Blue Room
(617) 494-9034
1 Kendall Sq
Cambridge,
MA
02139
42.3671
-71.0931
Neighborhood: Area IV
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The Scene
The Blue Room's award-winning cuisine has long been a favorite among local foodies and eager tourists. But the restaurant's atmosphere--loads of local art, a bustling open kitchen and an upbeat, three-sided bar--is worth the trip alone. The famously colorful Sunday brunch is all the more enjoyable when the weather allows diners to enjoy the outdoor patio. Attentive servers are pleased to discuss the menu's intricacies.
The Food
The menu changes every few weeks, due in part to an affinity for seasonal ingredients. Depending on when you visit, the modern American menu may have Caribbean (deliciously sweet fried plantains), Asian (spicy stir-fried greens), and Latin (piquant Chipotle-lime glazed tuna with avocado salsa and a black bean cake) touches, with missteps few and far between. Leave room for tantalizing homemade desserts, including warm chocolate cake with cinnamon cream or a juicy roasted pear with vanilla bean ice cream.
User Reviews
CanWeTawk
September 21, 2008
We had three app's. The "signature" cheese plate. Sadly we were looking for the cheese on the plate, not nearly as "special" as the server described it. The Lobster soup was tepid. The organic greens fortunately were fine. Entrees; the Tilapia was very salty, the duck was very good, the pasta special (being kind) uneventful and bland. The dessert, a blueberry cobbler was dry and shouldn't have been served to anyone but a homeless person, the chocolate eclairs were yummy. The service was OK however we felt very hurried as our server rushed around. Yes,we didn't "want" for anything but it felt as though our waiter was "rushing" to tell us the specials and each time he came to the table it felt to us as if he "had to be somewhere else", the waiter was young and seemed more concerned about getting to the next table than providing us with a welcome, hospitable tone. Not much for "hospitality"..... . Was it an off night? Were they understaffed? Should we be more forgiving....Hmmmm?? Neither of the prior excuses mattered to us when we got the bill which came out to about $70 pp. Paying that kind of money you expect so much more than one gets at a sandwich shop. From the moment we entered the restaurant we felt tension in the air as everyone was rushing around....Eeek, it made us feel anxious. Over-all the staff was polite and well mannered but our server didn't seem to have the time to notice that we left much of our food on our plate. If he did notice he didn't ask why. Here's our question, Why Go Back????
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Anonymous
April 06, 2008
THE BLUE ROOM is consistently a winner over many years. great atmosphere, brick and woodsy and warm and cozy. very fair prices and always very high quality. totally unpretentious and an unassailable winner. simple as that.
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veryblue
February 15, 2008
We had a reservation to the Blue Room for this first time on Friday. When we arrived we were seated at a table (which was not even close to level) right in the path of all the waiter traffic even though other tables were open. The waitress mumbled as we ordered our Sangria "22", which was a watered down version of what you would get at the local dive. We were pleased with the appetizers, but when our entrees arrived, I could not even take a second bite of the rubbery cod. Additionally, our entrees looked very peculiar since all of the sauce kept sliding to one side of the plate (of course the slanted table was to blame for that). The staff that came by to clear the table was not our waitress and did not ask us about our meal. By the time our waitress finally came around to bring us the dessert menus, we figured we would simply make up for the horrible meal with dessert. The waitress came back to take our dessert orders 20 minutes later (after serving another table 4 times) and by then they had lost all chance to redeem themselves. We will certainly not be returning to The Blue Room.
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Parking:
Kendall Square's limited meters are in demand on weekends; the restaurant offers validated parking in the nearby cinema's lot for $5.
The Extras:
Enjoy a drink in the comfy bar or nip around the corner to Flat Top Johnny's for a game of pool.
Category:
Payment Methods:
Gift Certificate, American Express, Cash, Diners Club, Discover, Visa, MasterCard, Travelers Check
Restaurant Special Features:
Local Favorite, Romantic Dining, Chef''s Table, Celeb Hangout, Outdoor Dining, Private Rooms, Group Dining, Dine At The Bar, Notable Wine List, Bar Scene
Cuisine:
Smoking Permitted:
No
