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Blue Iguana
Blue Iguana
Blue Iguana

Blue Iguana

Creole, Cajun, Southern, American

For 18 years, The Blue Iguana has been a fixture here in Fairfax, Virginia. One of the first of the new school of Chef driven restaurants.

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Location and hours

Location

Location

12727 Shoppes Lane , Fairfax, VA

(703) 502-8108

Hours

Hours

Monday 10:30 AM - 2:00 AM
Tuesday 10:30 AM - 2:00 AM
Wednesday 10:30 AM - 2:00 AM
Thursday 10:30 AM - 2:00 AM
Friday 10:30 AM - 2:00 AM
Saturday 10:30 AM - 2:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM - 2:00 AM

More details

Delivery
Dine In
Reservations
Takeout
Pickup
Breakfast
Brunch
Lunch
Dinner
Accessible

Reviews

Overall rating

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4.3

(63 reviews)

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Reviewed on May 18, 2020 Verified Purchase

We ordered take out due to Covid restrictions. Food was great!

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Luciana G.
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Reviewed on February 24, 2020 Verified Purchase

Basically, all day happy hour food and drinks. Waiter was extremely prompt.

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Nikia W.
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Reviewed on February 22, 2020 Verified Purchase

We were seated promptly. Server was very good and checked on us quite often. Although my husband's dinner was very good, I was disappointed with my meal. I wish there was a comments box under quality of food to explain further.

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Theresa W.
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Reviewed on September 9, 2019 Verified Purchase

Food was good and portions were just right. Didn't like paying $1 extra for a "side" with my burger but.... I will go again as it is a friendly sports bar with some outdoor seating. A nice evening out. Prices are reasonable.

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Lou d.
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Reviewed on June 21, 2019 Verified Purchase

Great food and very friendly and attentive service.

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Andrew O.
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Reviewed on January 5, 2019 Verified Purchase

Our server was attentive and kept us updated on delivery of our selections.

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Jeanmarie Z.
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Reviewed on December 6, 2018 Verified Purchase

We wished the appetizers included healthy items and not all just fried/bar fare.

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Reviewed on October 23, 2018 Verified Purchase

The server was good, attentive - except hygiene was not as good as it could have been. If something (menu) is dropped on the floor you do not pick it up and hand it back after stepping on it. You get a new one. Overall experience was fine for the food quality and location. Food was well prepared and quickly served.

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Carlos G.
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Reviewed on August 10, 2018 Verified Purchase

Kathy was very friendly and the food was excellent.

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Susan F.
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Reviewed on June 4, 2018 Verified Purchase

The staff was wonderful and very helpful! The environment was great (Caps playoffs). Go Caps!! Did not know this was a hockey lovers pad.

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Debbie M.
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Reviewed on December 27, 2017 Verified Purchase

Needs a little bit more lighting at the tables. It is advertised as creole/Cajun menu but did not have many of those items on the menu. The Guatemalan Botanas dishes were delicious. We had the Original Iggy and the Veggie botanas. We went on a Friday night and they were having Trivia game night which was fun!

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Rina M.
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Reviewed on December 12, 2017 Verified Purchase

We went for lunch. There were very few customers but that was a plus as we didn't have to wait for a table and had good service. Our waitress was very friendly and attentive without being overly so.

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Allison N.
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Reviewed on October 25, 2017 Verified Purchase

Friendly staff, very accommodating and easy to approach.

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Reviewed on September 8, 2017 Verified Purchase

Good foo, good prices"

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Reviewed on September 3, 2017 Verified Purchase

Good food and service.

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Bernadette A.
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Reviewed on August 26, 2017 Verified Purchase

Botanists were excellent. Crab cakes were average.

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Reviewed on August 24, 2017 Verified Purchase

Had the buffalo chicken salad and it was excellent!

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Reviewed on June 26, 2017 Verified Purchase

Food is very delicious. Service is very good. Food was brought to us in less than 15 minutes.

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Alyona K.
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Reviewed on June 13, 2017 Verified Purchase

Our waitress was fabulous! Really on top of things.

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Kelly S.
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Reviewed on May 22, 2017 Verified Purchase

One meal was good; one meal was bad. The fish fry and French fries were soggy---like they were heated up in a microwave.

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James F.
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Reviewed on May 13, 2017 Verified Purchase

Ashley was great and the food excellent. Hiuse specialty and ribs with soft drinks.

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Mark B.
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Reviewed on May 4, 2017 Verified Purchase

Great food, very reasonably priced. Star (our server) was absolutely fabulous.

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Reviewed on December 16, 2016 Verified Purchase

Both the service and food were great.

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Reviewed on December 1, 2016 Verified Purchase

Seems like the food quality has gone down. I didn't see a Cisco truck but it should Did taste generic. Not what I have expected from them.

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Reviewed on October 17, 2016 Verified Purchase

The food was great.

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Reviewed on October 5, 2016 Verified Purchase

Excellent staff, quick service, great food. Just an overall wonderful experience.

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Reviewed on August 5, 2016 Verified Purchase

food was good. iced tea was awful. sent it back. drank water.

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Reviewed on July 25, 2016 Verified Purchase

Food was excellent and hung out in the bar listening to great tunes ; )

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Reviewed on July 22, 2016 Verified Purchase

The wait staff was super nice. The resturant has changed some over the last year. Has more of a bar feel. This place used to have authentic Cajun food that was amazing but they have had a chef Change. With that being said the offering are all very good and well done.

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Reviewed on July 16, 2016 Verified Purchase

The appearance of the restaurant was pleasant and the server was good, however, the food was overpriced for the portion and the taste was mediocre at best. The scallops were lukewarm and the garlic mashed potatoes were VERY dry. Couldnt finish them. Very disappointing meal

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Carol J.
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Reviewed on July 12, 2016 Verified Purchase

The mashed potatoes were cold and relatively tasteless, but everything else was wonderful! The blueberry sorbet was unbelievable. I've never tasted anything so good.

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Reviewed on July 7, 2016 Verified Purchase

One of us tried the Jambalaya for the 1st time. It was so good and made a big impact on all of us tasting it. Service was stellar and friendly. Top marks all the way.

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Reviewed on July 1, 2016 Verified Purchase

The atmosphere was pretty good but the ribeye wasn't all the not enough meat and to much fat on the meat.

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Reviewed on July 1, 2016 Verified Purchase

The waitress was so friendly and helpful. Her recommendations were appreciated too.

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Reviewed on May 21, 2016 Verified Purchase

The meals are well prepared, it is fast and efficient with great service.

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Reviewed on April 30, 2016 Verified Purchase

Good food and Calvin was good

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Reviewed on April 15, 2016 Verified Purchase

Great service, food, wine. Excellent cannoli!

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Reviewed on February 22, 2016 Verified Purchase

Food very overprices small portions limited menu. This place is just isnt that good

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Reviewed on February 15, 2016 Verified Purchase

Fantastic lobster ravioli! Dinner and service were great as always! Especially appreciate that they didn't have an inflated priced menu for Valentine's Day! Love them!

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Reviewed on January 6, 2016 Verified Purchase

Menu had changed. Poor chose. Too little and quality for too much cost.

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Reviewed on November 21, 2015 Verified Purchase

Very personable waitress Jess. We were able to sit and visit at the table for an extended period of time.

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Reviewed on November 20, 2015 Verified Purchase

Excellent service

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Reviewed on September 19, 2015 Verified Purchase

Happy hour until 8 PM, eat in bar area, got noisy after 6 pm, dining area was quieter, it did have special event in it, TVs in bar area, food was very good and price was reasonable.

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Reviewed on September 18, 2015 Verified Purchase

Great mac n cheese. The crabcake sandwich (without the bread) was very good, but very small.

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Reviewed on September 13, 2015 Verified Purchase

Julie seemed forgetful but Miles made our experience a great one.

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Reviewed on September 11, 2015 Verified Purchase

The food was good, had smothered Catfish, it was good....

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Reviewed on September 8, 2015 Verified Purchase

The quality and quantity of food were not up to par. It was definitely not worth the price. Would not eat there again.

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Reviewed on September 3, 2015 Verified Purchase

Food quality was poor.

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Reviewed on August 30, 2015 Verified Purchase

Our server was busy with a huge party but we never knew because they assigned someone to back her up.

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Reviewed on July 22, 2015 Verified Purchase

Wonderful service, clean restaurant, great food.

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Reviewed on July 14, 2015 Verified Purchase

Nice place, but I do miss the "old" Blue Iguana

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Reviewed on July 12, 2015 Verified Purchase

food was good but on the salty side

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Reviewed on July 10, 2015 Verified Purchase

Very good food excellent service friendly staff

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Reviewed on June 3, 2015 Verified Purchase

Great food and fabulous service provided by Julia2 :-)

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Reviewed on May 23, 2015 Verified Purchase

The combination of excellent service and the quality and quantity of food made this dining experience an enjoyable one.

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Reviewed on May 11, 2015 Verified Purchase

One of the items came out incorrectly.

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Reviewed on April 24, 2015 Verified Purchase

Food quality

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Reviewed on April 19, 2015 Verified Purchase

We from New Orleans and loved there Cajun food.

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Reviewed on April 12, 2015 Verified Purchase

Good recommendations from employees

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Reviewed on April 5, 2015 Verified Purchase

We went for late meal .... Around 10 pm

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Reviewed on March 18, 2015 Verified Purchase

Nawlins cooking at its best! Had the smothered catfish which had shrimp etouffee on top of the fish. Yum.

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Reviewed on March 16, 2015 Verified Purchase

Although they were busy but the waitress kept on circling back to make sure that we were ok.

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Reviewed on February 18, 2015 Verified Purchase

First off, I can't wait to go back! The atmosphere was cozy with candlelight and linens and nice music in the background. Our server was very helpful and very attentive. The food was excellent and HOT! It just makes the meal when your food comes to you hot. We all enjoyed our meals and had enough left over for two more meals!!! I will definitely go back and definitely recommend this restaurant!

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