by Neville Houglum on This place is essentially a copy of the old Father's Office (http://www.fathersoffi...) in Brentwood, CA. It took me a while to get over that fact and give it a decent try. Among the things Delux has copied from FO is the famous "Office Burger," which Delux calls the "Delux Burger." They also bring out the fries in a shopping cart just like Father's Office. What Delux fails to copy, however, is the quality of the food and the high-end nature of the original. At FO, the wines changed weekly and are all incredibly rare selections. The beers at FO also tend towards the more obscure. Delux seems to concentrate almost exclusively on beers and does have a decent selection, but nothing you can't find elsewhere. Wines are available, but as an afterthought, and definitely not of the quality served at FO. For Phoenicians who never experienced the joys associated with the original Father's Office, you're missing out. It's like being an Eric Clapton fan but not even knowing who Muddy Waters is. But all the imitation aside, I have to say that Delux does a pretty good job with everything and they have taken the FO concept and adapted it to the PHX strip mall environment. Food wise, everything I have tried was ok. They did change their sweet potato fries a year or two ago because the other ones weren't "crispy" enough. The problem is that these new crispier ones have no flavor. When they were testing out the new fries, the manager asked me and a friend to opine and we told him the truth: We said the new ones are flavorless. I guess we were the only ones who thought so because they went ahead with that change. That lost them 1 star from this review. I would rather have the soggier more flavorful ones (who knows how they make these new ones so crispy anyways?). When I go here, it's almost always out of convenience and late at night. Not many places of this caliber stay open until 2 am, so it's about all there is when you are in need of a late night meal in this part of town. Their 2 is based on: clearly knocking off one of my favorite places, Father's Office (minus 1 star) and for ignoring my feedback on the new crispy tasteless sweet potato fries (minus 1 star). They also lose a star for retaining the FO prices but substituting Phoenix strip mall quality.
by Tom G. on Went for my girlfriend's birthday last year. First, let me say that the decor is amazing, in my opinion. Candles everywhere. One of the hippest and most tastefully decorated restaurants I've been to in the city. Our server was amazing. She promptly took our wine order and then came back for drinks and appetizers. She notified us that the wine would take a bit to be brought up. Our first bottle of Chat-du-Pape was corked and they took it back without a fuss and brought us another bottle. Our appetizers were average. Crudo was too heavily seasoned and lost the flavor of the fish. Portions were medium sized. Entrees were totally hit and miss. Grilled whole fish was excellent. Chicken tagine was ultra-salty. Crusted sea bass was a bit bland. Chocolate tasting dessert was neat to look at if executed poorly. In fact that sort of sums up this place: Beautiful aesthetically but food execution is not up to snuff.
by Julius Benedicto on I was here for the Halloween bash on the top floor where the mixes were happening. I thought the DJ completely ripped this place apart. It was great ... plus one of them came dressed as wolverine !!! Anyway, the sucky part was, they started repeating songs. I wish they had large enough collection to go till 1:30 PM. I had a blast ....
