Towne Center Cafe - Palm Desert

This place used to be great, but now it feels like it “uses you,” it took 20 min to take our order. Our waitress claimed it was her last day, but her service was definitely would make this her last day to work if she wasn’t leaving. Not only did she simultaneously talk with us and on the phone, she also yelled in front of our face to her co-workers across the restaurant, it is obvious that this place is going downhill after the pandemic. Only 2 servers in a full house, not to mention we never had our drinks refilled, we had to get up and ask them for a box and our check or we would have been waiting for another 30 min. The bias was clear, we were a typical Asian family and her service and tone changed when a white family came and sat right next to our booth. The whole time we were just irritated, never even came to check on us, it seemed our waitress spent her time with only the white people in general. Never coming back again.

I have nothing negative to say about Town Center Cafe. The few several times my family has come to eat here has been wonderful. It's moderately(? small but large enough for multiple people to come by to eat and get comfortable. Very clean, great food, and wonderful service! Overall, a beautiful place to stop by during any time of the day that provides a calm and relaxing atmosphere. If I were to nitpick, the bathrooms may need a makeover as they show how much they've aged and not so greatly. Another nitpick that isn't really bad or necessarily the restaurant's fault is it's location. Unless you're already aware of the place or actively trying to find it you may not even know it's there. Only reason I started coming here was because my parents brought us. Anyway, beautiful spot to eat with family, friends or even better a significant other!

Your average diner really. Nothing really stands out about it. Food is decent. Not particularly great but not objectionable. I will say the staff is very, very friendly and attentive, which is this restaurant's biggest asset. Large parking lot since it's located inside a huge strip mall area. A pleasant experience but nothing incredibly memorable.

Great dinner. Go there at least once a weekend for breakfast. The staff is super friendly, and the food is just what you'd expect... Basic dinner food that taste good and at a reasonable price.

Food was great and came out at a decent time as well as busser/ drink guy was very friendly. However younger Hispanic lady was very rude yelling across the restaurant the whole time to other co workers, treating customers with a big attitude, and also slamming and throwing things around. We sat at the bar style seating and there was several times we thought we were going to get food thrown at us from her being in such a rush. Need more staffing or for this lady to relax a bit.