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

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Updated June 05, 2025

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Canopy Wine Lounge

4.9

4.9 (163)

$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

VanessaVIP

Dined on Jun 24, 2025

What a find! Such a beautiful experience! We were nicely greeted by our waitress/Maitre D. She offered us a delicious glass of champagne for our anniversary celebration. We chose to share the mezze appetizer.to start. We were surprisingly pleased with the quality of food. The restaurant decor is gorgeous. We loved the Argentinian selection of wine. We will definitely come back to try other wines.

Arnold Palmer's Restaurant

4.8

4.8 (5102)

$31 to $50

American

La Quinta

About the restaurant

CLOSED FOR SUMMER JUNE 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25TH
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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BarbaraVIP

Dined on May 31, 2025

The outside patio is beautiful and music is a plus. Food always great, staff is wonderful.

Counter Reformation

4.9

4.9 (274)

$30 and under

Wine Bar

Palm Desert

About the restaurant

Bar seating and ledge-leaning is the rule of thumb—think Paris tabac or the zinc—the heat of local life, crowded with regulars at the counter waiting for their vin rouge. Here you’ll find our Cave à Manger, an eclectic curation of wines by the glass, paired with a menu of small plated savory delicacies created for this tasting smorgasbord. More than an amuse-bouche, less than a serving. Range, variety, exploration, and discovery are the point.

Counter Reformation is located inside Parker Palm Springs, a Leading Hotels of the World property. Valet parking is complimentary when you dine.

Reservations are recommended, but if you don’t see availability, just walk in for the next seat at the counter.

Want to dive deeper into the wine list? Meet Bruce Barrett, our hotel sommelier—just ask for him.

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MegVIP

Dined 2 days ago

We had another wonderful experience at Counter Reformation. It's our favorite spot in Palm Springs. Great food, atmosphere and service. Thank you!

Jillian's

4.8

4.8 (1050)

$50 and over

International

Palm Desert

About the restaurant

Romantic. Inviting. Original. Uncompromising quality.
Superb cuisine graciously served in an extraordinary atmosphere, is the unique inspiration of proprietors Jay and June Trubee.
Guests will experience a masterful Eclectic cuisine. Our menus are designed to include seasonal local ingredients, classic Jillian’s dishes and, of course, your preferences. To accompany your meal, we offer an extensive selection of fine wines from around the world.
Whether you choose one of our distinctive dining rooms or the inviting outdoor courtyard, enchanting garden or private terrace, every detail will be attended to, every need met. With everything from the menu selection to the wine pairings and flower arrangements that can be custom-designed for a most memorable occasion.

RESERVATIONS FOR 5 GUESTS OR MORE.......CALL (760) 776-8242

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WalterVIP

Dined on May 22, 2025

As usual the dining experience was outstanding. Quiet with great ambience and food.

Johnny Costa's

4.8

4.8 (2391)

$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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LisaVIP

Dined 4 days ago

The food was so amazing 🤩 one of the top five Italian experiences I have had.

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4.8

4.8 (638)

$50 and over

American

Rancho Mirage

About the restaurant

At Foxy's Kitchen + Bar, we believe that great food and great company go hand in hand. Our mission is to create memorable dining experiences by providing exceptional service and delicious cuisine, with a classic, old-school speakeasy vibe that will take you back to the good ole days, while listening to the best Foxy playlist on the planet. We are also committed to using only the freshest ingredients and supporting local farmers.

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GeorgeVIP

Dined 3 days ago

It was a great experience, excellent food and Quin our waiter was amazing… attentive, helpful and knowledgeable about the menu. We will be back and highly recommended! George

Oceans

4.8

4.8 (1530)

$31 to $50

Seafood

Cathedral City

About the restaurant

Oceans a Mediterranean is fine dinning style seafood restaurant at its location since 1995.This intimate European restaurant brings the Oceans to desert offering fresh seafood prepared in classic Mediterranean and Californian styles. Dishes like bouillabaisse, paella, abalone sea bass, sand dabs, shrimp, scallops, lobster, salmon, swordfish, tuna, oysters are served every day. Not a fish lover? Oceans offers meat specials for meat lovers 16 oz veal chop, rack of lamb and steaks. Oceans serves premium spirits and an extensive wine list. Do not wait and jump to Oceans.

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lawrenceVIP

Dined 7 days ago

Quiet venue with a small amount of tables Great food great service !!

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Stuft Pizza Bar & Grill - La Quinta

4.8

4.8 (17)

$30 and under

Pizza Bar

La Quinta

About the restaurant

Before Stuft Pizza gained its reputation as a top restaurant in Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, and La Quinta, Jack and Pat Bertram founded the first Stuft Pizza in Cerritos, California in 1976 after months of recipe experimentation. Starting as a small take-out only pizza joint, its focus on quality led to success. By 1986, it expanded into a franchise, with the Bertram Family operating two unique locations in the Coachella Valley since 2004 and 2014. Featuring expanded menus, full bars, HD TVs, and a welcoming atmosphere, Stuft Pizza remains a beloved family-run establishment, offering delicious pizza and great value for over 45 years. Thank you for being part of the Stuft Pizza family!

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OpenTable DinerVIP

Dined on Mar 16, 2025

The waiters were great and the food came out really quickly and the food was phenomenal

Chez Pierre Bistro

4.8

4.8 (1637)

$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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DavidVIP

Dined 4 days ago

We had a nice quiet dinner only 2 tables occupied. First time here they have a summer menu.we were very happy with this menus something for everyone. The food Orange Roughy, Calamari steak and Beef Tongue were amazing. The service was top notch but it was a very slow night. Thank you Chef we will be back

DSRT CLUB

4.8

4.8 (796)

$31 to $50

American

La Quinta

About the restaurant

DSRT CLUB! Another creation brought to you by the owners of RD RNNR. In developing a sister restaurant to RD RNNR, we set out to create a social club atmosphere that drew inspiration from the lore of Desert nostalgia. In our journey through the development of the name and design, we came across a true desert classic in The Desert Club. This vintage establishment was built in the late 1930’s and was closed up in the late 1980’s. With the 1940’s and 1950’s marking the major success of The Desert Club, we then envisioned a restaurant that brought back the swanky essence of those years here in the Desert.

With the intent to restore some vintage ADULT dining to the “cove”, our hope is to establish a feeling of upscale classic that is reminiscent of “nostalgic” Desert vibes. We are focused on offering a great feel in ambiance, amazing food and exceptional service all wrapped in a tight bow.

We look forward to dining with you!

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Robert

Dined 3 days ago

My husband & I had a very enjoyable evening. Along with great food & impeccable service we will definitely be back!

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