canyon cafe

great meeting room in back. we recently held a meeting in the back room and it was perfect. you were connected to the main restaurant, yet a wall blocked the noise so you could hear our meeting conversation. a glass wall to the beautiful arizona center gardens kept you from feeling too closed in.
the server did agoodjob of keeping everyone's drinks filled and timing our orders. she filled bowls of chips and salsa with a mix of blue and yellow corn and flour tortilla chips. the salsa was pretty good.
we had the salmon and a sweet potato puree served with spinach salad. it was a wondeful tasty lunch.
the chicken sandwich and an enchilada plate seemed popular as well.
i think we will keep this our regular spot for our monthly meetings for the foreseeable future. so, ladies, if you see us there on the third saturday's of the month, come join the fun of the network of business women phoenix.

good value. first off the location and atmosphere is very nice, i'd say sit on the patio if you can (day or night) most meals were averaging around $15 which puts it right in line with many national chains. however i found the food to be better quality and well presented than many of those chains.

the 2-limit drinks are great, i think other restaurants should take note. give me a better quality and better poured drink and i'm happy with only 2. i hate paying almost the same amount for drinks at others places for a watered down or low quality pour. kudos to sams for that.

so overall i thought it was a verygoodvalue between the atmosphere, food and drinks.

restaurant within walking distance from many of the downtown hotels which isgoodbecause their margaritas are extremely strong. we wanted to try some tex-mex why we were in the area so headed over and had the combination of steak and shrimp fajitas, they were loaded with lots of veggies and also came with rice and beans. steak was a little over cook for my liking. we began with chips and salsa which wasgoodthough the chips were different, they were a puffy tortilla chip with a seasoning on it. nice touch bringing your tortillas in a cornhusk along with when they bring your check it has white chocolate with almonds that is wrapped in a cornhusk as well. great outside patio area.

great rita's and guac! very casual and fun.goodfirst date spot. service was fab too. walkable to all hotels downtown. we had several apps and a couple of drinks. very nice place!

the canyon cafe serves tex - mex - spanish inspired foods in downtown phoenix. they offer a lovely large patio and big strong margaritas (limit is two). they start you off with an assortment of complimentary tortilla chips and salsa. i had the blacken salmon caesar salad. the salmon was ok but the dressing lacked caesar flavoring and was very similar to thinned down mayonnaise. my husband had the chile relleno stuffed with fajita steak. the steak wasgoodbut the paella rice tasted like a box mix that was unbelievably over loaded with strong smoke and the rice was the wrong texture. it's not the best food but it's also not the worst. the complimentary chips and complimentary white chocolate tamale were the tastiest of what we tried.

overall i was pleased. not a traditional mexican restaurant by any means but its good. the chips and salsa are a decent twits. the drinks weregoodand my dinner was good. i was pleasantly surprised!