Grey Ghost Detroit — Restaurant in Detroit

First off I am probably not the client tell that is being aimed at here. Me and my wife had just got done watching the wings game and walked back to car. Realizing that traffic would be rough for a little bit we decided to get something to eat. This restaurant was right next to where we parked so we decided to try it.

Upon entering we were greeted and asked where we would like to sit we decided on the bar to eat.

We opened up the menu and seen the food a prices which I am assuming some of the stuff on the menu is on there for people like us coming back from game looking for a bite to eat.

At first I was going to get Alfredo dish and the bar tender started off with telling me it isn’t a lot of food and I remarked I am not paying that price for not a lot of food.

Me and my wife then shortly settled on burgers to get and an order of fries to share with my burger I decided to add an egg to it I asked for it to be cooked over hard it came out sunny side up. I feel like if I am paying 2 dollars for an egg it should be cooked how I want within reason or at the very least if u can’t just tell me and I’ll decide if I still want it but breaking the yolk shouldn’t be a problem.

Burgers came out and while not thrillled with the sunny side up mess the burger with the egg was good seasoned properly and tasted amazing. While mine was seasoned great my wife’s burger was over salted I didn’t believe her based on mine so I said fine I’ll take half of yours and you can have the other half of mine. And sure as hell hers was over salted to the point were it made you pucker a little.

Then the fries came out they were really dark in color and half of them were about an inch or least in length. I’ve been in the business long enough to know what fries look like when they are either old or re dropped and the last of the fries being held. I pour them out on to my plate to see what the whole bowl looked like. When the bar tender came back over I asked what the color of the fries were supposed to look like and he told me like that because they season them like something. I get seasoning them but fries are generally light in color and for them to be that dark cause of seasoning you would’ve drowned them in seasoning which a few were. I voiced my complaint to bartender and the blew me off I even mentioned to him the over seasoning of the burger which no response came back. So I paid the bill cause I figured that was all that was being looked for here and left my tip. And upon leaving asked him a question picking up fries on the plate asking him if those were normal fries each of which are ranging from a quarter of an inch to an inch all dark in color.

Look I get I ordered the cheaper things on the menu but if you are going to charge 8 dollars for an order of fries make sure they are full sized cooked properly fries not what you served me. I looked through the pictures and reviews those fries in the others looked like what you would expect. I get not everything is going to be prefect and I don’t expect that I just expect to make it right when brought to staffs attention. To the bar tenders credit he offered to after I made my point bigger upon paying and leaving. But where was that response when I asked earlier or when I mentioned the burger was salty. I am not and was not looking for money off the bill which is why I paid it. Just some acknowledgment bout the problem would be nice I get I didn’t get the filet but does that mean the fries shouldn’t be to standard or burger seasoned properly? I am more mad bout how server handled it then the actual...

An Overpriced, Overhyped, and Deeply Disrespectful Dining Experience

As someone who has dined at many of the most acclaimed restaurants across major culinary cities — from New York and Chicago to San Francisco and LA — I approach every new restaurant with enthusiasm and an appreciation for thoughtful service and atmosphere. Unfortunately, Grey Ghost Detroit delivered one of the most unwelcoming and aggravating dining experiences I have encountered in any city, anywhere.

We visited with a party of ten to celebrate my brother’s 40th birthday. Despite having a confirmed reservation for 7:30 PM, our table was not ready when we arrived. We were told to wait at the bar, which under normal circumstances would have been fine. However, Grey Ghost enforces a baffling and inhospitable policy: they refuse to serve anyone who is not physically seated at the bar — even if you are waiting for a table and there are no bar seats available. This meant most of our party, who were standing, could not order a drink.

When one person ordered and then stood up to let another take the seat, the bartender vanished for nearly 20 minutes. When our table was finally ready, I asked the bartender if I could place a quick order before sitting down and offered to pay for the drink immediately. He flatly refused and told me to sit at the table. I asked again, and he repeated the same thing in an incredibly smug, condescending tone. A second bartender then came over and, rather than de-escalating, joined in with the same dismissive attitude, stating, “We won’t serve you. Sit at your table.” The arrogance and pretension were astounding — and wholly unearned.

Toward the end of the meal, we presented a birthday cake we had brought ourselves. When the server brought it to the table, we offered to cut it ourselves, but she declined and said the restaurant would handle it. We assumed this was just part of the service. To our shock, a $36 cake cutting fee appeared on the bill — something that was never disclosed upfront.

When my mother politely raised the issue with the manager, he was rude, abrupt, and visibly irritated, rolling his eyes when she expressed that we would be very unhappy if the charge wasn’t addressed. A manager rolling their eyes at a guest — especially a mother during her son’s birthday celebration — is completely unacceptable. His tone and demeanor made it clear that customer satisfaction was of no interest to him or the establishment.

In all my years of dining around the world, I have never encountered such an unprofessional, self-important, and inhospitable staff — and this includes some of the most exclusive and high-end restaurants globally. Grey Ghost Detroit is more concerned with curating an image than with delivering genuine hospitality or respecting their guests.

Detroit has an incredible and growing food scene filled with passionate restaurateurs who treat their patrons with care. Grey Ghost is not one of them. I will never return, and I strongly urge others to take their business elsewhere. The only way to send a message is to stop supporting places that treat their...

I got the Chef Tasting Menu.

It started out with an oyster filed with a soup and corn that was alright, but I felt like it didn't highlight the flavor of the oyster itself.

Then we got a sort of spicy heirloom salad. This was like taco bell flavor salad. A bit disappointing, but still alright. It had nice crispy bits and islands on sauce everywhere along with a couple of greens and tomato.

Afterwards came a a fried potato and vegetable mix with garlic. This felt to me like a french fry bowl that was nice, but in the context of the extremely expensive $85 meal felt somewhat lackluster. I like french fries a lot, but having it in the $85 meal when it's $1 at McDonalds really weighed on me. The slaw and vegetables and garlic which all were nice and complimented the fried potato well, though.

Our fourth course was a scallop on cherry sauce with mint leaves. A lot of mint leaves. The scallop itself wasn't very flavorful, the mint was overpowering and the cherry sauce was fine. The entire dish was a bit confusing and underwhelming.

Then, we got a filet mignon over fennel sauce and pickled radish. This was pretty standard and possibly the most adequately luxurious item served. It was pretty good.

Lastly, we got a cheesecake with lemon sauce and blueberry compote with sunflower and granola. This wasn't really my cup of tea because the cheesecake was really dry and flavorless (and was so the crust of the cheesecake) while the lemon and blueberry were both sour and trying to salvage the flavor of the cake. I've seen this style of cake before and I'm just personally not a fan.

I also ordered two drinks. One was called "I insist" and was a milk tea with pineapple, cold brew, and "hot honey". Maybe this is on me, but I didn't realize hot honey was a surprisingly spicy honey. Now the heat wasn't that high, but it overwhelmed the flavor of the entire drink and I couldn't finish it. It was not at all like the coffee + milk tea drink I thought it would be. It was terrible. The second drink I ordered was "Rule 1" and it was a mixture of fruit juices that tasted like a mixture of fruit juices and was just alright.

Now, this might be a bit controversial, but they gave us too much filet mignon. I have a feeling the tasting menus budget was allocated a lot to the two sizable slabs of meat given. However, I wasn't looking for $85 worth of food. I was trying to get five extremely good dishes that when given to me would make my taste buds dance and sing while not making me extremely bloated at the end.

I would say the value did match the price, but it was from quantity and not quality.

The service was...