Skylar W.
Yelp
This was my second time at The Herb Box. I loved it so much for lunch last time I was in the town, that I made a reservation for my pre-Valentine's Day dinner with my boyfriend here! Parking seems to always suck in this part of Scottsdale, but we made out with a street spot about 5 minutes away.
We assume Herb Box may have been short-staffed for the night before V-Day - our server let us know they were extremely swamped at the start of dinner. The food did take a realllllly long time to get to us, and the bigger issue was that the two appetizers came the exact same time as our entrees, so we went from having nothing to everything at once.
We ordered the brussel sprout chips and short rib taco appetizers and a burger and chimichurri beef tenderloin for entrees. Once we got the food, it was delicious! For such a simple appetizer, the brussels were sooooo good. It's just crispy brussel sprout pieces, seasoned very well, over a sauce (chipotle aioli, if I remember correctly?) so we would just scoop up some brussels and sauce and eat it that eat. The tacos came deconstructed - I'm not sure if they normally come that way or if it was only because of my dairy allergy so that the dairy items were on the side, but I really enjoyed getting to make my own taco how I wanted. They were PACKED with short rib meat and there was a ton of juice in the corn tortillas so they were very messy and broke, but what was in them was tasty!
I got the beef tenderloin. I loveeee chimichurri, and I thought the beef was cooked just to my liking (I ordered medium). The sweet potato fries were soft not crispy, but at least that means they likely weren't deep fried - so no complaints here!
My boyfriend got the Arizona grass-fed burger, which was supposed to come with a red pepper aioli and smashed fingerling potatoes. The sauce did not arrive with the meal, and the potatoes were...literally just potatoes. I mean, they weren't smashed, and they were unseasoned! Like not even salt and pepper! We ended up taking them home (as well as some beef & shortrib) and I seasoned them for lunch the next day, but we had a laugh about that at the table.
I really like Herb Box and I'd still go back - I really believe they were just having a rough night with the influx of people on a Monday!