text: this place is fabulous my husband and i were in town visiting my parents and the four of us went for dinner to celebrate my bday we could only get a reservation on the patio which made us nervous dealing w the AZ heat andor winds of that weekend but the patio was great it is a cozy area w a fireplace and screens on all sides to block the sun it is about as nice a patio as you can get nnwe all four ordered from the regular menu and were thrilled with our selections and portion sizes we ordered these starters figs and chevre lobster ravioli tomatoes and baby octopus and spring vegetable soup the only one that was lacking was the tomato and baby octopus dish which only had about pieces of octopus the other three were fantastic beautiful presentation all around and i have never eaten a better bowl of vegetable soup seriously i cannot say enough about how delicious that soup was nnfor entrees we ordered lamb filet mignon twowash chicken all were delicious and again beautifully presentednnthis meal was about much more than the food we ordered though throughout the dining experience they bring out many little bites or amuse bouches each one is beautiful delicious and inventive i have always been a bit put off by the whole molecular gastronomy fad but binkleys does it just right they incorporate highly creative and inventive touches throughout your dining experience it is inventive and unusual enough to create a new and exciting experience for diners but without just being plain weird for example one of the amuses was a mango packet that they had created with mango pulp which had been frozen then coated w something to create a skin so it exploded in your mouth it was presented in a porcelain soup spoon with something around it i cannot remember fruit juice perhaps so it looked just like a fresh raw egg it was really amazing to look at and then experience the flavors and the pop as you ate it these touches throughout dinner make the experience fun and newnnthe staff is top notch everyone knows everything about each dish from bussers to servers and there are MANY details to learn clearly the staff is very well educated on what is on the menu it shows and makes a difference for dinersnncant wait to go to binkleys again what an amazing allaround experience