Went here last week over Thanksgiving weekend, and still thinking about it.
I wanted to go to a nice classy restaurant, that served steaks, had great service, and just a good overall ambiance, because it was my wife's birthday as well. I did a search using Grok with this criteria, and this was one of the five restaurants that was recommended. I then went to Yelp and looked at photographs of the interior, and quickly eliminated 3 of the 5. The other restaurant was located on the strip in Downtown Palm Springs, where our hotel was located. Initially we were leaning toward that restaurant so we wouldn't have to drive, but we hadn't driven our whole stay, so we opted to drive 20 minutes to this fine establishment, and I'm glad we did.
Upon arrival we were taken care of promptly. We were seated, not at the window, but just a row over and it was just as nice. Our waiter brought us complimentary old fashions. The drinks were brought over on a small cake dish, and when he removed the dome, all the smoke came out, and yes the drinks were nice and smoky. We then proceeded to order drinks on our own and had some bread to go with it. My wife opted for a glass of champagne, and I had a cocktail. The drink I ordered was the "Smoke N Berries", a Mezcal based cocktail. When the drink was brought out, it had a large bubble encompassing the top of the glass. I could see the bubble was holding smoke inside the glass, which I really appreciated, because Mezcal is supposed to be smoky compared to Tequila. The waiter placed a small plate next to me with a rigid garnish, that I was to use to pop the bubble, than stir the drink with. Such a great small detail, I was so impressed like a little kid. What a treat, I just wanted to enjoy looking at it before I popped it and sipped. Of course I had to do it, and I was curious if it was as good as it looked, and YES it was. I ended up ordering second glass later on during the night.
For dinner we started out with caviar. I'm not a huge fan of caviar, but my wife wanted it, and after all we were there for her birthday. The eggs were brought out on ice, along with several types of dipping sauces. They brought us little two inch in diameter bread, to be used to eat the caviar with. In the past I've eaten caviar with crackers, so this was different for me.
For the main course my wife ordered salmon, and I ordered the 16oz Ribeye medium well. We ordered two sides, that our waiter recommended. One of the sides was mushrooms, and I'm drawing a blank on the second one right now. Everything was so delicious, however, we were stuffed and knew we weren't going to look at the dessert menu.
We had made our reservation through Open Table, and indicated that we were celebrating a birthday. The waiter brought out a nice dessert with a candle on it. Sadly this was the only picture I took of the night, so I'm unable to share any pictures of the rest of the experience. I feel bad that I don't remember the waiters name so that I could give him a shout out here on yelp. read more