El Mirasol Cocina Mexicana

My favorite Mexican restaurant! I’ve been coming for over 20 years now, and the food can’t be beat! Fresh homemade corn tortillas, delicious carnitas, chunky guacamole and stellar chile rellenos! Wonderful selection of tequila and mezcal, plus fresh horchata for non-alcohol drinkers. I love El Mirasol!

We live in the heart of the farm belt with a lot of Latins and have the worst Mexican food. So we drove over 3 hours to eat at this NOT A BAD BITE ONLY EXCELLENT food restaurant. Eat here often!

Living in New York City the past 3 years, I have been deprived of quality Mexican Food. The crazy thing is, that sentence is a HOT take if you say that to an NYC native. I've found the hardest thing to explain is the blatantly obvious that everyone has decided not to see. "Well there's this one place DEEP in Jackson Heights..." You've just never been to LA or San Diego, and that's okay. That'd be like me saying LA Bagels are just as good as NY bagels, but I would never say that because I'm not absolutely delusional. All of those two intro paragraphs to say, we came to El Mirasol last night for the first dinner of our family Palm Springs trip. A typical, no frills Mexican restaurant. One bite of these Chorizo Nachos had me thanking god I'm back in the great state of Southern California, where quality Mexican food can be found on seemingly every street corner. The Zo is SO different out here. I went with a large skinny margarita to take the edge off and the Shrimp in Pipián for my main. One of my pet peeves is when a shrimp dish comes with 4 shrimp. I'm a grown man, you think 4 shrimp is gonna meet my protein goals? I felt the good Lord smiling down on me when the dish came with 9 shrimp, mexican rice, refried beans with melted cheese on top, and hand made corn tortillas that were to die for. Not a lot can rival a handmade corn tortilla. This plate was delicious. One of them ones. Had me grateful to be back on the coast with superior Mexican food. IG @jnov_ Tiktok @jnov__

OOPS! Forgot to take pictures BEFORE eating! Had a enchilada chili colorado, chili relleno, black beans and rice. Also had a large house margaritas; muy bueno! Wife had nearly same combo except her enchilada was with pork and beverage was lemonade. Again, muy bueno! Going back again before leaving Palm Springs to continue the road trip.

I have been coming here since I was a little kid (over 20 years!!!) and this is just the best restaurant through and through. The food is always phenomenal. Everyone I have brought here has loved it. Best guacamole you’ll ever taste. Fresh corn chips. Never a bad meal. The staff are just phenomenal. I’ve got to know so many of them over the years and they are all just the loveliest people who are clearly so passionate as they too know how great this place is !! Best food spot in the desert. Consistent. Absolutely never fails. Cannot recommend highly enough

Fantastic meal! Was our favorite in Palm Springs (above Vaularis, Workshop, Farm, Azucar, etc.). Extremely kind host, taking the time to show us the ingredients and talking about recipes. Delicious food. Best queso fundido I’ve had (and I grew up in Texas). If we had discovered it before our last day we would have gone multiple times.

El Mirasol is a true Palm Springs gem. The food is always consistent, fresh, and delicious, and the margaritas are some of the best in town. The chips and salsa are a perfect start to every meal, and the live music in the evenings creates such an enjoyable atmosphere. What really sets El Mirasol apart, though, is the staff. They’re incredibly friendly, attentive, and kind — it genuinely feels like family every time we visit. It’s that combination of great food, great people, and great energy that keeps us coming back again and again.

Wow, everything was perfect. I had the shrimp pipián (pumpkin seeds) which was a unique and tasty dish. They even let me taste the sauce before i ordered to try it’ The server told me they make it fresh and have a machine that grinds the pumpkin seeds. I sat outside and enjoyed the music, shade, and amazing atmosphere.