Bellatrix Restaurant

Came for lunch with my wife and Dad. Excellent food. And great and friendly service from Gina. Will visit again.

Just had dinner tonight and it was great! Our waitress was Gina and she gave us top notch service all around and recommended the best dinner dishes and dessert.
We ordered the steak, lobster mac and cheese, donut dessert and warm cookie ice cream. The steak was a little salty, but overall everything else was delicious.
Would definitely recommended coming here! The best part about coming here was not being judged because we look young. Gina gave us a pleasant experience and we enjoyed the whole dinner.
BTW: We bought a Groupon and it was worth it! Pay $ 50 for $ 80 worth of food! We were able to get 2 main entrees, drinks plus 2 desserts. And you also get a beautiful view to enjoy!

Danielle was the most rude bartender I have ever met. Otherwise the restaurant has good food but won’t return because of her.

Come to the desert probably 4 or 5 times a year and have had this restaurant on our «list» but just haven’t made it until tonight (April 7, 2016).
Made reservations and were met by John. Courteous, prompt and seated us at a window table. It was just prior to sunset and really beautiful. Trees, mountains, golf course. Hard to believe we’re in a Clubhouse!
We spent awhile really enjoying the creative menu. So many fun choices. Two of us so decided we’d order all different items and «test» the menu. What a pleasant surprise.
Starters consisted of an outstanding «Mongolian Beef», thinly sliced flank steak with pickled onions, fresh English cucumbers slivers and fresh oranges. I’d return just for this item! My partner had a Caesar salad which was probably the only disappointment of the night. Just an ordinary Caesar… helped because we squeezed fresh lemon on it.
Entries were both great. My partner had classic French Coq at Vin which was as good as we’ve had anywhere in America or France. I had to try the Spaghetti Squash Marinara, which was a vegetarian choice on the menu.
Perfectly cooked veggie noddles with a concentrated marinara sauce topped with ribbons of fresh basil, two perfectly cooked whole baby carrots and a trio of small, thin asparagus.
Dessert was the perfect finishing touch. Buttermilk donut cake topped with homemade Salted Carmel Gelato. Oh boy. Perfect. We noticed the table next to ours ordered ANOTHER of these after they’d finished the first. The right size, the right sweetness with heavily salted gelato.
The wine list is extensive and very reasonably priced. The entire menu is priced reasonably and has good value.
Our service was spot on. Sam, a very pleasant attentive young woman, took care of us.
The restaurant is not in the main dining areas in the desert (far off Rodeo Drive, no where near 111 Rancho Mirage dining, and probably 25 minutes from downtown Palm Springs varied fare.) But it’s EASY to find.
It’s definitely on our «return» list. Overall, I’d give it a 4.5 star rating, the only deduction would be a fairly pedestrian Caesar Salad. Everything was up to 5 Star dining but the price… half of what we’re used to at home in Maui.
Go to this place while you’re here. You will NOT be sorry.

Amazing!!! Had the spinach salad that was WONDERFUL then for dinner had Scallops and they were GREAT too! Staff was precious and so helpful! My new favorite place! THANKS

Wife and I went here last Tuesday for our anniversary. We made an early dinner reservation so that we could have a happy hour drink prior to dinner — and that really wasn’t a good idea. At 5:45, the seats at the bar were completely filled, which made ordering a cocktail a little difficult. It seemed that once those golfers plopped down for happy hour, there was no moving them. Once I did finally get the attention of the bartendress, she was quite harried, and not friendly at all. She probably said less than ten words during the entire transaction.
Had my entire experience been based on the bar/​bartendress, I would probably be giving this place one star; fortunately, that was not the case. My wife and I were shown to our table on the patio promptly at our reservation time. Our waitress was friendly, but seemed like she hadn’t been waitressing very long. I ordered our meals, which included a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon; after a short wait, the waitress brought over a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc. This was a minor mistake, and was quickly fixed. For food, my wife had the pan-​seared salmon, which she said was good. I had the filet mignon, which was delicious. I probably could have cut it with my fork — which was a good thing, because they did not provide a steak knife. The steak was tender, but cutting it with the same knife I used to butter my bread seemed odd.
The highlight of our visit to Bellatrix was the host. He called me by name several times throughout the night, and checked on two different occasions to see how our anniversary was going. This guy should be training the rest of the wait staff.
To summarize, we will most likely return here, but I will hope for better service — especially from the bar staff — with the same quality of food I experienced on this visit.

Yum! Feels like a local Hollywood hangout.
Top notch food and service. Natalie and Ray were exceptional.

December 18, 2015
It was my husbands special birthday and I had let them know that with reservations well a week in advance.
When we arrived we were loudly asked «who’s birthday is it? «
We were seated… Service was very abrupt/​curt. We ordered two belvedere on the rocks… only to be Advised 5 min later that they don’t have it. Ok… went with grey goose… yuk…
Put in appetizer order soup and salad… Was ok.
Ordered Grouper… Small portion
Ordered filet mignon… so-​so under cooked but no waitress EVER to ask
Au gratin potatoes that were OLD
My opinion
Service is AWFUL…
Food is mediocre
Pay a bit more for better beverage and food and service with out a chip on the shoulder: such as: Ruth’s Chris or mortons or Flemings
By the way: this is NOT a happy hour review but a full dining review !

Food prepared perfectly, the staff from the top to the bottom pay attention to every detail and go the extra mile.
I would recommend this for any occasion or just to get away from the kitchen

Came here for HH on ¹¹⁄₁₃. Patio full at 3:30pm so had to sit inside. Waitress OK but very busy. Had to ask for things and then wait a while. I ordered a martini. It was decent for HH. Also nachos which were good but chips, cheese, not hot (temp).and no hot sauce provided. Asked for it and got it ½ way through my meal. Company enjoyed their drinks and order, Cheeseburger with FF. which they split and was charged an extra $ 2. I like the variety of menu. drinks decent but service mediocre and food not hot enough. My company live in the dessert and go to Ruth Kris’ s HH. but I wanted to try something different. well I tried it.

Lovely Place. A bit off the beaten path and clearly very new. As described before the view from the patio is lovely, food offers something for everyone and is prepared well. The service is attentive. Prices on the high end, esp for drinks. Overall a great lunch experience!

My husband and I visited this restaurant while on our anniversary get-​away this year. We purchased a Groupon that was worth $ 80 and we just about spent it all. I had the Shrimp Alfredo dish and my husband had the BBQ Short Ribs. We both enjoyed our meals; presentation was good and I also liked the fact that the portion size was equivalent to the small but adequate french portion size (Prevents Glutton). The view of this restaurant was Amazing! Unfortunately we were there during a pretty humid month (October); so the outside balcony was a little uncomfortable around 5:30/6 pm but it was nice as the night moved on. The drinks were good and a nice size. Lastly we tried the infamous buttermilk donut cake and it was pretty sweet and rich for me; which is very sweet because I am definitely a lover of sweets! Now the restaurant brought us a Warm Macadamia Nut Butter Cookie for our Anniversary and it was the Best! This is definitely a spot to visit!

Driving back to Los Angeles I checked Unilocal for a restaurant for lunch, the reviews looked
good so we decided to try Bellatrix, just of the 10 fwy, we were not disappointed, lunch was excellent, very nice, comfortable place.
I look forward to go back for lunch and dinner when visiting Palm Springs or passing through.

We had excellent service (thanks Natalie), excellent food, and a beautiful view (see photo). We would definitely go back again.

Happy hour at the Bellatrix always such a wonderful view from the patio. We love to come here at 4 o’clock just in time for a beautiful view and a delicious dinner. The happy hour features a wide assortment of great dishes tonight we had chicken wings salad flatbread and A really good short rib slider. All of the food was excellent but the service was even better our waitress Gina Ann was a joy to have serve us. Her wonderful personality made the evening all that much better it was also nice to see the Cubs make it into the playoffs on one of the many big screen TVs in the place. I would recommend the Bellatrix to anyone who comes to Palm Springs or any place in the Coachella Valley make sure you make it to the Bellatrix.

Oh my!
This place was off the hook crazy good. I took my family here for a nice dinner and everything was exceptional, from the wine, to the starter, the entrée and don’t get me started on the service of which was second to none. We arrived a little late and felt we might get the old hurry along of which couldn’t have been any further from the truth. All the food is soooo damn good. It does close a little bit early… so hurry and don’t miss a great view on the terrace.

The dishes were excellently prepared and presented! The wine was perfect 2007 California Chardonnay. Sea bass with vegetables spaghetti was a dream!!! Newyork steak was great the cauliflower mashed was yummy but the on the side sauce was not that good as you expected. All in all great tasty romantic dinner with great ambiance!!! The desert was great but they can get a real expresso machine so the whole dining experience will be major hit!

Happy hour is the deal here but come early as they fill up. Burger and beef are the best bets. Cocktails and wine are priced to move and the service is very good.

Got a deal on Groupon so decided to try this place out.
Very pleasantly surprised by the food… everything was very good from their bread, salad, entrée BUT the dessert stole the show!
We had 2… one was called «Half Baked» which was a ½ baked wht chocolate macadamia nut cookie, with vanilla Haagen Dazs ice cream… it was seriously one of the best desserts we’ve ever had!!!
Second was the «Buttermilk Donut Cake». This was fantastic too! Cinnamon-​sugar doughnut with gelato and caramel drizzle… deelish!!!
Back to dinner…
Ordered the filet mignon and loved it! My husband ordered the NY steak which was very flavorful.
We’ll be back!!!

Bellatrix is the best place in Palm Desert! Absolutely amazing staff and the food is amazing. You will not be disappointed. We love this place.
We got married here and couldn’t have asked for a better venue. It’s been almost 3 years now and our guest are still talking about the food!