Five Valley hotels and one restaurant made the top of the list for the annual ranking by the American Automobile Association Inc., earning the coveted 5 Diamond status.
The hotels included a new recognition from AAA this year for the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, one of six new hotels that received a 5 Diamond recognition.
The lone restaurant to crack the 5 Diamond club is a high-end eatery in Chandler, while J&G Steakhouse in Scottsdale is among this year's 4 Diamond restaurants.
The 5 Diamond rating recognizes 119 hotels and 67 restaurants nationally, according to AAA, amounting to less than 1% of the nearly 60,000 AAA-rated hotels and restaurants across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
