Flourish

Loved the food, décor & service! Beautiful views & great wine too!

The only reason I didnt give this 5 stars was because the menu is somewhat limited. What you get is amazing, though. The views can’t be topped. Visit — see the Fountain — try the beet salad.

Not impressed. Views are specular. However the food and service depend on the night. There have been times that it has taken forever to get seated, even though tables are open (this is with a reservation) Also, there is a new chef, not impressed thus far. Overpriced menu. Not a great wine selection…

They have done a fabulous job on the renovations. CopperWynd has always had spectacular views but the updated lounge and dining room and patio are just out of this world! We had a dinner party of 7 and the meals were all very good, Salmon, Scallops, Shrimp, Chicken and the drinks were great. We had a deconstructed Caprese salad and it was just terrific. I would venture this hidden gem is going to be the next hot spot. Get there, and do it soon!
PS They really need a mixed drink menu that you can hold in your hand and review and we weren’t impressed with our waitress but the service was really good.

New restaurant, Flourish, was a huge disappointment. Alchemy menu and service were far better. Worst service ever today! Table of four. Took at least 30 minutes for our server to take our orders, then 50 min more before we got our food. We only got served because my husband asked. And 2 of the 4 entrees were barely luke warm… sitting out for 20 minutes or more? We will not return! On– line menu had appealing lunch choices, actual menu much more limited.

The view is amazing! 5 star scenery! With that said, the restaurant menu was horrible. We arrived slightly after 6 and they started serving «dinner». We watched the last five bacon cheese burgers come out of the kitchen for happy hour customers. Our waiter took 45 minutes to even ask if we wanted to order food and deliver our first drink. The dinner menu was solely composed of 1 pork option, fish and scallops, and vegetables. One item labeled cauliflower steak, is actually an undercooked slice of cauliflower grilled like a steak. Buyer beware, there is no red meat or chicken anywhere on the menu. The menu is improperly labeled and everything on it is pretentious and over priced. The manager told us he would make us a «special steak» next time. Ha, there won’t be a next time and we have seen the movie Waiting.

Ver y good and savoury italian like dishes. I really liked their baked gnocci with arugula.

Me? I’m a meat and potatoes guy. When my wife advised we were going to Flourish, I read the menu and said, «There’s not much here for me…»
Bottom line: The views, the service, the food, the décor was fabulous.
I had a Tandoori steak with a horseradish sauce that was out of this world.
We can’t wait to return to this great new spot. It’s charming… cozy…even romantic.
PS Don’t tell anyone as it will become impossible to book a table.
I give it 6 stars.
So long to my old haunts.
Larry

Beautiful location for a quiet weekend lunch! Service was fantastic and food was great– will definitely be returning for the gorgeous location and breathtaking views!

My compliments to the staff for an outstanding dining experience on Friday evening.
We sat on the terrace and Chad was our server. He was wonderful!
The Brussel sprouts appetizer was to die for so we had to order a second!
My guests from Chicago thoroughly enjoyed the evening and the menu. We ordered the duck, salmon and scallops. Everything was excellent, fresh and beautifully presented.
I will recommend to all my out of town guests. The views are second to none in AZ!
Thank you for a lovely evening of fine dining.

My favorite restaurant in the valley! 1 of a kind view, excellent service and wonderful food. The mixed drinks were great too. Love everything including the 3 fireplaces and the bathrooms :)

Ate here for dinner to celebrate my marriage licence on Friday, the 26^th. Beautiful view, fantastic atmosphere and gorgeous restrooms. Unfortunately, my fiancé found some saran wrap in the onion butter provided with the complimentary bread. She found it after chewing on it for a minute, gross. The manager apologized and said like «I want you to know I have told the chefs about their mistake.» Also giving more bread and butter. Which seemed unsatisfactory in the moment, but after the meal our nice waiter brought out a great dessert on the house. The dinner itself was subpar. My gnocci was super soft, like jello and tasteless. Her duck was two microscopic strips of meat with a side of raisins and some weird extra salty deep fried organ roll. Yuck. We got a side of sweet potatoes that were yummy — beat part of the meal. The dessert was good too. Blood orange ice cream with marscapone. The coffee was top notch. Overall, an expensive and lackluster meal. But the view is worth 2 stars in itself. Francisco was a great waiter as well.

Oh Em Gee!!! Talk about an over-​the-​top-​romantic-​breath-​taking-​view-​amazing Valentine’s Day dinner. Wow! I gotta say, I absolutely LOVE the remodel of Copperwynd Resort — bravo, fantastic work! The ambiance and décor and everything just sweeps you off your feet the moment you walk in – so elegant and well put together. And then that view of the mountains, just as the sun is setting and peaking over the top of the mountains, revealing those fire-​y orangish/​red/​pink/​purple colors; absolutely breath-​taking. Let’s take a moment to appreciate Arizona sunsets, people!
Ok so I was already completely enamored with Flourish the moment I stepped foot inside; everything was absolutely perfect — including the company I was with. We, of course, had a reservation, seeing how it was the weekend of Valentine’s Day… and we all know you gotta snag up the good places quick! We got seated right away, and although we weren’t outside on the patio right next to the railing, we were at the first tables just inside the restaurant, still with an amazing view of the brilliant sunset.
We walked to our table, and quickly went outside before even getting greeted by our server to snap some photos of the sunset (ah, so romantic!) We took a selfie, but then the sweetest server, Robert, came to us and asked if we wanted him to take the photo — of course, yes! He then explained that he would be the one taking care of us and didn’t know where we had disappeared to until the hostess pointed us out. Lol.
We followed Robert back to our table, where he asked if we wanted any cocktails. ***My favorite thing to do is ask servers what THEY personally recommend… ’cause let’s face it, when you work in a restaurant, you get to try everything first hand*** Robert informed us that there was a «special» cocktail on the menu — some coconut martini something (don’t remember the name… for good cause, hahaha!) I took his advice and ordered one… and so did my date. Woah those were dangerous!!! They were so perfectly smooth and just enough sweet not to overpower the other flavors… You can’t stop at just one.
Then they brought us bread… which the bread itself was okay on its own, I mean, it was bread… but then the butter they had! Holy moly! It was roasted onion whipped butter something (of course I don’t remember the exactness of it), but I almost licked the butter plate clean. Don’t judge me! You would understand if you would’ve had it too.
For the appetizer we ordered the grilled asparagus that came with crab and this delightfully delicious cojita cheese croutons that my date and I kind of fought over — yes, they were THAT good! I highly recommend the grilled asparagus.
For the entrée, since I was already full from everything I stuffed my face with, I ended up ordering just a salad — the kale Caesar. It was good, nothing spectacular… but then again what can you expect from a salad? My date ordered the Ricotta Gnocchi which was fantastic and so rich, like an Italian grandmother just made this amazing home-​made cooked meal! So yum!
Just as we finished our dinner, Robert asked if we wanted dessert… and as much as I didn’t want dessert because I didn’t have anymore room in my stomach; I couldn’t say no – I tried to, but the word just wouldn’t come out of my mouth… So I opted for the next best thing — whatever Robert recommended. Again, I don’t remember exactly what it was… but I do remember that he said it was some olive oil cake with berries and a scoop of ice cream on top (it was late into the evenings and a few cocktails in at this point…), but it was mouth-​wateringly delicious! My date and I nearly ate the whole thing — even as full as we were.
Overall experience was the BEST!!! From the moment we walked in, to the moment we left, everything was perfect! The service, food, atmosphere, drinks, dessert, view… it was absolutely a perfect evening, and I couldn’t have asked for more.

Food was good and the views were unbelievable, but overall disappointed by the service. Our waitress was unfriendly and not helpful wth the menu. Omelettes from the omelette bar were good — but at 20 bucks they should look to offer toast or some other accompaniment to the meal. Had to ask a few members of the waitstaff several different times for toast/​butter/​jam/​etc. We were encouraged by members of the waitstaff to give feedback to the manager which we did, but he did not appear to be receptive. Hope they can get it together.

We were staying at copperwynd and stopped in for an early breakfast (opens at 7) before setting out on out days adventures. At that time on a Saturday morning we were one of only two tables active at that time of day.
We were seating by the window and enjoyed the bright morning sunshine streaming in. The menu is pretty limited but we had no problem selecting; sour dough French toast with berries and Vermont maple syrup for me and frittata with tomatoes and goat cheese for my wife.
The food arrived quickly and we enjoyed a quiet reflective meal. The only area for improvement is the orange juice-​from concentrate– which is really odd since just below the restaurant in the hotel is a fresh juice and smoothly bar. Seems to me they could get it there.
Prices were very reasonable, entrees were around $ 11 each-​a pretty good deal.
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This is a beautiful place for dinner, and the food was well-​executed in both presentation and taste, however service was off. Having been in the industry, I would expect better in here. Can’t go higher than 3 stars, but wouldn’t go below by any means. If you plan to order wine, please do see what I have included about the feature wine.
Let’s start with the food:
CRISPY BRUSSELS SPROUTS were so great. I’d order them again. We finished the bowl.
ROASTED PORK BELLY you don’t need the toast points that come with this dish. The pork belly was great, with the brie, pistachio and microgreens. Well done.
GRILLED GEM LETTUCE this dish was beautifully plated. I couldn’t start eating it right away, I just wanted to keep looking at it. Amazing presentation. Let me just say it again. Just beautiful!
OK, so for the service. We stopped after small plates for a few reasons:
Our server was very likeable. However, she told us about the feature wine, THE ARSONIST (which may have different spelling). DO NOT ORDER. It was nice and soft. here’s the thing:
When she poured the first glass for my husband (after giving him the first sample), as she came up from the pour it splattered across the table. Not like a little dribble, like half a glass at least. It was incredible, and shocking. She apologized, and explained they took it off the menu for by the glass because of the large lip on the bottle, and that it happens often. I appreciate the honesty, but I am now irritated that Flourish is offering it as the feature wine to get it off the shelf due to the poor bottle design. She offered to move our table because of the huge mess, or change the tablecloth. I was being nice by declining, however I would think the bottle would be discounted after it had been just as much on the table as it was in the glass. She put a napkin over the large stain, and went forward with service.
Between our server and the runners, nothing that was brought to our table was presented. Nothing was described. What kind of butter was served with the bread? Just crucial steps of service. No app plates with our apps, just our small bread dish.
Our server was vegetarian and really only talked about veg. items on the menu. I definitely respect that as I was vegetarian for a while, but in a restaurant, you have to be able to at least say the staff enjoys a specific dish be it the branzini or espresso-​rubbed steak or anything that wasn’t pumpkin or asparagus, to satisfy the general public as clientele. Again she was charming and likeable, but service was a bit of a miss between everyone who touched the table.
Overall a little disappointing, but I really am glad we tried it. The food was well worth it. I wouldn’t write it off just yet, though a little refresher here in service seems necessary.

Flourish is a nice addition to the local restaurant scene. It has spectacular views of the valley and has the food to back up the view.
We arrived for a late lunch. The dining area isn’t the biggest but was quite comfortable and the noise level was acceptable. The food was very good. I highly recommend the roasted brussel sprouts small plate. I know, I know… Brussel Sprouts? Really, they were amazing. Oven roasted with a hint of sweetness, shaved garlic and a sprinkling of (I think) goat cheese. Fabulous flavor.
Since the sandwiches are kind of large we split an avocado BLT. Tasty but messy. Exceptional bacon though. As others have stated, the thin cut French fries were excellent. Splitting the sprouts and the sandwich between two people made for a great lunch. Add a glass of prosecco and you have a fine meal.

We have been here twice for dinner. The first dinner was amazing. The fried sweet potatoes just flew off of the plate. The duck was perfectly cooked and moist. Scallops also plump and sweet. The gem lettuce salad had wonderful soft fresh lettuce with a great blend of flavors, which included raisins, apples and a lovely light dressing. So five star meal right?
Not so much last Saturday. The place was LOUD. It is open, and pretty, very contemporary but nothing to muffle loud people and when the place is packed you can go deaf. This will improve when the glass walls can be open and there will be outdoor seating, so that is good.
They were quite late seating us. I was annoyed and they bought us a drink, but still they need to get a handle on this. Dine early or late is my advice…
But what happened to the food??? The fried sweet potatoes were oily and over cooked. On par with, maybe Bennigans… The duck was dry, and the Gem salad was a mess! A very hard petrified piece of romaine with no raisins, maybe one slice of apple and scant dressing. Really a downer!!! Only the scallops maintained their quality.
So this meal was a 3, and if I had not experienced the prior 5 star meal, I’d be gone, but will give them one more try.
So PLEASE WORK ON CONSISTENCY FOLKS. The reason we dine at places like Eddie V’s is you get the same quality of food every time you go, and almost never have to wait for your table!!!

I’ve had the opportunity to dine at Flourish on two separate occasions. Once for lunch with my mom, and once by myself for appetizers at the bar. Both times, the first thing I noticed was how absolutely stunning the restaurant is, not only in décor but of course the breathtaking view of Fountain Hills.
For lunch my mom and I both had the roasted turkey sandwich– she had sweet potato fries and I had the shoestring fries. The sandwiches were delicious and our server was very attentive.
On my solo visit, I was greeted warmly by the General Manager, Charlie. He was super friendly and reviewed the menu with me. I ended up having the Artisan Greens, which was amazing! The candied pecans, grapes and goat cheese paired with the vinaigrette was very refreshing.
I’m excited to have an upscale but comfortable restaurant here in Fountain Hills. I highly recommend this place.

Let’s start with a Very Happy Healthy New year!!! What an amazing Transformation… So Beautiful I love it. It is quite intoxicating… Very Happy and Blessed… xo