To begin with, do not let the name fool you, Blu is not a fine dining restaurant. This does not mean that the restaurant is terrible, it only means that the name can be a little bit deceiving. In order for a restaurant to claim to serve fine wine they need to offer, well, fine wine. The most expensive bottle on the menu is the Merryvale Starmont Cab at a whopping $50. I am not saying that wine needs to be expensive to be good, but you still need to offer some high end wines if you are going to claim to feature fine wine. For "fine food" the highlight of the menu is the Select Angus Beef Filet. Select? Really? that is anything but fine food. Luckily my wife and I were not looking for a fine dining experience.
I decided to take full advantage of Blu's happy hour special featuring $5 dollar pizzas. I ordered the chicken, sun-dried tomato, and pesto flatbread pizza. The pizza was good but not great and it definitely was a little skimp on the toppings, but for five dollars you can not complain. My wife ordered the Chicken and Portobello Sandwich, it is not on the menu, they have it as a quesadilla but the chef was able to make it a sandwich for her. Her sandwich was little bit dry and could have used some kind of sauce or dressing. All of the food was descent and at a total price of $14 it was a great value.
Blu is the type of restaurant you go to for appetizers and drinks. It kind of has a douchey atmosphere with a wanna-be upscale vibe. It is the type of place where if you are a girl, you have to be careful no one puts anything in your drink. Luckily the happy hour is not terrible especially since you avoid the night time crowd.
Rating 5 out of 10
$ 5-20
201 S. Crawford, Norman
http://blufinewineandfood.com/index.html
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