Date Night in Southfield, MI
Updated September 24, 2026
Southfield is an office-tower city by day, which is exactly why its dinner rooms are calmer than Woodward on a Friday. Here is a date night built only from places already in our directory.
## Dinner, first choice
**Bigalora Wood Fired Cucina** (29110 Franklin Rd) is the reservation to make. Wood-fired pizza, cocktails, a patio for warm evenings, and table service — it holds a 4.3 on Google across a large review count, which is rare for this corridor.
## Dinner, the traditional pick
If you want a room with history instead of one with an open oven, go to **Shield's Restaurant Bar Pizzeria** at 25101 Telegraph Rd. Deep-dish, a full bar, outdoor seating, and the kind of booth that makes a two-hour dinner feel normal.
## Something lighter
**Cottage Inn Pizza Southfield** (25855 Lahser Rd) is the highest-rated pizza spot in the city and works for an early, low-key evening before a movie. **Evergreen Bar & Grill** (25309 Evergreen Rd) is the casual sit-down option on the Evergreen side.
## The drink afterwards
**Hideaway** (29267 Southfield Rd) is the quiet close — a real bar with a patio rather than a restaurant lounge. For something with more energy, **BLVD: Brunch Lunch Vibes Dinner** at 28595 Northwestern Hwy leans into daiquiris and a later crowd. **Starter's Bar and Grill Southfield** (25242 Evergreen Rd) serves cocktails and late-night food if dinner ran long.
## Practical notes
- Franklin Road and Northwestern Highway are a five-minute drive apart, so dinner on one and drinks on the other is easy. - Parking in Southfield is almost entirely free surface lots. You will not be circling for a space. - Bigalora and Shield's both take reservations; the bars do not.
## If you want to keep going
Pair this with our best-of lists for [pizza](/best/pizza) and [bars](/best/bars) — both are ranked from Google ratings, review volume and how complete each listing is, not from who pays us.
