The West End Grill
120 1/2, 120 W Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
About The West End Grill - steak house in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Creative, upscale New American cuisine in a cozy, romantic bistro setting with old-timey decor.
Customer Review Summary
The West End Grill offers a mix of positive and negative experiences. Many reviewers praised the food quality, with highlights including the veal dumplings, duck, pork chops, ravioli, and desserts like the orange walnut cake and key lime pie. Service was consistently noted as excellent, with attentive staff making great recommendations. However, some diners faced issues, mentioning undercooked dishes, high prices, and disappointing seafood. Atmosphere was generally described as warm and inviting, but one reviewer raised concerns about the appearance of staff smoking outside. Overall, while many enjoyed their meals, several expressed mixed feelings regarding specific dishes and service during special occasions.
Key Features
Service options
- Outdoor seating
- Takeout
- Dine-in
Highlights
- Great cocktails
- Great wine list
Popular for
- Dinner
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
Offerings
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Coffee
- Hard liquor
- Wine
Dining options
- Dinner
- Dessert
Amenities
- Bar onsite
- Restroom
Atmosphere
- Cozy
- Romantic
- Trendy
- Upscale
Crowd
- Groups
Planning
- Dinner reservations recommended
- Accepts reservations
Payments
- Credit cards
- Debit cards
- NFC mobile payments
Children
- Kids' menu
Customer Reviews
Rating Distribution
Paul
Great meal here and excellent service throughout. The price point is on the expensive side, but the quality is excellent and the portions are spot on. The veal dumplings starter and duck main were excellent. Will return.
Pat Ramsay
The decor is warm and inviting. The staff were excellent and the food was amazing. It was so good, we had to go back for dinner again 2 nights later! Easy to walk to. The duck and porkchops were excellent!
nick Fischbach
An excellent dining experience overall. Food and drinks were delicious. Most importantly the servers were very knowledgeable and had amazing recommendations. Branched out of my comfort zone at the suggestion of Mitch was the best choice of the night. Highly recommend.
Ana Molloseau
Okay, vibes were off immediately. The hostess told us he was in the back washing dishes when we got there. Drinks are 20 dollars for just mediocre at best. Fries were good Key lime pie was 12/10 Risotto was horrible… hard and undercooked with scallops there were rubber. The waiter said that lots of people say it is good, they have to be lying, ricearoni would be better Lobster tail was 4/10 and was the most edible entree. Rubbery and salty, no butter side with the tail. Sides were terrible outside of the carrot. We paid over 200 dollars… No wonder the place was absolutely dead on a Friday night.
Sport Mom
Loved getting the table in the front window! I’m not a seafood eater but if you like seafood, the menu is choc full of a variety from sea bass to scallops. The tomato basil soup was very good. The lobster tail is 8 ounces and left little to be desired but the swordfish was tasty. The prices are very steep so be prepared to pay $70 for the Delmonico Steak. The big negative is this woman who I believe works there (see pic below) kept walking out and smoking cigarettes in front of the window. Just not a good look for what you pay for inside. Kevin is a good waiter and he deserves 5 stars. Gordy, the general manager was very nice and is very friendly with the patrons. Not sure we will be back.
Gail Kuhnlein
My family and I went to The West End Grill to celebrate a milestone birthday. Other than the guy at the door, no other mention was made of my birthday, which was disappointing. My spouse is reticent to say anything, I guess. Every other time we've eaten here (often for anniversaries), the food, service, everything has been outstanding. This time, several of the dishes were disappointing. My salmon was undercooked and tasted odd, chicken was dry, servings were very sparse like a couple tablespoons of rice and 1 skinny cooked carrot). Our server is generally top notch. I think he was upset we weren't "drinking." We had someone with us who we were supporting in his early months of sobriety. The wine glasses were taken away in a huff, it seemed. No candle in the dessert. I don't expect we'll be hurrying back. Wonder if it's under new management? Please read the notes on the reservation and be sure to pass them on to the server. The saving grace was the AMAZING orange walnut cake, which is out of this world.
Jason Heien
First time visiting. Made reservations, and we arrived a little early and our table was ready! Sat down , and Gabriel was our server. He was awesome with his recommendations, very attentive, but not hovering. He knew every nuance for every dish. And I mean everything. We started out with cocktails, then appetizers, which we took his recommendation for the seafood studel and the calamari, which were exactly how he had described. Calamari was ever so lightly breaded and salted to where it really accented the calamari without overloading it with breading. Next was our entrees. I go the blackened porkchop, my wife got the burger, my mom got the swordfish, and my stepdad got the sea bass. Everyone LOVED their entrees. For dessert, we chose the orange cake and the carrot cake. Gabriel even noticed in our conversation that there was a birthday, so when they brought out the orange cake it had a candle in it! In all The West End Grill is one high end, 1st class restaurant, that is on our favorites list, and must visit list for Ann Arbor
Vivian Dbouk
Took hubby here for his birthday and the food was way up there. The flavors... you won't get anywhere else. The chef(s) really pay attention to detail and make sure the food is perfect and to your liking. Great place and highly recommend. We had the scallops and asparagus with coconut risotto, rack of lamb, roasted Brussels, calamari, and dessert. Everything was perfect. Thankyou for the wonderful experience.
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