Sedona Restaurants

Restaurants in Sedona

  1. Oak Creek Brewing Company

    Beer-lovers will want to make the pilgrimage to this microbrewery, which has been racking up the medals at various beer festivals for ages. The nutty brown ale packs a punch, while the Hefeweizen is a fabulous post-trail refresher. They pair well with the gastropub fare, including delicious spicy wings. There’s a more upscale (and touristed) outpost at Tlaquepaque village.

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  2. Shugrue’s Hillside Grill

    With panoramic views and an outdoor deck to enjoy them, this restaurant is perfect if you want top-drawer food but don’t feel like dressing up. Fresh fish prepared in umpteen ways is just one reason this place is perennially packed to the gills. At lunchtime, the spinach and wild mushroom quiche is so feistily flavored, even manly men will love it.

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  3. L’Auberge Restaurant

    The chef at this romantic dining shrine overlooking Oak Creek knows his lexicon of world cuisine but seems to be especially fond of French classics such as sautéed foie gras, roast pheasant and the lunch staple croque monsieur (grilled ham and cheese sandwich). For the full survey, go for the six- or eight-course tasting menu. Dress nicely.

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  4. Javelina Cantina

    Perennially popular with both locals and tourists, this fun, feel-good place does respectable Mexican and Southwestern food, including tasty grilled fish tacos and unusual but good enchiladas stuffed with potato, cheese and spinach. Depending on your point of view, the tropical sunset mural complements or clashes with the fantastic rock panorama.

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  5. Rene at Tlaquepaque

    A sentimental favorite with locals and repeat visitors, romantic Rene infuses classic French cuisine with Southwestern touches. It does meat best (lamb is a specialty), but even lunches go well beyond the ­sandwich-burger-salad routine with such selections as chicken-stuffed crepes pompadour and basil-crusted salmon.

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  6. Raw Gourmet Café

    Wake up and smell the patchouli at this all-raw, all-organic, all-the-time New Age café where you can sink your teeth into a Vortex Pizza and pick around the Cosmic Rainbow Salad. For the ultimate energy kick, snort some clean air at the Oxygen Bar and get a crunchy Magic Healing Bar for your next vortex foray.

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  7. Cowboy Club

    Home of the prickly pear margarita, only-in-Arizona cocktails, dishes like fried cactus strips and an appetizer platter that includes snake brochettes (tastes like chicken, really). The lineup includes plenty of sandwich, steak and salad standards. There's both a kid-friendly and adult-oriented section.

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  8. Sedona Airport Restaurant

    [ourpick] Sedona Airport Restaurant Try to land here on a Thursday (and make reservations) : fresh crab is flown in. All-you-can-eat snow crab is only $17.95. The stellar view atop Airport Mesa, the food, the red rocks glowing like the embers of a dying fire - truly, life is good.

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  9. Picazzo’s

    Pizza purists might shudder at the unorthodox toppings, but clued-in devotees gobble ’em up like M&Ms. If chicken-bacon-gorgonzola or chipotle-barbecue-beef don’t tickle your fancy, you can always design your own. Nice touch: the mouthwash dispenser in the bathroom.

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  10. Wildflower Bread Company

    Yummy bread alert – carbophobes beware! Any time is a good time to feed grumbling tummies at this regional bakery and deli chain, but lines are definitely longest at lunchtime. The healthful sandwiches are a good picnic choice if you’re hitting the hiking trail.

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  12. Coffee Pot Restaurant

    Hollywood diva Jane Russell used to own the building, but this breakfast institution is delightfully unglamorous. It consistently wins top marks with locals and visitors, although the mind-boggling 101 omelette selection may present a mental hurdle for morning grumps.

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  13. Red Planet Diner

    For an out-of-this-world dining experience, stop at this ’50s-themed diner where pasty aliens float through the space as decorative busts of Mr Spock and Obi-Wan Kenobi look on. Grill food (with a fair number of vegetarian choices) rules this Roswellian roost.

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  14. Heartline Café

    An American bistro with fresh and creative seasonings, it serves wonderful meats and seafood - like pecan-crusted trout - as well as a large selection of pasta and veggie dishes. The outdoor patio is an intimate and very romantic dinner spot.

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  15. D'lish Very Vegetarian

    Delicious food and attitude- and animal-free dining add up to a solid meal. The food will impress even die-hard meat-eaters.

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