Oscar's Downtown Palm Springs

Always a fun time at Oscar's, no matter the occasion! LOVE the bitchiest brunches. It is so much fun here!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Saw Susan Powter here

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Oscar's on Sunday Funday is an absolute treasure. People on the street hear the joy and come in to enjoy. If your life is not hopping at the moment, stop in to kick it up. You will not be sorry!

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Always a great time.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

We didn't eat, but went to the tea dance. What a wonderful community of people! Had the best time of the trip. If you are a people watcher, you'll love the tea dance. Ice water out in a cooler was a VERY nice considerate touch

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Mixed group of people all different ages. Music was upbeat

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

We've gone a couple times to The Bitchiest Brunch, which we just adore! The first time we went we were seated furthest from the stage which is in an outdoor plaza. (which was perfect for our first time since we were just coming off of COVID) We assumed these were the bad seats, but we were pleasantly surprised to find that the drag queens made it around to every person during every song! The ladies went all out to dazzle us with their hair, makeup, costumes and dance moves. We clapped and sang along - so much fun! We've gone back for brunch with family and friends visiting out of town, and it really is a hoot. The crowd is always eclectic, with bachelorette parties, locals, families, straight and gay couples - you're all friends by the end of the show. We made sure to get lots of $1 bills and tipped each performer twice during their songs. Now that the heat of summer is upon us, we will be going to a night time drag show to avoid the heat.

Best Drag Brunch I've ever been to. It was amazing! Recommend 1000%

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Go there when it's Bunker on Saturday. Always have fun

Atmosphere: 5

Great atmosphere and phenomenal food! The show is an hour and a half of smiles and laughter!

They make the drinks strong! Make sure to stay hydrated in the Palm Springs heat!

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 5

Was disappointed that the website said I had a ticket for a brunch but we still had to pay for food. Need to specify show only. We bought seven VIP $65 tickets to be at the front of the show. The show was rarely at the front and most often in the back. So don't waste your money buying more expensive tickets.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

An iconic stop in Palm Springs with amazing dance parties every Sunday. Great drinks and easy, cashless payments.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Short version: They sat us and several others at tables in the full sun, it was 95 degrees out and did not provide shade. After waiting about 30 minutes for umbrellas they said they’d bring out but never did, we left. I saw one other table also walk out because they were treated the same. Oscar’s was totally unprepared to host their event on Sunday May 25. It was like their first day hosting and half the staff and umbrellas didn’t show up. Total mess.

What happened: We planned to attend the 1 PM drag brunch. Their tickets said get there early, like an hour before the show. We got there about 30 minutes early and there was a long line that moved very slowly. It’s like they were re-inventing the wheel to find seats for everyone. They sat us at a table fully out in the sun, not shade, no umbrella. The hostess said something like “they’d work on getting an umbrella” out there. We waited like 5 minutes in the blazing sun, it’s 95 degrees, we are burning up, so we went to stand by the shade of the building. Several other tables who they sat in the sun are also moved to stand around in random shaded spots near the building. The waiters were running around frantically (they seemed understaffed) and were basically ignoring us. The hostess was super busy trying to seat the remaining people. The show had started and not an extra umbrella in sight. Being hot, hungry, and totally ignored, we decided to cut our losses and walk out. We looked for a manager who was not running around but we decided not to try and stop the staff in the middle of their running and make a scene while the show was going on.

Final thoughts: I really don’t understand how they were so unprepared on that Sunday. Every other restaurant in Palm Springs has lots of shade and misters on their patios but not Oscar’s. They were really unprepared and unable to host that day’s brunch. We’ve emailed for a refund but have not received a response. I think they oversold their show. I really wish they would have just stopped selling tickets when they ran out of capacity rather than try to seat many people in the direct sun. At least me and my boyfriend could walk out. There were a few bachelorette parties where like 2 or 3 people in a large group had to sit in the blazing sun while the rest were under shade. It’s hard to enjoy a mimosa when you’re sweating your butt off and getting a sunburn.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

we came here for my friends bachelorette and we have a number of queer folks in our group so we were super excited as we’ve heard great things about the performers. Unfortunately it was soo disorganized. It started super late, the waiter took our drink order and after an hour only half of them arrived. We couldn’t even get refills of our water at 90 degrees. It was clearly over booked and severely understaffed. Our waiter often forgot about us — we didn’t even get the chance to order food at all during the entire event, let alone get our round of drinks while other tables were eventually able to get drinks and food. The performers were great but unfortunately the service severely impacted our experience here and I wouldn’t recommend it. We ultimately made it work for the bride but if we were just there for a fun weekend thing, we would’ve definitely left. The waiter wasn’t apologetic when we asked for an update on our drinks and said plainly they only had one bartender staffed. As a well known business in the area with fully sold out tickets for brunch, how could you only staff the place with one bartender? Also, our waiter again didn’t offer to comp anything despite the horrible service. At the very end they offered a bottle of champagne but at that point of being ignored and treated with horrible service, it all felt disingenuous, too little too late. I feel bad that we spent so much money to be treated so poorly for what should’ve been a really fun bachelorette celebration.

Atmosphere: 3

Service: 1