Tía Carmen Is the Perfect Scottsdale Resort Restaurant
4.5 Yumpoints | Tied for #51 in Phoenix | Tied for #13 in Scottsdale
Tía Carmen is about as pretty as a hotel restaurant can get. Every detail is well thought out—so many textures, so many details, such a nice flow. And if you show up as a vacationer or a staycationer, the vibe is just about perfect. You can casually flow in, flow out, pop to your room for a sec, and head over to the incredible J.W. Marriott pool for a swim. And the food at Tía Carmen is really quite good. Sure, parts of the menu feel a little safe to appeal to a broad resort crowd (for example, I don’t see a lot of NY strips on Mexican food menus), but what’s there is delicious. If you’re in the area and are looking for vacation vibes, this is your spot.
Where: Scottsdale (Desert Ridge)
Website: tiacarmendesertridge.com
Reservations: OpenTable
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Tia Carmen Has 4.5 Yumpoints
APR 26, 2024
Foodists Awards: 2024 Finalists
TOP CHEF - Finalist
FEB 1, 2024
Phoenix New Times: The Top 100 Restaurants
The ambiance of Tia Carmen is intentional in its efforts to honor the Southwest region and Mexico. As you walk through the large wooden doors, you’re greeted by a down-to-earth vibe and quiet elegance. Chef Angelo Sosa wanted to re-create a reminder of his experience with his Aunt Carmen when he first learned food was his love language. The menu is not only a homage to his roots and to indigenous people but also a festival of culinary delights.
JAN 24, 2024 / LAUREN TOPOR
The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Phoenix
Tía Carmen’s minimalist aesthetic and bohemian desert decor is the kind of restaurant where you’re going to end up flooding your camera roll with photos. Post a picture of the space and someone you became besties with for seven minutes in line for the bathroom at the club will be in your DMs with “omg where is this?”
APR 24, 2023
Foodists Awards: 2023 Foodist Award Winners
EMERGING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR - Finalist
Sep 30, 2022 / NIKKI BUCHANAN
Phoenix Magazine: Phoenix Dining Review: Tia Carmen
Like so many of us during this never-ending pandemic, the bigwigs at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa felt the need to make a dramatic life change – specifically, to elevate the resort’s food and beverage game and make the property a dining destination. The result of their brainstorming is Tía Carmen, a breathtaking new Contemporary Southwestern restaurant capable of singlehandedly putting Desert Ridge – long a restaurant wasteland, let’s admit it – on the Valley’s culinary map.
