BlueFin Restaurant

One must try Spicy Rock Sundae. I liked their bluefin sushi, Shumai too. Service was promt. I didnt like Spider Roll and Spider Roll.

Blue Fin was nothing short of awesome. My boyfriend and I went for date night on a Saturday. We messed up by not making a reservation, but they were able to seat us at the sushi bar. It is very cramped, so that table would have been great. Not their fault, as it was peak dinner hours. Our waitstaff (they kept rotating?) tried to be attentive, but they were so busy. I will explain why.
The food was phenomenal. It takes a lot for me to give that adjective to a restaurant, especially on my first time going, but holy cow, it was so good. I had a beef gyoza soup, lobster mac and cheese, and an heirloom tomato/​tuna tataki salad.
The gyoza was flavourful and colourful — plenty of veggie garnish that really added to the presentation and flavour of the soup. (the onions could have been cooked longer, but I imagine they would have been softer had I given them time to do so). The dumplings were so tender and had a very unusual texture which went well with the broth. Their miso paled in comparison, despite that being good too.
The lobster mac — where do I begin? It came in a tiny bowl that was hot from the oven. There were baked shells that were just a touch crispy from the oven. The chunks of lobster were hidden in pockets of the shells, complemented with a very liquidy cheese sauce, which really, really worked with the shells. Every bite was buttery goodness with the touch of sweet lobster, complemented by the salt of the cheese. The crispy tops of the shells that were exposed to the oven gave this dish the most yin-​yang feel of sweet and salty to crunchy and smooth. It was truly a masterpiece, and I understand why it’s their default side with teriyaki and the like.
The heirloom salad was a bed of arugula topped with sliced heirloom tomatoes and tuna tataki. The tomatoes were so juicy, flavourful, and fresh, as was the arugula. But the real winner was the tuna. It was the brightest red I’ve ever seen. Sashimi grade to boot, fresh from god-​knows-​where. It was so good with it’s light sear, composed of salt, sesame oil, and probably soy and garlic. The two or so seconds it hit the white-​hot skillet were just enough to keep the inside completely red but give the 2 mm outside a nice beige. Combining these masterfully [un]cooked pieces of fish with the fresh vegetables and whatever light balsamic-​esque dressing was on it made for the perfect salad.
They gave us complimentary orange slices tempura bananas and to clear our palettes after the meal. It was a tasty and welcome surprise.
The food listed above is why this place, in East Jesus Nowhere-​Norriton, was so packed. The room was full of dining snob one-​percenters, and it is plain that not even they are too good for this delightful fare. I will be returning ASAP.

Worth 6 stars if that were possible. Best sushi in the nation. Tucked away in the Philly suburbs, this is consistently the freshest and finest sushi around. Favorites apps: Spicy tuna sundae, Agedashi tofu. Lobster spring rolls. Favorite sushi rolls: Davitch, No Name II, Danielle. Best unagi nigiri (served slightly warm). Bonus: Tempura banana, pineapple and orange served as a complimentary dessert (the perfect ending). You will not be disappointed. Warning: Bluefin will spoil your other sushi experiences :)

I love Bluefin. The sushi is always fresh and delicious. I love that it’s byob. I was just here about a week ago and the service was great. Our waiter was very nice and I appreciated the fact that he kept our water glasses full. This place is always on point with their food and service.

Best sushi in our area! Fish is fresh and service is prompt.
5 star. Nothing less
I haven’t found a sushi spot in NJ or Philly that is close to Blue Fin

Amazing place! Its byob and the people that work here truly set the mood. Best sushi I’ve ever had! If you’re in the area, stop here! Sam works in the front and is sweet, personable, and always smiling. She makes it feel like family. You won’t be disappointed. The food is unforgettable!

This place does not disappoint me. Quality of the fish is top notch, and staffs are attentive and professional. I wish they serve hot sake as well. Get a liquor license already, will you?

RIPOFF! This is $ 46 worth of sushi?! Learned my lesson to never go to this place again!!!

Bluefin is quite possibly one of my favorite sushi restaurants in the area! They have a great menu, are BYOB, and have a great ambiance. The décor is very modern and the lighting perfect (not too dark, but dim enough to be intimate). I highly recommend this place as a «date night» place. However, it could very easily be a nice girls’ night out place as well. They have great menu items. Last time we were there we ordered a tuna sundae, which is tuna tartare with avocado. I highly recommend this as an appetizer. They have a lot of delicious speciality rolls. I like the «no name III» roll and the lobster tempura roll. Our service is friendly and attentive. My boyfriend and I really like this restaurant for a date night out. I highly recommend.

As a person who loves fresh salmon, I was really disappointed at their salmon nigiri. The salmon wasn’t the quality that I expected. Maybe it was just a bad day or maybe other fishes are fresh and better quality. I did enjoy the décor inside and beautiful sushi bar. Wait staffs were polite and desserts were good but as a person who loves salmon, I don’t think I will go back

If this place is 4 stars I think the system has failed
Terrific service, terrific tuna martini w Guac. Super fresh tuna and yellowtail. This is a 5 star restaurant and I find it impossible to believe that it’s averaged 4 stars
Just impossible to believe

Holy overpriced small rolls! My husband and I just moved here from the Pacific NW and there were a plethora of places to choose from out there. How disappointed I was to find that in a busy suburban/​metro area this was the best offered. The rolls are small for the price. Some if the fish were not fresh and a 1 ½ hour wait at 8pm… yeah not so much again.
The good is that some of their items were good. The Noname roll and the MVP roll were put together well.

I came here for dinner with my boyfriend.
Despite how it looks on the outside, the indoor décor and atmosphere was great. I loved the dark ambiance, even though sometimes I had trouble reading the menu because it was so dark. But anyway! The food & service was great, and that’s all that really matters.
We ordered the Toro Sashimi as an appetizer. That was absolutely delicious. Then we each got a Sushi Omakase set. I’m taking one star off because the assortment was kind of lacking. I really felt like if we chose the Sushi Dinner set (which was $ 5 cheaper), it would probably have been the same.
The sushi was really good, regardless. The service was great. I appreciated that the server changed our table when he realized there were a lot of people sitting around us and it was kind of crowded at the front near the sushi bar.
So I’d say — don’t let the outside fool you! The food & service is really great inside. Definitely recommend this for those in the East Norriton, PA area!

Came here for date night on a Saturday with an 8:15pm reservation. We arrived on time and were greeted by the hostess, who said they were waiting for our spot to clear. We waited half an hour, and it seemed like most parties were waiting around that length too. It seems as if they book reservations a little too close for comfort.
Finally, we sat at the sushi bar, which I’m so happy we made those reservations. The bar is set slightly higher so you’re eye level with the fish. We started out with Kumamoto oysters; they come with a dollop of roe, scallions and dashes of soy sauce. We split the sushi dinner with nice cuts of fresh fish and a crunchy spicy tuna roll. The latter actually tastes of fresh tuna and not filled with gobs of mayo! We ordered an extra order of octopus.
Then we ordered the MVP roll. It was spicy tuna and pickled jalapenos with white tuna on top. I knew as soon as I saw the pickled peppers on the menu that we had to order that one, and it did not disappoint.
We anticipated getting dessert, and then we were pleasantly surprised by the complimentary fruit. We got oranges, cantaloupe and panko-​fried banana. It was a nice little ending to our superb meal.

Just went to bluefin for lunch! I ordered the maguro and sake lunch special. It was probably the best, if not some of the best sushi I have ever had. Extremely fresh, served at the perfect temperature, and perfectly proportioned. Really reasonable prices too, especially compared to other places in the area.
Great atmosphere, really friendly staff. This was my first time, and it won’t be my last.
Update: Successive trips have been just as good, if not better. The toro is just incredible, and the salmon grilled lunch was a great deal for the portion size. I have really enjoyed each and every meal I’ve had here, and Bluefin has earned the title of my favorite sushi place in the state. Could not recommend it enough!

Easily the best sushi I’ve had in the Philadelphia area. I’ve been coming here for years and no other sushi has come close!
I almost always start with the spicy rock sundae (tempura shrimp, avocado, roe, spicy sauce) and the edamame. Last time I switched it up and got the oyster tempura instead. AMAZING!
All of the sushi rolls are great. The Danielle roll is my favorite (eel on top of shrimp tempura). They often have specials that are always great and different. I have never been anything less than thrilled by anything I’ve order here.
The sushi bar is fun to sit at and watch the masters at work, best if you’re just with one other person. At the end of the meal they give you each a piece of fruit and tempura banana. Perfect ending to a perfect meal. And very reasonably priced! And BYOB

Very good sushi, especially considering its location. I enjoyed BlueFin, and in fact, it’s on the cusp of being great, but some missteps hold it back.
BlueFin has some traditional elements, and two of the main sushi chefs are even Japanese! The interior is clean, swanky and bright, which somewhat belies the suburban-​sprawl shopping center exterior. Service is attentive and pleasant, although not all staff is knowledgeable about the menu.
I had the sushi omakase plus a hamachi kama (grilled yellowtail collar). I added a couple pieces for gluttony’s sake. The head chef cut the fish, although he handed off the fish to an assistant for creating the nigiri. I was somewhat disappointed in this, since for some, the rice is the most important element. Not here. The assistant chef handed me the sushi plate, which was all presented at one time, even the hot anago (throws off the temperature!), and couldn’t name all the pieces.
That said, the fish was very fresh and interesting. Not terribly varied (i.e., I came in looking forward to toro and uni, both of which they did not have), although what they have is very good quality. Rice is nicely vinegared but a touch below room temperature. I could have used a little more pizazz. Nori (seaweed paper) is crisp and fresh, and the ginger and wasabi (yes!!) is fresh. This is a major step up from the fake stuff, horseradish, etc. you see elsewhere.
Here’s a more detailed rundown on what I had:
— Miso soup — comes with the sushi omakase, large portion, but lacked real seaweed or even tofu, so I set it aside
— Edamame — deliciously fresh and nicely salted. Again, large portion
This is around the time that I noticed most of the sushi chefs are not Japanese and are basically churning out gross rolls. Forgive me for the disdain.
— Omakase nigiri — 8 pieces of sushi. Again, the head chef selected and cut the fish, and then handed it off to an assistant to form the nigiri. They apply a touch of fresh wasabi under the fish, which is great and authentic, but then the plating was an absolute disaster. Not sure why they’d want all the fish cramped as such and touching each other. That disturbs the flavor, temperatures, and especially aesthetic appearance. Highlights were the hamachi (very fresh), engawa (with shiso leaf), scallop (nicely cut), and anago (fresh, not frozen).
— Gluttony course — 2 pieces of ikura, very fresh (roe popped in my mouth), loved the seaweed paper, since it was crisp and delicate. The 2 pieces of tamago were made in house, which is a major plus. Delicious, eggy and sweet
— Hamachi kama — Again, very fresh, and cooked nicely. Crisp exterior, juicy buttery, fatty interior. Served with house-​made ponzu with scallions on the side, which is more sophisticated than the average Chinese-​joint fronting as a Japanese restaurant. Sadly, there was no grated daikon radish, which is symbolic of the 4, not 5-​star rating
— Complementary fruit course — This was a nice touch, and very authentic. For some reason, Japanese restaurants never place much emphasis on dessert, which isn’t a bad thing, since I like fruit. Fritter was a bit odd, but again, fits the slightly nuveau-​ish aspect to BlueFin
So, BlueFin masters the core of Japanese, but when they branch out, they don’t branch out with exotic, yet authentic items (think uni, natto, tuna belly) but rather fusion dishes. This is not the worst thing in the world, as I get a sense that they purchase what is fresh and don’t mess with lower quality fish.

So fresh and so clean, clean! Just what you want in a sushi spot as far as I’m concerned.
Wonderfully kind and attentive service with a menu full of sushi standards but also really fun and delicious diversions – see spicy tuna sundae and wasabi shumai. Okay, so maybe those were just diversions for me ;)
This was my first visit so I don’t know so much about their previous small spot, but this one has just the right amount of zen-​swank to feel comfortably in the know about a really lovely place to dine. I’ll definitely be back. It’s in the ‘burbs, and by far is the best sushi in the Greater Philly area that I’ve tried.

BlueFin is probably one of the better sushi spots in the Philadelphia area and luckily close enough to work to sneak over to once in a while. While Umai is currently my gold standard for lunch sushi in the area, this place is a close second.
BlueFin offers multiple lunch combo options for prices anywhere between $ 12-​$ 18. Everything I had was very fresh, although a little small in size. I particularly like the lunch combo where you can choose different types of sashimi to try. One negative is that I thought the miso soup was a bit too salty.
As for the décor, it is a simple and dark room with some tables and a large sushi bar on the one wall.
Service was good, but nothing special.
The parking lot is large, but it can be a bit of a struggle on your first visit to find the place in this massive strip mall.

This is the perfect restaurant for a date night or a nice dinner with a group of friends. The staff at Bluefin is always very friendly and welcoming, checking up on you often enough without being fake or annoying. I feel they are genuinely determined to give you an excellent dining experience, even on busy nights.
I love the food here. Their sushi is fresh as can be and I love being able to see the sushi chefs in the open kitchen. Not only is their food delicious; it is also beautifully presented.
Prices are pretty good for the quality and the experience you get. For two people we usually end up with a $ 100 bill including tip. It’s BYOB, which makes this restaurant even better than it already is.
Definitely one of my fave places in this area.