Loved the vibe here, super cute decor and a playlist that set the tone perfectly without being too…read moreloud for conversation. The food delivered as well. The tartare was fresh and unique with lots of greens, and the sourdough toast paired nicely. The cacio e pepe was a standout, we loved it so much we each ordered a second. The carrot cake cannoli was creative and delicious, a fun twist on dessert. Drinks were also a highlight, my brother especially loved the house-made limoncello. Valet parking is available, and reservations are definitely recommended.

GOOD GOD. Best…read morepotatoes I've ever put in my mouth. Period. I will be dreaming of the potatoes frittos every day until I return to eat them again, and every day after that. They are fried to crispy PERFECTION, coasted with some enchanted salty stuff, plus fried rosemary, and the dip they come with has a hint of lemon and it all just works fabulously. I can't get over how much I enjoyed them. I expected my egg yolk ravioli to be runny, as the server indicated, but the folks were fully cooked. Maybe that's the intent and it was just false advertising? My friend enjoyed her butternut pasta dish. The cocktail/mocktail list here is fire. I don't think you can go wrong. I literally cannot WAIT to come back and try more of their menu! I am so impressed with Mad Nice!!

We went to dinner on a Thursday night and ordered the Cucina Curata for the table. This is the…read moreChef's curated menu. It was amazing! We had 2 couples and they customized the menu for us based on our likes and dislikes. We got 5 courses starting with appetizers, followed by pasta (which I forgot to get photos of), then sides, entrees and dessert. Plus a little aperitif to start the meal off. Zero complaints about any of the dishes. My favorite dish was probably the artichokes and the steak. So delicious! The atmosphere at the restaurant was very fun and modern. And our server was very knowledgeable and helpful when we had questions about the dishes. If you want an even more elevated experience, they have a sommelier that will come to your table and assist with picking wine to pair with your meal.

One of the best restaurants in Detroit! We've been here several times and it never disappoints…read more The restaurant is open and not too noisy. You'll want reservations because it fills up quick. We were promptly seated and greeted my our waitress, Mary. She was very attentive and knows the menu. She explained every dish and made excellent recommendations. We all started out with an Aperol Spritz, because what says Italy more than a spritz!?! We ordered a few appetizers, artichoke, squash and asparagus. The squash was unique. It had pickled summer squash, a vegetable that I never considered pickling. Simply delicious. The asparagus was perfectly cooked and the sauce really enhanced it. Great side dish. I did not try the artichoke, but my wife and daughter both said they were amazing. For mains, I ordered the Aragosta fra Diavolo, my wife the Cappelletti and my daughters the Carbonara. All were delicious. The fra diavolo had a nice light kick of heat and loaded with lobster tail. Excellent dish. I highly recommend Shewolf. It's a phenomenal restaurant that takes pride in their food, service and the whole experience.

We dined at the Grey Ghost for a special dinner last week and it was outstanding. The service was…read moreabove reproach and they carefully accommodate allergies, walk you through the menu, and provide a stellar experience. Our server, James, was phenomenal. Atmosphere is nice, decor is very cool, and the setting is intimate, but when it fills up, it is quite loud. Regarding accommodations, for our teen daughter, the chef went WELL beyond normal accommodations to modify the Steelhead Trout dish to allow her to enjoy what she called "the best fish I've ever had". He absolutely made her night. We all shared the Brussel Sprouts (w/ honey, lime, & chicken skin) and Octopus appetizers. The Brussels were heavenly and the octopus was flavorful and tender (very nicely prepared). Aside from the Steelhead entrée, my wife and son both had the Ribeye Cap w/ yaji, peanut, & kiwi. They couldn't stop raving about it. The pairing of kiwi with steak was delicious and creative! I ordered the Lobster dish and honestly, it was better than many top tier seafood restaurants I've visited. It featured tail & claw meat atop a crab cake with a citrus beurre blanc and crispy wontons. I'd go back just for this dish. For dessert, we tried the PB&J Napoleon, and found the berry sorbet to be ridiculously fresh and bursting with flavor. Portion sizes were just right. Everyone left well satiated, but not overly full. We had a reservation, and I'd highly recommend if you're thinking of going, you get one as well. It was a full house the entire time we were there, and it was only midweek.

Visited on a Tuesday at 6:30pm without reservations and only bar seating was available. The…read morerestaurant is small but there were a lot of seats at the bar. We ordered a beer, the house rock and rye mocktail (good but VERY expensive for a small soda $7), cheeseburgers (also good- the bun was great, the flavor was good, it could've used more fixings and was $21 with no sides so again, very expensive. My husband added bacon for $6), and shared a fry (again, expensive $8, but very good and a charnel side for sure) $56 for 2 burgers and 1basket of fries is STEEP. Food was good, not $56 good! Service was good! Overall a good dinner and experience but I don't feel the need to visit again!

To preface... as someone who grew up in Mexico, vecino hits like food from home every time. I have…read morebeen six times now and not once have I been disappointed. I have been trying Mexican restaurants all over the U.S. and no where compares to vecino and to think I found my favorite in Detroit amazes me. It truly is worth every penny. For what to order: All their appetizers are great. We usually switch it up and are satisfied with each one that we've ordered. The Totopos with salsa are a must and their guac is great as well. For mains- the asada del día is our go to. It is always cooked to perfection and comes with fresh tortillas. And it is hard for me to come by a tortilla in the U.S. that I enjoy. But here, they are excellent. They import their corn from Mexico and you can tell. This is served with bone marrow and some garlic onion spread that goes great on the taco. For dessert- their tres leches is amazing. The coconut cream pairs so well with the cake. I could eat like 10 of them. As if it's not obvious at this point vecino is my favorite restaurant in Detroit and one of my tops in the world. I will not be surprised if they are the first ones in Detroit to secure the Michelin star

Fun, new, very hip and trendy spot! It was super loud and had a ton of mood lighting as the evening…read morewent on, but it was hard for my friends and I to actually engage in conversation given the volume of chatter and music and just overall environment in the restaurant, which was noticeably a struggle! I felt a little out of place being here given just how trendy and super party-like atmosphere it all was haha! And in the months since I've come here, it remains a super popular spot to go to if you're looking for that extremely lively atmosphere! None of this takes away from the quality of their delicious food! We had incredible dishes and they clearly take a lot of pride in sourcing intentionally all their ingredients for their food, and the waitstaff did their best to intro us to everything, despite how overstimulatingly loud the environment was, so I only came away from each presentation with about half the information they wanted to convey. But all in all, the food was good across the board, and we tried a ton of different dishes. There weren't any that were overwhelming showstoppers that made me want to come back here again and again to try the rest of the menu though, so I left Vecino knowing that I wasn't going to return anytime soon. It's definitely for a specific mindset and type of celebratory occasion, which is often not the one I'm in when I'm going out to eat with friends.

I absolutely love this place! The food was delicious across the board. The butter had a wonderful…read moresweet and spicy kick, and the salad was incredibly fresh and light. Both the steak and fries were cooked to absolute perfection, as was the gnocchi. To top it all off, our server was wonderful. Highly recommend They did provide a sweet birthday crème brûlée!

Had dinner at Bar Pigalle yesterday early evening…read more Highs Service was stellar. Our server was very welcoming and helped to set up our food order into courses that allowed us a very relaxing evening Cocktails were really good. I had a Last Word and it was very well done. The restaurant is decorated very nicely with warm wood trim. The bar area looked stellar and very French-bistro like. I will sit there next time No so Highs Food was good, but just OK. Between the two of us we had the beet salad, burger and steak tartare. Burger was good, but not the best smash burger that I've had. Beet salad was fine, however the cream cheese was a bit overpowering against the orange oil. It was dying for some citrus. Steak tartare was a bit dry, meaning that a small dab of olive oil would have added to the richness and overall mouth feel. I did not really taste the egg although I did see a dab of yolk on the tartare. Needed a bit of salt also to enhance the taste Menu was small, but it did cover a cross section of French bistro dishes. All in all, I thought it was a bit overpriced. So I will have to consider returning for a full meal. I would come back for a burger and beer at the bar.

I really enjoy this place…read more There are about 6 different food selections you can choose from here. There is plenty of seating and they even have a bar. There are lots of tvs with different things for viewing. They have a parking lot right on the outside with a lot of space.

Great for groups with tons of seating. Cornhole and more seating are in a tent out back…read more Lots of good food options but I went with the Ethiopian stand that offered awesome combo platters to get a little bit of multiple items off the menu. I also tried the dumplings from another vendor and those were super tasty.

Took the family to Elephant & Co. in downtown Detroit and we tried the pepperoni pizza, the meat…read morepizza, and the chicken tenders with fries. The pizza has this really good sweet-and-spicy sauce, and I loved the honey butter crust--so good. Everything was delicious and I'd definitely recommend it. Only issue: I really wish there was an option to pay in person. Having to scan your phone and pay that way isn't for everyone--there should be some kind of in-person payment option too. If you want, I can also make a shorte

i'm not even sure what my experience was here yesterday night, so i'll try to break it down. came…read morein to pick up an order around 8:15p. was on the phone and didn't want to be impolite, so i put my phone down as i approached the counter and was told there was five minutes left on my order, not a problem at all. in order to not be a burden, i returned to my phone call and took myself back near the restrooms. this is where things got really concerning/frightening. as i'm on my call, there was a short, homeless-looking man with a hat on that kept walking towards & around me as if he was trying to see what i was doing, but he never approached me. i caught this man at least FIVE times, just staring at me to the point where i had to stare back and lock eyes with him (that's how aggressive he was staring). it almost felt like i was either being surveyed or "checked out," but either was unwelcome and very inappropriate. the man ended up moving from the yellow couch (right before the restrooms) and moved to some seating in the back left area of the restaurant, opposite side of the bathrooms. i wasn't sure what this man was exactly doing, but i knew he was surveying me and clearly was in alert for some reason. even while moving his position, the aggressive, threatening staring continued. it got so bad that i had to go up to the counter and ask the person i checked in with "does this guy work here? he keeps staring at me and moving around as if he's following me or keeping tabs," to which they responded and pointed to the man "you mean the white guy? yeah, he works here." in front of me, she proceeds to asks him while yelling across the back half of the restaurant if everything is okay, to which he confusingly responded with a "yeah." she seemed very unconcerned and as if i had no reason to feel threatened, and proceeded to gaslight me with a "well, maybe he liked your outfit..." at this point, i was pissed, especially cos this was a Black woman, who seemed to present queer to me (also a queer person). i responded by letting her know "sweetie, i'm a 33 year old Black, Mexican, Indigenous, Queer and Nonbinary person - i know when and why a white person is staring at me like that, i wasn't born yesterday." she proceeded to give half-hearted apologies as i attempted to hurry out there as soon as possible. never have i ever felt so threatened and on guard when walking into a food establishment for the first time. i genuinely tried so hard not crying while in the restaurant because of how humiliated and threatened i felt. I don't know what this man's intentions were, but he could've came up to me and just simply asked "are you doing okay? is there anything i can do for you?" instead of scooping me out as if i was getting ready to commit a crime. as I spend more time being back in my home in Detroit, i'm just not understanding why it's too difficult to receive decent and humane customer service. i'm just in complete concern & dismay due to this experience, do so much better.

Best noodles around, hands down! Make sure you try the peanut sauce! They need location across the…read morecountry

Every Ima location is a hit! This time at the Midtown location! Their noodles are elite; they're…read moremade fresh from scratch daily, and you can taste the quality of the ingredients and method in which they're made! This location is more of a causal, everyday type spot, but the flavor is still fully there! The service as always is incredibly friendly & quick! You can't not get dumplings when they're on the menu, and these ones are legit! They're tender & packed with flavor, and the crisp on the bottom is perfect! A dunk in the dumpling sauce, and you have a delicious bite! The flavors with the sauce for the noodles has the ideal umami balance. everything in the dish balances each other out; it's a big dish, but it's so hard not to finish the whole thing in one sitting, it's that good! Make sure to stop by and try this amazing spot!