Best Family Style Restaurants in Palm Desert

This is the second time we have gone to Rockwood Grill. First time was Father’s Day and now for Thanksgiving. We sat on the patio this time with beautiful views. Service was wonderful and an abundance of yummy food. The had a separate room just for desserts. The only problem we had was a disagreement on the bill. I had $75 for adults and $28 for children. Our bill came and we were charged $150 per adult and 50 for child. I luckily had a picture of the menu with the price and asked my server about it. I don’t know why it was advertised on Facebook this way? Anyway, they charged me $75 per our two adults and I appreciated it. I definitely wouldn’t have made reservations for that price. I would go back again but would make sure I called ahead and got clarification on prices.

Not enough server to serve everyone. I had to call many times for our server to come and take our drink order.

Fantastic meal. Definitely get the yellowtail w/ jalapeños

The pre-Thanksgiving, prix fixe menu was good. Most of the food was perfectly cooked. The butternut squash soup was AMAZING. The salads were super good, mine being quite unique with a goat cheese-beet spread smeared on the bottom of the bowl. My partner had the prime rib which was perfectly cooked, but a bit bland. I had the Branzino which was PERFECT. Melted in your mouth. The pies themselves were good, but the crust was kind of awful. Very floury. The only real complaint I had was the price of the drinks, I know we chose a higher end whiskey, but not THAT higher end - $36/ea for an old fashioned was a lot!! Either way, I’d go again. Looking forward to trying their Italian food!