Good Times Restaurant & Cigar Lounge

Verdict: Worth Finding, But Come Prepared for Gaps

Getting into Good Times Restaurant & Cigar Lounge on Livernois is not the hard part. Booking difficulty is low, and this stretch of Detroit's Avenue of Fashion doesn't draw the kind of reservation scramble you'd deal with at downtown venues. The harder question is whether you know enough about what you're walking into — because public information on hours, pricing, and the current menu is thin. If you've been once, you already know more than most people trying to plan a visit.

What to Expect on a Return Visit

Good Times occupies a specific niche in Detroit's bar and lounge scene: a cigar lounge with a restaurant attached, which immediately sets it apart from the city's craft beer and cocktail-forward options. For a regular, the draw is the combination of a sit-down dining experience and the ability to smoke on premises — a pairing that's genuinely uncommon in Detroit. The Livernois address puts it in a neighbourhood with its own identity, separate from the Midtown and Corktown venues that pull most of the city's food press attention.

The cigar lounge format shapes the value equation here. A typical round at a venue like this , drinks, food, and a cigar , can run meaningfully higher than a bar-only visit, but you're also getting a longer, slower experience by design. If you came before and felt the per-person spend was justified by the atmosphere and the time you stayed, that ratio is likely to hold on a return visit. If the food or drink felt like an afterthought relative to the cigar program, it's worth being deliberate about what you order next time rather than defaulting to the full round.

For context on the wider Detroit scene, the cigar lounge format is a different proposition than venues like Standby or Chenin, which compete on cocktail and wine programs respectively. Good Times is not trying to win that comparison , it's serving a different reason to go out.

Know Before You Go

• Address: 19416 Livernois, Detroit, MI 48221
• Neighbourhood: Avenue of Fashion, Northwest Detroit
• Booking difficulty: Easy , walk-ins are likely viable
• Price range: Not publicly listed; expect a higher per-head cost than a standard bar given the cigar lounge format
• Hours: Not publicly confirmed , call ahead or check current listings before visiting
• Format: Restaurant and cigar lounge combined

Detroit has plenty of options for a direct drink or a craft beer night , see our full Detroit bars guide, Detroit restaurants guide, and Detroit experiences guide for the wider picture. If you're planning a full trip, our Detroit hotels guide and Detroit wineries guide are worth a look. For comparison on what a well-executed lounge experience looks like in other cities, Bar Leather Apron in Honolulu, Jewel of the South in New Orleans, and Julep in Houston all set a high bar for the drinks-and-atmosphere pairing that Good Times is attempting in its own format. Closer to home, Andrews on the Corner, Atwater Brewery & Tap House, 1459 Bagley St, and 3Fifty Terrace give a sense of what the rest of the Detroit bar scene is offering at various price points.