Blue Gene's
239 S 500 E, Salt Lake City
(801) 364-4655
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Greatest espresso martini on the planet, and the best place in SLC to be a regular at.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
my favorite bar in slc 💙
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mark has the most amazing smile! LOVE HIM!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Give Chase all your money. He's the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
had fun until the karaoke announcer grabbed a mic to insert himself and joined every song if he knew it 😭 pick obscure songs so the karaoke announcer won’t steal your shine….he had a good voice but it really threw me off, my friend and i signed up and waited all night for our turn just for this dude to harmonize on top of our duet. really annoying
Enjoy a night at blue genes, however, customer service last night was not friendly in any respect to the word. The bartender with the black Bob could use a serious attitude adjustment especially if you’re working a Saturday night. It was good otherwise but the rude bartender trope is such a turn off.
Went here for a friend gathering, and it was such a blast! Karaoke was so fun, and the atmosphere and service was great. Very kind.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Bartender with black bob and bangs is very, very rude. I love this bar, come here for karaoke often and haven't had to deal with her before. But she made my friends birthday extremely uncomfortable, treated us like we were drunk and incoherent (most of us are sober, and I am pregnant 🤰) and our first interaction with her was her snatching drinks out of 2 of our party members hands and yelling at them for bringing them in (they had no idea it wasn't allowed, they have never been to this bar before, the bottles were almost empty from a previous dinner, and the bouncer let them in with them. They were not trying to cause any issues, and simply did not realize they had them still.)
She could have just told us to throw them away, avoided physical contact, and we wouldn't have felt uncomfortable. Not to mention, one of our party members just bought a round of 15 shots for our party, so we were obviously there to spend $$$.
She then continued to push us out of a table that we were told to sit at for our friends birthday (I guess there was also another birthday this night, and we were mistakenly seated there by another bartender) We would have moved if we were asked nicely or told that was not for us, but she basically pulled one of our party members to the side and lectured him about us being there and bringing drinks in, again after already physically and aggressively taking them from our hands. Half of our party left because they felt uncomfortable, and the rest of us stayed for a while but tried to avoid her at the bar at all costs. It basically ruined our friends birthday, and she is ALWAYS going to Blue Genes to support.
Idk, probably the weirdest bar experience I have had. Love this place, everyone else is a gem. She ruined the vibes for almost everyone and made half of our group feel like crooks.
Always love being served by Chase, though ❤️
And the other bartender on shift that night was awesome and very helpful, as we refused to be served by her the remainder of our time there.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This was a cool bar to visit but for me personally I couldn't get behind the decor it almost felt like a McDonald's interior but I will say the bartender and door man were both very nice and doing a great job however if I'm paying for a drink and it's 10+ dollars per drink I think they should be higher quality and a little larger for the portions.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Blue Gene’s is a hidden gem in salt lake! The vibes are immaculate. I’ve come here with my girlfriends for drag shows, karaoke and for trivia. We always have way too much fun taking pictures in the Photo Booth and the drink options are great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Upon entering I wasn't sure of what to expect. We were greeted by a very nice Hawaiian shirt clad bartender who was great at mixing drinks.
The atmosphere is best described as eclectic mixed with a pleasant fever dream of bar room necessities: a very nice pool table, various arcade games, and a wide selection of table top games that ensures the time you spend with friends is going to not only be strange, but delightful as well.
If you want to find a hidden gem with each part of it being a labor of love with a staff to match? This is the place for you.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Worst experience at a place ever, all due to the lame bouncer. Never coming here again! 12-13-2024
The drinks are super cheap and very good! We came to karaoke that started at supposedly 9 PM. It is now 10:15 and we haven’t started anything yet. The only food they have are chips and cup of noodles so they let us door dash Taco Bell.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Don't go here on Mondays gross nerds play weird card games or something
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margherita
Don't go here on Mondays gross nerds play weird card games or something
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margherita
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