Cork Tree restaurant

74950 Country Club Dr, Palm Desert
(760) 779-0123

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Burgundy & Thyme Infused Escargot En Croute
Boneless Braised Short Ribs
Crème Brûlée Three Ways
Chocolate Hazelnut Parfait
Organic Rainbow Beet Salad
Braised Anjou Pear Salad
White Peking Duck Breast
Seared Bristol Scallops
Seared Chilean Sea Bass
Marinated Duck Entree

Menu

Appetizers
Mini Duck Confit Tacos
Frisee salad, feta cheese, and chipotle sauce.
Crispy Japanese Pork Belly
Salsify, frisee, green apple puree, and soy-mirin glaze.
Tuna Tartare
Scallions, avocado, wasabi tobiko, nori flakes, wasabi mayonnaise, and spicy lemon sauce.
Crab and Shrimp Cakes
Oven dried tomato compote, fennel-daikon salad, and champagne beurre blanc.

Salads
Organic Rainbow Beet Salad
Local dates, tomatoes, pesto, soft goat cheese, and pink peppercorn vinaigrette.
Cork Tree Caesar
Housemade Caesar dressing, Spanish anchovies, and shaved parmesan.
Baby Iceberg Wedges
Toybox tomatoes, applewood bacon, and creamy point Reyes blue cheese dressing.

Entrees
Roasted Icelandic Salmon
Dungeness crab-horseradish crust, sautéed spinach, fingerling potatoes, and champagne beurre blanc.
Pasta Primavera
Shiitake mushrooms, tomatoes, broccolini, carrots, basil, parmesan cheese, white wine cream, and sauce.
Seared Chilean Sea Bass
Shiitake mushrooms, edamame, pickled ginger, toasted sesame, scented jasmine rice, wasabi, and soy mirin.
Nebraska Prime Rib-eye
Broccolini, carrots, garlic mashed potatoes, and cognac mushroom peppercorn sauce.
Grilled Cauliflower Steak
Eggplant caviar, shiitake mushrooms, celery root mash, beet greens, roasted tomato, and garlic herb sauce.
Beef Filet Mignon
Roasted beets, broccolini, fingerling potatoes, blue cheese butter, and red wine sauce.
Seared Bristol Scallops
Butternut squash, charred Brussel sprouts, smoked bacon, and pomegranate reduction.
Jidori Farms Free Range Chicken
Sautéed baby spinach, mushroom risotto, champagne beurre blanc, tomato compote, and red wine sauce.

Sides
Broccolini (Serves 2)
Mashed Potatoes (Serves 2)
Wok Fried Brussel Sprouts (Serves 2)
Sautéed Spinach (Serves 2)
Mushroom Risotto (Serves 2)
Scented Jasmine Rice (Serves 2)
Fingerling Potatoes (Serves 2)
Pomme Frites (Serves 2)
Truffle Pomme Frites (Serves 2)

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Recent Reviews

The service is impeccable, it was perfect. The atmosphere is sublime. The backlit menus are very nice touch. My ribeye was cooked perfectly, my mother's cioppino was perfect and without question. Talk about a diamond in the rough that is not rough whatsoever.
The cork table has a beautiful event separate dining room and table usually seating 20. Worth any penny and then some. We will be back.
February 2026
Food was ok. Nothing special. A bit overpriced for what it is. Skip the cowboy ribeye, sounds better than it is. Duck was good. Service was slow but friendly. Credit Card surcharge on a $300+ meal feels a bit excessive. No one is carrying that kind of cash these days.
January 2026
The positive: Meals were outstanding. Our party of four was very happy with our choices -short ribs, salmon and scallops. Salads were tasty. The negative: Our server, over anxious, failed to tell us about the specials, got the wrong occasion we were celebrating. We were seated near the bar, which was okay, (but for a nicer atmosphere, the main dining room would desirable). Since we were in the bar area, we could see football was on the TV. Another wait staff blocked our view by...
January 2026

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Cork Tree restaurant

74950 Country Club Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260
(760) 779-0123