text: The Ahnala Mesquite Room is a small but very nice restaurant located at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort The restaurant serves breakfast lunch and dinner including a variety of southwest inspired dishes During our stay at the hotel we ate at the Ahnala for dinner and breakfast The ambiance at the restaurant was great with subdued and interesting lighting and modern furnishings and decorations with a southwest twist They even have a small fireplace With only a few busy tables at dinner the restaurant was a little noisy so it may not be good for a quiet dinner or for much conversation but it was still a pleasant setting for dinner The restaurant also features a full bar with some great mixed drink options including speciality drinks the Ponderosa and The Yucca nnFor dinner I ordered the pork chop with rice and beans and chips and salsa to start When I ordered the waitress asked me how I wanted my pork cooked which I thought was really unusual She explained that with their cut of pork you could ordered it cooked like you would have a steak cooked So I asked for medium well None to surprising when my pork chop showed up I cut into it and it looked gross The whole inside was uncooked and that is NOT my kind of pork chop I asked the waitress to send it back and they returned it better cooked Later on I asked the manager about their pork and got the same weird answer about their cut of pork Perhaps I am just uneducated but that was really strange From my experiencing grilling pork chops its either cooked or its not You cannot cook pork like you can steak it does not work Oh well In the end the pork chop was decent not outstanding but good enough with a nice flavor The rice and beans were a lousy side dish though and had little if any flavor Overall dinner was pretty good not great but not bad either The prices were a little expensive though my chop with rice and beans was So value wise I do not feel like I got much for my moneynnThe next day we ate breakfast at Ahnala and had a pretty good meal I ordered my usual two eggs over easy with potatoes bacon and toast The eggs were fine not very warm but good tasting nonetheless The cubed potato hashbrowns were nothing special and had very little flavor The bacon was kind of oily The toast was a good sour dough bread and they had some good jams and marmalade For two breakfast was over and close to with tip which I am not sure was worth it Again I do not know if they deliver the kind of value I expect given the prices chargednnOverall the Ahnala Mesquite Room has a lot going for it but their prices are expensive and their food does not warrant the cost in my opinion GIven the lack of options around the Radisson I think they are a decent choice for a meal but not a great choice unfortunately If I stayed here again I would probably take the time to drive into town and find a better restaurant