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| - Okay, so I'd been jonesing for Ethiopian food for a few months, and after reading all the five-star reviews on Yelp, Blue Nile seemed like the place to go. I was super stoked and even bought a coupon at Restaurant.com for the occasion.
The only explaination for all these five star reviews is those reviewers have never had Ethiopean and have no basis for comparison. :-/
Also, my disclaimer: I'm super easy to please, and I like everything! Check out my other reviews - I'm not just a grumpy butthead who finds something wrong in everything - I go out of my way to find the good, and did so here as well. It just didn't work out...
Blue Nile is a easy to miss - it's a little hole-in-the wall place buried in a nondescript strip mall- perfect. In my experience, the best restaurants are tiny family-run (or look like they are - I have no idea who owns this place.) Moving along...
My friend and I were seated, and we decided on the vegetarian sampler and the meat sampler. We also got a couple of glasses of wine. Everything is so cheap this meant I wouldn't make the $35 (alcohol not included) minimum, but I wasn't worried - I figured we'd pick our favorite dish at the end of the night and get it to go! I freaking love Ethiopian food, dude.
*Side note - because I read that service was slow (and our first waitress didn't speak English and had to send over someone else - no biggie, but kind of interesting side note, since I hecka don't look like someone who would speak Ethiopian), we looked to see if there was an appetizer to order. I don't remember if nothing looked good or they didn't really have any appetizers, but I know we didn't get one.
And then...
The food took an hour and a half to cook. (Really wanted an appetizer...making me think they must not have really had anything. I would have ordered freaking Doritos at that point, if they were available and ready to go.)
We were the only people in the restaurant almost that whole time, but when we got here, a family of five was leaving, so I know it wasn't that they didn't have to cook yet that evening.
When the food came out, the injera was cold. (It is generally served warm.) And I don't mean room temperature, I mean COLD. Meaning the giant pieces our food was sitting on had made our platters cold, too. :P
In the end, portions on the sampler platters were small, and unimpressive (and cold). My friend had never had Ethiopian, and I had to keep apologizing and telling him, "It's usually not like this, I swear..." Also, on both platters, a large section was "salad" - iceberg with what tasted like Italian dressing? Yikes.
At any rate, I was so non-plussed that we didn't get a to-go box, I didn't order something to go so I could use the voucher I'd purchased at restaurant.com (booo), and I would never recommend it.
Blue Nile isn't bad per se, they're just super far from good. :(
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