Lon's At The Hermosa

11/27/08

Excellent food! by Thea S. at InsiderPages

Contributor at Insider Pages

Lon's at the Hermosa is a wonderful gem in the middle of the desert. The food is divine and the ambience is wonderful. The waitstaff is knowledgable and they offer suggestions when you're unable to decide. Each time I trusted them to pick something for me, I was thrilled with the selection.

09/21/08

Great ambiance - food and wine missed the mark

by stephenmunroe at Citysearch

After 28 years in AZ we finally had a chance to visit this time honored landmark. Went during AZ Restaurant Week since prices seemed attractive. Cocktails in the lounge were excellent; dinner however was a major dissapointment. Appetizers were very good, but despite the high recommendation of our server - whose advice most of our party took - Lon?s Pork Tenderloin Medallions with Purple Mashed Potatoes and Red Wine Sauce was nothing more than flavorless pork tenderloin slices layered over even more flavorless potatoes - the sauce was nowhere to be seen. However my wife quite enjoyed her halibut & shrimp dish. The Valrhona Chocolate Truffle Torte with Minted Berries was grainy and overly sugary - berries were totally missing. The wine list is extensive but each wine catagory had one or two wines in the $40-$50 range - everything else was $80-$100+. Dinner for four with one cocktail and one glass of wine per person - even with the AZ Restaurant Week special - was well over $200. Nice location and ambiance, but there are far too many places in Phoenix with superior cuisine and reasonable wine prices to make Lon's worthy of a second visit.

• Pros: location, ambiance, cocktails in lounge
• Cons: food, wine prices, overall value

04/13/08

Twice had very bad service.

by JohnR99 at Citysearch

I am from out of town and have two reservations at this location in two years and had the same bad experience twice. Both times I had 8:45 pm reservations and both times waited over an hour to be seated. While waiting you are usually ignored. Even ordering drinks is takes almost 30 minutes. Do not hope for an outside table, if it is available when you get there just count your lucky stars. By the time you get served it is so long the quality of the food doesn't even matter. It is much worse than the Chineese Restaurant experience on Seinfeld. I will not attempt to eat at Lon's again.

• Pros: Nice outdoor scenery.
• Cons: They can take a reservation, they just can't hold the reservation. Very slow service.

09/17/06

Wonderful food and exceptional menu

by glenmal at Citysearch

Don't miss Lon's. It is tops in Phoenix! Great service and wonderful presentation. Food was exciting visually and prepared perfectly.

• Pros: Cannot be improved
• Cons: There is not a CON!

Nouvelle Southwestern cuisine in an enchanting historic structure.

by Contributor at Citysearch

In Short
Though it's surrounded by a bustling city, Lon's has the romantic ambiance of a remote desert oasis with wooden beams and stuccoed walls. Originally the home of Arizona artist Lon Megargee, the building's been restored in a Western motif, with glowing oil paintings and cowboy memorabilia. Lon's specializes in fresh takes on Southwestern dishes, but the menu meanders through various flavors. Brunch lovers go for the Brie quesadilla with smoked salmon.

05/08/05

I must have had an atypical experience

by jeanhwong at Citysearch

it was mother's day brunch when i went. all my friends raved about when i told them we were going there for sunday brunch. however, our experience was far from enjoyable. the service was awful. i understand it was a busy day, but it was mother's day, you think they would plan for things like that. we were seated promptly, but our server did not come to our table until after a 30 min wait. our appetizers took another 40 something minutes to arrive, and you catch my drift... i highly doubt we will ever go back, but then again, i really believe we had an atypical experience. the ambience is lovely... so we took some mother's day photos there... but then again, for the price we paid, we were terribly disappointed with our experience....

• Pros: lovely garden
• Cons: awful service