Blu Grotto - OCEANPORT

Great food accompanied by great music all outside. Loved it Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Great place to hang for the summer. They have nice music lineups on Thursdays, all summer. I didn't try the food, but plan on going back soon. So I can't comment about the food or service at this time.

Meal type: Other Price per person: $20–30 Food: 3 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 3

Awful! We made reservations on the patio yesterday for 5:15 right after the races were over. They sat us on the patio that was covered with Lantern Flies. Within minutes, one landed on my head and several were on and under our table. We asked, along with another table that was seated next to us, if we could go inside. They said no. The other table left. We then asked if we could sit on the other side of the patio away from the side of the building that was covered with the Lantern Flies. They still said no. Not only did they say no, my husband caught the hostesses mocking us because we had asked for another table. When we first complained, the waiter told us that when he was setting up the patio, that they were jumping all over him. So, they knew about the problem and still seated us out there. They made no effort to accommodate us. We got up and left just like the table next to us. It was a Saturday and it was impossible to find another restaurant locally to have dinner. It is a disgrace that they were willing to seat us on a patio knowing full well that it was covered with these bugs and made no apologies about it.

Great looking spot for those summer afternoons.. To be honest I would leave the kids at home but they have plenty of things kids can do to keep themselves entertained. Food was so so and they can do better if they tried. Service was up there with the worst I've ever experienced. The server did not look the part and was more interested in playing with animals, Food came out sporadically with one plate for this person a few minutes later the same for another. One order was wrong, mine was cold. It became even colder when I realized I couldn't eat it with my hands as the server never brought out knives and forks. I saved the day once I found the server and was handed napkins and forks tucked away in their side pocket. Maybe this is why my food was cold but who knows. After dinner we all talked over our half eaten plates for a couple of hours until we got the check, well I mean hunted down another server to bring our check as our server was still playing with pets. Fortunately for us the table was finally cleaned up as we were standing up to leave. Would have loved another round of drinks but heck still waiting for that water we ordered. Nice place to visit, food ok, atmosphere great along with band playing.