Forbes names 5-Star winners in metro Phoenix for hotels, restaurants

Kai Restaurant at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and the Canyon Suites at the Phoenician are the only Valley properties honored as Five-Star winners in the annual Forbes Travel Guide. 

The two local winners are among 154 Five-Star hotels, 56 Five-Star restaurants and 47 Five-Star spas. The 58th list of Star Rating winners was announced in late February.


Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain north of Tucson was the only other Five-Star winner in Arizona.

The Four-Star hotel winners in metro Phoenix were:

— Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale.

— Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain.

— The Phoenician.

— Phoenician Residences.

— Royal Palms Resort.

Talavera at Four Seasons Scottsdale and II Terrazzo at the Phoenician were Four-Star restaurant winners.

The Four-Star spa winners in the Valley were:

— Aji Spa at Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort.

— Alvarado Spa at the Royal Palms Resort.

— Centre for Well Being at the Phoenician.

— Sanctuary Spa and Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain.

— The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale.

— Well & Being Spa at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Resort.

The Forbes Travel Guide Star Ratings have been a coveted hospitality-industry standard since 1958.