Whether you’re celebrating your mom, honoring a mother-figure, gathering with loved ones, or simply taking time to celebrate yourself, there are plenty of ways to make Mother’s Day special across Detroit this weekend. From brunches and soulful dinners to healing-centered experiences and wellness retreats, here are a few places and events to consider.
For those looking for a classic brunch or dinner-centered outing:
The Atheneum Suite Hotel is hosting a Mother’s Day brunch featuring traditional breakfast favorites, a cold seafood station, carving stations, desserts, endless mimosas, and complimentary valet parking. Brunch is priced at $45.95 for adults and $21.95 for children 12 and under.
Table No. 2 is hosting a Mother’s Day brunch buffet from noon to 3 p.m. with a carving station, omelet station, cold selections, and dessert bar. Pricing is $49 for adults, $25 for children ages 6–10, and free for children 5 and under. The restaurant will also offer a special à la carte dinner menu later in the evening, along with complimentary parking in the Greektown Parking Garage.
Pegasus Taverna is offering Mother’s Day dinner specials including oven-roasted baby lamb ($42) and surf & turf ($36), complete with sides for a celebratory family meal.
Fishbones is also hosting a Mother’s Day brunch buffet from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The buffet will feature a wide variety of offerings in a full buffet setting. Reservations are encouraged. Pricing is $49.95 for adults and $20.95 for children 10 and under.
And if you’re seeking a more reflective or wellness-centered experience:
Mother’s Day: A Love Letter to My Mom offers a healing-centered experience for those honoring mothers and maternal figures who have passed away. Hosted at Zenith Wellness Studio, the evening includes guided love letter writing, a sacred tea ceremony, pastries, and a grief relief sound bath designed to create space for reflection, remembrance, and healing. Tickets are $60 per person.
In Memoriam Mother’s Day Sound Healing Journey is another option for individuals grieving the loss of their mothers. The event features a guided sound healing journey intended to promote peace, relaxation, and emotional solace through restorative vibrations and frequencies, and tickets are ~$50 per person.
Music lovers can enjoy A Mother’s Day Weekend Motown Extravaganza, a dinner theater experience featuring tributes to legendary artists including The Temptations, Earth, Wind & Fire, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, and more. The event includes multiple shows throughout Mother’s Day weekend at Richie’s Ballroom. Saturday tickets are $50, and Sunday dinner theater tickets are $75.
For moms and those looking to prioritize rest and self-care, The Soft Life: Mother’s Day Retreat offers an afternoon focused on wellness and intentional care. Guests can enjoy spa-inspired experiences, cupcake decorating, charcuterie boards, tea ceremonies, qigong, and a self-love sound bath in a relaxing retreat environment for $99 per person.
No matter how you choose to spend the day – over food, in community, through healing, or simply slowing down – Mother’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate love, care, resilience, and those who shape or have shaped our lives.