Blue Fin - Rome

Food here in past has been exceptional especially the fried rice but this visit was only average at best prices are way to high for quality of food...

I really love this place. Never had a bad experience.

By far the best sushi around, nothing else comes close. The staff is incredibly friendly and go above and beyond. For me though, the most important thing is the quality of the fish which is always top notch. The non-sushi entrees are also very very good. The massaman curry with chicken is amazing.

So I was in town for a week or so and looked these guys up on Google. I was really craving some good Asian food and I found it! I 'm a fan of steak and scallops so I ordered that and I 've got to tell you I was pretty impressed with most of it. First of all the steak was obviously a great cut, very tender. I had it medium rare and these guys really nailed it. Instead of small little bits cut up as many places do, they were little larger than normal and extremely tender and tasty, so great job. The scallops were huge! I was really surprised. I was served two huge scallops the size of silver dollars along with at least two or three smaller ones. I will say that the scallops were extremely undercooked for my taste, I 'm a more well done scallop guy, so I did send the big ones back and they took care of it. Just know that if you don 't like them basically only seared, you need to tell them to cook them to order . Onto the rest of the selection. The fried rice was good, of course most of these combo hibachi dishes generally have either noodles and rice or rice and some kind of mixed vegetables, generally tossed in the sauce. I was a little disappointed on the vegetables it was basically like a heated warm coleslaw mix, sans vinegar, primarily cabbage with some micro small shreds of carrot, not for me. My suggestion here for this establishment would be either broccoli and mushrooms with some Julianne carrots or something more substantial and appetizing than a big lump of warm cabbage. Also you guys should put the sauce on the mixed vegetables because that ties it together with the meat and scallops. Overall the dish was tasty and the rice was good along with a decent portion of the meat and scallops . The soup beforehand was piping hot. I really like it that way. I want my soup so hot I 've got to wait a couple of minutes for it to cool down . The taste was light and subtle, flavor good . The salad was huge compared to what you would expect. Most places serve a small salad in a small bowl. This one was pretty big, very fresh. The ginger dressing was so so, not enough bite for me, and somewhat thin, you guys should have some real ground ginger in there to spice it up and give it some body. Overall the whole meal was pretty good considering the cost was extremely affordable. I 've had this meal in many places across the country for years and I can tell you the price here was exceptionally affordable. The ambience here, very busy on a Friday night. The server was very nice. They have a pretty large sushi bar. Since I was eating solo they did offer the bar to me but I wanted to sit at a table and it was ready fairly quickly, certainly within 5 minutes even though it was very busy. All in all I would give this place 4 and 1/2 stars, digging them only for the weird coleslaw like cabbage vegetable side and the somewhat anemic salad dressing. All in all a good place to eat, very clean and prompt service.

The food and service are always fantastic at Blue Fin!