Beluga
Cincinnati, OH 45208
Phone: (513) 533-4444
- Price:
- $$$
- Cross Street:
- Erie Avenue
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- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 5pm-12am, Fri-Sat 5pm-2:30am
Message from Beluga
Your world has no boundaries tantalizing dining, cocktails and music
- Sushi Bar
- DJ On the Weekends
- Hyde Park Square
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Editorial Review for Beluga – by Lilia Brady
In Short
Young, hip Hyde Parkers sample sushi and sashimi from the traditional sushi bar, which features clams, shellfish, roe, maki rolls and vegetarian maki. There are 10 sushi dinners, all served with miso soup. Tekka don is tuna over a bed of sushi rice, and mixed makimono vegetarian, a plate of sushi with avocado, served with thin slices of pickled ginger and wasabi. Eclectic main entrees include grilled duck, stuffed lobster and Cornish hen.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkWash the sushi down with sake, chilled and warm. There's infused sake, including raspberry and hazelnut, plus beers such as Kirin, Asaki and Sapporo.
User Reviews for Beluga
04/27/2008 Posted by hy1
I took my friend from NYC to Belgua last night for dinner and agreed it was the WORST meal we had in ages! She raved about all of the other restaurants and bars in town we visited this week when she was here on business, but was DISGUSTED by the experience at Beluga. Until last night at Beluga, I never had a meal in my entire life where absolutely everything was bad. The previous evening we enjoyed a flawless dining experience at a different sushi place in town (that had way better prices) and we wished we would have returned there instead of mixing it up. It took over an hour before we received a morsel of food. We ordered appetizers that arrived last, the entrees arrived first and I still can’t figure out why it took over an hour for us to get our soup. I had to get out of my seat on two occasions to get our serves attention, and each time she told me she would be right out with the item and did not follow through. We did not have forks to eat our crab cakes and salads and we asked for forks when we ordered, and then again when the food arrived, only for me to have to go in and get our own flatware!! In my estimation, our server was either high or a simple airhead. My friend’s sushi roll was made incorrectly twice. All of our rolls were far more costly and appeared sloppy compared to the place from the night before. When I asked to speak to the manager who was less than apologetic, I asked to have our bill adjusted to AT LEAST remove the charge for the incorrect roll after waiting over and hour for a nightmare dining experience at a slow time early in the evening, she simply said, “I’ll take care of it” then returned with only 20% reduced from the bill and the incorrect $14 was STILL on the bill. When I asked to speak to her again to have the roll removed she said she was not going to and wold only take that small percentage off the bill. Not a friendly atmosphere.
Pros: location near other more enjoyable places
Cons: poor service, lack of hospitality, more costly than better places
08/19/2007 Posted by asianguy81
I'm an out-of-towner who stayed in Cincy for two month due to an internship. I was craving sushi and I went to try Beluga. I tried to look for other sushi places, but nothing could top Beluga's ambience and scene. However, the quality of the sushi is at best above average and could be better in spite of the price. Overall, Beluga is a good trendy place to socialize, drink sake and at the same time eat a decent piece of Toro sashimi.
Pros: ambience, trendy scene, mojito and martini
Cons: price
