called for cab. estimated 20 minutes. called back 40 minutes later. "oh he picked up someone, do you still want the cab?" YES. I HAVE TO GET THERE! No apology, no discount. Weak.

negative

As the principal dining spot within the Scottsdale Hilton Resort, The Bluefire Grille really doesn't try very hard to elevate above the level of "expensive and mediocre." Perhaps they believe that Hilton guests are a captive audience, a serious miscalculation with so many good restaurants within walking distance. Service, even with a near-empty dining room, is unbearably slow, while at the same time presenting themselves as being under enormous pressure. Of the 6 breakfast items ordered by the four of us, one was incorrect (not even close) and a second was completely overlooked. What was brought to our table was prepared without passion, and struggled to reach the level of "eatable." Yet, the breakfast problems paled in comparison to the dinner service. As the only diners in the restaurant, being seated should not have taken anywhere as long as it did. Once seated, the "10 count" prawn appetizer (i.e.- shrimp of approximately 2 oz. each) came to the table as shrimp of less than half that size, clumsily wrapped in eggroll wrappers and fried. Aside from the fact that 3 different wrapping techniques were employed, this misrepresentation is clearly fraudulent. My crab salad entree wasn't bad, but family members who chose the duck and apple salad were considerably less positive in their assessments. The Bluefire Grille presents itself as an eatery blessed by a good location, but with no serious intention of remaining in business. Regrettably, and IMRHO, The Bluefire Grille thoroughly denigrates the guest experience of the Scottsdale Hilton Resort.

negative

Tasted delicious at 4AM after coming out of Marquee! The line was ridiculously long though, so not sure if it's also like that during the day time... It was also pretty pricey for a slice, but it was the closest place for late night munchies so I would go back again.

positive

I was excited about a field of food trucks. I was miffed that I had to pay to get in and THEN pay for parking too, then pay for overpriced food (which people from Scottsdale don't seem to mind? 2 tacos for $10 isn't a food truck price) I got there at 2:30 and the lines were ALL incredibly long. So we chose one and just stuck with it. An hour and a half later we got a sandwich. It was good, but they ran out of stuff as we were waiting so we ended up with something different than we wanted. There were a lot of BBQ trucks that might've had smaller sample sized items but most of the trucks were just full meals, so I didn't get to sample different types of food. The reason it took so horribly long seemed to be that the organizers oversold the event. I heard that there was supposed to be maybe 5,000 people and they sold 15,000 tickets. Food trucks can't move that fast and there were only between 20 and 30 of them. Mistake. And Yelp sponsored the event - I was HIGHLY disappointed.
negative