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

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Updated June 05, 2025

Looking for the best value restaurants in Palm Springs / Palm Desert? 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!

FERRO

4.8

4.8 (1762)

$30 and under

Contemporary Italian

Palm Desert

About the restaurant

FERRO offers a modern Italian menu featuring fresh pasta, Neopolitan-style pizza cooked to order in the outdoor pizza oven, thick steaks, fresh seafood, and house-made desserts. With a full bar, a great selection of both Italian and New World wines, and rotating tap beer choices. There is something for everybody!
Enjoy live music under the pines almost every night in the expansive concert area or quieter al fresco dining on the front deck. In the winter, cozy up to the beautiful fireplace in the elegant lounge/bar.

Top review

Lisa

Dined 2 days ago

Spiro is always accommodating, efficient and professional!

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4.7

4.7 (1260)

$30 and under

Contemporary American

La Quinta

About the restaurant

We are currently open and available for Indoor and Outdoor Seating as well as Takeout. Open to both Community Members and the public, June Hill’s Table recognizes June Hill McCarroll, one of Coachella Valley’s most renowned and important founding residents. June Hill’s Table serves a variety of seasonal dishes made from scratch using fresh and local ingredients. Live music on Wednesday evenings. Simply put, the feature dining experience at The Polo Club is set to showcase good food, done well.

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Brad

Dined 2 days ago

New menu with some outstanding options. My wife enjoyed the petrale sole with sautéed spinach, and I thoroughly enjoyed the green curry chicken with vegetables and rice. Their Hummus is the best we've ever tasted. We've never been disappointed

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Popular dish

Fish & Chips

Popular dish

Our Famous Butter Cake

El Patio - La Quinta

4.8

4.8 (50)

$30 and under

Mexican

Indian Wells

About the restaurant

El Patio is a family owned and run restaurant. What began as family Sunday brunch, soon led to an effort to share family recipes for everyone to enjoy. Felipes, our sister restaurant, began our journey and inspired our family to share our culture in a larger scale. Join the El Patio familia for some drinks and delicious Guadalajara inspired dishes.

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MaryVIP

Dined 4 days ago

Fabulous food and service!! Loved our choices-everything was cooked to perfection and presented beautifully. Air conditioning was great but due to the outside temperature it was still a bit warm as restaurant filled up with diners.

Oceans

4.8

4.8 (1521)

$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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MartyVIP

Dined 1 day ago

A neighborhood gem. Serving really good food. And always, served professionally.

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4.9

4.9 (156)

$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.

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Jennifer

Dined on Jun 1, 2025

Great service. Great food. Amazing wine. Highly recommend and will definitely go back!

Freddies Kitchen at the Cole

4.7

4.7 (280)

$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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JaneVIP

Dined on Jun 3, 2025

This was a repeat visit: food is very well prepared and imaginative. Chef Frederic is charming, hospitable and really knows his business. The food was excellent.

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Popular dish

Traditional French Onion Soup

Popular dish

Peppered Elk Medallions

Popular dish

Wild Mushroom Strudel

Piero's Pizzavino

4.8

4.8 (1949)

$30 and under

Italian

Palm Desert

About the restaurant

Four Key Ingredients for PizzaVino's true authentic Neapolitan Pizza--it's all about balance. The Oven, San Marzano tomatoes, Fior di Latte Mozzarella & Doppio Zero Flour. We are more than just pizza at Our Comfortable Home away from Home Restaurant. We offer Fresh Locally Grown, Organic Fruits & Vegetables, Fresh Seafood, Quality Cuts of Meat, Salads with our homemade dressings, as well as Desserts like Your Mom use to or still does make! We are OPEN LATER than Most!

Buon Appetito

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Juanita

Dined 3 days ago

My dear friend and I dined on the enclosed patio, which was nice and cool with fans. Pattie was our server. She was excellent. We shared the margarita pizza and the Caesar salad and they were nice enough to even split it on different plates. Always have had a wonderful experience at Piero’s

Al dente

4.7

4.7 (1173)

$30 and under

Italian

Palm Springs

About the restaurant

Al dente Trattoria - A quaint cucina with a decidedly European atmosphere, has served Palm Springs and international clientele for over 30 years.

Al dente proprietor Kendra Riccio and Executive Chef Oscar Cardenas present an extensive menu of pastas with homemade sauces, beef, veal, and fresh seafood entrées for lunch and dinner in a casual fine dining atmosphere. Located on historic Palm Canyon Drive, downtown Palm Springs, within walking distance to major hotels, convention center, shopping and casinos.

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AlanVIP

Dined 6 days ago

Always an excellent experience at Al Dente..Delicious food and gracious service. Thank you.

Trilussa Ristorante

4.7

4.7 (3514)

$30 and under

Italian

Palm Springs

About the restaurant

Trilussa serves traditional Italian cuisine in an intimate and family atmosphere. They serve great Italian seafood, steaks, pizza and pasta dishes with elegance and a smile. Front door parking to the restaurant available. Gluten-free pasta available. Live Music.

Happy Hour reservations not available.
Table requests are not guaranteed.

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Ann

Dined 2 days ago

The ambiance was wonderful. All of the waitstaff were pleasant and helpful. Most importantly the food was delicious. Highly recommend

Johnny Costa's

4.8

4.8 (2375)

$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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ChadVIP

Dined today

Server was absolutely excellent and all the food great from the Caesar salad to the vodka penne and piccata.

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