Cork Gabel - Detroit

My family, including 10-yr-old kids, love it here! The atmosphere, waitstaff, and food are great! I like the fish and chips. The craft cocktails and awesome little donuts (so light fluffy! are an added bonus. I like sitting in the enclosed patio room with a view of the old train station. I can't wait to go here during the summer when the patio is open.Dietary restrictions: My daughter has a severe peanut allergy and we safely eat here. They are very sensitive to allergy needs. No peanut oil is used. However, their burger buns are made at an off-site bakery that is NOT nut free, so we just brought our own bun and ordered the burger by itself.

We arrived about five minutes early for a 6:00 pm reservation and our table was ready for us. The server was with us promptly, confidently described the specials for the evening, and had our drinks to us quickly. After that, she was attentive without being disruptive. Also, she was friendly and seemed to genuinely enjoy her job. Just terrific customer service!! The food was delicious and at prices that were not big city inflated. My wife had the mushroom ravioli (from which I snuck more than a few bites because it was so tasty). I had the dinner special (Wahoo on a bed of risotto) which was also excellent. Food and value were both top notch. The atmosphere was comfortable. It seems like a place you could just as easily enjoy while dressed for a night out at the theater, which we were, or dressed for a ball game. The tables aren't packed so closely that we could overhear other people's conversations and the overall noise level didn't make it difficult to hold a conversation without raising our voices either. The last interesting thing was that the menu includes the Michigan sales tax in the listed price, so the bill comes to you in a round number. I don't know how common that is, but I'd never seen it before. Overall, Cork and Gabel met or exceeded expectations on every level for a nice dinner out before a show. We will certainly be back for another visit to sample some of the other wonderful items on their menu!!

Fantastic experience for Saturday brunch. Food was amazing, service was great and everyone enjoyed. Must go for the cinnamon rolls and Spanish coffee. We love coming here. Keep up the great brunch!!!

It was fine. Service was good enough, food was fine at best. Regardless, we enjoyed ourselves. We'd been meaning to check it out and I'm glad we did, but I won't be rushing back.

Had horrible service, after mentioning we were dry and not there to try cocktails. Had to flag our waiter down after our appetizers came, just to order cokes and our meals. Again had to flag him down for boxes and again for our check. It was a pretty slow night, so it was not like he was super busy. Great location. Cool menu and environment, bad service unfortunately ruined those positive elements. Not a place for foodies if you don't drink.