The Best Restaurants in Marana, AZ

Gastropubs, Sonoran, craft beer, and fine dining restaurants are all right here in Marana.

The Town of Marana has been the major farming and ranching area for Tucson for hundreds of years.

The Ritz-Carlton: Dove Mountain Restaurants
Sonoran Mexican Dishes
Must-Try Marana Restaurants
Craft Brewing: Southwest Style

It still has a lot of farmland, ranches, and open space. Now, Marana is becoming known for its specialty agriculture that supplies local restaurants and craft breweries with high-end ingredients. If you drink craft beer made in Tucson, it’s likely that you are drinking Marana-grown white Sonoran wheat, a four hundred year-old variety of wheat that has recently been revived. If you drink Whisky Del Bac, you are drinking barley grown in Marana. When you have a salad at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain restaurants, the greens are from a specialty grower in Marana.

Because Marana is a growing community with a reputation for top notch farming and beautiful scenery, it is attracting people who want to develop new unique craft breweries and restaurants, and many of the restaurants here are serving local craft beer. Quite a few popular restaurants in Tucson have opened second locations here.

Dining at the Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain Restaurants

The Dove Mountain neighborhood is about 10 miles away from the Tucson Premium Outlets and has upscale dining as well as upscale family-friendly options. The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, named one of eight properties in the world to both the 2020 Most Luxurious Resort and Most Luxurious Spa lists by Forbes' Travel Guide, offers dining choices that are unparalleled in Southern Arizona. Even though it is a five star-rated resort, you do not need to be a guest to dine at any of The Ritz-Carlton’s three main restaurants.

Each of The Ritz-Carlton’s restaurants follows classical French cuisine standards and uses the freshest available seasonal and local ingredients.

Patrons dine at the patio area of Cayton's Burger Bistro.

Cayton's Burger Bistro

Cayton’s Burger Bistro, at the Golf Club at Dove Mountain adjoining The Ritz-Carlton, is an American style gastropub famous for its gourmet burgers, milkshakes, elegant comfort food, and for featuring local ingredients. If you are looking for family-friendly or casual elegance and incredible food, this is the place. Both indoor and patio dining are beautiful. There are also private dining spaces for small groups. | 15000 N Secret Springs Dr, Marana, AZ 85658

A cocktail with a lime wedge at Ignite.

Ignite

Ignite is The Ritz-Carlton’s cozy and romantic lounge and bar that extends onto a patio with stunning Wild Burro Canyon and cliff views. Ignite has an interesting menu that changes seasonally and often features Sonoran Desert wild food ingredients that are rarely found on menus anywhere, small plates, proper cocktails, and sushi every Friday and Saturday evenings. In addition to its signature cocktails, it also has locally made craft beer on tap. | 15000 N Secret Springs Dr, Marana, AZ 85658

CORE Kitchen and Wine Bar

CORE Kitchen and Wine Bar is The Ritz-Carlton’s Forbes Travel Guide Four star-rated contemporary dining room. The menu changes seasonally, offering inspired experiences of classic dishes that are built from Sonoran Desert wild food, locally-sourced heritage food ingredients, and ingredients grown on site. There is no other restaurant like this one, anywhere. | 15000 N Secret Springs Dr, Marana, AZ 85658

Sonoran Mexican Dishes

Marana has so many notable Sonoran Mexican restaurants that we created the Dining Guide to Sonoran Mexican Food to help you find them all. Among them, a select few have earned awards for their outstanding cuisine. Be sure to visit these celebrated spots for an authentic taste of Sonoran flavors:

La Olla Mexican Cafe

La Olla Mexican Cafe serves up Sonoran-style classics with a few surprises along the way. Enchiladas, carne asada, pork carnitas, and chile relleno anchor the menu, while fried tacos, empanadas, and diablo sauce add a twist. For dessert, the house-made dark chocolate jalapeño ice cream with caramelized pecans and raspberry coulis is a must-try. | 8553 N. Silverbell Rd, Marana, AZ 85653

Mariscos Chihuahua

Fresh seafood and bright flavors define Mariscos Chihuahua, known for serving some of the best ceviche in the area. Every dish highlights top-quality ingredients, from vibrant produce to perfectly prepared seafood. A kids’ menu makes it a great option for families looking to enjoy a taste of the coast. | 4185 W. Ina Road, Tucson, AZ 85741

La Parrilla Suiza

La Parrilla Suiza brings the flavors of Mexico City to Marana with sizzling fajitas, enchiladas, soups, and salads. The rich and flavorful corn tortilla soup is a standout, perfect alongside a classic dish or on its own. | 4250 W. Ina Rd, Tucson, AZ 85741

Must-Try Marana Restaurants

Vero Amore

If you are looking for a contemporary Italian restaurant and wine bar, Vero Amore features upscale Neapolitan food including authentic wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, seafood, and meaty pasta dishes, with extensive wine and cocktail selections. | 12130 N Dove Mtn Blvd #104, Marana, AZ 85658

Li’l Abners Steakhouse

Located on Silverbell Road, just minutes from the Tucson Premium Outlets, Li’l Abners Steakhouse is a vintage, one-of-a-kind place dripping with atmosphere as an authentic cowboy and Hollywood hangout from the 1940s, when Marana was the center of dude ranching and Western filming. It serves mesquite grilled “cowboy style” steak and ribs, cooked over an outdoor open flame, accompanied by salad, ranch-style beans, and Texas toast. The rustic atmosphere, with walls and ceiling loaded with graffiti and memorabilia, tells of the many movie stars, rodeo stars, and Western music stars that have passed through. | 8501 North Silverbell Road, Marana, AZ 85743

Growler's Taphouse

Growler's Taphouse is on the other side of Marana from Dove Mountain, nestled into the lovely Continental Ranch family neighborhood. Growler's has lots of hearty gastropub snack choices, such as mushrooms and peppers stuffed with cheese, loaded up fries and nachos, and local brewery made beer-battered onion rings. Plus, lots of sandwiches, salads, and more. | 8275 N. Silverbell Road, Marana, AZ 85743

Two men holding beers behind the bar at Catalina Brewing Company.
CreditCatalina Brewing Company

Craft Brewing: Southwest Style

Catalina Brewing Co.

Catalina Brewing Co. is Marana’s first operating craft brewery and its creative brewmaster, Hank Rowe, showcases an ever-changing array of micro-brews on tap, using Marana-grown ingredients such as mesquite flour in its Mesquite Agave Ale and Twin Pole Mesquite Porter, as well as prickly pear fruit in the La Rosa Cream Ale which carries the rosy color of the Catalina Mountains at sunset, and Chiltepin chile peppers. | 6918 N Camino Martin, Tucson, AZ 85741

Button Brew House

Button Brew House is Marana's second craft brewery, founded by Todd and Erika Button. It is located around the corner from Catalina Brewing Company so that you can make an afternoon of tasting original craft beer in Marana, made with ingredients grown in Marana. Button Brew House offers seasonal and unique signature beers such as the Chiltepin Red, ambers, stouts, pilsners, lagers, and a special Juletide beer in honor of a special person, just for the holidays. | 6800 N Camino Martin Suite 160, Tucson, AZ 85741

Dove Mountain Brewing Co.

Dove Mountain Brewing Co. has casual pub fare with a range of mains, burgers, sandwiches, salads, and sides that go with beer. They also have dozens of craft beers on tap from breweries all over Tucson and Marana including Barrio Brewing Co., Borderlands Brewing Co., Catalina Brewing Co., Dragoon Brewing Company, Sentinel Peak Brewing Company, Ten Fifty-Five Brewing, 1912 Brewing Co., and others. | 12130 N. Dove Mountain Blvd. Marana, AZ 85658

A glass of beer at Casa Marana Craft Beer, Wine & Bottle Shop.

Casa Marana Craft Beer & Wine Bar

Rotating beer and wine taps, handcrafted cocktails, and an extensive whiskey selection make Casa Marana Craft Beer & Wine Bar a go-to for great drinks and good times. Authentic Neapolitan pizza adds to the dining experience, while pool tables, shuffleboard, and weekly events like trivia keep things lively. | 8225 N Courtney Page Way #191, Tucson, AZ 85743

Caps & Corks Craft Beer, Wine & Bottle Shop

An ever-changing selection of craft beer and wine ensures that no two visits are the same at Caps & Corks. The rotating taps feature brews from near and far, and frequent food truck pop-ups bring even more variety. | 3830 W River Rd ste 100, Tucson, AZ 85741

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