Ceaser and the Eggplant parm were outstanding.

Friendly staff

Blu Grotto was exceptional. Attention to detail started with Casey the manager , continued with Frank our wonderful bartendar and finally our waitress (sorry name i forget). The entire experience was first class from beginnig to end. Beautiful restaurant with delicious food. Wine list was also extensive and comprehensive.
I would highly recommend this restaurant and will be back. I also liked that it had a beautiful bar and plenty of parking! Can't wait to return again!

Another Fabulous Meal!!!!! Can't say enough good things. I'm constantly happy with our evening!

Love the staff!

Delicious meal. Everyone in our family of 5 loved their dinner. From salads, to pastas to steak, everything was perfect.

Restaurant Week menu

Went for Happy Hour and stayed for Dinner! The bartender mixed up some fabulous martinis for me and chose a great cab for my husband!

Upscale happy hour food! Followed by a really delicious Jersey Shore restaurant week menu!

I had the salmon tartare and Flounder Francaise and it was heavenly. I never expected it to be so good.
My husband had rice balls wth a truffle cream, YUM, and short rib over spaetzel. Again honestly so delicious! We want to go back their weekend.

So nice and great price!

Will gladly return‼️

My guests were very impressed with the food, service and decor creating a wonderful dining experience

Pleasantly surprised! This was our first time there and will add this place to our rotation of places. The staff was very attentive, food from appetizers to dessert was amazing.

Absolutely adored this restaurant! Chef James should get an award for his imaginative and tasty dishes, plus he is so hospitable! Our server Ulysses was very attentive also. The ambience is so delightful, and you feel as if you are in a private chalet. Elegant yet cozy at the same time. I highly recommend this restaurant!

This place is always delicious, exceptional service, great wine list!

The service was great and the food was very good. I would highly recommend.

Very nice place. The service was quite good, the food as well as the atmosphere was A+... Just a bit on the expensive side. So for two people looking for a night out, which includes, food and drinks will spend anywhere from 100 to 150 dollars. With desert tacked on to your bill you will need to add another 30 bucks.

Ambiance, Craft Cocktails, Delicious Food and Outstanding Service!

Great ambiance. Comfortable seating. Delicious food with good portions

As always staff. And food was outstanding.

From the ambiance to the food, this place is great. Service was excellent. I appreciated the way My Girlfriend and I were treated for her birthday. If available please sit in the round main section, your experience will be elevated.

A bit pricey but high quality food and preparation. Always a good meal at Blue Grotto. Love the Ceaser Salad with fresh white anchovy. YUM. Steak was cooked to perfection. Fish dishes also cooked perfectly and tasty. Delicious sides. Will be back! We will however, very much miss Allesandro who apparently has moved on. His service and charm straight out of Italy always making us feel like family will be a tough act to follow for his replacement!

Food was exceptional and service is was the perfect amount.

All the food and cocktails were great- kind of pricey but still very good. The ambience inside the bar/dining room is amazing- very beautiful.

This was our fourth visit to BG in as many years. If you get seated at the corner 2 top facing the servers station asked to be moved . We did not and I regret that decision. We were the third table of the v evening to be seated . We got to hear the noisy kitchen in the lead up to service and one f bomb was dropped , two dish crashes were heard. All the servers were touching their face masks. One busser who was wearing only one vinyl food service glove on her left hand repeatedly touched her face w her right hand and used that hand to set silverware on tables. The food runner wiped his hands on his pant multiple times. Staff hygiene needs to be addressed. The food was ok. There are much better fine dining Italian restaurants in our area. Very expensive for what we were served. We ordered Pasta bolognese which was $32 and served in a glorified cereal bowl. The Caesar salad was $14 and the size of a side salad. You could eat just as well for less at a local pizzaria.

Excellent food and service

Food was not as good as before. Calamari was too sweet. Fries were mixture of dried out and soggy. Not a fan of steak pizzaiola

Nice place
Excellent experience
Great food and service(Ulysses the waiter was great)

The food never disappoints. Service is always subpar but once our server last night realized we were his table the service was excellent. Will always be a repeat customer, the food keeps us coming back.

So good to be back! Food and service exceptional!

A chic upscale restaurant in Oceanport with comfortable seating, pleasant architecture, great service by waitress Liz Murphy, and delectable food from the outstanding Chef & staff of Blu Grotto.
Will be back with friends as this will be an easy recommendation to anyone!

The dining area looks like a huge gazebo! Lovely. The waiter was very friendly and helpful. The three of us each ordered a different entre and I can't tell you which one was best - they were all terrific. (yes we like to taste each others dishes!)

This place never disappoints! Starting at pre dinner drinks at the bar through to dessert, everything is always high quality!

Great experience from service to food - great menu and great management - kudos to Casey

Birthday celebration

GREAT PLACE!! HAD AN AWESOME TIME AND OUR SERVER LIZ WAS FABULOUS!! THANKS SO MUCH!

Great date night place. Very cozy and romantic. Would definitely return.

Food is always good here. A little irritated that they made us pay for a $90 bottle of wine that was bad. I told them it was corked but because they poured for 6 of us and we each took a sip I would pay for it to be nice but they took me up on that. Will take a break from here for a while.

We had a delightful dinner. Only complaint was a long wait for the check. Also 4 of 5 got water. We had to ask for the 5th glass to be filled. The food was exemplary. The plating was very attractive. The ambiance was lovely . Fortunately in the dining room you could not hear the loud “music “ coming from the Beer garden.

Love love love. Will be back

Returning customer

Not our first visit here.

My appetizer of the beet salad were wonderful. It was properly dressed so that it was not oozing. My boyfriend had the shoshito peppers and they were very good, but I think a bit overpriced.

For dinner I had the shrimp scampi. It was served over spinach with white beans. The shrimp were a very good size and cooked perfectly. My boyfriend had the pork chop and broccoli rabe. Again, everything was cooked perfectly.

All of the food was seasoned very well and tasted great.

As always fabulous food and service