Best Casual Restaurants in Mesa

Had a wonderful experience celebrating Valentine's. Special menu was very yummy, service was wonderful, and they worked with me as I asked to move my OpenTable reservation as we had trouble getting there on time. Wonderful!

Booked a last minute reservation here and had a wonderful time. Food was served very quickly, the brisket and ribs were both extremely tender and very flavorful. Steak was delicious as well and a good size- loved the onion topping, cornbread and shrimp appetizer was just as good. Ambience was nice, dining room wasn’t too loud and our server was very quick and attentive. Pricey but definitely worth it, Bobby Q’s just might be our new date night spot.

First time we have been to Culinary Dropout Beautiful evening with awesome service. Food was over the top, flavor , presentation. The Valentines special I had was delicious, just a bit overpriced for what I got. Should have been priced $30-$35 instead of $47. Highly recommend to go here.

The only very small issue with our visit to Buca in Mesa was at check-in. We arrived 5 min early for our reservation but there was no one at the Host station and there were several people in the lobby, some already checked in and some not. It was about 10 min before a hostess appeared, obviously she was busy in the restaurant. We checked in and it was another 15 min before we were seated although when seated it wasn’t busy so not sure about the delay. After that it was great. Our server was helpful with selections and very patient and pleasant. Food arrived in a timely manner and everything was very good. We had a group of 8 so tried 4 different items and shared and everyone in our group enjoyed all the choices. We all thought the cost was very good as well with food, wine and tip coming in at $85/couple, quite reasonable for an evening out these days. I had been before but others hadn’t although everyone commented they would return.

Celebrated my wife’s birthday and was very happy the way they handled everything…. As always, great food and service.