Here are the Top 10 restaurants for patio dining in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2025 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business?
FOOD NEWS: 10 celebrity chef restaurants to try in Arizona
THINGS TO DO: Want more news like this? Get our free newsletter here
Want to buy a copy of the 2025 edition of Ranking Arizona when it becomes available? Click here. Want information on advertising in the 2026 edition of Ranking Arizona? Click here.
Top 10 restaurants for patio dining in Arizona
Here are the Top 10 restaurants for patio dining in Arizona, as featured in the 2025 edition of Ranking Arizona:
1. LON’s at The Hermosa
Background: LON’s at the Hermosa, a AAA Four Diamond Award-winning restaurant renowned for its globally inspired Arizona fare, is the culinary centerpiece of The Hermosa Inn. Age-old cooking methods of smoking, roasting and wood grilling are employed along with European techniques to create a cuisine utilizing the flavors of the region. The culinary team creates menus that highlight fresh, seasonal ingredients, which are almost exclusively sourced locally. Recognized by Wine Spectator Magazine with its “Award of Excellence” since 1996 and “Best of” awards annually since 2015, LON’s features a subterranean wine cellar for private events and showcases more than 700 varieties of wines.
2. El Chorro
3. Quiessence at The Farm
4. Orange Sky
5. Culinary Dropout, The Yard
6. Different Point of View
7. elements at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain
8. Gertrude’s at The Desert Botanical Garden
9. Toro Latin Restaurant & Rum Bar
10. Bourbon Steak at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
Ranking Arizona: Think someone else should be on the list? To make your vote count in the 2026 edition of Ranking Arizona, click here to vote.