The Top 45 Restaurants Near The Reef
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Rank 2. 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 4. 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 7. The Barn Kitchen
California New American
A poolside refuge in Palm Springs where the cooking matches the wellness-focused ease of its setting—grilled cauliflower steak with sauce vierge, composed salads, avocado toast—all delivered with unhurried service beneath open sky. The menu is deliberately small and flexes readily around dietary needs, prioritizing ingredient quality over ambition. Reservation required unless you're a guest.
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Rank 8. 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 9. Low Desert Modern Mexican
Modern Mexican
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Rank 10. Le Vallauris
Californian French
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Rank 12. 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 13. 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 16. 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 17. Sherman's Deli & Bakery
NY-Style
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Rank 19. 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 22. The Tropicale
Global
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Rank 24. 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 25. Paul Bar/Food
NY-Inspired
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Rank 26. 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 28. Birba
Modern Italian
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Rank 29. Café La Jefa
Latin-Influenced
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Rank 30. Lost Property - Palm Springs
Coastal American
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Rank 32. 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 33. The Steakhouse
Steakhouse
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Rank 35. Cielo
Californian
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Rank 36. Porta Via
Californian
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Rank 37. El Mexicali Cafe II
Mexican
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Rank 42. La Copine
New American
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Rank 44. The Pines Modern Steakhouse
Modern Steakhouse
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