Joe Muer Seafood

I visited here for the first time over the weekend. The seafood we had was great!!

We had 2 different kinds of raw oysters. I had the lobster bisque, which was very rich and yummy:

Rich broth with butter poached lobster infused with sherry and crème

I followed that with the crab stuffed Atlantic flounder, which was really delicious, too:

Oven-roasted with whole grain mustard beurre blanc

I really enjoyed the hit of nutmeg in the creamed spinach. We also got the sautéed mushroom blend to accompany our meal, too:

Shitake, Button, and Beech with sliced garlic and zip sauce GF

Overall, we had way too much food and had to take some home, but everything we had was so delicious, and I don't know what I would have skipped.

I loved the view out the abundant windows as we ate. It's a really nice place for a celebration. While it's not my very favorite among the numerous options in Detroit, I really enjoyed myself and wouldn't be upset if we went back. Definitely worth a visit!!

I don't mind paying $175 per person for dinner but I expect the food to taste seasoned. My food was bland. My appetizer and entree lacked any imagination. Honestly, my cooking at home is better. I went out for a special meal and left wishing I'd bought the ingredients at the grocery store and cooked at home. I thought they ruined high end seafood. I was looking forward to a delicious, memorable meal. I just got a meal I'll remember for feeling disappointed.

The service was great though and that's rare these days. Too bad the waiter wasn't in the kitchen.

Stopped in for a happy hour dinner at the bar. The bartenders were attentive and knowledgeable. While the spicy tuna tartare isn't on the happy hour menu, 10/10 recommend it.

The coconut cake is what they are known for. It was a delicious bite but I kept wondering about the carrot cake. I opted to order that one instead it was divine.

I have mixed feelings while writing this review. When we walked in, we were warmly greeted and had a very short wait to be seated for our reservation. The ambiance is absolutely beautiful! Dinner off the water during sunset was stunning. Our waitress, Tamika, quickly came over and shared with us the specials for the day and drink recommendations. Our table decided on 3 seafood dishes and 1 steak dish. I'll start with the seafood dishes. Presentation was great, flavors were ok, but we did not feel the taste was up to par with the 5 star dining or prices. We would give the seafood dishes 3.5 - 4 stars. Now on to the steak dish...which was very disappointing. The first steak which was ordered medium temperature came out obviously well done. Not to mention, the waitress brought out the steak without the potatoes because she didn't like they way that they looked and she asked for them to be remade prior to bringing out. When asked for steak to be recooked, it came out a second time medium well to well temp. Once 2nd steak was brought out, the potatoes finally were brought out. I know we were at a seafood restaurant, but a chef at any type of restaurant should know how to cook a steak at a proper temperature.

As I mentioned, I have mixed reviews because we have dined here before with a great experience. This visit was during Valentine's weekend, so perhaps the kitchen was overwhelmed.

I recently went to Joe Muer Seafood for a group gathering in one of the private dining rooms. The first thing I noticed as I walked in was a large sign stating the restaurant's dress code. For this type of establishment, I thought it would be pretty obvious, but I guess they get a lot of people who need the reminder. I checked in at the front desk and was taken to the room quickly. Since the group was so big, there was a set menu ($115) in place with shared appetizers,a salad course, a choice of 4 different entrees, shared sides, and a choice of 3 different desserts. In total, the food consisted of:

Shrimp Ilene - Well, they weren't lying about these being colossal. Huge shrimp covered in a nice savory and nutty brown butter sauce. Unfortunately, the shrimp were overcooked with tough and rubbery meat. Not a good start.

Oysters Rockefeller - These oysters were served on a bed of sea salt - bad idea. These were not plated cleanly, resulting in the sea salt going over the top into the creamed spinach. Super salty.

Roquefort Wedge - This is the laziest wedge salad I've ever seen. Everything needed to be cut and assembled by the diner. At least the French dressing was applied appropriately, with enough between each individual lettuce leaf.

Oven Roasted Barramundi - Just look at the picture and tell me this is something you would be happy getting at a fine dining destination. This is the worst presentation for fish I have ever seen. Lobster/crab cake almost disintegrating, the fish looking as if chef was hungry and decided to sneak a few bites. I honestly can't believe they thought it was okay to bring out this dish. At least the Barramundi was nice and tender with only a hint of fishiness. The veggies were also fine - however, the waiters forgot to give me a knife to cut the haricot verts. The lobster/crab cake was complete mush but at least had a decent shellfish taste.

Creamed Spinach - I'm normally not a fan of creamed spinach in the first place, so take this with a grain of salt. This tasted like spinach cooked in milk (super milky lactose flavor), with no aromatics and no cheese. At the end of the dinner, the serving dish was still 90% full, so I think that tells how much everyone liked this dish.

Black Truffle Mac and Cheese - Taste-wise and presentation, this was fine. Nice cheese crust on top, Cheese sauce included visible specks of truffle with a strong truffle taste. Very one note truffle flavor: truffle salt + artificial truffle oil perhaps? The cavatappi pasta was severely overcooked and almost to the point of being mush. The pasta would fall apart as I spooned it onto my plate.

Cheesecake - No complaints about this one. It's a cheesecake, hard to mess that up. Oh, one thing is they forgot to bring me a fork to eat this with. I had to take the fork from one of the guests who couldn't make it.

Joe Muer Seafood has fine dining prices with presentation and construction worse than Applebees and service to match. I do not recommend eating here. The only reason they don't get a 1 is because at least some of the food was decent.

Upon arriving, my mother and I were warmly greeted, my jacket was taken, and we were seated promptly despite not having a reservation. The ambiance was absolutely beautiful, with a stunning view of the Detroit River and Canada across the water. Our waiter was polite, albeit a bit cold, while the bussers were amazing. The food presentation was very nice, and the calamari was particularly enjoyable. However, the rest of the food was just okay The shrimp was too much garlic for such little shrimp. Despite this, overall, it was a great visit during my trip to Detroit.

I came here as part of a large group with a bunch of friends. I had heard many good things about this place, but I was very disappointed.

The dinner started with a bread basket with a variety of breads with a few sides: a small dollop of smoked salmon spread, cannellini beans, and "butter". It's in parenthesis because it was whipped and tasted oily on the tongue and so I highly doubt it was butter. It was a bad starting omen.

They also had table "olive oil" and "basalmic vinegar". The olive oil tasted like slightly rancid neutral oil, without any peppery or grassy notes. The basalmic vinegar was more like red wine vinegar.

The appetizers were somewhat unappetizing. The shrimp ilene was ok- the very large shrimp were slightly overcooked, but they served as a decent vehicle for the toasted almond lemon butter. The oysters Rockefeller was a dud. The presentation looked very nice and they were served on a bed of salt. The creamed spinach on top was gross and did not work at all with the dish.

The Roquefort wedge salad was disappointing. I have never been to a place that serves wedge salad with a dull butter knife rather than a steak knife and expects you to saw away at the lettuce. It's a lot of work. The hard boiled egg (which still had a piece of egg shell on it that I had to pick off), tomato wedge, pile of bacon, and dollop of Roquefort cheese were all arranged to be segregated and in the most unappealing way possible. By the way, one of my friends has a dairy intolerance and asked for no cheese, and his plate had double the amount of Roquefort that mine had. Another one of my friends doesn't eat pork, and his plate had bacon. I guess that's why everything was separated so they don't have to listen to food restrictions and instead can have the diner pick them off.

The surf and turf (Petit filet mignon with scallops) was the only decent part of the meal. When I ordered, the waiter didn't even ask me how I wanted my steak cooked; I had to flag him down and ask. Huge red flag for a fine dining establishment. The filet mignon was cooked to my specification (medium rare) and the scallops were seared perfectly with a sweet clean taste. The asparagus and mashed potatoes were forgettable and inoffensive.

The entrees my companions got were also sad-sounding. My friend with the dairy intolerance was told that the Barramundi didn't contain any milk, but the pan sauce clearly had dairy in it. He sent it back and received it sans sauce, but he still took lactose pills as he didn't trust the establishment. His dish's stuffing looked like it would disintegrate into a pile of mush if you looked at it for too long-it was already falling apart by the time it made it to the table.

The sides were inadequate. The creamed spinach was disgusting. The consistency reminded me of baby food. There wasn't much flavor. Ruth's Chris does it much, much better. There's a reason why there's a whole bunch of copy-cat recipies for RC and not for Joe Muer. The black truffle mac and cheese was overcooked to a mush, but did have a nice flavor.

Usually the dessert is the saving grace of any meal, but the chocolate cake was a tragedy. In an attempt to make the plating look high end, they drizzled it with what tastes like Hershey's chocolate syrup. The frosting tasted like Betty Crocker. I am usually a huge dessert fan, but this just had me sad and dispirited.

I have to reassess if the people who recommended this place to me have dentures or weak mouth muscles because half the dishes I tried seems to be catered towards people who like very, very soft foods, not at all what I was expecting from this place.

We came here for my birthday because I wanted a whole steamed lobster and not just the tail (claws are my fav).

The view is incredible - the location is in Ren Cen and has a view of the river. It was great to see a few freighters go by.

The bread that was served was flavorful, and it came with a side of smoked salmon, some cannelloni beans, and butter. We each got a side salad and an adult beverage.

The lobster arrived and I was so excited! The waiter expertly cracked the lobster for us. It was delightful - huge tail and amazing claws!

Hubby ordered the key lime dessert - the lime drizzle on it was amazingly tart!

Went here with my company for a work dinner and was very happy with overall service and food.

The wagyu short rib was really good and tender. Overall was pleased with the food although it is a bit pricey and not sure if I would go here for myself.

Excellent views! Great food. Decent wine selection. The staff was friendly. The music was spectacular.