The Best Restaurants in Greater Palm Springs

Photography Courtesy Wilma & Frieda A brunchtime favorite since it opened on El Paseo in Palm Desert a decade ago, Wilma & Frieda continues to attract patrons with a menu of “childhood favorites with a grown-up flavor profile,” shares co-owner Kelly McFall, who conceptualized the elevated eatery with her brother, Kreg Alexander. The restaurant is named after their two grandmothers Read more...

Photography Courtesy Wilma & Frieda A brunchtime favorite since it opened on El Paseo in Palm Desert a decade ago, Wilma & Frieda continues to attract patrons with a menu of “childhood favorites with a grown-up flavor profile,” shares co-owner Kelly McFall, who conceptualized the elevated eatery with her brother, Kreg Alexander. The restaurant is named after their two grandmothers Read more...

Swinging to the Music of the Rat Pack Era! The sophistication and glamour of the Rat Pack era comes alive at Michael Holmes’ Purple Room, the desert’s premier supper club. Tucked away in the Club Trinidad Hotel, The Purple Room is where Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and their pals cavorted on and off the stage in the Read more...

Melvyns Restaurant In the Ingleside Inn This glamorous eatery and bar embrace Palm Springs’ Hollywood history with an elegant atmosphere that nods to the golden age of film. Dine like a midcentury move star with epicurean standards such as filet mignon, escargot, and shrimp scampi, or settle in the Casablanca Lounge to enjoy the nightly live music and expertly poured Read more...

Photography Courtesy La Quinta Resort & Club Morgan’s in the Desert is older than La Quinta Resort & Club itself — if you go by their names, that is. This swanky fine-dining destination was the prominent resort’s first eatery, opened in the late 1920s when Bay Area businessman Walter H. Morgan bought land from the Cahuilla Indians and created a Read more...