Bleu Martini

What can I say
This place is so cozy clean
Friendly staff, amazing hookah and drinks
Haven’t tried the food yet but can’t wait
Very very nice place

The music was great, security was on point. The bartender needs to get some tongs for the lemon & lime wedges instead of his fingers but me and my peeps had a good time

My boyfriend and I went there last week for his birthday weekend. They had good Hip Hop/R&B/Reggae music and a lively ambience on a Saturday night! We danced a lot. However, this place is PRICEY. Just to get in the door it’s $ 20 for guys, $ 10 for females. Two shots plus a beer cost like $ 40. We stuck to our tall long islands the entire night, they make good ones there. Also, there’s not a lot of place to walk, let alone dance, you have to stay in one place the entire time, because it gets so crowded! I loved my experience but they definitely need a bigger spot.

Me and a date went here on a saturday night around 9pm. We didn’t have a reservation but we were seated quickly. They have quite a selection of martini flavors and we tried a few. They were just ok, nothing special. Maybe it depends on the bartender. Our favorite was the flirtini which is mixed with champagne. I ordered the spicy crab roll but it wasnt spicy. The crab tasted very fresh though. He had buffalo wings, which were decent nothing special. The menu prices are affordable. The restaurant is pretty dark but the décor seemed nice and our booth was really comfy.
This restaurant turns into a nightclub around 11pm and it was a well dressed crowd but alot of sloppy drunk girls. Decent size crowd and good hip hop/​reggae music. They dont have a designated dance floor, so its kinda awkward. Ppl just dance wherever there is space. By the bathroom, bar, atm machine, front door, wherever. You could be eating at a booth and ppl will be twerking right next to your face. Its big enough as a restaurant but as a club there’s just no space. It’s one of the few hip hop clubs in philly that plays good music and doesn’t charge a $ 20 cover. My only complaint is that me and my date spent $ 200 on food and drinks but we couldn’t get a free glass of water. The waitress said it’s the managers policy that customers have to buy bottled water. –_​_​_​–

When the best thing on your plate is French fries? I don’t think so. Place was dead, but it was a Sunday evening. Still, the sushi wasn’t cold, and the three different rolls we ordered tasted the same, not good. Not good that it tasted the same, which ain’t good, but they just didn’t taste fresh and sweet like good sushi usually does. I’ve never left sushi on a plate and when I mentioned my Dissatisfaction, nothing was done about it! No offer to remake, replace, remove from our check, mop, nothing. Wings were okay, and I simply can’t remember our entrée, which says a lot, don’t you think? And the martinis? Overpriced and undersized. With the plethora of really great restaurants in Philly, even just in old city, I’d spend elsewhere.

Not the place to go if you are a group of out of town college students. Apparently this combination makes you a target at bars like the Bleu Martini.
My son gave his credit card for the table’s tab, but the kids paid for their drinks as they arrived. Imagine his surprise when the tab arrived for close to $ 300! When they questioned the bill the bouncer invited him into the bathroom for a private conversation… I initially thought that the waitress was the culprit, pocketing the cash as it was paid. But after reading others’ reviews, it may have been the other added charges that this place routinely adds on that was the problem. Either way, their beer and bar snacks can’t possibly be worth it.

We all came here for happy hour after lunch. We all ordered drinks at the bar. I ordered a margarita martini. Honestly, it wasn’t that great of a taste at all. The customer service from the bartender was not very friendly. Which there was no excuse because the 6 of us in my group and 2 other people were the only ones in the restaurant. I’ve had better. But despite all of that the décor is really nice inside of here.

Not a good experience. I reserved a large table & bottle service for a bachelorette party. I was told that I would get top shelf liquor. When I arrived, I was offered Smirnoff, Absolute, and Skyy vodka. I have never heard these brands consider «Top Shelf». I expected Grey Goose & Ciroc. When I requested to speak to a manager she seemed to not have time to talk to me, then finally she told me (with an attitude), «That’s what Bleu Martini considers top shelf, and no one has ever complained before». Although I was unhappy, I decided to stay because it was too late to change the plans with the large crowd I had with me, just to get annoyed again. They wanted to start clearing our table 1 hour before the night was over even though my guest were still drinking. Our waitress was nice and the music was ok but I will never go back to spend money at this place again

Great drinks ! Never tried their food ! Good touristy place in Philadelphia. Not expensive drinks compared to NYC but for Philly a little bit pricey ! Servers are excellent ! Gratuities included in price!

Liked this place a lot. The food was very good and the staff was also very friendly. Be mindful that the tip for whatever party size is included in the bill. It is written in small print but wasn’t realized until the CC statement came in.

Went here to get drinks bcs the first bar was boring. This club man! Was pumped!!! Martini’s were good & music was live! I’m going again!

My sister came to visit and we all decided to split our night between salsa dancing and bleu martini for hip hop. We had a great time but that alone is not 5 stars. Ladies ditch the guys and you get in for free (not sure of the time limit) otherwise $ 10 cover. They searched my purse and i kind of felt violated but in this place it is definitely necessary. The music was mostly hip hop and reggae. We had shots and beer and the service was super quick. The crowd is older and I thought it was weird that there were more men than women. It was a friday night during memorial day weekend and it was jam packed. We paid around $ 30 (a little less) right across the street for parking however the attendant asked that we pick up our keys by 12 as he was leaving. Their bottle service is super cheap and would entitle you to a table so i think that is definitely the way to go. If you are in the mood for hip hop go here.

Good drinks. Calamair sucks big time. Spanish fries lack seasoning, onions and jalapeño’s sooooo I guess its actually fries with scallions… lol Last experience waitress was AWESOME!!! bartender who claimed to be the owners son acted in a typical privelaged, emu, hate life kind of way. Could have done w/​out him. :/

Great local bar that feels like a classy place with great bartenders. I will go back.

I’ll give this place 3.5 stars. It was pretty cool, and I’m usually tuff being from Brooklyn. It is kinda small in there. It definitely fits a bar category. If it were abigger venue, it would have been way more dope. There were handsome guys/​pretty chicks. I didn’t see any ratchets and oh gosh was I waiting for them. The bathroom lady was dope. She’s from BK too. Ummm drinks weren’t badly price especially since this isn’t NYC. Oh the dj could’ve been better. He played the same songs like 5 times 10 minutes a part… that’s less than an hr.
I wish they had hookah sighs…
Give it a try!

Been here a few more times since the initial review and it really all depends on the day you go and the people you’re with. Friday seems to be a little more dead than Saturday’s. The guys are still thirsty but the music is on point all night! Trap and reggae are the most popular. Drinks are still pricey.
We actually did VIP one night and got 3 bottles and a table for $ 400. Expensive and the glasses were dirty and had to get new ones but overall it was a good time.

I came to Bleu Martini with a group of girlfriends for restaurant week. We had changed our reservation that day from 7 people to 8 people. When we arrived, there were only 7 chairs set up. We looked around and most available chairs had already been taken from an open table. We had to ask multiple times if we could have a chair for the 8^th person.
We all ordered martinis which came out relatively quickly and they were awesome (although pricy). Chocolate Raspberry martini was delicious — almost more of a dessert with chocolate syrup in the glass.
The food was not bad. Our first courses came out and they forgot one. We were all done eating by the time we got a hold of our waitress for the missing food (which was chicken fingers). After that, our 2^nd course for dinner came out. Yet again, they forgot one. They brought out a bowl of mashed potatoes (?) for my friend as she waited for her food.
Due to the messed up service, they offered us a bottle of champagne on the house. They brought it out with a sparkler attached and poured it for us along with cherries to add in. The disappointing part was that when we finally got our bill, they charged us $ 100 dollars for it. When we pointed this out to our waitress, her response was «oh, okay let me take that off». She didn’t even seem surprised.
My last frustration was the bathroom attendant. She shook her tip bucket in a couple of my friend’s faces saying she didn’t get one yet. I would have felt bad if she actually did anything for us but she was just sitting in a chair. She didn’t even hand out a paper towel. I just felt that was super inappropriate.

I’ve been here 3 times and had 2 hits and 1 miss… when it’s on its all the way on… surprisingly even on the dead night the staff made the experience memorable. Every time the DJ was great. the drinks were good and the crowd was friendly.
I’ll probably be back next time work sends me this way.

I want to talk about the management staff and how this particular manager can use a refresher course in customer service and how to conduct herself in a professional manner!
My sister and I went to Bleu Martini on ²⁄₁ for food and drinks — we got there around 9:30. We were asked if we had reservations and we did not. We were seated at the third booth across from the entrance. We ordered our drinks and food — the drinks came in about ten minutes and the food… I would say it took about 40 minutes! We ordered chicken fingers… Needless to say, they weren’t piping hot and the Buffalo sauce wasn’t dripping… it had dried as almost they were sitting around for a little bit!
Fast forward with two orders of chicken fingers and few drinks are tab was just a few dollars shy of $ 100 — we loved our server and gave her $ 40 tip!
Then things got interesting… we had a couple of ladies join us at our table — we gave our server our ID and credit card to start another tab — we ordered four more martinis @ $ 10/​each and no sooner do we order, our server came back to tell us that the manager that originally seated us wanted us to move because someone came to her with a bottle order! We look to our right and there was a couple just sitting there boo lovin with nothing! Our server apologized left and right and then here comes the manager — needless to say, we canceled our drink order! The manager wanted to relocate us to another table after she found out we had placed a new order, but by then we were done!
If she would’ve told us initially that the table we were sitting at was booked than we could’ve been prepared to leave or we could’ve opted to sit somewhere else from jump!
But, it’s all good — it was a learning experience and there are a lot more lounges in Olde City that are worth our time and money!

First time here, came during restaurant week. The service seemed kinda slow but was told that the kitchen was backed up due to it being restaurant week. Anyway I had the veggje spring rolls which were very good, sauce just added an extra bang to them! I had the Chilean Sea Bass with Yukon Gold mashed, the portion size for me was perfect, not to much. This is a definite must try dish. All of the drinks are $ 10 or more. Also if you have room for dessert the cheesecake was real cheesecake, not that fake cheesecake with fruit topping, the fruit was swirled into the cheese cake. Menu prices are comparable to other restaurants in the area.
Anyway the ambience was ok, but not what I expected. After 10pm there is a $ 10 cover charge to get in, the lights go down, curtains get closed, and music gets turned up LOUD…
I guess they want it to have a club feel.
Overall the food was worth the wait & I’ll definitely visit again.