Bluu Cafe and Ultra Lounge

My friend, my mother, and I went shopping in Danbury CT.  Someone had told me he went to Bluu and thought it was a pretty cool place, inexpensive and eclectic, so we decided to check it out after a long day of shopping.  We were not disappointed.

As we were walking up to this building, which doesn't look like much, maybe a warehouse or something, we noticed a TV on the outside of the building near the front door.  That's different...

We got there around 7 pm on a Saturday.  The place wasn't busy but busy enough and we were seated right away, on the "balcony", let's call it.  The place kind of looks like a small night club, and it is a lounge with a DJ after 9 pm.  We walked up the couple stairs to our table.  It was dimly lit inside with blue LED candles on all the tables.  My favorite part was the bar which was back lit by lights that kept changing colors, like a fiber optic Christmas tree.  The place looked trendy and I liked it.

(Sorry bout the photos, they were taken from my Iphone)

We could not decide what to order.  The menu is limited to sushi (No combo meals either so you have to spend a ton of money if you want to order rolls or ala carte), salads, burgers, pizza, or pasta.  Of course, they have all different combos of each but they are different, like their lemon pizza which is topped with arugula or their Brazilian burger that gets a fried egg on top.  You can be boring and order just a cheeseburger, or you could put any toppings you want on a burger, pizza, pasta, or in the calzone.

It took forever for us to decide what to order, but our waiter was very nice and patient.  In the end, we decided to each get something different and share.  We got a shrimp tempura roll first as an appetizer.  It came out and the shrimp in the center was still hot.  I have to say, one of the best tempura rolls I have had!

My friend got the Mozzarella Tomato Basil spread burger.  It was quite tasty, cooked to her liking (medium well, whereas I would have asked for medium).  The tomato mixture on top had sundried tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella.  Different, but it worked.  The burger came with a side of fries.  We wondered why they were so dark they looked burnt but our waiter told us the Bluu fries  were made from Peruvian blue potatoes (different!  Interesting!  I like...)  The burger also came with a "coleslaw" which was actually a vegetable slaw that had green and red peppers, cucumbers, and was topped with a sesame dressing that tasted like the dressing from a seaweed salad.  Again, interesting choice but it was good.

Mom ordered a red spinach and garlic pizza with cheese.  Their pizza is nothing to write home about.  It's good, don't get me wrong.  The crust is nice and thin, just the way I like it, but it's one of those places where their pizza does not stand out.  Maybe we should have ordered one of their specialty pizzas.  Maybe next time.

I ordered sushi (of course).  The roll had tuna, salmon, avocado, tobiko, cream cheese, and cucumber.  It was really melt-in-your-mouth delicious!

We did not order any drinks and our total bill ended up coming to $17 each, plus tip for the waiter.  We all really enjoyed our experience at Bluu.  The waiter was on point, constantly filling up my water glass, right there when we needed something and to come back and pick up the check.  I will definitely go back there and explore some other adventurous menu options!