"You'd think it was next to a pier" after sampling its "fresh, fresh, fresh" seafood, yet this Palm Desert spot on El Paseo is well grounded, offering "cool" patio dining with mountain views and an "out-of-sight" vodka selection, plus "friendly" service; perhaps the bills are "a bit high", but with half-price wine nights and prix fixe specials, "what's not to like?"
Quick review: Pacifica:
Pacifica Seafood Restaurant in Palm Desert has earned the reputation of providing a fine dining experience and being one of the best locations in the valley — perched atop The Gardens on El Paseo.You can choose between rooftop dining on the spacious patio, the open dining room or comfortable bar area. Pacifica claims to have the “freshest seafood in the desert” and backs up that statement with...
Pacifica Seafood Restaurant Restaurant Review:
This upscale restaurant’s menu offers established favorites --- the signature dish is the barbecued, sugar-spiced salmon --- but there is a wide variety of creative alternatives. We like honey-and-soy-glazed sea bass with green curry-coconut sauce and chili oil. For non-fish-eaters, there is a pan-roasted chicken breast or a nicely cooked Black Angus rib-eye. The bar pours 140 different vodkas,...
Pacifica claims to have the freshest fish in the desert and the quality is, indeed, very high. This upscale Coachella Valley restaurant’s menu offers established favorites---the signature dish is the barbecued sugar-spiced salmon---but there is a wide variety of creative alternatives. We like honey-soy-glazed sea bass with green curry-coconut sauce and chili oil; and pan-seared sea scallops...