The Steakhouse At Agua Caliente Wins 2024 Award Of Excellence From Wine Spectator
Agua Caliente Casinos, the premier destination in greater Palms Springs for live entertainment, gaming, culinary excellence, and wellness, is pleased to announce its signature restaurant The Steakhouse, has earned two internationally recognized awards; both restaurant locations in the greater Palm Springs area, have earned Wine Spectator’s 2024 Award of Excellence. For The Steakhouse at Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage, this marks the 17th consecutive year with this honor. For The Steakhouse at Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs, in the heart of downtown, this earning marks their 20th consecutive year of winning this award. Both are being honored for their outstanding wine program in Wine Spectator’s 2024 Restaurant Awards, which celebrate the world’s best restaurants for wine.
Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence recognizes restaurants whose wine lists feature a well-chosen assortment of quality producers along with a thematic match to the menu in both price and style. The wine list at the Steakhouse in Rancho Mirage includes more than 300 selections and an inventory with more than 4,000 bottles. The full list is presented to guests on a tablet and easily sorts through by-the-glass and by-the-bottle offerings by name, price, or region. The Steakhouse in Palm Springs has over 1,000 bottles of inventory with 175 selections to choose from.
Both Steakhouse locations pride themselves in serving the best cuts of prime beef and fresh seafood fare, led by Executive Chef Juan Morales and Executive Chef Brian Kenney. Every meat cut is hand-selected USDA prime that is specially aged for 21 days and seasoned with a special dry rub, ensuring that every bite will be unforgettable. Both Chefs and their culinary team source local produce and use fresh seasonal ingredients to create an unforgettable gourmet cuisine experience. The restaurants built their excellence with an understanding that award-winning wines are equally important to the overall fine dining experience.
“At The Steakhouse, we celebrate the terroir of California and offer an extensive list of the best wines from across the world including award-winning winemakers in Italy, France, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand.
We update the list seasonally as needed and carry a beautiful selection of Reserve from notable Northern California vineyards,” adds Sandy Josephson, Vice President of Food and Beverage at Agua Caliente Casinos.
In addition to this most recent honor, The Steakhouse in Rancho Mirage is a Forbes Four-Star restaurant and has earned a number of other accolades including AAA Four Diamond Award, the Palm Springs Life Best of the Best, and the OpenTable Diners’ Choice Award.
Guests can experience Agua Caliente Casinos’ signature restaurant, The Steakhouse in Rancho Mirage and in
downtown Palm Springs. Both feature an incredible Sunday Brunch and are open for dinner seven days a week. Reservations are encouraged.
For more information, go to www.aguacalientecasinos.com or call 888.999.1995.
ABOUT AGUA CALIENTE CASINOS
Agua Caliente Casinos are located in Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs, and Cathedral City, CA. Agua Caliente Casinos has earned the Forbes Travel Guide Awards for its fifth consecutive year in 2024 for three of its property venues winning two Forbes Four-Star ratings for The Steakhouse and The Hotel—making it the only hotel in Greater Palm Springs to achieve such status—along with Sunstone Spa earning the Forbes Five-Star Award in 2024. Agua Caliente Rancho Mirage is also a AAA Four Diamond property and was ranked top 5 for “Best Casino Outside of Las Vegas” in Newsweek in 2023. The Sunstone Spa is also ranked number three in North America by Spas of America’s Top 100 Spas 2023; The Steakhouse is a consecutive winner of the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence since 2007.
Agua Caliente Casinos also took the lead in two Best Desert Sun Community’s Choice Awards categories, ranked Best Casino in Palm Springs and Best Hotel in Rancho Mirage. Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City was named 2024 Business of the Year at the Cathedral City State of the City Business Awards.
Photo of The Steakhouse at Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs CA
Photo from Diana Bianchini, Dimoda PR Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs CA July 25th 2024
