This was a stellar restaurant...until recently. We took a friend from out of town there for what we thought would be a great meal, and it was honestly a disaster. Mine focaccia bread was burnt, our friend's lamb meatballs were overcooked. I don't know what happened, but the quality has dropped into the basement. We will not be eating there anytime soon. The only reason they got 2 stars is for the staff. Our waiter was great. read more

Not just good for Yucca, one of the best fine dining meals we've ever had. We've been pretty fortunate to experience a good number of truly next level meals in cities like LA, SD, SF, Monterey, Palm Springs, and Vegas. I've even dined at incredible places and enjoyed home cooked European bistro food in Belgium, France, and London. This place is right on par with the very best. Absolutely no notes, discerning foodie approved! Maybe just the hope to see more variety added to the menu in future, and maybe entree options that don't include wheat or starches as the side, or just offer a few different sides to choose from for the entrees, with more green veg, squash, even fruit, etc available. We tried it out last Friday evening on my husband's bday, after seeing the menu and hearing good things. We tried the stuffed dates, cheesy cabbage, and steak tartare tapas, for entree he got the steak frites, and I got the seared salmon. I also tried the beautiful Rose Gold Fizz cocktail. Every single thing is literally bursting with incredible flavor, not even exaggerating a little. The tartare with sourdough was especially a standout, my husband hadn't tried it before but is now a huge fan, and I loved the flavor twist on the traditional of making it with strawberries and fermented egg yolk! Absolutely blown away by everything. Blown away that we ate a meal like that in Yucca as well. The closest thing we've had is La Copine, and we do love them, but I'm disabled, and with it being a farther out drive and not taking reservations, it's just difficult. The space and vibe is really cool/welcoming too, love the way they've decorated, everyone seemed happy and friendly, and we look forward to hopefully enjoying live music here sometime as well! Please please please let this place stay in business forever!!! Go support them if you possibly can! We are thrilled to no longer need to drive down the hill to celebrate special occasions! read more

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I CANNOT say enough good things about this place. My husband and I went for opening weekend and the food, service, and atmosphere was amazing! We went again tonight for dinner and brought our family and it was an awesome time. The food is amazing and our server was great! It's a short walk from our house and we are excited for a great place for future date nights! read more

The ambience was great, the food not absolutely fabulous but we had a good time. Cool spot read more

We were very excited about this restaurant coming to the desert area. The interior is interesting with a very cool, hip vibe. I am from Los Angeles and used to higher price, restaurants. The small bite portion of the menu is exactly that- and seemed pricey the very small portion. Dinner came to our party sporadically.. In an interval of about five minutes finally everyone had been served. Two folks in our party got the burger, which was served cold. French fries were very good. I got the veggie burger. The burger had a very weird consistency and tasted more like a vegetable pudding, which sort of drooled onto my plate as I ate it. Had a side portion of broccolini which was cooked well but unfortunately lost in sauce. Hoping this is just wrinkles for a new restaurant. I might give them another try in a few months. Really disappointing. read more

The main bar and restaurant area is a vibey as it gets. Cool, but genuine. The cocktails were lovingly made and you could really taste it. Recommend the Mac n cheese! read more

Great vibe, beautiful decor, tasty cocktails, good music at the right volume, great service and most of all... stellar food. We've lived in Joshua Tree for 6 months and let's be honest, the food options are very limited. Especially for a nice meal out. It's a very interesting modern Mediterranean menu. This is a great place for a date night or celebration. Lamb meatballs were amazing, kale salad was baller, the broccolini was pretty good, and the lasagne was a unique recipe and was yummy but a little heavy on the bechamel. BlackBerry smash cocktail was delish. Overall we are stoked this place came to town, and you should def check it out. It's not cheap but it's worth every penny, given the quality and overall experience. read more

Mojave Gold - Blackberry smash cocktail - Music Venues Near Me - Yucca Valley, California

so sad that this place is closing. although i did have not so great service at the bar once during brunch, (apparently i needed to be more dolled up and not in weekend clothes and a hoodie) the food is great and there is nothing like it here in the hi desert. i guess we have to succumb to the fact that all that lasts here is fast food and crap mexican food (meaning it in no way compares to the bay area or la). i'll miss the shows, the ambiance, and the menu. read more

Definitely coming back here! This place is so cool! The decor is phenomenal. The food is amazing very personal and good service. The owner even came up to us and talked to us. read more

They had the best food five stars the best Service five stars the best ambience five stars. Let's just say they were ahead of their time in this city Yucca Valley. But we hope to go visit their other location the Venice Beach club restaurant in LA. But the Yucca Valley location is closed permanently. read more

Best place ever in the area. Everything delicious from start to finish. The bison steak --though expensive--easily fed two. Starter kale Caesar also excellent. Great server Angie made us want to come back soon which we intend to do in next two months beats The Copper Room in every way. Owner and manager were most attentive. Great mocktails too. read more

My husband and I visit this establishment often. We have mixed feelings about it, The atmosphere , very nice. The staff, we've met the owner Cooper, nice gentleman . The service feels uncoordinated. Seems as if the main focus is to sale alcoholic beverages more than anything else. The food takes a long time to come out. The sous chef isn't consistent. We won't mention the experience that we had tonight on Valentine's Day...... read more

Town first time here ! Beautiful atmosphere. We tried Pork chop and gem salad and it's excellent. Date pudding perfect! We recommend! read more

Mojave Gold - Date pudding - Music Venues Near Me - Yucca Valley, California

Bummer we have to review this so low. We have heard amazing things. And we send many of our AirBnB customers here, but unfortunately won't be doing that anymore. Steak Frites - the bernaise sauce was literally refrigerator cold, served alongside the plate. With a $45 steak dish? In Joshua Tree? The steak dish better be excellent at this high end price. We had 2 steaks, both with cold bernaise sauce. Our mashed potatos for 2 of our dishes were cold as well. :-/ It took them about 15 minutes to re-fire the steak dishes and remake the fish dish with mash potatoes. They originally just wanted to bring new sides out. But that wouldn't work because the cold potato's and sauces were making our hot items cold. Steaks came back and were pretty terrible. They are strip cut and there is a layer of fat that really needed to be rendered down. This chef/cook doesn't really know how to cook steaks, because this thick piece of fat ran down the entire steak. So we had a nice chewy fatty piece in every bite. The fish from the fish n chips was extremely "fishy" smelling. Usually fish n chips is a mild white fish... but this smelled to the point of being old. Not good quality. Also returned our $28 burger, because it was overwhelmed by salt and had no real complex flavor. In N Out and even McD does a better burger. For $28? It's a joke... Service was overall a bit slow; they seemed understaffed as there was only 1 server in the main dining area. We are from LA and have many AirBnBs here and send our guests here. This is truly unfortunate of an experience as we have heard good things. Upon reading other reviews, there are serious food temperature issues. Manager was nice but for dropping over $300 on a "fine / nice dining experience" and so many issues and our dining experience being ruined by improper temperatures and delays (half our table ate their food and the other half had to eat), that feels like we were bamboozled. Manager comped 2 desserts and that's all. Very disappointed to receive a puny 6% discount on such a disappointing dinner. I would save your money for La Copine or even The Copper Room. This place isn't measuring up to the fine / nice dining it's trying to be. Hope they get it together because we want to see small businesses flourish here. But it's not fair to feel ripped off for a terrible experience. read more

Excellent food! Get the pork chop. Love the vibes. Love Dale! Dinner and drinks was great. Yay we love this place.

From start to finish, I couldn't have asked for a better experience! Celebrating an anniversary w my partner, I decided to take him here a place I've been wanting to go to for a while when I were to make another desert visit. Mojave Gold is a hip music venue and restaurant in Yucca Valley. The host was incredibly sweet and let us sit earlier than our reservation in a cozy booth no prob. One of the owners was there and got us set up, I was so excited to open up our menus which was in record albums! The decor was so fun, like a disco dance party and everything we ordered was incredible, there wasn't a thing that we tried that we weren't blown away by! The server Stephanie was very sweet and helpful, super attentive to us! Lots of photos ops and a Photo Booth out back by the music venue area. My partner loved everything, we had a great memory made for our anniversary and we can't wait to go back! read more

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My husband and I went to Mojave Gold for a date night. Classiest place I've been in Yucca Valley. Great romantic vibes. Awesome Mixology. We loved the food we ordered. The service was wonderful as well! We will be back! read more

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The staff is consistently friendly and welcoming. The shows they present highlight exceptional artists, and the ambience is truly remarkable. The atmosphere feels warm, inviting, and thoughtfully curated. read more

Mojave desert classy excellent fruit excellent service excellent cocktails classy plays away from everyone but at the same time very very well planned great service luxurious you'll be surprised when you walk in read more

First time at this restaurant with my girlfriends it was for a brunch gathering . The staff and co owner of the restaurant were very welcoming and friendly to our experience. Our waiter was very kind to go over the menu with us and recommended their popular dishes . For drinks the Pearly Pink Mimosa was really good! Would I recommend yes, definitely for the experience of a cozy and good vibe restaurant to enjoy ! read more

After visiting the high desert for a decade and now living in Joshua Tree, my wife and I are so pleased to see this location finally find its true identity. A true diamond in the rough. Everything from the warm, glowing atmosphere, the rich flavorful menu, to the friendly, attentive-to-detail service. This place has it all. Not to mention the best sounding room & state-of-the-art audio of all of the live music venues in the high desert. Mojave Gold is a gem of sophistication, class & pure desert goodness. read more

I just went again, and everything was spectacular. We mainly got appetizers this time and split an entrée, which was just unbelievable. This review is regarding two visits. The pictures of the entrées are from our first visit. The appetizers are for the second. read more

We had high hopes for this restaurant since a local friend recommended it. Our drinks, small plate and salad came out quickly, however we waited over an hour for our main course when people who came well after us got their food before us. We aren't sure if the waitress forgot to send the order or if our food was originally and erroneously given to someone else. Our waitress showed no notice or concern for our order taking so long, and when I asked for our order there was no apology or acknowledgement that our order came way too late. No gesture of goodwill such as comped meal, drink or desserts. It was the low point of what was a nice Joshua Tree trip, and I will never go back to this restaurant again. read more

This place is a must try if you're in the Yucca Valley area. The bacon wrapped dates were incredible, as were the steak frites and the pork chop. The ambiance is excellent and the music is really good. The service is excellent as well. We will be back! read more

my wife got bad food poisoning and the owners did nothing about it. I called for refund and the ghosted me

What a gift for the high desert! We finally have a sophisticated restaurant and music venue that doesn't require a drive down or up a hill (locals get it). The owners and staff will make you feel like a treasured guest. The decor is classic old Palm Springs luxury. And the menu! The chef really knows their craft. We wanted to try everything. As for the live music, I took a look at the upcoming calendar. It's a curated mix that has something for everyone depending on the night. I cannot wait to bring more friends to this absolute gem! read more

I've heard rave reviews about their yucca fries, but they were not on the menu when I went just before Thanksgiving 2025. I still enjoyed my meal! Ordered their Korean fried chicken and pork chop. Both were delicious. The pork chop dish came with mash and a gravy that were very yummy, but the texture was so liquid it was very difficult to eat and reminded me of slime. Very cool vibe though, and friendly staff. read more

A fine experience but the service was slow and chicken dry. The tofu dip was yummy though.

Atmosphere, drinks, food all amazing! Get your disco vibe on. A vinyl record cover reveals the gustatory delights-- Hang out at the bar for some custom cocktails, dine in elegance for a meal that exceeds all expectations. Personally I like the tofu Cesar salad- but if greens ain't your thing, they have pork chops to chicken... enjoy. read more

What a fun and classy place! Yucca Valley needed this! From the service, the food and the ambiance!! 10 stars!! My wife got to see some friends from her high school years!! Which was fun to see her reaction when she saw them from across the restaurant!!! We will be back!! read more

Perfectly cooked meat balls and the drinks are great too.The staff is very friendly and very pretty ambiance read more

Mojave Gold - Lamb meatballs served with chimichurri yogurt, herbs, and housemade pita. - Music Venues Near Me - Yucca Valley, California

Meatballs were rubber Chicken was hard Eggplant is ok Beet salad is good! Cauliflower is great! Service is great! Clean the front windows. read more

We had the most wonderful experience with stephanie and nicole! We came in as a walk in on Saturday night, greg was so sweet and accommodating! There was an older woman who was less than friendly but our overall experience was made by stephanie, nicole and greg! We will be back for the pita, japanese yam and incredible hospitality! read more

My son and grandson were visiting and stopped for an early lunch at this lovely restaraunt. Upon entering the restaraunt we were greeted by the owner who couldn't have been more welcoming. We were seated in the bar area. Such a beautiful setting. I especially liked the large windows that provided natural lighting. We ordered the sandwich combo, very fresh and tasty. Our server Stephanie was great and very friendly. All in all a great experience, even my teenage grandson was impressed. read more

Mojave Gold - Music Venues Near Me - Yucca Valley, California

Lunch is now being served and it was delicious. I had the turkey and my friend had the roast beef. Both were served on their in house focaccia bread which was amazing. Had the potato and pasta salad on the side both had very unique flavors. Bartender was very nice. Looking forward to next time! read more

Been looking forward to seeing someone open up a new restaurant in the old Awe Bar/Gadi's building. It's a fantastic space! There's definitely a clientele these days for a high end bar/restaurant in town. Just look at La Copine, they are crushing it. We need more of that!! First impressions.. they've put a lot of work into the decor and got it looking very glitzy and glamorous. The tables and bar area look awesome. As someone that works in the music business, travels the world, and has been lucky enough to eat in a lot of various places (from dreadful to world class), I have a few suggestions (and I only mention them because I so so want Mojave Gold to succeed. And hopefully it will lead to a bunch more nicer restaurants in town). Please please please. So for what it's worth... 1. The menus in album covers... it's kinda cute and fun, but completely ridiculous and unnecessary. The menus themselves look great, they have the cool vinyl logo in the middle, and look classy. Maybe make them round so they resemble a record, but I say just keep them square. They really do look fine as they are. Plus the poor hostess then doesn't have to walk around with an armful of albums, which probably amounts to maybe 10 menus. 2. If you're going to have vinyl and music as your theme, then make it a feature and play some classic rock/pop music in the background, not generic muzak. 3. The wait staff, although friendly and polite, appeared slightly awkward and inexperienced. I mean, you walk into this swanky setting, get given an album with a hidden menu inside, sit at a fancy table with gold silverware... it's all going great so far... then you get a server that's not quite up to par. Very friendly, and I don't mean to be mean, but there's this big build up, then waaah waaah.. Shame. Just a bit more training needed I guess. You're only as good as your weakest link. 4. The food. It's pretty good. So glad to finally have a place in town that's not catering to the lowest common denominator. How many places do we have to have that serve burgers and fries? Jeesh, enough already! So I love that they have a varied original menu. Keep it up!! Although.. I think the prices are a bit steep for the quality. Not that it's bad, it's actually very good, but just not quite at that price range (yet). Either step it up a notch with the quality, or reduce the prices. Personally, I'd rather have the food be outstanding and pay accordingly. So all in all, I actually love that we have Mojave Gold in town. I want it to be a huge success. It's early days, but I just feel there's quite a bit of work to be done. Focus on the right things. Look at Copper Room and La Copine. They don't need gimmicks and frills, they do what they do and they do it insanely well. I loved Awe Bar when it very first opened, their service was superb. But unfortunately it took a bit of a nosedive not long after, and that was that. I hope Mojave Gold doesn't go the same way. I will be back and my fingers will be crossed. Yucca Valley deserves it. read more

The service is impeccable, the food is superb, and the physical plant is beautiful. The salads we had were incredible, and my steak was as good as you could get anywhere, and better than almost anywhere. All around grand food adventure - as was my mezcal-based cocktail. read more

We were there for their 1st Sunday Brunch! It was a fun treat. Food was different and delicious. Our server was Edgar. He is very knowledgable about the food and history. He made our meal an adventure! Thank you to the whole team for a wonderful experience! read more

Yucca Valley is not known for its stellar restaurants, something locals have come to accept. Mojave Gold's online presence is much better than the in person experience. Parking is a distance from the restaurant in a dirt lot that has the potential for problems. The layout of the restaurant is a little strange with a retro disco motif. We were seated in a dining room between a separate bar/dance area where live entertainment apparently takes place. The tables are close together with a long bench seating on one side and a chair on the other. The hostess asked who's birthday were we celebrating, wished me a happy birthday and that was the last we heard of it. It became obvious to myself and guest that the staff needed some basic training. The female server approached without introducing herself asking if we would like drinks from the bar. When we declined, she asked if we were ready to order or if we needed more time with the menu. Since we had just been seated, we asked for a little more time. We discovered the server's name was Angie, after asking her. We're vegan, and there was exactly two options: a veggie burger and charred cauliflower. The burger came with fries so we asked the server whether the fries were fried in an isolated vegan fry station and what oil was used. She said she would ask the chef. The meals were served before we discovered the fries were fried in petroleum based canola oil. The charred cauliflower was a 1/4 cauliflower, stalk and all. It was actually tasty but small portion for the price. The veggie burger was also pretty good, but again small in size dwarfed by the large portion of fries. The server, Angie, was not at all attentive, did not know the menu, and gave me attitude for asking questions . We had high hopes for the new restaurant but was once again disappointed with the par for the course experience for Yucca Valley. read more

Hands down the coolest spot to go out in our beautiful desert. The ambiance was perfect, great lighting, eclectic decor, friendly staff, and THEY HAVE VEGAN OPTIONS!!! Take it from a local, you won't find a better spot along the 62 for a night out. Plenty of places to sit and chat if you're on a date, live music (away from the bar so you can hear each other when you're chatting), indoor and outdoor areas to hang, and the food and drink were top notch. My family and I are soooooo stoked to have Mojave Gold in the neighborhood. I had a chance to chat with the owner over the phone and he was incredibly friendly and welcoming. We have a new favorite spot, see ya there!!! read more