Ann Arbor

Za's

Traditional Italian restaurant with pasta, gourmet pizza, salads and sandwiches with a twist: you can either select from the specialty menu, or you can create your own meal from their custom list of ingredients, sauces, cheeses, meats, vegetables and toppings. Desserts, fruit smoothies and ten varieties of coffee also available.

Great Lake Seafood Restaurant

Hong-Kong style cuisine specializing in seafood; dim sum is served through the early afternoon.

Jamaican Jerk Pit

Jamaican food including soups, salads, patties, seafood, sandwiches, jerk chicken and pork, and more.

Palestinian-American owned restaurant highly popular for its cheap but tasty falafel. Consistently voted the best Middle Eastern and best cheap eats in Ann Arbor for over a decade.

The Fleetwood Diner

Because it's Ann Arbor, there are many vegetarian options. You can't miss the shiny metal exterior, and will most likely leave with a story. Try the Hippie Hash, a mixture of potatoes, vegetables and cheese. Can be an interesting adventure at night.

Totoro

Excellent downtown sushi restaurant, also serving tempura, a wide variety of udon, and bento.

Popularly known as the best breakfast spot in town, offering eggs, omelettes, waffles, pancakes, French toast and lots of sides. They also serve soups, salads, sandwiches and burgers. Be sure to try the homemade raisin bread they're famous for.

Krazy Jim's Blimpy Burger

Despite the official slogan "Cheaper than food since 1953", the food's great. Infinitely customizable within the burger-and-fries milieu plus sandwiches, deep fried vegetables, etc.. Make sure to bring cash, as they may or may not be taking credit cards. They are also known for giving change in interesting denominations ie two dollar bills and fifty-cent pieces.

Le Dog

As the name suggests, they do sell hot dogs, but the true star of the show is the rotating selection of 84 homemade soups, of which around 6 are available on any given day. Try the Tuscan squash with blue cheese, the curried winter melon, the pozole or the famous lobster bisque, which is only available on Thursdays and Fridays. Their fresh-squeezed lemon and orangeades are also delicious.

South Indian, Indo-Chinese and Moghlai dishes, with a daily lunch buffet. The Manchurian cauliflower is delicious, and they have a wide variety of dosas and uttappams. Try the rose milk.

Featuring Syrian vegan, vegetarian and meat dishes, as well as cakes $25 and traditional Middle Eastern sweets.

Maru

A tasty Korean restaurant in the downtown area, specializing in stews and traditional entrees. Also serves lunch specials and many types of bibimbap.

University Cafe

Claimed, by some Korean students, to be the best Korean restaurant in town, with a wide selection of favorites like bibimbap, oh moo rice, spicy entrees, stews, noodles and ramen.

Tio's

Appetizers, salads, breakfast dishes, nachos, burritos, fajitas, dinners, desserts, milkshakes, and other Mexican-American favorites. Popular with students for their low prices and late-night delivery. The store also stocks 300 varieties of hot sauce.

Eastern Accents

A Korean-run Asian bakery specializing in baked filled buns the custard is especially delicious, egg tarts and light Chinese and Korean lunches.

Opened a few years ago, has quickly become one of the most popular restaurants on campus. Pad Thai is excellent, so expect crowds during lunchtime and dinnertime on the weekends.

This tiny restaurant is full of flavor and the only all-vegetarian Indian restaurant in town. Family recipes may surprise. Catering.

Considered by some to be the best pizza in town. Pizzas including stuffed and Chicago-style, calzones, salads, subs, chapatis and entrées. Gets crowded 1:30AM-3AM on Th-Sa nights. Note: South U location is now closed.

The first pizza restaurant in Ann Arbor, established in 1948. Salads, subs and pasta as well.

Pita Kabob Grill

Middle Eastern salads, sandwiches and traditional dishes at very reasonable prices most sandwiches are under $6, and the owner is extremely friendly. Their vegetarian pitas are unusually diverse; try the makalee pita cauliflower, potato, hummus, lettuce, pickles and garlic sauce and the riz b-harr pita spicy eggplant, potato, cilantro, garlic, rice, lettuce, tomato and pickles.

China Gate

Great food with fast service, and relatively inexpensive.

Raja Rani

North Indian cuisine. Frequently voted the best Indian restaurant in town.

Artistic wedding and party cakes that have been featured on the Food Network; the storefront also sells four varieties of cupcake chocolate truffle, vanilla beany and two weekly-rotating flavors. Cake slices, cookies and drinks.

Chicago Red Hots

Serves delicious Chicago style dogs. Was formerly known as "Red Hot Lovers", but has reopened under new management despite serving the same menu.

Next to the People's Food Coop, this is a vegetarian-friendly hot bar and salad bar and cafe featuring local, organic and fair trade items.

Rich JC

Korean food in a casual diner-style setting, and the only place in town where you can get pot bing su a dessert of ice cream, shaved ice, tropical fruits, sweet beans, rice cake and flavored syrup in warm weather.

French pastries and bread; Japanese entrées, soups, sushi, and teas; fusion sandwiches. The breads and croissants are outstanding. If you dine in, the entrées are tasty and exquisitely presented. No liquor license.

Tacos, burritos, quesadillas, tostadas, enchiladas, tamales, and other Latin American specialties.

Cafe Habana

Traditional Cuban and Latin American dishes.

Sava's Cafe

Soups, salads, sandwiches and burgers, with an emphasis on Mediterranean food.

A French-style cafe with the best morning cappuccino in town. Food is great including the evening tapas menu and excellent wine and martini selections. Come sit and read, drink, and people watch. Breads and pastries, soups, salads, omelettes, crepes, gourmet sandwiches and entrée croissants.

Typically cited by locals as the city's all-around best Indian food. Authentic Indian and Tandoori dishes, Indian and domestic beer served. Full bar. Carryout and catering available.

Bubble Island

Hot and cold milk tea black or green, calpico, Thai iced tea, coffee and frozen smoothies, with black or rainbow pearls, mango stars and lychee jellies. Drinks come in a variety of cream-based and fruit-based flavors, with the cream-based taro being especially popular. They also offer snacks like chicken wings, fried foods and mochi ice cream. Students often hang out in the lounge to play board games.

Probably the only authentic Italian pizza in Ann Arbor; the owner is from Abruzzo, where he baked pizzas for 25 years. The pizza is made from organic flour, herbs and tomatoes, with lots of organic toppings including zucchini, potatoes, asparagus, rapini and shrimp. Stuffed pizzas, pasta, soup, salad, calzones, sandwiches, and a wide variety of Italian pastries are also available.

Salads, nachos, burritos, chimichangas, quesadillas and tacos, made with fresh ingredients and fresh salsa.

An award-winning Ann Arbor ice-cream chain started by two brothers in 1986, with several franchise locations in southeastern Michigan. 65 flavors of super-premium ice cream, 50 flavors of gourmet frozen yogurt and 6 flavors of sorbet and sherbet.

Bagel Fragel

The only place left in town where you can buy fragels, a delicacy that was created at the now defunct Bagel Factory here in Ann Arbor. It's best to go early and get them piping hot.

Sushi.come

Very popular among university students. Good sushi at good prices; consequently there can be a wait at lunch. Nice selection of specialty rolls, always fresh.

Delivering quality dairy products to Washtenaw County for over 70 years. A popular local hangout, the shop carries fresh homemade doughnuts, hand-dipped shakes, malts and ice cream sodas, and over 30 flavors of Stroh's ice cream.

Appetizers, soup, sushi and sashimi, with a broad selection of rolls and combos. Try the Florida Beach roll tuna, mango and avocado wrapped with kiwi, the Dynamite roll special california topped with cooked mixed seafood and spicy sauce, or create your own roll.

Asian Legend

Taiwanese and Szechuan cuisine, with a separate menu of over 50 traditional Taiwanese dishes. The salt-and-pepper crispy chicken wings are one of their most popular dishes.

A fantastic collection of exotic teas and intricate coffees. Soothing atmosphere, free Wi-fi and great locations.

Kai Garden

Lighter, healthier Chinese fare incorporating lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. Highlights are their clay-pot dishes, their fruited entrees beef with strawberry, chicken with mango or pineapple, prawns with papaya and the to-die-for eight-treasures rice pudding. Be sure to look at the Chinese menu as well.

Kang's

A popular restaurant among Korean students, serving traditional favorites along with some Japanese food.

An Eastern European cafe with an emphasis on Polish and Hungarian food, and a Viennese patisserie. The pierogies and goulash are delicious, as are their homemade soups. It's best to go for lunch, when the food is practically identical but the prices are much lower.

Marnee Thai

A downtown branch of Lotus Thai, featuring a nearly-identical menu. Try the grilled seafood with herbs.

Specializing in the cuisines of the Mediterranean, with appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, seafood, steaks, and regional Mediterranean entrees. Try their tortilla de camarones and Moroccan seabass fufarran. The complimentary taramosalata is excellent, and they're justifiably proud of their bright green extra-virgin olive oil, which you can also buy at the restaurant.

Traditional German cuisine since 1928. Appetizers, soups, salads, seafood, chicken, American entrees, wursts and platters, sandwiches, German side dishes, desserts, beers and spirits. Traditional German entrées include sauerbraten, rouladen, schnitzel, cabbage rolls and chicken livers.

Middle Kingdom

Specializing in Cantonese, Szechuan, Shanghai, Hunan and Beijing cuisine. Dishes include chicken breast sauteed in white wine with fresh tofu and Chinese greens, spicy Tangerine Beef, and homemade Silver Noodles.

A U.S. branch of a genuine Thai restaurant chain, so the food is as authentic as you're likely to find. The som tam is delicious, and the Lotus tofu - a stew of tofu, chicken, crabmeat, white asparagus, ham, sausage and shiitake mushroom - is a dish that people tend to order repeatedly.

Family-owned Italian restaurant featuring appetizers, salads, pasta, Italian entrées, desserts, and an award-winning selection of Italian wines. Try their rigatoni with country greens, sausage and hot peppers.

Appetizers, salads, pasta, fish, meat and desserts.

Prickly Pear Southwest Cafe

Southwestern food. Try the black bean rellenos and the empanadas.

A contender for the best burger in town, Red Hawk also features a large variety of American classics, as well as a large beer selection.

Saigon Garden

Offers Chinese cuisine as well, but Vietnamese is definitely the reason to come here. Excellent dishes include the pho, grilled meat vermicelli, hot pots and the cilantro chicken. Be sure to try the Vietnamese-style coffee.

American and German specialties, including sauerbraten, rouladen, sausages, spaetzle, salads, pasta, sandwiches, beef, poultry and seafood. An upstairs club features nightly entertainment.

The only Korean place in Ann Arbor where you can have Korean-style galbi grilled right at your table. Ban-chan side dishes are authentic Korean style, and group tables 4-60 available. Wider selection of food such as galbi, galbi-jjim, boiled mixed seafood, bulgogi, and tofu-kimchi.

Chinese, Taiwanese and Malaysian cuisine and dim sum, with a vast vegetarian and vegan menu. Lots of interesting dishes, like amazing sue rou a soybean product, Shanghai-style vegetarian salad, stir-fried lima beans with mixed pickled vegetables, and laksa.

Seva

With entirely vegetarian cuisine and many vegan options, too, this is one of the best restaurants in Ann Arbor. Their creative dishes are inspired by Mexican, Italian, North African, Indian, Asian and American cuisine. Tons of options, some delicious offerings and generous portions, though the prices can be surprisingly high such as $14 for grilled eggplant, steamed broccoli and brown rice with cilantro-peanut sauce. The butternut squash enchiladas are one of their best-sellers.

Ethiopian cuisine, with both meat and vegetable dishes served in their all-you-can-eat feast options. All meals are served with traditional bread called injera, and Ethiopian coffee and tea are also available. Try the honey wine. If on budget, ASK FOR REFILLS, do not order extra things. This place, though reasonable, gets expensive fast.

Housed in an old Long John Silver's, Tuptim quickly became a local favorite for its high quality Thai cuisine.

Broad menu including an array of authentic appetizers, teriyaki and tempura entrees, donburi, udon, curry rice, noodles, sushi, ochazuke, nabemono and bento.

Appetizers, salads, tempura, teriyaki, rice and noodle bowls, sashimi, sushi and dessert.

Argiero's

Family-owned southern Italian restaurant. Appetizers, soups, salads, pizza, meat, fish, Italian entrees, sandwiches and desserts. Try the pasta with spicy eggplant sauce.

Vanity Fair called it "the best deli in America." The prices are higher than at a typical deli, but so is the quality of the ingredients, although some people find the serving sizes to be small. Sandwiches, hot dogs, soups, salads, traditional Jewish favorites, breakfast foods and desserts. Baked goods, ice cream and chocolates are also available on the premises, and you'll enjoy browsing their world-renowned selection of gourmet groceries with the help of their very knowledgeable staff. Sandwich # 55, Gemini Rocks the House, comes highly recommended by locals, and is vegetarian so nobody should miss out.

Originally an upscale Korean restaurant called Kana, the owners branched out into pan-Asian cuisine largely Korean and Thai and tweaked the name. Excellent food in a relaxing setting. Be sure to try the homemade, naturally-sweet hot ginger tea.

Appetizers, soups, salads, steaks, chops, poultry and seafood. One of Ann Arbor's priciest restaurants, so many people only visit on their birthday, when their entree is free! If you just want a little something sweet, gourmet pastries and desserts are available in the adjacent La Dolce Vita for around $7 each try the crème brûlée with fresh fruits. There's also a cigar lounge downstairs for sipping and smoking.

Provincial Italian and French country cuisine. The escargots in puff pastry are delicious.

Great seafood check the buffet in a former train station. Eat here and watch the tracks or, if you're broke and you will be after the meal, walk along the tracks and watch the diners.

Northern Italian cuisine, featuring no spices other than saffron. Rotating menu featuring appetizers, salads, soups, vegetables, pizza, pasta, risotto, fish, chicken and beef.

The place where locals go for excellent steaks, prime rib and veal, along with salads, side dishes, seafood and desserts.

Hot and cold small plates, salads and entrées.

Featuring prime rib, steaks, seafood and an award-winning wine cellar since 1937. Appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, pasta and desserts. Sunday breakfast brunch served from 9:30AM-1PM for $9.25.

Serving "really good American food", including regional specialties from around the country with an emphasis on down-home Southern food, spicy Southwestern and fresh Californian cuisine. Soups, salads, $16 burgers, sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, desserts and $8 cocktails.