Blue Dolphin — Restaurant in Kalamazoo

I'm sorry but I don't get the hype about this place. Not here nor Yelp reviews. My experience with my family was awful. Service was slow even though the place was empty. Waitresses were complaining about management (I don't blame them though). And they food was so bad. It was my first time ever sending back a plate.

We ordered: -gyro appetizer platter -lamb chops -chicken skewers (forgot the menu name) (side of green beans, salad, and rice pilaf) -chicken fingers for my kids -musaka -hummus

Salad-- I wouldn't know how it tastes because our waitress never brought it out. And because we were so distracted with the bad food we forgot to ask for it. Musaka--same with this. We never received it. Now I am wondering if we were charged for it or not. Gyro meat was good. Best tasting thing we ordered. Gyro sauce was not. You could tell it was old. Lamb chops were dry and tough--clearly frozen. There was no salt on them whatsoever and they came out burned. Chicken skewers were dry and bland. The rice pilaf that came with it was clearly an old batch. In my scoop of rice, half of it was dry and crunchy. I had to send back my entire plate. Green beans--I thought we were getting steamed green beans. Didn't realize it'd be green beans in a tomato sauce; this isn't clarified on the menu and the waitress didn't describe it as such. Sorry but no flavor. Chicken fingers and fries....whatever. you can't mess up frozen food can you? Hummus: you cannot convince me otherwise--it came out of a can. It was grainy and so thick.

Service: kind service doesn't mean good service. Waitresses were very kind but they were very slow and forgot a quarter of our order. Our waitress complained or gave excuses from the kitchen for mistakes. Owner was "kind." From what I heard the waitress say, he's actually the owner's son. He took my plate away and removed it from my bill but there was no accountability whatsoever. He didn't apologize for the mistake. Just said "okay" and took my plate. Cool beans. But that to me is NOT four-star or even three-star quality service.

Pricing was decent. After my order wasn't taken off the bill we came out But 40 dollars but I think that's because we were charged for musaka when we never received it.

Place is spacious but the...

, at that time I’ve been eating at the Blue Dolphin, Papa Pete’s (Rexall, 1970s all on Burdick Street) in Beautiful Kalamazoo.💕 They never disappoint - Super Friendly, Lots of various rooms, Greek frescoes on walls, clean as can be, & when you’re lucky, catch the folk musician on weekends. So much fresh good food, I always take home enough leftovers for meals the next day. We celebrated 💃our 4th child, Autumn Elspeth, WMU Cum Laude - in Early Education, Special Education, sadly no graduation ceremony at Miller Auditorium - pandemic rules. Ms. Autumn picked the Blue Dolphin for this big day, she graduated in 3 years🙌 Blue Dolphin is open up & serving great bloody Mary’s - vegetarian & vegan choices, the best egg lemon soup In Michigan. All at very reasonable prices. Our family laughed, toasted to the new teacher, all of us had marvelous meals & conversations. So proud of the wonderful Greek families that keep the great tradition of Excellent restaurants in Kalamazoo & keep folks in downtown Kalamazoo employed. P.S. These folks don’t take a day off: They’ve been feeding the underserved in Kalamazoo for free, on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, etc.... (for nearly 50 years).💕 (I was in high school, 16, no parents, but determined to get an education I lived in a shed behind Bronson Hospital, I found out thru Kazoo Food Co-op (amazing store) it was at the end of Rose Street) I worked there to get my veggies, peanut butter, picked blueberries for the shop, etc. At 65, I am so damn thankful for all the kindness of the Kalamazoo Community-Papa Pete always gave me free soup, & encouragement everyday. He made me feel special everyday, I also volunteered for years at the Kalamazoo Civic, Susan Parish, in particular, was so supporting, she gave me sheets, blankets, winter clothes, & food, even for my...

i thank them for putting on a yearly christmas dinner but this year i had nowhere else to eat and my pantry was running super low on food because everyone is greedy with food prices these days. so i go down there by myself thinking i could get a christmas free dinner to go, as i dont like sitting in a large contained eating area where a bomb could go off. the brown hair lady told me i couldnt get one to go i had to sit down and then order it to go as they dont just hand you a plate so you can be on your way. i told the lady in embarrassment that i had to go. at this point i wasnt even going to explain my reason to why i didnt want to take a seat. there was a bunch of people just looking at me when i said no thank you and i didnt want to be put on the spotlight anymore. so i just left and here i sit with a empty tummy and nobody to love me this christmas day. there should "always" be a option to take one to go without sitting down in a crowded room filled with strangers. what if i was clastophobic? what if i have serious anxiety issues and cant handle large crowds? what if i knew someone wanted to kill me? what if? huh? you dont have anything to say for people with what if's. thats how you do your business then and this is how i rate you. 2...