A handsome Spanish-Colonial home, the West House, with its plant-filled courtyard and welcoming patio is home to the Tohono Chul Park Tea Room.  The 49-acre Tohono Chul Park, listed by National Geographic Traveler as one of the top 22 Secret Gardens in the U.S. and Canada, is a leading Southwest center of desert nature, arts and culture. The Tea Room celebrates the bounty of native plants and ingredients from Arizona in its culinary creations.

The pace here is relaxing and therapeutic.  Either before or after a hike through the numerous trails and gardens, lunch on the patio of the Tea Room allows guests to recharge and savor some great, traditional cuisine with a focus on fresh and local.  A specialty is the Prickly Pear Lemonade, a treat on a warm day in the Tucson sun and an excellent pairing for a grain-fed chicken roulade with spinach and goat cheese or mixed green salad - whatever your fancy.