The Bluebird Bar

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   Jim and Patty

   Greater Boston

   48 reviews

   5.0

   48 reviews

   Dined on December 8, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our first time here since it changed from Lumiere and we will be sure to go back. Very friendly service at the roomy bar. Had a perfect dry martini and the quality of the wine is top shelf. The caesar salad with swordfish skewer was perfect, the arancini, big and melty and the mussels were a good size portion, perfect for sharing. The staff aims to please and you can tell since there were many repeat customers. A perfect place to hang out or catch a drink or bite before a movie across the street at the West Newton Cinema. And the amazing part? $1 oysters from 3-5pm daily, nice and cold and well shucked. Thank you!
   

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   Bonny

   Greater Boston

   11 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   11 reviews

   Dined on December 5, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   I have been to the Bluebird a few times. It is convenient to my home. I thought the food was ok. However, this last visit two days ago I changed my opinion. The food was really good. Especially memorable was the doughnut hole dessert. Service was very good as well. Still a little noisy... but that is my only complaint.
   

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   Elizabeth

   Greater Boston

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on November 23, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Excellent food and service. The staff was very helpful and conscientious about my food restrictions.
   

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   Karen

   Greater Boston

   32 reviews

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   4.0

   32 reviews

   Dined on November 5, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This was our third time at The Bluebird Bar, our first for a special occasion, a birthday. We ordered mussels as an appetizer, which were absolutely delicious and plentiful. The main course of salmon, which my husband asked to have cooked through was good, but kind of bland. My steak tips were good and came with fries that were exceptional! The curious part came towards the end of our time there. We were well-fed, but might have ordered a dessert, since this was a birthday celebration. The bill came and no dessert menu was offered, nor was any little gesture made in honor of the birthday. The person seating us did give happy birthday wishes verbally, but that was it. Most times we and friends have eaten out to celebrate a birthday, some gesture has been made at other restaurants. We enjoy The Bluebird Bar and will return, but my advice to the restaurant is to pay some kind of tangible attention to someone celebrating a birthday with you.
   

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   Grant

   Greater Boston

   26 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   26 reviews

   Dined on October 11, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great atmosphere, good ambiance, excellent food and service. And it is worth repeating - excellent food.
   

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   Daniela

   Greater Boston

   4 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on October 11, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food, drinks and service are always a 10!! A true hidden gem!
   

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   daphne

   Greater Boston

   3 reviews

   vip
   2.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on October 3, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Good appetizers. Mediocre food. Steak tips burned.
   

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   Linda

   Greater Boston

   22 reviews

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   5.0

   22 reviews

   Dined on August 31, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It is always excellent. Wonderful oysters, chicken wings,, salads. The wait staff is excellent, especially Robert!
   

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   StuartS

   Cleveland

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on August 10, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   First time at the restaurant. Nice atmosphere. Hostess and wait staff all full of smiles and very attentive. Three of us had kabobs and one had steak tips. Everything came out hot and well presented. Very satisfying meal and we’ll certainly go back again. The baba ghanoush was a killer appetizer.
   

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    Joanna

    Greater Boston

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 2, 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 4

    Our server didn't have time for us and was rude. The food was extremely expensive and rather than being exceptional was loaded with salt that obscured any other flavors that we might have otherwise experienced. The menu is limited with no affordable options. We hung in there and my friend ordered dessert which was a mess of a creme brulee with too many extras. Creme brulee just needs to be creme brulee to be good and this wasn't. When I spoke to the manager about the waiter being rude and unresponsive he didn't offer to take anything off the bill. We didn't feel welcome or taken good care of which is what I would hope for at that price. Perhaps they could see that we weren't wealthy enough to become regulars.
    

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