Diners' Choice: Neighborhood gem restaurants in Palm Springs / Palm Desert Cities

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Updated September 05, 2024

Looking for the best restaurants that are the best neighborhood gems 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!

J's Deli

4.9

4.9 (353)

$30 and under

Deli

Palm Desert

About the restaurant

Beautiful outdoor patio, Full bar that offers happy hour daily. Bakery on premise that features homemade bagels.
Take-out, delivery, catering and private dining available.

Top review

Williamvip

Dined 1 day ago

By far the best deli in the Valley. Also a suberb number of choices, including breakfast.

Freddies Kitchen at the Cole

4.9

4.9 (199)

$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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Michael

Dined 5 days ago

Always love coming back to Freddie’s Kitchen. Everyone is so friendly and the food is wonderful!

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Popular dish

Peppered Elk Medallions

Popular dish

Wild Mushroom Strudel

Ernie’s Bar and Grill at PGA West

4.8

4.8 (429)

$30 and under

American

La Quinta

About the restaurant

Ernie's is an "open to the public" Gastro-Pub located at PGA West, overlooking the famous Stadium and Nicklaus Tournament courses. The hallmark of Gastro Pub fare is that it takes adventurous twists on familiar food, all made from scratch with palette arousing ingredients. Ernie's offers both a casual and refined atmosphere that welcomes the casual beer drinker, the wine enthusiast or the hipster looking for a cocktail. The restaurant consists of booths, low and high top tables positioned to provide people watching, sports on various TV’s or take in golf course views. The large patio provides both outdoor living room furniture and table dining. Two gas fire pits provide and area to relax, unwind and socialize.

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Jacque

Dined on Sep 1, 2024

We were there early so it wasn’t crowded or noisy! Great service! We had delicious food and enjoyed the tvs with lots of sports on all around us. Will definitely be back!!

Si Bon

4.8

4.8 (5298)

$30 and under

Bistro

Rancho Mirage

About the restaurant

Please note:
DO NOT write special requests in reservation.
If you selected OUTDOOR for your reservation you will be seated on the patio.
If you selected STANDARD DINING you will be seated in the Main Dining Room.
For any special seating request please CALL the restaurant.
We will do our best to accommodate seating requests, but please confirm with us BEFORE arrival.
We are OPEN for dining INDOORS & on our covered PATIO.
TAKE OUT and DELIVERY are also available.
Order on our Website SiBon-SoGood.com or call 760.837.0011
Also available with PostMates, GrubHub, DoorDash and UberEats.
Classic Belgian cuisine with a fresh and modern twist is served by our friendly, welcoming staff.
Si Bon's menus include gluten free and vegetarian options. Chef Philippe Caupain's focus is on local and organic ingredients.
Offering full bar, featuring Belgian Beers on tap, Specialty Cocktails and a great Wine List with several organic labels.

Top review

Thomas

Dined 1 day ago

Great little local establishment with excellent food and service. Also great for breakfast. We will be back!

Oceans

4.8

4.8 (1362)

$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.

Top review

Jennifervip

Dined 3 days ago

Oceans is a neighborhood gem with great food and service. We wish we had found it sooner. I had the filleted shrimp, my husband the blackened ahi. Both were excellent. Then we topped it off with a lemon tart. Outstanding. We will be back.

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Backstreet Bistro Palm Desert

4.8

4.8 (927)

$30 and under

Italian

Palm Desert

About the restaurant

Come and enjoy our fresh and authentic italian cuisine our friendly and family oriented staff is looking forward to provide you with a delightful dining experience on our quaint and comfortable patio . We are looking forward to serve you with our delicious daily specials and our incredible hand selected wine list. You can make reservation by phone or on our website http://www.backstreetbistroelpaseo.com/reservations- . Backstreet Bistro, a place where friends meet friends!

Top review

Lynn

Dined on Jun 4, 2024

Highly recommend this restaurant! Food was amazing! Service was terrific!

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Riccio's Steak & Seafood

4.7

4.7 (786)

$31 to $50

Steakhouse

Palm Springs

About the restaurant

For three decades the name Riccio has been synonymous with fine dining in the desert. Richard and Patricia Riccio set the bar for outstanding Italian cuisine 40 years ago when they opened the original Riccio’s in uptown Palm Springs. Two of their sons, eager to carry on the family tradition, last spring unveiled Riccio’s Steak and Seafood with a new menu concept in a higher profile location downtown. Service and personal attention have been the Riccio’s hallmark and they pledge to continue this tradition.

For the casual diner, Riccio’s offers a relaxed patio presentation for watching downtown Palm Springs unfold while sampling their intriguing, seasonally changing menu. Riccio’s bar faces lively Palm Canyon Drive, and picture windows frame a sculptural fountain.

The desert's top steak and seafood restaurant. Come taste why over 40 years of customers keep coming back to this downtown landmark.

Top review

Kenvip

Dined 4 days ago

Had a table outside which was great. Excellent food and exceptional service. Great value for upscale dining in PS. Highly recommend.

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4.7

4.7 (1187)

$30 and under

American

La Quinta

About the restaurant

The Grill on Main in La Quinta! Come down to the Grill on Main for an exciting new approach to American fare, featuring fresh cuisine with a lively atmosphere. Our menu features traditional American favorites, seafood, steak, pasta and specialty sandwiches and burgers. We also offer microbrews, full bar and a great wine list. Dine inside or on our relaxing, pet-friendly patio.

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Mike

Dined 4 days ago

The food and service are excellent. We asked for the music level to be turned down a bi and they gladly complied. I love The Grill on Main!

Manhattan in the Desert - Palm Springs

4.6

4.6 (1020)

$30 and under

American

Palm Springs

About the restaurant

This popular New York Style Deli serves up amazing deli sandwiches, soups and salads and much more - huge menu, huge portions.

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Dr.Harryvip

Dined on Sep 6, 2024

Always a great place to eat, Manhattan in the Desert has a summer menu (beginning at 4 pm) that is a comparative bargain (under $20 for good-sized meal with several options). Neither of us could finish what we were served, the portions were so generous! Service is always friendly, and the atmosphere is a fun and pleasant one. Some of the delis in Palm Springs are crowded and frenetic. Manhattan in the Desert is spacious and relaxed -- and the food it great!

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Popular dish

Carrot Cake

Enzo's Bistro and Bar Rancho Mirage

4.6

4.6 (756)

$30 and under

Italian

Rancho Mirage

About the restaurant

Authentic Italian cuisine, house-made pasta fresh daily, in-house dry aged steaks, home-made Italian salami, fresh seafood and more.

Top review

Tyler

Dined 3 days ago

Our Saturday night to go place. Always met by friendly management, seated immediately & service wonderful, friendly & always upbeat. Food is always delicious with a plethora of choices.

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Popular dish

Pappardelle Bolognese

Popular dish

Penne Vodka

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