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    Bluefin Japanese Restaurant

    3.7 (106 reviews)
    ModerateSushi Bars, Japanese
    Closed 11:30 am - 10:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Chicken Udon Chicken and Steak & Chicken Hibachi
    Jade T.

    The place is spacious and very clean. The sushi tasted fresh and amazing. The noodles, very flavorful. The portions were huge. Very happy with my food and the employees were very attentive and friendly. Ps I love the white peach sake. Can't go wrong!

    Small shrimp portions in their roll
    Jay C.

    I wanted to try this restaurant since I live close by. We arrived around noon, there was only two people dining in the restaurant. There was only one server, who was also the host. Which took at least 10 minutes before we were asked if we wanted a drink. We ordered the shrimp tempura lunch appetizer. The shrimp were ok, the veggies were soggy. I could tell that they were just thawed. I ordered the shrimp tempura roll, which were tough and small. My wife ordered the shrimp hibachi, which was bland a slightly warm. Unfortunately , I was not satisfied which is why I will not return.

    They now have ALL YOU CAN EAT SUSHI! Great value! Good service! My kid loved the noodles and husband and I always enjoy the sushi!

    Nirvani M.

    We chose this place for our Mother's Day lunch and were pleasantly surprised by how quickly they accommodated our party of 11. The sushi was delicious, though we found the veggies accompanying the hibachi lacked seasoning. Despite it not being too crowded, the service left something to be desired. It often took a while to flag down our server whenever we needed something; in fact, it took us 25 minutes just to get our check. However, aside from that, the food was excellent, the restaurant was impeccably clean, and they were very accommodating.

    Side of Vegetables

    Fast service. Fresh food at the right temperatures. Gluten free soy sauce available. Radio choice good too.

    Sushi, selection
    Carl F.

    This is our third visit here and now ready to provide a review. The ambiance is very nice and clean. The wait staff is "somewhat" prompt in taking the order and getting it right. However, your drinks can get empty before they come by asking if you want a refill. Personally, I like when wait staff fill your glasses "before" going empty and not having to wait or ask. The menu has a good assortment of sushi and hibachi items to select from. We've never tried the hibachi here and only have had sushi here. Like most places the presentation is nice, and many of the rolls are big. In fact, in my opinion they are too big in the sense that you have the customary sushi roll, but then they pile way too much on top of the roll, making it difficult to pick up and it staying together well enough with the chopsticks. (I lived in Asia for several years so quite comfortable in using chopsticks.). The taste of the sushi is a mixed bag. Meaning, some of the rolls such as the spicy tuna has great taste, but others with salmon are a bit flat. In closing, would I come here again? Yea, I would, but not my first choice. If I'm in the area and in the mood for sushi, then yes I would come here but I certainly would not drive out of my way to come here.

    Volcano roll and JB roll
    John B.

    Bluefin Japanese Restaurant is a solid spot for fresh sushi in a happening location in Wesley Chapel. The Grove area of Wesley Chapel has expanded quite a bit. Everything is new and with all the people that have flooded this area, everything was pretty busy. I made reservations for my bro and I to eat sushi here on a Friday night. He had heard good things and I figured it would be worth a shot, despite the Yelp reviews I came across. Bluefin was busy this evening but not as bad as I expected. I had a reservation but I'm not sure the girl at the hostess stand even checked it. She just seated us when we arrived, which was about 15 minutes early. There was a group gathered for a party and plenty of others around enjoying dinner. At first, the person taking our order took a little while and he ended up stopping to help the table that came in after us, first. When he came to get our drinks, we ordered everything right away. Other reviews of this place mentioned the service was lacking, the food wasn't the freshest among various other things. I'd say our experience was better than the 3 stars this place currently has. Our food took about as long as freshly made sushi should take. It was about 15-20 minutes. My brother and I each ordered two rolls. One from the Bluefin specials and the other from the regular rolls. I got the fancy dragon and the Alaska roll. The fancy dragon roll was presented well. It has shrimp tempura, and cucumber inside, topped with eel, smoked salmon, and eel sauce. The Alaska roll, much simpler, is fresh salmon, avocado, and cucumber. My brother ordered the Volcano roll and the JB roll. My fancy dragon was filling and fresh. Bits of shrimp tempura offered a crunch inside, and the smoked salmon and eel on top offered that sushi aspect with a hit of smoke. I've never had eel before but I did enjoy these. Each piece had either eel or smoked salmon on it. The tails of the shrimps were artfully displayed facing up on the side of the plate. The Alaska roll was tasty, simple, and hit the spot. Traditional-looking roll with rice. It was filled with fresh salmon, avocado, and cucumber and I enjoyed it. In the end, this was a good experience. Decent service, and decent sushi. Definitely not the worst but not necessarily the best I've had.

    3 rolls combo lunch
    Boon C.

    Newly open restaurant on the Groove. They have lunch specials now from Monday to Saturday. Seldom you will see Saturday lunch special. Enjoy it while they still last. The lunch special is included soup and salad. I like the onion flakes soup. The ginger salad has a lot yellow sauce. Our lunch dish is the shrimp tempura. We got 4 shrimps tempura, yum, zucchini, onion tempura. The tempura is ok. But I like the shrimp extension to to tip of tempura. We also got three roll combo lunch. It is spicy tuna, spicy mango shrimp, and eel avocado. I like all of them. The mango shrimp is interesting. Because is half cooked shrimp with mango. The food come out fast because we are the last table at late lunch. No one ahead of us. I also like the technique of sushi roll with little rice outwardly with very thin layer.

    Spicy Tuna, Fancy Q, E sushi, and fire tuna
    Buse C.

    My husband and I were VERY excited to try Bluefin. We heard the opened last week and came in for dinner their first Saturday at 9pm. We were one of like 4 other tables in the entire establishment. They don't have an online presence yet. We did not see a location on google and my husband created the Yelp page. This could explain why a lot of people don't know about them yet. To summarize, it was definitely a place we plan on returning to with hopes they correct their crunchy ingredient in all of the rolls we ordered. The crunchy was either stale or the package was left open because it had a chewy texture and ruined the texture of all the rolls we ordered because they all used crunchy in some manner. We let the man who appeared to be a manager know about the issue, and he said he would definitely check, so we're hopeful for the second visit. Rolls we ordered: regular spicy tuna roll, Fancy Q roll, E sushi roll, and Fire tuna roll. The fish in all the rolls were very fresh and if it werent for the stale crunchy, this was 5 Star. I will update after our next visit. Service was slow as there was only one server and one sushi chef present. I hope as they get busier, the staff numbers increase too. It's a very large and spacious establishment.

    Alaskan roll
    Jenny Z.

    Sushi is okay... but the tempura shrimp was disappointing. I ordered an Alaskan roll. It was decent. I also got the shrimp tempura with vegetables. The shrimp had such a thick batter. It was too crunchy and not very light like tempura is supposed to taste like - lightly crispy. The other vegetables were the same way. The batter was too thick so the skin just absorbed all of the fried oil. My friend commented on his pork katsu fried rice too. He said the pork was not crispy at all... but rather soft and soggy. The edamame was not fresh. Clearly overcooked because it was very dry. They tried to make the dishes presentational with some fake plants to dress it up, as you can see on my sushi plate. I wasn't too impressed with the fake plants.

    Lettuce (salad)
    Adam R.

    We ordered for the 1st time, we got Chicken Fried Rice and Chicken and Shrimp Hibachi... It almost appeared like we got half an order. Extremely greasy and about a tablespoon of minced chicken and 4 shrimp. When I called to see if there was some food left out the manager Lawrence screamed at me and told me to bring the food back and he would refund my money. Lawrence may have been the most unprofessional, unpleasant person I have ever been in contact with. If you want Japanese food, Hibachi Express is head and shoulders better and about half the price. Stay away, it's terrible

    Decorations ala fish bowl
    Nancy E.

    As I waked in it smelled fishy. I asked the couple sitting next to us if they ate here before. They said yes, they had the sushi. I was not in the mood for it so I opted for Chicken Katsu. Awful, breaded without panko bread crumbs and cut up as if I ordered hibachi with salty chopped up vegetables. If it wasn't salty is was bland. The miso soap was like drinking soy soup and the salad was a bland blob of dressing. I could not get the waiter to come over for 25 minutes. Finally he did and I told him my entree was horrible. My daughter's rolls were nothing special. The owner was kind enough to remove my entree as I could barely eat it. When you add a decoration to a plate with food it has to be edible. The decoration was like it was pulled from a goldfish bowl and was plastic. Not sure if I would go back.

    Rachel G.

    Nothing too special about this place. Sushi was okay, it wasn't something I could come back for. I ordered the Crunchy and a side of fried gyoza to-go. The gyoza was really delicious but it's pretty obvious that it was frozen. The gyoza sauce was really sweet though. Something I wasn't use to. Maybe it could have been a better experience if I were to dine-in.

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    Finally made it to this place. I'm new to the world of sushi and my daughter picked this place for…read moreus. The location is great and it is easily accessible. For starters I had pan seared Gyozas. They were a lot more fried than seared. But we're pretty good. I think the next time I will get the steamed so I can enjoy more of the taste. I also ordered some California Rolls. Sooo good. I really enjoyed them and I definitely get them again. For my lunch I ordered the shrimp and chicken hibachi entree. If came with the tastiest fried rice that I really enjoyed. Also with a salad which I did not like the dressing and clear soup which was good. Overall a lot of tasty food. And great for leftovers. I am totally stuffed. I'm going to bring my husband for a date night the next time.

    Came here for the first time with a friend who had been here a bunch of times and loved it…read more Lunch time is from Monday through Friday until 3 pm and is $23.95 for AYCE. You can also opt for regular pay per menu. They have sushi appetizers, sushi, handrolls, sushi rolls, Japanese apps, salad, noodles, hibachi - shrimp, chicken, & salad. My fave was the peppered tuna but next time with sauce on the side as well as the Fancy Roll. The other ones were pretty good too. These rolls are pretty large and filled with much rice. I asked if they do less pieces and they do not. They also have ramen here which is as quite different for me to see on the menu. I think that is filling enough let alone all the other food to your liking. Our server was nice and took care of us very well. My friend and I enjoyed each others company, the tasty lunch, great service, and the clean environment with cool projector art. Will check it out again. Nice and convenient inside Wiregrass Mall. Street parking or opt for the nearby parking garage near Macy's for added shade

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