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| - We will not be going back to Blu. I've said this before, but we always seem to get invited by different people, and we've given in. But this time, it's official, as I promised to write a review on behalf of 7 other people that were a part of our group on Friday night. There's no one left who would want to go back there amongst our group of friends. Our experience was so bad, it was surreal. Just some of the highlights:
It should say something, when before even going in, when the other restaurant's on the same strip are on a wait and packed, and there are 3 guests in Blu at 6:30 on a Friday night. We committed to meeting a large party, though, so it worked for us, on this occasion.
We went in, and our party got there at staggered times, couple by couple, which should have made it easy to keep things separate. After 4 of us were there (2 couples), the server came up to us, and made a big deal about having separate checks. Keep in mind that there were a total of 7 guests in the whole restaurant at this point. She kept pointing out on the menu that their policy is that they won't do it. We didn't argue or really make much of a comment, but she kept repeating it to us. She finally said that they would do it, but with major protest to herself.
At 7:00, a sushi chef came around, turned on a disco ball, and cranked the music so loudly (still, less than 10 guests in the whole place), it was difficult to hear each other across the table. The 2 sushi chefs would frequently yell out (think hibachi) and partake in sake shots. During our 2 hours there, we saw one of the chefs (who referred to himself as Charlie) take at least 7 shots, growing louder and more obnoxious with each one.
At one point, Charlie came over to our table started dancing ON one of the women with us, and asked who wanted to arm-wrestle. One of our visiting guests, jokingly took him up on it, and ended up with Charlie taking him down on the floor, fully wrestling him, arm around his neck and (I'm not exaggerating) touching him inappropriately. Seriously.
This is not even a reflection of the food...yet. 4 of the 8 of us ordered cooked rolls, which we have had in the past. Normally they take some time to get, but come out piping hot. This time, they were unrecognizable, and COLD. We actually asked the chef about it, and he went on a rant, about he doesn't make it the same way that they last chef did, and that his way was better. He actually said that the last chef was an a**hole, before he took the cold rolls away.
When we were (oh so) ready to leave, we asked for our check(s). You could immediately tell this was stressful for our server, who disappeared for a solid 10 minutes, re-appeared to tell us she needed a break from our checks, and that she would be in the bathroom (necessary??), and returned another 10 minutes later.
The total experience was bad enough, but finding out that the pricing had increased at least 20-30% with the new management, put the nail in the coffin. $11 dollars for a goose and soda? I would expect this pricing in Scottsdale or at a hotel, but in Litchfield Park, not at all.
We will not be going back...don't even think about giving it a try. We have...multiple times. Service is always an issue, but this was above and beyond! There are much better sushi options in the West Valley!
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