The Top 84 Places to Eat and Drink Near Yaamava' Resort & Casino
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Rank 1. The Pines Modern Steakhouse
Modern Steakhouse
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Rank 3. Cielo
Californian
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Rank 4. Mariscos Jalisco
Mexican
A modest storefront in Pomona continuing the Jalisco taco legacy Raul Ortega established on Boyle Heights streets two decades ago. Fried shrimp tacos arrive in a tempura-crisp shell filled with avocado and bright salsa, while lime-spiked ceviche tostadas complete a menu disciplined by clarity of purpose rather than breadth.
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Rank 5. Taco Nazo
Ensenada-Style
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- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 2 Pins
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
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Rank 8. Eat Joy Food
Taiwanese Chinese
Tucked behind a Rowland Heights shopping center off the Pomona Freeway, this Taiwanese restaurant pairs soft piano and generous spacing with a tome of a menu dense in seafood and delicate consommés. The three-cup chicken and salty fish fried rice arrive glossy from the wok, their flavors precise and unhurried.
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Rank 11. Sushi Yuen
Sushi
Sushi Yuen delivers refined omakase at modest prices, opening each meal with silky shirako and miso black cod that signal the chef's restraint and precision. Seasonal nigiri flows from Japan; a finale of preserved persimmon atop house-made panna cotta lingers.
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Rank 13. The Ranch
Steakhouse
An urban steakhouse playing cowboy without irony: beef-forward, but anchored by vegetables from their own farm. The prime rib arrives impossibly tender with cast-iron potatoes and horseradish; popovers come with homemade tomato jam. A place built for sharing and for appetites that match its generous portions.
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Rank 14. Lola Rose
Eastern Mediterranean
- Sunset 2025 · Top Tables · Where to Eat and Drink
- Vogue 2026 · The Best Restaurants in Palm Springs
- Eater The Best Restaurants in Palm Springs
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Rank 15. CHAAK Kitchen
Yucatán Mexican
Smoke and spice from the Yucatán arrive in Tustin through careful hands and an understanding of the peninsula's layered culinary traditions. Charred habanero salsa clings to crisp corn empanadas; cochinita pibil, marinated in citrus and achiote, yields to a fork beside fresh tortillas. It's cooking that takes its ingredients and history seriously, without performing either.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- Eater The 38 Essential Orange County Restaurants
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Rank 16. Le Vallauris
Californian French
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Rank 17. Rooster And The Pig
American/Vietnamese
- USA Today 2025 · Restaurants of the Year
- Vogue 2026 · The Best Restaurants in Palm Springs
- Eater The Best Restaurants in Palm Springs
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Rank 18. Bar Cecil
American
Bar Cecil's maximalist dining room—all Calder and Warhol against jewel-toned walls—feels like a collector's fever dream made flesh. A martini here reads as essential, particularly one crowned with a caviar-topped deviled egg, though the real argument is between their burger and cacio e pepe, both executed with the kind of precision that justifies the weeks-long wait for a table.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 19. Luyu Dumplings
Chinese
A shopping-center back room where refrigerators hum and knife work echoes—this is dumpling devotion stripped to essentials. Handmade wrappers encase fillings like pork with lotus root or lamb with fennel; chewy noodles gloss with scallion oil. Comfort is nil, but the food speaks with quiet authority.
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In a strip mall in La Puente, Manohar's Delhi Palace serves unhurried Punjabi cooking with a warmth that extends from kitchen to table. The samosas arrive impossibly crisp, the chicken tikka masala glossy and restrained with spice, each plate suggesting a chef thinking more about balance than bombast.
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Rank 21. Khan Saab Desi Craft Kitchen
Pakistani Indian
Chef Imran Ali Mookhi wields spices with precision, letting beef sirloin kebabs and Khan biryani sing on a menu that respects carnivores and vegetarians alike. The bright, hip dining room and craft mocktail bar make this South Asian outpost a welcome anomaly on a Mexican-dominated stretch.
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Rank 22. Workshop Kitchen & Bar
Farm-to-table New American
A Spanish colonial building hollowed out for modernist austerity: polished concrete, a mist-cooled courtyard, and wood-fired dishes that draw from the Coachella Valley's agricultural surplus. The flat iron au poivre and yuzu tart—garnished with farm-fresh raspberries and wood sorrel—prove the kitchen's restraint. House-made ginger beer anchors a bar program that balances tradition and invention.
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Rank 24. Omakase by Gino
Sushi
A sushi counter in downtown Santa Ana where distressed wood and Japanese touches frame Chef Gino Choi's assured hand—yuzu cream cradling house-cured ikura, flame-kissed tuna over miso. The udon arrives thick and creamy with uni and black truffle, a dish that tastes like joy.
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Rank 25. Cheeky's
American
The smell of bacon hits you before the host does at this day-lit Palm Springs spot where locals queue for patio seats and house-made pastries. A weekly-changing menu spotlights local produce in unexpected forms—breakfast quesadillas, a bacon flight spanning five preparations—while the pecan streusel coffee cake justifies the wait.
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Rank 26. Paul Bar/Food
NY-Inspired
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Rank 28. Alice B.
Californian
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- Eater The Best Restaurants in Palm Springs
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Rank 31. Luscious Dumplings
Chinese
A narrow storefront in Monrovia where dumpling discipline runs deep: the kitchen starts fresh each morning rather than freezing ahead, and it shows in the silken wrapper and snappy bite of boiled pork and celery jiaozi. The pan-fried versions, studded with pork or chives, are where the place justifies its lines—simple, focused, and difficult to fault.
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Rank 32. Lao Xi Noodle House
Shanxi Noodles
In a modest Arcadia strip mall, Lao Xi strips away pretense with a focused menu of Shanxi noodles: the springy, hand-pulled strands arrive tossed with crisped pork belly and fermented soy, or tangled with lamb, each bowl a study in textural restraint. Pork and cilantro dumplings open the meal. The kitchen knows its lane and works it clean.
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Rank 33. Gabbi's Mexican Kitchen
Regional Mexican
The cooks honor regional Mexican traditions through refined dishes like citrus-kissed achiote pork panuchos, refusing substitutions because they know what they're doing. An open storefront spilling onto Orange's antique-lined street and backlit tequila shelves create an warm, unpretentious setting.
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Rank 34. Haven Craft Kitchen + Bar
Californian New American
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Rank 35. Del Rey at Villa Royale
Spanish
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. West
- Vogue 2026 · The Best Restaurants in Palm Springs
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Rank 37. Kaori Sushi
Sushi
Lanterns crowd the intimate dining counter at Kaori Sushi, tucked into a Fullerton strip mall where the chef's nigiri—golden eye snapper, toro with wasabi, saba layered over shiso—proves the setting irrelevant. The focused menu balances sashimi's clarity with cooked experiments like mara udon and crab risotto, each plate executed with restraint that rewards close attention.
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Rank 38. Fuoco Pizzeria Napoletana
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 39. Boozehounds
Cocktail Bar
A Palm Springs cocktail bar that welcomes dogs into a separate patio with their own menu while humans sip dog-themed drinks inside, the kitchen pivots from crispy truffled fries to tuna tataki and Korean rice cakes with equal confidence. The conceit is silly, but the drinks and food are genuinely thoughtful.
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Rank 42. Lost Property - Palm Springs
Coastal American
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Rank 43. A&J Restaurant
Dim Sum Chinese
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Rank 46. Lola Gaspar
Mexican
Downtown Santa Ana gastropub where Chef Luis Perez's streamlined menu—handmade tortillas, masa-based quekas, churros—reflects a deliberate turn toward quality. Grilled tomato and dried chili salsa tops tacos filled with carnitas and shrimp; vegan mushroom quekas come with confit potatoes and guacamole, cheese optional. The editing is ruthless, the execution isn't.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Los Angeles Times 2024 · Citrus marinated chicken taco · The 101 Best Tacos in Los Angeles
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Rank 49. Tac/Quila
Modern Mexican
A hacienda-styled Mexican restaurant where business diners and poolside tourists mingle over house-made tortillas and top-shelf tequila. The kitchen handles both street tacos and lobster with equal confidence, though the pork tamale and quesabirria short ribs justify a return visit.
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Rank 50. The Colony Club
American
A Moroccan-style dining room with turquoise pools and Art Deco glamour, The Colony Club channels mid-century Palm Springs when Bogart and Gable held court here. The menu—edamame hummus to grilled pork chop, scallop aguachile to molten lava cake—matches the setting's ease, neither striving nor forgetting itself.
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Rank 52. 4 Saints
Southern
On the Rowan's seventh-floor rooftop, leather banquettes and a central bar frame views of the San Jacinto Mountains. Chef Ysaac Ramirez brings Southern inflection to seasonal cooking—grilled purple sweet potatoes with Alabama white barbecue sauce, ribeyes finished with smoked onion and salsa verde—while date-infused Old Fashioneds anchor the shareable menu. The altitude justifies the price.
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Rank 54. La Copine
New American
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Rank 56. Alta Baja Market
Mexican
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Rank 58. Café La Jefa
Latin-Influenced
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Rank 60. Birba
Modern Italian
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Rank 62. The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar
Californian
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Rank 64. The Tropicale
Global
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Rank 65. Sherman's Deli & Bakery
NY-Style
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Rank 66. Peninsula Pastries
French Bakery
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Rank 67. 626 Hospitality Group
Chinese
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Rank 68. Townie Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
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Rank 71. Poppy & Seed
Modern Southern
Inside a greenhouse bar overlooking citrus trees and herbs, Michael and Kwini Reed compose dishes from local farms and waters—shrimp over creamy grits, charred eggplant with steak tartare, Brussels sprouts candied with bacon jam. The setting enforces what the kitchen already knows: restraint and regional sourcing can feel like luxury.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: California · Michael Reed
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 72. El Taco Nazo
Ensenada-Style
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Rank 73. Tacos Los Cholos
Mexican
- LAist 2023 · Tacos · Best Bites
- Los Angeles Times 2024 · Filet mignon tacos · The 101 Best Tacos in Los Angeles
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Rank 74. Taco Mesita
Mexican
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Rank 75. Taco Nazo
Ensenada-Style
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Rank 76. Taco Nazo
Ensenada-Style
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Rank 77. Taco Nazo
Ensenada-Style
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Rank 79. Bandito Taqueria
Tijuana-Style
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Rank 81. Tiendita
Mexican
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Rank 82. Tacos Los Cholos
Mexican
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Rank 83. Arturo's Puffy Taco
Tex-Mex
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Rank 84. Fonda Moderna
Mexican