Quiessence Restaurant Review:
Located in the pastoral setting of The Farm at South Mountain, Quiessence (meant to signify the quiet place) offers a unique dining experience. The old house from which the restaurant operates now boasts a spiffy look without taking away from its former cottage-like charm. An expansion increased the formal dining area, in a space framed by mulberry trees strung with tiny lights, offering views...
"Farmhouse meets gourmet" at this "bucolic", "romantic" "magnet for foodies" at the Farm at South Mountain, where the "sumptuous", "inventive" seasonal New American fare is "beautifully presented" alongside "superb" wines in a "lovely, romantic" interior and on a "wonderful" patio; "gracious", "professional service" abets the "unique experience", and while it's "expensive", "this is a place...
You won't find your typical Phoenix/Scottsdale dining experience here, and that's exactly why I love it. Quiessence is set at the back of a shady pecan grove not far from South Mountain Park and is surrounded by organic vegetable gardens. These gardens, and the freshness of the ingredients they provide, is what makes the food here so wonderful, and the delightfully rural setting is what makes...