New Year’s Breakfast at the Ace Hotel:

I stayed at the Ace Hotel while in Palm Springs. They set it up like a resort with a pool, spa, and restaurant, but in what looks like an old motor lodge. The hotel’s restaurant, King’s Highway, is also responsible for room service, poolside service, and food at the bar.

We had breakfast on New Year’s morning at the packed King’s Highway. Stumptown Roaster’s is the coffee of choice at all Ace Hotels and it is some of the best around. My breakfast beverages were a medium sized french press of Stumptown, a fresh squeezed orange juice, and a bloody mary. I forgot to order the bloody mary spicy, but it still tasted pretty good. I managed to snag the last bite of someone’s coconut bread french toast. I am firm believer that coconut makes everything taste better but the french toast was a little dry. I would never order their french toast as my main breakfast entree. I ordered the chilaquiles with chorizo as my main breakfast entree, but unfortunately they were out of chorizo. I asked our waiter three separate times if he had found any more chorizo but he just didn’t seem up to the task of finding me more. The chilaquiles were good and the chorizo would have made them great. The prices at King’s Highway are very reasonable and if you are staying at the hotel I don’t see any reason to go elsewhere for breakfast. This obviously would please the hotel because they don’t want your money going anywhere else, so to that end the hotel is winning.