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What People Are Saying About Blue Hill

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The Scene – The small, below ground dining room has the feeling of an exclusive, well-bred supper club. Framed by backlit banquettes and warmly illuminated brick walls, and with a cozy bar at the entrance, the design is refreshingly notable for advancing absolutely no architectural metaphors--it's just a nice place to eat. The staff, while professional, can be humorless and rote. – – The Food – You certainly won't need to be carried to a cab from overeating here. In the feathery, well-conceived dishes of chef-owner Dan Barber, flavored broths supplant virtually all…

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

04/26/09

nearly flawless

by saoirse78

Excellent execution with the freshest of ingredients which are aloud to shine on their own merits without any overpowering spices or sauces. Best of class among the new american/season/local restaurants. The space mirrors the food in its elegant simplicity. Excellent service to boot.

  • Pros: incrediblly fesh ingredients, solid wine menu, not stuffy
  • Cons: can drain your wallet, but better value most
3 Star Rating: Average

02/06/09

Mixed Bag

by tadevosy

It is difficult to categorize this restaurant, because our dining experience in it was extremely mixed. The space is gorgeous, perfect for a quiet evening, although the tables are a little too closely spaced. The wine selection was very respectable. The service was EXCELLENT--attentive but not intrusive, solicitous but not annoying, accommodating, knowledgeable, able to offer alternatives, and generally close to perfect. The food--the portions were so tiny, that after a three-course meal, I was ready for a nice-portioned dinner. My morning egg with lentils offered a wonderful garnish of lentils and an extremely undercooked and cold egg on top. My rabbit came in 4 ridiculous, literally quarter-sized portions of practically raw rabbit. Seriously, the meat was undercooked to the point of being cold. But the sweetbread ravioli that came with it were heavenly. My husband's pork included a spectacular pork belly, an interesting in-house made warm sausage, and a card-board consistency, flavorless pork loin over mediocre chickpeas. My dessert included perhaps the most original item I have ever tasted--black pepper icecream, which was amazing, served over very good pear and pecorino combination served with a terrible, dry, tasteless biscotti styled cake. I think the restaurant suffers from a definite lack of balance in the kitchen and needs to make a better effort to put together its ingredients.

  • Pros: service, desserts, wine list, quality of ingredients
  • Cons: some of the food, portion size

The Details on Blue Hill

Know Before You Go:

Blue Hill fills up early, but you can dine at the handsome limestone bar, and probably meet fellow dining room refugees.

Where to Sit:

A small covered patio out back is a pleasant option, but only in warm (not hot)l weather as it lacks air conditioning.

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, Diners Club, MasterCard

Catering Services:

Restaurant Management

Restaurant Special Features:

Romantic Dining, Quiet, Fine Dining, Outdoor Dining, Theater District Dining, Private Rooms, Online Reservations, Dine At The Bar, Prix Fixe Menu

Cuisine:

New American, Traditional American

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