Ocean Prime

My husband and I come here at least once a month. The service and food is excellent every single time. Their steaks are always cooked on point and the drinks are always fabulous! If you decide on dessert, just get one as the portions size is enough for 3 – 4 people.

Overall a good meal and service albeit pricey. Prime rib very good, lamb chops were tough. Truffle parmesan fries were tasty, but light on the truffle oil. Brussels sprout side dish was over-​baked (burnt) and not replaced prior to main course completion, so we cancelled. The 4 stars represent rounding up.

over-​priced, tiny crab cake as appetizer. not chopped, chopped salad as salad course. over-​priced, subpar steaks as entrees. free dessert for birthday, best part of the meal.

Amazing place for a great meal. Been here about 12 times in the last 2 – 3 years and now a regular date spot for my wife and I. Been here with about 8 couples or business associates and no complaints by anyone.
I’m happy they recently added sushi to their menu. Service is superb, scenery is great. I am in love the the Waygoo Ribeye steak. So good and tasty, very marbly, expensive but worth it. The jalapeño potatoes are my favorite side. This is also one of the very select places I’ll get seafood at in Michigan. You just don’t get fresh and non fishy seafood around here. Their Chilean Sea Bass is also exceptional. If your up for chicken, there ½ chicken is also very good and recommended for lunch.

The most unprofessional service i have ever experienced ! Didnt get a menu till u was sitting there for about 35 minutes ! Dont even recall my waitress name because about 4 people came up to me to ask me what i wanted to drink and i seen her about 2 times the whole entire night ! I felt like i was out to eat at such a high end restaurant but had better service at a coney island. Ashamed negative stars i rate this place.

The food was really amazing! The service was really good also. I had the Ribeye steak, which was cooked to perfection. The Mac N Cheese is also really good. The oyster were top-​notch. The sushi was so amazing we complicated coming back just for sushi but they only had 5 rolls max to choose from. The person who delivered our food did deliver our appetizers to the wrong table but they ended up getting us new appetizers and not charging us for them. But overall I’d still give them five stars. The décor is also nice and gives you that relaxing feeling :) Hope this helps

Grand atmosphere. Fine dining at its best. Server Todd met every request and beyond. We ordered the truffle caviar deviled eggs. They were delicious. Surf and turf appetizer– scallops and short ribs were cooked to perfection. Lobster visit was Amazing and very rich. 10pz filet was flavorful and cooked to perfection. The truffle Mac and cheese was too cheesy for me and husband who had it before in Denver said it didn’t taste as good for some reason. Crème brûlée was fantastic as was the blueberry lime cheesecake. My black orchid elderflower martini was delicious. Presentation of an orchid frozen in a round ice ball in the martini Glass was beautiful but I felt that it took away space from having more of the delicious martini. Great meal! 4.5 stars

We went on a Friday and had reservations. Everyone was extreme extremely polite. The service was great, but there are a lot of servers so I could see how it could be confusing. I had the pear grapefruit cocktail which was excelent. We ordered a bottle of wine that was also great. Our apps included the deviled caviar eggs (just ok nothing special), the calamari (really good but a lot of sauce basically general taos), and a los lobster sushi roll (excelent but I’ve had better sushi). Our entrees included the king salmon (really great, tasted poached vs grilled) and the fillet mi minon (really perfect). Overall great for a romantic dinner. Great service!

Great ambience and a great place for a special occasion however the food is hit and miss and pretty pricey. I had scallops and a steak and while the scallops were delicious, the steak was meh. The truffle fries were only ok too and I thought were cut too big. Otherwise a great place to go for special occasions or if ur just looking for a fancy dinner night.

I thought Kona Grill was bad! I would never come back to Ocean Prime again. I went home crying because how bad the food was. I never had this issue till now!

I can’t say enough good things about this restaurant. The food, service, décor, all exceptional. You have to try the sautéed shrimp and king crab legs. All seafood is fresh and flown in daily. They have a great wine and cocktail lost too! If you are look for a great seafood near Troy, this is the place!

My wife and I came here for restaurant week and had a great experience. The place is beautiful inside and out. We went on a Sunday evening the service was excellent and the entire staff were pleasant. My wife and I ordered both ordered the french onion soup, and filet. They were both awesome! This is the best meal I’ve had in a long time. I believe Ocean Prime is much better than Capital Grill, I was not impressed with the filet I had there a couple of times.

Fantastic service. Garret, our Server, was knowledgeable and professional.
The food was incredible. great bar fun place.

I have eaten here countless times over the years so please understand it hurts me to not rate this place higher.
However, I must say this place seems to be on the downward slide. Over the years I always held OP in the highest regard for its top notch service, great seafood, steaks, original drinks and beautiful design. Unfortunately, recently I have been met with disappointment when visiting ocean prime.
First off, on my last visit both me and my guest found it extremely rude that we were not greeted upon entry, instead the host at the booth ignored us and talked on the phone with out giving us even a gesture to wait… so we made our way onto the bar at sat ourselves.
I was always excited about the interesting menu items, like the berry bubbler made with black ice. With that said it seems the menu is never updated and they have not added anything new in years. I think the head chef should add new items now and again to add interest.
There are a few more complaints, but with that said they still have alot of fabulous dishes. Then again with what they charge I find these discrepancies unexceptable.
Ocean prime please step up creativity and Quality control to bring back the ocean prime that I know and love.

Blchhh. Once in a while, I eat so much and am so full that I feel sick, but rarely do I consume a meal that is so yucky I feel sick. But, rarely means it happens and tonight it did. Yuck. With the exception of the complimentary popcorn, every dish we were served was so sweet that … I feel sick. Calamari: sweet sauce drizzled over the top. Chop chop salad: a disgustingly sweet dressing. «Well done salmon:» not sweet, but not well done.
Why oh why didn’t I complain? Because my glass of Malbec was fantastic, and not sweet.

Food is average, but perhaps I’m lead by a confirmation bias due to their bad service (as the other reviews also mention).
We headed to Ocean Prime for an upscale dining experience.
We got a poorly mannered hostess and server who both spoke such deep slang (something you’d hear in dark alleys in Detroit), that me nor my dinner partner were able to fully understand their speech. All that brought me a chunk of personal embarrassment since Ocean Prime was my choice which I tried to impress with.
After showing clear discomfort, the kitchen staff began to serve us instead.
We paid roughly $ 140 for a dinner we certainly did not enjoy.
Ocean Prime does not live up to what they claim to be. I suggest that you take your $ 140 where you will get a full experience for your money

We came here for restaurant week and had an excellent dinner overall apart from some service issuews.
Despite a reservation we had to wait for a half hour, which was suprising and appeared unprofessional. The greeter who seated us was almost comical in her general affect and tone but we had to spend minimal time with her so it was not a real problem.
The bread basket was a bit skimpy and it’s a good thing because by the end of the meal we were stuffed and couldn’t actually finish our desserts. For appetizers we both had the french onion soup, which was good but not excellent (we had an excellent one recently at both Rugby Grille and Clawson Steakhouse). For our entrees I had the crab cakes and my husband had the filet mignon. The crab cakes were mildly flavored and quite good overall, while the filet had an excellent crust, was cooked perfectly and was extremely flavorful. The butter cake dessert was excellent, if a bit intense and quite filling. The carrot cake with some serious dense layering was a hit as well.
Service was quite attentive, but overly so — frequent interruptions of our conversation so we could let the server know how we were enjoying each and every thing became a bit frustrating and ruined the evening a little.
Overall highly recommended, although the location and cavernous concrete parking lot are a bit unromantic compared to some charming similarly priced special occasion restaurants in B’ham.

good food – good service – A-​OK. Expense Account pricing. We were supposed to go to some steakhouse in Birmingham but it was snowing and they were too lazy to drive me, so we ate at this place next door to the office – 4 people all had steaks – I had a martini, wedge salad filet and great fries. All good. We had dinner at 530 and were finished before 7. Within seconds of finishing our last bites (we had a bill of over $ 500) we were handed the check. As we were leaving i saw that the bar was totally packed. I suggested we get a drink, but my bizarre hosts needed to get home to be in bed before 830, Fun nite.
By the way, they were really pushing oysters hard – a total Detroit locovore speciality E

The first time I came here the server disappeared for what seemed like forever at one point of the meal. The second time, the server was better but our reservation was lost and the hostess lacked any manners. Our appetizers and a drink were on the house as an apology, which was nice.
Bread — didn’t impress, Capital Grill has much better.
Appetizers:
Sonoma Goat Cheese Ravioli — yummy
Ahi Tuna Tartare — I would not order again.
Ocean Prime House Salad — very good, large portion
Entrees:
I had the Yellowfin Tuna which was just okay. The sauce wasn’t great and I have had better at J Alexanders. I shouldn’t have ordered this since I wasn’t crazy about the appetizer but the server talked me into it.
My dad had the Ribeye which was EXCELLENT. This was the best part of the whole meal. The outside was crispy and the cut was so tender. It was melt in your mouth delicious.
My dad’s friend had the Chilean Sea Bass which was just okay.
Sides:
Truffle mac and cheese — delicious. It was very creamy and not too heavy on the cheese. I really liked the flavor.
Truffle fries — cut thin the first time and cut thick the second time. They weren’t very crispy but the flavor was good. I wouldn’t get again.
Carrot cake dessert — YUM! very good.

Service was impeccable but the food was nothing to write home about.
A few gal pals and I went for 2014 fall Troy Restaurant week. The menu looked awesome, especially the upgrade entrée items. However, I stuck with the $ 35 entrees and was a little disappointed.
A friend who had frequented Ocean Prime in her past life she did not recommend the seafood despite the restaurant’s name and so I decided on the filet mignon. It turned out to be a tasty disappointment. Nothing special, but a steak’s a steak.
For the appetizer, I had the lobster bisque which was not as salty as I thought it would be and super creamy. It helped that the server let me sample it before I ordered it. I do wish there were a little more chunks of lobster in the bisque but it still tasted awesome.
The dessert, we had the butter cake which was a lot denser than expected and most of us could not finish it.
Overall, we all expected a bit more from Ocean Prime. Next time, I’ll stick with the tried and tested steakhouses.