Blue Heron Restaurant & Sushi
405 College Ave,Ste 130, Clemson, SC, 29631
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Address :
405 College Ave,Ste 130
Clemson, SC, 29631 - Phone (864) 653-3354
- Website https://www.blueheronfood.com
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Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Dinner
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Intimate
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Full Bar
Outdoor Seating : Yes
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : Yes
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Joe M.
Oh my goodness Blue Heron's food is very good. I came here after reading reviews on yelp. I ordered the grouper Oscar style. The selection was so good. The wait staff is amazing. Everything was served as needed. I will be returning to BH for sure. The place was crowded downstairs. Everyone was so friendly. I recommend BH to anyone for a good meal.
(5)Lindsey B.
Definitely my best meal in Clemson great oyster appetizer a night special Artichoke appetizer also excellent Ribeye steak sandwich cooked to order onions cheese great sauce 9.95 a good deal bread wax excellent soft with nice crust 3 favored butters accompany the sun dried tomato butter was the best Enjoyable food Caution The basement bar is a bit noisy and lower class in all respects other than food waitress was a mature professional service was fast in spite of a totally full restaurant
(5)Dawn E.
Okay... this place is kind of amazing. I have really low expectations given the strange menu variety and the general strip mall like location. I was very very wrong. The grilled mushroom perfect. Onion soup has way too much bread and was like eating stuffing - my only complaint I think all meal. the crab cakes were great - I don't like capers and still very very delicious. The grilled chicken was just plain delightful. Wine great AND cheap AND they have bottle service to take home leftovers. Service was wonderful. Didn't order but maki looked good. This is the second place I've encountered int he area that has sushi but no sashimi, which I think it weird.
(5)Jennifer V.
Best sushi I have ever had! Service was fantastic. I wish I could remember our waiters name he was so great best waiter I have had in a long time & we made sure he knew it with a big tip! Ate so much sushi I was still full the next morning & didn't bother with breakfast. I will definitely be coming back!!
(5)Art T.
In the area for the first time on Business, stopped in based on local recommendations. I had the swordfish special and it was fantastic, not over cooked, with a nice sauce. Nice atmosphere and the wait staff was attentive. Other in the party had the all you can eat sushi and had nothing but good comments.
(4)Lani E.
Great atmosphere, great service, great food! Had a filet and lobster bisque for under $30, both were very good! I also went on Wino Wednesday & got a full bottle for $10... Great value. I would definitely suggest this to anyone!
(4)Jim M.
Awesome service, food was overall great, Salmon seemed a bit ...Just a bit...old. Tiger paws were killer!
(4)Amir H.
It was a great place for dinner. It is very close to the campus and has plenty of parking spots. I had the NY strip and shrimp for entree and enjoyed a tasty Lobster bisque for appetizer. Staff is friendly, young, and attentive. The steak was real good, cooked well and joyful on the taste buds. Shrimps were grilled to awesomeness with proper seasoning. All together it was a very good experience. If I am in town again (DC is home), I will visit again for sure.
(4)Page F.
My friends and I frequent this place on the downstairs level, only because it has options that everyone knows they like. Burger night (Thursday) is a good deal and a tasty burger, salmon pizza and shrimp Cesar salad is great. They rush you out if you come in later than 8:45. Sushi is slow after 9:30 (they only have one sushi chef at that time). Sushi has a tone of rice, limited on high dollar fish. One spot upstairs is so loud, you have to scream to hear your party. Wait staff is hit or miss on customer service (been a miss recently for us). Worth a shot, ask them what everyone likes and get there early.
(3)Bigboss A.
When we arrived we had a bit of a wait. We headed downstairs for a beer before dinner. Afterward we had two wonderful servers. Hope gave us a nice introduction to the restaurant before Joe described the entries. Both were wonderful, as was the entire staff we encountered. We started with then steak nagimaki, and it was an American version of a sushi dish. Wonderful and I would order it all day. Next, I had the pork chop served with whipped potatoes, French beans and an amazing demi glaze. Our whole group enjoyed everything. A great place to celebrate an occasion.
(5)Mark P.
As a professional chef, I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt. My brother actually started this restaurant many years ago and I think it's done pretty well. Now for the problem: I had no silverware or water glass or napkin and even asked the owner about it. He looked at me like I had lost my mind! The server was very nice but disorganized. It took 25 minutes just for me to get a drink. When we finally got our food, it was lovely: well garnished and tasted nice. My daughter's food was cold though. I wanted to tell someone but we couldn't get our server to check on us. He was truly in the weeds and needs more training. Did I mention I had met my family there as I was still working? Did I tell you I was still in my Chef Whites?? Pretty obvious what I do. I felt like we were even more ignored because of this. I took my daughter home while my wife, son and friends stayed. I was accosted at the door by the owner who started aggressively asking if it was okay. He wouldn't leave me alone and since we were in front of people I didn't want to say right then. So he goes up to my wife and goes ballistic in them. He says "you gotta tell me cuz it's how I feed my family!" She told him she asked him for silverware for me and he didn't get it! He blamed it on another server. Then he asked her how she thinks she knows about restaurants and she asked if he knew my brother ( who sold him the place years ago). She told him that chef that left was her husband and he went crazy. Long story but bottom line: if You have problems during service, OWN IT! Don't blame on waiters. Keep food hot, get drinks served, and don't be aggressive with customers. Sorry dude--not returning.
(1)Samuel W.
Stopped in here after viewing the yelp reviews and a recommendation from the hotel. I ordered the shrimp and grits which were absolutely amazing!!! I don't know what else to say, but the bread and butter also comes with a trio of nice spreads too. This also seems to be best spot in Clemson and I highly recommend this place. Enjoy!
(5)Roonie M.
The sushi here was plain AWFUL! I mean, I may have high standards because I'm used to California sushi, but the sushi here was sub-par even for people who have never had any sushi before! It smelled fishy--which was already bad and then I tasted it and wanted to literally barf. Low and behold it was also severely overpriced.
(2)Akhil C.
Best part was the service and the bread. Everything else subpar. I ordered the ahi tuna which was okay but not worth 25 bucks. My wife got veal marsala and the meat was tough and the sauce had no taste. Apparently this is the place to go in clemson so either I just picked the wrong dishes or South Carolinians don't know good food.
(2)Chris L.
This restaurant seems to be one of the nicer places in Clemson, but all things are relative and there isn't much competition for fine dining in the area. The dining room is a little run down, but the open kitchen is a nice touch. I had a salad and some sushi and my son had a steak. I thought the rice was a little dry in both the sushi and the roll. The fish was fresh, but the portions were small. My son's steak was very good. My biggest complaint was the service. The room was busy, but not full, and we seemed to fall through the cracks. No one came to our table for at least 15 minutes, and I finally called over a waitress who apologized and started to wait on us. Once we were noticed the service improved and we had no problems after that. Think of this place as rural South Carolina fine dining. Not the greatest, but a place where you can enjoy a decent well priced meal.
(3)Anna G.
The Blue Heron is my favorite restaurant in Clemson! My whole family loves to eat dinner here. The staff is amazing and the owner and his wife are the sweetest people! I always get the blackened salmon and it is excellent every single time! I have personally never had the sushi here, but I have heard amazing reviews about it. Walk-ins are welcome, but I recommend making a reservation on the weekends.
(5)Christopher H.
Good casual dining downtown. Only been once but it was great. Also have a Sunday buffet that is good from that I hear. Definitely worth a visit.
(4)D L.
New personal Clemson favorite spot. Chris took great care of us as we ate in the loft area overlooking the dining and kitchen space below. Kinda made us feel like outcasts sitting there all alone but we got over it when the food came. Silence is the ultimate compliment to the chef right? Yum yum we said in complete silence. I enjoyed the black Angus strip. My wife had the filet and our oldest son--the reason for the trip to Clemson where he is a student--go, Tigers! OklaWho?? Our oldest son had the lamb. Proteins were wonderful, but goodness me the sides!! Chris told us they were good enough to share. And share we did. Thank goodness for the Lonely loft seating--our manners be damned... Let the food fly! Oh by the way, enjoy the butter and bread... All home made! The demiglaze which is also made in house, is especially divine too! Hard spot to find in the dark and the hallway once you enter the door looks a little like an old doctors office. Hang in there. It's worth the extra steps and slight disorientation.
(5)Tim H.
Good Pub like atmosphere but better restaurant quality food. Full bar and great appetizers. Daily specials. Half order pasta and salads. Good Sushi also.
(4)Brandon S.
I used to like Blue Heron. However, the last two times I've been here for All-You-Can-Eat sushi have been a disaster. Both times have been extremely long wait times between orders (approx 30 minutes). Tonight was the straw that broke the camels back. Due to extremely poor preparation and planning, they ran out of cooked rice. How do you run out of rice on sushi night? We have now been here for almost 3 hours and are finally on our third serving. We would have left long ago but we were told over and over that our food was coming. Finally, after about 40 minutes of waiting, they confessed that they had run out of rice and had to cook more. Horrible experience. Two bad experiences in a row means I will not be returning. So, take your chances.
(1)Joe W.
Always great food. Never been disappointed. Decent beer selection with a full bar also sushi and saki. Come and enjoy.
(4)Amy B.
One of my favorite restaurants in Clemson - I have eaten here many times over the past 3 1/2 years while traveling on business and have never had a bad meal. The service is always wonderful and the waitstaff polite, and the atmosphere is great. I typically order an entree when taking clients here for dinner but tonight I had the spicy tuna roll and the salmon dragon roll - paired with a glass of Diserno Malbec wine - it was fabulous. And don't forget to try their complimentary homemade bread and different flavored butters. I would highly reccomend this establishment!
(4)Sam C.
Went there a few days ago and ordered 2 sushi rolls and a margarita pizza. Service was kind of slow and there were 2 giant bugs on the wall. Downstairs is not very nice although the upstairs is nice. The pizza was pretty good but the crust was a little hard. The sushi was very good, especially the volcano roll (the crab on top was a perfect finish to it). It's probably one of the best restaurants in Clemson, especially for a northerner like me who doesn't eat much southern soul food.
(4)BJ W.
I've been to the Blue Heron probably 6-8 times during my 20 trips to the Clemson area. Most recently, I had a group of 10 customers and colleagues in Anderson and we were looking for somewhere to go in Clemson to mix it up a little. Generally, the go-to place in Clemson is Calhoun's, but it's a little pricey and not quite as laid-back of an atmosphere as I was targeting. Walking out of Blue Heron, everyone was very satisfied with the food (note: none of us got sushi, so I can't comment on that) and any place that stocks Dalwhinnie 15 automatically gets an extra star in my book. Service was also excellent. I even got some repeat compliments the next day during our meetings.
(5)Rick R.
A local bartender recommended we try this during our visit last night and boy are we glad we went! First, all the good: - great service, Tony was terrific, fun and knew exactly what to recommend - great food, my wife had the mahi special. Simply delicious! I had the angel hair pasta with shrimp and scallops. I live on the coast and expect a lot of seafood. And this was great pasta and seafood. - great atmosphere, vibey and fun The only negative, and it's an easy one to ignore, is that you enter through a strange hall that looks like a mall bathroom, with tile and actual restrooms right inside the door. Ignore that and move on into the restaurant and enjoy! We will make it a habit to come here when visiting Clemson (go tigers)!
(5)Caroline P.
Farmed atlantic salmon: the flavorless, dyed, environmentally incompatible cousin to sustainably harvested, sexy, buttery tasting wild Alaskan. Come on, Blue Heron, this is a modern college town. Your cute bustling atmosphere and slow but friendly waiters will only get you so far. We are paying attention and know the difference! Sustainable puh-leeeeeze!!!! Also, bigger fish pieces in the sushi - at $9 a roll, you need to Double the size - and look into using real wasabi over the powdered/reconstituted. But keep the seaweed salad, it's yummy!
(2)Dawn F.
Amazing meal (grouper) great atmosphere just wish our waiter had better timing or manners - continually interrupted our conversation
(4)Frank B.
What a surprise,first night in Clemson we went hunting for dinner,stumbled upon the Blue Heron.,Lucky find.This place has a kind of cool funky vibe about it. Parking lot was full on a Wednesday night so we expected a wait,put our names in and found our way to the downstairs bar. Good crowd of mixed age groups and there was this long bearded biker looking guy playing the guitar. Music was good mix of country,southern rock,blues ,and so on,very good. Our waitress was terrific got our drink order right away a we were lucky enough to find a hightop. For starters we ordered fried green tomatoes and mozzarella sticks,fried green tomatoes came with romoulade , very good. For entree I had shrimp and grits, oh ya this Boston boy loves the south,shrimp and grits were awesome. My wife ordered a salad , I can't begin to tell you everything that was in it but the blue cheese and dried tomatoes and so on were perfect. This place is going to be on my must do list for at least the next four years,when I can get there. Good selection of beer and wine,very friendly service and great food
(5)Eric F.
Service is wonderful. The food is outstanding! Had the oyster appetizer....so good I ordered two. Sushi was outstanding. I deviated from my usual ( the salmon) and ordered the special ( caught off the coast) and it was a hit. Will come back every time!
(5)Matt O.
Oyster appetizer. Awesome.
(4)Matt G.
Great food great service.Will definitely visit again.
(5)Kathleen O.
If this is the best Clemson has to offer - there is lots of room for competition. Eggs benedict served without Canadian bacon. Really just eggs on toast. Boring brunch with bland food.
(2)Perry H.
The Blue Heron is our favorite restaurant in Clemson. BH has a lengthy menu, with many excellent entrees and appetizers to choose from. My favorite entree is the pan fried grouper, oscar style, but the shrimp and grits, seafood pasta, and filet with puff pastry entrees are excellent as well. The oyster sampler appetizer, which is not on the menu but is regularly available is wonderful, as are the crab cakes. Their entree specials are usually great as well - last night I had the grilled wahoo with crawfish and sausage risotto - it was superb! My wife and I live in the Atlanta area, where great restaurants are plentiful, but we look forward to every visit to Clemson and the Blue Heron. They have never disappointed us!
(5)Jessica B.
I love this place! Definitely the best place in Clemson if you're looking for a one-of-a-kind place to go. The food is delicious and varied, they offer sushi as well as pastas, salads, burgers, and chicken dishes! They have amazing specials, too. Service is wonderful, as well.
(5)Jared B.
When going to Clemson at stop at the Blue Heron is a must! They have a Greg selection of sushi and a prime selection of fish. I prefer the raw fish of the cooked and I am never disappointed with the fresh offering they have. I have been here several time while on business and will continue to come back when I am in the area.
(5)Carolann K.
First of all the ambiance is wonderful, the service is great and the food is very good. I did not plan on having dinner my friend said we were havinng drinks and appetizers o\nly so I was surprised when everyone else started ordering. The winde list is extensive;and for those who like Pino I recommend the blush Pino. Since I always like to try a new beverage they had several nre beers that I had never tried so we asked if we could sample a few and they happily obliged a small tasting from whick I picked 2. (if you afre curios about a beverage never hesitate to ask for a taste. Worse case is they can say no). They make thier own bread and flavored butters, Yum. I look forward to going again.
(5)Max R.
Nice dessert! A little smaller than usual, you should reserve if you don't want to wait.
(4)Timothy M.
I had the same experience as the other reviewer about "actual busy, and then there's this other definition of busy that I don't know" The entrance to the Blue Heron is small and cramped and the host seemed a bit pretentious. Only one party can fit in front of the receiving area at a time and the hallway outside the entrance stunk of what ever they use to clean the floors with. It was a bad start.. My main course was good but there were a couple misses that I was disappointed with considering the almost snooty atmosphere. I ordered a beer, didn't get a glass nor was I asked if I wanted one. As an appetizer I ordered the French onion soup. I've had better at TGIFridays or Outback - yes, really. Instead of a large piece of bread topping the soup I got half a dozen croutons. The mozzarella was melted but not browned from the oven like you'd expect. The soup also had little onion in it, they should just take it off the menu. My main meal was the stuffed chicken breast. The vegetables were fresh and the jus was incredible. The main course single-handedly saved this review. I'm not saying it was the best thing I ever had but it was very very good.
(3)Monica J.
I've had great experiences at this restaurant and I've had no-so-great experiences here, but more often than not, it's a good experience. Usually my friends and I go on sushi night. Since it's not their main menu item, and usually a lot of people show up for sushi night, I recommend making reservations, and being prepared to wait a bit for your food. The sushi itself (as well as the regular menu items) are delicious and always prepared well, however as mentioned, sometimes it does take a bit longer than you would like for the food to arrive. All in all, it's worth it, but don't expect in-and-out service.
(3)Greg G.
Best food in Clemson, hands down. The owners are a brother tag team...Shaun, the executive chef, makes all the stocks, port wine/red wine demi glaces from scratch...no Swanson chicken broth here! I think that's probably what makes the steaks such a stellar choice; that and the fact that they are all hand cut and trimmed in house. If you are lucky enough to sit down in this restaurant, get a steak. But get the spicy tomato mussels first. Use the housemade bread to sop up the leftover mussel broth...oh my god, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. If you are in the mood for less formal fare, the burgers in this place are second to none. Filet and ribeye trimmings are the secret here making up a large portion of the ground beef, which is also ground fresh daily in-house.....de-friggin-licious. The other brother, Tim, keeps things flowing in the front of the house as best as he can. Service can get slow at times, mostly due to the lack of a computer system for order taking. Order taking is still done on old-fashioned carbon receipt order cards. This can be problematic logistically for big parties especially. They also expanded food service to the bar area as part of a massive overhaul of the downstairs area a few years ago. Adding alot of extra seats, but not alot of help in the kitchen, is probably also to blame for slower than average service. I guess you also have to remember you are in a college town...even their good servers have to graduate at some point! They constantly have new faces waiting on you. Probably creates more headaches training the new kids, as well as weeding out the underperformers. The wine list is above average for Clemson, or anywhere, for that matter...arguably the best wine list in town. Tim is very good about keeping the wine cellar full of interesting choices, at all price points! PROS: Great, fresh food, decent prices, formal dining upstairs or casual dining downstairs. Great wine list. CONS: Slow service during a busy night. Hit or miss service in general. Sometimes you get a veteran whos been around awhile. Othertimes you get a freshman, fresh off the boat! That being said, I'm still giving this establishment 5 stars...a testament to the high quality food! I haven't been back in almost a year, and I miss this place terribly. Maybe they've updated their computer system since then? If so....7 stars.
(5)Natalie S.
Completely overrated. The sushi was mediocre along with service. I've been three times and have no desire to return. The first time I went I ordered the cheese pasta. I think they dumped a bag of Kraft Grated Cheese on top of warm pasta in hopes it would melt. The seaweed salad was good but sushi was just average. I did order a steak my third time which was very good, just not enough to make me want to return. If you are looking for a place that is trying to be upscale with atmosphere and prices, go here. If you want a great meal, you'd have better luck somewhere else.
(2)Sez R.
I really like this place. Almost always you get great food :) their unlimited sushi nights are nice as well. Been at Blue Heron at least a dozen times and never had a bad experience.
(5)E L.
Went here for my birthday with my boyfriend and the food was delicious BUT dinner took forever... about three hours. The sushi is really great and the shrimp and grits is a new twist on an old southern favorite (fried jumbo shrimp vs. whatever is traditionally served- I probably should mention that I'm not from the south so I shouldn't talk lol.) I recommend Blue Heron but clear your calender to make time for dinner.
(3)Sez A.
Good food, delicious appetizers, friendly and fast service. Good experience overall!
(5)Tommy R.
My experience is that you hear a lot about Pixie and Bill's, and definitely about Calhoun Corners, as being the best fine dining establishments in Clemson. I disagree. The winner has to be Blue Heron. I have been to all three multiple times, and to me there is no question. (BTW: P&B is 2nd place, CC is 3rd). First, the menu is fairly large, and they always have two or three delicious-sounding specials. I've gotten sushi the past several times, which I have thoroughly enjoyed each time. Sushi--yet another reason that Blue Heron is the go-to place. If you get reservations early enough, you're golden. They can be quite busy at times. Though, there's actual busy, and then there's this other definition of busy that I don't know. As in, you wait 15 minutes for a table only to walk in and see several tables open. Doesn't totally make sense to me, but I am not in the restaurant business. And frankly, I like this place so much that I am not even deducting anything for it, so you be the judge.
(5)Kimberly W.
On a recommendation from a friend who lives in Clemson, we went to dinner at the Blue Heron on a Thursday night. In town for the Clemson game, we made reservations at restaurants on Friday and Saturday night, but completely forgot about Thursday. Even with no reservation on a game weekend, we were seated in less than 15 minutes after ordering a drink in the bar downstairs. My husband ordered a New York strip special with blackened shrimp that was unbelievable! He swore it was the best steak he had ever eaten and he has eaten steak everywhere... I had an amazing shrimp and grits and even my daughter's pasta from the kid's menu was to die for - large portion and wonderful flavor. We loved it so much that we canceled our reservation at Pixie & Bill's on Friday night and made a 5 p.m. reservation here instead to bring four friends to dinner. Yes...it was even worth eating at 5 p.m.! On the second night they even made my daughter a filet for dinner despite the fact that there was no steak on the kid's menu. Both nights, the food was incredible and the service was also good. We will definitely have Blue Heron on our reservation list for the next trip to Clemson.
(5)Ross E.
Good food, good sushi, no complaints.
(4)Pamela P.
First time visit. Read review on Yelp and decided to try. Great decision. Busy night and they squeezed us in-move-in day at Clemson - the reason we were here. Incredible caterpillar sushi appetizer special - so fresh - incredible. My husband and I ordered two different entrees so we could try them both. I had the steak special- incredible blend of flavors. The grouper my husband had was so fresh and light-delicious. Tigerita drink - refreshing. Dessert - brown sugar praline cheesecake - yum. Great service on a very busy night. We will definitely be back on our next visit-parent's weekend! We're from Delaware and can't wait to come back.
(5)Bill D.
I never imaged food this good in Clemson. I expect to find this quality restaurant in a much larger city. The appetizers and entries were great the dessert was just ok.
(5)M L.
Having finally tried this place, I have to update a previous review- Tokyo Sushi is definitely the best sushi place in the Clemson area. The Blue Heron holds its own, but the quality and finesse of Tokyo's sushi makes it superior. That being said, we did enjoy the food at Blue Heron. They have an extensive menu- sandwiches, entrees, seafood, flatbread pizzas, etc, so this place would be a great place to dine out if not all members of your party are into eating raw fish. The sushi is good, and there are some unusual choices (there is one with fried trout, spinach and red bell pepper that is almost like eating a fried fish sandwich-interesting and tasty). One complaint I have is the nigiri- $.2.50 for 1 piece of salmon, and it was sliced so thin it was rather unappealing. The seaweed salad was great though, and quite a large portion. Overall, a good experience, and a good place to take a group that can't really agree on what type of cuisine to go out for, or if you'd like to have an appetizer of tuna tartare followed by a pizza or a burger.
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