Ah well. I'm getting old. I goofed when I originally typed this review a while ago. I put it under the wrong restaurant. Literally, did not realize until just now when I wanted to make a return visit to Palm Tree Palace. I've removed my review from the wrong restaurant. So here is the review you deserved! So sorry for that mistake! The algorithm got me that time. Fast service and tasty food prepared quickly as well. Busy night of mostly parties of 2, and one large party of about 6. Large portions for dinner. We had enough for two more meals. Fried rice was a lil crunchy, but overall the food was great. Wish they had dinner combinations. read more

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Need I say more: "Palm Tree Palace, 79660 Highway 111, Ste. 103, La Quinta Major violation: Observed wastewater to be overflowing at floor sink at cook line during active food preparation. Staff was directed to cease all food preparation until corrected. Staff corrected on site. Minor violations: When asked to provide proper internal cooking temperature for beef, chicken, and seafood, main cook of the day and manager were unable to provide adequate information. Main cook did not posses a valid Riverside County food handler card at the time of inspection; observed various uncovered food items in cooler and freezer; Observed build up on knives stored on wall mounter knife holder and on hooks used for Peking Duck stored on metal shelving adjacent to preparation sinks; and others. Reinspection set for one week later. "B" card must be posted. " Excerpt From "La Quinta, Indio restaurants fail health inspections" The Desert Sun https://apple.news/ASCpVkDxRT9SYPgbHsfKeOg read more

First time here Food is good Not salty & not over kill More mild side Chinese food read more

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We went around 5pm and it wasn't busy at all. Our food didn't take too long and was absolutely delicious. The sweet and sour pork was my favorite! Big portions, these 4 plates fed 4 of us. Service took great care of us, got me craving Chinese food writing this. read more

Palm Tree Palace - Shrimp fried rice - Chinese Near Me - La Quinta, California

Great local restaurant in La Quinta. Nice lunch specials and other choices including soups and duck. Large menu. I had the tofu,chicken,beef and shrimp lunch combo with brown rice and a friend enjoyed the duck soup. The Peking duck and bao looked incredible too. The service was excellent and friendly. I posted menu pics. read more

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The food and service was great! Recommend this place to anyone who wants to eat Chinese food read more

YELP SHORT ANSWER: No, if food taste is important there are better options near by. If you're there for the experience then sure, you're hungry, they make food, you eat it, you pay and pay a lot. LOCATION: Fantastic location, lots of parking in a very upscale and clean retail center. FACILITY: Very nice buildout, something to be proud of. MENU: Excellent choices, mostly common American Chinese choices, easy to understand. Easy online ordering on Yelp. FOOD PREP: Well done for sure, even for take out. FOOD QUALITY: If looks equaled taste then it would be better than good. But on our takeout order the food was tasteless, very, no extremely dry crispy chicken, egg foo young looked terrible and also had zero flavor, egg rolls had good texture but again no taste aside from dipping sauce which you had to pay for. We did not eat any of the $20 Crispy Chicken so disappointing. WAITSTAFF: Nice enough, seemed happy to greet and serve customers. OVERALL VALUE: Terrible, $55 for take out, two items and egg rolls. If the food was the best around well then I'd say you get what you pay for but I am sorry to say this was not the case. This was our second visit, maybe our last for takeout as other options provide way better taste and a lower cost. TIP: Trusting something is amiss in the kitchen but I do enjoy eating out, experiencing new foods, new flavors, and I enjoy cooking. I will follow recent Elite reviews and revisit and I hope give them a better rating. read more

Palm Tree Palace - We can do better... - Chinese Near Me - La Quinta, California

First time eating here as we are visiting Palm Springs, CA from Texas. Easy to find location with ample parking lot. Even though prices seem to be higher than what I usually see in Texas (maybe because this is a close-to-many-resorts area), the food is very tasty and in bigger-than-normal portion. Very happy we found this Palm Tree Palace because my mom and I are happily full after enjoying fresh and delicious salt & pepper fish and Hong Kong Pork BBQ rice. We ended up ordering 3 more dishes to-go for my son and nephews. Their service is quick and friendly. They have gen packed the leftover food for us. It's rare to see such service nowadays. Clean and bright room makes eating here enjoyable. Not packed/crowded with tables/chairs, so we ate in an enjoyable environment. We will surely be back next time we're in the area. read more

Palm Tree Palace - Inside the restaurant - Chinese Near Me - La Quinta, California

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The place was very busy Food is fresh, portions are well sized Taste amazing It was pricey bill was $84. We will be back just not too often due to price read more

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Solid delivery dinner. We didn't go in as we were loving our vacation home. Quality preparation and ingredients. Tasty flavors. Everything you wanted in a cozy stay at home Chinese meal. read more

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Food and service were excellent! We had both main dishes and dim sum, all tasty! The garlic wings were great!

Would give this place negative stars if I could... We ordered: Mongolian beef Sweet & sour chicken Fried rice Soup dumplings Pan fried dumplings Got the dumplings first. The soup ones were coagulated and had weird pink gummy goop in them. And were obviously made in a microwave. The server even said "you didn't like those" and proceeded to still charge us for them The pan fried ones were fine. No problems. Mongolian beef was tender and juicy. Would definitely recommend. The fried rice didn't come until we were done eating. Done. They blamed it on being "so busy" - but there are 3 tables seated the entire time we were here. We were still charged for it. Huh? Fine whatever. The kicker for me though, THEY HAVE SOFT SHELL TURTLES for eating. Which, if I'm not wrong, is illegal in the U.S. They have a sign on the tank that says "decoration" which is utter BS considering they have no habitat or anything. The entire time we were here, nobody asked us how our food was, didn't refill water, nothing. For a $100+ meal I am incredibly disappointed. read more

Palm Tree Palace - Turtles in their empty tank - Chinese Near Me - La Quinta, California

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Very good service. Clean. Excellent menu variety and quality of dishes. Able to introduce my friends to dumplings and noises for Chinese NY then they chose kung pao chicken and moo shu pork which we wouldn't have selected but were excellent. Portions were generous and the meal was so incredibly affordable my friend said 'that's all?'. I will say better than another place we tried downtown Indio. This place has much much fresher food read more

If I was writing this review six months ago I would say that this was the best Chinese food that we have had in the desert in the 50 years we have lived here. Problem is, I am writing this review today and the food we just had is the worst Chinese food that we've had in the past 50 years. Greasy, tasteless, and old. That's the only way I can describe what we had. Pork fried rice and some vegetable chow mein. I'm just grateful that I got my money back and I can walk away from this restaurant and never think about it again . read more

Loved the food.. but, not their recent health violations.. taking a break from there for awhile

Just walked out a happy full person me and the fam, just ate here hard to find good Chinese food anywhere nowadays this place was extremely clean. Service was impeccable and fast. Very very good Must try read more

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Came back today and thoroughly enjoyed our meal. The two of us shared vegetable fried rice, Mongolian, beef, and shredded pork with garlic sauce. All were flavorful and plentiful. The staff again are exceptional and extremely friendly and personable people. We really like to come here. read more

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Use to be one of our only Chinese restaurants that we would go to. But something happened, there prices went way up and there portions are a lot smaller. Very expensive for Chinese food. Will probably have to drive farther now to something equivalent. I hope this isn't a result of our times. read more

The egg flour soup was delicious just the perfect amount of everything. Orange chicken was tasty loved the sauce. Great service and grrrreat food . read more

Palm Tree Palace - Love this place - Chinese Near Me - La Quinta, California

Recently came back to this spot for a New Year's Eve dinner as I had always loved this restaurant for when I was craving Chinese food in the desert. However, sad to report that I had to bring them down a star as our last experience wasn't the best. 4 stars is still relatively good but I noticed some changes in their billing practices and food quality. On a positive note the service is still friendly when dining in. The different staff that waited on us were nice and attentive. No issues with getting a table on New Year's Eve and we appreciated that they were open a little bit later then some of our other go to spots. Also some dishes were still pretty good. Their fried rice was flavorful and the beef and broccoli was pretty dang good. There were some dishes though that really weren't that great. A big reason why I brought a star down. When ordering 5 dishes, maybe one wouldn't be amazing but 3 out of the 5 weren't great. Not good odds. The orange chicken lacked crunch and a good orange zesty flavor. The shrimp with black bean sauce was bland and the dumplings were forgettable. Another huge reason we docked them a star is like other reviewers noted, they are charging an 18% automatic gratuity and aren't transparent about it. I understand businesses wanting to ensure amble tips for their staff but honestly just pay your employees more. It's expensive enough to eat out as it is and the added fee regardless of how good the food or service is can be a little frustrating. But honestly, more so than being charged the automatic extra is just the lack of transparency. Normally at other restaurants either 1. They make note of this on the menu, 2. The staff inform you or 3. It's super clear on the receipt. We found the gratuity was only noted on a back itemized receipt but not on the front side where you leave tip and sign. We only caught it because we were surprised the bill was so high, the extra 18% made the bill almost $20 more. We weren't happy and after not loving the food this trip we left uncertain of when we'd be back. Maybe I should have given them 3 or less stars but I want to hope maybe with some feedback they'll reconsider their policy or at least be more forthcoming on the upcharge. I also have had a lot of great meals here and takeout orders so I want to assume maybe they had a rough night and didn't make every dish as they normally would, because I've had better here. Too bad but worth an update. read more

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The place is a nice little spot with a family atmosphere. The service was friendly and very nice. The food was quite tasty and we will gladly come back. My wife and I had tofu with vegetables and it was delicious. The kids shared orange chicken and Mongolian beef. Our youngest had kung pao chicken. He's picky. We shared egg rolls and pork fried rice as well. It was all very good. Happy New Year read more

Five of us ordered Fish Maw Crab soup, Peking Duck, HK style crispy noodles, Filet Mignon cubes with Asparagus, Sautéed Red Snapper fillets with Bok Choy, Moo Shih Pork and Chinese Spinach. We finished everything. The service is amazing and the food was outstanding. There's no need to go to Chinatown when you have food this authentic. It's already here in the desert! read more

Pricing and menu needs attention by management. Item pricing does not include rice with any of the meals. This is the only Chinese restaurant that does not include rice with your dinner or lunch. So if you want rice, you will pay extra. White rice $3.75 for 1 serving, Brown rice rice $4.25 for 1 serving. Add soup for $5.25 for 1 serving. So order Beef & broccoli $21.95, rice and soup and you're over $30 for 1 person. Recommend adding combination meals to the menu to lower pricing. 1lb of rice makes about 11 servings. Cost of rice is .06 cents per ounce. Place is over charging customers. read more

The worst service! We've been good customers for many years at Palm Tree Palace, but the place has changed. Service is very poor and, on top of that, very rude. I'm just sorry we've recommended this place to so many people over the years. Sad how this place has gone so downhill! read more

I ordered online & forgot to add hot mustard. When I picked up I asked for hot mustard in person, & offered to pay as I know some restaurants charge. Women at front said very rude " you should have added that when you ordered online" I apologized as I forgot & also did not see that option. I again offered to pay, she aggressively threw 1 hot mustard into my bag, and repeated herself very loudly, scolding me that she is giving it to me this time but next time order it online! I could not believe how awful I was treated over asking for hot mustard, that I was willing to pay for. As for food, it was not great, chicken was dry. If you are looking for good Chinese food go across the street to canton bistro, great food & amazing service. I only tried the Is place because Canton is always very busy, but clearly this place only had two people sitting for a reason. read more

The killer thing about my giving them one star is that their food is good - albeit, I have to go by prior experiences. We went for dinner and sat down at 6pm on a Tuesday. At 7:25, they told us it would be at least another 30 minutes. We left and the night was ruined. The management here is just terrible. The waitress's response to "how much longer" was "it's out of my control". Clearly they have a major problem here. Our waitress said that she would take the soup we had off of the check so we could just leave. As we were leaving a different waitress ran after us to tell us we had to pay for our soup that came an hour earlier! Sadly, we won't be giving them another chance. read more

The service is great- prices reasonable & a super menu, never have I experienced a more tender beef than in the 'filet minion French style, & the spiced fish bowl was amazing. Thumbs up for this place - will make it a 'regular' read more

We have visited Palm Tree Palace on several occasions, and the food and service has been good. On our first visit, there was an issue with redeeming their Yelp check in offer, which was awkward. Regarding the food, we stick to the Honey Walnut Shrimp, French Style Filet Mignon with Asparagus, and a rotating noodle dish such as Chicken Chow Mein. The taste of each of the dishes above has been consistently very good. This food is not filler; it is high quality and delicious. As a result of the quality, the food is not cheap, but we routinely have leftovers, so it works out. Regarding the service, it has been good. On our most recent visit a few days ago, the service was fantastic. read more

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I ordered to go items through Grubhub but I've always been so pleased with the food quality and presentation. Palm Tree used a nice reusable bag to deliver the food. I think it's a nice touch, rather than brown bag or plastic bag. I ordered salt and pepper calamari. It was tasty, fresh and still crispy. The tofu dish was yummy as well. Thank you for always being so consistent! read more

Palm Tree Palace - Crispy Pepper Calamari - Chinese Near Me - La Quinta, California

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We love thai and chinese food. We ordered sweet and sour soup plus 3 main dishes. The soup was good. The main dishes were bland and all had the same taste. I ordered mongolian beef I love the spicy flavor. It was totally bland no spice whatsoever. It was shown as spicy on the menu. All the food was made with no spice and if you wanted it hotter they gave you a sauce to put on it. I missed the cooked in spicy flavor that comes from adding peppers to the cooking process read more

Good Chinese food for the desert. A little tightly packed with two large groups and the atmosphere was tired and too busy. The service was spotty but food was pretty good. Best fried rice in the desert, good egg foo young and Mongolian Beef. We'll be back. read more

Strip mall location serving delicious food. The xiu mai was not well made and breaking apart but the noodles and kung pao chicken were delicious. Service was quick and efficient. read more

We got delivery and all mostly good: full Peking Duck, Cashew chicken and chicken fried rice. Complaints: 1. They should serve more onion( enough for full duck), and cucumber(none included). If you're going to charge $51 for a full duck give the full amount of accoutrements!!2. Why do they charge $8.50 for 2 Oz of extra Hoisin sauce when it likely came from a gallon jug that cost $10?? read more

Beautiful YUMMM! HIGHLY RECOMMEND! We placed a large order that consisted of: 2 veggie chow mein, Mongolian beef, orange chicken, beef with broccoli & some little 4 piece order of like shrimp inside a clear edible paper, I think it's dim sum but under a different name. Everything was delicious & made to order. No stale or hard pieces. Everything was hot & fresh once we opened our food. The ingredients were fresh & the quality of the meat and veggies was great too! We went to a different place before and were not pleased, we searched Yelp and found this place. We love it! It will be our new go to place for some delicious food We were too busy with the savory food to take pictures with the containers full but this is the remnants of what we ordered lol. The portion sizes are good, it was 6 of us & it fed us well & we even have leftovers for later read more

Palm Tree Palace - Chinese Near Me - La Quinta, California

STAY AWAY - Never even got to taste the food to review it because the kitchen could not handle orders. I ordered online for pick up 7 hours ahead and when I got to the restaurant to pick it up, the order had not been started yet and the restaurant claimed they could not refund my money because of a third party system handling the orders. Talking to the staff was useless a the manager suddenly claimed she'd complete my order in 15 minutes. No food appeared. This business runs dishonestly and no matter how good the food is, I'll not be returning. I was not only inconvenienced by driving here from Palm Springs (1/2 hour) but now I have to deal with my bank to get my refund. read more

So far the most expensive Chinese restaurant in the valley. Been in the area for 3 years and prices have gone up ridiculously in that time frame. The food hasn't gotten any better and portions have gotten smaller. They charge you for white rice when ordering a main entree (beef and broccoli). The food is okay, went with recommendations from local people. Take out is a scam. Portions are small. Definitely get more food dining in. Have done both. Service is good and the restaurant is nice. Can be a little tight with spacing during the evening time when the snow birds are here. Starting to miss Temecula Chinese restaurants more and more. read more

The service was very slow, took more than an hour to get our food. Ordered the honey walnut shrimp and it was just bad. They forgot the walnuts, the shrimp were covered in a mayonnaise sauce and the dish wasn't even hot. When we complained to our waiter, he tried to tell us that this was the correct dish- when we pointed out that our honey walnut shrimp was missing walnuts, he came back with a side dish of walnuts. It was incredibly disappointing. Will not be returning. read more

Another local find... Delicious!! Had it twice in one week definitely superior to any franchise option. I had the Crispy Spicy Salted Fish, Mongolian Beef, Garlic Green Beans and Chow Mein. All the ingredients fresh, great quality, not over sauced so you can taste the ingredients prepared and highlighted by the flavor profile. Only drawback was you have to buy rice to go with the entrees. read more

New staple for Chinese food in Palm Springs. Been twice. Delicious! Love the Peking Duck, rice dish, noodle dish, Moo Sho Pork, Honey Walnut Shrimp (my favorite)! read more

Best Chinese food we've found in the valley this far. Very fresh and flavorful. Steamed dumplings were a tad bland- otherwise everything is great. Restaurant is clean and bright. Staff and service are excellent. Xièxiè! read more

Palm Tree Palace - 61. Kung Pao Chicken - Chinese Near Me - La Quinta, California

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