Diners' Choice: Best Overall restaurants in Palm Springs / Palm Desert Cities

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Updated November 05, 2024

Looking for the best overall restaurants in Palm Springs / Palm Desert Cities? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Canopy Wine Lounge

4.9

4.9 (101)

$50 and over

Wine Bar

Palm Springs

About the restaurant

Canopy Wine Lounge is a driving source for wine & community no matter where your palate takes you. To curate this lounge, a partnership formed between longtime Palm Springs local Noah Mamet and the owner of our 15 unique winery properties around the globe. Our decor is a modern take on the popular design of the 1950's, using clean lines, pops of color, and various textured fabrics and fixtures.

To accent our wine bar, we have a custom-built clay amphora where our in-house winemaker will be fermenting and ageing a Californian rosé. Glowing fireplace features highlight our meticulously curated selection of desert plants. Our food bites are meant to be paired with quality-driven wines and lively conversation between friends.

Top review

Melissa

Dined 4 days ago

Wonderful little spot for great food and good wine. My new favorite spot in Palm Springs

Wally's Desert Turtle

4.8

4.8 (3775)

$50 and over

Contemporary American

Rancho Mirage

About the restaurant

"The Finest Dining in the Coachella Valley" Offering a refreshed and re-imagined take on Modern California Cuisine. And the local response has been "Amazing"!

An Official California Dining Destination, Wally's Desert Turtle in Rancho Mirage proudly supports local Ranches, Farms and Fisheries committed to the smart-stewardship of the planet through sustainable, earth-friendly and ocean-friendly practices.

The finest local ingredients, impeccable service and exceptional surroundings always make for "A Great Night Out" at Wally's Desert Turtle.

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Taravip

Dined 3 days ago

What a total gem! We are mid 50's and while the typical crowd may be older, we appreciated the excellent service, the owner greeting us at the door and checking on us during dinner, the super professional server, and the outstanding food. Seabass, sole and souffle were amazing!

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Popular dish

Honolulu Tuna Tartare

Popular dish

Cinnamon Carrot Cake

Experience

Christmas Eve at Wally's

Freddies Kitchen at the Cole

4.9

4.9 (215)

$31 to $50

French American

Palm Springs

About the restaurant

A modern French Bistro serving fresh, French California cuisine with global flavors in a casual, social, and welcoming atmosphere.
Chef Frederic takes the best locally grown and sourced food, mixes it with his creativity, and re-imagines it into perfect bites prepared with love.
Located at the remodeled Cole Hotel, a place to gather in Uptown Palm Springs.
We look forward to serving you!

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Ericavip

Dined 4 days ago

What a hidden gem!!! So glad I trusted the reviews I read. In a small, older hotel (the Cole), but so wonderful! We were greeted by the chef, our server was wonderful and the food was outstanding! Would definitely go again when back in town!! Very intimate setting with mouth watering food. Highly recommend!!

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Popular dish

Peppered Elk Medallions

Popular dish

Wild Mushroom Strudel

Experience

A Christmas Eve Dining Experience to Remember!

Chez Pierre Bistro

4.9

4.9 (1540)

$31 to $50

French

Palm Desert

About the restaurant

Chez Pierre Bistro is an authentic and most charming French bistro that everybody wished they had in their neighborhood, where Chef Pierre develops his profound love for creative and innovative ideas in his kitchen.
The ambiance is intimate, friendly, his staff always very professional and his charming wife Esther watches over the dining room.

Chef Pierre has the extensive knowledge, passion and respect of the best ingredients from local farmers markets. His cuisine is superb and his daily specials are impressive, unique and follow the seasons.
In the winter you can find his famous cassoulet, in the spring, shad roe and soft shell crabs, in the summer, paella in addition to a selection of wild fish.

It is no surprise that Chez Pierre Bistro has been voted Best French restaurant of the Desert for the past 10 years and nominated among ”Best Chef of America” by his peers.

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jim

Dined 7 days ago

Everyone here is the nicest you will ever meet. The food is always outstanding, but the service can't be any better! Thank you

Miro's Restaurant

4.9

4.9 (3477)

$31 to $50

Modern European

Palm Springs

About the restaurant

Welcome to Miro’s Restaurant, voted best Mediterranean – Continental fine dining restaurant in Palm Springs. We promise to make your dining experience a comfortable, flavorful and memorable one. Be sure to call us for the daily specials, it might just be that entrée you’ve been searching for. We look forward to meeting you. Also please note that patio is first come first serve. If you wish to sit on the patio tell us here but it is not guaranteed that you will be seated on patio depending on availability.

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Martinvip

Dined 1 day ago

Always a delightful experience. We’ve been going to Miro’s for Thanksgiving for some years now and it’s always a treat. Perfectly cooked turkey dinner as well a wonderfully flavorful and rich Beef Stroganoff. Beautiful decor and ambiance and very skilled, warm and courteous service.

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Coral Sushi & Sake Bar

4.7

4.7 (146)

$30 and under

Sushi

La Quinta

About the restaurant

NOW OPEN!

Coral Sushi and Sake Bar is excited to be serving the Coachella Valley. We are a Sushi Bar with a Korean influence in the menu, proudly serving our signature rolls and amazing sake and wine list. Join us for an appetizer and drinks or for a special night out.

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Charlesvip

Dined on Nov 16, 2024

Love love love this place. I had some beautifully fresh bluefin tuna and had their wonderful power trip sushi bowl. The service from Sylvia is always great as she is attentive and very sweet.

Arnold Palmer's Restaurant

4.9

4.9 (4659)

$31 to $50

American

La Quinta

About the restaurant

Arnold Palmer’s Restaurant features Progressive American cuisine, including fresh seafood, steaks, and some of Arnie’s great comfort foods. This one-of-a-kind restaurant features many indoor dining options, including multiple private rooms, a beautiful bar and lounge, and an impressive wine room that houses 2,500 bottles with a large table for special events up to 20 guests. The extensive newly remodeled patio (awarded 2022 top 100 outdoor dining restaurants in the country by open table diners) offers live entertainment every night featuring Mark Linford with stunning views of the Santa Rosa Mountains and breathtaking landscape.

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Lisavip

Dined 1 day ago

What a truly wonderful evening with loved ones… the front staff are gracious and welcoming and our server Pablo was warm and helpful… Dustin the GM was extremely gracious and accommodating … food excellent….love this place

Castelli's

4.8

4.8 (4634)

$31 to $50

Italian

Palm Desert

About the restaurant

Named by Zagat Survey America’s 1,000 top Italian restaurants. Enter the doors of Castelli’s and you’ll believe you have just stepped into a small bistro in romantic Tuscany.

No baseball hats, no tank tops and no flip flops.
Womens designer hats are allowed.

* As of Jan 31, 2023, Castelli's is no longer accepting the $25.00 Hanson's Garage Door Gift Certificates.
**The promotion has expired**

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Helen

Dined 2 days ago

This is a must go restaurant for us. Over the years, we have experienced most items on the menu, and we have never been disappointed. It's truly a dining experience!

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4.8

4.8 (2185)

$31 to $50

Italian

Palm Springs

About the restaurant

From the classic Italian music to the candlelit tables, the nostalgic atmosphere at Johnny Costa’s Ristorante feels like traveling back to midcentury times. It’s no wonder Frank Sinatra was once a regular at this fine Italian restaurant, which has been honored by Palm Springs Life as best Italian restaurant for 10 consecutive years. The Costa family continues the legacy of late chef-owner Johnny Costa, who was pals with Sinatra when he moved to Hollywood from New York in the 1960s, and a decade later served as the singer’s personal chef at his desert home. Costa’s pedigree lives on in his legendary recipes, including his classic cioppino. Open for dinner at 5 p.m. Closed Sunday & Monday

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Larryvip

Dined 3 days ago

Food and Service was excellent. We had Fariel as our server.

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The Venue Sushi & Spirits Redefined

4.8

4.8 (1254)

$30 and under

Sushi

Palm Desert

About the restaurant

Sushi & Whiskey

Chic. Modern. Sophisticated. But also casual and friendly. The Venue is the cool hot spot on El Paseo, popular with locals, out-of-town visitors and food critics who serve up rave reviews. The Venue is artful, from its sleek décor to the original, ever-evolving menu, enthusiastically created by owner/chef Engin Onural. "This is my art," he shares. "Each plate is a painting, but I use fish instead of paint."

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Rosemarievip

Dined today

Food and service very good and the patio is very pretty and set back from the street which is very nice and gives the patio a nice ambiance.

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