Six One Six

This is the Restaurant Bar for the JW Marriott. It is very modern with a touch of edge to it. I spent a good amount of time at the bar rather than the dining area but I have had good experiences at both sides.
The lunch menu is very limited. However it doesn’t mean you cant find something to eat. All their listed items taste amazing. I just wish there were more items. I have had most of the sandwiches. Nothing spectacular though I would point out I love the crisp crunch of the bread. The sandwich bread is perfectly toasted.
Dinner the menu is significantly expanded. For some reason I choose to have a light dinner there. If I had to guess its because the dinner menu is ridiculously overpriced or I feel like if I have a large meal it is going to kill whatever buzz I will get from having a lot of drinks. The flat bread pizzas are great. Probably the best thing on the dinner menu for the price. Lots of professionals run through there. I would imagine that because of the magical expense accounts nobody cares about how expensive the meals are here.
Evenings they have this club lounge atmosphere with a DJ and all that. It never seems to be busy. Get a cabana, draw the curtains, and have yourself a private party!

Very nice breakfast buffet. Nice atmosphere, but the restaurant seemed blocked off from the river view. Service was wonderful, the omlette chef a real pro. Went there twice in a four-​day visit and would return again if ever in GR.

Had a business lunch here and it was a nice treat. I had an ahi tuna salad which was great, could’ve used some more tuna but the flavors in the salad were awesome. Service was really good, there was 6 of us and the waitress did an awesome job! Really nice atmosphere as you’d expect of a restaurant in a JW. Prices were on the high side but again considering the location there not above what you’d expect. Treat yourself and someone else to a really nice dining experience.

I went here with my wife for a glass of wine and an appetizer. We ordered the cheesy pesto flatbread and it was perfect. Crunchy crust, wonderful pesto, a few sun dried tomatoes. The view was the best part. Being able to sit outside overlooking the Grand river was a real treat. I look forward to returning to try more of the food.

Amazing food and beautiful ambiance! I was pleasantly surprised and will make it a point to go the next time I’m in Grand Rapids.
One thing to keep in mind if you’re bringing children; the kids food is a bit more sophisticated than most places offer. For example, the burger has a purposefully charred outer layer and the pizza has a strong Parmesan taste. I, of course, thought both were very good… my child did not.
To summarize, definitely go, it’s incredible! …Just don’t bring highly picky children.

Wonderful meal, but we felt like the menu was a bit underwhelming. The selections on the dinner menu were not really to our liking so we ordered from the bar menu. Our sandwiches were awesome and we would go again in a heart beat. Our server Katie was as good as any server we have had anywhere at any type of restaurant. We could not have been happier with her.

It was just this past Wednesday the 24^th of June, me my boyfriend and a friend of ours decided to go try out six one six breakfast because we had heard great things about it. My boyfriend really just wanted to celebrate his birthday by going to a nice place and getting some mimosas and maybe sit on the patio.
I called several times to the restaurant to see if the patio was open but no response so we weren’t even sure if you guys were open. We had just got out of working out at GRCC and we quick stopped home to shower before we came. My boyfriend and I showed up in active athletic wear and our friend in a v neck and jeans. We didn’t know that was going to make such a difference in our experience.
We walk in, the patio wasn’t open but patio wasn’t open. At the host stand we stood there for about 2 minutes before anyone said anything to us. Finally the host got back and asked us for how many, we said 3 and she walked away again for another couple mins. About 5 mins goes by of just standing there she says «hold on I have to get a table cleaned off in the back room.»
Once again she took at least another 5 mins before coming back. We noticed there were several tables in the restaurant that were clean. Wasn’t exactly sure if she had to seat a specific server once more or she couldn’t figure out where she could seat us. As we stood by the host stand looking clueless and feeling helpless per se, NO ONE said a word to us. No one had asked if we had been helped or wanted to help us.
Now, my boyfriend and I have been in the service industry for many years and currently work in a restaurant for quite some time together and we have NEVER had to wait over 10 mins to get sat, yet feel completely ignored. We always try to get our guests sat immediately and promptly. We felt that if she had to go clean off one specific table for us, had she not had any clean tables ready for the next guests behind us? So basically we just thought it was quite absurd that we waited over 10 minutes to be sat. And that was just the beginning of our experience.
As we got sat I saw again a few tables that were clean that could’ve been sat so once again I didn’t quite understand why it took so long. We finally sat down and I noticed a server from a distance kind of give «sigh» or a distraught look. I thought oh maybe we are her table, because if we are she clearly does not want us. I kid you not, we literally sat for another 10 minutes before being greeted by anyone. Most importantly our server, but multiple servers walked past us without saying a word. And from my experience as a server even if a table is not in your section and you may notice they haven’t been greeted, you still stop by «oh hey have you guys been helped?» Or something?
Servers cleaning & resetting tables and nothing has been said to us. I said to my bf that I am so sorry that your birthday is starting like this, but if we don’t get greeted in like two minutes I will ask to speak to a manager which is something we didn’t wanna do. We just wanted to get some service is all.
At this point I’m quite furious, my boyfriend is quite calm but I’m just holding my head down to not show any facial expressions.
She didn’t seem enthused at all when greeting us because all she said was «hi, sorry guys I was caught up. My name is April. What do you guys wanna drink?» We already had water so my boyfriend asks for a cocktail menu. She says there’s no morning bartender. Ok well we just wanted to do mimosas what do you suggest we asked and if she mumm Napa and she said we have this and this (whatever they were called) and we asked her which one she suggested or which would be better, didn’t even ask about price. She just said, «I’ll just go get you a glass list.»
Also she didn’t give us any spiel or ask us if it was our first time. We have never been there so we don’t know how the buffet works and what’s included. So i decided to just go out on a whim and go to the buffet. My boyfriend stayed at the table to order a bottle of champagne, And that also took her 10 mins no lie to get it because she had to wait to ring it in to check all of our ideas which I get but she was just really talking her sweet time about everything from sauces I asked her for.
After she brought us the champagne we didn’t even see her again. No refills on the champagne and I don’t know if that’s strange but when my tables order champagne or wine we take the initiative to refill their glasses. By habit I was stacking plates and clearing stuff to the side to help her, she came by once and by the look on her face I could instantly tell she finally knew we were servers. We wanted our check and had to ask another server to grab ours to get it. April said «sorry I don’t wanna rush you guys.» She came back and said so we don’t have anything left to give for a birthday so I took 20% off of your bill. I knew she did it BC she knew her service was not good. We left her 20 on 86 which we felt was more than generous.

We’ve eaten here probably 20 – 30 times, and each time it’s been very good. Drinks are creative and well done, the bar’s a great place to sit and have a conversation. Truffle fries are phenomenal, as are almost all the soups, flatbreads shockingly good.
The service can be iffy at times, and we have a running joke about how inappropriately dressed the hostess was the last time we dined (ALL the good china doesn’t have to be on display at once, honey!). And while live music is great, when they have bands performing in the bar area it can be deafening.
The food is really, really good though and worth the price (which seems rather reasonable to me). We’ve been here for date nights, business lunches, family dinners, etc. all have been good.

A decent place, but I would advise going with its strengths and avoiding its weaknesses.
The dining and bar areas are upscale and modern-​appearing. The service varies — sometimes very good, sometimes not so much. Lately, I’ve found it to be decent but nothing spectacular. IMO, a restaurant’s service should always be great, but can only get away with any hint of rudeness or snobbery if the food is spectacular and exclusive. This is not, so the service here should strive to be friendly and prompt 100% of the time.
The dinner menu is somewhat sparse and a bit overpriced. I found the seared duck breast to be fair at best. I’ve had the steak (filet) twice — cooked correctly on only one of those occasions. I’ve felt the truffle fries to not have much «truffle» about them.
The lunch menu actually has, what I feel to be, better value items. The sandwiches are good and I did enjoy the pork belly tacos and sushi rolls.
The breakfast is the best. They have a really nice breakfast buffet with everything from fresh waffles and made-​to-​order omelettes to smoked salmon and fresh fruit. Another nice part of the breakfast buffet is that it bypasses the service for the most part.
I give the breakfast here 4.5 stars, the lunch 3.75 stars and the dinner 2.5 stars for an average rating of about 3.5 stars. I would love to see this place come up to the quality of somewhere like the W in San Francisco or even The Bazaar at the SLS in LA.

Giving them 3 stars for now, which is neutral, until a second visit. 1^st one wasn’t all that positive from a food perspective. Service was great. Spoke with GM today and she assured me that I will be impressed if I come back again.
She seemed very sincere, and I want to give her every opportunity to make things right.

Excellent Breakfast Buffet, Everytime gets better.
Fresh, Fresh, and Fresh
All food and Ingredients are high quality you can taste the difference.
Chef makes whatever you wish.
$ 20 per person well worth it, You can not go wrong. Worth every dollar and more.
I can not comment on lunch or dinner service but Breakfast is perfect everytime.

We had a medium size group for dinner on New Years Eve. In my eyes the food was horrible and the service was just as bad. I had a NY Strip and one of my friends had the fillet and another had Ahi Tuna. Both steaks were cooked to well done when we ordered them medium rare. The tuna was extremely dry as well. For a establishment that charges $ 40+ for a steak with only one side I was expecting a lot better.
I give them two stars due to the view and their appetizers, not their main course meals.

Just a quick review to say that we enjoyed terrific service at one of their nifty outdoor cabanas on the river & I had literally the BEST CLUB SANDWICH I have ever had in my entire life on this planet. And I always order the club, so this is from the perspective of years & years of club sandwiches. Someone told me that Marriott sunk a bunch of cash into researching/​designing the perfect club & I have to say HATS OFF. Money WELL SPENT. Just phenomenal.

Sorry, this place is over-​priced, the service is terrible and the food is predictable and ill-​combined. Am I being a spoiled Chicagoan? Maybe, but I still advise you to go somewhere else. I think there is a better use for your time and money.
We stayed one night at the hotel while on a trip to Michigan and decided to be lazy and stay for dinner. Not such a good idea after all: food was below average and our server was simply rude. He barely greeted us and later on interrupted my dinner to ask for an ID. I was half way through my starter (the charcuterie plate, the only good thing) so I said I was sorry but I left my driver’s licence in my room upstairs; perhaphs I could pick it up later at the end of the dinner? Apparently not. He insisted so I went to fetch it but I received no apologies for the inconvenience. I thought that was rude but anyway.
The food: the fries are oily and with more garlic than truffle. Not worth the hype. Our mains (both priced more than 30 $) were simply not so good: the rabbit was tough and so full of mustard we could not finish it. My ravioli were undercooked, I could clearly see the dough being still white and firm as I bit into them. We shared a dessert, the bread pudding, which was flavorless. Limited choice of wine and spirits: I got a glass of rosé and it was unusually sour. For this, we paid more than 80 $ per person. To sum up, not a good experience.

Overall we had an OK experience, but I had a few major issues with this place.
First, the good — The truffle fries are plentiful and delicious. They come out hot, aren’t loaded in grease, and the dipping sauce is great. I also love that they utilize local sources. The live music is a wonderful touch, and 99% of the staff we interacted with from the time we walked up to the hotel to the time we left was pleasant, accommodating and cheery.
Now, the OK — I had the artisnal cheese plate and was disappointed in the kind of bread they served with it (too stale, too toasted small rounds) and the kinds of cheese offered. While the waitress was eager to bring as much extra bread to eat it with as I wanted, the bread was so hard and crumbly (like you take a bite and it falls apart all over the place) that I told her no, and ate part of the cheese without any bread. The cheeses were yummy, but they weren’t anything that would knock your socks off or that you couldn’t find at your regular grocery store down the street. The spread was eclectic though — there was marcona almonds, a jam, and some other different items. I see now on their site they offer the artisnal cheese plate WITH the charceuterie, and I think that’s a good move on their part. The Kale salad my boyfriend had was phenomenal — but way too small. Our waitress even said it was one of the «larger» salads and it was maybe ¾ cup in the bottom of this gigantic bowl.
Finally, the bad — Where do I start? I ordered a glass of red wine and received 3, maybe 3.5 ounces of it. To me, this is sparse. I was expecting a regular 5 ounce glass of red wine. Just the look of it in the glass was ridiculous.
I ordered the Brussels sprouts salad to start. The name of it was «Brussels Sprouts Salad» and under the title/​name, it listed some other ingredients like arugula, and I think panchetta plus a vinaigrette. There was ONE Brussels sprout in the salad. One. I’m serious. It was arugula plus the panchetta, plus the dressing and a Brussels sprout cut in half. Why in the world would you call something a Brussels Sprout Salad and then only put ONE Brussel sprout in it?! WHY!!! (I love Brussels sprouts, so this was extremely disappointing to me.)
My boyfriend’s flatbread was just all sorts of disappointing — the crust tasted like something you’d buy in the frozen aisle of the store, and the flavors were disappointing.
Overall, this place has so much POTENTIAL, but is leaning on its name (JW Marriott) and the fact that they source local ingredients way too heavily to make up for the areas they are lacking in (creativity, portion size, pricing, etc.). When you add all this up and slap on their prices, you come out with a place I’d tell everyone to avoid.

Love the name of this restaurant and how they incorporate «Michigan» in their menu. Although I didn’t have it, the blueberry froyo made from Michigan blueberries sounded delicious.
I had a very nice server who came around just enough to check how things were. She recommended the Tempura Tuna with house made fire sauce (not too spicy– so that’s good) and the Mussels. It also came with naan but was way to full to eat it with the meal. I also had the Grand Marnier Tres Leches with a cherry compote and lemon meringue. I only wish the meringue did not stick to my teeth like hard taffy.
Should you try it? Absolutely

The truffle fries are actually garlic fries! And the management will argue with you if you call them on it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Protip: if your fries actually have truffle oil, they won’t need heaps of garlic (or any, for that matter.)
Everything else on the menu was pretty good, yet consistently too sweet. Chef needs to recalibrate.
Great view on the patio!

Overall a good experience. The menu was tasty
the service was a tad slow on this day.
i have to say the prices are pretty steep for certain things
i had the brussel sprout salad which was very tasty. but it was 11 bucks and I got about 2 ounces worth of salad. Literally, i would say it was 3 forks worth of salad for 11 dollars. Seems a touch out of bounds.
Its a wonderful menu overall, but this was probably one of the most expensive meals I have had anywhere in the US.
So while the food is tasty, I do think its borderline 20% too high on price, or 30% too low in serving portions… just saying.
when you add a drink, salad/​app, entrée and dessert, you are at 70 bucks a head plus tip.

I loved the setup in Six One Six — really great ambiance and décor. I came here for dinner (table of 1) and sat at the large table that surrounded the kitchen. I thought they had a great wine list and enjoyed a california cabernet with my dinner. I tried two things:
1. The octopus appetizer — I thought it was well seasoned and had great presentation, but it was chewy. They need to massage the octopus more and cook it on a lower heat setting
2. Monkfish — the cornbread side they had for it was a miss. I love corn and cornbread, but this cornbread pudding was oddly sweet, the fish not savory enough, and something was just missing.
I wasn’t the biggest fan of the food, but I thought the service was amazing and the décor/​ambiance really nice.

This is a good restaurant in a very convenient location. The JW is a high scale hotel and i think Six one Six is a suitable restaurant to fit into its lobby.
The service i had was great, they were prompt, fast and polite.
The food was very good, though i only had an appetizer and a salad. It was slightly overpriced but again your at a JW Marriott hotel, that is to be expected. I was pleasantly surprised how good the sushi was! it was delicious.
The atmosphere and aesthetics cant be beat! with a view in the back that is amazing!
Overall good spot.