Grand Central Palm Springs

First thing a lady (maybe the owner) told us was. Don’t give up on us. Because she knew it was bad for us from the beginning.Food was great, but they forgot the cornbread that came with a meal. Our server was the bar back and we were the only ones with the bar back as our server.Our bar back server did what he could but he also had to maintain the bar.Dodged by every other server.DO NOT RECOMMEND.Will never go there again. Felt targeted because were a young couple, but no matter what we always tip good.GO TO FARM OR ANY OTHER RESTAURANT AROUND THERE. Don't waste your time here.

Went for the Soul Food dinner. Ordered the fried oysters as an appetizer and the chicken as the main dish. I was excited to see that cornmeal was the coating on the oysters, but the oysters were overwhelmed by too thick a coating. A light coating is the key to great fried oysters. With these, you mainly tasted the cornmeal. The chicken was over-spiced (go lighter and dry. Turnip/kale greens side was good; the mac cheese was past its prime. The cornbread was not sweet (yay! and fresh from the over. Dessert although tempting was outrageously priced. I've attended both soul food dinners at Grand Central. I think that I'll stick with Brown's when I need a good soul food fix. Finally, we sat under the low ceiling to the left of the entrance. You could not hear yourself because it was so loud. As the crowd filtered down so did the noise. If asked to sit there on a full-night, I would decline. I've only eaten at Grand Central for the two soul food sittings. Therefore, I'll recommend the restaurant despite being somewhat disappointed in last night's fare.

The special evening with a CaliSoul menu prepared by Chef Betty C. Berrysmith was wonderful. The food was sublime and the service was very good. The noise level in the second dining room was the only drawback of the experience, as I couldn 't hear my dining companion throughout the evening.

First thing a lady (maybe the owner) told us was. Don't give up on us. Because she knew it was bad for us from the beginning.Food was great, but they forgot the cornbread that came with the meal. Our server was the bar back and we were the only ones with the bar back as our server. Our bar back server did what he could but he also had to maintain the bar.Dodged by every other server. DO NOT RECOMMEND.Will never go there again. Felt targeted because were a young couple, but no matter what we always tip good.

The food and service was excellent!!Drinks were great and customers service superb!!