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    Motor City Kitchen

    3.4 (66 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 11:00 AM

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Menu 9/2/2023
    Shanda D.

    Restaurant has nice ambiance. I had the Denver omelette (pictures and was just ok). My daughter had the bacon, egg and cheese English muffin sandwich. She really enjoyed it (sorry no pic) and great value. Service was very quick.

    Steak omelette plate $18

    The food was ok. Got the steak omelette they gave a lot of meat not enough peppers. I also dont like when my egg looks thick like this but it was ok. Potatoes were nice and seasoned very well.

    Dinner is finally served.
    Kandee W.

    Walked into the restaurant and was told to sit anywhere. We sat down and then waited 20 minutes to just get a drink order. After another 20 minutes we went to the bar to ask if they could take out order. They sent over a gentleman who I thought was the manager and he took our order. You will never believe the next sequence of events. But you can't make this stuff up. We ordered a side salad, shrimp cocktail and a porterhouse steak. 23 minutes went by and someone from the kitchen came out to tell us it would take a half hour to cook the steak so we could order something else. I told them I placed my order 23 minutes ago so it should be ready in 7 minutes. He told me he would have to check the ticket time. I said that's fine. But in the mean time you can get our salad and the shrimp cocktail. I then asked for them to deliver it to my room. While they did give us a discount, and we did get our meal about 25 minutes later at our door ( they knocked and left) the food was good. Not sure what all the drama was about. Training is necessary!!! The bar tender with two people at the bar could have come taken our order. The "manager" standing behind the bar could have taken our order 30 minutes earlier. Or maybe the server should have taken our order instead of cleaning the six dirty tables she had.

    Eggs & potatoes
    Jacki B.

    I'm glad I waited until after my second visit here to post my review because I had two completely different experiences. The food was good both times (you can't really mess up eggs & potatoes haha), but they service experiences couldn't be more night and day. My first breakfast there, I waited at the hostess desk for awhile before anyone even noticed to seat me. Then once I was sat, the server didn't come over for awhile again, and then never followed up or checked in on me again until it was time to get my check. Also, it took foreverrr to actually get my meal, even though they weren't busy at all, and it was a simple order. My next breakfast there, the service was fantastic. Shout out to Debbie who is just phenomenal at her job! She took my order right away, checked in on me numerous times and refilled my beverages, and had the food out super quickly! It seemed like I was at two different restaurants those days. The food is pretty standard l, but if you want to be blown away by the service, request to be in Debbie's section!

    Cheese menu
    Misty S.

    Formerly Finn & Porter, this restaurant is located inside DoubleTree in downtown Detroit. There's a restaurant dining side and the Round Bar side that shares the same menu. Most things still look the same as they haven't gotten new signs yet. They did get a new menu, which is how I found out about the new name. They should give their menu a makeover because the font they picked for the menu makes it difficult to read. Round Bar still has happy hour, but raise the happy hour (5p-7p) beer price to $4, which is still a great bargain. They have 10 new craft beers on tap, including local and non-local, like Bell's Oberon. They also have $5 appetizers like meat balls, stuffed jalapeño, and pot stickers. Happy hour isn't listed on the menu, but you can ask the bartender about it. The portion of all the main dishes is small, but perfect for me since it means I have room for dessert. They also have 10" pizza starting at $8 on the menu. POT STICKERS - $5 during happy hour - Pan fried and slightly crispy on the outside. Served with a side of sweet and sour sauce. Good meaty filling, I approve. SHRIMP SCAMPI PAPPARDELLEL - $22 - 4 giant meaty shrimps, tomatoes and nicely cooked wide flat pasta noodles. There is no sauce, but I like my pasta that way. Expensive, but good. LOBSTER BISQUE and SCALLOP - $19 -I enjoyed this dish as it has a few things going on. The pastry in the middle, huge deliciously cooked scallops, and a medley of vegetables.

    stacy g.

    My husband ordered the deconstructed BLT and it was great! I had the steak - it was FAN.TAS.TIC Great food - Excellent Service!

    Tanya W.

    So the menu seems to change often because everything that was offered on Yelp is no longer available as of Jan 2016, so we couldn't get anything we saw online. We got the street tacos which were average but good. We got the chicken tenders, extremely average, and the tater tots which were pretty good. Staff was nice and polite and very helpful.

    Magdalina P.

    The food and service was excellent. Manager took time to check if everything is good. The server took time to refill our drink on time and the food come out quickly than we expected. Our kids was happy and enjoyed the food so that's always a plus. Thank you and we will be back again soon.

    Kevin B.

    This restaurant is right by my work so when I saw the Groupon I figured I'd try it out. Read some pretty bad reviews and was a little nervous. Our server was very pleasant and recommended the Fried Chicken Sandwich, which came on a pretzel roll and was topped with bacon! Upgraded to fries for 2 bucks, so the sandwich was $15 all together. The Groupon was for $30 and cover the entire bill! No complaints, will def return.

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    Susan N.

    The breakfast buffet is the quick, casual selections just like an American Breakfast in a European hotel! Cereal bar, juice bar, fresh fruit selections, French paStry, scrabbled eggs, bacon, sausage, homemade potatoes, French toast, yogurt, toast selections, and an assortment of daily goodies! Top that with an excellent pot of coffee at your table! Service is outstanding!

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    The hot breakfast bar is not worth $17.00 per person. Cold fresh toast & stale bacon. Good grits and sausage.

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