from the full review record 10600 E Crescent Moon Dr · (480) 513-5085

Frequently asked

What are the best steakhouses near me in Scottsdale?
The steakhouses on this list are spread across Scottsdale, from Old Town to resort corridors. Dominick's, Mastro's Steakhouse, and Bourbon Steak are among the highest-ranked by Insider Score. Every restaurant here was selected on merit; none paid for placement.
Which Scottsdale steakhouses are best for a special occasion or anniversary?
Dominick's, Mastro's City Hall, and Talavera are the most consistently cited for celebratory dinners. Talavera's outdoor setting at the Four Seasons is particularly suited to milestone occasions during the October-through-April season when the desert climate cooperates.
How do the Mastro's locations in Scottsdale differ?
Mastro's Steakhouse is the original Scottsdale room, known for the bone-in ribeye and the warm butter cake. Mastro's City Hall runs the same prime-beef format with a more modern room design. Both operate at the top price tier. The Mastro brothers also operate Dominick's and Steak 44 in the Phoenix area.
Are there any Scottsdale steakhouses that also have strong sushi or seafood programs?
Jing is the clearest example, pairing wagyu ribeye with an omakase sushi selection and miso-glazed Chilean sea bass in the same menu. Bourbon Steak and Bourbon and Bones both run Chilean sea bass as a seafood anchor alongside their beef programs. Mastro's Steakhouse is known for its seafood tower as a pre-steak course.
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