Out of the Blue — Restaurant in Kenmare Municipal District

The food looked very nice, but it was bland. Everything needed salt and more seasoning. Why are so many chefs afraid of salt? It is literally impossible to be a good chef without liberal use of salt. If you want to live to be a thousand, eat food that has no flavor. If you want to call yourself a cook, flavor always comes before health.

The bread consisted of a few tiny, cold slices of white bread and sweet brown bread, accompanied by hard butter. Hard butter has no place in a good restaurant, and if bread can't be memorable, there should at least be plenty of it.

The decor was imaginative. The premises were clean. The location is great. The staff was pleasant, although one asked if I wanted to leave a tip, which is a major waitstaff no-no. It makes you feel you were targeted as an American.

Out of the Blue didn't give me a reason to return. If you hold your establishment out as a fine dining location, and you charge accordingly, your food should impress and leave people wanting more.

This could be a wonderful restaurant, given a little more attention to the taste and texture...

I don’t have enough positive descriptive words to describe how delicious this dinner was! We were so lucky to get a walk in reservation for two at 9pm on a Friday. We Ordered the following: -OOTB Seafood Bouille à Baisse, Croutons with aïoli -Lobster & Langoustine Bisque with Croutons with aïoli -Panfried Hake filet with sautéed Gambas in Leek and Saffron Sauce -Chargrilled whole Seabass with Fennel with Roasted Peppers Salad -Side of potatoes and veggies

The meal started out with fresh bread, butter and tasty olives that had a good kick to them. We both opted for a starter and I’m truly obsessed with the Seafood Bouille à Baisse. I was baffled by the amount of flavor! My husband enjoyed his Lobster & Langoustine Bisque but being biased I think mine was tastier.

We rounded out dinner with the Seabass and Hake Filets which both transported us to heaven. The amount of flavor and complexity of the dishes were incredible and we felt lucky to have celebrated our anniversary here! Overall, fancy but easily one of the best restaurants...

If you come to Ireland from the states and order any type of seafood bisque, be prepared for a shock, they are not very good. I had two types of bisque while in Ireland and they both disappointed. I ordered the lobster bisque from Out of the Blue, ate about 10 spoonfuls, and then decided it wasn't for me. When the waitress asked what was wrong or if it was "too rich", I replied I didn't care for the flavor of it and my wife felt the same. She took it away and we ordered dessert, which was absolutely lovely, although very small for the price (7 euro each; about 3 healthy bites a piece). At one point, someone from the kitchen (a cook or some kitchen staff) peered out at us from the kitchen in what I would describe as a not so polite fashion, I'm guessing because we sent back the bisque mostly untouched. When the bill arrived, both bisques were on ticket as well as the desserts, all in all about 40 euros for about 10 bites of disappointing bisque, 3 bites of delicious dessert, and a glass of wine....