Cafe Monarch

Outstanding...one of my best experiences

Greta night.

Very nice Restaurant, Staff were very professional and treat us well !
The food was very tasty!

The experience overall was truly excellent. We had attention on us from the moment we valet parked our car. The entire staff is excellent. The food quality was incredible. Made our anniversary very special.

Excellent setting for a restaurant. Wonderful food. Expensive but you get what you pay for exemplary service

I wanted a nice date for my birthday and that’s why I got at Cafe Monarch. From the moment we entered the parking lot the service was excellent. We arrived early and sat at the bar for a martini, which was made with fresh fruit purée and delicious. Richard is the manager and visited our table several times to tell us about the history of the restaurant and the meals we were to eat, as well as the pastry chef. Several servers stopped by for water refills or just to fold a napkin if we stepped away and all so pleasant. Everyone treats you like royalty and the candles all around provide a nice romantic ambiance.

I started with the passion fruit aguachile that was amazing and I could eat a whole meal of that alone! The other three courses were just as perfect and since it was my birthday, we also were treated to Oreo macaroons and ice cream with a sparkler and small gift to take home. The evening was exactly what I wanted and we will return for other special occasions in the future. The price is worth the experience.

Another great dinner at Cafe Monarch!

This is by far the best restaurant and experience in town.

The entire experience was beautiful!

This was a special experience. Presentation of the food was as lovely as the ambience. Food was as delicious as it looked. Cafe Monarch made an ordinary evening into a special occasion!

Extremely well run .... outstanding quality food and service

It was a wonderful experience from beginning to end. It’s truly a magical place and the food was delicious. This is our favorite special occasion restaurant.

This place is amazing in every way. We’ve eaten at amazing restaurants around the world and this is absolutely memorable. We will definitely be back. Have the tasting menu, relish in the service, let them guide you! We were celebrating my birthday and because my husband said I liked dessert they brought us all of them!! Not to mention every course was better then the next and the wine menu was outstanding.

I can’t say enough about Cafe Monarch. We’re from Chicago and friends first took us there years ago when it was in the smaller location across the street. Every time we’ve returned to Scottsdale it is the one place we never miss. The ambiance is exquisite, the service impeccable and the food unparalleled. We’ve been to at least four restaurants with 3 Michelin Stars and many more with 2 stars. I would easily rank Monarch in that group. If you want your visit to Scottsdale to include at least one restaurant you’ll never forget make sure you dine at Cafe Monarch!

This was a truly memorable experience. They did everything to make our anniversary special. The service was spectacular and the food was out of this world! They've got customers for life now! Thank you again.

As always dinner at Cafe Monarch is a special experience. Every dish is superb and the whole experience surpasses our expectations every visit.

Our service was great and food outstanding! Special day for our Anniversary.

By far the best dining experience I’ve ever had. We were celebrating a special occasion and the staff wishes us on arrival and several other times. The food is outstanding. We had the vegetarian menu and it was superb. Complimentary champagne and dessert was appreciated. In summary, there was an incredible effort to make our experience memorable and they achieved it with flying colors. Would highly recommend it!

The food at Cafe Monarch is wonderful, and can be exquisite. However they have a practice which is usually avoided in higher quality restaurants, and which severely affects my dining enjoyment - heavy fragrance. I’ve never encountered this in other restaurants of this caliber, and I have to say it keeps me from dining there as often as I would otherwise. It hits you as soon as you enter, lessens as you get away from the hostess stand, but is still present throughout the restaurant. Even fairly mild fragrance dulls your sense of smell, which is such an important part of dining, especially with fine wines. Not to mention many have allergies to fragrance. This is why great restaurants usually ban servers from wearing fragrance, and avoid adding scents throughout their restaurants. Cafe Monarch is a great restaurant, so it’s shocking they go in for so much fragrance. I keep hoping they’ll change this practice, but sadly I think that’s a vain hope.

Perfection. An absolutely stunning restaurant and beautiful meal.

We went for my husband’s birthday. The atmosphere on the patio was magical with candlelight, a fireplace, and a fountain. The service was both friendly and quite professional. The food was outstanding. It was one of our most memorable dinners ever.

It was absolutely amazing. Beautiful, romantic and worth every penny.

Have not had a meal in a while where I said “oh Fk”, or “F**n A” after every bite because it was full of different flavors each time and delicious.

Great Experiance

The food and service our always spot on! Richard our waiter and Sam the sommelier are awesome 👏

Was visiting Arizona from Chicago and found this restaurant for a date night with my wife. Staff was extremely friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Ambiance was romantic and the food was amazing. We had the 4 course dinner and everything that was served was unbelievably delicious. We were able to sit at the bar after dinner for a nightcap and enjoy a friendly conversation with the bartenders.
Highly recommend this place for a romantic dinner night. Will definitely go back when we return to Arizona.

Cafe Monarch is absolutely fabulous. The space is delightful, the food is incredibly delicious, beautifully prepared, and exotic, and the service is impeccable.

Our 4th visit, and every time more exquisite than the last. Our 10th anniversary and my wife’s birthday, we tried the 8 course tasting with paired wines - and couldn’t have been more delighted with the food and the service.
Cafe Monarch is fabulous for any special occasion, and couldn’t have made it any more memorable. Thank you very much!

Excellent dining experience, but it’s expensive. You should obviously know this before dining here. The lamb rack was the best I’ve had and that includes numerous restaurants in New Zealand. The octopus and foie grad were excellent additions to our meal.

Outstanding

The dinner was fantastic! We felt the waiters came over a few times when we in the middle
Of a conversation, but we friendly and apologetic.

Cafe Monarch met my expectation in terms of food preparation and presentation. Although I enjoyed our waiter, he was a bit rushed and the personal attention to detail was not quite there. I was hoping for more personal attention before and after being served each course. Instead we were never his focus throughout our meal. Fine dining should make you feel like a priority, not just another table to wait on.

What an amazing meal. The chef did an incredible job with the dinner. The waiter was awesome. He was very Knopf the food and wine.

They made our late Valentine’s Day extremely special. The food was spectacular.

I wished we lived closer. Went for my birthday and had the meal experience of my life. Perfect service, food and wine. It epitomizes the comment: you get what you pay for!

Was only loud because of a couple at another table but otherwise the most spectacular experience from start to finish. My 2nd favorite French restaurant in the US and topped most in Paris. Love love love Thank you

Save up your money for this treat! Monarch is one of these expensive places but it is worth it. Fantastic service, food, setting, mood, wine and cocktail list. Just fantastic.

Cafe Monarch was highly recommended by friends who just visited Scottsdale from Seattle Washington. We just happened to be in Scottsdale the following week to cell my birthday. Amazing set menu with great service and ambiance! Vegan and vegetarian options are surprisingly great. Must experience this fine dining, you’ll love it.

Everything was great but prices like Michelin 4 star.

Everything great! Tito is the man, visit him at the bar.