Secret Recipes Family Dining

The food is good, and real down home local comfort. The servers are friendly. The food comes quick. Nothing intricate or fancy, but that’s A-​ok with me. I was disappointed that the pieirogies in the Polish Delight were fried (not steamed), but still pretty good.
They serve breakfast all day, and the desserts are great. The strawberry shortcut was ginormous, and delicious!!! For only $ 3.99 with ice cream??? Yummmm!!!

Not sure what kind of secret recipe was required to make ham and eggs or chocolate chip pancakes but they were prompt and courteous at 8pm when the outside doors at Tim hortons were already locked. Thanks for being open.

Had fried pork chops, baked potato, broccoli and cole slaw. Pork chop ok but greasy, cole slaw ok buy not sweet or vinegar, different. No Coke products, no sweet tea but do have iced tea and Pepsi or Dr Pepper. Staff is friendly and mostly quick. Took a while to get check as more and more people came in. It’s ok but nothing different or special. It is very cold inside so be sure to take a sweater or jacket.

Had the grilled chicken ciabatta. the bread was soft and chewy and the chicken was really juicy and the bacon was really crispy. It was Delicious.

Ordered fish dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy… the fish had a crispy coating but the inside was wet… almost water logged… yuk !!! And the gravy for the potatoes was clumpy and areas of gelatinous gooey stuff. The waitress was friendly but the food disappoints…

We are currently sitting in the restaurant near the cash register. We heard no less than 7 customers tell them it’s too cold. The staff smiles and takes the money. We brought it to their attention soon after we arrived, even had to go to the car and get my mother a sweater. The cold air continues to pour from the vents. The staff’s comfort appears to over ride the customers.

There is only so much you can do with the «Diner» menu. It is blt and veal cutlet dinners for the most part. Indistinguishable from one another. Secret Recipes attempts (and usually succeeds) to bring fresh variations to an old tired format. BTW I worked here 45 years ago as did my wife.
Management takes great care in presentation and style of the food. Example the usual Roast Pork is stuffed with Cinnamon Dressing. The care taken to try new things is appreciated.
I had the peach cobbler (with ice cream) and it was delightful!

Great diner for carryout. We order our breakfast and in 10 – 15 minutes it’s ready in no time. And it’s nice hot warm and yummy for my tummy. They also offer great coupons if you sign up for their email distribution.

I have eaten several times here and very good. My recent visit was a chicken club melt with fries. The chicken breast was very tender. The bread was lightly buttered and grilled. Very tasty lunch special. In a previous I had their taco salad. If you like taco salads I say this is a must try! When my parents come in from Florida this is one of their favorite stops. Sometimes the music is a little too loud in a small place.

Love this place. It’s good comfort food. My favorite is the mini cheeseburgers. Nice wait staff and buss boys. Affordable too.

In the past several weeks the booths have been reapholstered and it has made an already nice warm atmosphere even nicer. It is nice to see an establishment make upgrades with their customers in mind.

Worst food ever… I had the veal parmesan. It was comparable to a mcdonalds chicken nugget. I will not go back.

Very old. Old wait staff. Old design. Old menu. Nothing was cooked with care and nothing impressed. This one is not worth the trip. Go to Phil’s across the street.

Went here for breakfast today with my husband. It was only our second time. We were so impressed the first time at the cleanliness and good food, that we had to go again. Same as our first visit, very clean restaurant, including the silverware!(VERY rare these day’s) Friendly and efficient wait staff. Food was delish again and hot. So nice to get your food hot. So many time’s at restaurant’s the food come’s barely warm. We don’t live nearby this place but when we are in that area, we will def be back! Someone know’s how to run a business!

When you are dining it’s not appropriate for the manager/​owner to keep asking the wait staff «who is going home» non stop. Very annoying. My fries were over cooked. Waitress was busy gossiping with other patrons. Not great experience.

The breakfast quesadillas are fabulous and they make a great cup of joe. Definitely one of the best choices for breakfast downriver but beat the church crowd you will be waiting. Service always great but sometimes food takes a bit to come out but that is also the charm of the place… a leisure meal with friends and family you don’t feel rushed.

I don’t think Secret Recipes is out to get on the Zagat’s list of must-​go restaurants, but it is a good and reliable neighborhood standby that I hope will be around for a long time. We went for lunch on Saturday, and it was packed, which I was glad to see. The service was great, and the food was pretty dang good. As long as you don’t go there with super high expectations, you’ll most likely find something that will hit the spot. I ordered a Patty Melt with fries and I thoroughly enjoyed them. Since it’s a Patty Melt, you don’t get to order it to the temperature that you want it to be, but even at the temperature that it was at, it was quite juicy and not rubbery. The fries were hot and crispy, just the way I like it. Although the menu is huge, the pictures are pretty appealing, and I foresee myself going back for something different next time. Maybe breakfast?

This place has a real team that works together well, which indicates they have good management. The food is excellent, the service is great, and the place is clean. You can’t go wrong here for any meal. Eat here.

My Saturday breakfast group loves to check out different places, so when a member recommended Secret Recipes, we figured it was worth a shot. Come to find out, it was well worth it.
There were 11 of us, so we were broken up into three booths. At my table, one diner loved the He-​Man Bowl and was still full hours later. Another had a ham-​and-​egg combination with plenty of ham. (Bonus points for serving delectable Dearborn Brand hams, by the way!) I had the Texas Hash and loved it… it was very filling, and I loved the rye toast, which was thicker and more buttery than some other places we go. Most importantly, lol, the coffee was delicious and the waitress seemed to have a radar beam that picked up on cups needing a refill.
Bottom line… the secret is out about this place! It was a great experience and we’ll definitely head there again for breakfast… or maybe even lunch to try something different.

For years, I staunchly refused to set foot in any restaurant named anything like «Secret Recipes.» Something about calling a restaurant that just seemed spooky, and made me worry about what exactly those secret recipes could be. I mean, come on… it could be Soylent Green for all I know!
Not being from Downriver and basing my apprehension solely on the name, I was amazed at how quickly my fears were allayed. The inside was spick-​and-​span, the servers were attentive and friendly, and I very much got a «lifelong Downriver-​er hangout» vibe… which is a good thing. When you see patrons being greeted with warmth and by name by all of the employees, you know you’re in a good spot.
On that visit and subsequent ones as well, I always had the Chicken Cobb Salad. It was absolutely delicious, and for the price ($ 7.99) the serving size was more than generous.
Are you picking up or dropping off someone from Metro Airport, and taking the surface streets? I’d recommend this place if you’re hungry en route!