Sposita’s Ristorante

Great food, great owner, 10 course meal. So much food and we still over order. Being sarcastic about the ten courses but seriously one thing after the other. Cheese platter, soup, salad, pasta then your meal. Don’t over order because you won’t eat your main course! Had the Spositas chicken today and it was amazing. Kids had the filet and wife had the white fish. Everyone loved there food. Kids also got an amazing experience where they got to go in the kitchen and cook there own meal. Can’t wait to go back!

Pleasantly shock that this Jewel of a restaurant is right around the corner. The service was excellent, the food was delicious, and the portions were huge. Traditional Italian style five course meal. I ordered surf and turf, the filet melted in my mouth. The zip sauce was superb. My daughter was even allowed to go in the kitchen and make her own spaghetti. The owner greeted you at the door. Will definitely return!

Will not go back. Place was packed, people waiting for tables standing all over the dining room. Waiters rushing and bumping people. Had to wait more than 30 min. For our reservation. Completely disorganized and harried hostess. Terrible service, waiter did not bring menues, could not remember what we ordered. My husband got the wrong pasta, but ate it because it took so long to get. Salad served on hot plates, very salty. One good thing, the meatball. Table next to us ordered Calimari and the smell made us gag – clearly it was not fresh! Sad experience

Is bigger always better? Apparently enough people in the area must think so, because there’s always a crowd. So if your more concerned about portion size than quality, or you’re a Groupon «groupie», Sposita’s has your name on it. In addition, the kitchen seems to cater to their clientele. We heard two tables (on either side of us) completely changing most of the ingredients in a dish. As in, «I’d like the shrimp scampi. But hold the garlic & olive oil, substitute beef tenderloin for the shrimp, and mix it up with the „primavera“ sauce.» If this is your style, run, not walk to Sposita’s.
This spot offers lots of food for the price. All dinners include the antipasto plate, minestrone, house salad, potato or spaghetti & veggie. Your soup spoon could definitely stand up in the minestrone, and hell no, even if you like spaghetti, don’t order it as the «starch» to accompany your entrée. (Think «Chef-​Boy-​Ar-​Dee» out of the can).
Italian American specialties (parmigiana, picata, marsala, saltimbocca, siciliano, are coming to a theater near you in your choice of chicken, veal. Not bad, but not terrific either. Pasta entrees were underwhelming, most served with overcooked pasta.
To be safe, order something with minimal preparation. Grilled pieces of beef, fish, lamb or veal were served at the temperature as ordered. Sautéed spinach was a standout too. Bottom line, its a Groupon fantasy, much less a fine dining experience.

This is a very nice restaurant that is very similar to Mario’s in downtown Detroit but on a smaller scale. Misses the 5^th star because I really don’t want all these courses but have no choice to tone it down a bit. Your meal comes with the old time relish tray that mostly goes untouched except for the shrimp. Also comes with soup and salad and a side of pasta. I would much rather focus on the main course which was amazing in it’s own right. All four dinners we ordered were delicious. Would just recommend an option to avoid all the fillers.
The inside ambiance is also very nice. You can choose from a bar like setting or a more quiet dining area. The service was great. An odd exterior but once you’re inside it is very nice.

The filet was amazing, the lobster tail was perfectly done, sauces (alfredo, marinara, and meat) were all top notch, and the complimentary minestrone soup is among the best I’ve had at a restaurant in this price range.
The salad was a little lackluster, as was the bread, but the rest of the food more than made up for it. Service never left is wanting, either. Our meal wasn’t inexpensive, but we all felt like we got more than our money’s worth.
We will be back!

Came here on a Wednesday night and it was packed! The food is great but by the time your meal comes you’d probably won’t be able to eat it. They start you off with a tray of cheese, olives, salami, carrots, shrimp and celery. Then you get your salad, then minestrone soup then pasta with pomodoro sauce then finally your meal! It’s a little too much food but all the starters are very good. I split the chicken Sposita and the 8 ounce steak with a friend. I just wish I could have more than a bite of each because I was full from the starters! The steak was cooked perfectly and was tender and the chicken was a lemon chicken and it was a bit too salty. The chicken was also very dry. The flavor was good but I wouldn’t get it again. The dinners also came with mashed potatoes and broccoli. It was a bit of an overload. The tables and chairs were so close to each other where it was hard to get in and out of your seat. It was a puzzle trying to get back to your seat. The crowd was definitely an older crowd. I came for a rehearsal dinner but others were there for 80^th and 60^th birthdays. I have been here years ago and the place looks exactly the same. They need to renovate and revamp the place a little. The food is also not very expensive and the staff is also very nice and friendly although our table wasn’t ready on time. Overall everything was good but it doesn’t compare to other Italian restaurants I’ve been to.

Excellent service all the time and food is delicious the extra cut filet is amazing and is always cooked perfectly. One of the best restaurants to eat at in the area no matter what you get.

Worst Managment. Il have been going there for 5 years and they could not take care of my bill once. Money hungry owners. Do not recommend this place at all. The owners are no good.

Convenient location. Service was excellent for a multi course dinner. Price was acceptable for a nice dinner out.

From the moment you walk through the door, the friendly service begins and continues until you leave. The courses come out in a non rushed manner with constant attention to your enjoyment of ea course. Our waiter was very helpful by providing meal suggestions. I wasn’t a fan of the meat sauce and felt the veal was a bit dry. But the flavor and portion sizes were good. The pasta tasted fresh and there was plenty for dinner and lunch the next day.

Food was less than average. This was my third visit for dinner because there are limited choices in the area. Could have been a nice atmosphere if the older customers at the bar weren’t belligerent and fighting with each other. Staff and management catered to these individuals and continued to over serve alcohol to the drunks. Made me lose my appetite. Minestrone was inedible. Below average meal was not worth paying the large bill. I will never return and strongly discourage going to the establishment.

We initially went on a Friday with a groupon. We hadn’t read the fine print that it was only good for Sunday through Thursday. The table next to us apparently did the same thing. The waitress had a fit. Said we could use it for face value or come back. She didn’t even wait til we left to throw her hands in the air and complain to hostess that now she wasn’t going to make any money and should’ve stayed home! But we did come back and our waiter, Gary, couldn’t have been more delightful. The chicken francaise was delicious as was the house salad and minestrone soup. We left wanting to try it again. Just hope we don’t get that one waitress:(

Antipasto was OK.
Soup was OK.
Pasta was OK.
Ceasar was great.
I ordered the Fillet medium well, and it came out medium rare. I still ate it. I didn’t mind the rareness.
Strong drinks were great.
Oh how could i forget the Zip source… It was really good!
Service (Jason) was also great!

A lot of food; but, not seasoned to my taste. Dinner included antipasto plate to share, small salad, soup, bread, breadsticks, spaghetti with meat sauce and finally the entre with mashed potatoes and green beans. The meat sauce was heavily, overly seasoned with garlic and herbs. I skipped it after two bites. Had the veal trio (pick 3 veal from the menu). Sauces and cheese toppings were poorly seasoned, one with a bland tomato sauce, another with creamy mushroom sauce with too many herbs. Dinner for two with two glasses of house wine and tip was $ 112.

This is a local place that has good food, but my steak had no taste on this trip. You have to add the zip sauce. I I didn’t want to add the zip sauce. I want my steak to have flavor. My wife had a steak also and it was the same. we have eaten here a few times and this one was a little different. The staff is outstanding. Loved the service. Like the place, just we had a meal with not a lot of flavor. We will be back, we think it was an off night.

The service was nice and prompt. They move you through the courses quite quickly. The antipasta platter is different and nothing to get excited over. 2 shrimp, 2 mozzarella sticks, a slice of pepperoni, olives, carrots and celery. The house salad was sooooo salty I couldn’t eat it. The minestrone soup was meh… The chicken Marsala was good but not $ 22 spectacular. This is my go to dish and have had it many times, this wasn’t as good as I’ve had previously. The bread was yummy. Yes, you get a lot of extra food, but that extra food wasn’t great. Oh you do get a side of pasta w/.entrée again ok but not delicious

This place is not even deserving of a one star. We are talking negative status here. Went in on a Tuesday night at 8 pm with reservations for 4 people. The hostess seemed frazzled even though the place was not really busy. She just told us to grab a table in the bar area and flung the menus on the table.
The waiter was actually very nice. We ordered a bottle of cheap Chianti because there wine prices were through the roof. They brought out a pre-​appetizer of a couple olives, half slices of salami, peppercini’s, carrots, celery and shrimp. There was also a cocktail sauce in the middle. You could smell that shrimp a mile away. FISHY!
Next came our Caprese salad that we shared for the table. Weakest Caprese I have ever seen. Who puts dried basil on a Caprese? Give me a break. If you can’t serve this item with fresh basil, take it off the menu. Disgusting and no flavor at all.
Next round was the house salads that came with each of our meals. Nothing special just a plain house salad with house dressing. I asked for ranch and they said it was a $ 2.00 extra charge. LOL– you have got to be kidding me.
Next out was something that was supposed to be minestrone soup. This comes with the meals and wow this was horrible. It was so salty and had a very strong flavor of capers. Last time I checked, capers were not the main ingredient in minestrone soup. Not one person at our table ate this. It was inedible.
Next out was our actual meals. Lasagna, The veal marsala, the perch and angel hair pasta with spicy marinara and mushrooms added to it.
Let me start out with the perch. The perch was in strips and fried. it was barely fried and almost raw. My mother in law could not eat it. She didn’t want to say anything so she ended up paying for a meal that she didn’t eat.
Next up is the Veal Marsla. Very small portion for $ 39. First bite was so tough my father in law almost had to spit it out. He also did not finish his meal and was too nice to say anything.
Next up is the BF’s Lasagna. How can you screw this up? Well let me tell you, the BF loves lasagna and will normally eat anything. He took 2 bites and that was it. He asked me to taste it and I took 1 bite and almost puked. I could barely swallow it. It had the worst sour taste. It tasted like it was made last year. Totally inedible and very surprised we did not get food poisoning. He probably would have if he would have eaten more.
Next up is my pasta with spicy marinara with mushrooms added to it. Worst overcooked pasta I have ever had. This pasta had zero flavor. It literally had no spices in it. It was horrible and also had big chunks of onion added to it. Not sure why they would add big chunks of onion.
The BF and I both sent our food back. We could not eat it. The waiter was apologetic and said he would get the manager. The waiter came back a few minutes later and said the manager was to busy to come and talk to us. Are you kidding me? What kind of manager is this? You obviously could care less about your patrons. They did take off our 2 meals but they should have comped our whole meal seeing that nobody could eat anything.
This is a terrible restaurant, the worst meal I have had in Michigan. Not sure how you get so many 4 stars, you were probably in the back writing them last night and that’s why you couldn’t come to my table. Good luck staying in business serving dog food. Actually that is not fair to the dog food.

Sposita’s had been on my radar for a while, so I was excited to see a Groupon come through. Rules showed a couple $$$ items not included with the deal (like surf and turf), but once we were seated, they added a couple more $$ items (the largest Filet, for example). I know I’m getting a deal, but JOP.
Highs: perfectly cooked Filet — crispy char outside, red inside. Damn delicious Zip sauce served with the steak. Damn delicious. I asked for more (you should do the same). Yummy mashed potatoes. Thick, creamy Minestrone. I don’t always like Minestrone, but this was good.
Mids: enjoyed the concept of the Veal Trio, but execution was messy, with sauces mixing. Good salad. OK antipasto platter (but the carrot and celery sticks have no place on this plate).
Lows: bar-​like interior is NOT what I was expecting when I think ‘old-​school Italian steakhouse’. We dressed like we were going to a place where we’d spend $ 100+ on dinner, and we were surrounded by people in tank tops, shorts and ball caps. I know this is the direction we’re heading as a society, and I sound like a fud, but I was hoping for more.

We arrived around 6:30 on a Friday and the place was busy, but not overly crowded. We had a reservation and were seated right away. The inside is a bit dated but overall sort of has a cozy feel. Our waiter had a good sense of humor and was attentive without hovering.
First order of business: if you come to eat here, you do not need an appetizer. If you get one, or even share one, plan on taking a lot of food home from your entrée. We split the caprese salad was an appetizer which was good, but I would have liked it a little more with a balsamic reduction instead of just balsamic vinegar.
Second, we got our salads. The «side» salad portion was very generous, with lots of toppings including chick peas. The dressing is sort of a zip sauce vinaigrette and is outrageously good. I actually ate some with a spoon (don’t judge, you probably will too).
Next we got minestrone soup. It is THE BEST minestrone I have ever had. I don’t really even really like minestrone so I almost declined this course, but I could eat that version of it all day. The broth was thicker than I’ve had before and the flavor was in.cred.ible. At this point in the meal, my friend and I could barely move and were wondering where to put the food from the entrée that was still coming.
But wait! We forgot about the antipasto platter. Ugh, the gluttony of it all. We asked for no meat, and our tray come with super crispy carrots and celery, some cheese slices, shrimp with cocktail sauce that had great flavor and texture, and olives. We should have stopped eating, but we couldn’t. We kept justifying it as being okay because at this point, all we’ve really done is eat a bunch of vegetables… for the most part. Healthy gluttons! Right?
Finally, the entrees came out. My friend ordered some steak tip pasta dish but subbed out the pasta for gnocchi. She said it was great. I got the tortellini with mushrooms and palomino sauce. The mushrooms added a great earthy flavor to the already tasty sauce and the tortellini were plentiful and delicious. I was worried my stomach might burst, so I only ate 4 tortellini and took the other 30 home. It made for great leftovers the next day (two more meals of leftovers, the portion was so large).
All in all, this place made our girls night out full of laughs because of the sheer volume of the food included with the meal and made for a relaxing evening because the service was great. My only complaint is that on the way in and on the way out there were a number of kitchen staff outside a side door in the parking lot smoking. The valet was also smoking right next to the main door. It just seemed a bit odd to have that many staff standing around smoking where the customers walk in and out of the building/​to their cars if they don’t valet.