Retro-chic brasserie serving French classics & old-school cocktails in a historic, former lodging.
Mertens Prime celebrates the history of Grand Rapids in our historic 1914-built dining room housed in the lobby of the former New Hotel Mertens. Our French-styled steakhouse and brasserie features classic French dishes and steaks and chops with many tableside presentations including chateaubriand, the Mertens rolling cheese cart, and bananas foster. Mertens Rooftop and Cafe Mertens are attached to Mertens Prime though they operate separately– therefore please note that Mertens Rooftop does not accept reservations.
4.4 – 728 reviews $$ • French restaurant
Menu
| Galettes | |
| Vegetarian Sautéed vegetables with herbs. |
$3.50 |
| Fromage With fried egg & comté. |
$4.00 |
| Tradition Fried egg, comté, & a slice of louise earl ham. |
$4.00 |
| Petit Dejeuner | |
| Yogurt Parfait Plain yogurt, beau bien cherry jam, house granola. |
$5.00 |
| Demi Baguette 1/3 baguette. jam & butter. |
$3.50 |
| Grapefruit Brulée Half grapefrut, cane sugar. |
$4.00 |
| Soft Boiled Egg With buttered “soldiers” of pain au lait. |
$4.00 |
| Bircher Muesli Honey, yogurt, buttermilk, oj & apples. |
$7.00 |
| Two Egg Breakfast Eggs any style with toast, breakfast frites, and a choice of bacon or fried ham. |
$11.50 |
| Pain Perdu Armagnac-soaked bread, vanilla-bean crème anglaise. |
$13.00 |
| House-Made Granola Cereal-style with whole milk. |
$4.00 |
| Sandwiches | |
| Croque Monsieur Fried ham & mornay. House pain au lait. Hand-cut frites. |
$12.50 |
| Chevre & Roasted Tomato Conftt On croissaint |
$4.50 |
| Smoked Salmon Tartine On rye with pickled onions & cream cheese |
$7.50 |
| Ham & Cheese Croissant Made to order |
$5.50 |
| Parisenne Baguette, louise earl ham, brie. Dijon & cornichons. |
$7.50 |
| The Laborer Baguette & country pâté. Dijon & cornichons. |
$8.50 |
| Warm Roast Beef Beef & onion jus. Baguette. |
$8.50 |
| Saucisson Sec French dried sauasge. Dijon & cornichon. |
$8.00 |
| Plats Principaux | |
| Onion Soup Gratinée Deep onion broth & gruyere gratinée. |
$8.50 |
| Quiche Lorraine Cream, bacon, & onion. House salad or fruit. |
$11.00 |
| Omelette Frites & house salad. |
$11.00 |
| Burger House mayo, comté cheese, house onion marmalade. Hand-cut frites. |
$15.00 |
| Salads | |
| Puy Lentil Salad Watercress, ruby red grapefruit, baguette. |
$11.00 |
| Salade De Chevre Chaud Chevre, bibb lettuce, croutons & almonds. |
$13.00 |
| Côtés | |
| Side Salad House greens, dijon vinaigrette, diced shallots. |
$4.00 |
| Pommes Frites With ketchup & house dijon mayonnaise. |
$5.00 |
| Dessert | |
| Croquembouche A miniature tower of vanilla bean cream puffs fastened with crunchy caramel. |
$10.00 |
| Chocolate Pot De Creme* 55% dark chocolate is melted into a traditional pot de creme of rich cream, sugar, eggs and vanilla bean. |
$10.00 |
| Profiteroles Pâte à choux puffs are filled with house-made vanilla bean gelato. Hot chocolate sauce pour over. |
$10.00 |
| Housemade Gelato Sundae Fresh vanilla bean ice cream. Chocolate sauce, whipped cream, toasted almonds, luxardo cherry. |
$10.00 |
| From The Bakery A selection of french pastry and cookies from nhm bakery. |
$10.00 |
| Coffee And Tea | |
| Coffee | |
| Latte | |
| Cold Brew | |
| Macchiato | $3.00 |
| Cafe Au Lait | $3.50 |
| Cappuccino | $3.50 |
| Espresso | $2.00 |
| Cortado | $3.50 |
| Americano | $2.50 |
| Taylors Of Harrogate Earl grey, breakfast (reg/decaf), jasmine green |
$3.00 |
| Harney And Sons Paris blend. Regular and decaf |
$3.00 |
| Calvados | |
| Huet Vs | $19.00 |
| Roger Groult | $12.00 |
| Cognac | |
| P Ferrand 1840 | $15.00 |
| Kelt Vsop | $24.00 |
| Kelt Xo | $61.00 |
| Armagnac | |
| Larressingle Vsop | $17.00 |
| Larressingle Xo | $33.00 |
| Sauternes | |
| 09 Sudiarat (375) | $120.00 |
| 14 Ch. D’yquem 56 (1oz glass)/ |
$510.00 |
| Mi-Dessert | |
| Fenn Valey Ice Wine | $42.00 |
| Blustone Cherry | |
| Select Whiskeys | |
| Suntoiri Toki | $11.00 |
| Macallan-10 Oak | $13.50 |
| Highland Park-12 | $19.00 |
| Blanton Single Brl | $23.00 |
| Hakushu 12yr Single malt |
$35.00 |
| Port | |
| Taylorflad 10yr | |
| Cg Traverse Cherry | |
| Cocktails | |
| Tom And Jerry Eggs, dark rum, brandy, hot water, hot milk |
$12.00 |
| Martini French vermouth, gin, olive |
$11.00 |
| Bronx Orange, french and italian vermouth, gin |
$10.00 |
| Baccardi Lime, grenadine, rum |
$9.00 |
| Pink Lady Gin, egg white, lemon, apple jack, grenadine |
$10.50 |
| Clover Leaf Gin, egg white, lemon, grenadine |
$10.50 |
| Sazerac Absinthe, rye, peychaud bitters |
$12.00 |
| Old Fashioned Sugar, bitters, whiskey, orange |
$9.50 |
| Dubonnet Orange bitters, dubonnet, gin, sliced orange |
$8.50 |
| Orange Blossom Orange juice, gin, orange bitters |
$9.00 |
| Millionaire Rum, apricot, sloe gin, grenadine, lime |
$11.50 |
| Jack Rose Apple jack, lemon, grenadine |
$9.50 |
| Side Car Lemon, brandy, sugar, dry curaco |
$9.50 |
| Coffee Egg, brandy, port wine |
$9.50 |
| Commodore Bourbon, creme de cacao, lemon, grenadine |
$10.00 |
| Cotton Gin Rye, gin, rum, benedictine |
$11.50 |
| George Special Gin, lemon, grenadine, apricot |
$9.50 |
| Debutante Gin, lime, sugar, grenadine, orange flower, water |
$13.00 |
| Fizzes | |
| Mamie Taylor Lime, scotch, ginger beer |
$10.50 |
| Gin Fizz Lemon, sugar, gin, carbonic |
$9.00 |
| Sloe Gin Fizz Lemon, sugar, sloe gin, carbonic |
$9.50 |
| Silver Fizz Lemon, sugar, gin, egg white, carbonic |
$11.00 |
| Golden Fizz Lemon, sugar, gin, egg yolk, carbonic |
$11.00 |
| Royal Fizz Lemon, sugar, gin, egg. Carbonic |
$11.00 |
| Orange Gin Fizz Lemon, sugar, orange, gin, carbonic |
$10.50 |
| Singapore Sling Gin, benedictine, cointreau, cherry, pineapple, lime, bitters |
$11.50 |
| Tom Collins Lemon, sugar, gin, carbonic |
$9.00 |
| John Collins Lemon, sugar, rye gin, ginger ale |
$9.00 |
| Whiskey Collins Lemon, sugar, whiskey, carbonic |
$10.00 |
| Rum Collins Lemon, sugar, rum, carbonic |
$9.50 |
| Grand Rapids Fizz Sugar, gin, maraschino, orange, cream, carbonic |
$9.00 |
| Ramos Gin Fizz – Special | $10.50 |
| Mertens Hotel Fizz Whiskey, rum, lemon, lime, carbonic |
$10.50 |
| Morning Glory Fizz Lemon, sugar, egg white, absentine, whiskey, carbonic |
$13.00 |
| Mixed Drinks | |
| Whiskey Sour | $9.50 |
| Whiskey Sour, With Egg White | $10.00 |
| Gin Sour | $9.50 |
| Gin Sour, With Egg White | $10.00 |
| Gin Rickey Lime, gin, carbonic |
$9.00 |
| Gin Buck Lime, gin, ginger ale |
$9.00 |
| Brandy Sour | $9.00 |
| Sloe Gin Sour | $10.50 |
| Rum Sour | $9.00 |
| Sloe Gin Rickey Lime, sloe gin, carbonic |
$10.00 |
| Fancy Drinks | |
| Alexander Brandy, creme de cacao, cream |
$10.00 |
| Stinger Creme de menthe, brandy, green cherry |
$11.00 |
| Sherry Flipp Egg. Sugar, sherry |
$8.50 |
| Milk Punch Bourbon, brandy, rum, milk, sugar, arrack |
$11.00 |
| Egg Nogg Egg. Sugar, brandy, rum, milk |
$9.00 |
| Absinthe Frappe Absinthe, mint, sugar, carbonic |
$13.50 |
| Blinker Whiskey, grapefruit juice, grenadine |
$10.50 |
| Horses Neck Whiskey, lemon, ginger ale |
$9.50 |
| Cuban Libre Lime, rum, coca-cola |
$9.00 |
| House Selections | |
| Sliced Roast Beef Chilled, thin sliced, medium rare roast beet. Black pepper crusted. Baguette. Treatment du jour. 10 |
$10.00 |
| Salmon Rillette Poached salmon, smoked salmon. Fines herbs. Lemon. Pernod. Baguette |
$14.00 |
| Saucission D’alsace Thinly sliced french sausage with dijon, cornichon. Baguette. |
$10.00 |
| Pate De Campagne House-made. Bacon-wrapped. Thyme, bay leaf, pistachios, dried cherries & nutmeg. Baguette. |
$12.00 |
| Vegetables A La Grecque Fresh, seasonal vegetables poached in court bouillon served with tzatziki. |
$10.00 |
| Fromage | |
| Point Reyes Blue Raw cow. Creamy & sweet. 2oz serving |
$7.00 |
| Camembert, Pays D’auge Pasteurized. Normandy-style brie. 2oz. serving |
$9.00 |
| Haute Cocktails | |
| Le Ligne D’horizon The Skyline Gray skies barrel-aged gin, st. Germaine, lemon, grapefruit, orange bitters |
$13.00 |
| Yeux Enfumés Smoky Eyes Montelobos mezcal, pineapple, lime, honey |
$15.00 |
| Le Classique Old Fashioned Buffalo trace bourbon, simple syrup, angostura bitters |
$12.00 |
| Rosé Du Soleil Rose (Of The Sun) Sangria Lillet rosé, grapefruit, grapefruit liqueur, sparkling wine, mint |
$14.00 |
| La Dame En Rouge Lady In Red Tito’s vodka, berry syrup, lemon, lime, soda |
$11.00 |
| Haute Colada Diplomatico rum, pineapple, lime, coconut berry red bull |
$16.00 |
| Spirits List – Vodka | |
| Tito’s | $8.00 |
| Belvedere | $10.00 |
| Grey Goose | $10.00 |
| Ketel One | $9.00 |
| Spirits List – Gin | |
| Citadelle | $8.00 |
| Hendrick’s | $11.00 |
| Long Road | $12.00 |
| Gray Skies | $10.00 |
| Spirits List – Rum | |
| Baccardi | $8.00 |
| Diplomatico | $12.00 |
| Spirits List – Bourbon | |
| Buffalo Trace | $8.00 |
| Woodford Reserve | $12.00 |
| Jameson | $9.00 |
| Maker’s Mark | $9.00 |
| Rittenhouse Rye | $10.00 |
| Sazerac | $11.00 |
| Spirits List – Scotch | |
| Suntory Toki* | $11.00 |
| Macallan 12 | $22.00 |
| Laphroaig 10 | $15.00 |
| Spirits List – Agave | |
| Montelobos | $13.00 |
| Monte Alban Silver | $8.00 |
| Ocho Anejo | $22.00 |
| Spirits List – Brandy | |
| Calvados 12 | $35.00 |
| Laressingle Vsop | $17.00 |
| Pierre Ferand | $15.00 |
| Viennoiserie | |
| Croissant | $2.00 |
| Almond Croissant | $3.50 |
| Pain Au Chocolat | $3.50 |
| Scone | $2.00 |
| Orange Brioche | $2.00 |
| Canele | $3.00 |
| Mini Cake Du Jour | $2.50 |
| Macaron | $1.50 |
| Hors D’oeuvres | |
| Onion Soup Gratinée Comté & baguette. |
$9.00 |
| House Salad House greens, diced shallots & dijon vinaigrette. |
$8.00 |
| Salade De Chèvre Chaud Warmed chèvre, bibb lettuce, croutons, & almonds. |
$13.00 |
| Salade Lyonnaise Frisee, endive, bacon, croutons, caramelized onions, & poached egg. |
$14.00 |
| Escargot Garlic, lemon, butter & baguette. |
$9.00 |
| Paté De Campagne* House-made. Bacon-wrapped. Thyme, bay leaf, pistachios, dried cherries & nutmeg. |
$9.00 |
| Steamed Mussels Pei mussels. White wine & parsley broth. Grilled baguette. |
$10.00 |
| Ratatouille Comté crisp & haricot verts salad. Vegan option available. |
$11.00 |
| Seared Scallop* Vichyssoise, beurre rouge, & crispy lecks. |
$14.00 |
| Seared Foie Gras Grade-a foie gras, arugula, house-made pain au lait toast, & michigan cherry compote. |
$15.00 |
| Hors D’oeuvres – Cold Shellfish | |
| Shrimp Cocktail | $19.00 |
| Crab Claws | $19.00 |
| Rotating Oyster Variety | |
| Plateau De Fruits De Mer | |
| Petit Plateau* | $65.00 |
| Milieu Plateau* | $95.00 |
| Grand Plateau* | $125.00 |
| Snacks | |
| Deviled Eggs Dijon mustard & chive. Five halves. |
$6.00 |
| House Olives House-made preparation of french olives. |
$6.00 |
| Mixed Nuts House-roasted mix. |
$6.00 |
| Brussels Meat Squares of our housemade belgian beer bar staple w/pistachio, |
$6.50 |
| Main Course | |
| Omelette Aux Fines Herbes* Hand-cut frites & house salad. |
$11.00 |
| Quiche Lorraine* Cream, bacon & onion. Watercress-arugula salad. |
$12.00 |
| Croque Monsieur Fried ham & mornay sauce on housemade pain au lait. Hand-cut frites. |
$12.50 |
| Comté & Wild Mushroom Poutine Hand cut frites, comte cheese, wild mushrooms with herbs & a rich mornay sauce. |
$12.50 |
| Burger 6 oz of michigan ground beef. House mayo, a.o.c. Comté cheese & house-reduced onion marmalade. Hand-cut frites. |
$15.00 |
| Creste De Gallo Au Jambon Et Truffe House-made creste de gallo pasta, comté cheese, louise earl ham & black truffle. |
$22.00 |
| Coq Au Vin Quarter chicken of leg & thigh. Red wine braise. Wild mushrooms & fingerling potatoes. |
$21.00 |
| Poulet Cordon Bleu Traditional preparation of chicken cordon bleu. Dijon-mornay sauce. Watercress-arugula salad & hand-cut frites. |
$22.00 |
| Steak Frites’ U.s.d.a prime sirloin hand-cut in-house with maitre d’hotel butter. Hand-cut frites. Watercress-arugula salad, |
$25.00 |
| Bouillabaisse* Seafood-saffron broth. Shrimp, clams, mussels & scallop, fingerling potato & leek. |
$29.00 |
| Boeuf Bourguignon Red wine-braised, fingerling potatoes, pearl onions, buttered mushrooms & baby carrots, red wine broth. |
$30.00 |
| Kids Menu – Breakfast | |
| Fruit A small ramekin of mixed fruit |
$3.50 |
| Cinnamon Oatmeal Rolled out with cinnamon sugar. Non-dairy |
$3.00 |
| Les Gamins Continental A slice of toast with butter. Yogurt cup. Fruit |
$5.50 |
| One-Egg French Omelet Herbs. Bacon or fried ham or fruit. |
$5.50 |
| Man In The Moon Fried egg placed inside a piece of toast. A sprinkle of bacon lardons |
$6.00 |
| Pain Perdu Les Gamins A dipped slice of house pain au lait with butter and syrup. |
$4.00 |
| Kids Menu – Lunch And Dinner | |
| Omelet A one egg omelet with herbs, a small salad and frites |
$4.00 |
| Penne And Cheese Small portion of our penne gratin. |
$5.50 |
| A Little Burger Small burger with fries and pickles |
$5.50 |
| A Little Fish Lightly sautéed filet of salmon (based on availability). Small salad |
$7.00 |
| Kids Board Small portions of chicken, frites, apples and veggies. |
$6.50 |
| Others | |
| House-Made Gelato -Try our- |
$2.00 |
| Big Apple | $12.00 |
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Contact Mertens Prime (formerly New Hotel Mertens Brasserie)
Address: 35 Oakes St SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (616) 551-1713
Website: http://www.mertensprime.com/
Hours
| Friday | 4–10PM |
| Saturday | 4PM–12AM |
| Sunday | 12AM–3PM, 4–9PM |
| Monday | 5–9PM |
| Tuesday | 5–9PM |
| Wednesday | 5–9PM |
| Thursday | 5–9PM |
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