Verona Chophouse

Great steakhouse with affordable prices steaks comparable to high end steakhouses such as Flemings great wine list great to take a date

***ADULTS ONLY******NO KIDS ALLOWED***
I didnt actually get to eat the food because I was turned away in the parking lot because I had my kids with. Apparently no kids allowed anywhere on the property. Just a heads up for those driving 45 minutes to come eat here. Im sure the food is great though, I think I caught a wiff in the parking lot.

Not only is the food great, but the service was awesome!
We sat on the Patio and enjoyed the sunshine while dining on some pretty terrific food choices.

Just finished an amazing anniversary dinner. Braised beef was amazing. My wife had the porterhouse and loved it. When you go ask to seated in Heather’s section. She is the most friendly and best waitress I have ever had!

We had a wonderful 1^st experience tonight, thanks to Daniel, our server, and Ashley, dining room manager… both of whom were very helpful and attentive. The kitchen backed them up with excellent food and desserts. We didn’t have any pre-​conceived notions or expectations but found this restaurant inside Lone Butte Casino to be worthy of our repeat business. I had the parmesan crusted chicken and my wife had the short ribs, both were prepared and presented perfectly. The crème brûlée and chocolate cake were also amazing finishes to our dining experience.

Looked online to find something new to try and came up with Verona Chophouse. The front desk does take reservations so I figured since it was a Friday night I would go ahead and make one. Upon arriving the restaurant was not busy at all, so reservations were not necessary but it’s a good option to have just in case. We were seated immediately. The hostess tried to give us a table with chairs and I asked if we could have one of those big white comfy-​looking booths instead so she obliged. Within 3 minutes someone arrived with water and hot bread and butter. As we were looking at the menu and perusing the wine list, the waiter appeared and helped us with our drink order. They did not have the wine I selected off the wine list, so I opted for the house Cabernet… which was really good!
The bread and butter were a perfect start. The bread was delicious and the butter was whipped and soft, not that butter in the gold packets that is cold. Once I had that, I knew that the rest of the dinner was going to be great. I ordered the garlic roasted chicken, which comes on whipped garlic potatoes with an au jus gravy and cippolini onions. YUM… It was sooooo tasty. I loved every minute of it. Great flavor and perfect sized portions. The dinner also came with a choice of soup or salad. For the soup they had Manhattan style clam chowder. It was good but I think I still prefer the New England style. The salad had big chunks of bacon with blue cheese crumbles. Comes with a vinaigrette but I opted for ranch instead. I was very satisfied with the quality of food. Part of me worried that the food may still be «casino style»…but it really was nothing like that. I actually thought it was better than some of the steak houses around Chandler that aren’t in casinos. Pricing was a bit above average… but $ 42 for everything still wasn’t that bad, and that included the wine.
Service was great… it did seem to take longer than normal to get our entrée, but the wine and the bread, soup and salad kept us busy and allowed for conversation between plates. I had read all the reviews here before I even went to this restaurant, but I’m glad I didn’t listen to the bad reviews and not go. I will definitely go back again. This is a great place to celebrate for an adult dinner, a romantic date, an anniversary, or just to go out with friends or family. Our waiter was Thomas and he did a great job. Thanks Verona Chophouse!

Ok, I have to hand it to Verona. I said I would NEVER go back to this place after I went there several times in 2011 and it was awful service and food. However, it appears they DID make some significant changes that cause me to update and upgrade my review since the last one (1 star on 8÷15÷11). Plus, my friend had said that the place was pretty good now and convinced me to give it another try. Had dinner here last night with a girlfriend and we sat at the bar. Ordered a great bottle of pinot noir and then ordered dinner. We both started with the house salad — delicious. Goat cheese, greens and a great dressing that was light. I had the chicken parmesan and she had the filet. Both were amazing! The filet was huge and melted in your mouth. The chicken parmesan was also a big serving but YUMMMMY! The best part is we were able to use mostly comps to pay for it all, making it even better — FREE. Nicely done, Verona. I will be back.

Going to make this quick. Left the house looking for something new. Jen wanted a burger. We drove to the Lone Butte Casino as we had never been. Walked the floor a bit looking around and came across the Verona Chophouse. Dark and brown with a quiet rustic feel. If it wasnt for the soft ringing of slot machines they probably could have charged double. We sat in the bar at the only table. A four seated high top surrounded by 8 glass chilling cabinets for wine. It was pretty cool actually and for not having reservations it was actually a better table than with the masses of blue hairs in the main dining room, lol. Although they did have a jazz trio playing mellow tunes that we could hear but not see out there.
To the food. Pretty simple menu. But oh so lovely. Jen order the Veal Chop and I the Filet. Check out the pic. Jen’s was the size of her fist. My filet was slightly smaller but I still was grateful that I had taken my belt off in the car, lol. (No joke) No dessert or appetizer necessary we were stuffed. We sampled each other’s dinner and OMG, both cooked perfectly and tender oh so tender. Regardless if you like to gamble, come here to eat. Our meals with salad, bread, and drinks,…only $ 75! Food was 5 star restaurant worthy. I will definitely come back and rave about it to my friends.

Never again.
Our server had no knowledge of the menu items when we asked questions. She took our drink order and did not come back, we finally flagged her down and asked if we could order and get our drinks because we had a show to be to. She claimed she put our drink order in and that someone else was responsible for bringing them out, not her.
We got our appetizers and they were tasty, but we waited and waited and our entrees never arrived. At this point we had been seated for almost 2 hours. We tried to get someones attention but kept being ignored. Finally we spoke to a manager, and the manager informed us that they were extremely busy and that they would not have our entrees ready before we had to leave to make it to the show. They brought our desserts and we quickly ate them before rushing out without dinner…
My biggest complaint is that everyone from the server to the manager pointed fingers and made up excuses rather than fixing the problems. Apparently 2 hours isn’t long enough to serve dinner to a table of 4.

I’m torn on this one. The service was great. The ambiance is nice. The gal playing keyboard and occasionally singing was enjoyable. The food was great (bread, salad with yummy basil dressing (no pancetta for me) and a porterhouse steak with fingerling potatoes and asparagus). Price was reasonable.
However, having to walk through the terribly smoky casino to get in and out was HORRIBLE. I must be allergic to smoke as my throat was not just itchy I could actually feel it swelling up. My hair and clothes smelled so bad they had to be washed and I needed a shower right afterwards.
I will for sure not go back.

Great service. A very relaxed and casual casino steakhouse which was a nice change (I’m used to atlantic city steakhouses where you still have to be dressed up). The dirty martini was strong, but not that tasty. Husband and I both got the porterhouse which we were stuffed from! A little on the fattier side, but for the price, it was totally worth it.
Again, not the best steak I’ve had but best bang for the buck! We would both come again.

If I could rate zero stars, I would. This is the first time Unilocal has failed us dearly. Awful service (the headchef sat us?), and the menu isn’t even close to what is actually served. When we finally got our appetizer, «heirloom tomatoes» really meant hothouse tomatoes. When the soup showed up about 30 minutes later it good, the salad was not. Fast forward another 45 minutes when dinner arrives: what I expected to be something along the lines of chicken scampi arrives as chicken parmesan on a bed of spaghetti and tasted like cardboard smothered in tomato paste.
I’m not one to rate low by any means, but both Unilocal and Verona failed us this evening. The only thing worth coming for was the wine. I hope Sunday brunch is better, but after this scouting event, chances are I’m not going to find out.

The rat pack would be proud. Live music, great atmosphere, and friendly staff. It was a little Vegas nestled in Gila river casino, chandler az. Who knew?!
I’ve had $ 75 steaks, with upsales for salad, veggie, starch, etc… that did not compare to the delicious filet of beef which included, salad, sides for only $ 24.
I highly recommend!

This is a hidden gem of Chandler!
Hand made pasta. Good service. Super decent prices. Nice patio.
I’ve been here several times and I always leave happy. When you have good food and good service for a great price, nothing can go wrong.
I’ve tried the filet, caesar salad, minestrone soup, mushroom fettucini, spaghetti with meatballs, everything has always been above average.
They also have a good wine selection with good pricing.
It seems that they use the restaurant to attract gamblers but oh well, so be it.
The only down side is that the restaurant is in the back so you have to walk to the casino and get your dose of second hand smoke which the truth being said, is not bad at all.
Cheers!
PS Just a sad note. By a reason that still beyond my understanding (specially because this rule doesn’t apply and Wildhorsepass), kids are not allowed (I believe it’s 21 and older)

I’ll just get to the point.
Staff, great. Cleanliness, great. Food, eh.
Calamari was actually the best part. It appeared to be fresh because it was not over cooked and rubbery. However the bottom pieces were a little mushy from the grease.
We had the porterhouse and filet. They were cooked perfect (medium rare). However they had absolutely no flavor what so ever. I tried adding salt and that just made it unflavored salty meat. It is hard to imagine and hard to describe that there was no flavor to the meat.
The house salad was nice but the Caesar had way too much dressing.
Needless to say we will not be going back.

So I cooked at Thanksgiving and I wasn’t about to do it for Christmas. I wanted to go out and eat, drink, and be merry so we got reservations at Verona Chophouse for 11:15 on Christmas day. This was our first visit and overall it really was a good experience. If I’m being honest, my review is more of a 3.5. They open at 11:00 and we got there around 11:05. We were about 5^th in line to get in. One drawback was standing in line next to the Fairy’s Mist or Bounty or some shit slot machine while Ol Lady Wild Turkey smokes her Kool 100s and waves them around and cackles about the good deals she got in Laughlin. Good Lord…
We were seated right on time. The selections on the buffet were nice. Some stand-​outs were the prime rib, scalloped potatoes, bacon, and scrambled eggs. I didn’t go near the salad section, but it looked good and fresh from where I stood getting my plate full of bacon and eggs. For $ 30 apiece I didn’t think it was too bad of a value, but a cheap mimosa thrown in would have been nice. The only thing that wasn’t good on the buffet was the cubed sweet potatoes. They were only about half cooked and had NO flavor. A chef-​type person kept walking around surveying the scene and I can’t believe those sweet potatoes were put out. Not good at all.
We also didn’t use the omelet station, but we sat very close to it and it appeared that the young woman cooking was very friendly and fast and the omelets looked good. I wasn’t going to go near the dessert area, but there were a couple of things I just could not resist. They had mini cannolis and then some small tartlets with what tasted like a peanut butter mousse. Delicious!
Their patio area is so lovely and next time I want to be sure to sit out there if weather permits. Our server was very attentive and friendly too. There was one snafu I think with some of the staff trying to light one of those heaters outside or something because suddenly there was some screaming and I wondered if I needed to grab my knife and hit the deck, but it was something to do with the heater I think. I can see what other reviewers say about the servers. Most appear to be just fine, but I think they could take the professionalism up a notch. This is a nice place, and they should treat it as such. Not that they were bad, but those that have been there probably know what I mean.
When we walked in we noticed the wine bar area looked really nice. I think next time we’ll try to snag a table in there. I am optimistic that when we go back we’ll have another good experience.

After two meals at Verona, my verdict is not good.
The first meal included a sumtuous soup of basil, cream, rice and chicken, it was a home run. The caesar salad was way above average, and although the pasta under the Chicken Parm was so over cooked it was inedible, the chicken itself was great. On that visit almost all the food was great, but the service was amaturish at best. My server was nice, but had no idea how to deliver a fine dining experience, from steps of service, verbage, and timing it was all just so much less then I expected it to be.
Based on the teriffic food I decided to go back for what seemed like well priced steaks, the awsome cibata bread and butter, and that great Caeser salad.
The Basil chicken soup wasnt available so I opted for the Ministroni soup, This soup was flavorless and almost raw. The pasta, carrots, and beans were under cooked and the broth was clear. The soup only tasted like the fistfull of fresh basil that was on top. Two bites into my Ceasear salad I had to pull a fine blond hair from my mouth, and the love affair with this salad was over.
Then the steak, it a was huge Porterhouse that was requested medium yet served med-​rare it could have used a few extra minutes on the grill and not served at the same time as my salad. For the most part the steak was tender, but had an odd flavor, kinda like an old peice of meat, not like aged beef, which I doubt it was based on the price. Being under cooked and the odd flavor the steak wasnt as enjoyable as I hoped.
The service was ok this time around, but nobody goes to a Chop House for OK service.
Although the manager offered to buy me dessert because of the hair in the salad, I paid for that caesar salad I didnt eat, and that hair remained on my bread plate til I left.
I like Lone Butte and I had a lucky visit to the casino, so my odds on returning to Verona are likely. It’s gonna be a roll of the dice to see if they double down with both taste and service next time.

I came here from brunch yesterday with Sarah H and was delightfully surprised. I knew it wouldn’t be as good as Talking Stick, but it comes close. (And it’s cheaper!)
I enjoyed more than my fair share of shrimp cocktail, an omelet filled with crab, a couple slices of prime rib, chicken with mole, poached salmon and then there were desserts… Lemon cake, chocolate covered strawberries, pumpkin cheesecake and sugar cookies. All this for only $ 20!

The Better Half and I had dinner here recently. We were excited to give it a try. We ordered:
Fried Ravioli, $ 8
Salad, $ 3
Onion Soup, $ 3
Rigatoni Al Forno (Italian Sausage, Mushrooms, Peppers, Red Onions, $ 16)
Filet, $ 24
Side of Spaghetti, $ 3
Cheesecake, $ 4
The Fried Ravioli was just OK. It was very oily and was a little bland. Not what I expected from this dish… looked a little undercooked or the fryer’s temperature was too low.
The Salad and Onion Soup was pretty good. Onion Soup was full of flavor.
I had the Filet and thought it was a little tough… the flavor was good, but the Filet was not tender like I’m use to. The Better Half had the Rigatoni and gave me a little to sample. It was just OK too… the Sausage tasted more like a Kielbasa rather than an Italian Sausage… not what I expected. The side of Spaghetti was decent, but again nothing spectacular.
The Cheesecake was very good… nice and fluffy.
The service was a little spotty. Our server disappeared for long stretches… which was odd because there were only 3 tables in the entire restaurant with people dining… what he was doing was beyond me.
Overall, it was an average experience. Not what we were expecting from a joint like this. Maybe we caught them on a bad day?
Return Factor — 40%

If Verona Chophouse had a theme song it would be «So Fresh, So Clean» by Outkast. This place was amazing, truly immaculate. Flawless table décor and settings, highly organized number system, beautiful swan ice sculpture, a true treat for the eyes. I had searched around for weeks looking for the perfect and affordable Mother’s Day brunch, and I hit the mother load with Verona.
The service was superb, we were given drinks right away and never was my champagne glass empty. Our server had perfect timing, bringing the check just as we finished and promptly returning.
The food (oh gawd the food) was unbelievable. I was so impressed with the freshness, variety and quality of all the options. I won’t detail everything but to give you an idea of the different offerings:
* Salad Bar, 10 types of cheeses, tightly wrapped meats, tons of different crackers, every veggie imaginable
* Breakfast offerings of different egg and potato dishes, bacon, sausages, chicken, grilled asparagus, huge assortment of breads
* Carving station with Prime Rib and Filet Mignon
* Omelet Bar made to order and the chef was able to prepare in under 3 minutes!
* Seafood bonanza! Shrimp, crab legs, lobster, clams, mussels, spicy cocktail sauce
*Dessert Bar with fresh pastries, kabobs of fruit you could dip in the chocolate fountain and ice cream with hot peach cobbler and graham topping
All this for 30 bucks. «Ain’t nobody dope as me I’m just so fresh and clean»