Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in Oro Valley

We celebrated a birthday dinner here earlier tonight and had a fantastic experience as expected. This restaurant is a repeat favorite of ours, consistently delivering exceptional ambiance, top-notch service, and mouthwatering cuisine. Our entire group raved about their meals, drinks, and desserts. The only minor drawbacks were the calamari, which was just OK/average, and the persistent fruit flies/gnats. Nonetheless, we adore this restaurant and will undoubtedly return. Our waiter, Alan, and his team were incredibly efficient, very attentive, and a great pleasure to work with.

My husband and I enjoyed a lovely lunch at Vivace. I have a couple of dietary restrictions and our waiter was so very helpful and understanding with making adjustments to my choices. Since I cannot tolerate canola oil, he made a salad dressing of olive oil and balsamic vinegar which was wonderful. He also assured me there was no canola oil in the entree I ordered and adjusted the ingredients as I requested. He made certain our meals met our expectations. We enjoyed the bread pudding which he kindly split for us. Thanks for a lovely birthday lunch!

Food was not as good as it used to be. I asked for extra greens, and it looked way to sparse. The Calamari plate had more "other" things on it and less calamari. Service was great, ambience good, noise level reasonable. Not as happy about the place as i used to be.

Javier was a terrific waiter. Had a great time and had very tasty food.

Lovely location to meet friends for lunch. Consistently great food. They adjusted my order for my personal preferences—ie, no onions or sauce or French fries with my delicious mushroom burger. I’ve been coming here for at least 12 years. Always great.