Blu on the Hudson Featured on Forbes
Blu On The Hudson Has Wonderful Food to Go With The Grand Panorama Of The New York Skyline
By John Mariani of Forbes | July 11, 2023
There are reasons why Blu on the Hudson should not be as excellent a restaurant as it is. For one thing, it’s in Weehawken, New Jersey, set within a massive complex of mundane new buildings through whose parking lot and dark walkways it is easy to get lost. Next, the restaurant is vast—30,000 square feet—with 350 seats (and 500 to be added upstairs for banqueting). Last, but not least, the menu seems way too eclectic for the kitchen to handle.
There’s no question that Blu has its atmospheric and panoramic appeal: It’s right across from the Manhattan skyline with fine views of the midtown skyscrapers, and the interior is a well-sectioned series of spaces that include a huge white marble bar, a beautifully decorated separate sushi restaurant and a very comfortable lounge area with fireplace, and modulated lighting throughout, as created by Blu Hospitality Group led by Kosta Gianopoulos and designer Peggy Leung.
Blu On The Hudson Earns 2025 Wine Spectator Restaurant Award
—Blu On The Hudson Among the World’s Best Restaurants for Wine—
[Weehawken, NJ] (June 25, 2025) — Blu On The Hudson has been honored for its outstanding wine program in Wine Spectator’s 2025 Restaurant Awards, which celebrate the world’s best restaurants for wine.
“A wine list is a restaurant’s identity in print, and this year’s Wine Spectator Restaurant Award winners reflect both deep knowledge and a passion for discovery,” said Marvin R. Shanken, Editor and Publisher, Wine Spectator. “I proudly present the 3,811 restaurants worldwide that earned a Restaurant Award this year—we raise a glass to all our winners.”
Launched in 1981, the Restaurant Awards represent the world’s only program focused exclusively on restaurant wine service. They are assigned on three levels: the Award of Excellence, the Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award, with 2,010; 1,704; and 97 winners this year in each respective category.
Blu On The Hudson has won the Best of Award of Excellence.
Best of Award of Excellence recipients display excellent breadth across multiple winegrowing regions and/or significant vertical depth of top producers, along with superior presentation.
Wine Spectator’s special Restaurant Awards issue becomes available to readers July 15th.
Follow Wine Spectator on Instagram (@wine_spectator) and use hashtag #WSRestaurantAwards for posts about this year's awards. WineSpectator.com/Restaurants also features coverage of winners, interviews with leading wine directors, wine picks and pairing tips from sommeliers at award-winning programs. In the Restaurant Search, all winners can be searched by name, location, award level, cuisine, wine specialties and pricing. Winners are also profiled in the free Restaurant Awards app, available for iPhone and iPad users.
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Blu on the Hudson Featured in the New York Times
Off The Menu
By Florence Fabricant of The New York Times | April 4, 2023
Dining in Weehawken, N.J., is a feast for the eyes with the panorama of the Manhattan skyline on display. This new sprawl — 30,000 square feet of generously windowed restaurant, bar, lounge, private dining rooms and a separate sushi bar seating more than 300 — features seafood and steaks by the executive chef, Juan Carlos Ortega. He can handle volume, considering his experience at places like Blue Water Grill and Catch Steak. Appetizers like Basque shrimp with garlic, caviar service and oysters can segue into fresh pastas, like gnocchi in spiced vodka sauce; a dish combining shrimp and scallops; whole branzino; and assorted cuts of steak, including several from Wagyu beef.
Diners' Choice 2024 Winner
Diners' Choice: Hot spot restaurants in Hudson
The Diners’ Choice program recognizes outstanding restaurants based on feedback from thousands of local diners. OpenTable diners globally have provided over 30 million ratings and reviews, all confirmed to have dined at a restaurant.
By OpenTable, September 5, 2024
Looking for restaurants that are the best hot spots in Hudson? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!
Blu on the Hudson Featured on Medium
Refreshing and Innovative Options for a Rum Cocktail on National Rum Day
By Carlos Lacayo of Medium | | August 16, 2023
Blu on the Hudson is a modern American restaurant with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline that brings a New York City-style dining experience to the waterfront in Weehawken, New Jersey. Beverage Director Jeremy Le Blanche (formerly of Thyme Bar, The Gibson, German Gymnasium), has worked at the best cocktail bars around the world and substitutes fussy ingredients in favor of theatrical presentations. For rum cocktail enthusiasts, the Silver Garden is made with spiced Tanduay rum, lavender honey, raspberry, lime, cranberry juice, and finished with fresh mint.
To complement these cocktails, Executive Chef J.C. Ortega (BR Guest Hospitality’s Blue Fin, Blue Water Grill, and most recently Catch Steak) has created a bold seafood forward menu that is accented by a top-flight steak program, and homemade pasta.
At Blu on the Hudson, guests have the option to enjoy either indoor or al fresco dining; and it is only a picturesque six-minute NY Waterway ferry ride from Manhattan. bluhospitality.mysites.io/
Blu on the Hudson Featured on PIX11 News
Blu on the Hudson serves up brunch with a view
By Kirstin Cole of PIX11| | August 6, 2023
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Blu on the Hudson in Weehawken offers delicious brunch dishes with a view of the Hudson River.
PIX11’s Kirstin Cole has more in the video player. (below)
https://youtu.be/vM3tojiITcU?feature=shared
Blu on the Hudson Featured on Jersey Digs
At Long Last, Weehawken’s Blu on the Hudson Sets Opening Date
By Chris Fry of Jersey Digs
An upscale culinary experience dubbed Blu on the Hudson is set to launch in Weehawken along the Hudson River waterfront. The restaurant has been years in the making and will finally be serving its first customers.
Jersey Digs reported on Blu Ale House’s impending Weehawken project way back in 2019. The move was confirmed via construction permits just months later and four years and a global pandemic later, the group is set to launch Blu on the Hudson on April 3.
The suburban chain, which runs restaurants out of Woodbridge, Riverdale, and West Nyack, is shooting for the stars with their Weehawken venture. Offering stunning views of the Hudson River at 1200 Harbor Boulevard, the space looks to put seafood forward accented by a top-flight steak program, homemade pasta, and a sushi lounge.
