C.C. Blue Sushi Bar & Restaurant

 

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Kit K.

Sunnyvale, CA

Everything on the menu is overpriced, the sushi was actually *chewy* and the service was slow and completely unhelpful. If you absolutely must have sushi while you're in the Napa Valley... Go to Safeway.

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Elite '08

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Powell Y.

Napa, CA

Date: January 23, 2007
Location: 1148 Main Street, St. Helena
Corkage: not sure, haven't brought a bottle in...
Cost: $110 (including tax & tip), party of three, two adults plus one five years old
Phone: 707.967.9100

This is not the first time I've dined at this place, a sushi restaurant in St. Helena that opened shortly before the opening of Go Fish. However this is the first time I've had dinner here, but sadly to say, with each visit, the experience has gotten worse.

Slow service, out of Tobiko, out of Toro, can't get the order straight. You name it, they've pretty much covers it tonight. While the ingredients are fresh, the least any sushi restaurant can do, anything else beyond that was pretty much a mess. We originally wanted to go to Cook in St. Helena, but they were closed, so Liam suggested Sushi and I said CC Blue, which Katrina was a bit hesitate about and also brought up Go Fish, which I am not too keen on, basically a no win situation.

If CC Blue was in San Francisco, the place won't last three month. If the sushi bar of Go Fish (can't comment on the actual cooked seafood menu as I've not tried it) was dropped in SF, I would give it six month tops.

Bottom line, if you want sushi while visiting Napa Valley, give me the money instead so I can put it towards the 2007 WSOP entry, you'll get more enjoyment out of it. The two establishments in St. Helena are poor excuse for sushi, the other two in Napa are a bit worse. Haven't been to the one in Calistoga, but you won't see me running to it anytime soon.

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Elite '08

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Laurel B.

San Francisco, CA

What to expect of sushi in the wine country?  A lot of things weren't on the menu . . . which is a great thing.  If it's not fresh, don't serve it!  I am so glad to be able to get sushi in St. Helena.  And it looks like a cool SF lounge, which is disorienting if you come off the street in precious St. Helena, but great once you adjust.

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Lynne S.

Vallejo, CA

Great service, great food!  I deffinetely recommend the tuna tartar, and the desserts are my favorite part.  I've tried them all with no disappointments, anything you choose should be excellent.  A little pricey, but what can you expect in St. Helena??

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Kevin L.

Berkeley, CA

The staff here are to be adored.  A really earnest young Korean guy, who's buds with one of the sushi chefs.  And if you're used to wizened Japanese men as sushi chefs, get used to the youthful Caucasian guy here, he makes a bang-up yellowtail.  

The yellowtail is REALLY amazingly fresh.  

Miso green salad was worth having, but they brought it out maybe 2 min before our sushi started rolling in (heh, get it?), and so I was always a step behind my friends.  But that's ok.  

They had an elaborate unagi roll called Star, and that was worth having.  

Pretty expensive, but after a day of mighty conspicuous consumption in Napa Valley, that's just fine by me.  

Hamachi is dynamite here.  Don't miss out on it.

Properly it should be 3.5 stars, because good sushi is so abundant.

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Nadia O.

Napa, CA

I love the sushi here. The valley is lacking great sushi (and no, Go Fish and Sushi Mambo don't count as good sushi). Remington is a great, personable chef, and most importantly, the food is consistently great. The staff is knowledgeable and not stuffy like many of the severs in Napa Valley. Try the dragon's breath roll, awesome, and oh, the unagi nigiri is so tender and perfect too! Can't wait for C.C. Blue late night this spring!

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