Christmas Eve Dinner in Palm Springs
Join us for Christmas Eve dinner in Palm Springs at Kaiser Grille Chophouse on Thursday, December 24, 2026, with seating from 4 to 9 p.m. Our four-course dinner begins with a Champagne toast, followed by your choice of starter, entrée, and dessert. Entrée choices include slow-roasted prime rib, oak-grilled Ora King salmon, and butter-poached lobster tail. An à la carte holiday menu is also available.
The Wood-Fired Chophouse of Palm Canyon
Christmas Eve Dinner
Four Courses — The Family Table
Thursday, December 24, 2026 · Seating from four until nine
The Family Table
Christmas Eve
on Palm Canyon
We wish you, your families and those you love a most Merry Christmas and the best of the season. Christmas Eve has always been the night this family cooks for everyone else’s — a whole bird roasted slowly, a rib of beef carved and passed, and the sides that have to be on the table or it is not Christmas. Sit down. We have you.
— Lee Morcus
Three from the Bar
The Toast
Created for Christmas Eve.
Poinsettia
18Prosecco · house cranberry · Grand Marnier · orange.
Christmas in the Rakweh
20Cardamom coffee from the long-handled pot · cognac · date syrup · shaken cold and served up under softly whipped cream.
Kaiser Grille Medjool Date Old Fashioned
23Buffalo Trace · Medjool date · Regans’ orange bitters · blood orange · turbinado, stirred over one clear cube.
The Family Table
Christmas Eve — Four Courses
Priced by the plate you choose · the toast, the first course and the sweet are included.
The Toast — Included
A Glass of Champagne
Poured at the table before anything else arrives, on Christmas Eve.
First — Select One
Honey-Roasted Butternut Squash Bisque
Crème fraîche · snipped chives · V.
Classic Lobster Bisque
Sherry · white truffle oil · crème fraîche · sweet lobster meat.
Winter Field Greens Salad
Organic greens · aged Manchego · Granny Smith apple · Medjool dates · walnuts · white balsamic vinaigrette · V · N.
Chophouse Caesar Salad
Romaine hearts · sourdough croutons · the dressing · 24-month Parmigiano-Reggiano · white anchovy.
Then — Select One
The Christmas Eve Plate
Every plate with brown-butter whipped potatoes, puréed garnet yams, honey-glazed baby carrots and green beans amandine.
Traditional Roasted Mary’s Turkey · 97
Country pork sausage and sage dressing · house cranberry relish · roasting-pan gravy.
Christmas Prime Rib of Beef · 129
Chef’s cut, slow-roasted over oak · au jus · creamed fresh horseradish.
Wood-Rotisserie Roasted Kurobuta Loin · 97
Marinated, seasoned, turned on the wood rotisserie and sliced · cranberry, pear and pinot noir reduction.
Oak-Grilled Ora King Chinook Salmon · 97
Brown-butter baste · tarragon and caramelized-shallot béarnaise · charred lemon · GF.
Jumbo Cold-Water Lobster Tail · 129
Eight ounces, butter-poached and broiled · drawn butter · charred lemon · GF.
To Finish — Included — Select One
Cranberry Walnut Cheesecake
Bourbon chantilly · V · N.
Chocolate Cappuccino Mousse Cake
Bourbon chantilly · V.
Date & Toffee Pudding
Coachella Medjool dates · toffee · V.
Children twelve and under: the turkey plate 38 · the prime rib plate 55
The Card, À La Carte
To Begin
To start before the feast.
Jumbo Gulf Shrimp Cocktail
three 27 · six 49 · nine 74Poached with lemon and herbs · cocktail sauce · charred lemon · GF · ◈.
Sito’s Mezze — Full Spread
29Baba ghanoush · hummus · beet hummus · labneh · muhammara · olives · whipped feta · fresh flatbread from the 750° dome · V · N.
Dungeness Crab Cakes
two 28 · four 49 · six 73Rémoulade · spinach and wood-roasted tomato salad · sumac, Meyer lemon vinaigrette · ◈.
Charcuterie & Cheese Board
45Prosciutto · soppressata · Calabrese · Shaft’s blue · bufala mozzarella · Manchego · olives, mostarda and crostini · N · ◈.
Wood-Roasted Medjool Dates
three 18 · six 32 · nine 44The jewel of the desert · walnut, gorgonzola and mascarpone stuffed · bacon-wrapped · arugula and fennel · aged balsamic · N.
Fritto Misto
32Calamari · bay shrimp · shredded carrots · zucchini · artichoke hearts · green beans — dusted and flash-fried · charred lemon.
The Card, À La Carte
The Soups & the Salads
Where two prices are shown, the first is the plate and the second the bowl to share.
French Onion Soup Gratinée
17Roasted bone and oxtail stock · Gruyère · Emmental · grilled sourdough crouton · wood oven baked under the crust.
Winter Field Greens
18 / 34Organic greens · aged Manchego · Granny Smith apple · Medjool dates · walnuts · white balsamic vinaigrette · V · N.
Classic Lobster Bisque
21Sherry · white truffle oil · crème fraîche · sweet lobster meat.
Chopped House Wedge
18 / 34Iceberg · Shaft’s blue · applewood bacon lardons · heirloom tomato · red onion · sumac, citrus, Shaft’s blue cheese dressing.
Chophouse Caesar
18 / 34Romaine hearts · sourdough croutons · the dressing · 24-month Parmigiano-Reggiano · white anchovy.
Beets, Grapefruit & Feta Salad
23Za’atar-roasted beets · greens · radicchio · Ruby Red grapefruit · Lebanese feta · pistachio · herbs · lemon sumac vinaigrette · V · GF · N.
From the Block — To the Fire
The Christmas Eve Chophouse
Brandt Beef, Imperial Valley, California · USDA Prime · one family, one ranch, one breed since 1945 · aged and broken by hand in our own room · over oak and lump charcoal.
Filet Mignon
8 oz 79 · 12 oz 99Center-cut · the most tender of the block · classic béarnaise · brown-butter whipped potato.
Mary’s Chicken Piccata
43Almond-wood oven finished · lemon · French capers · chardonnay butter sauce · charred broccolini · butter-whipped Yukon Gold potato.
New York Strip
89Firm · mineral · the butcher’s everyday favorite · roasted bone-marrow butter · marinated ember-roasted shallots · brown-butter whipped potato.
Oak-Grilled Ora King Chinook Salmon
54Brown-butter baste · tarragon and caramelized-shallot béarnaise · charred lemon · charred broccolini · butter-whipped Yukon Gold potato · GF.
Boneless Ribeye
92Marbled · juicy · the house favorite · roasted bone-marrow butter · marinated ember-roasted shallots · brown-butter whipped potato.
The Morcus Lamb Rack, Thick-Cut
3 bone 84 · 6 bone 160Colorado lamb marinated with garlic, citrus, olive oil and fresh herbs, oak fire-grilled · Dijon, pistachio, za’atar, herb sourdough crumb crust · date & pomegranate port wine lamb reduction · brown-butter potato purée · charred asparagus · N.
Bone-In Chophouse Strip
104Bone-in NY strip with dry-age concentration · roasted bone-marrow butter · ember-roasted shallot jam · brown-butter whipped potato.
Branzino — Samkeh Harra
57 / 103The Lebanese fisherman’s dish — stuffed with cilantro, garlic and preserved lemon · samkeh harra, the fiery walnut-and-chili-tahini sauce · toasted pine nuts · pomegranate · brown-butter potato purée · green beans amandine · N.
Single Porterhouse — The Butcher’s Cut
109Three-inch tail on · roasted bone-marrow butter · ember-roasted shallot jam · brown-butter whipped potato.
Hokkaido Scallops & Saffron
69Seared on the copper · over saffron risotto · saffron beurre blanc · preserved lemon · sweet-pea coulis · almond-wood roasted red and yellow bell pepper coulis · sautéed spinach.
Veal Chop, Oak-Grilled
78Bone-in chop over rosemary-scented coals · oyster, maitake and seasonal mushrooms · fig-Madeira reduction · mushroom risotto.
Wood-Grilled Pacific Swordfish, Salmoriglio
58Loin cut over coals · salmoriglio — lemon, garlic, oregano · charred broccolini with first-press olive oil and chili flake · spinach risotto.
Rotisserie Duck à l’Orange
54Turned over red oak · bitter-orange, black pepper and cherry glaze · crisp · wild rice.
Passed at the Center of the Table
The Sides
Whipped Potato
14Yukon Gold · cream · sweet butter · V · GF.
Grilled Asparagus
16Tarragon · caramelized shallot · wine vinegar reduction · egg yolk · lemon and clarified butter, whisked to order · V · GF.
Garnet Yams
15Pomegranate · dates · Vg · GF.
Mushroom Risotto
19Carnaroli rice · oyster, maitake and seasonal mushrooms · Parmigiano-Reggiano · sweet butter, stirred to order · V · GF.
Green Beans Amandine
16Haricots verts · brown butter · toasted almonds · lemon · V · GF · N.
Parmesan & Truffle Frites
16Belgian method, three times cooked · Parmigiano-Reggiano · truffle · rosemary · sea salt.
Creamed Spinach
16Parmigiano-Reggiano · V · GF.
Spinach Risotto
19Carnaroli rice · spinach · Parmigiano-Reggiano · sweet butter, stirred to order · V · GF.
Charred Carrots
16Desert carrots · orange · lavender honey · thyme · V · GF.
Cavatelli Pasta Gratin, Four Cheese
18The house mac & cheese · add butter-poached Maine lobster + 24 · V.
To Finish
Cranberry Walnut Cheesecake
16Bourbon chantilly · V · N.
Chocolate Cappuccino Mousse Cake
16Bourbon chantilly · V.
Date & Toffee Pudding
16Coachella Medjool dates · toffee · V.