I still not sure should I recommend this place or not to my friends. On one hand - the place is nice, they have a live music, food is good, service is not slow... BUT!!! We had a really dangerous experience because of my husband allergy. Yoy notified our waiter about the allergy, ask him to double check all of our order, you were assured that we shouldn't be worry. Likely, I tried the meal first - there were allergen definitely. I asked the waiter again, he came back and said "Such a surprise! Kitchen team revealed that there is an ingredient that cause the allergy reaction. They said - it just a small amount of it, so not a big deal. Excuse me??? How could any of the restaurant team be so naive, do they not familiar what is anaphylactic shock and how dangerous is it? I think it is negligence. Please be aware! To management: please educate your employees.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
ShaneH
This was the first time eating there, wonderful experience. We had the caprese chicken and gnocchi. Both were excellent. We were there at lunch, great service and ambiance, not too noisy.
Cat V
What a lovely experience. We got a reservation here a few hours beforehand. Parking was super easy, there’s a big lot right outside. We walked in and found out there was a violinist playing in the restaurant! She was wonderful, she even played one of our favorite songs. We arrived about half an hour before our reservation and they were luckily able to seat us right away. The service was very good and we had several people taking care of us and periodically checking in.The atmosphere was great, very peaceful even with so many people. The crowd was mostly older (~35-60) well dressed people, I assume out for date night. My fiancée and I talk pretty softly at restaurants as not to disturb our neighbors and our neighbors were just as quiet as us, so this place has people with respect and social etiquette. I will say this place has the tables crammed in, I’m plus size and I had to weave around the room to get to my chair in the back and then actually move the table so I could fit in between to get to the booth, which was very unfortunate and a bit embarrassing.The food was fabulous. Im a vegetarian and there were a fair number of vegetarian dishes, although most of those lacked creativity. I’d love to see more inspired vegetarian options. We had the flatbread with roasted garlic and goat cheese and the risotto mozzarella balls to start. Both were great, tasted very fresh. The red sauce with the risotto balls was outstanding, warm and rich with a kick to it. The drinks were delicious, I got their autumn respite and it was particularly good and a somewhat unique flavor combination. I had the pesto pasta for dinner and although the sauce was quite runny it had great flavor. Restaurant pestos often disappoint but this one was fresh and delicate. They got my order wrong the first time but corrected it pretty quickly, which I was thankful for since my fiancée won’t begin eating without me. He got the carbonara which he said was also quite good.For dessert we got the gelato and sorbet trio and it was hands down the best pistachio gelato I’ve ever had, which happens to be my favorite. They were out of the coconut, my second favorite, which was disappointing. They were also out of the red meat option, which my fiancée really wanted, so that was also quite disappointing, as he doesn’t care for pasta generally and this was one of the few mains without it. I had the homemade arancella which was fabulous and he got a grappa that happened to be one of his favorites. The wine was so good too.Throughout the night we had 3 different staff checking in on us so we never sat there waiting for help. Each one of them was wonderful but not overbearing. It genuinely seemed like they didn’t mind (dare I say enjoyed?) the work atmosphere. They didn’t rush the bill either. We spent about an hour and a half here.As people who usually go out in Seattle, we were shocked that the place was nearly cleared out by 815, but I imagine is due to the older clientele they were serving that night and the general calmness of the Redmond region.Overall, the meal was exceptional. We rarely find ourselves in Redmond and we don’t often go to a place twice unless it’s VERY good but I will be coming back and I eagerly await another violin date night at Blue Sardinia. I highly recommend this place, even if you have to drive out from Seattle.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Aliya A
Stopped in here for dinner. We were not prepared for this place to be so amazing. Thank you to the staff and chefs who fed us so deliciously. I felt as if I was in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ram Farhi
At best lucklaster pricy food. Will likely not return. Medicare service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Carlos Castro
Very good restaurant good service and friendly people I highly recommend please go there and enjoy the best Mediterranean food ..5 start
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
KCJ 2024
I tried a Sardinian chicken dish. It was a little weak in flavor, and I'm not a strong user of seasonings, but some use of spices was weak to me, but I wanted an authentic dish from Sardinia, symbolic of a dish made and served in Sardinia. I believe I got it. I'm 1% Sardinian! I'm not a jet setter, but feel I got an authentic recipe from there. The other dishes in my party were also generous in portions. The Antipasto Plate was great looking and tasted great given some to share. The Bolognese dish was also great from another's order. The lemon like Sorbet/Gelato was refreshing as a nice dessert tho rather small, one scoop for $10. While we all enjoy wine, the meal price with one glass of wine for me at $12, Eroica Riesling ?, Columbia Valley, Washington(?) among the three of us, was just right on our pockets for the night out. Sorry, rare of me, there are no photos.$$$Parking: There is a rise, but door clearance isn't as wide, I believe.Wheelchair accessibility: Wheel chair accessibility is, but tight even in the bathroom for males.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Bolognese
Wizards Code
Food is a balance of flavor, the balance here is good but the intensity, at least for my dish ("little bundles") was off the scale. Wind it back a little, less is sometimes more, I want to experience the flavors, not be hit over the head with them.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Pierre
The restaurant seemed to be way understaffed, which reflected in the time to check in, waiting in the cold lobby, and the time it took (about 20 after being seated) to have someone start to wait our table. The food was ok, but overpriced, unfortunately.
RICHARDM
Kitchen had issues. No dressing on our Caesar salads. Forgot the anchovies that were requested on side. (1) entree was wrong. Kitchen ended up sending us with a to go box of the correct entree which was eaten later that night!
My wife and have been regular customers for several years, and it's on our short-list of places to take friends who come from out-of-town. The "little bundles" might be the most delicious main course ever.
Yun
An excellent Italian restaurant located in a quiet redmond strip mall. I am surprised to see a mostly empty restaurant. The server recommended my cocktail drink “euphoria” that indeed made me feel euphoria. Each food we ordered was all beyond our expectations.
Based on other reviews with nice photos, I think the primary chef(s) must have been gone, as the food we were served was not good compared to what other people have experience. Reliability may be an issue here, as several people reported hit-and-miss experiences.Tonight my elderly parents and I arrived at 6:30pm to a nice ambiance with a live violinist and fire place. The waiter was kind and attentive- kudos to him. But our enjoyment didn't progress beyond that.After a ~30min wait, the one salad we ordered came out. The fall salad had very little green in it and was mostly oily Brussel sprouts and sweet potato. 20-25 min after finishing the salad, our pasta dishes arrived and were average at best-- akin to Italian fast food in taste and presentation, I'm sorry to report. The pasta Norma was missing the basil and Parmesan cheese, which the waiter apologized for and brought out a bowl of ground cheese, while all three of us agreed the eggplant in it was difficult to chew. The Pasta Sardinia was a basic red sauce with ground sausage, but little more.Overall it was quite an underwhelming meal for the higher prices and fine ambiance. Seems like we had bad timing for this meal, as it was not in line with other raving reviews and nowhere like the lovely photos many have posted. The waiter did say there was a party upstairs that was delaying the kitchen, but that's no excuse for other diners to have a poor experience.Vegetarian options: Like post Italian restaurants, there are several vegi options here from salads and appetizers to main dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
RandeeF
Restaurant is extremely understaffed. This is the second time in two weeks there was only one server! Our drinks came sporadically as well as salads and main courses. Not the experience we have come to enjoy through the years at Blu Sardinia.
Susanshusband
Great service and unexpected high quality food. Wife had the salmon, fresh and perfectly cooked. I had the ossobuco lamb, it was excellent and the largest shank I ever tried to eat at once! In the past, we were not so impressed, but this is our second recent visit with the staff amazing and friendly and the food done right.
I still not sure should I recommend this place or not to my friends. On one hand - the place is nice, they have a live music, food is good, service is not slow... BUT!!! We had a really dangerous experience because of my husband allergy. Yoy notified our waiter about the allergy, ask him to double check all of our order, you were assured that we shouldn't be worry. Likely, I tried the meal first - there were allergen definitely. I asked the waiter again, he came back and said "Such a surprise! Kitchen team revealed that there is an ingredient that cause the allergy reaction. They said - it just a small amount of it, so not a big deal. Excuse me??? How could any of the restaurant team be so naive, do they not familiar what is anaphylactic shock and how dangerous is it? I think it is negligence. Please be aware! To management: please educate your employees.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
This was the first time eating there, wonderful experience. We had the caprese chicken and gnocchi. Both were excellent. We were there at lunch, great service and ambiance, not too noisy.
What a lovely experience. We got a reservation here a few hours beforehand. Parking was super easy, there’s a big lot right outside. We walked in and found out there was a violinist playing in the restaurant! She was wonderful, she even played one of our favorite songs. We arrived about half an hour before our reservation and they were luckily able to seat us right away. The service was very good and we had several people taking care of us and periodically checking in.The atmosphere was great, very peaceful even with so many people. The crowd was mostly older (~35-60) well dressed people, I assume out for date night. My fiancée and I talk pretty softly at restaurants as not to disturb our neighbors and our neighbors were just as quiet as us, so this place has people with respect and social etiquette. I will say this place has the tables crammed in, I’m plus size and I had to weave around the room to get to my chair in the back and then actually move the table so I could fit in between to get to the booth, which was very unfortunate and a bit embarrassing.The food was fabulous. Im a vegetarian and there were a fair number of vegetarian dishes, although most of those lacked creativity. I’d love to see more inspired vegetarian options. We had the flatbread with roasted garlic and goat cheese and the risotto mozzarella balls to start. Both were great, tasted very fresh. The red sauce with the risotto balls was outstanding, warm and rich with a kick to it. The drinks were delicious, I got their autumn respite and it was particularly good and a somewhat unique flavor combination. I had the pesto pasta for dinner and although the sauce was quite runny it had great flavor. Restaurant pestos often disappoint but this one was fresh and delicate. They got my order wrong the first time but corrected it pretty quickly, which I was thankful for since my fiancée won’t begin eating without me. He got the carbonara which he said was also quite good.For dessert we got the gelato and sorbet trio and it was hands down the best pistachio gelato I’ve ever had, which happens to be my favorite. They were out of the coconut, my second favorite, which was disappointing. They were also out of the red meat option, which my fiancée really wanted, so that was also quite disappointing, as he doesn’t care for pasta generally and this was one of the few mains without it. I had the homemade arancella which was fabulous and he got a grappa that happened to be one of his favorites. The wine was so good too.Throughout the night we had 3 different staff checking in on us so we never sat there waiting for help. Each one of them was wonderful but not overbearing. It genuinely seemed like they didn’t mind (dare I say enjoyed?) the work atmosphere. They didn’t rush the bill either. We spent about an hour and a half here.As people who usually go out in Seattle, we were shocked that the place was nearly cleared out by 815, but I imagine is due to the older clientele they were serving that night and the general calmness of the Redmond region.Overall, the meal was exceptional. We rarely find ourselves in Redmond and we don’t often go to a place twice unless it’s VERY good but I will be coming back and I eagerly await another violin date night at Blue Sardinia. I highly recommend this place, even if you have to drive out from Seattle.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stopped in here for dinner. We were not prepared for this place to be so amazing. Thank you to the staff and chefs who fed us so deliciously. I felt as if I was in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
At best lucklaster pricy food. Will likely not return. Medicare service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Very good restaurant good service and friendly people I highly recommend please go there and enjoy the best Mediterranean food ..5 start
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I tried a Sardinian chicken dish. It was a little weak in flavor, and I'm not a strong user of seasonings, but some use of spices was weak to me, but I wanted an authentic dish from Sardinia, symbolic of a dish made and served in Sardinia. I believe I got it. I'm 1% Sardinian! I'm not a jet setter, but feel I got an authentic recipe from there. The other dishes in my party were also generous in portions. The Antipasto Plate was great looking and tasted great given some to share. The Bolognese dish was also great from another's order. The lemon like Sorbet/Gelato was refreshing as a nice dessert tho rather small, one scoop for $10. While we all enjoy wine, the meal price with one glass of wine for me at $12, Eroica Riesling ?, Columbia Valley, Washington(?) among the three of us, was just right on our pockets for the night out. Sorry, rare of me, there are no photos.$$$Parking: There is a rise, but door clearance isn't as wide, I believe.Wheelchair accessibility: Wheel chair accessibility is, but tight even in the bathroom for males.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Bolognese
Food is a balance of flavor, the balance here is good but the intensity, at least for my dish ("little bundles") was off the scale. Wind it back a little, less is sometimes more, I want to experience the flavors, not be hit over the head with them.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
The restaurant seemed to be way understaffed, which reflected in the time to check in, waiting in the cold lobby, and the time it took (about 20 after being seated) to have someone start to wait our table. The food was ok, but overpriced, unfortunately.
Kitchen had issues. No dressing on our Caesar salads. Forgot the anchovies that were requested on side. (1) entree was wrong. Kitchen ended up sending us with a to go box of the correct entree which was eaten later that night!
Restaurantji Recommends
My wife and have been regular customers for several years, and it's on our short-list of places to take friends who come from out-of-town. The "little bundles" might be the most delicious main course ever.
An excellent Italian restaurant located in a quiet redmond strip mall. I am surprised to see a mostly empty restaurant. The server recommended my cocktail drink “euphoria” that indeed made me feel euphoria. Each food we ordered was all beyond our expectations.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ricotta Gnocchi, Tiramisu, Grilled Octopus
Based on other reviews with nice photos, I think the primary chef(s) must have been gone, as the food we were served was not good compared to what other people have experience. Reliability may be an issue here, as several people reported hit-and-miss experiences.Tonight my elderly parents and I arrived at 6:30pm to a nice ambiance with a live violinist and fire place. The waiter was kind and attentive- kudos to him. But our enjoyment didn't progress beyond that.After a ~30min wait, the one salad we ordered came out. The fall salad had very little green in it and was mostly oily Brussel sprouts and sweet potato. 20-25 min after finishing the salad, our pasta dishes arrived and were average at best-- akin to Italian fast food in taste and presentation, I'm sorry to report. The pasta Norma was missing the basil and Parmesan cheese, which the waiter apologized for and brought out a bowl of ground cheese, while all three of us agreed the eggplant in it was difficult to chew. The Pasta Sardinia was a basic red sauce with ground sausage, but little more.Overall it was quite an underwhelming meal for the higher prices and fine ambiance. Seems like we had bad timing for this meal, as it was not in line with other raving reviews and nowhere like the lovely photos many have posted. The waiter did say there was a party upstairs that was delaying the kitchen, but that's no excuse for other diners to have a poor experience.Vegetarian options: Like post Italian restaurants, there are several vegi options here from salads and appetizers to main dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Restaurant is extremely understaffed. This is the second time in two weeks there was only one server! Our drinks came sporadically as well as salads and main courses. Not the experience we have come to enjoy through the years at Blu Sardinia.
Great service and unexpected high quality food. Wife had the salmon, fresh and perfectly cooked. I had the ossobuco lamb, it was excellent and the largest shank I ever tried to eat at once! In the past, we were not so impressed, but this is our second recent visit with the staff amazing and friendly and the food done right.