text: on this particular night we originally had dinner rezzies over at The Estate House just down the street but i was so strongly turned off by their hostesswait staff hanging around up front when we walked in the front door there that i convinced my group to leaveand i have NEVER done that before in my life which tells you how unacceptable it wasnnsince i am fairly new in town someone else in our group suggested we go to Bandera instead everyone else unanimously agreed and then proceeded to rave on about how much i would like it nnwe walked in and were greeted by a professional and warm staff it was so refreshing in comparison to the place we had just left since we did not have reservations at Bandera and it was a saturday night we had a short wait no problem cocktails up at the bar anyone nnthere seemed to a tiny bit of a scene going on up at the bar or uh rather what scottsdale attempts as a scene i guess haha i mean who does not enjoy looking at pretty people even if they are trying way too hard to mimic what they think LA people are doing sigh but i digress back to the cocktails made just the way i like them the bartender was also great at handling the large crowd hovering around her while keeping glasses filled until our table was callednnnow this is where my love for Bandera started to drop the menu was not exactly exciting however if you are in the mood for a southwesttex mex style cuisine this place is definitely for youit is just not my thing everyone at our table insisted i would love the cornbread appetizer served in a hot skillet so we ordered that it was tasty for sure but not mind blowing or anything nnfor dinner the only thing that even remotely appealed to me on their menu was the filet when in doubt go with the steak i always say which came with a side of grilled mixed vegetables and mashed potatoes um the steak was fine but the veggies and mashers were just ok not bad but nothing specialnnhappily the service was consistently great throughout the entire night they kept our drinks filled and never made us feel rushed or that they were irritated with our requestsnnno one ordered dessert but we all stayed around a little to chat over one last cocktail before finally closing out our tabnnwe left in great moodsnnwould i go out of my way to come back probably not but i can see the appeal of this place to others not all of us love southwesttex mex food but for those who do you will truly enjoy the experience here