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    The Smackin

    3.5 (23 reviews)
    Closed 12:00 pm - 10:00 PM
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Lobster grilled cheese
    Tamara F.

    Hey everybody, I'm back with another restaurant review. I give honest reviews and that includes the good and the bad. I visited a restaurant that is new to me, The Smackin in Redford on 8 mile near Beech Daily. After seeing a TikToker rave about this place I wanted to try it. I went on my lunch hour and I'm glad I ordered ahead via a online ordering app. I waited in my car until the alert came through that the order was ready. I went in and the order wasn't actually ready. It needed a few more minutes even though the app told me it was. Definitely pre-order so you can get your food in a reasonable time. There were a lot of people in there waiting for their food. There were some small circular high tables, but not a lot of seating available. I definitely consider this a carryout spot, so it was a car lunch kind of day. At first glance the food looked really good as you can see, the lobster grilled cheese sandwich was placed on a bed of fries. You can tell that the bread is toasted. Looks really good right? At first glance, yes.  But when I picked up the sandwich and turned it over, the first thing I noticed was that it was burnt. Absolutely burnt! Big red flag for me. I did not like that, but I went ahead and took a bite anyway as I was already back in my work parking lot and there was no way I was going back to the restaurant and be late to work. The sandwich tasted bland to me. Very heavy on the butter which made it greasy, unfortunately it was also very light on the lobster flavor. You could physically see the lobster but the flavor wasn't quite there. I don't know if it was drowned out by too much butter or maybe it was the burnt bread. Whatever it was, it overpowered the lobster. Also, I don't believe it was 100% lobster meat. I think there was possibly Langoustines in there to help beef up the lobster filling. Had the sandwich not been burnt, it probably would have tasted a lot better. I love a good for fry. Unfortunately these were softer than I  prefer and they were missing salt all together. They did not provide salt in the bag so soft unseasoned fries it was. Which also wasn't the best impression. I ordered a "fresh lemonade" on the app and it did not indicate that it was a frozen slushie style flavored drink. So when I arrived and I was given a choice of frozen flavors, I was surprised because I didn't want a slushie. Regardless, it was pretty good even though it didn't taste like lemonade. I had two flavors mixed together and I liked it but it was very sweet as one would expect. So overall the meal was greasy, under seasoned, and sweet from the drink. Not my favorite combination. I had such high hopes based on the review I had seen. Sadly this was a fail for me. Especially for the price tag of the sandwich. The lobster grilled cheese is ($32) and frozen lemonade ($6).  I was pretty disheartened by the fact that they would actually serve a burnt sandwich that cost $32.  Will I go back? Very unlikely. Maybe my visit was a fluke?  Either way, I was disappointed with my lunch.

    Ericka B.

    So let me start off saying... They are pricey!! Wrap your mind around that fact and let's move forward. First time here and there is a line to the door. My inner fat kid moaned because i'm inpatient and hungry . the cashier was pleasant whipped through the line fairly quickly. There are no menu boards posted. There is a copy of a menu on the counter. Would be nice to have your selection ready before you got to the cashier. The restaurant is clean with great graphics on the wall.This is bar food with no bar. We enjoyed the meal we had, drink was perfect service was good... Price... meh a little high but hey, we wanted to support.

    Chicken Bacon Ranch egg rolls
    Martez J.

    This place right here is very pricey. The visuals looks phenomenal when you walk in. The customer service is good enough. Let's get to the food. I got the bbq wings and the chicken bacon ranch egg roll. Both of these came with fries. The fries here were flavorless I gotta be honest. No salt, no flavor. The chicken wings were good & saucy, done well had a great taste. The chicken bacon ranch egg rolls were good. Had really good flavor. I also ordered a frozen drink. The machine was taking a while to freeze so we couldn't get them frozen however they were still great. The total was 50+ dollars & I gotta say it was totally not worth it. I am willing to go again to try one of the sandwiches & they're meatless options (they get a plus there) but overall the food is overpriced. If you wanna treat yourself go for it. But don't break ya neck n rush to get some food because it looked great on TikTok.

    Philly Steak & Cheese..
    Lashawara B.

    The steak was delicious and fries are homemade 10/10 Must try... i heard the egg rolls are amazing also!

    Honey Garlic Wings
    Larry O.

    You guys, I'm fr blown away here! My friends and I have been waiting to get some time to all go here together and we all have 5 stars across the board. Pictured here I had the honey garlic wings "BOMB, like fr best wings ever" with their hand cute fries, and the Cornbeef egg rolls with the fried okra. I also had the cherry pineapple frozen drink and the strawberry banana pudding. I couldn't say enough good things about how good this food was. The wings were literally perfect, flavorful, perfectly cooked, the sauce was incredible, and the eggrolls were "SMACKIN". Please go try this place out, it is truly incredible.

    Catfish Dinner.

    The food was excellent! We ordered the chicken and catfish dinners. The food was well seasoned, not restaurant seasoned, and the sides were like Sunday dinner over Mom's house. You can't go wrong ordering here I was told by other patrons! That all being said, why are there only 3 stars?! The PRICES. I can get the identical meal at Bistro Orleans for $10 cheaper per entrée. Now you've got a decision to make, eat here in Southfield or travel to Sterling Heights. Both are awesome and you didn't have to slave over a hot stove!!!

    Outside
    Melvin L.

    This is a bar food without the bar. Small handheld meals made to be served quickly and ate easily. I had a carry out order of the lobster bites with a side of honey ginger sauce. Slapped so hard had me smackin! Took one Star away because they were a little salty. Also they are not cheap (but it is lobster) so I'm not going to complain.

    lobster grilled cheese and fries
    Natalie W.

    I can tell that a lot of effort was put into the food and it was great quality. I got the lobster grilled cheese and it came with fries. The sandwich was crusted in some sort of garlic parm which I think most people would love. The cheese and lobster on it was good. It was really rich and had an interesting flavor to it. I wouldn't get the sandwich again but if you are a garlic lover, this is definitely something you should try. The fries had a nice seasoning on them. I got a mix of the frozen peach lemonade and the frozen cherry lemonade and that was delicious! The other people I was with got a burger, the pierre sandwich, and the garlic parm wings. They said everything was good. One of the items we ordered was made with the wrong meat, but they offered for us to get a replacement and their customer service was good. They're a bit pricey but the portion sizes are large and the quality is up to par. I would come again! :)

    That's how good my food was.. this empty container is a true testament!!!

    Highly recommend 10/10. I was trying to place an order this morning and got touted to Yelp, so figured why not enter a review. Speedy service, nice upbeat atmosphere and the food was so good I emptied every morsel from the container.

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    The person who answered the phone was extremely rude! Probably wont order again based upon them. Customer service is everything!

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    2.2(21 reviews)
    3.1 mi

    You ingrates awarding only two stars to this fine establishment need to seek therapy. I had the…read moreloveliest late night meals at Nicky D's. The girls at the Enterprise counter of DTW recommended this place as representational of Detroit area fast food. I was told to order the coney dog. A long serene drive down Telegraph and finally, I turn into the driveway that belongs to Nicky D's. The interior is pure 90s liminal nostalgia creepshow (I mean this in the best way). A formidable barrier of plexi separates gen pop from the employees. And those employees, they're actually cooking. Technically, the layout is fast food, but they're doing more than most short order cooks around this country. I got me one of them coney dogs and also a fish cod sammich.... Ok, here's the thing Detroit, the coney dog is not special. A dog with chili, mustard and onions is delicious, ok ok, it is delicious, but is it particularly Detroit? In actual fact, that is a standard dog for many regions. The fish cod sando smacked. That batter or dredge they put on it was crisped up right and had a numberless amount of nooks and crannies. The fish itself was moist and perfectly flaked. Also the service was nice. The girl at the register was like royalty in the way of her manners and comportment. And they are slammed busy.

    Food is always good for the most part. It's the customer service. Some of those girls in the window…read moreextremely rude for no reason. They're not good under pressure. I do want to say thank you once again to the woman with the blue hair she's very polite.

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    Redford Fish & Seafood Market - Half pound of jumbo shrimp,  really big and good

    Redford Fish & Seafood Market

    3.2(23 reviews)
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    Now I'm gonna be fair and honest. Been going here for 15 years. Basically its been a fishy hole in…read morethe wall with good food. Not always the cleanest place but always good food, with big good shrimp. Now you have new owners, some Caldean or Arabs have taken over. Sorry not meaning to offend, but I don't know the difference. Its been maybe a year. So any reviews before this don't apply. So first the food. I come mostly for the shrimp. At first it sucked. The shrimp were all stuck together, at one point they were butterfly shrimp, again all stuck together, don't get it. I stopped coming for a few months. Came back the middle of Oct, ordered half a pound of shrimp and 5 wings about 2 in the afternoon. They said 15 min. I arrive in 15 minutes. My shrimp was done but the guy says another 5 minutes for the chicken. I told him never mind it you haven't dropped the chicken, I don't want to wait. He got an attitude, now I though the chicken hadn't been dropped and didn't want to wait. It had been dropped and I was willing to wait but DID NOT LIKE HIS ATTITUDE AND WAS QUICK TO TELL HIM, DON'T GET AN ATTITUDE WITH ME. Still there was no other orders so why was my chicken not done with my shrimp. They changed from a cardboard box, to Styrofoam. Everybody knows that the box keeps the shrimp Christy and the Styrofoam makes the shrimp sweat and get soft ans sweaty. So I had to wait on the chicken while my shrimp got sweaty. Ok we have coved the food and the service. The ambiance is starting to look better. They have put in new refer units and some monitors which are not on yet but I guess are coming soon. So back to the food. So next week the fresh fish house up the street a little had on Wednesday one pound of jumbo shrimp for 16.99. The shrimp are small and one pound of their jumbo shrimp does not even compare to a half pound of really jumbo shrimp from redford fish, look at the photo from redford I included. So all and all the shrimp has come back to not being stuck together and is still quite good. Basically they are coming along, I gave a 3 star because the guy behind the register has no social skills. And no matter what happens you need to remember that here in America the customer is always right. Not to mention that here in Detroit, if you give attitude you'll get attitude and loose the customer. I still will go there so long as they keep the shrimp the way it is. But if you can't deal with the public, you will loose customers. And bring back to cardboard boxes to keep the shrimp Christy and save the landfills of tha Styrofoam that hangs around for years. Now look at the half pound of jumbo shrimp and when you go to fresh fish house you'll see its better and bigger here.

    Ok my review was just added but the photo didn't come up. Ill try again, so anyway the food is good…read morethe service sucks. Please red my other review a few minute ago.

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