Attention All Foodies… It’s Restaurant Week 2018!
Don’t miss this 17 day Dining Extravaganza during Restaurant Week. Each year as the summer heats up, local restaurants across the valley come together to host Restaurant Week benefiting FIND Food Bank. Each restaurant has something special to offer, ranging from 3-course pre-fix menus, discounts on wines, Chef’s Choice Dessert Specials, to Dining Credits with hotel stays. Here’s a great way to try some of the desert’s top restaurants at a discount and help a local charity at the same time.
Vue Grille & Bar at Indian Wells Golf Resort
The ‘spot’ in the Coachella Valley to find: award-winning cuisine from an expert culinary team, creative craft cocktails, extensive wine list and spirit selections, craft beers and friendly service. Located within walking distance from four luxury hotels in Indian Wells, the Indian Wells Golf Resort is ideal for golf tournaments, group outings, dream wedding ceremonies and receptions and especially family weekend getaways.
Wally’s Desert Turtle
“A California Dining Destination” – Wally’s Desert Turtle in Rancho Mirage supports ranches, farms, and fisheries committed to the smart-stewardship of the planet through sustainable, earth-friendly, and ocean-friendly practices. Executive Chef Pascal Lallemand brings his culinary experiences to the desert offering a refreshed and re-imagined take on Modern California Cuisine. The finest local ingredients, classic service, and exceptional surroundings always make for a great night out at Wally’s Desert Turtle.
WorkShop Kitchen + Bar
The kitchen is based around seasonal products from local farms, so the menu changes often. Although “Americana” may best describe the style of food, influences are many. Favorite techniques in the kitchen include wood-fired pizza oven, wood-fired grill and custom sous-vide station. The bar looks mostly to American classics and focuses on researched ingredients and carefully homemade basics. Original cocktails vary with the market’s availability and tend to rock.
Zin American Bistro
The little neighborhood restaurant where they know who you are, greet you warmly, and serve you satisfying foods that change with seasons and define regional, homey, French cuisine.
Tack Room Tavern at the Empire Polo Club
Offering one of the Desert’s most unique and affordable settings for hosting guests. Private parties are available on the patio and in the dining room. Full catering service available.
Vicky’s of Santa Fe
Known for its exceptional food, generous portions, friendly service, and electrifying live music, Vicky’s of Santa Fe is one of the desert’s favorite dining and live entertainment destinations. It’s where to go and who to know in Indian Wells. Serving the best American cuisine of prime steaks, fresh seafood and an extraordinary selection of California wines. An inviting bar and music lounge with local and nationally known musicians appearing nightly. Vicky’s also accommodates private dining and special events up to 100 guests.
Solano’s Bistro
A chef owned and operated restaurant in Old Town La Quinta. Dine inside or out, browse local artists’ creations, and feel like part of the family while enjoying delicious creations.
State Fare Bar + Kitchen at the Ritz Carlton Rancho Mirage
State Fare Kitchen pays tribute to California’s prized harvest and ingredients, inspired by offerings from the finest purveyors in the Coachella Valley, inland Southern California and the Pacific coast. Presenting the best of California for daily breakfast, lunch and supper, the restaurant provides a fresh and creative California menu, a lively chefs’ display kitchen, a chef’s table and private dining room. The restaurant is highlighted by a choice of settings from intimate to lively, including a fireplace “snug”, private dining rooms, relaxed fireside patio dining and expansive terraces overlooking gardens and pools.
Rockwood Grill at JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa
A sophisticated all-day dining venue featuring an upscale-casual menu of diverse American classics. Made from scratch daily from locally sourced ingredients, the dishes are expertly prepared and served in an atmosphere of warmth, comfort and sophistication.
Schnitzelhaus Palm Desert
Enjoy homemade German food together with a beer in this traditionally furnished restaurant.
Roy’s Restaurant
Award-winning Chef Roy Yamaguchi brings to Rancho Mirage his Hawaiian-fusion food from the heart. Bold flavors, food friendly wines, aloha service. Groups up to 100.
533 Viet Fusion
Palm Springs’ favorite fusion eatery has upgraded its 90-seat restaurant to feature a bold new entrance and casual lounge area with loveseats and a large communal table. Adding an impressive cocktail and beverage bar, 533 Viet-Fusion now has a dedicated 10-seat spring roll bar presenting guests with front row seats as chefs prepare fresh spring roll varieties. 533 Viet-Fusion’s new spaces feature handpicked pendant lighting, reclaimed farmwood tables, a neutral backdrop with accents of bright blue and orange, and the inclusion of a carefully curated selection of Vietnamese landscape photography.
A|C|3 Restaurant + Bar
The hottest new restaurant featuring Chef Andrew Copley’s passion for new American cuisine with unique, global twists on classic dishes.
Acqua California Bistro at The River
he Keller family returns to The River with Acqua California Bistro featuring the finest modern California cuisine from multi award-winning Lulu California Bistro in Palm Springs. Acqua features expanded dining areas, new River-view seating, a remodeled outdoor patio, and the new River Room, a private dining experience like no other for private parties, corporate events and special occasions. Join them for breakfast, brunch, lunch, outstanding prix fixe feasts, or the all day/night happy hour at the bar. Generous portions are prepared with the freshest ingredients and a dash of innovation from a talented team.
Al Dente Trattoria Toscana & Bar
A quaint cucina with a decidedly European atmosphere. Everything is homemade with the freshest of ingredients beginning with flavorful antipasti, salads and a variety of soups. Your pasta course features an incredible array of sauces with a Tuscan flair, such as a simple Aglio e Olio – fresh garlic and olive oil – to the succulent Frutti di Mare – calamari, shrimp, clams and mussels in tomato sauce, or Quatro Formaggi, a four-cheese sauce to die for.
Alebrije Bistro Mexico
Alebrije proposes clarity of flavor and quality of ingredients, together with the new contemporary Mexican techniques, from the platform of a restaurant that perfectly integrates the dynamics of the kitchen / service. It is the gastronomic tradition of Mexico, updated, and combined with a special wine list that offers wines from Mexico and Latin America and that complements the flavors and textures of our cuisine
Az’ucar at La Serena Villas
Tucked away inside the beautiful La Serena Villas, Azucar features a modern spin on Tapas and Mediterranean plates.
Bernie’s Lounge and Supper Club
Re-live the atmosphere of what dining used to be. Stop by for martinis, supper and a swingin’ lounge act. Transport yourself to a time when nothing else mattered – except for being cool. Classic American dishes are created using modern cooking techniques. Committed to only the freshest ingredients, the produce and meats are sourced locally and sustainable whenever possible.
bluEmber at Omni Restaurant Las Palmas Resort & Spa
Showcasing the region’s rich harvest in a setting that exudes the sun-drenched charm of the Desert and the relaxed elegance of Southern California. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Cafe Des Beaux-Arts
A premiere Parisian-style restaurant. The menu features an outstanding selection of fine French entrees such as duckling a l’orange, roasted rack of lamb provencal, savory crepes and salads. The climate-controlled outdoor patio has a Parisian ambiance and is the ideal spot to people-watch and enjoy the desert lifestyle. The elegant bar with its balance of cozy booths and a U-shaped copperplate bar top is where you will find a delectable “small bites” menu and features live entertainment two nights a week.
Castellis Restaurante
Enjoy the stylish music of Patrick Tuzzolino while sipping a brandy or cappuccino Romano. Pasta, veal, seafood, beef, and chicken specialties. Extensive wine list and full bar. Open nightly. Enclosed patio.
Catalan Mediterranean Cuisine
Mediterranean themed restaurant, bringing forth tastes from Spain, Italy and California. Catalan firmly believes in creating an exceptional farm-to-table dining experience through the utilization of the finest ingredients the season has to offer. Chef Drew Davis is proud to support local farmers and fishermen by sourcing local when possible, as well as incorporating Spanish imported ingredients to build the authenticity of the restaurant’s Tapas and signature dish, Paella Mixta.
Chicken Ranch
Good food is simple. It starts with great ingredients sourced from local farms who apply sustainable, eco-friendly standards to their craft. Chicken Ranch rotisserie chicken, crisp, delicious salads and savory, succulent sides are prepared carefully and artistically, with respect to seasonal ingredients, flavors and seasonings