Blue Water Grill: User Reviews

My Favorite Restaurant
By jeev7882 from jeev7882, April 17, 2008

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Blue Water Grill is just about perfect. The last time I was there was for New Years Eve when they had a special menu. I had the sushi, which is hands down the best I've ever had, and my fiancee had a seafood dish (I can't recall the fish she had). Her dish was excellent as well.

The interior is gorgeous, it is luxurious but not presumptuous or arrogant. Our server was good, very knowledgeable, timely, but just a little arrogant. I've been to a few high end (not Blackbird-high-end) places around Chicago, including Mortons, Smith and Wollensky, and Erie Cafe, but I'd recommend Blue Water Grill over all those places (though, admittedly, in the summer, its nice to have a great steak outside on the river at Smith and Wollensky).

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Love it
By beti from chi, April 2, 2008

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I love this restaurant. Food and service are great. They have the BEST brunch.

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Trendy Upscale Place
By WindyCityGatorGirl from Wrigleyville, March 20, 2008

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Upon entereing it felt modern and open, places to sit in two rooms and I noticed stairs but didn't know if that provided seating for large parties or maybe a VIP area-

Menu had a sushi, main entree and raw bar section-
My husband and I both ordered the Sauteed Mahi Mahi; served in a large bowl with lobster miso sauce with lobster and shrimp wantons and covered in tasty mushrooms-I highly recommend this dish to anyone-I believe it was $27, pretty average for seafood in Chicago-

We did have an appetizer of crab cakes, there were 2, on the smaller side, white fresh crab meat with a beet sauce on the side, they were $12-

I would go back, but I almost feel the menu is limited in a way, I don't like salmon or tuna, so thank goodness they had Mahi Mahi-No pastas, which suprised me-I could see having a very light seafood pasta in a lemon wine sauce, but nothing like that was offered-

They have an interesting dessert menu, but I am finicky and just wanted a simple dessert nothing so odd it that makes me think, no thank you-

I would go again-Yet I must say our waitress seemed pre-occupied with a large table, other than that a good experience-

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Great Date Place
By shawnkimwilliams from Gold Coast, March 6, 2008

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I just took my boyfriend there for a celebratory dinner and the sushi was amazing. We had a great time.

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Sunday Brunch is fantastic!!
By SouthSide Blondie from HydePark, March 5, 2008

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Went here at about noon on a Sunday with a bunch of girls for brunch. The menu was fabulous (entree orders), it came with a free drink (including mimosas), and our server(s) were friendly, fun, and eager to please. Each entree for brunch was around $8. It was just so reasonable for such a modern elegant atmosphere.

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Great Experience
By HeyChiGirl from Lakeview, February 20, 2008

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Lauren was a great server. It's unfortunate that so many reviews have noted bad service. This was our first time at Blue Water Grill and our server Lauren was perfect. The food was awesome. All in all it was a great time. Ask for Lauren's section when you make your reservation!

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GREEN DRAGON IS THE BOMB!!!!!!!!!
By SuperBack33 from McKinley Park, February 20, 2008

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I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Blue Water Grill on Friday night. I was very skeptical when the evevnt mngr, Dave said they had the best sushi in the city. Just a shameless plug for an item they are trying to push. We ordered 2 Green Dragons for our group of 8 to go along with other starters. After the first piece, I was hooked. I reached for a 2nd piece before even mentioning my instant love love affair. When it waas all said and done, we had ordered a total of 11 Green Dragons for the table!!!!!! Everyone at the table agreed it was the best sushi that had tasted in a long time if not ever. I highly recommend trying the Green Dragon next time you visit, Better yet, make a special trip just for the Green Dragon, it is well worth it.

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Food Is GREAT.
By ilu143 from downtown, February 11, 2008

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I recently dined at Blue Water Grill this past weekend and once again a Great experience. However, checking in can give you the wrong impression of the resteraunt. The host taking our name was just flat out rude, and i noted it wasnt just to my husband and I, it was to everyone. The Host with the poor attitude should not be checking in guests guests, it gives the resteraunt a bad name. The rest of the staff were so welcoming, our server was great. He was very attentive and was very knowledgible of the menu. It was great to see the manager personally coming up to see how our meal was. The Sushi is great as well as the scallops. Overall a wonderful experience. I will be going back.

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Outstanding, once again!
By Eatherly from Lakeview, February 3, 2008

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It's been a while since last I was in Blue Water and I really liked the updates the chef has made to the menu. I was in saturday night and had to have the sushi because last time it was great. Once again, delicious! I also tried the Pancetta Wrapped Tuna-- awesome! The service was as great as I remember-- our server was polite, attentive, and cute (that never hurts)! I was just as impressed this time as I was before and now I can't wait to go back. Keep up the good work!!!

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