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List of Romantic Restaurants in the Metro Detroit Area

Intimate-Dining Options for Two

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When you're looking for a special, romantic dining experience for two, Detroit has several options. Here are just a few of the romantic restaurants in the Metro Detroit Area.

Little Italy Ristorante

Where: Northville
Entree Prices: $$$$

Description: Little Italy serves Italian dining in a turn-of-the-century Victorian house, complete with wood floors and warm colors. Entrees include pasta, seafood and chicken.

Maggiano's Little Italy

Where: Big Beaver Road, Troy
Entree Prices: $$$

Description: Maggiano's serves southern Italian cuisine, including steak, seafood and pasta. Most of the dishes are served family style. The dining room is decorated with red-checkered tablecloths, wood floors, dark paneling and crystal chandeliers.

Michigan Star Clipper Dinner Train

Where: Pontiac Trail, Walled Lake
Entree Prices: Approximately $65 per person

Description: An entertainment experience, dinner upon the Star Clipper includes a two-hour, scenic train ride; live entertainment; and a three-course, chef-prepared meal. Patrons have their choice of salmon or pork.

Moro's Dining

Where: Allen Road, Allen Park
Entree Prices: $$$$

Description: Although mainly Italian cuisine, the menu includes diverse international dishes, including fish & chips, veal, filet mignon and spaghetti. Its specialties, however, are dishes cooked table side, singing waiters and flaming desserts.

Mr. Paul's Chop House

Where: Roseville
Entree Prices: $$$$

Description: Mr. Paul's has a cozy atmosphere with brick walls and live piano music. Its menu includes seafood, beef and pasta dishes such as rack of lamb, lobster and Chateaubriand for two served table side.

Rattlesnake Club

Where: Riverplace Drive, Detroit
Entree Prices: $$$$

Description: The Rattlesnake Club provides river-front dining with extraordinary views. It serves American cuisine, including seafood, lamb, duck and chicken.

Ristorante Cafe Cortina

Where: 10 Mile Road, Farmington Hills
Entree Prices: $$$

Description: Ristorante Cafe Ortina serves northern Italian cuisine from pasta to rack of lamb. It is served in an intimate, cozy atmosphere arranged around a large, brick fireplace.

Shiro Restaurant

Where: 9 Mile Road, Novi
Entree Prices: $$$ (Large sushi menu also available)

Description: Shiro Restaurant serves fine-dining Japanese in an elegant white, 1929 mansion. Shiro means "castle" or "white" in Japanese.

Station 885

Where: Plymouth
Entree Prices: $$$

Description: Station 885 is family owned and railroad themed. Its roaring fireplace and subdued lighting give it an elegant atmosphere. The menu is varied and includes dishes such as calamari, pizza, veal and meat loaf. In some cases, the dinner entrees include multiple courses and dessert.

Sweet Lorraine's

Where: Marriott, Livonia
Entree Prices: $$$

Description: French doors, curved walls and famous quotes are some of the decorative touches that give Sweet Lorraine's its ambiance. Its menu is even more distinctive in that it offers old favorites with unique twists, including sandwiches, gourmet burgers, meatloaf, pasta and seafood.

The Whitney

Where: Woodward Avenue, Detroit
Entree Prices: $$$$

Description: The Whitney serves American cuisine, including beef, seafood, lamb and veal dishes, in a historic 1894 mansion.

Wolfgang Puck Grille

Where: MGM Grand Detroit
Entree Prices: $$$ to $$$$

Description: The "bar & grill" restaurant is the creation of Wolfgang Puck, a celebrity chef. The restaurant offers American cuisine, including salads, sandwiches, steaks, seafood, pastas and wood-oven baked pizzas.

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