Before the pandemic hit, my husband and I loved going to Northern Lounge on Thursday nights for jazz music and delicious food. The interior decor and outdoor patio are both really nice. We loved hanging out on the patio on summer nights. Loved the live jazz music, too!! I miss Northern Lounge so much!

The place host some dope events, lots of house music underground type parties, and you can also find live music. Food wise theyre known for their fish and chips, and they often sell out so get there and order early. The fish was good and came pretty quick. Id recommend this place for parties & drinks more so than food.

Nice experience on a Friday night. The bar itself had a dive bar feel and a DJ was playing, however, we were not interested. After ordering, we took our beers outside and there we were kept cozy by the campfire. This was pivotal as the night was breezy and cool. There is a couch in the womens bathroom (bonus points)

Probably my favorite bar in Detroit. Its old Detroit that is not yet blown out by the new. Fantastic buffalo wings and nachos. Every Thursday has the best show in the city and with no cover. Very diverse based on race, age, and persuasion. Neighborhood bar vibe at happy hour. Id give it six stars if I could.

Northern lights is super cool because it feels a world away from Detroit. They tend to have some cool performers come through so you may find yourself catching a good show, which brings me to the con of how loud it can get when they do have a performance. If youre looking for a chill night just be sure to check the schedule because it can go from 0-100 in here quick. The patio is a nice feature for smokers. All and all its one of my favorite places to meet up with a date, a friend, or even a group for karaoke! The drinks arent expensive either!

Fantastic! The Maple Wings were the best wings Ive ever had, hands down. Bartender was very friendly and super fast on drinks and food. Highly recommend.

This place has a great brunch on the weekends. I typically order the steak and eggs which are amazing. Food is always well cooked and seasoned correctly. Great mimosas which are pretty reasonably priced.The atmosphere is pretty chill during the brunch hours. Cozy, relaxed feel. Service is pretty decent as well.

It’s on personality and it’s own vibe. This place is the go too for a night of great music and great times. My friends and I were there for NYE, and they had a rotating schedule of DJs who played some really good deep house and techno. It was hassle-free and everyone in my 6 person group left with a smile on their faces. This is the low key spot I still feel is a secret. But the word is out!

I love it here. I look forward to going back again.

The burgers are delicious, moist, tender and spicy, the prices are pretty good considering that the portions are large!

Northern lights is a special place. Calmer style bar with a jazz feel atmosphere. They have red comfort round booth seating which is a huge plus in my book. Its also one of the few places where you can get a ginger beer with alcohol (crabbies) in it. The food here is also quite delightful. Their burger is both monstrous and mouth watering. Overall if youre looking for a chill night out, or looking for a live band on a weekday, or in the summer dance to a live DJ out in the patio - Northern lights is where you want to be. Its not a college bar and the crowd it attracts is the type you want to stay and inquire into the lives too.

Our waitress was great. The kitchen not so much. The French onion soup was good. The clam chowder was cold so she had to take it back for a hot bowl. The beer batter chicken strips were okay, a little greasy, but okay. The thing I cant figure out is how they can justify charging $12 for 3 chicken strips. We figured we could split a basket of chicken strips between 2 people as a snack, but it was more like a sampler.

Such a cute place with a very retro dive bar feel. We went for brunch on a Saturday morning and there was plenty of seating available. Mimosas are only 3 dollars which is a perk. I had the loaded hash and enjoyed the fresh veggies cooked in. It feels very homecooked and I like that.

The best lamb chops and sexy servers! Oh yeah and I learned to Detroit hustle and ballroom dance!

Great live music and wonderful time with friends. There are also game tables and machines... and a very nice outdoor living space.

Cool atmosphere, friendly service, relatively clean bathrooms. Nice space with average size dancefloor. Drinks were normal prices

Northern Lights has a swanky 70s decor feel to it. There is sometimes a cover but this Friday night there wasnt. Bonus! My party has four. The table we sat in at first we were NEVER greeted. Lame! We started to leave but four seats together at the bar opened so we sashayed right over and took them.The bartenders were great. I ordered the bloody Mary -- not good. Dont even bother with it. As for food we had the hummus and buffalo chicken wings. Cant vouch for the hummus; however, my son and his wife ate it all up with smiles. The buffalo wings were GREAT!! Sauce was very spicy and its cool because you are able to choose all flats or drums, which was a huge bonus. All flats all the way.A cool side note is the ladies room. The stall is swanky and different. Mine had a bolt lock, chain lock and peephole to see out. Cant get much safer than that.

Doesnt matter how busy they are, you will always have to wait way too long for your food/drink. Usually tastes pretty good, though.

Cool staff and good drinks. This is Not your average bar food. Sure, you could eat chicken but you have to try the house made veggie burger, the steak or anyone of the specials. Chef is the truth!

Been awhile since Ive visited here, it was on a different scale today. Got a drink and a meal...my fries were crumbly and the taste of rewarmth they made sure to check after I finished my entire meal, had the wings they were jus wings. They do hav a happy hour, atleast thats better than no happyhour....I would return but not for food or not alone if I want anything but a quick stopin...

This place is awesome highly recommend especially if you ask for Austin the best bartender around. Food is great on top of reasonable drink prices.

Nice atmosphere, great patio. Entertainment, bands or DJ, depends on the booking just like anywhere else. Worth checking out, you just might love it...

Chill and funky place, the food and drinks are tasty and the atmosphere is always friendly!

Visited Northern Lights on a Friday for Happy Hour with some co-workers. We sat on the patio. The drinks were great! The happy hour specials were $5 Martinis and well drinks. The food was also good! Our server was nice and friendly but seemed to be a bit overwhelmed. Over all we had a great time and will be returning soon!

Really chill place with awesome food. I only gave 4☆ because they stopped offering carry out. They dont offer proper carryout containers, I ALWAYS have leftovers!

Great music, drinks are great plus they have maple wings

Tues nights give you a great show with Dennis Coffee, formerly of Motowns Funk Bros. with a delightful band. Fun night! Will go again.

The staff will treat you like family. Yolanda is best in class. Lets lounge

Went to grab a drink and dinner before our theatre show, Book of Mormon, was totally worth it and fast food to get to out show on time. Enough to fill both of us up before the show. Got just before Happy Hour ended so got some drinks and appetizers ordered for cheap. Food was delicious and plentiful.

Love This Place! Who ever the Cook is theyre FANTABULOUS!!!

Best patio in New Center. Great cozy bar to meet friends for a drink or dinner.

Wonderful place to go for drinks and great food. Took someone special to me and she loved the food and the atmosphere

The experience I had at this establishment was absolutely terrible. I attended a brunch here for my cousins birthday and there was 12 of us. We arrived at 12pm and it took an hour and a half for us just to get our drinks. Then it took another hour for us to get our meals. My cousin and I never received our food and was never told what was going on with our food .Then my other family members got their food and several of them had to send their meals back because it was cold ..we were told that the meals would be out in 15 minutes and it still took another 45 minutes for the food to come. By the time my food came, I did not even want it at that point. My cousin asked to speak to the manager Gina and she was doing a lot of running around and she finally came to our table and did not seem like she was too impressed to speak to us. Instead of apologizing, she gave a lot of excuses about why our experience was the way in was. The waitress was not apologetic either and she seemed irritated when my family were sending their meals back.I definitely would not come here again nor would I recommend this place to anyone that I know.

I was there last night and it really a nice place to chill and eat and have drink plus listen to music

Love this place!! Great place to to grab a bite and relax. Nice atmosphere

Theres always good seating, sometimes music but not in an obtrusive way, and good bar food

Went here but the kitchen was closed so I left looked cool though. Mixed crowd

Drinks were great, ambiance was great I loved the indoor and outdoor seating, food was good toobo ordered the lava wings and added hot sauce to them and that service was ok only reason its getting four stars and parking is limited

Good service. Clean. Great music. Will definitely be back

Love, love the music, and the food is great!! Had a great time, definitely will go back for sure!

I was overcharged for a card transaction and lied to multiple times by multiple employees. I remained calm and polite while one employee took the opportunity to imply the amount was trivial. Even the manager was rude amd unhelpful and ultimately refused to refund my money and admit they overcharged me.

My server, Marcus, was AWESOME, however, my NY Strip steak was tough but was seasoned well. (I ate it because I was hungry.) My first batch of mixed vegetables seemed to be days old and dry. I sent them back and requested a fresh batch. I waited 40 minutes for my steak, 30 minutes for fresh order of mixed veggies after sending back the nasty veggies, and my fresh mac & cheese didn’t come out for 1.5 hrs after I initially ordered it. I rated this establishment 2 because of the service and the old school bar feel. Good music too.

Above average but food is good, but a bit pricey and more variety would be a change.

My favorite bar in Detroit. Great food, great prices. Chill atmosphere without being too cool. They always have great music playing and bring in good local bands and djs. And you cant miss the table shuffleboard.

One of my favorite places to go in Detroit. This place is my “Cheers”! Good food, fun staff, and great drinks!

Waited 40 minutes and didnt even get a water brought to us. Had to flag staff down just for a menu. No explanation, no apologies, basically ignored the whole time. Not even a, Hey, we are busy, sorry. Food smelled good, but Ill never know how it tastes because Ill never go here again. Wasnt busy enough to deserve such poor service.

Wow! what a pleasant surprise, I will definitely return. The happy hour was fun and lively. patio area is great. looking forward to spending time both in the lounge area to see the live entertainment and patio.

Amazing decor, Sydney was a great server a d we came from windsor for our anniversary and we will definitely be back!!

Me hangin out with my cuzzo Tony Dennis bamg this space

I love this place its one of my favorite places to go when Im down in the new center area the drinks are really good and the food is delicious I love the fire pits if they have in the back outdoor patio and the music is great

The band on Wednesday nights, The Mike Jellick trio is awesome.

The food is good, the happy hour is good, but the service is always lacking...like really bad. I would not recommend if you have a limited amount of time; youll just leave frustrated.

I love this place, as an old friend said tonight, its the neighborhood favorite. I fell in love with a 10 foot high bathroom doors 10 years ago., I need to remind myself to visit this place more often, such great energy

Cool spot in New Center with a great patio and excellent bar food.

I love this place. Good food and entertainment. Wednesday house band is always great! Atmosphere sets a great mood. Patio is really nice and bar service is the best!

Nice folks who are happy to serve. Very good brunch.

One of my Friends had A Birthday Party there it was nice

Awesome happy hour specials and a super chill place. Great for after work cocktails.

Great space but the bar tender was meh, maybe an off day? Shrug

Could be so much more with better management. Prime location with little competition. Mediocre bar food, spotty service, watered down drinks. Located next to Pistons training facility, Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Corporate offices, Wayne State, Fisher Theater, new condos, and more....added outdoor patio serves little purpose in winter. Step above a dive bar.

Its very low key and I like the fact that the staff is sociable and there drinks are not super pricey!

Very Good Food and MusicA Very nice place to go.

Thursday nights are always good, listening to the music of funk brother legend, Dennis Coffey!

I was a regular coming often on my lunch. Service on the floor is a miss every-time. Service at the bar is better. I generally get the nachos, but switched up and got the chicken tenders and fries, they only offered tenders as an app for $12, I figured it would be 6 tenders for that price. I received 3 small chicken tenders the size of McDonalds; and paid $2 extra for a small portion of fries. I felt like I ordered off the kids menu and I left hungry. Sorry I won’t be returning for lunch. Maybe drinks if I’m ever in the area after work hours.

Prefect spot to enjoy a beer, and eat some great food. The french onion soup is awesome, you got to try that!!

Great bar. Stiff drinks and food crowd. Highly recommend..

Northern Lights has been a favorite brunch spot of mine for years. I dont make it here as often as I would like, but whenever I do Im always satisfied with the food, the service and the atmosphere.

Brunch service was beyond horrible. Food wouldve been good if it was hot. Waitress was slow, had no help, didnt know the menu. Wouldnt let us order off the menu because we were with a birthday reservation, set menu didnt have ANY options except eggs, omelets and French toast!

Good food. Nice staff. Long time for food to come out after ordering.

Super fun brunch spot with the yum factor aswell.

Good environment and nice outdoor space!

The lighting and atmosphere is nice. Service at the bar is great; tableside not so much. Glad Im not much of a beer drinker as I hear theyre a bit pricy and not much of a happy-hour special. Mixed drinks with well liquor is reasonable though. The little bit of food I had was decent, but I havent really sampled enough to give thourough feedback. I will be willing to come back if other from my party suggest it.

Good neighborhood bar. Lots of drink options

It was a nice atmosphere. We went for a quick bite before a show at the Fisher theater. I had the Mac n cheese and a piece of chocolate pie. My sister had the French onion soup. All things were good.

Staff was awesome and brunch was delicious, would go there again

Big group service needs a bit more efficiency. Good was good though

Neat soundtrack and cool atmosphere inside. Corned beef hash

Cool chill bar with outdoor space. Low key crowd for a Monday at noon. LoL.

It was ok. Not much of a choice.Potatoes were like rubber

Good drinks, decent prices, nice staff. The patio is great. Good local blues and jazz.

Always enjoy stopping in. Tasty food and excellent place to hang out.

Went down for a Kim Weston benefit. Awesome music. Motown forever.

Great atmosphere. Good food

Very cool spot, good food and drinks!

Great weekly specials. Love the olde school music they play!

Gorgeous patio. The inside is great for a dark corner with a date listening to live music and having drinks. There is a really nice shuffle board that is lots of fun. Mike who is the owner, Yolanda the head Chef and all of the staff are very nice. The food is great.

Cool place.. Music .... But no straws

Shannon is the best hospitality professional ever ️

I was impressed by this little bar. Their burgers are incredible, fresh meat from the Eastern Market every day. I had an attentive server and watched the Jazz band get set up for a show. I had tickets for Fisher Theater or I would have stayed. Be sure to check them out!

Im a member of a Birthday Club that chooses a different Metro Detroit area club/bar to celebrate each month. On Friday we received the worst treatment from this establishment EVER and were asked to leave well we did with the intention to never come back and also to make sure we tell everyone we know to NEVER come to this place again.

A bar like so many others, trying to carve out a niche in the dark. By that I mean its very, very dark inside, particularly in the table and booth areas.Good service. Decent menu, albeit slow to serve. Hopefully the food looks as good as it tastes, which is not terrible.

When we arrived we were not greeted or shown to a table. We sat ourselves and had to flag down a waitress only after she went and served another table who had arrived after us. Once we flagged her down she did not apologize for the wait and proceeded to tell us how nobody had come to work and that everyone was mad about it (again not our problem). We had gone there for brunch and when asked for a brunch menu we were told (in a very rude manner) that they weren’t serving brunch (this is not what was listed on their website). This was an overall horrible 1st time experience. We will not be back!

Most disappointing experience ever. Was hyped up about the chicken strips. Went here with friends, took an hour to get our food, chicken ended up being dry. Seems like there was only one waitress for the entire place so we feel bad for her, but as an establishment, what happened? $12 for 3 chicken strips that took an hour, not the best size, and theyre dry. Cant even tip less bc groups are automatic 20% tip.

Cozy atmosphere. Great music. Horrible service. Waited an hour to order our food. The waitress waited on the table next to us 5 minutes after they walked in. We had to get our own menus and ask twice for someone to take our order.

VERY WARM AND INVITING ATMOSOPHERE GREAT MUSIC, GOOD FOOD AND DRINKS. MY SERVER PARIS WAS TOP NOTCH! THE MANAGER MICHAEL IS VERY NICE, THEY ACCOMMODATED OUR GROUP, A LOVELY EVENING WAS HAD BY ALL !!

Ive been here twice, for lunch, as I work right around the corner. I ordered the fish (cod) and chips each time and it was delicious both times. They give you a decent portion of fish and its nice and crispy, but not greasy. The French fries are also tasty. I have 4 stars because the wait staff wasnt the most attentive and efficient. I had to ask for condiments and water a couple of times. Overall, I will definitely be back. I want to go for the live music, that I hear is awesome!

Northern Lights in great Lounge to sit back relax eat a little drink a little have fun left a lot love dance and Let It All Hang Out Come and enjoy peace Elaine

The absolute worst service and food. They don’t do carry out AND change 10cent for a Straw ! Definitely ridiculous! I would never put my mouth on a cup and have to be charged for a straw is petty. We barely could get a to go container, I received foil and a paper container without a top. Would never return.

Laid back bar with decent food and good music. Dancing and outdoor seating. Went here on a first date with the woman I am now engaged to. We had a great time.

Nice place to go after work especially in the summer. Fried fish and chips is my favorite! Great every time.