Blu Kouzina is a Greek restaurant in UTC, serving the kind of Mediterranean menu built around dips, gyros, and fresh pita.

The atmosphere is what carries the place, since the food and the price it comes at don’t really back it up.

Tasting Notes

Food

The trio dip appetizer was a mixed bag. Tzatziki was the standout of the three, genuinely good, while the rest landed as just alright, and the hummus specifically is one to skip. I went with the chicken gyro for the entree, and it needed more from the toppings than it delivered. I wanted more fresh tomato and onion to come through, but both were underpowered, which left the dry chicken and the pita carrying the dish on their own. Food overall came across as bland, and it’s hard not to notice the prices don’t really match what’s on the plate.

Service

Service was a little slow at times and never quite warmed up, which is most of what kept this tier from scoring higher.

Atmosphere

This is where the restaurant earns its keep. Earth tones and good lighting build a genuine Mediterranean feel, and it’s the best part of the experience by a real margin. The one drawback is the seating itself: we were at a small table for four, and fitting everything on it was a stretch. The tables throughout could stand to be spaced out more.

Rate It Score

Blu Kouzina landed a 6.7 on Rate It. The atmosphere is doing the heavy lifting here, earth tones and lighting building a genuine Mediterranean feel that the rest of the visit doesn’t quite live up to. Food came across bland for what it costs, the gyro leaning on dry chicken and pita instead of the fresh toppings that should have carried it, and service that was slow without much warmth behind it. Even the atmosphere has its own limit, tables too small and too close together to fully enjoy the room. Worth it for the setting, not really for the meal.