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Alter Ego
Alter Ego serves Asian-inspired fusion with American classics at Canopy by Hilton, with craft cocktails, local sourcing, and a lively, casual setting that fits breakfast through dinner.
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Explore our curated restaurants, hotels, bars, and wineries in Tempe.
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Caffe Boa in the Mill Avenue District has an exceptional wine program and Arizona's largest selection of natural wines. The Contemporary Italian Trattoria has been family-owned since 1994, with an extensive wine list, a la carte and small plates formats, and a wood-burning oven exhibition kitchen. Vincitorio's Restaurant makes fresh pasta by hand each day and offers nearly 200 premier wines in a stone-walled Italian setting. Citywide, our guide counts 2 exceptional wine programs.
Top of the Rock Restaurant in Tempe serves Contemporary American Farm-to-Table with Southwestern Flair, an extensive wine list, and a prix fixe format, with panoramic valley views. Terra Tempe Kitchen & Spirits in downtown Tempe cooks Modern Southwestern Sonoran food with craft cocktails. Society near ASU serves Modern Italian-Mediterranean small plates with craft cocktails. Three Thirty Three Restaurant near Tempe Town Lake is a Modern Asian Steakhouse with wood-fired creations.
Tempe’s strongest wine programs
These are the rooms where wine is most central, with the clearest list depth and the most focused programs.
Caffe Boa
Caffe Boa in the Mill Avenue District is the city’s clearest wine reference point. It has an exceptional wine program, Arizona's largest selection of natural wines, and an extensive wine list. The contemporary Italian trattoria also features a wood-burning oven exhibition kitchen.
Vincitorio's Restaurant
Vincitorio's Restaurant cooks Authentic Italian Pasta, with handmade fresh pasta prepared daily and nearly 200 premier wines. Its wine program is curated, and the wine list is extensive. The menu is a la carte, in a cozy stone-walled Italian setting.
Top of the Rock Restaurant
Top of the Rock Restaurant in Tempe has a curated wine program, an extensive wine list, and craft cocktails. The cuisine is Contemporary American Farm-to-Table with Southwestern Flair, in a la carte and prix fixe formats. Floor-to-ceiling windows look out on panoramic valley views of Phoenix, Tempe, and Camelback Mountain.
Composed dining rooms for a longer meal
Terra Tempe Kitchen & Spirits in downtown Tempe cooks Modern Southwestern Sonoran food with a curated wine program and craft cocktails. Society near ASU serves Modern Italian-Mediterranean food with a curated wine program and craft cocktails, and Three Thirty Three Restaurant near Tempe Town Lake is a Modern Asian Steakhouse with a curated wine program and craft cocktails.
Terra Tempe Kitchen & Spirits
Terra Tempe Kitchen & Spirits in downtown Tempe serves Modern Southwestern Sonoran cooking with a curated wine program and craft cocktails. The menu is a la carte. The Sonoran cooking uses indigenous local ingredients drawn from the Salt River area.
Society
Society near ASU serves Modern Italian-Mediterranean cooking with a curated wine program and craft cocktails. The menu is a la carte and small plates. The second-floor suite in a strip mall space has biophilic design, floral garlands, moss walls, and a European-inspired oasis.
Three Thirty Three Restaurant
Three Thirty Three Restaurant near Tempe Town Lake is a Modern Asian Steakhouse with a curated wine program and craft cocktails. The restaurant offers a la carte dining, wood-fired creations, and sushi such as wagyu with foie gras and coconut lime injected king crab legs.
Planning FAQ
Which neighbourhoods in Tempe have the strongest wine-focused dining?
The Mill Avenue District is Caffe Boa’s neighbourhood in our guide. Caffe Boa has an exceptional wine program and Arizona's largest selection of natural wines, plus an extensive wine list. The Contemporary Italian Trattoria includes a la carte and small plates formats, with a wood-burning oven exhibition kitchen.
How many Michelin-starred restaurants does Tempe have in your guide?
Tempe’s Michelin-starred restaurant count in our guide is 0, and the citywide Michelin stars total is 0. Graduate by Hilton Tempe in University Park has a Michelin Selected (2025) award and a place on the 2025 MICHELIN Selected Hotels list.
Where should I go for the deepest wine lists?
Caffe Boa in the Mill Avenue District and Vincitorio's Restaurant are the clearest answers for list depth. Caffe Boa has Arizona’s largest selection of natural wines and an exceptional wine program, while Vincitorio's Restaurant is noted for nearly 200 premier wines. Top of the Rock Restaurant adds another curated list.
Which places in Tempe hold Wine Spectator recognition?
Tempe has 1 Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in our guide. The city also has 2 exceptional wine programs, and the main dining clusters include Tempe, South Tempe, and Downtown Tempe.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Restaurants
Selected entries from the current guide for Tempe.
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Avasa
Avasa sits on South McClintock Drive in Tempe, Arizona, positioned within a dining corridor that has quietly developed a more considered approach to cuisine over the past decade. Visitors planning a trip should contact the restaurant directly for current hours, menu details, and reservation availability.
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Bahaara Indian Kitchen
Bahaara Indian Kitchen occupies a suite-level address on South Rural Road in south Tempe, where the Indian restaurant category sits somewhere between fast-casual convenience and the slower, more deliberate rhythms of subcontinental dining tradition. In a corridor better known for chain stops and strip-mall anchors, it represents the kind of neighborhood-level commitment to Indian cooking that Tempe’s dining scene has room to support.
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Caffe Boa
On South Mill Avenue, Caffe Boa occupies a stretch of Tempe that has long been the city's most concentrated dining corridor, where proximity to Arizona State University generates foot traffic but the better kitchens operate largely on reputation. The restaurant positions itself within the mid-to-upper tier of the local scene, drawing a crowd that extends well beyond the student demographic the neighbourhood might suggest.
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Cocina Chiwas
Cocina Chiwas on East Apache Boulevard brings the cooking traditions of Chihuahua, Mexico to Tempe's diverse dining corridor. The menu architecture reads as a structured argument for northern Mexican cuisine as its own distinct register, separate from the Sonoran and Tex-Mex formats that dominate the Valley. It occupies a specific, underserved niche in the city's restaurant scene.
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Drop Dead Gorgeous
Drop Dead Gorgeous occupies a suite on Tempe's Mill Avenue corridor, positioning itself within the city's growing creative dining scene. The name signals intent: this is not a quietly modest operation. For visitors working through the Mill Avenue stretch, it belongs in the same planning conversation as Tempe's more established independents.
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Electric Pickle
Electric Pickle sits on South Emerald Drive in the southern reaches of Tempe, a name that carries local recognition in a city where the dining scene has grown well beyond its university-town origins. Visitors are advised to verify current hours and booking directly before planning a visit.
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Filthy Animal
On Mill Avenue in Tempe, Filthy Animal occupies a suite-level address at 740 S Mill Ave that positions it squarely within the stretch of bars and restaurants serving Arizona State University's surrounding neighborhood. The name signals attitude before you walk in — a casual, direct energy that separates it from the more composed dining rooms nearby. Check our full Tempe guide for context on how it fits the broader Mill Avenue scene.
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Ghost Ranch
Ghost Ranch sits at 1006 E Warner Rd in Tempe, Arizona, occupying a corner of the South Tempe dining corridor where regulars return for consistency rather than novelty. The venue draws a loyal local following in a city where dining culture is increasingly defined by destination-driven concepts. Whether for weeknight routine or deliberate occasion, it holds a reliable place in how Tempe eats.
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Glenrosa - Phoenix
Compared to neighbours like Caffe Boa and Alter Ego, Glenrosa operates in a register that signals deliberate design and a kitchen with broader ambitions.
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IL Bosco Pizza
IL Bosco Pizza on South McClintock Drive brings a wood-fired, ingredient-focused approach to Tempe's south side, where the pizza conversation tends to run quieter than in the Mill Avenue corridor. The format fits the neighborhood's appetite for casual but considered cooking, placing it alongside Tempe's broader shift toward restaurants that treat sourcing as a first principle rather than a footnote.
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Kungfu Kitchen
Positioned along Apache Boulevard's student-dense corridor in Tempe, Kungfu Kitchen brings Chinese cooking into a neighborhood better known for late-night tacos and pizza slices. The address places it squarely within reach of Arizona State University's main campus, making it one of the few spots in this zip code where the cooking tradition runs deeper than the foot traffic suggests.
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Perfect Pear Bistro
Perfect Pear Bistro sits on South Priest Drive in south Tempe, occupying a stretch of the city where neighborhood dining runs quieter than the Mill Avenue corridor. Confirm current hours and menu details directly before visiting.
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Prince Street Pizza
Prince Street Pizza is a strong pick when the brief is fast New York-style pizza near Downtown Tempe, not a long sit-down meal. Go for the square-slice identity first, especially the Spicy Spring, then use later visits to branch into Spicy Vodka, The Naughty Pie, The Fancy Prince, or The Original Prince. It suits solo meals, families, casual hangs, and late-night pizza runs.
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Society
Society occupies a second-floor suite on East University Drive in Tempe, positioning itself within the Arizona State University corridor where the city's more considered dining options tend to cluster. The menu architecture and format place it in a different register from the casual fare that dominates the surrounding blocks, making it a reference point for the area's emerging fine-casual tier.
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Spinato's Pizzeria and Family Kitchen
A Tempe fixture for decades, Spinato's Pizzeria and Family Kitchen on South Rockford Drive occupies the comfort-first tier of the city's casual dining scene. The kitchen leans into the family-style Italian-American tradition that defines neighborhood pizza houses across the Southwest, making it a reliable reference point when the conversation turns to accessible, unfussy dining in the East Valley.
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Terra Tempe Kitchen & Spirits
Terra Tempe Kitchen & Spirits occupies a corner address at 11 E 7th St in downtown Tempe, placing it within easy reach of Arizona State University's Mill Avenue corridor and the broader Old Town dining scene. The kitchen-and-bar format signals a menu built around both food and drink programs, positioning it in the mid-to-upper tier of Tempe's casual-serious dining segment. For visitors already planning a night in the neighbourhood, it earns a place on the shortlist alongside Tempe's more established independents.
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The University Club
The University Club occupies a distinct position on East University Drive in Tempe, Arizona, operating as a private membership institution within a city otherwise dominated by casual dining and Arizona State University's surrounding hospitality scene. Details on current programming, cuisine format, and team structure are best confirmed directly with the club before visiting.
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Thirsty Lion
Thirsty Lion pairs gastropub fusion with craft cocktails, a beer program, terrace seating, and a casual, lively setup at 2000 E Rio Salado Pkwy #1041.
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Three Thirty Three Restaurant
Three Thirty Three Restaurant sits at the edge of Tempe's Mill Avenue corridor on North Scottsdale Road, where the city's dining scene shifts from student-area casual to something more considered.
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Top of the Rock Restaurant
Top of the Rock Restaurant sits at 2000 W Westcourt Way in Tempe, Arizona, occupying a position within the Tempe resort dining corridor where views and setting carry as much weight as the menu. The restaurant draws from a tradition of destination dining that prioritizes atmosphere alongside food, placing it in a distinct tier of the local scene for occasions where the full experience matters as much as the plate.
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Vincitorio's Restaurant
Vincitorio's Restaurant on Elliot Road in Tempe occupies a strip-mall address that belies its standing as a neighborhood Italian reference point. The kitchen draws on Italian-American traditions that define this category across the American Southwest, placing it alongside Tempe's growing roster of cuisine-specific independents rather than the city's broader casual dining market.
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Hotels
Selected entries from the current guide for Tempe.
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Graduate by Hilton Tempe
Graduate by Hilton Tempe sits at the intersection of Arizona State University's campus energy and Michelin-recognised hotel design, earning a spot on the 2025 MICHELIN Selected Hotels list. The property occupies a stretch of East Apache Boulevard that functions as both a gateway to ASU and a connector to Tempe's wider dining and culture scene. It offers a considered alternative to the resort-scale properties that dominate the broader Phoenix metro.
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Bars
Selected entries from the current guide for Tempe.
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Cornish Pasty Co
The format is simple: hand-crimped pasties in a range of fillings, served in a casual, unpretentious setting that fits the neighbourhood's practical eating culture. It occupies a specific niche in a city that skews heavily toward Tex-Mex, pizza, and fast-casual formats.
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Drop Dead Gorgeous
Drop Dead Gorgeous occupies a suite on Tempe's Mill Avenue corridor, positioning itself within the city's growing creative dining scene. The name signals intent: this is not a quietly modest operation. For visitors working through the Mill Avenue stretch, it belongs in the same planning conversation as Tempe's more established independents.
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Filthy Animal
On Mill Avenue in Tempe, Filthy Animal occupies a suite-level address at 740 S Mill Ave that positions it squarely within the stretch of bars and restaurants serving Arizona State University's surrounding neighborhood. The name signals attitude before you walk in — a casual, direct energy that separates it from the more composed dining rooms nearby. Check our full Tempe guide for context on how it fits the broader Mill Avenue scene.
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Ghost Ranch
Ghost Ranch sits at 1006 E Warner Rd in Tempe, Arizona, occupying a corner of the South Tempe dining corridor where regulars return for consistency rather than novelty. The venue draws a loyal local following in a city where dining culture is increasingly defined by destination-driven concepts. Whether for weeknight routine or deliberate occasion, it holds a reliable place in how Tempe eats.
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Sushi Time
Sushi Time occupies a strip-mall address on South Rural Road in Tempe, placing it squarely in the category of neighborhood Japanese that competes on consistency and value rather than spectacle. Against a Tempe dining scene weighted toward casual American and Southwestern formats, it represents the kind of accessible sushi counter that sustains regular foot traffic from the surrounding residential and student population.
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The Shop Beer Co.
A fixture in Tempe's West 1st Street corridor, The Shop Beer Co. operates as the kind of neighbourhood bar that earns its regulars through consistency rather than concept. Draft beer and a low-key setting make it a reliable landing point for ASU students, local workers, and anyone who finds the Mill Avenue scene a few degrees too polished. The address at 922 W 1st St puts it within walking distance of the broader Tempe drinking circuit.
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Yucca Tap Room
A Tempe institution at 29 W Southern Ave, Yucca Tap Room sits in the overlap between neighbourhood bar culture and the city's evolving food-and-drink scene. Known as one of the Valley's longer-running live music and beer venues, it anchors the Southern Avenue strip with a format that rewards regulars and walk-ins alike. For visitors tracing Tempe's bar corridor, it functions as both a starting point and a destination.
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Wineries
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