Best restaurants in Ann Arbor? v.2015

Submitted by diag squirrel on

Will be spending a long weekend in Ann Arbor. It's been a while and Ann Arbor has a thriving food scene, so I'm sure I'm out of the loop. Your recommendations are appreciated.

sidebar: Zingerman's Roadhouse, Cafe Zola, Sava's still good?

readyourguard

February 8th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^

Caseys for a good burger, beer, and onion rings
Dimos for excellent deli at a much more reasonable price than the big names.
Savas for a little finer quisine.
Grizzly Peak is a decent bar/restaurant.

jmdblue

February 9th, 2015 at 9:42 AM ^

From our apartment , burgers and pastrami are both good.  They also do a shrimp po boy every so often that's good.  For me...

Favorite place to sit around drinking beers and have a bite- Ashley's

Favorite place to drink beer, play darts, and likely see something strange happen- downstairs Heidelberg

Place where I'll spend more than I should but is so good I won't feel bad about it- Raven

Love Frita' s for every imaginable reason

Real Seafood Co. is perhaps the  worst value anywhere

JHendo

February 8th, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^

My dad and I went to Roadhouse during the first week it opened, and all we could talk about was how dissapointed we were with it. However, they constantly kept improving and over 10 years later, it is easily in the conversation for the best restaurant in A2. It certainly gets my vote.

ppToilet

February 8th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^

Then check out:

1. Aventura (if you like tapas)

2. Vinology (make sure to get two of the smaller plates so you can sample more)

3. West End Grill

4. Pacific Rim

schreibee

February 8th, 2015 at 2:45 PM ^

I knew nothing about this free meal on your Bday at Chop House?! Maybe I'll effort to get to the ohio game this year - my Bday is the next day! If we were somehow to pull of the '69-like upset can you imagine how great that meal would taste!?

MGoUberBlue

February 8th, 2015 at 12:50 PM ^

They always have oysters on the half-shell.

Small servings similar to tapas.

Female workers........very nice..........Drake's sister and girlfriend both work there.

Kingpin74

February 8th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^

Was always one of of my favorites, but it was a little out of the way on Jackson Road. They opened a great new location on East Liberty though (near Scorekeepers). Good typical steakhouse fare and a lot of TVs for watching sports. It's not cheap, but that's typical for Ann Arbor and the prices are a little more than Outback or Longhorn for better quality. And they have good sandwiches and other options too.

shallowcal

February 8th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^

to the more casual ann arbor spots. 

Grizzly Peak: the brewery steak sandwich is probably one of the best individual meals in town at any restaurant.

ABC: onion rings, onion rings, onion rings.  plus great brew.

Caseys:  best all around bang for the buck

Red Hawk:  always solid, also great onion rings. 

Wolverine Brewery:  amazing pulled pork nachos

Arena:  amazing wings and cheap bar food. 

P-Funk

February 8th, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^

The Ravens Club is a new favorite of mine. The whiskey selection alone is a reason to go. I mean, their well whiskey is Eagle Rare.




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ann.arbor.lover

February 8th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^

If you want to try Asian places...

Chinese: Emerald City (Ypbor Yan) on Washtenaw Ave, actually in west Ypsi. Do not order stuff like General Tso's chicken or Hunan beef; go for the authentic Chinese menu and ask your waiter for suggestions.

Korean: Seoul Garden. Barbeque or not, really nothing will disappoint you in their menu.

Japanese: Miki (downtown). After several rounds of management change, I feel they finally got their groove back. Go for the big boatload of sushi / rolls and you will be amazed.