Drinking & Diving: 5 Best Pool Bars

Here they are — the best five pool bars in Scottsdale to show off, cool down, and drink up.

What Guests Love Most

Guests love the entire pool experience that we offer at Talking Stick Resort. Guests can soak up rays in one of many lounge chairs surrounding the pool, or they can rent one of our 11 private cabanas. In addition to exclusive seating for parties, some of our cabanas offer enhanced services and amenities, such as a poolside massage. Each cabana is also assigned a personal attendant to meet guests’ needs, ensuring that the AAA Four Diamond Service Talking Stick Resort is known for extends beyond our hotel tower.

Guests can also dine poolside or go to the grill, which has bar seating for 12, as well as table seating for 30.

Signature Drinks

We have two delicious drinks that are huge sellers for guests relaxing poolside. They are our seasonal Fruit Mojito and the Stoli Ginger Lemonade – Stolichnaya Vodka and Cointreau, shaken with fresh lemonade and topped with a float of Ginger de Canton Ginger Liqueur, garnished with a lemon wedge.

Recipe: Fruit Mojito

Ingredients:
½ oz. of simple syrup
1 ½ oz. Bacardi Silver or choose from one of the Bacardi Rums
Fruit flavors: Bacardi Torched Cherry, Bacardi Artic Grape
or Bacardi Dragon Berry
Fresh mint and lime wedge
Directions:
First pour ½ oz. of simple syrup in a tall glass, add sprig of fresh mint, and muddle with a plastic or wooden muddler.
Then add Bacardi Silver (or one of the fruit flavors). Add ice, and top with Club soda. Garnish with a lime and a mint sprig.

Upcoming Events

We are so excited to announce the launch our new pool party series called RELEASE!, which will feature amazing drink specials and some of the region’s hottest DJs. The RELEASE parties will take place every Saturday and Sunday this summer beginning May 28 and 29, Memorial Day weekend until Sept. 1 and 2, Labor Day weekend. They’ll run from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The DJs will preform from 1 – 5 p.m.

This is the perfect pool bar to … relax and rejuvenate while having your every need attended to.

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What Guests Love Most

People who come to the pool love the fun atmosphere — whether it’s a laid-back weekday or a weekend in the summer with live music.

Signature Drink

Miami Vice: People love the frozen, fruity blend of strawberry daiquiri and pina colada. It’s so refreshing!

Recipe: Miami Vice

Strawberry Daiquiri Ingredients:
2 oz. Cruzan Light Rum
3 oz. Daily’s Strawberry Daiquiri mix
Splash of fresh pineapple juice
Directions: Blend all ingredients with ice until slushy.

Pina Colada Ingredients:
2 oz. Cruzan Light Rum
3 oz. Daily’s Pina Colada mix
Splash of fresh pineapple juice
Directions: Blend all ingredients with ice until slushy.

Pour the Pina Colada into a 16-oz glass, then pour the Strawberry Daiquiri on top. Garnish with an orange wheel and a cherry.

Upcoming Events

Live music poolside from Matthew Thornton on Friday, July 6. DJ Mr. P-Body spins every Saturday July through September, plus Sunday, July 8 (Fourth of July weekend) and Sunday, September 2 (Labor Day weekend).

This is the perfect pool bar to … unwind at.

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What Guests Love Most

The uniqueness of the venue. We are a small oasis in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale. Where else can you kick off your heels and dip your feet in the pool while sipping a frosty margarita with friends?(Without having to pay for a hotel room.)

Signature Drink

People love pitchers of the Chinito. The combination of fresh fruit, ginger and vodka in an iced pitcher seems to cool people off in the summer heat.

Recipe: Chinito

 

Ingredients:
Vodka
Canton Ginger Liqueur
Blueberries
Ginger beer

Directions:
Mix ingredients together, and serve!

Upcoming Events

Every weekend is an event at Spanish Fly Mexican Beach Club. We do happy hour Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. with two-for-one drinks and half-priced appetizers. We have our weekend pool parties every Saturday and Sunday.

This is the perfect pool bar to … meet all of your friends and have a great time.

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What Guests Love Most

Palapas covered bar with misters and the games on TV. There is plenty of comfy seating in our new lounge chairs and outdoor sofas and fire pits.

Signature Drink

Our Premium Strawberry Collins is a great, hot-day treat. The drink features No. Ten by Tanquery with strawberry puree, premium organic agave nectar and fresh-squeezed lemon juice.

Recipe: Premium Strawberry Collins

Ingredients:
1.5 oz No. 10 by Tanquerey
.5 oz Strawberry puree
1 oz lemon juice
.5 oz agave nectar

Directions:
Shake and strain over ice. Add 1 oz of soda water and give light stir to incorporate.
Garnish with mint and lemon twist.

Upcoming Events

We have a daily happy hour featuring $4, 100% agave margaritas and $3 Bud Light drafts from 3 – 6 p.m., seven days a week.

This is the perfect pool bar to … enjoy the sunshine with a local brew or a premium hand-made cocktail in hand.

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What Guests Love Most

It is exclusive to resort guests, providing the centerpiece to the expansive, eight-pool complex, while serving as an iconic destination within The Phoenician.

Signature Drink

Prickly Pear Margarita, made with Herradura Anejo Tequila, Cointreau, and Prickly Pear Puree; sweetened with lemon and lime juices. It offers an indigenous twist on the classic cocktail and can be served frozen or on the rocks with a salted rim, if preferred, and a lime garnish.

Recipe: Prickly Pear Margarita

Ingredients:
2 oz. Herradura Anejo Tequila
1 oz. Cointreau
1 tbsp. Prickly Pear Puree
To the top: lemon and lime juice (sweet and sour mix)
Lime garnish

Directions:
Can be served frozen or on the rocks.

Upcoming Events

Live entertainment featuring a solo guitarist will be offered on select weekends (Exact Dates: July 1 and July 7; September 1 and September 2).

This is the perfect pool bar to … experience AAA Five Diamond luxury within a lush tropical setting, nestled at the base of sun-capped Camelback Mountain.

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Scottsdale Living Magazine Summer 2012