Restaurant right on the lobby level of the Grand Traverse resort and spa. They had a great breakfast buffet today. Scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, grits, waffles, breakfast potatoes. They also had in-house made pastries, muffins, donuts. And fresh cut fruit. In addition, they had a omelette station, where a very nice person made omelettes and had nice little conversations in the process. The restaurant is beautiful and my guess is they have a great menu for the afternoon and evening as well, but we only did the breakfast buffet and it was fantastic. Price was not bad at all either so if you need a breakfast and you're staying in this hotel, I would highly suggest heading there. read more

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Our service from Heather was spectacular! We got the cheesy bread, gnocchi, and salmon for dinner. All were them were delicious. We loved our time here. Thank you, Heather! read more

Great food and our waitress was super nice. We were here for Sunday Brunch with friend. We stayed long chatting and it was the perfect place for it. read more

Waiter was very nice and kept me updated about my food. Wagyu steak frites was so good and enjoyable. My daughter had a small kids pizza- which she loved. Very reasonably priced. Thank you! Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to try out the dessert. Next time! read more

The service here is terrible. We stood waiting to be seated for several minutes and even though every server saw us, they all kept looking at their watches and then looked away. It was 10:40am and breakfast menu/buffet stops at 11am. Hardly "resort" service. read more

The food - 5 stars. Absolutely delicious. We shared the Bent Breakfast Burrito with Al Pastor Pork + Avocado + Eggs + Red Onion + Chipotle Sauce. MMMMMM. Big portion and so filling. I added an extra egg for protein! We also split the Monte Cristo Fried Chicken Sandwich - Fried Chicken Thigh, jelly, swiss cheese, all pressed in-between two amazing slices of french toast. HOWEVER - gotta throw shade at the management of the restaurant/hotel. There was 1 server handling 8-10 tables on her own, doing the best she could, but the wait time was bananas. For 2 entrees, we waited 40 minutes. She was obviously hustling but someone from the management staff should have came down to support if they were short handed. read more

Niijii - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Acme, Michigan

We reserved on open table and saw a delightful menu. When we arrived, this was the menu. Perhaps you should edit the menu on open table, like as such, so it is not your restaurant week menu. :) What's the deal? :/ The restaurant has a great aesthetic, it's beautiful! It was also E-M-P-T-Y! For a Friday night at 6:20pm, that seems immensely disappointing. I wish they had the menu we saw. Whoever designed your restaurant is SPOT! ON! We wined and boogied. read more

Niijii - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Acme, Michigan

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Great food -- the breakfast potatoes was amazing. Servers were very friendly and kind! Food took a long time, so we were glad we brought entertainment for our kid! read more

The food and service were terrible. They do a breakfast buffet that they charge $20 for. The options for hot breakfast food were limited to your traditional wet scrambled egg trough, over or undercooked bacon soaking in an inch of grease and the worst french toast you ever had. The other option was to stand in line for an omelet made by one single cook so naturally there was a line of 10-15 people at times resulting in an extremely long wait. Our server was good but she must have been by herself because we hardly saw her and it took forever to get the bill. At one point I asked if I could bring a to go box with some food to my wife who was getting ready for a wedding and our server said it was fine. She grabbed me a to go box and ultimately charged me full price for a second buffet which she never told me she was doing. It's marginallly better than a traditional continental breakfast but instead of being included with your hotel stay you are charged $20. read more

I would rate this 0 stars if I could. They have no clue what is going on or how to run a restaurant. Took two hours to get entrees. Management came out after 40 minutes to explain they were out of just about everything we ordered. Slow service, drinks and apps took forever. No one here knows what they're doing. The space is beautiful and the menu looks promising but the experience is an absolute joke. Avoid. Literally go anywhere else in acme or traverse. Quick update: the staff here seems to be the same staff as the hotel and banquet areas in general which explains the lack of specific training around how to run a restaurant. read more

Hey, don't eat here. The food tastes like nothing and is covered in flies. I mentioned the flies to the waiter and was told, "it's just the season; they're everywhere." We have summer where I'm from, too. This indoor, windowless restaurant isn't being cleaned. I was here maybe 40 minutes max. read more

Niijii - Flies enjoying salad. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Acme, Michigan

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Had dinner here and it was great! Food was hot and delicious and service was really good. 2.5 starts does not do it justice At all

I waited until my last day to have breakfast here and I regret it. It was so good I wish we went every day. Had dinner at Aerie last night and I would 100% that this over Aerie!! read more

Niijii - Excellent French toast - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Acme, Michigan

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Sweetwater American Bistro - it's a n the Grand Traverse Resort. Saturday-Sunday all you can eat brunch buffet only $19.95! read more

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We just had a wounded full Valentine dinner special there, my wife both had the scallops that we thought were out of this world, the beet salad was good and the deserts were also out of this world. The waitress was new but very attentive and pleasant, and being new to the job did an excellent job. To me if you go to The Grand Traverse Resort you need to order off the menu and not eat off the buffet. The chefs are far more talented and the buffet is just that another buffet with just ok food that is made to try to please some people. My wife and I live in Traverse City and have been to a lot of or restaurants here and this was a very good dinner and experience for our Valentines dinner. read more

Stopped to have breakfast before heading home. Hostess and waitress was great. They were understaffed, the food was undercooked and 2 meals were the wrong ingredients. Extremely over priced! Good thing it was paid for with a gift card because half was wasted and not eaten. read more

Had a terrible dinner last night at Niijiis. The chicken on my sandwich was dark brown, obviously left too long in the deep fryer. My neice had a pork sandwich that was all bread and a few sprinkles of meat. I'm shocked because I had been told this was an upscale restaurant. It was REALLY terrible. Also, the sandwiches were 18.00. There are so many good places to eat in Traverse, I was floored that this posh resort allowed this. If you're planning to eat there, don't. read more

Sadly, it list its crispness it once had. I've come here for years when they had a buffet and more choices on the everyday menu. Well hesitate to return. read more

This one is hit or miss. Waitstaff was friendly each morning we ate here. Had breakfast three times, twice the buffet, once off the menu. Omelettes on the buffet were very good, the rest of the bar was average at best. Eggs prepared off the menu were cooked to perfection. The problem with ordering off the menu is that they were very slow, took about 30 minutes to get three egg dishes. It's a small restaurant, but was kept very clean. Prices were very high. It was $42 for breakfast off the menu for three people and we all had water. It was about $50 each day for breakfast off the buffet for the three of us. read more

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Breakfast buffet was bad. Slow service. Better options around. Don't waste your time here.

My family went here to catch breakfast. Everything on the buffet was cold. The Waffles and French toast were like hockey pucks. They were that hard. I was very disappointed in the price we paid for this and what was being served. Our server was great though. Management and kitchen staff should be checking the buffet so that hot food is served continuously. For a high-end hotel I was very disappointed in this. I don't know that I will come back. I was expecting a little bit better. read more

DO NOT waste your money here. One of the worst and overpriced dining options you can find at a resort for any food. Ordered Mac and cheese for my child (did not say I wanted a "kids" Mac and cheese) and was served a small cup of lightly microwaved Kraft Mac and cheese and was charged $14 when the "fancy" menu Mac and cheese was $15. And there was no "kids menu" food listed either. Overall terrible. read more

I've been staying at this hotel for 30 years and this cafe has gotten worse year after year. I stayed there this past weekend and went in for the morning with my family to the buffet. After 15 minutes of waiting, the food was never replenished (eggs, bacon, sausage). The quality of the food was terrible. The omelette at the omelette station was undercooked and soggy. Not impressed at all. read more

Augie! Augie!! Augie !!! What's else can I say he was the best server I have ever had. The food was good. Buffet was not stocked well though. Omelette station was delicious !!!!! Will definitely return as long as Augie is working there . read more

The two stars are for the kids meals of a nearly perfect grilled cheese sandwich, impressive cups of fruit, and chicken tenders, but the adult meals were so disappointing that I would've given only 1. To give credit where I think it's due, the wild mushroom pasta that I ordered could have been a truly inspired dish, but for the heavy-handedness with the red/white wine vinegar, which rendered it nearly inedible. I am borderline obsessed with pasta, mushrooms, cream, and adding acid to creamy dishes, so what really should've been a dream meal for me ended up with half of it going in the trash. Maybe sending it back would've given the opportunity to fix the mistake and revive my faith, but my twin toddlers hovered on the edge of turning into miniature Hulks for most of the meal, so we were stuffing our faces as quickly as possible while attempting to keep the inevitable meltdowns at bay. All I could taste was the vinegar, to the point that it hurt my stomach. I was so disappointed. My husband ordered the beef tenderloin, which actually had the same (or uncannily similar) creamy mushroom sauce under the tenderloin, and thought everything was fine enough, but for the tiny portion of beef. He wasn't looking for a massive side of beef, but this was roughly 3.5 inches long for a pretty pricy dish. We can round up to 4 inches as I didn't actually measure the portion and may be a bit faulty, but I think the answer is closer to 3.5... anyway, I digress. Yes, our girls were a major distraction from enjoying the meal, but I don't think I'm really commenting on anything other than the vinegar and portion sizes here. Great job on the kids meals, I ate their leftovers back in our room. read more

There must be a new chef/manager. Most of the menu is new. I had the buffet because I was running late and got there about 45 mins before they closed the breakfast menu thinking the food would not be as fresh. Well I was surprised everything was still hot and fresh, fruit was cold and everything was so delicious. The wait staff was amazing they were kind and caring. They helped me with my grandson who is 2 and kept him busy so I could grab food from the buffet and also so I could eat when he was done. on top of that this was the week that U of M football team was there and pretty much fed an army of players and there was still food left on the buffet line. The restaurant was clean considering a whole football team had just gone through there. Looking forward to this great experience again on my next visit. read more

We had a large group staying at the Grand Traverse Resort and we all met for breakfast at Sweetwater, which was conveniently located inside the resort. We all really enjoyed it. Good service and we liked the food which included an option for the breakfast buffet. And particularly for a restaurant inside a large resort, it was reasonably priced. We recommend it. read more

Took us fifteen minutes to just be seated. After that, we were told it was buffet only and that's fine, except that the buffet was all pretty much empty at 10:30am. The waffle was freezing cold and the only highlight was feasting on bacon. Nothing else stood out at all. Very disappointed. read more

A fellow server that that appreciates talent in the restaurant industry has seen coworkers and Nikki especially, go above and beyond for guests and members. The people that work here make you feel at home and is an amazing wake up call to get moving in the morning. The food is well priced especially for traverse city prices and the coffee is always hot. Our cooks put there heart into the menu and put there talents to the test every day to strive to be better. We are not the best but we are striving to be. read more

I ordered the Turkey Club and fries and the kids turkey sandwich. It was very good and the service was excellent. I didn't realize that I walked in close to when they were closing until after I'd sat and ordered and they were so nice! They were very attentive, never let my drink get low, and were very sweet to my daughter. read more

Easily the worst service/food/ambience experience I've ever had. Staff isn't attentive and borderline ignores the patrons. Food is served room temperature...if you're lucky. Giving it one star is generous to say the least but 0 stars isn't an option. read more

Great breakfast with great service two days in a row. Our waitress on day 2, Nikki, was attentive, and made sure we had what we needed in a timely manner. The breakfast was fresh and we did not wait long. Would definitely come back. read more

Ate here for breakfast and we will not return. Awful service, cold food, under staffed and under cooked food. Gross!

DO NOT GO HERE! The hostess suggested we sit 4 at one table and 2 at another one instead of pushing 2 tables together. Then proceeded to sit us at a dirty table where one of us got syrup all of our shirt. Waitress was unfriendly and couldn't even remember who had coffee out of 6 people. The food was not cooked correctly and lacked flavor. The waitress never came back to even ask us if everything was ok. I repeat DO NOT GO HERE! read more

Is it possible to leave negative stars? This place is the absolute worst. The resort should've paid me to eat there. It was included in the package but they at least could've made any kind of an effort. I would've rather eaten food out of a compost pile. Homeless people have better options. Poverty doesn't even begin to explain everything here. Avoid at all costs. read more

Really bad service. No water refills. Waiter brought our tray of food out after a horrendous wait and tried bringing it to another table then went back into the kitchen for 5 minutes and finally I had to tell him it was ours. He seemed completely confused and as if he'd never worked in a restaurant before. The food was not bad but the wait staff seemed so inattentive that multiple tables were complaining or straight up leaving before their food came. Apparently this is an ongoing issue here. They were nice enough to give us half off our bill but we won't be back. read more