I don't know how this restaurant used to be, but it is currently a first rate diner. I enjoy soup for breakfast and they have at least three outstanding soups every time I go to breakfast. If you enjoy soup, try their breakfast soup it's delicious and was invented by the restaurant. The service is outstanding from the management to the servers to the cooks all the way around it's a wonderful place to eat and I hope against hope that it remains successful. read more

BEST SOUP Downriver Seriously try these guys. Lots of flavor. Chicken Lemon Rice nice tart lemon flavor. Hungarian Paprikash is a winner too. From now on will go out of my way to get these soups when they are on the menu. read more

I have been coming to Senate since I was little and will always be a frequent customer! Love the omelettes, coney dogs, loose burgers, and chicken sandwich! The staff is one of a kind & treat you like family! The establishment could use some updating, but it's a downriver staple so we can give it a pass! Highly recommended. Don't miss out on this gem. read more

Found a coupon shopping at Kroger in Taylor, Thanks to New Owners . First I'm totally addicted to those fresh cut in house French Fries OMG, like those carnival fries perfection a must try. Best restaurant Fries in Metro Detroit I kid you not, just go now . I ordered the Double Bacon Cheeseburger on the menu and added a Xtra Patty, Triple Cheeseburger rules could only eat half. Started with a fantastic Veggie Beef Noodle Soup outstanding Delicious . See the photos Mega Greek style Chicken Kebab so tender and flavorful, she order with those Fries ate them all. Had Kayla again our superstar waitress, she rocks. Such a beautiful spotless clean restaurant, the New owners added to menu, marvelous Yummy food . Check out the New Facebook page for daily specials. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557124074162&mibextid=ZbWKwL #senateconeyisland @senateconeyisland_taylor #triplecheeseburger #housemadefries #chickenkebab #greatsoup #frenchfries #newowner #downriverfriendseat read more

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Absolutely the worst coney in my 60 + years of existence. The fries were absolutely disgusting greasy pile of muck. Waitress was surprised that I was eating in. The place is old as Taylor itself. You would think they would make even a passable coney but alas NO. What a dump with disgusting food read more

I was there after the lunch crowd. I ordered the coney dog and fries The fries looked and tasted as if they came from the lunch service. As if they just attempted to redip them in the oil. I walked out spending 10 dollars that I wish I would have spend elsewhere. I will not be coming back to this location again I stopped here when they first open Wayback in the day and you couldn't even tell the same. The place was empty so there's not much to say about the appearance. Best option may be to choose a salad. read more

Well it's been MANY years since we have visited...for the most part it's the same look (minus a few TVs) and a whole lot less customers. The food wasn't good but not what it used to be. Nevertheless, it was still decent. Service was fast, but there really was only a handful of tables with customers so that hopefully is expected. We ordered a double cheeseburger and fries, steak and cheese sandwich and fries, fried mushrooms, a 'loose' and another fries. Oh yeah I also ordered a fish and chips dinner (had planned to get a fish sandwich with order of fries but for just a bit more the dinner comes with soup/salad, bread/pita and rice pudding (that still IS good) ... So went with that instead the fish wasn't superb, nor were the fries, but overall it wasn't a bad dinner. Oh I didn't note but the lemon rice soup was GREAT! Family that live around here just think everything has gone downhill since COVID and just not really recovered since...just going to have to to see with time if it gets better or not. Only time will tell... One thing I know is that our experience is only a little better than the avg 2 stars the Senate has on Yelp! Talking with all in the family the general consensus was 3 stars but really 2 makes more sense. read more

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I had a mild transgression and decided I wanted to try something different than the Dearborn Coney for breakfast. My husband checked Yelp and saw Phillips Diner had good reviews. When we got there, the parking lot was packed, and judging by the small building size, we figured there wasn't seating either. I'd been to Senate in the past and remembered it as a sprawling, lively coney. So I suggested (sadly, without checking Yelp first) we eat there for breakfast. When we pulled into the large parking lot, we immediately noticed there weren't many cars... at 9:30am on a Saturday. Warning sign ignored. There were only a handful of diners inside, but still we decided to dine there. The booth seemed very sticky and the space overall seemed dingy. The waitress was very personable and attentive. We split a breakfast special and it was delivered in a timely fashion. Everything was alright except the potatoes... tasted like they'd been sitting for quite a while before being reheated and served to us. Overall, Senate had nice wait staff and decent prices, but the outdated, dirty interior and old-tasting food make it a place I'll skip in the future. read more

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Since Senate was sold, they changed the chili/coney sauce. Doesn't taste like Senate at all...no allspice, more tomato-y. So disappointed as I grew up going to Senate and would crave that coney sauce whenever I wasn't living in MI. Now that I'm back home, I was so glad to be able to go back to this place. But, unless the coney sauce goes back to the recipe it was, I sadly won't be eating here again. read more

My wife and I stopped in on 4/24/24 she had a egg sandwich I and two coneys and fries my coneys were way over done to the point they were hard on the bottom ! when she gave us our check I told her just a heads up with the coneys just let the cook who i belive is the new owner and he blew her off I did no wont a refund nor would i ever take one !! and the service was great read more

Over cooked coney dog ,old onions, long apron not sure if it was wrapped around his waste but it was to the floor almost wearing clogs 9.00 dollar combo pop ,fries not hot ...the food looked horrible read more

The staff that wait tables were THE WORST. They are dishonest, and Have zero accountability for their work. They didn't put our carry out order in and then lied about ever receiving it, yet the head cook heard the order!!! sad day for Senate with those kinds of workers!! I ordered a large bucket of chicken for dinner with friends and Nothing!! Won't make that mistake again. If they'll lie about that, wonder what they will do with your food read more

Going here since I was little at the Detroit store. Now the Taylor one I have been going to since it opened. Coney dogs are what you are used to. These are my favorites. read more

Several years ago friends and I would eat at Senate a couple of times per week. My absolute favorite was their broasted potatoes. Tonight I decided to call and grab an order, just sounded delicious. I get to the restaurant in 10 minutes, they have the door locked and are closing because of no customers. I call and am let in to pay for my order. That's when the fun started. The lady must be the owner, she asked what I had, I told her and she very rudely says, "they should not have put them in and fried them this late." Not sure why but I apologized for their issue as I was getting out my money the waitress was walking out my neatly bagged order when the "owner" snatched the bag asked how many were in the box and told me she was now going to charge me 10$. I explained I was told 7$ on the phone and that I was not going to pay extra because she just decided the size of 1 potato was to big. This basket case literally opened the bag and the box grabbed 1 of the wedges and now she will honor the price. Seriously? This lady proceeds to yell at the entire staff because they should have asked her. What an embarrassment of a Manager, boss, owner... over a f%&@!ng potato. At this point I am not taking the food that she molested right in front of my face because she apparently thinks that 7$ isn't enough to charge for 1 effing potato. 1. In case I wasn't clear.. 1 order is 1 potato cut into quarters and it is outrageously and ridiculously priced at 7$ anyway, but apparently when she is around she is going to upcharge her customer because she thinks the single potato is to big... Ridiculous. I told her I am embarrassed for her employees as she is telling me to not tell her how to treat her employees... Completely baffled over 1 single 7 dollar potato. Pathetic experience, now I can see why it's been 15 years since I have gone to Senate Coney Island on Ecorse... Those poor employees... how embarrassing for them to get literally screamed at over did I say it yet? 1 potato. I know they damn well would rather work anyplace else for anyone else. Oh and maybe you wouldn't have to close early - if you took a little pride in your restaurant, acted like a normal human being, treated your customers (the ones who give YOU money) with a little bit of decency and respect - you might find that people may actually start to come back to this pathetic establishment. As I leave to go home with no 7$ broasted potato, it is the exact moment I realize that nothing surprises me anymore.... #itwasjust1potato#superemployerabuse#reportabuse#someonecallHR#potatoless#Iwouldntcomeback#notevenifitwerethelastconey#seriously1potato#thatladyisasupertrainwreck#negativestars read more

I've never been so disappointed. Senate used to be great! My carry out was so bad I probably will never go back. I was told 10 minutes, there was one table filled in the restaurant. I waited 30 minutes. I ordered 2 chicken pitas. The chicken was so overcooked it was hard. The lettuce was brown and wilty. Did not include the ranch which I asked for. It was the worst pita I've ever had. And it was not cheap!! If it was my business, the two cooks would be fired. They took their sweet time!! read more

I am sadly going to have to agree with the others. This Coney Island used to be top dawg! I understand that with all the other coney restaurants competing with lower grade food and prices Senate was probably losing business. But when I wanted good quality for good price in the past this was the place to go. Now "The Place" has turned into your below average coney restaurant with a bigger venue then the others. Food is cheap grade(low quality), portions cut, prices jacked? Please, please someone step up and bring back ("The Place") the Quality, Quantity and the Service that the Senate we all know used to be! Bring back the church crowd, seniors, families! read more

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This place is a quite larger place but it's never full on the weekday but the weekend it's packed. The Coney Dogs here r ok I have had better but it is still pretty fulfilling I also had the spinach pie but the top layer of it was nothing but ALOT of crust, it is definitely not worth it to get the spinach pie but the chili cheese fries were ok. This is an ok place to come eat if u want to be full and somewhat satisfying, except for the spinach pie which was pretty gross, but the waitress was very quick, on point and kept bringing us refills on our drinks. I come here from time to time and just order the same thing but no more spinach pie. read more

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Only reason for 2 stars is because of good service. Food was terrible. Ordered the gyro salad. The gyro meat came out charred. And I got the very ends of the cucumber.. Dressing was terrible and tasted like raspberry (they claimed they make it different than other senate coneys do) they should communicate with the Dearborn location because their food is ALWAYS delicious. Will never return to the Taylor location. It makes sense why there weren't many people there on a Sunday afternoon when other places are at capacity. read more

Wow, $26 for two gyro's, two fries, and two 8oz Pepsi's. The tables are nasty, the fork looked like it was used to clean the floor, and had black gunk in between the tines. It was a mistake I will NEVER make again. The only redeeming quality was the waitress. read more

food very very good and the people who work there were very very nice and welcoming .!.!.!.

I grew up coming to the Senate and hung out there as a teen. As an adult I have come here many times and in the last few years I have been watching a once decent place slowly die as whoever owns it has clearly given up. The final nail in the coffin came today at breakfast when we told the waitress (she introduced herself as Tammi) that our water tasted metallic and she told us that maybe it was the lead content of our home water that we were used to because we were the first people to complain about it all day. We switched to Pepsi and had breakfast. The food took quite a bit to come out and was decent when it arrived. The restaurant is absolutely filthy though and needs a degreasing from ceiling vents to the slip and slide floors. This was the first time in my life that I didn't leave a tip. read more

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Lost its luster and charm it had. Food isn't as good like it use to be. Restrarant looks tired.needs to be brought back to life

Why is it always so damn cold in here? I can only speak to breakfast, but the service is always slow. I have never seen more than 3 waitstaff members for the entire restaurant. Your coffee will not be refilled, so save yourself the money and pickup Tim hortons afterward. Your food will be cold within five minutes of delivery (for one, because it has been sitting under the heat lamp for 15 minutes just waiting for somebody to pick it up and secondly because it's a brisk 54 degrees in the restaurant). Overall, the cooks seems to work fast but by the time the food arrives, it's cold and dead, just like your soul will be after eating here. read more

Huge dining room. We were one of three tables at 930a on Sunday, which was a good indication of what to expect. Our waitress was extremely personable. Coffee and waters came quickly, as did our food. Coffee tasted old (not surprising given the lack of patrons). We split the big breakfast/hungry man/whatever they call it... Eggs, hashbrowns, three meats, toast. Hashbrowns were hot but didn't taste exactly fresh. All the meats were good, and the ham was far from dried out. So yeah. Overall it was just eh. There are much better places to get breakfast. read more

Used to be a great deal and decent little Coney joint,just went in now and ordered breakfast 2 omelets cost me $18.00 seriously? They charge you for hash brown's every other restaurant gives you with your order.....and food is not good. How do you screw up a mushroom and Swiss omelet? read more

This is the worst Coney Island I have ever been to in my life. I ordered scrambled eggs hashbrowns bacon and toast. My eggs were the consistency of applesauce the hashbrowns were horrible and the toast was very thin and burnt. My friend ordered a Coney Island with fries and the bun was hard as a rock and the fries were not good with many dark and black spots on them. She was able to choke her meal down but I did end up sending mine back and not ordering anything else. I looked around at the other customers entrées and none of it looked very good. The hamburger patty looked like thin frozen bulk store meat. The Greek salads did not look appealing either and they used only cheap iceberg lettuce. Avoid this place at all costs! Like I said it is the absolute worst Coney Island I have ever been to in my life! read more

It's a coney island breakfast. Nothing stellar, nothing awful. Solid value for the money. Needs a bit of a solid cleaning but I've seen worse. read more

It's a greasy spoon with all the typical trimmings plus it's LOUD. Like noisy grade school cafeteria loud. Everything echos and conversations are turned up a notch so everyone can talk over the back ground noise which doesn't really work. Service was always consistant, slow and never with a smile. Plus they were always smoking over in the corner ~ yuck. The food is ok. It is what it is. It comes out hot, fast and is just what a diner serves. If it is in a bag, processed and frozen, it's on the menu. They finally take credit card. Now that theres a Tim Hortons across the street; there the location was the only reason I USED to go here. read more

Just moved in the area, and drove to nearest place for breakfast. Portions are huge, food is good, fries and hash browns are made from scratch, and prices reasonable. However, very dirty and service is subpar. I'd like to rate it higher but I can't. read more

I love their rice pudding, so I stopped and got a BLT and two rice puddings to go. The BLT was good, and the rice pudding was good but I found only two raisins in the first one. I doubt the second will be any better. Not a big gripe, but jeez... a few raisins won't break the bank. I was disappointed, but I'll probably go back again. read more

So myself and the family have been going here for years. This review is not about the food it's always good. On several occasions I have seen the head cook just yelling at other workers not just wait staff but other cooks bus boys everyone. He treats them like trash. So I took my 4 year old in today after ore school and we are sitting there watching him yell at the other cooks the waitress my 4 year old goes why is he yelling lol I ask 2 of the waitresses what his deal was he was throwing plates they said he is just like that (they used other words). So as I was cashing out I asked the manager about it and said it has to be a difficult place to work She starts raising her voice to me about how he has to yell at them to get them to do there jobs and he is great at what he does. Well if you want to run a sweat shop maybe he is but I can say this I will not be back. It's Unfortunate because we enjoy the food but I cannot support a place that treats there employees this way. I would say that's more then likely the reason the place is always empty. The manager should be ashamed of her self for allowing this man to treat people like he does. read more

I don't know why this place has two stars. I came here while on an emergency trip to the area. My family has eaten here since it opened in 1937. My grandma and her parents came, my grandma took my mom and then my grandma and mom took me here often, too. There's a big booth in one corner where we used to sit, and I loved it! Visiting in 2015 is a little depressing. Almost no one was there, the building is so very very outdated, and it has this sticky feel on the tables, chairs and floor. I'm not really making this sound good, am I? Despite the poor servers struggling to handle our table of 9, they were so courteous. We got all of our food, nothing was incorrect and they brought enough refills to keep me happy. My boyfriend ordered French toast and I had a veggie omelet with hashbrowns. Whoa was that a lot of food! Everything was very tasty. It seemed like the kind of food you would get in grandma's kitchen. I think that's part of why it's so special. Plus, their fried pickles are unlike anything I've ever had. Delicious AND cheap. I wouldn't go out of my way to come here, but to a lot of people it's special. The food is so cheap and good, so that cant be beat. read more

We usually only go during the breakfast hours but decided to get a quick dinner . We 4 adults all place our orders everyone get their salads . Then their food all was delivered and I was told mine would be right out . Since they were all eating their main course I asked about the soup I ordered that should have been delivered with their salads. . To which I'm told " Oh I thought I brought you the soup ". Note there was a bowl on the table so I said no I'm still waiting for it . 10 more minutes go buy still no soup or a meal . Everyone's almost done eating because we stopped for a QUICK DINNER . So about 10 minutes later (20after everyone else got their food )she finally brings my dinner . I still don't have the soup I ordered 30 minutes ago so I ask her to pack it for to go and for a to go box for my food (and the desert I ordered for my husband ) since everyone else is done eating . I was then told Oh My God I thought I brought it . So I packed up my meal waited another 10 maybe more minutes for the soup and desert to be packaged . I don't know if the person is new since I usually only go for breakfast but it was a terrible experience . The food ended up thrown away . Never got an apology and paid $20 and tip for the meal . Yes I still tipped I know wait staff survive off tips and the place wasn't busy so I knew she wasn't making any money . The food and service good at breakfast . Not so much at dinner . read more

This Coney Island is "The Place". It even says so on the sign. Right next to the rotunda. Damn fine breakfast food. Best bet is to get something ultra-fattening like eggs, bacon, sausage, and probably a coney dog for good measure. This place has been here since Detroit had suburbs. Come get some delicious and greasy Detroit-style Coney grub. read more

Went for breakfast: Omelet $6.95 ala carte added broccoli @3.50 are you kidding me I find this out when I get the bill. Husband had fries, 4 coney's and iced tea. I had an orange juice with the omelet $30.96 Holly crap. Oh it took forever for our food, and the server was even getting upset with kitchen about the delay. Last time for us. read more

I used to love this place....n I never leave reviews but thus is my second one for this place....just...WOW...let me start by saying I called in a take out order and the lady on the phone could not have been nicer....she was patient with my minus that...extra this kind of craziness and could not have been sweeter about it all....I go in to get my food, and I see said nice lady busting her butt in the take out area....she still acknowledged me and never missed a beat with what she was in the middle of doing....as I am waiting for food to get done(I was a lil early) I see the worst person i have ever met in any kind of restaurant...the owners wife.....now, I have had issue with her in the past due to her lack of care during the pandemic(my last review) she got insulted by me not wanting her to touch my food...seeing how since she" doesn't believe in covid19" her words...so she refused to wear a mask...so I refused to let her touch my bags...then I sanitized my money before putting it away and that further insulted her...but thats a whole other story....today I got to witness her (dirty money hands and all) go from register to kitchen yelling at the staff so much the previous nice lady was fighting tears when she brought out my order...I told her she was doing great and to forget them...quit! There are plenty of ppl hiring right now that appreciate good workers....not this place...sad too...its the best Greek salad around....if u want a side of dirty hands touching ur food....5 stars to the waitress (-) all the stars for this stupid and insulting cash register owners wife#covidisreal. ‍‍‍ done with this place and I hope that girl gets outta there asap...she was wonderful and this lady seems the type to crush the happy out of u read more

Wow was I ever shocked to see how downhill this place has gone! Senate Coney Island used to be a Taylor favorite of mine..one of my 'go too' spots...The restaurant was so dirty, the booths, the tables, the floors. Even upon entering the first thing I noticed was how dirty the door handle and the glass door was! I understand why no one was there eating. When we came in we could smell the odor of paint or some kind of paint thinner? I asked the waitress if somebody had just painted? she told me the owner was painting right now in the back! The smell of paint was overpowering to the point where we would have to leave if they did not stop. The smell did subside after I spoke with the waitress about how strong it was. I was really surprised that they would be painting with that much fumes in the restaurant while people were eating. The food also was not so good, very mediocre and barely warm. French fries were still very good. Overall I don't think we will be back to Senate Coney Island if it even stays open for business. The way things looked in there as far as how dirty it was I doubt many of their regular customers go back and frequent this restaurant Barry often. It's kind of Sad read more

Great food and amazing service! Every time I come in the waitresses are very friendly and attentive. The cooks are fantastic and you can always find Courtney Craig with a sarcastic attitude that seems to make your day. Honestly 10/10 would recommend read more

Food was tasty but unimpressive. Haven't been here in over 5 years. Food portions used to be huge, now they are half the size. Waitstaff was fabulous and quick. read more

Well, yesterday we were feeling very lazy indeed. The weather was bad and so we decided to order our omlettes to go. I got to the resuruant around 10:30 AM, I've never had to call ahead at the Senate they are always quick and this way I can ensure that my food is really hot when I pick it up. On this particular Sunday they were very busy (usually a good sign that things will be fresh). I wish I could take away some stars here. The place is nearly filled to capacity with all types of people, lots of little kids too. I am standing at the carryout window when a man in his daughter come in and begin to talk to the woman in charge of carryouts. Within in minutes there is loud yelling and the kitchen manager goes over to join the show. Next thing I know they are flinging the F Bomb and calling each other bad names. I look around and little children are now sitting on the laps of thier parents and grandparents. The woman and the kitchen manager apparently do not know that they are making a spectacle of themselves, the man and his daughter are making a show of it. Apparently the girl was fired and had not been paid. Do I care? Not a bit. the manager called the police and they are still screaming at each other. Now when I look around people are leaving in droves but no one is at the cash register to check them out because she is in the middle of the arguement! Wow! I spent enough time waiting for my food then waiting to pay for it that we may well just have gotten up and dressed and went out. However that is not really the problem I have with the whole thing. It is Sunday morning for God's sake not Friday night at the bowling alley! So I get home to try my omlette, hoping that it will make all the nonsense disappear because of its deliciousness. No, it had a bad taste, it was cold and it was most likely from the events I had just witnessed. I will never go back, all of the redeeming qualities at Senate disappeared yesterday morning. Bye Bye Ham and Cheese. read more