Blu Toro - West Des Moines

Came for a private birthday event and seated in private eating areaFits over 20 people.

As a first time customer, I wasn't sure I was actually going into Blu Toro, as the entrance doesn't do anything to display the fact that it's the main

Appetizers: chorizo queso and cevicheBoth very tasty, nothing special per se but not disappointing in any way.

My colleagues and I had reservations at 12 noon and were seated straight away. As the Burmese restaurant is in the area, we really looked forward to this experience. While we were in no hurry the restaurant was. Drinks were ordered and they urged to have a meal order at the same time. We wait to order the food until the drinks have been brought to us. We ordered the Burmese beef and goat stew as well as the Moh Hin Ga (fish noodle soup). The sauces on the meat stews were good, but not spectacular! The stew was definitely not tender. If you like tough meat then these dishes are for you. In addition, the Moh Hin Ga lacked taste and in the words of my colleagues: "I would not order it again". Also soft drinks and iced tea and refilled for free. Given the rush and subpar experience, won't be returning. Given their great Yelp reviews, it seems like there are plenty of customers out there who like it. Maybe we only visited them on a bad day or the normal cook wasn't around that day ...

We really enjoyed our meal here. We had a variety of dishes and everything was delicious. Although we had all requested different degrees of spiciness, everything came out exactly as requested. The service was exceptional. We were able to have a conversation without being interrupted, but we never had to wait for service and our water glasses were never empty. We will come back and recommend this restaurant to our friends.