Blue 32

To the poster a couple of posts back...Does it matter that a "Big Black Man" who is always there got in before? He might be part owner in the restaurant, you have no idea. Secondly, whatever his race is was not the point of your review. Please try to project an iota of tact when you write these reviews so that they may actually be of use to people who are in fact looking for new places to dine, shop, play etc.

Firstly I have been to the restaurant several times on return biz trips from England where I now live, I got out of M.B. when the slimey New Jersey mob set took over the city council, But now that the miami Jewish mob has moved into H.B. it's definately time for the rest of the ORIGINAL south Bay locals to leave! The city council had no right to approve this business in the first place, not only are the door men dealers but the food is s*%* and they really do need to take their stinking sacks back to Miami or whatever cruddy east coast polluted beach they come from! The customer service is lousey too! Later W Gator.

Let me first start by saying that i've been to Blue 32 many times and have had good experiences most of the time. But, I recently went to Blue 32 for a friends Birthday party and was appalled by what happened...

They had reserved a table with bottle service and had put a few friends on the list. I showed up only to be told that I was on the list but would have to wait in line. (Not sure what the point of the list was, or why they keep one)

So we went to the end of the line, which was about 20 people. After about 5 minutes everyone in line left except for 3 guys in front of us. We waited for about 15 minutes, but no one was getting in except for about 30 people which "shook hands" with the door staff, most notably a big black guy who is always there. I approached the door man, and asked what the deal was. He said it was going to be $20 a head to "skip the line". I replied that there were only 3 people in front of us, to which he said would take at least 45 minutes to get in, if at all. Needless to say, we left.

Come to find out, they weren't letting ANYONE in without greasing the palms of the shady door staff. Dont get me wrong, I dont mind paying to get into a place, but at least let us know there is a cover. Dont make me sit in a line that is not going to get in no matter what. From my understanding, Blue 32 has a policy not to charge cover, ever!!!!! There is no way i'm going to pay some low-life bouncer $20 to get into a bar in hermosa beach of all places.

Blue 32 you have lost a customer, and I urge others to boycott that place until management gets rid of those a-holes that are running the door.

BLUE 32 - F-CK THAT PLACE!

If you are looking for a good place to hang out, the Shore is much better, as well as Underground, and pretty much anywhere on the Pier.

Has anyone else had stuff like this happen around south bay?

The bouncer at this place is the biggest A** I have ever seen working in the customer service industry. My husband and I spend hundreds of dollars at this place almost every week and the staff is SO friendly and accommodating. I've never gone in and not had a huge smile and hello from Mike, Laurie, Jamie, Jeff, and Cindy - they're THE BEST! However, the bouncer (Derek is his name I think) has NEVER had a conversation with us, doesn't even know our name (after we've paid him several times to even let us in), and is completely RUDE to everyone who walks in the place - even regular customers like ourselves who go there to eat and have a great time with our friends. This past weekend, I even witnessed him talking down to our waitress. . . a co-worker! Our table spent about $1000 ALL total between the bar and our waitress and the door guy had the audacity to give her a hard time about letting 2 of our friends join us who had to work late but were coming to meet us. It's our favorite place to hang out - fabulous staff, music, food, and drinks. . . . if we can get through the front door!

The bouncer on Friday and Saturday nights (big black guy) is horrendous to deal with - SO RUDE and obnoxious! I don't know who he thinks he is, but apparently he's God's gift to the South Bay. Everything else about the place is A+++++. Great drinks, great food, great atmosphere, music, people - fun, fun, fun all the time (if you can get in that is)!