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4 | the food was delicious!!! drove all the way from casa grande just to eat here!! service was great !!! our waitress was prompt and met all our food needs !! will definitely come back !!! | en | 35 | food delicious drove way casa grande eat service great waitress prompt met food needs definitely come back | 17 |
3 | This is the best place for real authentic Mexican food. Not a fancy place but the food is amazing! | en | 19 | best place real authentic mexican food fancy place food amazing | 10 |
3 | Seriously good food...not cheap but worth it. Quality and quantity. Place is clean, colorful and service is quick. Bacon wrapped shrimp are phenomenal as well as the crab enchilada and shrimp ceviche. | en | 32 | seriously good food cheap worth quality quantity place clean colorful service quick bacon wrapped shrimp phenomenal well crab enchilada shrimp ceviche | 21 |
2 | Its Decorated very cute. Michelada was excellent, salsa was very good. They have a lot of seafood options. Food was good will go back. | en | 24 | decorated cute michelada excellent salsa good lot seafood options food good go back | 13 |
1 | I ate here 2 years ago and had one of the best meals. Not sure what changed, oh wait, it's the quality of the fish. I got the caldo de pescados. The sea bass was gross. So then they brought me a sea bass with ancho chiles that looked good but again, the fish was no bueno. I'm real sorry. I drove 30 minutes out of the w... | en | 122 | ate years ago one best meals sure changed oh wait quality fish got caldo de pescados sea bass gross brought sea bass ancho chiles looked good fish bueno real sorry drove minutes way come inedible entrees tostada guacamole margarita ok worth embarrassment eating different dinners staff super nice owner charge wanted pay... | 58 |
2 | For a Mexican restaurant and the area its located in it seemed really, really expensive. Our check for 2 people was $60. We both had 1 drink and 1 entree and split an appetizer. \n\nThe rating is highly influenced by the total price of the experience.\n\nOn to the food-- the ceviche was OK at best, it was comprised of ... | en | 263 | mexican restaurant area located seemed really really expensive check people drink entree split appetizer rating highly influenced total price food ceviche ok best comprised pico ceviche several dozen places rate ceviche bottom fantasia dry fried little small price came medium sized shrimps least large jumbo become dry ... | 101 |
3 | This place is wondrous. It's in the hood but that makes the experience all that better. Walking in you're greeted with a burst of colorful decor in a cozy little space. It was pretty quiet for a Thursday evening which was fine by me. Margs were yummy, food was spendid and reminded me of being in Puerto Vallarta, Mexic... | en | 122 | place wondrous hood makes experience better walking greeted burst colorful decor cozy little space pretty quiet thursday evening fine margs yummy food spendid reminded puerto vallarta mexico ordered fish shrimp combo die shrimp seasoned perfection definitely back group spread word hidden gem also add patio dog friendly... | 55 |
2 | The food is great. My sister and I shared a order of fish ceviche and toritos( hot peppers stuffed with bacon and shrimp). The veggies in the ceviche were nice and fresh the ceviche was refreshing. I liked the folkloric ambience but the service is lacking. The man sitting us, had us following him while looking for are ... | en | 94 | food great sister shared order fish ceviche toritos hot peppers stuffed bacon shrimp veggies ceviche nice fresh ceviche refreshing liked folkloric ambience service lacking man sitting us us following looking table sounded rushed speaking hard understand waiter nice check drinks done eating reasons rate stars | 45 |
3 | I came here for lunch and was so surprised it wasn't packed, based on all the great reviews on here. But, it was a rainy day so that may have deterred some people from going out.\n\nThe prices here are a bit higher than you'd typically expect at a regular Mexican restaurant, but you have to keep in mind that you're or... | en | 162 | came lunch surprised packed based great reviews rainy day may deterred people going prices bit higher typically expect regular mexican restaurant keep mind ordering seafood seafood desert ai cheap well probably cheap places also probably really gross places entrees prices lower ordered fish taco entree came tacos beans... | 70 |
4 | Very good food. Very good atmosphere!!! We will definitely come back!!! The tostadas and the fried fish were excellent. The fish was very moisture. | en | 24 | good food good atmosphere definitely come back tostadas fried fish excellent fish moisture | 13 |
4 | Definately my kind of place- Diamond in the rough... Fresh seafood... and cheap beer! The food was delicious! I can't wait to go back and try that giant seafood pot! | en | 30 | definately kind diamond rough fresh seafood cheap beer food delicious ca wait go back try giant seafood pot | 18 |
2 | A decent spot to eat at. Our waitress wasn't as fast as she could have been considering it wasn't packed. Most of the food was tasty especially the molcajete but we had three complaints that kept coming up around the table. The fish was very sub-par, over cooked, and over seasoned. The rice was a little soggy and it wa... | en | 115 | decent spot eat waitress fast could considering packed food tasty especially molcajete three complaints kept coming around table fish cooked seasoned rice little soggy tasteless almost hard eat honest finish salsa watery felt like missing something alright spot doubt going back considering long drive would count good | 47 |
4 | Insanely delicious. I don't know how else to describe my dinner there. My husband and I were in Phoenix for a long weekend and wanted some good Mexican food. (Thank you, fellow Yelpers, for pointing me towards Mariscos Playa Hermosa.)\n\nThis adorable little restaurant looks like absolutely nothing from the outside-... | en | 244 | insanely delicious know else describe dinner husband phoenix long weekend wanted good mexican food thank fellow yelpers pointing towards mariscos playa hermosa adorable little restaurant looks like absolutely nothing plain looking building sign inside though cute definitely authentic mexican feel upon entering restaura... | 121 |
4 | Excellent food & friendly service! We will definitely be back! The guac is amazing by the way, definitely a must try starter. | en | 22 | excellent food friendly service definitely back guac amazing way definitely must try starter | 13 |
4 | This is the most fantastically delicious Mexican food I have ever had.\nWe started out with a fish ceviche followed by a shrimp ceviche. My daughter had a sea bass grilled and my son ordered a chille relleno. My wife ordered a carne asada fajita. Then we ordered a Molcajete Caliente for 2. This comes in a stone bowl wi... | en | 226 | fantastically delicious mexican food ever started fish ceviche followed shrimp ceviche daughter sea bass grilled son ordered chille relleno wife ordered carne asada fajita ordered molcajete caliente comes stone bowl green sauce cheese shrimps fish carne asada chicken hung hot stone bowl like shrimp coctail needless say... | 111 |
0 | Crooks. Do not buy a vehicle from these people. Once they have your money they no longer care about you or the condition of your vehicle.\n\nThey only have 15 day implied warranties on their vehicles. They rig up their vehicles to break down right after the warranty expires.\n\nI do not see how they have stayed in busi... | en | 73 | crooks buy vehicle people money longer care condition day implied warranties vehicles rig vehicles break right warranty see stayed business many buy car | 23 |
0 | Horrible place to do business! They claim to have been in business for 20 years and I doubt they have ever cleaned the place or had an OSHA inspection!\nSales person Cesario lies and is a master in Bait & Switch. Owners more interested in Skiing trips than customer service (too busy to talk)\nSTAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS / Y... | en | 62 | horrible place business claim business years doubt ever cleaned place osha inspection person cesario lies master bait switch owners interested skiing trips customer service busy talk away costs warned | 29 |
4 | I had a terrible time trying to get a car with some bank issues and only being in az for 2 months, but Ceasar was extremely sympathetic to my plight and helped me look for a car. I see others rated poorly based on the cars they got breaking down. Let me ask who goes and gets a car without getting it checked out? Me? I... | en | 169 | terrible time trying get car bank issues az months ceasar extremely sympathetic plight helped look car see others rated poorly based cars got breaking let ask goes gets car without getting checked car idiot looked every car inside test drove know thing two cars bought one even made possible pay less year one issue car ... | 78 |
0 | My girlfriend and I bought a car here in May. Within a week we had replaced tires and suspension and had to have the ac worked on since that died. I took it to a garage for an oil change and they found a massive oil leak. What was thought to be a $1,200 fix has now turned in to a several thousand dollar fix. \n\nThey s... | en | 115 | girlfriend bought car may within week replaced tires suspension ac worked since died took garage oil change found massive oil leak thought fix turned several thousand dollar fix say mechanics policy ai broke fix seems like forgot mention part policy broke ignore problem leaves away place costs | 47 |
0 | We bought our son a 2004 car here about a month ago. So far, we had to have the clutch replaced. Luckily it happened within 3 days of purchasing it so they fixed it for free. BUT, the car has been giving our son trouble when trying to start it. Dropped it at a local shop to see what is wrong. You name it - it needs rep... | en | 129 | bought son car month ago far clutch replaced luckily happened within days purchasing fixed free car giving son trouble trying start dropped local shop see wrong name needs replaced get fixed things safety items driven anybody recommend place never ever return total rip kind people trustworthy ca imagine people every da... | 55 |
1 | I stopped in here to give it a try for lunch today, & found it to be ok looking inside. It's a little banged up, but a lot of decor makes it kind of comfortable & homey, & they have well placed booths for seating, as well as tables. From there on, unfortunately, it was mostly downhill:\n\n* There were no paper towel... | en | 241 | stopped give try lunch today found ok looking inside little banged lot decor makes kind comfortable homey well placed booths seating well tables unfortunately mostly downhill paper towels table dirty lots crumbs food stuck previous expensive kind place combo chile relleno enchilada taco costs service took forever half ... | 104 |
0 | Only because I had to give it a star.. So first issue was chips and salsa.. Obviously salsa was made from canned chili or it sat for a long time.. Mushy and lacking in flavor. Chips were freezing cold, and greasy.. Not the good greasy, but more saturated..\n\nI ordered the green chili.. Horrible, it was old meat, plate... | en | 107 | give star first issue chips salsa obviously salsa made canned chili sat long time mushy lacking flavor chips freezing cold greasy good greasy saturated ordered green chili horrible old meat plate cold sauce split hardly consumable ate two bites moved asada mini tacos meh meat old dry like eating sand yikes limes old ta... | 62 |
4 | Walked in somehow thinking the place served BBQ. *Wrong* I had the special... 4 tacos for $5 bucks. The gal behind the counter took my order, and brought the drinks to the table, along with a couple of servings if the very best pinto beans my Texas bred behind has ever eaten. The tacos were amazing, the place was mi... | en | 82 | walked somehow thinking place served bbq wrong special tacos bucks gal behind counter took order brought drinks table along couple servings best pinto beans texas bred behind ever eaten tacos amazing place military clean service could friendlier labrador puppy wrote order wait go back | 44 |
0 | I really want to write a good review of this company. They have a showroom just a mile or two from my house, and the sales staff all seemed so friendly, but unfortunately I am unable to say that I had a good experience. \n\nI originally went here because the showroom was on my way to work and I was in the market for ne... | en | 594 | really want write good review company showroom mile two house sales staff seemed friendly unfortunately unable say good experience originally went showroom way work market new hardwood floors checked home depot lowes surprisingly arizona hardwood floor supply actually better deal include cost labor major box salesperso... | 250 |
4 | The place to go when you need to see a cactus. Or hundreds of them, along with a variety of other desert plants. I went here with my digital camera and came back with a bunch of photos worth printing. The garden is extremely well-kept and is easily accessable. Admission is cut in half for students, so don't forget that... | en | 62 | place go need see cactus hundreds along variety desert plants went digital camera came back bunch photos worth printing garden extremely easily accessable admission cut half students forget id card | 30 |
3 | Perfect winter or spring afternoon excursion. That is, if you have a sense of humor. Sure, looking at Man from the Andes and Agave cacti all afternoon isn't the most thrilling, but if you skew your perception, you can see just how comical these things really are. It's informative, too, if that's what you're after.\n\nI... | en | 201 | perfect winter spring afternoon excursion sense humor sure looking man andes agave cacti afternoon thrilling skew perception see comical things really informative twice times friends walked every trail took pics found something funny puma huts rotting crawling oddly bent cacti bird calls second time went butterfly exhi... | 97 |
3 | I've been going here for the last twenty years and I still enjoy it. If you want to learn about the Sonoran Desert and revel in it's beauty, this is one of the best places to go. It also has a great section devoted to the native people of this area and how they used the native plants in their everyday lives. | en | 62 | going last twenty years still enjoy want learn sonoran desert revel beauty one best places go also great section devoted native people area used native plants everyday lives | 28 |
3 | I went here in the winter, so unfortunately I missed the bright beautiful blooms, but it was a fun trip in itself. Make sure you time your visit to go on a tour: you'll learn more about cacti than you ever thought was possible. | en | 44 | went winter unfortunately missed bright beautiful blooms fun trip make sure time visit go tour learn cacti ever thought possible | 20 |
2 | This is my kind of hiking! Sidewalks, drinking fountains and restrooms OH MY! Rickie and I took my mom and some visiting cousins here for mom's birthday. We were especially excited for the butterfly exhibit. It was the highlight. Otherwise? Meh! I mean how many cactuses, cactuseses or cacti can you reallly find that in... | en | 169 | kind hiking sidewalks drinking fountains restrooms oh rickie took mom visiting cousins mom birthday especially excited butterfly exhibit highlight otherwise meh mean many cactuses cactuseses cacti reallly find interesting oh look one spikey one tall oooo one well another cactus found interesting episode murder wrote ki... | 92 |
4 | My father made his first trip to AZ a couple of weeks ago, so I jumped on the chance to visit the Desert Botanical Gardens. It was amazing! I have never seen so many different cacti or desert wild flowers. Everything was blooming and simply radiant.\n\nThe butterfly exhibit was definitely a favorite, not just because... | en | 144 | father made first trip az couple weeks ago jumped chance visit desert botanical gardens amazing never seen many different cacti desert wild flowers everything blooming simply butterfly exhibit definitely favorite girl able get close pictures amazing planning make trip would suggest going early starting may believe open... | 62 |
4 | My husband and I are fans of the cacti and so we planned a visit to the Desert Botanical Gardens on a recent house hunting trip to AZ. The day we went it was close to 100 and so we were happy that there are so many water fountains sprinkled around the gardens. We stayed for about two hours enjoying all the beautiful di... | en | 99 | husband fans cacti planned visit desert botanical gardens recent house hunting trip az day went close happy many water fountains sprinkled around gardens stayed two hours enjoying beautiful displays gardens set one enjoy many different environments also lot shady spots seating rest enjoy surroundings definitely back so... | 47 |
4 | beautiful place even though we were there in the middle of the summer and temp was about 105. we saw a turtle, a cotton tail rabbit, a bunch of lizards, and quail. make sure you bring a bottle of water with you and give yourself about 2 hrs to walk thru it all. | en | 53 | beautiful place even though middle summer temp saw turtle cotton tail rabbit bunch lizards quail make sure bring bottle water give hrs walk thru | 24 |
4 | A visit to the Desert Botanical Gardens should be on everyone's list. I think I read there were 50 acres of desert plants! That's a lot of plant! I'd recommend heading there towards the end of the day so you can see the Gardens in the daylight, experience the gorgeous setting sun and then see how the Garden glows at ni... | en | 69 | visit desert botanical gardens everyone list think read acres desert plants lot plant recommend heading towards end day see gardens daylight experience gorgeous setting sun see garden glows night pretty cool though tough cameras | 34 |
4 | the most unusual botanical garden i've been to. it will make a desert lover out of anyone. so many species of blooming cacti and agave (so that's where tequila comes from). the herb garden was surprisingly diverse. it was great to finally see chaparral upclose in the flesh. never knew there are so many species of ... | en | 110 | unusual botanical garden make desert lover anyone many species blooming cacti agave tequila comes herb garden surprisingly diverse great finally see chaparral upclose flesh never knew many species birds desert happily singing atop cacti really neat see roadrunner speed definitely lives reputation even little prairie do... | 54 |
4 | The Dale Chihuly exhibit was spectacular The gardens terrific, The restaurant good and reasonable. What a great way to spend an afternoon. | en | 22 | dale chihuly exhibit spectacular gardens terrific restaurant good reasonable great way spend afternoon | 13 |
4 | I love this place! Great for kids because they have activities for them and in the spring the butterfly garden is teeming with life. Always have a something great on exhibit. Being a member there myself, I know there are a lot, no, a ton of classes and walks and guides there almost daily. Classes from the arts to l... | en | 99 | love place great kids activities spring butterfly garden teeming life always something great exhibit member know lot ton classes walks guides almost daily classes arts landscape design experience never trails exhibits makes fun really go walk trails hear jazz played night | 41 |
4 | Do not go here if you are pressed for time, don't like plants, if the weather is hot (like in summer) or you have small children. Taking that into account, if you love plants, the weirder, the better, here is a good place to see plants you've never seen before. Don't rush. Take the time to really look at the exhibits... | en | 169 | go pressed time like plants weather hot like summer small children taking account love plants weirder better good place see plants never seen rush take time really look exhibits cacti bloom better interesting nevertheless chihuly glass creations interesting mind best part exhibit yet saw people running one sculpture an... | 83 |
4 | Chihuly exhibit = awesome. \n\nDBG itself = very cool. Student ID gets you 1/2 off. More like an art museum than a typical museum of the modern era - obviously not particularly interactive, but the few displays or other directly educational features are dated and not really useful. Go to look, not so much to learn.... | en | 71 | chihuly exhibit awesome cool student id gets like art museum typical museum modern era obviously particularly interactive displays directly educational features dated really useful go look much learn beautiful facility nonetheless certainly worth visit enjoy looking plants | 37 |
4 | As good as it gets, only when it is cool and beautiful weather. Been here twice. Once when it was sweltering hot. Did not enjoy the botanical gardens so much then. I also went for the Chihuly exhibit recently and it was beautiful and fun. \n\nThey have so many different types of cacti. Check it out. Take your out of to... | en | 72 | good gets cool beautiful weather twice sweltering hot enjoy botanical gardens much also went chihuly exhibit recently beautiful fun many different types cacti check take town guests remember cool weather | 30 |
3 | I visited this with my girlfriend and a pretty large group of friends. We came specifically for the Chihuly installtion. Amazing art exhibit , I wish I had time to visit this at night because I hear everything is illuminated. Bring comfortable shoes because this place is huuuuuuuge! You'll learn a lot about our bea... | en | 61 | visited girlfriend pretty large group friends came specifically chihuly installtion amazing art exhibit wish time visit night hear everything illuminated bring comfortable shoes place huuuuuuuge learn lot beautiful state native plants | 31 |
4 | It is a nice place to relax!! and they always have some interesting activity going on. The best so far was Chihuli and the night walks. From time to time they have plant sales and they have such a good variety of them. I'm looking forward to sign a membership! | en | 50 | nice place relax always interesting activity going best far chihuli night walks time time plant sales good variety looking forward sign membership | 22 |
4 | I've been here twice and really enjoy it. Very beautiful plants and a real nice walk. Both of my kids also enjoy it. | en | 23 | twice really enjoy beautiful plants real nice walk kids also enjoy | 11 |
3 | With the wide array of desert plants at this Botanical Garden, I would already be a fan. We went to the members-only preview of the monumental art of Allan Houser there last night, and I must say that it made the preview all that much better. I did have a small lunch at the Patio Cafe there earlier in the day, and even... | en | 85 | wide array desert plants botanical garden would already fan went preview monumental art allan houser last night must say made preview much better small lunch patio cafe earlier day even though pretty much sandwiches certainly hit spot walking entire grounds took hours | 42 |
4 | las noches de las luminarias may be one of the most perfect ways to spend an evening during the holiday season:)\n\nIt's been a while since I could say I was \"enchanted\" by anything...I was enchanted by las noches de las luminarias at Desert Botanical Garden:-)\n\nThe Beautiful Carin and I had not been to las noches ... | en | 478 | las noches de las luminarias may one perfect ways spend evening holiday season since could say anything enchanted las noches de las luminarias desert botanical garden beautiful carin las noches de las luminarias fact told going think said something effect another way separate us money christmas time bah humbug said som... | 248 |
4 | As we strolled through the fantabulous Desert Botanical Garden we reflected that it was fifteen years ago to the week that we made our first visit to this remarkable place. Over the fifteen years the garden has become increasingly wonderful thanks to the combined efforts of staff, volunteers and donors. A visit to th... | en | 231 | strolled fantabulous desert botanical garden reflected fifteen years ago week made first visit remarkable place fifteen years garden become increasingly wonderful thanks combined efforts staff volunteers donors visit botanical garden always one highlights visits scottsdale area reviewers offered good observations tips ... | 113 |
4 | This is amazing place to visit in the Phoenix area. Of course, the flora and fauna of this desert is unique and there's no better place to get a comprehensive overview than the botanical gardens. Of course, they are also beautiful and interesting. \n\nI went with my 82-year old father, who has osteoperosis and emphysem... | en | 114 | amazing place visit phoenix area course flora fauna desert unique better place get comprehensive overview botanical gardens course also beautiful interesting went old father osteoperosis emphysema concerned would able get around however gardens motorized carts available also different trails different difficluty levels... | 58 |
4 | Great place to visit and get acquainted with the Arizona desert. The trails are easily walkable with enough to see so even the two teenagers I was with didn't get to crisis complain mode (which is a minor victory in itself). The luminarias are beautiful and it is equally as nice to visit during the day and night. | en | 58 | great place visit get acquainted arizona desert trails easily walkable enough see even two teenagers get crisis complain mode minor victory luminarias beautiful equally nice visit day night | 28 |
4 | You're guaranteed to have a beautiful and eye-opening experience at the Desert Botanical Garden! I was a little skeptical before coming because, to be honest, I didn't know that Arizona had any gardens (with average summer temps of 105+ degrees, I didn't understand how anything could survive out here), which shows you... | en | 160 | guaranteed beautiful experience desert botanical garden little skeptical coming honest know arizona gardens average summer temps degrees understand anything could survive shows sadly californian blown away varieties cacti gorgeous surprising colors desert flora see things never knew existed peaceful dare say romantic a... | 71 |
2 | My aunt and uncle were in town for my graduation and got into town looking for something to do so we went to Spiked at DBG. (http://www.dbg.org/index.php/plan/calendar/spikedspring) \n\nThe event was a cool setup you pay to get in $25 a person. Then you get all you can eat food and you can tour the gardens at night. ... | en | 114 | aunt uncle town graduation got town looking something went spiked dbg http event cool setup pay get person get eat food tour gardens night alcohol event pay per drink prices bad pretty typical drink prices gardens night offer different experience daytime several cactus flowers bloom night plus temperature rises nice ev... | 52 |
3 | Really good overview of the Arizona desert plants and flowers. Downside: It's in the desert and it's hot as hell. Enjoy! | en | 21 | really good overview arizona desert plants flowers downside desert hot hell enjoy | 12 |
2 | DBG, the debugger, er, the Desert Botanical Garden, is not a typical botanical garden, a reasonable surface expectation given the 100 degrees in the shade weather.\n\nHowever, this is a great destination for the dreaded contingency of entertaining out-of-town guests to the semi-urban desert if one enjoys:\n- Seeing mor... | en | 182 | dbg debugger er desert botanical garden typical botanical garden reasonable surface expectation given degrees shade great destination dreaded contingency entertaining guests desert one enjoys seeing varieties cactus agave yucca one ever thought realizing desolation desert relatively quite getting educational sunburn wo... | 94 |
3 | Very pretty, but also I think missing several opportunities to provide a greater amount of education about the plants themselves and how they are practically used or planted for landscaping purposes (and yes, I know all about the classes). A couple months ago, my wife and I decided not to renew our membership to DBG, ... | en | 92 | pretty also think missing several opportunities provide greater amount education plants practically used planted landscaping purposes yes know classes couple months ago wife decided renew membership dbg wonderful place take relaxing walks dusk suppose next time get urge sign us back membership admission prices tad ridi... | 46 |
1 | There were more cacti at this place than I ever wanted to see in my life. It's pretty shocking that you're charged $15 to see what you can see for free throughout Arizona. I mean, you can see the same \"plants\" along highways, at hotels, and in front of people's homes.\n\nI understand that given the harsh weather, i... | en | 87 | cacti place ever wanted see life pretty shocking charged see see free throughout arizona mean see along highways hotels front people understand given harsh weather difficult wide variety cactus harsh really appreciate botanical gardens california | 35 |
2 | Visited on November 11, 2010. Used my Groupon ($35) for a one-year membership. Came mainly for the butterfly exhibit, which is held twice a year, spring and summer. The enclosure is rather magical, an oasis within an oasis. It's nice to stroll and learn about the different flora of Arizona in a manicured setting, but I... | en | 64 | visited november used groupon membership came mainly butterfly exhibit held twice year spring summer enclosure rather magical oasis within oasis nice stroll learn different flora arizona manicured setting would make destination tourists | 32 |
2 | Groupon had a summer special for half off membership to the Botanical Gardens. I always thought them to be too yuppy for me and the upscale version of Boyce Thompson, but I couldn't resist and it made a great evening with the family while they were visiting. \n\nIt's very beautiful, but definitely different than the ou... | en | 109 | groupon summer special half membership botanical gardens always thought yuppy upscale version boyce thompson could resist made great evening family visiting beautiful definitely different outdoor days used could probably get away wearing heels dress day botanical gardens hiking rough paths uncharted night tour beautifu... | 53 |
4 | I am sad to say that in the, ahem, 27 years that I have lived in Phoenix, I have only been to the Desert Botanical Gardens a handful of times. I obviously didn't know what I was missing. I attended the Yelp event here last spring and it was simply magical. \n\nIt is a wonderful venue for evening events and I am sorely ... | en | 154 | sad say ahem years lived phoenix desert botanical gardens handful times obviously know missing attended yelp event last spring simply magical wonderful venue evening events sorely disappointed unable go las noches de las luminarias year heard simply amazing bought tickets got canceled due rain yes happen occasionally p... | 70 |
4 | This place makes me want to wear a sunhat and walk around in khakis explaining the life cycle of a cactus (ok nothing makes me want to walk around in khakis, but it helps with emphasis). The layout is beautiful, the volunteers are friendly, and the setting is perfect to showcase desert beauty. Coming from the Midwest 2... | en | 188 | place makes want wear sunhat walk around khakis explaining life cycle cactus ok nothing makes want walk around khakis helps emphasis layout beautiful volunteers friendly setting perfect showcase desert beauty coming midwest years ago realize lovely succulents lying ai easy green especially hot box browns grays yet gard... | 96 |
4 | Wonderful! Hailing from the Midwest, I've always loved desert flora and fauna because it's so radically different from what I grew up with. A few hours at the Desert Botanical Garden really indulged my fascination. Grab a sunhat, a camera and set aside a few hours to wander the trails here. It's truly a delightful expe... | en | 96 | wonderful hailing midwest always loved desert flora fauna radically different grew hours desert botanical garden really indulged fascination grab sunhat camera set aside hours wander trails truly delightful experience besides amazing plantlife saw myriad birds lizard jackrabbit kind tree rodent thing though sadly catch... | 50 |
2 | The DBG? It's beautiful. They have ok music and interesting events. It's a much-needed green space in the city. Food and drinks are overpriced. So are tickets for music in the garden. I spend $8 every month to see the best band ever, so anything above that seems excessive to me. I am a member, so I clearly supp... | en | 100 | dbg beautiful ok music interesting events green space city food drinks overpriced tickets music garden spend every month see best band ever anything seems excessive member clearly support mission rarely go events seem worth amount money charged also think bike parking nearer entrance staff could keep eye people bikes | 49 |
4 | Love it here! It was my 2nd time there but the first for the rest of the family. Very peaceful and serene. Great photography opportunities. Very educational. As a family of four midwesterners, we loved walking around looking at the beautifully designed and cared for desert landscape. \n\nWe paid about $40 to get in, fo... | en | 116 | love time first rest family peaceful serene great photography opportunities educational family four midwesterners loved walking around looking beautifully designed cared desert landscape paid get year old year old two adults times gone taken hours leisurely walk entire gadens stop something drink relax saw plants looke... | 57 |
4 | I don't think we could have found a more lovely place to spend an evening for an outdoor concert and the entire next day!\n\nThe plants, metal sculptures and displays are w o n d e r f u l !!\n\nWatch out, though. I got \"dive-bombed\" by a hummingbird who was in a terrible rush to engage in a mating ritual (which I ... | en | 85 | think could found lovely place spend evening outdoor concert entire next day plants metal sculptures displays w n e r f u l though got hummingbird terrible rush engage mating ritual witness since friend two days row knows way heart | 40 |
3 | A lovely place to visit while in or near Phoenix. The Desert Botanical Garden is serene and beautiful. It gives you the opportunity to see things many of us are not familiar with, especially if you're from the east coast.\n\nThe large variety of cacti and flowers is somewhat breathtaking. Even on hot days, there are p... | en | 111 | lovely place visit near phoenix desert botanical garden serene beautiful gives opportunity see things many us familiar especially east large variety cacti flowers somewhat breathtaking even hot days patches shade around get relief sun although water fountains throughout trail water warm think bringing forget hat bonus ... | 56 |
3 | Great place to visit. Urge you to visit the Desert Botanical Garden. Want to see desert plants in their habitat; this is the place to go. Make the Desert Botanical Garden you next trip. I know you will enjoy the visit. | en | 41 | great place visit urge visit desert botanical garden want see desert plants habitat place go make desert botanical garden next trip know enjoy visit | 24 |
4 | Wow. There are no words and yet so many words to describe what desert botanical garden is all about. The best time is to visit in the spring, after a winter of sufficient rainfall. Cacti bloom every year but wildflowers along the pathways and scattered throughout the gardens only bloom when there's been rain in the mon... | en | 146 | wow words yet many words describe desert botanical garden best time visit spring winter sufficient rainfall cacti bloom every year wildflowers along pathways scattered throughout gardens bloom rain months prior warm weather year spectacular many flowers exotic even seen desert landscapes butterflies show well worth ext... | 74 |
2 | Such a beautiful place! I really love learning about the native plants and getting to see them displayed and highlighted to their best advantage. Anyone who doesn't think the desert can be beautiful needs to come here. In fact, all AZ residents should really come here at least once. As long as the weather is nice, walk... | en | 174 | beautiful place really love learning native plants getting see displayed highlighted best advantage anyone think desert beautiful needs come fact az residents really come least long weather nice walking paths pace hopefully someone love great way spend afternoon agree reviewers price gone make little less practical sti... | 75 |
4 | Sometimes, living in the desert, we forget that there are a lot of unique and beautiful plants that share this arid landscape with us. Given the rising temperatures in Arizona, I would recommend bringing a bottle of water and wearing shorts. Also be sure to bring your camera! There are so many types of cactus and bea... | en | 197 | sometimes living desert forget lot unique beautiful plants share arid landscape us given rising temperatures arizona would recommend bringing bottle water wearing shorts also sure bring camera many types cactus beautiful desert flowers take pictures regret documenting also sure go early approaching summer drinking foun... | 100 |
3 | We went here on our anniversary with some culture passes from the library. These allow you to get in free as long as you visit within a week of checking out the culture pass. I am so greatful to the Botanical Garden's for partiipating in this. It was our 5th anniversary, and our wedding was at the Cleveland Botanical G... | en | 192 | went anniversary culture passes library allow get free long visit within week checking culture pass greatful botanical garden partiipating anniversary wedding cleveland botanical gardens thought would nice visit compare went early still brought hat glass sculptures amazing try prickly pear iced tea unsweetened essense ... | 88 |
3 | Came here for the flashlight tour which was very interesting, could have had some more wildlife out for people to see but very cool. Don't come here during the middle of the day it's HOT! | en | 35 | came flashlight tour interesting could wildlife people see cool come middle day hot | 13 |
4 | Beautiful desert garden\nThis is a must see if you've never been to Phoenix. Beautiful examples of Desert wildlife and fauna. I saw rabbits, dove and wild quail scurring around, seemingly oblivious to park visitors. It takes a couple of hours to see it all, so wear comfortable shoes. Beautiful examples of several types... | en | 108 | beautiful desert must see never phoenix beautiful examples desert wildlife fauna saw rabbits dove wild quail scurring around seemingly oblivious park visitors takes couple hours see wear comfortable shoes beautiful examples several types cactus desert wild flowers go late march early april desert bloom litterally smell... | 65 |
0 | I agree with Ian below as well. The Moonlight Masquerade event was the worst planned event I've ever attended. There was absolutely no theme concept, the music was atrociously paired (and half of the acts were unlistenable), they quickly ran out of food, drinks, and souvenirs within 45 minutes, and THE TICKETS WERE 60 ... | en | 188 | agree ian well moonlight masquerade event worst planned event ever attended absolutely theme concept music atrociously paired half acts unlistenable quickly ran food drinks souvenirs within minutes tickets frikkin dollars botanical garden quickly becoming great cultural institution well planned designed events great va... | 96 |
4 | A Valley Treasure!! Make sure to bring visitors here, especially if you have friends who visit from overseas. Beautiful layout and architectural compliments. Go in the early morning when the desert is waking up for an inspiring day... | en | 38 | valley treasure make sure bring visitors especially friends visit overseas beautiful layout architectural compliments go early morning desert waking inspiring day | 21 |
4 | I had NO idea there were THAT many varieties of cactus!\n\nThis is a great place to go during the day, when you are awaiting for your red eye flight back to the East Coast, you won't see anything like it east of I-95!\n\nTips:\n\n1. Try to go as early as you can, before the full desert sun comes out. \n\n2. Bring water... | en | 84 | idea many varieties cactus great place go day awaiting red eye flight back east coast wo see anything like east try go early full desert sun comes bring water hat umbrella parasol gets hot see admission aaa discount bring camera | 40 |
3 | I've been to DBG two times. It is a nice place to go to be outside, see various desert vegetation, and take photos. The second time I went on a Monday, which was great, because the park was not crowded at all. There is a main trail in the park, which takes about 30-60 minutes to tour. There are also several smaller tra... | en | 130 | dbg two times nice place go outside see various desert vegetation take photos second time went monday great park crowded main trail park takes minutes tour also several smaller trails explore butterfly tent different butterflies different times year great place macro photos dbg nice place make annual visit recommend go... | 64 |
3 | this is a great place, i love the layout, the docent's are helpful and willing to answer questions even if you are not on a tour. we were in Phoenix for vacation and this was a nice stop, we were there in November so the weather was nice, i can't imagine in the summer. if i lived in Phoenix i would by the yearly pass s... | en | 87 | great place love layout docent helpful willing answer questions even tour phoenix vacation nice stop november weather nice ca imagine summer lived phoenix would yearly pass seems better value could enjoy year like world famous san diego zoo | 38 |
0 | Great if you want to spend $18 to see lots and lots and lots of cactus. | en | 16 | great want spend see lots lots lots cactus | 8 |
3 | Wow, what an overhaul! I haven't been here for 12 years and wasn't looking forward to returning ;-p They really ramped up the place - paved walking trails, a multitude of cacti, wildflowers, and other plants I had no idea existed. \n\nThe guides giving informative talks were actually nice, knowledgeable and entertainin... | en | 143 | wow overhaul years looking forward returning really ramped place paved walking trails multitude cacti wildflowers plants idea existed guides giving informative talks actually nice knowledgeable entertaining first time bolt well managed organized offered arrows go thank heavens mother law kidding would appreciated twink... | 68 |
3 | This place is WAY bigger than I thought it would be. Still, the $18 regular price seems a little steep. Definately get a map because the winding paths make it easy to miss areas.\n\nWe had a great time and spent 4 hours in fantabulous weather walking around the gardens. The gift shop has some very unique items.\n\nI... | en | 127 | place way bigger thought would still regular price seems little steep definately get map winding paths make easy miss great time spent hours fantabulous weather walking around gardens gift shop unique recommend taking official tour got lot great info tour would never known get outdoor cafe area crowds get around mealti... | 69 |
3 | Went at sunset in time to walk one of the unlit trails, then did the main trail by lighted path. They also allowed us to observe a glass blowing class in session. I think it is the best botanical garden I've been to. | en | 43 | went sunset time walk one unlit trails main trail lighted path also allowed us observe glass blowing class session think best botanical garden | 23 |
4 | I love going here and taking pictures.\n\n\nThe last time I was there, I heard this beautiful flute music off in the distance.\n\nI followed it all thru the gardens, back and forth, thru all the winding paths, until I came upon this lil old dude sitting on a blanket with all these hand carved Native American Flutes lay... | en | 70 | love going taking last time heard beautiful flute music followed thru gardens back forth thru winding paths came upon lil old dude sitting blanket hand carved native american flutes laying chilled soaked beautiful day | 34 |
4 | You don't have to be a plant nerd to enjoy this place, just a nature lover. If you come here without your camera, you'll regret it. I love the desert and I'm a native to AZ and I like coming here to see and learn about the more exotic stuff, like cape aloes, for instance. \n\nThis place really immerses you in the cultu... | en | 399 | plant nerd enjoy place nature lover come without camera regret love desert native az like coming see learn exotic stuff like cape aloes instance place really immerses cultural element az somebody already mentioned native flute players live bands serve alcohol still good kids fieldtrips serve fancy cold coffee yes price... | 182 |
2 | The gardens are beautiful, but I am taking away a few stars because we were charged full admission even though the Butterfly exhibit was closed for a private party. \n\nFrom reading these reviews, it looks like the DBG used to charge a separate fee for the butterfly exhibit - that would make sense. I don't know why the... | en | 178 | gardens beautiful taking away stars charged full admission even though butterfly exhibit closed private party reading reviews looks like dbg used charge separate fee butterfly exhibit would make sense know stopped frustrated go way one vacation days live east coast pay full adult ticket fee find goal exhibit available ... | 81 |
3 | I did a driveby of this place earlier in the day, and did some research. I heard it closed at 8pm, and was told they have Chihuly glass on display. That is all I needed to hear.\n\nParking was free, and was plenty of it- I managed to get a front row spot! We got there around 5:30 pm, thinking there would be plenty o... | en | 211 | driveby place earlier day research heard closed told chihuly glass display needed free plenty managed get front row spot got around pm thinking would plenty time see everything wrong started get dark around missed sucked wanted see everything hopefully since daylight savings enjoy gardens later time parts see fascinati... | 88 |
4 | The Butterfly Exhibit was worth the trip. | en | 7 | butterfly exhibit worth trip | 4 |
4 | Looooved this garden, it was very beautiful and peaceful, I couldn't stop snapping pictures. I was in luck because they had the butterfly exhibition, I felt like I was in a butterfly wonderland. :) great place to get inspired and have a peaceful walk. | en | 44 | looooved garden beautiful peaceful could stop snapping pictures luck butterfly exhibition felt like butterfly wonderland great place get inspired peaceful walk | 21 |
2 | Do you feel like finding out what it's like to die a slow and horrible death in the middle of the desert? If your answer is yes, then you should come here around noon or early afternoon in the summer and you'll know exactly how it feels like.\n\nOkay, so when I visited today, it's not even summer, and I took most of th... | en | 286 | feel like finding like die slow horrible death middle desert answer yes come around noon early afternoon summer know exactly feels visited today even summer took precautions given website went walmart bought sunscreen hat giant bottle water enough suggest plan going hot sunny day bring rent umbrella rent go really earl... | 123 |
4 | Under construction when I visited today, but still beautiful. Fellow botanical garden-ers were friendly. \n\nBottled water is not overpriced. At 1.50 a bottle, it didn't sting that I forgot to bring my own water.\n\nPark rangers are stern, silently watching and protecting our pic-a-nik baskets from any impending doom.\... | en | 84 | construction visited today still beautiful fellow botanical friendly water overpriced bottle sting forgot bring rangers stern silently watching protecting baskets impending best tons photographers running around could chance get discovered maybe errant hand part backpack end hipster flickr | 38 |
3 | The garden is lovely and they do some fun events here. I have brought out of town guests here and I recently attended a wedding in the garden which was lovely. The luminarias in December are well worth a visit.\n\nThe cafe has some good food options and the prices are fair. Their plant sale is also very good and my mot... | en | 85 | garden lovely fun events brought town guests recently attended wedding garden lovely luminarias december well worth cafe good food options prices fair plant sale also good mother goes every year ca wait temperatures cool bit go enjoy gardens | 38 |
2 | Did you know there are over 2000 species of cactus? I thought there were, like, 5 basic kinds. I started taking pictures of all of them until I remembered: I really don't care that much about cacti. | en | 37 | know species cactus thought like basic kinds started taking pictures remembered really care much cacti | 15 |
2 | There are water fountains all over the place serving good cold water! It takes about 2hrs to see everything so come prepared. It's a great place to spend quality time with the family during the weekend. | en | 36 | water fountains place serving good cold water takes see everything come prepared great place spend quality time family weekend | 19 |
4 | We attended the Las Noches de las Luminarias again this year and since I've been away out of the country for the last four months, upon returning I can appreciate more the beauty and serenity of this particular desert botanical garden. The night was perfect, not too cold, not too hot and there were 12 different musici... | en | 100 | attended las noches de las luminarias year since away country last four months upon returning appreciate beauty serenity particular desert botanical garden night perfect cold hot different musician stations playing throughout garden part station felt like private concert interference musician lovely evening great food ... | 48 |
4 | The Desert Botanical Garden has become a staple on my frequent visits to Phoenix. I'm really not a museum-lover, but the botanical gardens have a ton of appealing qualities who can't stand in front of the same piece of art for ten minutes and pretend to think it's interesting or a showcase of masterful talent. For exam... | en | 225 | desert botanical garden become staple frequent visits phoenix really botanical gardens ton appealing qualities ca stand front piece art ten minutes pretend think interesting showcase masterful talent example tall hairy cactus pretend pretty nature maybe meant like cool different exhibits go see one visit options comple... | 101 |
2 | Go if you don't live in the desert. \n\nIf you do, or have, skip it. $18 a person ....not really worth that many dollars. You can go to the desert or look at your own front yard. | en | 37 | go live desert skip person really worth many dollars go desert look front yard | 14 |
2 | Nice place to be. My kids enjoy walking around occasionally. The butterfly exhibit is fun. They also put on a nice Halloween event for kids, complete with a pumpkin patch, hayride, petting zoo, games, etc. Getting a culture pass from the library to get 2 people in for free is fantastic! | en | 51 | nice place kids enjoy walking around occasionally butterfly exhibit fun also put nice halloween event kids complete pumpkin patch hayride petting zoo games etc getting culture pass library get people free fantastic | 32 |
4 | Attended last weekend for the Cactus and Corks event. I'm from Ohio and live in CO so this was an awesome place to check out the deserts terrain. I recommend keeping an eye for for local events and bringing any out of town guests to this garden. Beautiful. Well worth my afternoon | en | 52 | attended last weekend cactus corks event ohio live co awesome place check deserts terrain recommend keeping eye local events bringing town guests garden beautiful well worth afternoon | 27 |
2 | Nice place to visit in spring time frame. The prices are affordable and the views are breathtaking. | en | 17 | nice place visit spring time frame prices affordable views breathtaking | 10 |
1 | Luckily we came here with a half off groupon for $9 (full price is $18) because I would never pay full price to see a bunch of cactuses when I can just catch them on the side of the road. \n\nThe highlight of the trip was when we saw a prairie dog on our way out of the garden. | en | 59 | luckily came half groupon full price would never pay full price see bunch cactuses catch side road highlight trip saw prairie dog way garden | 24 |
4 | Five star, times more stars. \n\nI visited during the Spring bloom. This is officially the next check on my bucket list for seeing Unbelievable Floral Displays of the Natural World. \n\nFootpaths were wide and plant specimens were well marked and tended. Outside, a triad of Chihuly glass greets visitors. http://ww... | en | 100 | five star times stars visited spring bloom officially next check bucket list seeing unbelievable floral displays natural world wide plant specimens well marked tended outside triad chihuly glass greets visitors http could spent another day exploring time short garden rich visting huming birds lizards footed friends pp ... | 62 |
4 | At first the $18 adult entry fee seemed a bit steep, but once inside you can understand why and appreciate how well manicured the grounds are. On the weekends there are many weddings taking place throughout the site. That is how beautiful this place is.\n\nWe happen to visit when the butterfly exhibit was in bloom and ... | en | 96 | first adult entry fee seemed bit steep inside understand appreciate well manicured grounds weekends many weddings taking place throughout site beautiful place happen visit butterfly exhibit bloom treat see many gorgeous variety butterflies flying around possibly landing butterfly patrollers duty soft rainbow dusters ma... | 48 |
3 | Nice place to stop on your way into Phoenix.\n\nIt's welcoming beauty of Arizona as you walk through the gardens. Plenty of opportunity to learn and enjoy the scenary. \n\nI took plenty of pictures and as I took in what Phoenix had to offer gained a better appreication for the cactus! | en | 50 | nice place stop way welcoming beauty arizona walk gardens plenty opportunity learn enjoy scenary took plenty pictures took phoenix offer gained better appreication cactus | 24 |
2 | This is a nice place to come and see the monarch butterfly exhibit and learn about the various types of desert plants and how they survive and acclimate to the desert. Also did insect inspection camp which was fun for the kids. Great teacher to student ratio for the camp. | en | 50 | nice place come see monarch butterfly exhibit learn various types desert plants survive acclimate desert also insect inspection camp fun kids great teacher student ratio camp | 26 |
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