Voters in the Sun Herald Best of Coastal Mississippi Awards voted Palace Casino Resort the 2026 gold award winner for Best Casino and Best Local’s Casino for the fourth consecutive year! But the voters didn’t stop there; they also voted Palace Casino Resort the gold award winner in 11 additional Best of Coastal Mississippi Awards. Palace Casino Resort won Best Customer Service, Best Player’s Club, Best Resort, Best Sports Book (CONTACT Sports & Race Book), Best Casino Spa (PURE The Palace Spa), Best Golf Course (The Preserve Golf Club), Best Hotel/Casino Restaurant (Palace Buffet), Best Casual Restaurant (STACKED Grill), Best Bakery (Palace Café & Bakery), and Mignon’s Steaks & Seafood restaurant won Best Fine Dining Restaurant and Best Steakhouse.
“Winning 13 gold Best of Coastal Mississippi Awards is a testament of our valued guests and our associates’ dedication to providing outstanding guest service,” stated General Manager, Keith Crosby. “Winning Best of Coastal Mississippi awards for our amenities AND being voted Best Casino and Best Local’s Casino for the fourth consecutive year, is truly an honor,” Crosby continued. “We’re the BEST because of our guests and associates!”
Mignon’s Steaks & Seafood restaurant won gold awards for Best Fine Dining Restaurant and Best Steakhouse. The menu features USDA Prime steaks and delicious seafood. The fine dining restaurant creates incredible cuisine with unparalleled attention to detail and extraordinary service. Mignon’s is open for dinner Thursday through Sunday, 5 PM until 10 PM. Each month, Mignon’s hosts a wine pairing dinner featuring a five-course gourmet dinner paired with wine from a selected vineyard, whose representatives attend to educate diners on the wine selections. Reservations can be made at OpenTable.com.
Winning the Best Casino/Hotel Restaurant gold award again for 2026 is another great honor for Palace Buffet. The interactive dining experience at Palace Buffet includes four live action cooking stations featuring freshly grilled meats, Southern comfort dishes, coastal seafood favorites and Asian cuisine on a Mongolian BBQ grill. Palace Buffet serves lunch and dinner daily and breakfast on the weekends.
STACKED Grill was awarded Best Casual Restaurant for three consecutive years in the Sun Herald Best of Coastal Mississippi Awards. STACKED Grill serves a variety of specialty burgers, tasty appetizers, salads, shakes and much more. The casual restaurant serves breakfast all day and lunch and dinner daily with extended hours.
Best Sports Book was awarded to CONTACT Sports & Race Book at Palace Casino Resort. CONTACT is the ideal location for gathering with friends to watch and bet on sports and horse racing. Relax in comfortable seating and catch all the games on the large HDTVs or the big screen. Enjoy burgers, pizza, wings and buckets of beer, served by friendly cocktail servers during game times.
PURE, the Palace Spa was awarded Best Casino Spa for the third consecutive year. PURE Spa is the ideal place to retreat from reality to an atmosphere of pure relaxation for your mind and body. Services include a variety of massages, facials, body treatments, pedicures and manicures. PURE Spa is located on the first floor of the resort and open Thursday through Monday.
The Preserve Golf Club, an amenity of Palace Casino Resort, won the gold award for Best Golf Course for the fourth year in a row in the Sun Herald’s Best of Coastal Mississippi. Designed by U.S. Open champion and award-winning course designer Jerry Pate, The Preserve Golf Club has been highly ranked and has received awards from Golf Week magazine numerous times. The 18-hole championship course consists of 245 pristine acres, surrounded by an additional 1800 acres of dedicated nature preserve on Highway 57, just two miles north of Interstate 10 in Vancleave, Mississippi.
Visit today to experience the Best of Coastal Mississippi in one location, Palace Casino Resort, Biloxi’s only smoke free casino resort.
