5 Arizona restaurants make OpenTable’s top 100 list

Steak, seafood and dinner in a chewing gum magnate’s mansion helped five Valley restaurants make OpenTable’s 2026 list of the country’s 100 best.

The reservation platform built its Top 100 Restaurants in America list from more than 11 million diner reviews posted between Sept. 1, 2025, and Aug. 31, 2026.

Phoenix got three spots: Christopher’s at Wrigley Mansion, in the chewing gum magnate’s former hilltop home; Steak 44; and Uppercut.

Scottsdale got the other two with Cafe Monarch and Ocean 44.

Uppercut was the only Arizona restaurant with a 5.0 rating across 143 reviews. Steak 44 had the most reviews of the group, 915, with a 4.9 rating.

Among neighboring states, Arizona trailed California, which had 19 restaurants, and Colorado, which had seven. New Mexico placed one. Nevada and Utah placed none.

OpenTable based its scores on diner ratings, the share of five star reviews, how far ahead people booked, how full restaurants were and how often diners searched for them by name.

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