Comments on: Blue Nile (Minneapolis, MN)

By: Laurie Swenson

Laurie Swenson — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:02:55 +0000

Thanks for the tip about Faiska. The Blue Nile is a quick trip for me from places I’m at in Minneapolis when i visit, but I would love to give the St. Paul place a try, too! (I’m curious what the original reviewer does for fun if she can’t find anything to do at night in Minneapolis! Maybe she is from St. Paul and Minneapolis just doesn’t measure up? ;) )

By: Olive

Olive — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:13:38 +0000

While I do not consider the Blue Nile the best Ethiopan restaurant in the Twin Cities(Faiska in St. Paul is better), I think the reviewer was a bit harsh in her assessment. First of all, the Blue Nile is not in a bad neighborhood. There are also plenty of things to do on Minneapolis on a Saturday night besides drinking and going to the mall. I suggest the reviewer spend more time in Minneapolis before forming such harsh and innacurate opinions!

By: Laurie Swenson

Laurie Swenson — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:37:14 +0000

The Blue Nile is awesome. I admit that I have only had the sampler platter, but I like everything so much that I want that platter every time I go there. I have not tried the bar, but like hearing the music coming from there, and I have always been pleased with the wait staff.
And nothing to do in Minneapolis but drink and go to the mall? That assessment makes this review questionable, in my opinion. If I lived in Minneapolis, I would have trouble thinning out the things to do just looking at theater events alone.

By: Cigars Online

Cigars Online — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:21:48 +0000

This sounds like a very good place to eat. I've never heard of it before, but will try it.

By: al

al — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:54:55 +0000

hi, I’ve been working at the Blue Nile for many years. We do not call “injeera” “banana bread.” It is called “bideena bread”, using the Oroma language, because the owner are Oromos. They choose to use Oromo words on the menu, as is their right. Sorry you didn’t hear correctly. The “American appetizers” are on the bar menu. The appetizers on the main menu are all Ethiopian.
We have abundant parking behind the building, and in that parking lot across the street, ext to that seedy building, called the Seward Co-op.
thank you for your time.