Amadeus

Never been to Germany but OMG this place made me feel like like I was there. You need to try everything you can because everything is amazing. The perogis, golabki, dill pickle soup, pork/​kraut stew and lemon tort dessert are all mind blowing.

Amadeus is a quaint, cozy restaurant to feed your cold weather cravings for Eastern European comfort food.
The décor is quirky, decorated with knick-​knacks and a centerpiece chandelier of multi-​colored Christmas lights playfully decorated with flatware. On some nights, you are entertained by a live musician, which adds to the intimate café feel of the restaurant.
The food lunch and dinner menus feature kielbasa, pancakes, and hearty goulash, pierogis, and other hearty favorites. Entrees are accompanied by bread and a house salad. I am partial to the dill pickle soup — a must for pickle lovers. I have many times found the food under-​seasoned, but I would be surprised if ever leave hungry.
Overall, although the food is perhaps not the most glamorous, the ambiance makes for a lovely date spot.

The place is über authentic. I feel like I’ve entered a café on the walkplatz. The food, as always, is excellent. Make sure you save room for desert. I have gone there over the past 15+ years, and the standards remain consistently high. Although I no longer live in the area, this place is a must whenever I go home.

Stopped in for a lunch visit last week. Still as consistent as ever. Most notable for me is their salad dressing. I love the dill ranch that comes with the side salad. Beautiful presentation and tasty lunch. Perfect lunch portions too. Not a good place for a picky eater but very good if you are looking for a change of pace from the normal downtown. Beautiful, clean, old-​world feel. No soda fountain but they do have cans to offer.

First time trying this place. I thought the staffs were rude. They also didn’t let us serve our birthday cake since we came here for my best friends birthday celebration. They said they were allowed to which was odd. The food was decently flavored but I definitely feel like it’s overpriced, might as well go to Pacific rim.

Real snooty waiters! We waited about 10 mins to get their attention. We felt VERY not welcomed. We sat on the outside table very dissapointed. The place wasn’t even busy! It just felt like they were racists only cater to European people. We had no other choice but leaving the place unattended. Never had this feeling in restaurant in the whole United States.
Never going back. Hope I can give them NEGATIVE stars.

Came for Sunday brunch — They’re not open for dinner on Sundays. The Sunday Brunch menu is different from the rest of the day.
I tried the fruit pierogi — blueberry. It is like giant fruity gnocchi. Didn’t find any almond flakes tho. Overall it was ok & definitely filling.
The restaurant is super cute — lots of décor. The dessert menu looks delicious but we were too full to try it.

Some of the best Eastern European food I have eaten anywhere. The ambiance is lovely and tastefully done with about 12 – 14 tables inside and some outdoor patio seating as well. Robin was passionate about providing the best dining experience possible even being initially a bit short handed. She was attentive, knowledgeable and offered some great recommendations. She is clearly invested in her job and it shows.
Our table of three had two appetizers– the pierogi sample plate and the kielbasa plate. The sausage is made for them by a local butcher to their recipe and is exceptional and bursting with flavor. The pierogi were tender with a flavorful stuffing of cheese and potato. The wonderful homemade rolls were served in a basket and were fresh from the oven. I ordered the Goulash and it was incredible — actually, the best I have ever eaten. Big chunks of quality beef that literally melts in your mouth. The beef appeared to be braised then slow cooked in a rich sauce with hints of tomato, pepper, onion, paprika and other spices. It was served, at my request, over the homemade dumplings rather than the more traditional wide noodles. The dumplings were cooked perfectly and had some bite to them without being undercooked. During dinner I had a glass of the house Pinot Grigio which was very reasonably priced and quite good for a house wine. I topped dinner off with a dessert called the Castanza. It was an orange liqueur sponge cake with layers of dark and white chocolate mousse.
The presentation of each plate was artistic and appealing without being overly pretentious. I am thankful I still have two nights here in Ann Arbor for my conference. Tonight was the first time I have been to Amadeus, it will not be my last.

Love this place! The food is always flawless and the service is great. A very eclectic/​european dining room. The portion sizes are perfect if you’re not used to crarcker barrell type portions. The presentation is superb. I highly recommend this place!

In Ann Arbor for only a day, my boyfriend and I decided to duck into Amadeus for his birthday dinner. We shared the Amadeus Placek as an appetizer which we thoroughly enjoyed. For dinner I had the Vegetarian Plate and he the Hungarian Pancakes. Though the waitress we had seemed a little distant, the experience was overall lovely. An man softly played acoustic guitar in the background (which I’m usually not a fan of) and we were able to toast some wine and people watch out the window. I have already sent friends visiting Ann Arbor to Amadeus and all have enjoyed it. I will definitely return the next time I visit!

A diamond in the rough. I have always found the kielbasa, pierogi, goulash, and golabki to be tasty. Personally, polish food has always been something of a comfort food.
The waitresses are always super nice and offer recommendations. Never been unhappy with a meal I’ve ordered. You should definitely try the apple pie vodka. On weekends they have someone play classical guitar or piano. There is definitely nothing like this place in Ann Arbor.

What a lovely experience dining at Amadeus this evening. Robin, our waitress was helpful and funny! The food was amazing! We also met and talked with the owner whose grandfather owned restaurants in Warsaw prior to WW2. We will certainly make a point to return on our next trip to Ann Arbor from our home in Redlands, CA.

I came for the Valentines day Special, which consisted of:
1)Choice of Soup (Dill or Sweet Potato Lemon Ginger) ⁴⁄₅
2) 1 appetizer (we got the creamed Herring) ⁰⁄₅ (had to force it down)
3) salads (basic) ²⁄₅
4) choice of entrée (I got the potato pancake over chicken slaw, GF got the keilbasa)2/5, ⁴⁄₅
5) choice of dessert (passion fruit sponge cake) ³⁄₅
They tried, they really did. Maybe it was my fault for choosing an eastern European restaurant for Vday, but I believe that the food was overpriced for what we got. I mean, I thought the sausage would provide some sort of phallic response in my GF, but the mood was just kind of depressing.

We’ve been to Amadeus several times over the years and recently returned for a visit this winter. I hovered between a 3 and a 4 on this one. I really like the food here. Paprikash, pierogies, all so tasty. It is fairly heavy and not inexpensive, but we’ve always had great food. The interior of the restaurant is charming in an old world sort of a way. I love the way the light from inside the restaurant illuminates the street. The restaurant can be quiet at times. They offer Sunday brunch which I’ve never tried but looks really good.
Parking is convenient — there is a structure right across Washington but it does fill up.

A friend recommended the brunch here, so my bf & I decided to check it out on a Sunday morning before heading back to Seattle. I am a European mutt, part Ukrainian and Polish (among other things), so I was already familiar with a lot of the menu — stuff grandma used to make! But I’ve never been to a restaurant that specializes in Eastern European cuisine beyond typical Jewish deli fare, so this was a really fun break from your standard Sunday brunch offerings.
The atmosphere is charming and cozy, and we were sat at a nice table in one of the front windows. We were there with another couple, and we all cleaned our plates. I got the pierogi breakfast, which comes with 3 pierogis of your choosing. I chose the farmer’s cheese, mushroom, and sauerkraut. I haven’t had pierogis in a long time, so it was quite a treat! They were kind of lukewarm when they got to me, but I was starving and super excited about pierogis, so it wasn’t that big a deal. We had a nice time here, and service was good.
Bloody Marys are strong! Always a plus for us.

Salmon potato pancakes are really good! Definitely an appetizer-​sized portion, but the dill sauce is tasty and smoked salmon not overly fishy.
The classical music is a bit much, but this place is definitely reminiscent of my trip to Budapest. Worth a visit!

We stumbled into this place while walking around Main Street in search of a place to have breakfast. It is visual delight, from the moment you step through the burgundy curtain at the entrance.
I had the «Polish Breakfast»

Walking by, the restaurant looks like an antique where old central European folks would come. But walk inside past the velvet curtains and it’s truly beautiful. Yes there are chachkies on the walls but the restaurant is very well put together. Atop the piano are Szopka’s (Nativity scenes made from candy wrappers) and if you let your eye wander farther, you’ll notice the beautiful homemade desserts in a case. The restaurant plays beautiful Viennese music (mostly Strauss) so it makes for a nice, comfortable atmosphere.
–Complimentary Rolls: mmm these come out hot and accompanied by a wonderful apricot jam and butter. The rolls themselves are quite plain so the butter and jam add quite a bit. The apricot jam is quite sweet but well flavored.
Sunday Brunch
–Polish Breakfast (scrambled eggs with scallions, kielbasa, 2 potato pancakes, garden salad): The scrambled eggs have plenty of scallions throughout which take away from the egg taste but give a completely new one. The kielbasa: heavenly. It’s perfectly grilled and bursting with a mildly spicy flavor. The potato pancakes are well cooked and have a wonderful consistency but lack in flavor. The dressing for the salad is light, garlicky and airy – very much like a ranch. Everything besides the kielbasa is a bit bland though. If you add the rolls to the dish, however, not only do you taste the scrambled eggs and potato pancakes more, but the bread flavor pops out.
Desserts
–Carmel Apple Cheesecake: the cheesecake is the perfect consistency – creamy and compact, very much like JR’s. It’s plain cheesecake with apples atop. With the layer of apples on top it tastes a bit like apple strudel. The crust is more of a pie crust with a hint of graham cracker. The whipped cream is quite sweet. The caramel sauce is lovely and light. DELICIOUS!
–Sacher Torte (chocolate cake glazed with apricot preserves & chocolate ganache): Wow. This sacher torte is not your average dry one by any means. The chocolate cake is dense, moist and full of flavor (the chef imports the dark chocolate from Europe). The apricot glaze adds a nice contrast to the richness of the cake.
FINAL VERDICT: I found the main entrée to be a bit bland, but the desserts are delicious. I think this may be my go-​to for coffee and cake instead of for a meal.

Aw man… What a disappointment!
I went with a group of 12. We were all famished and really excited to order.
Well, it took 15 minutes for the server to come get our drinnk orders. It took an additional 15 minutes for the server to get our bottle of wine, 2 soft drinks, and 5 cocktails.
It took another 30 minutes before the server came to take our dinner orders. At this point, I decided to hold my questions about the menu and just order something. At this time, we had indicated that we would like 6 separate checks.
It then took 45 minutes for our food to come. Hungarian potato pancakes were good but not remarkable enough for me to want to go back. I tried someone’s pierogis– the mushroom pierogis were good but after trying the pork ones, I actually had to excuse myself to go to the bathroom.
We decided to forgo dessert since we had been at this restaurant for over 2.5 hours. We asked for the check– which came 30 minutes later. It was a 3.5-foot long narrow paper with just prices on it. No descriptions. No names. Just numbers. All in one check. for 12 people. The server said that she couldn’t help us figure it out because she was busy. She handed our table their menu so we can figure out how much we owe. We calculated everything out with tip & tax, but the bill was still $ 35 over what we had ordered. At this point, we all knew that it wasn’t going to get worked out. We paid the extra $ 35 for whatever it may have been, and vowed to never go back.

Doesn’t Disappoint for Restaurant Week 2013.
I ventured to the middle of Europe with a friend for Restaurant Week (Jan. 2013) and really enjoyed myself.
Dishes of Note: The Dill Pickle Soup is not salty, but a delicious and mouth watering tease before your main meal.
The salads come with their home-​made buttermilk ranch. Yea, no need to say more.
The Dumplings (in anything) are delicious. Favorite part of the Bitki with Kopytka.
But the real treat is dessert. For about $ 7 you can get sweet, savory, rich, creamy, bitter, or strong! We had the Raspberry Passion Fruit Mousse (⁶⁄₅) and an off menu brownie, fudge– layered with white/​dark chocolate cake that was also fantastic (⁵⁄₅).
And to top it all off, I had THE BEST waitress imaginable.
So why not 5 stars?
Price. Everything (but the dessert) is quite pricy. If not for the $ 28 deal, I probably would have paid $ 45 (without tip). Not the most affordable.
But I will be back to treat someone to dessert in Europe without leaving Ann Arbor.