The Blu Halo St Pete — Restaurant in Saint Petersburg

Wife and I decided to try it our last week. Decent atmosphere and servers were very polite. Unfortunately that was it as far as good things to say. Restaurant was barely half full yet every dish took forever to receive. We sat adjacent to the kitchen so was able to witness the effort and management or lack thereof. Chef just standing around looking surprised that things were taking so long. We overheard other tables commenting on the same feeling of slowness. I'm not expecting fast-food service times but there is a well known steak establishment just up the street that is packed regularly yet cranks out high-end food in a timely manner for the same prices. I was willing to give it another chance so I took some work colleagues there the following week for lunch and had the exact experience. Ordered oysters that they tried to pass off as fresh but were obviously not. There was only four of us and the place had even less people there than the first time yet three of us received our orders and finished 3/4 of them before the fourth one received his meal. Totally unacceptable. Chef took zero responsibility. We did receive a "sorry" from our server even though it was not her fault. Overall I would say that this place has a chance solely because of location. In order for this place to compete they need to step up the level of management and training in order to justify...

First time at the restaurant so I want to start out with the positives, best dirty grey goose martinis I have had! Service also very good. Unfortunately, very disappointed with my meal. I was initially going to order the blackened grouper (wish I had) but the server recommended the special “lane snapper” which she described as having a little spice wihich pared well with the kalamata olives and tomatoes. However, the plate came and looked like boiled fish, did not look appealing at all 😫 and had absolutely no flavor at all. I had to fake it so my friends wouldn’t feel bad about my dish.

The server also said the side plates were a “shareable size” so each couple (3 couples) ordered a side for the table to share. We selected asparagus and there were 6 of us, and only received 8 thin pieces which gave each of us 1 or 2 pieces per person. The asparagus was $14.00 which was way overpriced for the size. I mean I understand prices have gone up , but come on.

I did notice another table on the way out that may have had a little more on the plate than what we received so I am not sure if our side plates was lacking. Two of our friends ordered steak which they loved and another friend ordered the same plate as me (Lane Snapper) and was also disappointed. I wanted to love it because the atmosphere and drinks were good , but overall can’t give more...

Well this is a new restaurant and I think they are still figuring things out but it was a great experience the food was great the atmosphere was fantastic but nothing could beat the service we had there Tyler was our server and he was absolutely incredible very positive and very professional I don't think we had to ask him for anything he took exceptional care of our party he recommended a great bottle of wine and suggested a buffalo trace old fashion he also recommended the ribeye and the seafood tower which both where absolutely fantastic. He made are experience a great one because at first we where iffy but he really made it great for us management did a great job training this young man and we will definitely be back keep doing what your doing and thank you Tyler...