Spencer’s Restaurant Society steakhouse at Palm Springs Racquet Club

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  • Spencer’s Restaurant

  • 701 West Baristo Road Palm Springs CA 92262 USA 760-327-3446
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reviewed by
Ryan Styler Editorial Review Author

  • The Scene:

    Palm Springs old and new congregate at racquet club-adjacent steak house that attracts Hollywood weekenders and golf cart-driving locals. A sleek stone façade features a circular valet area congested with over-age drivers and impatient onlookers. Recently remodeled by LA designer Dodd Mitchell, the groovy dining features open fireplace with lava rock adornment as well as a decadent outdoor terrace for late night dining. 

  • cuisine
  • price
    $$$ ($25-$45)
  • payment options
    Visa, MasterCard, American Express
  • hours
    11:30am-3pm and 5:30pm-10:30pm, Weekend Brunch 9;30am-11:30am Sat. – Sun.
  • table to get
    Terrace four-top
  • special features
    Private Dining Room, Outdoor Dining, Tennis Club

  • The Food:

    An all-day dining room offers a country club style menu for daily society lunches and family-style weekend bunch. Dinner is a more upscale affair with a surf and turf menu of shrimp cocktail and calamari appetizers as well as a decent tuna tartare and salad selection. Entrees include well-portioned pasta dishes and delicate fish presentations like Chilean Sea Bass, salmon medallions and swordfish skewers. Heartier eaters cut into sizzling steak and lobster combinations as well as a center-cut pork chop and seared lamb chops.

  • Last Word

    If the weather permits, always opt for the outdoor dining room verses the stuffy dining room.

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