Love it!
Food: Consistently good! The menu changes seasonally and there are often nightly specials. I appreciate the chef's adventurous take on his dishes. The spaghetti with veal meatballs are a must. My husband and I always split is as a pasta course before our entree.

Service: The entire wait staff, front house, and chef are always pleasant. I never feel rushed at Fiddleheads unlike many restaurants in the area.

Prices: The food is very reasonably priced and the wine is CHEAP in comparison to many area restaurants. This is a restaurant you can visit weekly/bi-weekly without breaking the bank. Their lunches are especially cheap and delicious!    [17 Feb 2005 23:27:50]

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     ­Jennifer   

Amazing
This is restaurant is just what Royal Oak needed!!    [10 Mar 2005 18:22:00]

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     ­Chris   

Sure Pick - Great Dining Adventure - Super Value
The menu has full range, from vegan to fish to meat. All selections are well balanced and full flavored; many dishes have a surprising and adventurous twist. Chefs' palate is pitch perfect; flavor pairings are well matched and seasonal. Menu rotates monthly & with you'll have multiple 'top' choices to consider at every sitting - allows patrons to always have something new to consider and kitchen to have the experience to turn out perfect executions of fresh, seasonal dishes. Appetizers, salads, entrees and desserts are always a culinary adventure. Last night, for example, dessert included a frozen fruit terrine (the mulberry layer included fruit from the chef's household - fresh that day). The creme brulee included raspberries & chevre (richly sutle). For entrees, our table had Lake Victoria Perch (from Africa - the fish is very large so the fillet was like whitefish) while I had the BBQ pork shank. Decor is clean, colorful and fun (like Susur in Toronto?) Service is attentive, skilled fun. A wide range of friends & business partners, with a wide range of culinary comfort zones, have all been universally pleased with the evening's experience. An excellent value both for food & wine. A fair price for an excellent culinary adventure. The whole team works hard for your dining dollar. A sure pick. Bon Apetit!    [06 Jul 2005 13:59:46]

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Recommended Dishes: Evening Specials are Always Interesting & Flavorful

     ­Duane, Rochester Hills   

Fantastic
Finally a place that knows what sutable portions are!!!!!!!!!! Great wine and one of a kind fabulous drinks!    [08 Mar 2006 14:48:14]

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     ­Tim   

Not as great as everyone says
Ok so I'm reading all these reviews that were back in 2005 and I have to tell you what my review is for 2008. My friend highly recommended this place since her one good friend raves about it soo much who had just recently moved out of Michigan.

For the amount of money we spent on dinner, I don't think this restaurant was really worth going to at all. We tried several of their house specials which included their crab risotto, halibut with mash potatoes, roasted chicken breast and the spiced rubbed pork chops. I have to admit that maybe two out of the four were pretty decent, But I think this is the type of restaurant that seems to like to experiment on trying something just for the heck of it and see if the public will like it.

It's the inconsistency of many higher-end restaurants that really make me wonder why I even bother going out to eat and trying them out. I don't think Fiddleheads should try to steer away from what they are used to doing. My dish, which was the crab risotto, had such an ugly presentation and it looked like it was a bunch of green mushy rice. The taste was even more awful. The pork chop was dry, but the chicken was probably the one that was tender and moist.

Overall the only thing I seriously liked the most was their creme brulée dessert. That was the only thing that I can say was memorable about this place.    [27 Mar 2008 16:10:16]

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Recommended Dishes: Roasted Chicken

     ­lilac9