Palo Santo
Mexican restaurant · Knight Park/Howell Station
955 West Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
Highlights
Mexican & Japanese fusion with wood-fired flavors & rooftop views
Mexican & Japanese fusion with wood-fired flavors & rooftop views
"This Westside restaurant is a moody, multi-level showstopper that can fulfill all your big night out ambitions. Downstairs, Palo Santo's open kitchen flaunts its wood-fired grill as tables fill up with whole heads of really good miso-glazed cauliflower, flaky branzino sporting a nice crispy char, and tuna-topped housemade blue tostadas. After getting your fill of carne asada dunked in a spicy jalapeño sauce and other magnificent modern Mexican dishes, head upstairs to the rooftop bar for drinks and dancing. There’s usually a DJ playing house music so loud you can hear it from the street." - jacinta howard, juli horsford
"If celebrating your birthday involves some combo of dinner and drinks, Palo Santo makes it easy to do both without having to hunt for your valet ticket. This modern Mexican restaurant and rooftop bar on the Westside is a moody, multi-level showstopper. Downstairs the open kitchen flaunts its wood-fire grill early and often with flames shooting up periodically. Tables fill up with whole heads of golden-brown cauliflower (a must-order) and flaky branzino. After dinner head to the roof where a DJ plays house music so loud you can usually hear it on the street." - nina reeder, jacinta howard
"This Mexican restaurant and rooftop flexes its “have a night out” muscles with top-notch food and feels. When the last of the smoky wood-fired cauliflower vanishes and every bit of the fire-roasted branzino has been picked over, head to the party upstairs. Margaritas with burnt salt rims, sunset views, and a DJ bumping house prove that whether on a warm Wednesday night or a Friday in February, Palo Santo is always in summer shape." - juli horsford, jacinta howard, nina reeder
"You'll find both giant Cousin It-like furry lighting fixtures and huge heads of cauliflower roasting on spits in the open kitchen at this upscale Mexican restaurant on the Westside. A typical dinner here involves a variety of tasty dishes like creamy patatas bravas mixed tableside and tender carne asada served with a side of marrow that you scoop directly out of the bone. But what we love most about Palo Santo is their late-night rooftop bar that caters to a 25+ only crowd, has incredible skyline views, rotating DJs spinning EDM tracks, and small bites that aren’t available in the main dining room (get the tasty nori tacos). So if you’re looking to extend your date night, hit the rooftop for post-dinner cocktails." - nina reeder, juli horsford, jacinta howard
"Named after a tree known for its purification properties, Palo Santo brings the flavors of wood-smoked cuisine to the Westside. We can’t promise that this Palo Santo will purge any low vibrational energies. But we can vouch for their creative Japanese and Mexican cuisine, which is perfectly represented in dishes like the hamachi tostada—a delicious mix of dry miso, uni, and yellowtail that gets some fun smokiness from burnt avocado and charred serrano yuzu mayo. And when you really want to impress your date, head upstairs (it's on our Best Rooftop guide) after dinner to sip on drinks like their P.S. Margarita and dance to house music." - nina reeder, juli horsford, jacinta howard
