Detroit 1 Coney Island

Horrific service, I mean worst than McDonalds on its worst day. Food is usually great but for the service I would not ever recommend this to any one!

If you know of a better place to get food after 1:30am go there this isn’t the place I’ve tried like four times & each time whatever I order they never get it right and the night crew could care less. But now the day crew a complete 360 much better to go during the day.

Good coney dogs, ok chicken and waffles. But horrible service. I have ate in about 5 times and every time got the same waitress. Unless you go to the counter to get her, your order won’t be taken, and drinks won’t get refilled. On 3 occasions she has said «your not going to leave a tip», before we even got our bills back. Extremely rude woman. Other than her the restaurant has good prices and decent — good food.

I have been coming here for years with my girlfriend I wait in the car she goes inside and orders the food the best cheeseburgers fries and wing dings I have ever ate. however they frequently speak Greek or Albanian here my girlfriend overheard two of the staff talking about her saying she looked like a prostitute she refused to go back in there for months.

Not Lafayette or American coney-​good but not bad.
Diverse menu with a nice selection of salads, sandwiches and burgers.
Wait until the major construction on
Woodward is completed as parking is a real challenge otherwise.

Always screws up your order. Then when you call to get your order fixed they offer to put you in a book. Then when you call to get the food they fucked up the first time, they tell you they can’t give it to you because the manager isn’t there. Apparently the manager is the only person here capable of reading. I would steer clear of this place. There are places with better service.

«What do you want me to do about it?» That’s what the manager told me when I explained over and over again that one of my 4 coneys with squeeze cheese had nothing but ground beef and squeeze cheese on it. No dog no chili no mustard just beef and cheese

My time at D1 can only be described as unfathomable, I was at a low point in my life, my time on this earth was if anything tumultuous. I had walked from the theater when a robber shot my mother and father, luckily my butler was there to take my place years later he took me to this establishment, where I sat in aww of the sheer pleasure that the food had given me. Although the overall experience was remarkable I must tell you all of my favorite part; how warm the bread was. Taking a bite of the perfectly crisp and warm radiance of the flour and yeast baby. If you find yourself in Detroit please find your way to D1, and ask for thier, I’m sure now famous side of bread. God’s be on your soon to be delicious adventure.

The manager was horrible. When I called she rushed me when making my decision. And she made me hang up and look at the menu instead of telling me if tomato comes on the sandwich I was ordering. The food was horrible too.

D1 is just one of those things… when you live in Detroit you just kind of know. It’s about as traditional coney as you can get and the food is pretty good but their delivery service can be comical, expensive, and take forever. Not to mention the sass you will get when ordering on the phone. With all of that being said, I’m still a fairly regular customer because I love their cheeseburgers and shakes!

It’s primarily drunk food. Very good for the money. Excellent mozzarella sticks for the appetizer. Coneys are ok. If you want good ones go downtown to Lafayette to get the cream of the crop. Best bang for the buck you can get though. I had the sausage egg and cheese sandwich on the breakfast menu. Service is average. You get all your food on time and without question. It’s what is expected.

GOLD MEDAL WING DINGS!!! BEST I’VE EVER HAD.
i always get the party platter of wings for parties and THEY NEVER DISAPPOINT.
i’ve only had their wing dings, but i’ve never had better and until i find a replacement (which is highly unlikely considering how flavorful and deliciously fried these scrumptious chunks of chicken are), i will allways compare other wing dings to these bad boys.

I decided to give this place another chance after reading newer reviews. They finally cleaned up the place and the service is much better. It can still take a while to get your food, but at least I can sit down and not feel line I’m in a dump. The staff is also very friendly as long as you follow the golden rule.

I used to eat D1 regularly. I got their food a couple nights a week. Now, I tell everyone I know to avoid the place. I placed a delivery order and was wrongly charged for $ 260 dollars. I called the restaurant and asked for the owner to have it refunded. He blamed «the black girls running the counter, they’re always lying and untrustworthy.» Ignoring his ignorance and racism, I asked him to return the difference. He said that he could not do that, and that I would have to go through my bank.
In order for the bank to fix the error, I was informed that I had to file a police report. Finally, after a week of getting the run-​around, I had a police report and got the refund, however the police charge $ 10 to print a copy of a police report, so in the end, a 20 dollar meal cost me a week and $ 30.
I’ve never had such a bad experience with a restaurant. He could have done a chargeback and had it all over. Instead, he wasted more of my money and more time insulting his own employees and trying to get away with the error.

I’ve been into Detroit 1 Coney Island a couple times on a late night, gotta eat run. The menu is expansive… often making it difficult for me to make a decision in the middle of the night/​early morning after I’ve had too much to drink.
I’ve had a steak sandwich — which served its purpose that night, but the steak was rather fatty.
I most recently had their shrimp stir fry, which was tasty and plentiful, but the pieces of stir fry veggies were HUGE and needed to be cut a few more times and onions overruled the dish. I had to pick those huge pieces out.
Other than that, they didn’t skimp on the big pieces of shrimp. I had more than enough for lunch the next day.
I’ve ordered pancakes for carry out and the order is a very filling size. Three large, fluffy pancakes with sufficient to-​go syrup. I was very happy with it when I got to my destination to eat. Thankfully, this coney has delivery service, which is convenient when I have a hankering for something and want it delivered to work.
The service is friendly and fast — I’ve not had a bad customer service experience. The last time I was there, the chef even inquired on how I liked my dish. Nice.

One of the best Coney Islands in the D. Wait staff are friendly. It is Detroit so you will see people from all walks of life dine here.

Dog was very good. Meaty with a crisp snap on the outer skin. The coney sauce was burnt and tasted like liquid asphalt. Really ruined the whole experience. This happens when it is re-​heated endlessly and water is added to keep it in a liquid state.
Waitress forgot my Pepsi, so all I had was water. Bun was perfect. Service was fast.
Place needs a rehab. My seat cushion in the booth had a 3 foot gash and the stuffing was emerging. Place looked filthy, but hell I was hungry.

G is playing his last week with the DSO. In order to entertain myself, I decided to take a walk and get some breakfast. I saw this restaurant and thought I’d give it a try, since I saw that they served Breakfast.
They also deliver till 2am, and they are open always.
It’s really more of a diner than a restaurant.
Their coffee was typical diner coffee.
They have coneys and entrees. I really wanted a sausage and biscuit. They didn’t have it on their menu, but both items separately were listed on the sides.
The food was good. It tasted exactly what I expected it to taste like. It was made to order.
My total bill was about $ 5.50.

If it is late at night in Detroit you might find it hard to locate a sit-​down restaurant. Luckily for you, this place is now open ²⁴⁄₇!
Parking for this place sucks. Oh you want me to park on Woodward? «Hey panhandler man, no, I do not want to give you any change.»
Service is usually decent. Except for this one time (which I am not going to go into because I think we were just being paranoid.)
Prices are average.
The food is usually pretty good here. I haven’t ever gotten sick off it! I’m not a huge coney dog fan but my girlfriend likes them here.
One time when we were here they had two security guards frisking everyone who came in. It was only that one time out of say a dozen times I have been there.
One hot tip for this place, the booths that are on Woodward look inviting. They are great but I recommend you sit somewhere else. There is potential for some weirdness that can happen with aforementioned panhandlers. I have seen some funny eye contact, shouting, genital showing and the like from peeps out on Woodward interacting with the customers through the glass. (Same shit happens at Union Street.)
Look, it’s 3AM in Detroit. This is your only option so enjoy!

So, I know that 90% of Coney restaurants are pretty much exactly the same, but there are some standouts. «Coney» is a broad term; it is confusing because it is both a food *item* and it’s also a *genre* of restaurant. When I go to or review Coney restaurants, it’s not because I’m reviewing the food item (the actual coney dog). Hell, the only place I ever GET Coney dogs is Lafayette, and this is not a Lafayette review.
Detroit One is the perfect Detroit experience. It’s fast paced, as genuine as it gets, and completely and utterly unpretentious. You will see crack addicts trying to get $ 1.00 to buy a bag of chips. You will see probably prostitutes bringing probably Johns into the bathroom for probably illegal activity at 3am. You will get asked for fity cent when you enter and leave the place. You will also get some of the most convenient and freshest diner food in the entire city, especially when you consider the 24-​hour nature of Detroit One. Sometimes, it’s the only option; luckily, it’s a good one.
The food is almost universally good; better than average Coney food. There are some very unique standouts on the menu: The Albanian Omelette, the Detroit One Melt, and the tremendously awesome salads. Seriously, the salads are the best food value in the City. They are better than what you can get at Whole Foods. For $ 9 you can get a GIANT plate of all –fresh spinach absolutely smothered with huge amounts of delicious grilled chicken, well-​crisped bacon, a hard boiled egg, onions and peppers, two kinds of melted cheese, and, well the list goes on. The salads here are PHENOMENAL. Seriously, I mean this. Try the Yogi Salad or the Chicken Greek. It will be the best, biggest salad you’ve had in the city of Detroit. Get the Yogi with Tzadziki. It’s incredible.
The service can be spotty, but for the most part it’s pretty good. It helps to have some empathy for the waitstaff because they have to deal with a LOT of shit in the location they’re at. Sometimes the clientele is rowdy, loud, and obnoxious. Sometimes you will see the owner kick someone out angrily. Sometimes there might be some raised voices, but for the most part, everybody here just minds their own business and eats their food.
The other thing that really works for Detroit One is that they deliver in greater downtown until 2am. Yes.
At any rate, I love this place. It’s not fine dining by any means, but it has tons of character and charm, and the awesome food cements the deal.