Sapori Italian Restaurant

Sapori is a nice surprise to have on 26 mile where there seems to be absolutely nothingg! The staff is just okay– not that knowledgeable or friendly. I feel like it was really overpriced for the flavors. A lot of dishes were very bland.

5 stars all the way around. Our evening was perfect from beginning (phenomenal grapefruit basil martini) to end (another martini – Sapori’s delicious version of a chocolate martini, with a delicious hint of cinnamon and other spices), with some of the best Italian food I’ve had in a long time in between.
We started with bread served with ammoglio sauce. This is one of the best sauces I have EVER tasted. Everyone at our table was raving about the flavor. If this sauce was bottled, I would buy it frequently. The risotto balls were also great dipped in the sauce, as was the mushroom crostini (which was also delicious by itself, and my second favorite to the ammoglio sauce). I also thoroughly enjoyed the mushroom risotto. We ended the evening by sharing Michigan cherry gelato and caramel salted chocolate gelato. I can’t decide which was better because they were both phenomenal.
I wholeheartedly recommend Sapori. I love that they use a lot of locally sourced food, high quality ingredients, have Italian chefs from Italy who know what they’re doing, and caring owners and staff who go above and beyond to satisfy their customers and keep them coming back.

EXCELLENT food in a quaint, cozy environment. A true, authentic, non-​chain GEM of a restaurant in Washington Township. Check this place out! I’m already looking forward to going back!

I really wanted to love this restaurant.
We ordered crab cakes and entrees. The crab cakes were the smallest I have ever seen and almost $ 17. The chicken Marsala was 3 or 4 pieces of chicken. It was good. But this isn’t a 5 star restaurant so charging over $ 20 for chicken in a butter sauce seems a bit much. No sides at all!!! The house salad was coated in a vinaigrette that was way too potent and overpowered with lemon juice. I could go on and on. You can’t charge those prices, in a strip mall setting and now really deliver amazing food.
We enjoy dining out and we are not picky. But the meal cost $ 75 and I left uninspired. Many other places I would rather spend money on.

This is my favorite spot for a night out with the mister. They’ve recently expanded so they have a banquet hall and a restaurant but the last time I went the hall wasn’t open just yet.
For apps, I’ve had the calamari but my absolute favorite is the orange glazed scallops! They’re phenomenal and have the most perfect crust. The seafood risotto is by far my favorite dish. The amount of seafood that you get is crazyyyyy and the gulf shrimps are huge plus you get a bunch of them. It’s a wine and tomato base so it’s not the traditional creamy risotto that you’d normally think of but the lightness of the dish reflects the chefs talent.
The gelatos are to die for! My favorite is the casata crème and dark chocolate sea salt caramel :) they make the gelato in a machine that they had imported from Italy and sell it at places including the fountain bistro in Detroit, mon Jin lau in Troy and even some grocery stores. It’s literally that good! You could also rent the cart that they have for parties which I plan to do this summer!
The staff is very friendly and prices reflect the quality and quantity of food you receive. I recommend you try this place out! It’s fantastic :)

This is the first time I have ever Unilocald! My husband and I had no idea what to expect. We love food and have pretty high standards. Very surprised by this place. It was on a 1.5 hour wait! Marco our waiter was very impressive despite the wait. Our table was so cozy. Our food was so good. Wee met an awesome couple at the bar who were wonderful company. And we will be back!!!

I was craving Italian and this place delivered. Calamari appetizer was a bit chewy for my liking, but my friend ordered fried zucchini sapori appetizer and this was tasty. Ordered beers with meal and was extremely pleased with 5 – 6 nice offerings of MI brews on tap and too many to navigate in bottles. Main course was veal saltimbocca which was excellent and an extremely large portion, almost wished for starch alongside all the meat, Came w soup and salad which I tried minestrone and Ceasars, loved the salad. Dessert was tiramisu, which I liked. Will come back!

Everything was absolutely fantastic! Our server Emily was so knowledgable! The food was amazing and chef SAL and manager Daniel were so genuine! That’s very important in today’s world of dining! Thank you for a great dining experience!
Your new friends and neighbors at Vast kitchen & bar.

After coming here a few more times, and finding an awesome waitress, Bruna (hope I spelled it right), It has come a long way. We find ourselves coming back and trying new dishes.

We ate at Sapori yesterday for the first time and had a very good experience. We arrived just before the dinner crowd and were seated immediately. The restaurant interior was lovely. The waitstaff was very attentive and professional. I was very surprised to find a vegetarian soup on the menu. I would have preferred traditional eggplant parmesan (what I expected) to the eggplant bake I received. It wasn’t bad it just wasn’t the dish I’ve grown to love eating at Italian restaurants. I will def come back and try another item from the menu someday.

What an undiscovered gem.
Excellent dishes, courteous service (no hard sell).
Attractive dish presentations with timely well spaced arrival intervals between courses. There was and pressing need to move us along. Will visit again. Is there a better compliment?
Let me know. Thanks Sapori!

Heard lots of things about this newer restaurant. Heard they had pretty good food but they were a little bit expensive. Finally brought the family out for a dinner. Friday evening 6 PM we walk in and the place is half empty. We were surprised because everyone says this place is always crowded. The hostess asks if we have a reservation and starts this routine pretending that the place is completely packed. She walked around for about five minutes «looking to see if they have something available for us». One group walks in while we are waiting and they get seated. The waitresses are looking at us and asking us if they can help us. The hostess comes back over again and we ask do they not have a table for us are they too busy? Our seven-​year-​old daughter is looking around saying they have lots of tables look to sit at and points out 8 of them. After ten minutes of this we decided to just leave. We will never come back again. Great job! We’re going to Da Francesco’s or Lucianos for half the price and maybe better food. Certainly we’d get better service. So go ahead treating people like that Sapori… you’re a legend in your own mind!

The service and food of this place is exceptional. The server definitely know what’s in the food and recommendations. They have a set menu as well as a new menu everyday. All the ingredients are fresh and made in house. This place is pretty impressive.
We got the prosciutto fig which came with sweet figs and prosciutto, with a side of cheese. The flavors blends so well together and was just delicious. We also got the pork appetizer, might be on a daily menu. Not that was so delicious! The pork was tender and that sauce was creamy and good. I usually stay away from pork because of the fats, i didnt feel like there was much of it or even had that fat taste. Just so delicious.
For entrees we got the half stuffed shells, which has a sweet ricotta cheese inside. It was definitely different from what we’ve all had, and i didny expect it to be sweet. But it was good. U can tell the pasta was homemade. Our other favorite dish was the duck. The orange sauce is so delicious! The duck is tender and has a lighter duck taste than usual. And the mushrooms on top, it was just amazing. The sauce definitely made the dish, it was creamy and has orange flavors. We also tried their shrimp. Its jumpo! So good and huge.
Cant wait to go back and try their other dishes. I love that they use fresh ingredients and make everything in house. Very impressed and highly recommend.

I really enjoy Sapori Italian restaurant. The owners heritage and mine are close, my parents are both from the same small town in Sicily, which has certain dishes particular to that region which I recognize on the menu. One particular menu item, which I really enjoy is the chicken or veal spedini. I prefer the veal, which is usually more tender or flavorful than the chicken but usually the chicken is on the menu. Eggplant caponata is another traditional appetizer from that region, very good. My husband also enjoys the Cassatelli style ravioli. It’s not my favorite dish but he enjoys this. My mother used to make a fried Cassatelli, I would love to see that on the menu.
The dinner entrees come with choice of soup and salad, and the salad comes with a lovely olive oil and lemon house dressing. I enjoy their minestrone soup. I have been to Sapori about six times and each time has been consistently good.

This is a great place for a nice meal. You can tell the food is prepared by a real chef who takes care in preparing fresh and unique dishes, as compared to more commercial places like olive garden.
Our experience was that the taste is more delicate flavours than traditional heavy handed places. I’m sure that turns some people off who are used to much stronger flavoring on everything.
My biggest criticism is the serving size on some of the dishes. Appetizers can be rather small. The lake perch dinner is great, but very small portion. They could easily improve that with a small size of pasta and a veggie like green beans (with almost negligible cost).

The service was decent, food tasted good however I had two tough pieces of the lemon chicken and it ruined the course. The drink menu stated $ 35 for a bottle of wine but I was charged $ 40. Won’t go back

Putrid!!! This was the worst Italian food I’ve ever had. Our first time dining here was terrible but we decided to give it a second chance; BIG MISTAKE. We ordered two beers and two entrees for a total of $ 60; the price would be acceptable IF the food was good. I ordered the Risotto Del Pescatore
(Arborio Rice Sautéed with fresh mussels, Sea Scallops, Jumbo Shrimp, Clams, Calamari, crushed red pepper in White Wine fresh tomato sauce) it was atrocious. The risotto was undercooked and the seafood was over cooked (how does that even happen?!). I had a grand total of three shrimp, ONE scallop, with rubbery clams and mussels. It was horrid but our server raved about it. My husband had the lasagna; he said the frozen Stouffer’s was better. I wouldn’t feed the scraps to my dog!!!

First I wanted to start off by saying I’m not a real Italian food lover, but. This place exceed my expectations. We had the Caprese Salad for an appetizer and it was big enough for the for of us to share and it was delicious. Basil infused olive oil, with balsamic vinegar, tender tomatoes and soft mozzarella.
I will review my main course. I had the build your own pasta. I choose linguini with two sauces, garlic & olive oil with red pepper flakes and pesto. Pasta was cooked to perfection and the sauces combined were a home run. You also get a cup of soup which I had the minestrone and it was filled with large chucks of veggies and very good. It did lack a little bit of salt. It also came with a house salad with a lemon vinaigrette which was very good. For dessert, I can’t remember the name, but it was a hazelnut ice cream topped with chocolate and powdered sugar. That by far was my favorite. I could eat that everyday.
Even though the restaurant was packed, our waiter Travis did a phenomenal job of taking care of us. Drinks refilled with out asking and he even made a foil swan with my leftovers. All in all a fabulous meal well worth the price. Definitely will be back.

Someone once told me, maybe it was my barber or the square headed dude who used to spot me in the gym, that a southern Italian restaurant can be judged based on its zuppa di pesce. And this place did not disappoint. I haven’t been to the Amalfi coast or anything or the sort, but the clams, squid, mussels, shrimp and whatever else they threw in were pretty amazing.
I wolfed it down and got a whole bunch of red sauce on my white shirt, and looked every bit the part of a ravenous beast with an insatiable appetite who lacks any sort of social decorum. I’m fine with that, especially since I was among my equally uncouth contemporaries of Northern Macomb County — home of big hair, blue eye shadow and strip mall restaurants, like this one, that manage to deliver the goods.
Anyhow, the waitress was super friendly and prompt, and didn’t even sigh when I mispronounced practically everything on the menu.
The appetizer was absolutely lovely — a plate of lightly breaded artichoke hearts topped with capers and a lemon sauce, that probably has an official name, but I’m the same idiot who spent a fortune to attend art school, so you can’t expect me to master multi-​syllable Mediterranean words.
I know a lot of my friends from the city won’t come here and will offer a plethora of excuses, primarily focused on the right-​winged politics of the area or how there isn’t a decent mixology place within 10 miles.
Whatever reservations you hold, get over them, make the drive and give this place a chance.

I must admit, I was not sure what to expect from an upscale Italian Restaurant in a strip mall with a 7 – 11.
However, I will eat my humble pie.
The décor, staff & food were exceptional.
Came in this past Sunday for lunch at 1pm.
The hostess kiosk was staffed & were promptly seated in a nice window view booth.
Although the gave us the dinner menu, I asked Jodi our server for the lunch menu.
She replied we only serve lunch mon-​fri
oh boo!
So we embarked on the pasta specials.
$ 13 choice of 5 – 6 noodles & 4 – 6 sauces
and included Soup –Salad And a very delightful bread basket & amogio sauce
The Bread was very good, textured & sturdy
The amogio sauce was also very good & had a nice zip to it.
The Chicken Tortellini was FABULOUS!
Note: whomever made all three of these had a heavy hand when it came to salt
not worthy discounting a star
but you should be forewarned.
Salad:
A+
For originality as the lemon flavored dressing was the perfect compliment to the greens and veggies.
The Pastas
The bride ordered :
PRIMAVERA
Garlic & oil
with mixed vegetables with LInguine
A++
exceeded her expectations & she had enough for leftovers.
I ordered the :
BOLOGNESE
Meat sauce with Angel Hair
It was also very very good!
Jodi was a very polite-​knowledgeable server.
The restaurant was Very Inviting, Clean, Trendy, Spotless & A Classic Design.
With multiple Italian offerings in Shelby Township, this was a nice breather to get away from Vandyke & Hall Road.