Ahnala Mesquite Room

Stayed here for an overnight with the wife and had dinner here.
–Great food (I had the Monterey Chicken Sandwich)
–Server and host were kind
–nice atmosphere on the patio
The only awkward thing was a stray dog kept on coming on to the patio to beg for food. The staff tried to encourage it away, but it kept on coming back.
If you stay here but don’t want to eat in the casino, this is your only option unless you drive into fountain hills (10 minutes or so away). The hotel does have a shuttle, I believe though.

Went here for lunch today waiting on a spa appt. got the bacon, guacamole grilled cheese. It was pretty good, but nothing special. I think I would prefer straight avocado than guacamole on the sandwich Pleasant atmosphere, and friendly service.

Our server Henry was great, however the manager was unprofessional and disrespectful since she decided to scold an employee in the dining room. Also instead of assisting her staff she choose to chat with the hostess and ignore all operations. Food was good, but huge turn off on how it runs

Service was excellent, very accommodating. Food was not anything special. I had the burger ordered medium and it arrived well. Also looked like a premade frozen patty. My dad had the club sandwich which he said was pretty good, it was huge. Convenient place when we didn’t want to get back out after arriving at the resort.

You don’t have many choices at the Resort but this place has solid food and a great staff. Maybe the staff has changed since the other reviews but they were great for us.

I ate here 4 times while staying at Wekopa Resort (it’s cheaper than room service). I thought the happy hour menu was awesome, really good food and drinks at good prices. Almost everything on the happy hour menu is $ 4 – 6. I tried the El Barco, Ahnala burger, wine, calamari and basically everything else on the happy hour menu. My favorite item was a steak avocado salad from the dinner menu. It was $ 10 and had a ton of meat and avocado. The pineapple cake and burger w/​fries were really good, too.
Courtney was a great server, she helped me for two meals and she deserves 5 stars. She was always checking on me and my pup and she was friendly, too. They turned on the patio heaters for my dog and I and Courtney even turned on a hockey game I requested on the big screen. :)
Minus one star because the other servers working during weekend breakfast were not attentive enough. It was difficult to get their attention for simple requests like coffee cream or water.
Overall I’d say this place is a great choice for dinner and drinks.

Average. Nothing to write home about.
Burgers are stamped out, I was expecting better.

I wish I had heeded the previous reviews about this restaurant. Last night, we ordered the ahi and a Waldorf salad and it came out like it was prepackaged out of the box. It did not have any flavor and the accompanying asparagus was overcooked. The Waldorf salad was uninspired. The entire time you are in the restaurant, you feel like you’re in an airport lounge… Only with worse food in the airport lounge. We sent the not-​fresh tuna back, and our server does not charge. Save your money and have a nice dinner in Fountain Hills or perhaps go to the Buffet.

Best place for food and great price. I had a salmon club sandwich for dinner and coconut princess cake for dessert very good for the price. Highly recommended!

It’s too bad the food and service at this place are substandard. We stayed at the resort for a staycation. The facilities are great. I recommend staying away from Ahnala!!! If you want food, just order room service or order something from the poolside lounge. You will be more satisfied!

We needed a Paleo meal and hoped we could find a good steak before traveling up the mountain. We were not disappointed. Our initial contact with the hostess was slow, but the steak and service were good.

We read the reviews on this restaurant prior to going and had a great experience at both dinner on Friday night and again, for the breakfast the next morning. On Friday, there was plenty of wait staff, ours was really friendly and quick even when the she got busy. We had the special and the mango chicken sandwich and it was all very tasty. The prices were average teens and that seems normal. On Saturday late morning we went for the breakfast, which there was menu option and buffet option. We opted to split breakfast since we had to go meet others for lunch. We split the juevos rancheros and let them know we were sharing and they brought it out already separated for us. It was my first juevos rancheros, and it was amazing! I was sad I had to split it with my husband but it was also just the right amount of starter for us. The waitress this day was a little slower but we didn’t mind it. We enjoyed both meals, the atmosphere and the views.

This is ridiculous !!! I traveled all over the world and never paid $ 7 dollars for a cup of coffee !!!
This is reap off !!!

The food is good, I had a refreshing Cobb Salad, and it should be because there is no where else to eat that is near, especially after a few glasses of wine.
Every time I’ve been here I feel like they don’t expect a rush and the wait for service is irritating. Luckily the service is friendly but next time I’ll skip that second glass of wine and drive into Fountain Hills.

Dinner was abysmal. Took 20 minutes to even take our drink order, another 15 for appetizers to begin arriving (they were all clearly prepared way ahead of time, salad was wilted and warm, so why did it take so long to get them to the table? The restaurant was only half full, never even close to busy). Food took 1.5 hours to arrive, and was cold when it came out. Other guests at nearby tables had similar experience. No attempt at an apology was made, had to seek out a manager who agreed to not charge us for the food we waited 90 minutes for and did not eat.

Horrible. Worst dining experience we have had. Went for valentine dinner. It took an hour for appetizers and another half hour to get up and leave. Our entrée never appeared. The soup was cold. No drinks or any waitstaff apologized or checked on us. Do not waste your money or time! The restaurant was only half full on top of that.

Out of convenience while staying at the Wekopa hotel, my wife and I dined at the Ahnala Mesquite Room thinking it a risk based on some negative Unilocal reviews. My wife had the Halibut and I had the Filet Mignon we both found our meals delicious, flavorful with a flair, and served hot! The artisanal dinner rolls were piping hot and we particularly enjoyed the seeded rolls. My Filet was well seasoned and covered with blue cheese crumbles that I crave. The hollandaise sauce for the Filet and asparagus was a nice addition. If you are nearby, take a risk but know that our gamble paid out a jackpot of a meal.

One of the worst restaurants I have been to. We had dinner here on Saturday night and it was very disappointing. We started with chips and salsa, the chips very very stale, but we understand that they come out of a bag, no big deal. For the entrée I had the scallops and my fiancé had the ribeye. I am gluten intolerant so it was nice to see that the menu had a note about asking your server for gluten free/​vegetarian/​allergen information. So I asked my server if the scallops and risotto are gluten free. She didn’t seam very confident about knowing if gluten was in the dish but she went to the kitchen and came back saying it was gluten free.
Guess what?! It wasn’t, I was sick all night after eating my meal. It tasted okay but the scallops seamed like the texture was from frozen (fine we are in Arizona) but the cheese sauce with the risotto tasted like valveeta. The ribeye was pretty pathetic for a 32 $ steak too.
For a 4 star resort and a 90 $ meal I would expect staff to be trained on allergies and have better quality food.

Highly disappointed!
I have been at this restaurant a few times now for a sit down dinner and more, each time was because my work was checking out the venue to hold our annual conference at the resort, which we ended up doing.
The very first time we ate here, the place was empty, granted, we were a party of about 8 or 9 people, but considering we were the only 8 or 9 people, the service should not have taken as long as it did, and been as unfriendly as it was.
The second time I was here, was again with co-​workers, we had finished discussing the details of our conference with the resort staff. Again, we were greeted with unfriendly service, and it took forever to order and get our food with a fairly empty restaurant.
The third time was when we were actually setting up for our conference and decided to get dinner here after a long day of setup. This time we were greeted with a very unfriendly hostess, who couldn’t even force out a smirk, after standing around for a while. Then once we sat down, we waited longer for someone to even come around and say hello or take a drink order. This time we decided to just walk out.
Due to these interactions with this restaurant, and similar with other coworkers. My company decided to ask the restaurant to provide our conference guest with breakfast buffets as to not have to deal with their wait staff and service.
The reason I did give them 2 stars however, is because they did do a great job with the breakfast buffet, from my experience anyways.

I have to admit, this place surprised me. My expectations were very low when we walked by and noticed this restaurant. It’s out of the way, located between the Ft McDowell casino and the Radisson Hotel next door. If we hadn’t parked in the far back parking lot, we would’ve never stumbled across this place.
After browsing the menu, we decided to give it a shot for dinner. We ordered the following items:
Risotto Duet (Habeñero Orange, Poblano Vanilla), $ 7
Cactus Quesadilla, $ 7
Filet (Crispy Shallots, Sherry Risotto, Sautéed Broccolini, Tomato Jam, Red Wine), $ 38
The Risotto Duet was outstanding! I’ve never had Risotto with Habanero Orange and Poblano Vanilla flavors before… very tasty and unique. It’s a large portion, even for 2 people. We didn’t realize that when we ordered and also ordered a Cactus Quesadilla for an appetizer. That was very good too. Unfortunately, we were stuffed by then and I already ordered the Filet… otherwise, I would’ve passed on an entrée.
The Filet came out and I ended up splitting it with The Better Half. We were both pretty full, so we only ate ½ of it. It was very good though and I would order it again.
The service here was good, I wouldn’t say excellent. I’ll come back.
Return Factor — 90%