il Corso

one of my favourite spots in Palm Desert. this restaurant is a dining experience, great to sit out on the patio for a casual dinner or elevate it inside. the service is actually incredible and the food even better. they offered the calamari three different ways. amazing experience, would love to also try their pizza takeout next time!

Great Vibes, fun place to go for a dinner! We had a large group and service was great!
Gluten free pasta wasn’t the best but other food tasted great! Caesar salad came with 4 anchovies and it was extra anchovies:)
Portions were good sized, not big, I would say Canadian size.
We enjoyed our dinner and had a great time.
Will be back to try other food

We sat at the bar and still had a great experience with no wait. The bar tenders are festive and fun, we loved Caesar. Food is good and super quick. The house wine (Pinot noir) I thought was great for the price. I had the risotto and would recommend.

Il Corso is and will be a standout dining experience in the El Paseo collection. The building and ambiance is excellent and the food is a notch above what the desert has to offer.

The menu has been paired back from years past but they offer a differentiated assortment of dishes. The dishes are not your traditional spaghetti and meatballs but more regional Italian with meats, seafoods, and pastas. Think of a more elevated Italian cuisine.

I think the wine list is rather weak but they have plenty of Italian option. Overall it’s a great place to have a special evening or celebration.

We have been going to this restaurant each time we down in the desert for years. The food and decor are amazing. The staff is very attentive and professional. The reason I can't give it a 5 stars this time is because we had dinner there last night and they now have very loud music piped into the dining room. Very hard to have a conversation. Also, this is an Italian restaurant and the music was Spanish music. Doesn't make sense. On top of it, they had some sort of music program that must be free and it had speaking commercials at certain intervals. They need to get rid of this. It took away from their previous dining ambiance and experience

No military discount.
-Shrimp Alfredo was very runny, light flavor. Shrimp was super cooked so it didn't really look like Shrimp any more, fishy smelly. I liked the portions of shrimp.

-Fried Calamari, was ok, light flavor. I mean how can u mess up on that. It's like messing up on cooking a hot dog.

Pappardelle Alla Bolognese was light sauced.

-Garlic olive oil was yucky & complementary bread peices was small & sorry as well.

Over all they could of done better on portions, & been more earth friendly boxes instead of the plastic take out box, food was ok, not for the price ($89). I looked at my ticket and was like it better be good. Give it a 2 🌟.
The bougie people that eat here don't know about better places, especially worth the money.

Would I come here again, NOPE!!!

When in town or driving back from the desert, this is a must. We were treated like family and the Nizarda salad is simply delicious. Best tuna salad with the freshest of the freshest veggies. My husband had the steak and fries and it was equally impressive.

Amazing food chef Mario has lots of passion for his culinary trends
Salon was awesome
Salmon was so tasty

We went to the restaurant on Xmas eve with my family. The ambiance was nice and staff were friendly however right when we ordered for food asked for soda for drinks which would be great start to feel refreshed. The food came quickly but no soda for a while! I asked again, finally the sodas came but they were flat! They took it to replace, nothing came even when we were finished! The food was ok because it was basically meat & pasta lacking any veggies in either pasta dish or lasagna we ordered, the pasta’s texture were really good though. I asked for the check and eve though I was a little upset I thought this things happen anyways & for sure the waiter/manager will waive at least something on our check to show they feel bad about it, that’s what usually upscale restaurant do. However the wait said “I took out the sodas from the bill” I was thinking what sodas!!! Like he was doing us a favor! Of course he said he was sorry about that. Anyways I will not go back.

The seafood Salad is pretty good
Latte is no good , it was cold , after they replaced , is just ok for Restaurant standard
The Lobster Spaghetti was good , tasty .
Cod fish was cooked perfect .