Is Boodles Restaurant Still Open? Kitchen Nightmares Update

Boodles is a steakhouse and supper club in Madison Heights, Michigan that has operated for roughly four decades, known for tableside Caesar salad, a piano player, and its signature steak Diane. By the time of its Kitchen Nightmares visit -- filmed June 2025, aired August 18, 2026 as season 10's sixth episode -- the business's aging owner and his son were at odds over its direction, a conflict staff said had left the kitchen and front of house disconnected. Gordon Ramsay found escargot he judged unpleasant, calamari he called rubbery, and a steak Diane he found bland; the restaurant was also carrying significant debt built up over years of decline.

Ramsay had the staff step away while his team renovated the dining room with updated lighting and contemporary decor, refreshed the kitchen with modern equipment, and rewrote the restaurant's dated menu, trimming it down while keeping tableside preparations such as the steak Diane that regulars associated with the supper-club format. Staff were retrained on the new dishes before the relaunch service. Reception since the episode has been mixed. Reviewers found via the restaurant's own social media and third-party review sites have praised the steak, the saganaki, and a new weeknight dinner special offering an 8-ounce top sirloin or chicken parmesan with a tableside Caesar for two; others have said the redesigned dining room and shortened menu removed longtime favorites and changed the restaurant's character, with some describing the new decor and lighting as a mismatch for the space.

Despite that split reaction, Boodles has kept the smaller menu Ramsay introduced. Boodles continues to operate at 935 West 11 Mile Road in Madison Heights, at the corner of 11 Mile Road and I-75; its current website, updated with a menu dated June 2026, lists prime steaks, seafood, lamb chops, and tableside flambe items including Steak Diane and Bananas Foster, and takes reservations by online booking link. The restaurant hosted an on-site watch party timed to the episode's August 18, 2026 broadcast. Local coverage of the episode, including a report in the Detroit News published the day it aired, framed the family conflict and the restaurant's long run as the throughline of the hour.