blu on the avenue

Arrived at location for magical dining experience (which means a modified cost and menu to experience the restaurant in hopes you will return). Our server was polite and super sweet. Food was good. However, I would definitely NOT pay regular full prices for the meal. We ordered the Caesar salad and sushi. Sushi was dry and Caeser was basic. For the main dish we ordered swordfish with baby potatoes and asparagus. This dish was very tasty. Had two different deserts the Oreo and Key Lime Trifle. These were both average.

Enjoyable food, friendly staff, not good service. Okay this was my second visit. Both visits service was struggling, we had new servers both times and they were not knowledgeable about the menu. The first visit the restaurant was out of a lot of things, the second visit we really didn't get too many recommendations. Both times weren't super busy but service was slow. We ordered oysters, they were okay. We also had the conch fritters, pork belly tacos, curried clams, Cobb salad with lobster, salmon chips and baked fontina - all pretty tasty. Overall there's better options, it's not too bad if you're okay with inconsistent service - our server was friendly just her first day and no one really helping her, no manager stopped by. As a hospitality professional many steps were missed. I hope they get better.

My expectations might have been too high before arriving… however, the sushi menu was very limited. I ended up with the BluBowl which I was pleased with. The pork belly tacos were not as good. The food wasn’t very filling. Prices are well priced so we could have ordered something else if we wanted to eat more. It took quite a while to receive our food after ordering. Our server was good and delivered good service. I’m not local, so this probably wouldn’t be somewhere I will make a point to go again.