Palace

Our new favorite restaurant! From the moment we walked in we were well taken care of. Unlike other local restaurants, Palace has an open and generous feel to it. The service was wonderful throughout and the overall experience was great. There is an extensive wine list and a cocktail menu with a variety of creative drinks. Chef Angel personally recommended the Hamachi Crudo and Chicken Liver Mousse appetizers and he didn’t steer us wrong. They were both fantastic! The Txuleta for Two was perfectly prepared and well seasoned. Amazingly we had room for dessert and the Chocolate Bottom Chess Pie provided a wonderful finish to our meal. We enjoyed the low key vibe and atmosphere. It’s rare to have an experience where the service, atmosphere and meal quality are all top notch.

Had the pleasure of going for my first time and let me tell you, it was worth it! Staff was super attentive, very knowledgeable and friendly.Greeyed us and started the night with complementary drinks. N/a for the wife which was nice they paid attention to detailed.Everything was done right and at a very satisfying time. Went for the birthday with the wife. We got a few appetizers, drinks (mocktails and wine) staff was very patient. Alot of wine and drink choices a separate section for mocktails which the wife loves. Food menu has a ton of options and we had the pleasure to try a few. Def recommend the steak tartare and the hamachi. Both are great mixes and work amazing. Wife did the poached pear, I had the steak tartare, oysters and 2 hamachis I believe they're called. So good I ordered a second to go. Wife did the tamal and I had the duck with mole on the side. Overall some great food and service. Joaquin and his team did amazing we'll definitely be going again!

4.5 stats. It's been a decade since we last ate at the Palace, but we wanted to try it again during Restaurant Week. Overall, my wife and I enjoyed our meal, the ambience, and the superb service. Most items on the fixed menu can be ordered from the standard menu at any time; the Steak and Frites was apparently a special for restaurant week. We started off with Garlic Shrimp and the HUITLACOCHE TAMAL. Of the two, I thought the Shrimp was a better choice, but I wish it had more garlic (not really detectable), and I didn’t find any Neuske's bacon. But the shrimp was very good, and the creamy cheddar Parmesan polenta was outstanding. Huitlacoche Tamal was new for us. I looked it up on the site and read, “ Often referred to as 'Mexican truffles,' this earthy, smoky fungus is highly prized for its unique, intense flavor." Well, this Tamal was nice, but I didn’t find the flavor as unique or intense as before. I liked the dish, it’s lovely to look at (see my pic), but I was a bit underwhelmed. For mains, we ordered the steak special and the Dock Confit with Mole. We both love mole and always order it when we see it on a restaurant menu we're new to. The duck and the mole here were outstanding! I highly recommend this dish. If you are a mole fan, you’ll like the mole served here (it’s a negra mole and it was delightful). It was served with wonderful gnocchi that soaked up the mole so well. The accompanying sweet potatoes were also very good. I ordered the steak frites, the frites being “Parmesan fries”, and they were very good. I asked for the steak med-rare, and it was perfectly cooked, not easy on a cut that is rather thin, like a skirt steak. The flavor was delicious, and it was very juicy, but I’m not sure Skirt Steak was the best cut for this dish. This cut is known for its chewy texture, which our neighbor, who also ordered it, said was ‘tough’. Indeed, this is a far cry from anything like tenderloin or even a great ribeye. I loved the flavor but didn’t love the texture. Perhaps this cut was used to make the restaurant's 3-course meal very reasonably priced at $55. Palace offers Steak Au Poivre that is a 6oz filet, which alone costs $55, so I can understand the substitution. Overall, I did enjoy the dish, but I will probably pass on a stand-alone Skirt Steak in the future. For dessert, we tried the Flan and the Chocolate Budino. The flan was my favorite. I’m rather picky about flan, and this town has so many Restaurants that serve it. At Palace, the texture was perfect, the flavor spot on. My wife loved the Budion, I thought it was too sweet. I also didn’t think the chocolate used was ideal, complex enough to be the dessert's main star. Service was outstanding! Our server was Cree. The entire team at Palace did a great job, and I really like the overall feel of the restaurant, the vibe. It isn't pretentious, but it is still fine dining. The ambience is quiet, the booths comfortable, and my wife and I will absolutely return.