Palm Springs area restaurants
 

We were last in Palm Springs in January, but the only place we ate out was a deli. This time we'll have 5 or 6 nights, staying in Palm Desert. We'll go anywhere from Palm Springs to Indio for dinner. We prefer non-chain restaurants, all kinds of food (although I'd say French and Japanese are my least favorites), casual dress is a must, and we don't like to "break the bank" (let's just say, I've only been to French Laundry when other people were paying :-) ). We are not foodies, we just like a good meal in a nice place. Any suggestions?

We have several favorites, but we always go to Nicolinos & Dish's Creative Cuisine both in Cathedral City

We had a great meal at Al Dente:

http://www.aldente-palmsprings.com/

The Falls in Palm Springs was really good,

http://thefallspalmsprings.com/

We had great and fun cocktails at The Falls!

Indio - RosAmarillos, Mexican $$ Nice food from old Indio restaurant family
Indio - Shield's Cafe $ - solid breakfasts and this place is a pilgrimage--funky old time warp fruit and date stand, throwback to the 40's
La Quinta - Morgan's at the LQ Resort $$$$ Chef Jimmy---great food and atmosphere
La Quinta - Burgers & Beer $ Solid grill, Mexican, Pasta and huge tap selection
La Quinta - Lavender Bistro $$$ Same family that used to have St. Germaine in Indian Wells
La Quinta - Stuft Pizza $$ Solid food, huge menu, great draft beer selection
La Quinta - Solano's Bistro - $$$
Indian Wells $$$ Solid food and a really lively, trippy live music dance scene that gets the 20's to the 80's but mostly older hoofer types
Palm Desert - Johnny Rockets $$ hamburger place; it is a chain, but still good
Palm Desert - Sullivan's $$$$ a pretty good steakhouse
Rancho Mirage - Thai Smile $$ pretty good Thai food
Rancho Mirage - Catalan &&& Basque and Spanish food
Cathedral City - El Gallito $ simple, pretty authentic Mexican food
Palm Springs - Spencer's $$$ great patio scene, good food, and a good fresh lime juice margarita if you ask for it
Palm Springs - Elmer's Pancake House $ good breakfasts
Palm Springs - Tyler's $ Solid burgers

Lots more, but that's too many already.

I hope your trip exceeds your expectations and thanks for visiting us.