Reflect Bistro: Exceptional Dining Experience in Traverse City

The dinner menu was quite extensive: appetizers, salads, seafood, steaks, and sandwiches. The Happy Hour menu for 4:00-7:00 had discounted appetizers and 30% off mixed drinks. We enjoyed the seafood pot pie, the huge chicken cherry salad, and the chicken/andouille sausage fettuccine with a spicy tomato-based sauce. All entrees were delicious! We also liked the old fashioned drink and the spicy margarita. Service was excellent and the prices were very reasonable.

This review isn’t even about the amazing food! This review is about the staff. I spent an entire day travelling to Traverse City for a family wedding this weekend. To say I was exhausted is accurate. I’m also a diabetic. My hotel recommended this restaurant as it was close and “the French fries are amazing and the food is so good”. So I went. And while I was there I completely crashed, my blood sugar dropped fast. I was shaking badly and really scared I was going to pass out. The servers got me the sugar water I needed and changed my order to go and were simply just wonderfully kind! When I got back to my hotel room i devoured my dinner! I have to admit that this was one of the best hamburgers I’ve ever had! Literally ever had! Wonderful staff! Amazing food! And yes the French fries were delicious…the cheeseburger was incredible! The staff were so kind and that counts more than food a lot of the time!

Fantastic food. Extensive wine, spirit and beer menu. The maple fig salmon was amazing. The great lakes four was delicious, giving a sampling of whitefish, perch, walleye and smelt. The crab dip appetizer was terrific. The grand finale was the cherry bread pudding. Best meal we've had in quite some time.

Food was AMAZING!! I ordered the Filet Mignon Benedict for brunch, and it was AMAZING!! Prices were as expected, service was great, food and flavor was awesome! We were able to do a walk in on Sunday afternoon, had drinks and lunch, and had such an amazing experience. Photo doesn’t do it justice!!

TLDR: a very nice breakfast spot inside a hotel (that we didn’t stay at ) with good food, PROTEIN SHAKES! and great service. The ambience was great, with a few other groups brunching with mimosas, etc. We all ordered Coffee and our server was excellent- never let our cups get empty! We ordered: Porridge Oatmeal - Wheat berries, bananas, almonds, maple syrup, brown sugar and dried cherries- and were wowed by the lovely presentation, as well as the taste and consistency of the oatmeal. It felt gourmet. Protein Shake (20gram) - Milk, chocolate whey, banana and peanut butter- we were very surprised that both shakes and smoothies were available on this menu, and were happy for the yummy taste and consistency of the shake as well. East Bay Benedict - Twin smoked whitefish cakes, Old Bay hollandaise - this was delicious, mild, and beautifully presented. The perfect brunch food! We also had an assortment of: Applewood Bacon Michigan Maple Sausage Breakfast Potatoes Toast Fruit Eggs Really everything about this breakfast/brunch was superb and if in the area again, I’d definitely return!

Food was great, the environment for carry out was wonderful and the smile efficient service from the host was absolutely top notch !! The reason for 3 star review is poor quality packaging and cheap carry out box usage instead of secure sealed containers. Especially the wet runny items like pot pie you cannot put it into a hamburger foam box !! Really !! I have tired other quality competitors of them in Traverse city and they were using decent packaging. I really hope someone knowledgeable from management and acknowledge the matter. The much Reflect charge for dish, easily they can through few more pieces of protein and put this in a sealed container. Even our lobster bisque was in a small wobbly bowl that it messed up once we tried to take it out from the bag. Seriously!! Firefly is way better and many more in this area !!

My sisters and I went for lunch and shared some blue point oysters and the Korean beef tacos for starters. These were AMAZING! I don’t even like oysters but these were the best I had ever had. Condiments for the oysters included pickled onions, horseradish and cocktail sauce while the tacos had two kinds of seaweed salad and a sweet sauce on the side. Unfortunately, they were eaten so fast. I couldn’t get a photo.. The entrees were: Great Lakes four which was great and the presentation was also appealing. Fried burrata salad which was okay but the deep frying added nothing to the burrata and the greens were way overdressed. Cherry salad was also way overdressed and was okay but not spectacular. Cobb salad was mixed up and not separated like a Cobb should be and way overdressed. She did not like the Cobb. Overall the salads were not a good choice but we asked the server and she told us the most popular items and we didn’t get any of them. The appetizers were excellent. Drinks included tea, soda and ring of fire margarita which everyone loved. When we go back we will try the pappardelle de mer and the seafood pot pie which were recommended . The atmosphere was modern and clean and the entire staff were all wonderful.

We had the Great Lakes Four and the Short Rib Manicotti. The fish was well-prepared, especially the dusted perch, which stood out. The manicotti sauce was rich and flavorful. Portions for both dishes were generous—surprisingly large for a meal this refined.