Bloom

648 Bloomfield Ave, Verona
(973) 433-7256

Recent Reviews

Lisa Sanzari

Amazing new spring menu!MusselsShrimp and beet salad was delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Saba Sabouhi

We enjoyed the food a lot!! Very fresh and delicious!

L R

To start, the food is absolutely delicious here. The unique Korean/French fusion had some interesting and tasty options. Will definitely go back to order things I didnt get to try. Unfortunately, it was evident that they were understaffed (maybe it was just this one night? Things happen). The person who sat us was also the server, food runner, and busser; with all these responsibilities, it was impossible to be as attentive as I know they could have been because they were very sweet and polite. Despite the service, I would still recommend coming here because the quality of food is outstanding.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Dinarda Santiago Ceballos

Tried Bloom for the first time last night. The food was excellent, and the service even more impressive. I really enjoyed the Chicken Coq Au Vin and will be back for the famous kimchi fried rice!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michele Rhee

Edit: I appreciate the fast response from the restaurant, and I recognize that reservations would have been wise on a Friday night. I don’t fault the restaurant for not having a table available indoors and offering options at the bar or outdoors. However, reservations wouldn’t have changed the management of the technical difficulties that occurred last night, so the restaurant’s recommendation to make reservations doesn’t change my overall impression or plans not to dine in at Bloom. Still loved the food, though!TLDR: amazing food, get takeout/don’t eat inLonger version: I’m sad not to give five stars because the food here is overall spectacular. We’ve done takeout as well as dined in, and I will definitely do takeout again because the food is so freaking good. Specific dishes and service experience described below.Food highlights:- short rib (melts in your mouth and comes with the most adorable side of potato ever)- pork belly (juicy, salty, satisfying, with a deliciously sweet sauce)- bulgogi and kimchi fried rice (great intro to Korean food for anyone who hasn’t had it before and satisfying for Koreans who miss home)- shishito peppers (lightly crisp, not too spicy)- bone marrow (luscious, salty, decadent)Just Okay- bread (miserly side of butter that covered maybe two slices)- shrimp balls (nothing special)Service: for takeout, super easy and accommodating, 5 stars. The glimpse of the interior made us think we’d found our new favorite restaurant, and we were excited to dine in!Service: for dining in, without reservations, they only had seats outdoors, and in March 2024, they have 4 tents out back. The tents are theoretically kept warm with heat lamps and a clip that keeps the tent flaps closed. However, even though we arrived to an empty restaurant, the only available seats available were at the bar or in one the four empty tents. We (wrongly) went with the tent option. The heat lamp was broken in the first tent, and after they tried fixing it and had multiple people come in to press the on/off button in confusion (while leaving the tent flaps open), they only moved us after we requested it. We had already received our first appetizer to give you an idea of how long this took. Only two tents seemed to have working heat lamps at the time they moved us.Our second tent’s heat lamp also stopped working because too many things were plugged in? So we heard someone say to “only plug in what’s needed!!” and that it “should” work now. The tent eventually warmed up, but we had to make sure that the tent flaps were clipped closed each time anyone came in or out because no one else seemed to care.Management never offered a courtesy appetizer or drink (non-alcoholic since Bloom is BYOB), and I don’t know what was happening inside. However, the outdoor experience was enough that I don’t want to risk dining in at Bloom ever again and would never recommend it to anyone either.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 2

Robert H.

1st time here. Everything was fantastic. I had escargot appetizer, beef short rib entrée and toffee bread pudding dessert. all delicious ? our server Nicky was super friendly and attentive. Nice job guys we will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Richard Balmir

This restaurant never disappoints. It's hands down the best fine dining I've had in the surrounding area. Try to remember it's BYOB before you go.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

TheLadyTHC

They are AMAZING, every dish is standout worthy, how they don't have a Michelin star is beyond me!Vegetarian options: Some optionsParking: Some parking in rear of building, or street parking out front

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grilled Octopus, Bulgogi with Kimchi Fried Rice, Chicken Wings, Scallop, Lobster Kimchi Risotto, Smoked Bone Marrow, Watermelon Salad, Braised Short Rib, Korean Fried Chicken

Joe D

Great dining experience, from the food to the service. Their tuna carpaccio app special and KFC wings were tasty. Same with pork belly and special fettuccine with scallops. Nice and relaxed pace too. Will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings, Scallop, Korean Fried Chicken

Jacinth Panicker

Very nice restaurant with great appetizers and entrees. Service was great and everyone was super attentive. Highly recommend the bone marrow app.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ahmad

Amazing service from our server Rayaan 10/10 experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Momen Khalil

Best Place Ever Been Too.

Jamal Naymeddin

Great place, the gentleman Raayan was excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Khalil Mohammad

The service was great, the waiters checked up on us multiple times to make sure we were enjoying everything, the food was delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Peter Boyle

We had early reservations tonight and we were the first diners. When we walked in the waitress told us that we had to be done in 90 minutes. My wife and I are fairly quick eaters. But when I hear something like that it can suck the enjoyment out of the dining experience.Putting that aside, we had great appetizers and main dishes. The deserts were not on par with the previous two courses.We have eaten at Bloom several times since the summer time and had enjoyed it. I don’t think that we will be rushing back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

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