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"This food is amazing, esp the filet cheesesteak taco! Love the guacamole, awesome margaritas too!!",
"Food was Really fresh and good. Pork seemed a little salty but was still good. I loved the empanada and the tortilla soup was very good. The guacamole is fresh made and excellent. Clean fast fresh . Very relaxed atmosphere . I encourage everyone to give it a try .",
"Every since I moved to this area I was always thinking \"this place is missing a really good Mexican restaurant\" MY DREAM CAME TRUE! Hahaha this Cali girl misses good tacos! This place is amazing! You can tell the owners took their time in not only the menu and FRESH ingredients but also the ambiance of the restaurant. I got the barbacoa taco and the fried fish taco and I will be back for more. I am excited to try everything on the menu.",
"Tried several tacos and there's honestly no taco that I wouldn't get again! Fresh, hot, delicious food. Queso was awesome, margaritas were perfect, and the churros dipped in caramel sauce were delicious. Can't wait to come back. The service was also very friendly and food came out very quick!",
"Food was just kind of ok. I have no intention of returning. Tacos were overly thick and corny but dry and fell right apart. . Meat was bland, hot sauce was more sweet than hot. The guacamole was good but not good enough to make me want to return. It's new, so maybe they will improve with time, but right it's just ok.",
"This place is so expensive for the quality of food !!! I purchased 4 sides of corn and the container was so small ( maybe 1/2 serving) and the bill was over 16.00 .... Additionally it was not even that good. Ok at best. I could justify the price if it was omg delicious!!!! But that was not the case. Will not be visiting in the future.",
"Wonderful! Terrific! You gotta try this place. Like the name says they are all about tacos. I had a fish taco and a Chicken and Chorizo taco. They could not have been better. Very fresh tasting ingredients and well prepared and presented. My partner had the burrito and said the same about it. Great selection to choose from and I'm a big fan of this type of restaurant. Order at the front counter and they bring the food out. I can see this becoming a weekly habit.",
"Feels like a downscale chipotle. All soft taco and not at all traditional. Shrimp mango taco sloppy to eat and expensive at $4.25. All a la carte. Would not recommend",
"The tacos and salas have good flavor. The chips are forgettable (not good). Service is prompt and friendly. A little pricey. \n\nThe real negative is the use of disposable tableware. Ok for lunch crowd but not for dinner. Unfortunately I feel that this place will be gone in 1 yr because they will fail to upgrade to real tableware for dinner and draw the necessary crowd. They also should consider a $9.99 or $11.99 platter of any 2 tacos & choice\nof side to raise their avg ticket and profitability.",
"I've come here 3 times since they opened and each time had something different, and each time ice been very happy with the service and quality of the food. This is my new #1 spot for fun tacos! And the salsas are legit!"
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"Food is all breading. A half inch thick of breading is not good. Look at the photo of the egg roll. And this is on everything we ordered. We had breaded shrimp, and when you twisted it like a rag the oil just poured out. \n\nWe ate nothing... My wife took it home and gave it to the dogs... The big dog would not eat. That was first. The little dog had gas for next three days...\n\nPeople working there are nice. But do not eat the food. This is by far the worse restaurant we have ever eaten at.",
"Very nice people, and OK prices, but the food was really not good.\n\nI went for lunch, had the orange spicy chicken and fried rice. The chicken came \"some assembly required\"...I got a box of sliced breaded chicken, and a tub of sauce that had an off flavor. I had about 3 bites, then chucked it...not worth the calories.\n\nThe rice was OK, but anyone can make fried rice.\n\nSadly, I will not be back.",
"Nice people, bad food. We just had ours boxed up and took it home to get rid of as we didn't want our server to feel bad. Weird, chewy meat....both the chicken and beef. Maybe boiled? I was sad for the owners!",
"Good food (I recommend the curry chicken), always great service.",
"Awful beyond belief! Everything was fried, and so greasy. I put a shrimp on the napkin, and the napkin was soaked in 2.5 seconds. Like I really want to put that in my body. I know Chinese food (when it actually is Chinese food) may not be the healthiest, but this went way beyond that. It was $40.00 of ahem food, that we were to wimpy to not pay, and the dogs ate it and farted for a week. Never will we go back there. The staff could tell we didn't like it, as we didn't touch it, but they were like deer in headlights and did nothing and said nothing. YUCK!!!!! I should have taken the fact that we were the only customers as an omen, well lesson learned.",
"I like that this place is right on my way home from work. I can call in an order, and the nice people there have it ready by the time I drive by. So convenient! The only drawback is that the food isn't good. The family has mutinied and made it clear that this is no longer an option for me. Sigh...\n\nThey're definitely right though. My last order was sweet and sour pork, Mongolian beef, and chicken with pea pods. The staff wisely put the sauce for the sweet and sour pork in a separate container, but the dish still wasn't good. The coating on the pork was very doughy, and the bright pink sauce tasted like it came out of a bottle (which it probably did). I was especially disappointed by the Mongolian beef. At other restaurants, strips of slightly crispy, spicy beef are stir-fried along with green onions. Their version had what looked like canned chow-mein vegetables with rubbery bits of beef mixed in. Tasted nothing like Mongolian beef. The chicken with pea pods had a slightly better mix of vegetables, but the chicken was also rubbery, and the taste was very bland. The steamed rice and the fortune cookies were both pretty good though. :)\n\nI gave them a second star because they're nice people and run what appears to be a clean kitchen -- I just wish the food was edible.",
"These reviews are not indicative of our experiences. We have selected Joy Garden as our preferred Chinese food restaurant and they have never disappointed. Their staff is very friendly and the food has always been very high quality, not the heavy oils that others have stated. We have kept with Joy Garden because of their great offerings, and their ability to provide outstanding food, service, and variety. We have had them provide food for a variety of friends and tastes, and they have never disappointed.",
"Everything about this place was not good. Food was not fresh, bland and pretty much awful. Don't be confused by references to Siam Thai which used to be around here. This place is not that place.",
"We had a good experience here. They accommodated gluten free no problem. And it was delicious. Not sure about the negative talk. My experience was positive and we ate the leftovers because they tasted good!",
"It was ok, very typical not bad at all just not great, flavor wise. Portions were good.\nI would go back."
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"Great atmosphere, great upgrade in decor, majority of the food was very good, Caesar dressing a little bland, service is not speedy but more of a pace where they let you enjoy a drink and talk between courses. Draft beers came out a little warm, but bottled beer was nice and cold. staff was very polite and the manager would comp anything that took long before they even had a chance to hear the customer complain about the wait. Overall a good experience. Not as much a family restaurant as a great restaurant to bring a date or business client.",
"I decided to check out this KC Prime since it is newly opened. It was busy but I luckily got a seat at the bar. The staff behind the bar were very friendly and attentive to me and the other patrons. I was told the specials and I ordered the snapper . It was cooked to perfectly and was very fresh. I ordered a glass of pinot grigio that was reasonable priced ( $7). My only complaint was that the sauce that came on the side was not barley warm and tasted like it was from a powder and the brocollini was luke warm. The bartender asked how everything was and I told him it was great but not very warm. He offered to fix it right away. I kept it because I didn't want them to microwave it even though he insisted it would not be. He bought me a glass of wine on the house. It was very kind. There were a lot of people around and at the bar but I didn't feel rushed at all. I actually enjoyed myself . My only other grip was the bar back bartender kept taking the tops off of beer and flinging them on the floor. That's what you do at a dive bar not a steak house . Even if it's a chain.",
"Very disappointed. 91 dollars later and all I could think of was \"would be better spent at Ruths Chrs\". The wait time was horrible to get your food. While the food was decent, it was not worth the 91 dollars. Hands down Ruths Chris makes better food if you spend this much. The side mash potato dish was bizarre, who serves teriyaki glazed sweet potato mash with steak??",
"This was our second time here. I think they're still getting their act together as they've been open six weeks. Nice place and attentive staff. Main courses have been good, but slow in arriving to the table.\n\nWe've tried three different appetizers; calamari, crab cake and tomato with mozzarella. I would not come close to recommending any of them. Main courses tried were NY strip, Philly Strip (sandwich) and the Scallops. All were good, though the NY Strip was a bit over done.\n\nWhile there early Saturday eve, I overheard two people sending back their underdone steak. Like I said, I think they're still getting their act together.",
"I went to KC Prime in Warrington, PA. It was a Houlihans. T sat at the bar and was offered to be served after the bartender finished a personal conversation with a co-worker.\n\nI ordered a pint of Yuengling Lager. It was served in a 12-14oz glass that had jsut been taken out of the diswasher. \n\nThe onion soup was tasty and hot.\n\nI was given what appeared to be a bread plate...but no bread or butter. I guess that was an ala carte item....or the bartender just didnt care.\n\nThe salad was cool, crisp and drive with a sparse amount of dressing. OK.\n\nThe prime rib was decent to good. The wasabi mashed potatoes....well not my taste. No substitutions at this restaurant.\n\nNo manager ever came around and asked 'how was everything'. Guess thats optional or an extra.\n\nI sent an email to the managers of BOTH KC Prime locations. Not a response. I guess this place is their way or the highway. They dont care.\n\nAt twice the price of a similar meal at Outback- GO THERE. Its better.\n\nI rate it 2 stars. It is very clean.....hence the second star.\n\nThey can do better, but dont care to. KC Prime is doomed to FAIL!!!!!!",
"I went to KC Prime a week or so after it opened - loved it. I got the New York Strip steak, cooked to perfection. Their wine selection is great! The staff seemed very knowledgable and organized. I never would have guessed that they had just opened so recently. \n\nI will definitely be visiting KC Prime again soon.",
"We have dined here one time, and it was a pleasant experience. we sat in the bar, which offers a classy atmosphere with a couple of TV's and a full menu. The bartender was polite & quick. Plenty of brews offered on tap, with a great in house stout(a touch of vanilla) They were ale to prepare a Kobe burger that was not offered on the menu, and all I can say is....PERFECTION! They may have taken a recommendation to offer it on the menu. I will have to see the next time we go back. She ordered a filet, that was cooked to perfection. A great cut of meat. Overall, I will e dining there in the future, and exploring the rest of the menu. Great food, great atmosphere, and great service.",
"KC Prime was recommended to me by a friend who lives in the area, he knows I'm a bit of a foodie because I eat out atleast 3 days a week. I live in philadelphia so I usually eat downtown in the rittenhouse square area; Davio's, Ruth Chris, Butcher and Singer and Barclay Prime. These types of places, so I was nervous to venture outside my cumfort zone. Needless to say I was pleasantly suprised! The atmosphere was great and the management and entire staff was friendly knowledgeable and attentive. I had the bone in ribeye, excellent flavor and cooked to perfection my date had the sea bass it was also excellent also had the truffled kc fries and kc quesadilla's both were excellent. Our waitress Bethany was great and very helpful with helping us pick out things we might like. If you're looking for high quality food with great service for a reasonable price I would highly recommend KC Prime. I will definately be returning, I will be puting this place in my normal rotation of places to go.",
"I had been hearing for some time now about this new place and how great the food and atmosphere was. \n\nI decided to find out for myself! \n\nWhat a fantastic surprise! \n\nWe walked in and were greeted immediately by professional and pleasent members of their staff. Our waitress was very attentive during the entire fabulous meal which consisted of steamed jasmine rice, rainbow Swiss chard and a lemon buerre blanc! SUPERB! \nMy guest had the porter house steak, let me just say I'm not a big meat eater and as I tried his dish I was blown away! Best steak I've ever had! \n\nI was so impressed that I decided I needed to share my experience! \n\nIf you want excellent service, great food and simply $ well spent this is your place! \n\nHope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!",
"If you are looking for an reasonable, and tasty place to take your family for Sunday Brunch look no further. This place was wonderful. The selections were great and the food was tasty. There are an assortment of salads, tasty soups along with the usual carving stations, omlets and waffles. I am looking forward to trying their dinner menus."
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"Sweet golf course right on the coast in Goleta, 15 minutes north of Santa Barbara, not far from UCSB and Bacara. Seven holes are right on the Pacific Ocean.",
"Also known as the \"poor man's Pebble Beach\", Sandpiper is one of the few golf courses set along the california coast that plays right down to the ocean shore. Half of the holes have breathtaking views of the pacific. The course isn't all that bad either. Greens are like pool tables, running 12-12.5 at times. The course has good length too, at over 7000 yards. The only complaint that I have is that it finishes with a par 3. The course is pricy, especially on weekends (over $100). But you can walk the course with no problem.",
"Stop number one on my Spring road trip to Nor Cal to see my mom. I don't golf, but my husband is an avid golfer who was dying to check the course out. This was only an exploratory visit, so while he didn't play the course, he went to the range. We were amazed that this is a public course, it is so beautiful. The greens were well kept, the staff is very friendly and the setting is absolutely stunning. Greens fees during the week are reasonable, and the twilight rates are very tempting. \n\nSpeaking of tempting, the one thing my better half failed to mention is that this course is right next to Bacara! Mental note: MUST stay at BACARA!. Ladies, if you are a golf widow (as I am), this is the perfect Golf/Spa vacation destination. Expect to drop some serious coin at Bacara, but the location is worth it!!",
"Great ocean golf course just a few minutes north of Santa Barbara. \nWe had a great day on the course with the exception of the afternoon winds. Check for your wind conditions before booking. A little pricey for the weekend round of golf with cart @ $165. It's a must play course if you are in the area.",
"I'm pretty sparing with my 5 reviews for golf, but this course really had it all. Great pace, ridiculous views, nice staff, great course conditions. Right on the ocean, and moderately priced; as good as it gets.\n\nFor a full review visit http://danperry.com/wordpress/golf-course-reviews/",
"Played in the 2009 greenskeeper.org outing. Course layout was nice. Some very nice par 3 holes and overall a good course. Not mean, but somewhat challenging. The rough was good to me, sometimes I preferred it to the thin fairways. Fairways seemed good at places and very thin at other places. The greens threw me off. The practice greens seemed a lot faster as I was long on all of them, and short on almost every put during the actual round. The carts could definately use some GPS on them instead of searching for sprinkler heads. Some holes had trouble that you couldn't see ahead. The service was good and facilities were great. Once the fairways are back to better condition, this place will be nice.",
"One of my best rounds of golf in 2009, and also one of the best values I have seen in Southern California. About half of the holes are right on the ocean, with some of them reaching a stones throw away from the sand. If you play at a steady pace, you can sneak in a few good picture opportunities. I think we got away with paying less than $100 for this course at Twilight, which I thought was a steal. The course is well maintained, but don't expect it to be Pebble Beach at these prices.",
"Was 1st group out at Twilight and finished in 3.5 hours. Course is in great condition from tee to green. Course layout and scenery is amazing. The greens are diabolical. No putt here is a gimme. Speed if crazy fast and always more break than you think. A beautiful course to splurge on if you get the chance.",
"Beautiful views and some magnificent holes. The winds can be very tough. Greens are very well kept.",
"so the boyfriend loves golf and i suggested that we go somewhere out of the ordinary for him to play. i love being a spectator and to just driving the golf cart around. strange i know but the views of the golf courses are usually so pretty and just very relaxing! so we took a 2 hour road trip to pay sandpiper a visit. of course he called ahead of time and booked a tee time. \n\nthere's some road construction going on around that area so its a little confusing once you exit. you do have to wear a collar shirt when as a player. \n\nthey let us out 10 mins before our tee time. gave us two free water bottles. provided plenty of information before going out to the course. they placed the golf bag onto the cart for us. the pace was about 15 minutes per hole. \n\ni'm definitely a fan of their signature hole #11. the view is so breathtaking! you literally are super close to the sand and waves. we saw some people with their dogs on the sand. \n\nthe greens are a big challenge because of the speed the ball goes which is really fast. but everything about the course was in great condition. The greens made my boyfriend realize how truly important it is to practice putting. \n\nthey even had benches with igloos and cups if you want to drink some cold water. the service girl drives around i saw her at a few holes. didn't see any ambassadors so i got to swing for fun on one hole. The roughs were crazy! If you're in the rough bring a shovel! because you have to start digging yourself out! (All jokes aside it was a big challenge!!!) the course is definitely one of the better courses i've been to.\n\nDriving back to the clubhouse after the last hole we saw a bunch of ducks going into the small lake. the weather was nice a tad windy so a jacket would come in handy. \n\nthey offered to shine the golf clubs as we returned the cart. and even checked to see if we forgot anything in the cart. so that was nice. so i would recommend it if you are a big golf person!"
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"We decided to try out the new restaurant and it was delicious! I got three tacos - one chicken, carnitas and al pastor. They use fresh corn tortillas, cilantro and lime. Each was really good and authentic. My husband loved his chicken fajitas and couldn't stop talking about how good the rice and beans were. Totally different than what we are used to from other Mexican restaurants. One interesting thing is that the chips & salsa are not free ($3.50). We asked about it and came to find out their salsa and chips are homemade in house. It wasn't a bad thing - we didn't leave feeling overly stuffed. We will definitely be back.",
"We were really hopeful this would be a good spot because it's so close to our house. We were seated right away and got to sit where we preferred. We each ordered three tacos - I had (1) fish, (1) al pastor, (1) carne asada. My husband had (2) al pastor and (1) carne asada. The meat was all over cooked and dry. The al pastor, which was why we came, didn't taste like al pastor at all. No pineapples, no sauce...I ended up pouring the salsa on it because it was dry. \n\nThe service was great, however, they forgot our appetizer (guacamole, salsa, cheese dip) until after our dinner arrived. And our chips were over cooked. The cheese dip was unusual - it reminded me more of cheese dip at sports events for nachos, rather than a queso.",
"We had a wonderfully authentic, fresh, delicious dinner. Quesadilla and enchilada were fantastic. Great hospitality. Excellent service. This is truly a family run business. You won't be disappointed.",
"My wife and I heard good things about this place, and we love to try new places that open, so we stopped by on a Sunday afternoon. This is not one of those typical Mexican restaurants with the brightly colored seats and walls and the microwaved food. We've all been to them many times. This place is a little higher end than that. It was more like a nice restaurant you'd take a first date or anniversary dinner. \n\nOur server was super nice and very helpful. My wife had questions about the sauces so he brought us little samples. I had a shrimp/vegetables/pasta entre that was just awesome. This wasn't deep fried and microwaved crap, this was a very delicious meal. My wife had something with chicken it, but I forgot the names of both our meals. But she loved it. She said she could taste it was homemade, but I'm not sure exactly how she can know that, but I don't argue... \n\nOf course it was a tad more expensive than a normal Mexican restaurant, but it was worth it. Also, they don't give you the usual chips and salsa like most do, you have to buy it. Slightly disappointing, but not a big enough deal to drop from five stars. Overall, we loved it and will certainly go back.",
"First week. Lots of kinks to work out. Servers struggling to get up to speed. Menu not your typical mexican. Explanations were not as helpful as necessary. Seating is spread out and not well designed. Food was flavorful and fresh. This place may just need some time to figure out its identity. Chips and salsa were $3.95. Thats a tuff sell when you can have unlimited for free at different places. (Nothing unique to justify cost)",
"Great service and good food, casual environment. We had a large group for lunch and they accommodated everyone perfectly. Food was good! Our table had a variety- salads, enchiladas, bowls- all very tasty. We are excited to frequent this restaurant!",
"Had dinner here tonight. I knew something was different when I saw elotes as an appetizer. Crystal was our server and encouraged us to ask questions. My husband and I ordered chips & salsa, queso, elotes and tortas al pastor. When I inquired about horchata as a beverage option, I was told they did not currently have available but that it would be available starting next week. Our appetizers arrived and we were not disappointed. This salsa is homemade, Y'all; the queso was super creamy. After tasting our tortas (YUM!), an employee named Rosa approached us to see how our experience was going. Turns out she is one of Loren(zo) & Mari(na)'s 9 children. This isn't your average Mexican Restaurant folks; this is a family's dream. The salsa, various sauces and ALL of the authentic Cholula Puebla dishes on the BACK PAGE of the menu are family recipes hand made (i.e., from scratch!!) daily by Mom Marina. Should you go anytime in the next few weeks: 1. keep in mind this is a new place that is still working out it's kinks. 2. Ask for Rosa; tell her Lola & Poppy sent you. We'll be returning to try some of those authentic dishes (Albondigas!) and sip some horchata.",
"Give this family owned place a try. Totally worth the price. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they succeed given the last few places that have been in this location (O'Charley's and am Asian buffet). Great decadence inside as well. Try the items on the back of the menu which are all family inspired recipes. Pozole was amazing. Good chips and salsa as well albeit a little unusual to have to pay for this. You won't be disappointed ...this part of Carmel deserves a good locally owned restaurant, and this place answers that need.",
"From Louisville, stopped in for carry out on our way to high school football game. Burrito and veggie casa, excellent. Love the green sauce",
"Chile relleno can be hit or miss - it a hit here, as was the chicken adobo. Would return."
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"We ordered take-out so my review is limited to the dish to go on second day in business at this location. The Mongolian Beef was the best Asian dish I have had in Boise. This place is fantastic!! The food was fresh, spiced appropriately and served with melt in your mouth rice. Truly superb",
"We had lunch at Asian Cuisine Boise today and will definitely be going back. The interior was crisp and clean. Completely revamped from the previous tenant's design. Our waitress was pleasant but seemed to be a little new to the job but, when we had questions she couldn't answer, she was prompt to find out for us. Given they have only been open a couple of weeks her newness was understandable.\nWhile we ordered off the lunch menu we did look at the entire menu and found lots of options to choose from. They also have a kids menu for those dining with children. You can order the degree of spiciness from 1 to 5. I like a little spice but not eye watering spiciness so I ordered the Drunken Noodles at a level one. I had the choice of meat with it and ordered chicken. It was just delicious! The spice level was just right, the vegetables were perfectly stir fried so they still had crunch but not extremely crunchy. My husband tasted it and agreed it was a great option. My husband, who likes things much spicier than I do, ordered his broccoli stir fry (sorry I can't remember the name) at a level 3. He thought it was very good but thinks he will ask for level 2 next time. I had a taste of the baby corn in the dish. The sauce was very good but definitely spicy. Our lunches came with soup. That was the only disappointment. I think it was some sort of chicken rice soup with vegetables but it was kind of bland. Husband didn't like it at all and didn't finish his but seeing how he spices up similar soups I wasn't surprised.\nLunch menu items are priced at $7.95. Dinner items run around $10 and up but still affordable.\nAll in all, we enjoyed the dining experience and definitely will be back!",
"Trying out a new restaurant on the daughter's recommendation. A very extensive menu. Spring rolls and egg rolls are quite good, though the peanut sauce leaves a bit to be desired. Side salads are both unnecessary and uninspired. Tom Kha is very flavorful, and somewhat thicker in consistency than I am used to (that is not a criticism... just a different style) -- excellent balance of spicy and tart; I will definitely order this again. Daughter loves the pineapple fried rice (level 2 spicy is actually surprisingly, nicely hot). The Vietnamese noodle bowl (Bun) is acceptable but not inspired. Good mix of veggies in it, but the noodles were a bit overdone, and the pork would be better if it were char-grilled. The added Vietnamese fried spring roll, however, was excellent. Good service. The menu had some amusing Engrish.",
"Nice, new Thai restaurant in east Boise. Food was fresh, made to order. Didn't feel like it had sat around under a heater like so many places. Had fried tofu for appetizer - fried nicely and with good sauce. Wife ordered pineapple fried rice. Very good. Mild, which she prefers. Could tell this was all freshly prepared. I had larb which was good. Would have liked more lime juice, but still tasty. \n\nWill definitely come again and try more dishes. \n\nA few suggestions to owners:\n\nDitch the egg drop soup and ice berg lettuce salad sides that come with meal - seem old school and not up to quality of balance of meal. \n\nWould like some sauces on table such as chili paste or sambal so those of us who like it hotter but want to share can spice up to our liking.",
"Restaurant is open and spacious. Good atmosphere. Portions were huge. The main course was lacking the traditional pad Thai flavor I'm used to, but it wasn't bad. Will definitely be going back.",
"Tried this restaurant a couple of times since its a stone's throw away from where we live! Did takeaway once and ate in once so far. I have to say I am impressed with the new look of the restaurant and service was very friendly and fast. So far we have tried\n- Garlic and Pepper with Tofu: excellent!\n- Red Curry with Soba noodles: very good - mostly authentic on the curry taste.\n- Tom Kha with chicken: excellent!\n- Drunken noodles with pork: while overall the dish was very tasty, I found the meat to be overcooked on this one.\n\nWould definitely go here again as they have a pretty extensive menu and most of what we've had so far has been pretty good.",
"This place is a fantastic addition to south east Boise! \nI love what they did with the decor, the staff was great, and the Drunken Noodles I had were some of the best I've had in a long while!\n\nConsidering this place just opened up, I cannot wait to see Asian Cuisine's popularity grow.\n\nOne more comment: the name. I like how it is simple and to the point. Asian Cuisine. How straight forward is that!? \n\nI'll be going back for sure :).",
"I will start with the positive- the food is good. Unfortunately the service struggles and the experience was poor enough it will be a long time before I would visit them again.\n\nPrices are similar to most decent restaurants serving similar food. Portions were very limited, not big enough to share.\n\nWe ordered Duck, Pad Prikh King, Curry, Fresh Rolls, and kids meal. It took more than 45 minutes for the takeout order to be ready.\n\nWhen I got home the $18 Duck was not luke warm, but cold. The spring rolls were without the sauce to dip, and my kid was asleep having waited forever.\n\nFor what they offered it's overpriced and underperforming.",
"Don't think we'll be back. Service was poor. Waited probably 20 minutes just for our drinks after waitress took our order. Waited an hour for our food ...which still never came and decided to just give up...we walked out.",
"Enjoyed meal--not many good Thai restaurants..We thought food was very good, as was service..Our second meal there!"
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"I was at the U of A with a friend, needed coffee and I think this is the place we went in. It looked like a standard university area coffee place, I didn't want or get coffee. My bottled water was awesome, but shadowed by the impossibly good latte I tasted. Very, very good. I don't think I've had a better coffee drink ever, and I don't even drink lattes. The problem is that it seemed like there were a bunch of chatty sorority types stomping up and down the store to talk to this friend and go back and talk to the other one and go back again... also, beware the live coffee house music. The musicians weren't bad, but the place isn't suited to handle the decibels and went from comfortable conversation to yelling \"WHAT DID YOU SAY.\"",
"This place is supremely disappointing as far as coffee shops go. Terrible seating options, awful acoustics and a lot of University Blvd. 'scenesters' who like hearing themselves talk... LOUDLY. Lately EA's been trying its hand at hookah, which only adds insult to injury. I find the quality of coffee to be pretty sub-par. As for the quality of drink orders, baristas are either spot on or offensively miss the mark. Usually the latter.\n\nI really campaigned for this place when they first started, but now it seems a shame to see such prime real estate go to waste. Grab coffee a few doors down at Paraiso. If you need time with the laptop, head to Ike's or Bentley's.",
"I was really excited when this place opened. Finally---an independent coffee shop that was conveniently located on my side of campus. No more raging guilt when I had to stop by Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks because there was no other place to fetch coffee on University Ave. in the early morn. \n\nOh, but how quickly my hopes were dashed. On my first visit, I waited in line for fifteen minutes. My simple order---buttered bagel and black coffee---had to be repeated three times because the girl kept ringing it up wrong. I was forgiving---after all, they had just opened. Then I got back to campus with my bag and found a bagel slathered with cream cheese. Um, was it really that hard? \n\nBut again---forgiveness. So some friends and I skipped over before class one day to grab coffee. This time we were in line for 15 minutes, and then it took 10 minutes for our orders to come out---and no one got anything more than a coffee drink and a pastry. Plus, out of the six of us, one person's drink was missing the sugar and someone got a pastry they didn't order. That's a pretty crappy error rate.\n\nThat peeved me, and I vowed never to return. But, a couple of weeks later, still somewhat squicky from the night previous, I was lured in by their chalkboard offer of a coffee and bagel for some cheap price. Despite my two bad encounters, I decided to go for it because there wasn't a line. I went inside and asked for the special, which was evidently beyond this girl's vocabulary. \"On the chalkboard? The bagel and coffee?\" She nodded and rang things up---but it totaled more than advertised. When I pointed out the discrepancy, she rolled her eyes and huffed, \"It's like, *fifty cents.* What do you want me to do?\" I was feeling too hungover to argue about the principle of the matter, so I just walked out. And that was the last time I ever set foot in that place. I hope it closes and gets replaced with something that isn't staffed with incompetents.",
"wonderful Ambiance: \n\nThis used to be a place that was great to sit and read Sartre and drink a wonderful tasting latte. Plenty of reading materials and Ambiance to help you wither the time away but then annoying people started hogging up the tables all throughout the day & they even started to blast annoying music, destroying the peaceful surrounding. Employees \"hang around\" all the time as well, which drops the service down to the toilet bowl, as they are yapping about nothing important.\n\n(+) Very good pastries.\n\n(-) Awkward service, uncomfortable chairs & invasion by bonehead students & bad lighting. Hookah pipes bring in the dumb white Frat boy types looking to get high. Morons.",
"What attracts me most about independent coffee shops is the ambience that trickles out of the doors (or in this case, GIGANTIC GLASS DOOR); alongside the enticing aroma that saturates the room with the warm, familiar scent of coffee, the surroundings of eccentric furniture and interesting selections of art work put you in bohemia central. (+1 star)\nThat is all the good I have to say about Espresso Art.\n\nThe people! Oh god, the people. If you the reader have had the \"pleasure\" of reading my other reviews on the independent coffee shops I've visited in the area, you'd understand how much I take into consideration when it comes to the staff. Being in food business myself, I have come to respect the hard working barista, waitress/waiter, etc. but I lose respect for them if they didn't give any attempt of respect for me. hurr...\nI just get coffee, I'm usually there for the surroundings, if other customers aren't too noisy, which is a risk you have to take with this lot.",
"The espresso here is tasty, and the art is good too. They also have a variety of sweets and desserts. Espresso Art is very close to the university, so it can get packed. They have tables outside, which is good, but I don't like that the place is wide open, with incredible amounts of energy wasted when the air conditioner is on full blast. They have a bunch of events going on some days, including swing dancing, in a few weeks, and I look forward to checking that out.",
"This is a place perfect for the trendy, hipster college student who needs to get some studying done or is just hanging out on University. However, it's not for someone who is actually into coffee or just wants to hang out and have a chat.\nThe coffee is ok, but nothing special, though I do like how it comes in actual cups - it adds to the atmosphere. The seating is really limited so don't expect to just be able to hang out without being asked for your seat or over crowded by other customers. Great alternative to the Starbucks just down the block and props to them for being able to compete. \nI got a black and white mocha, hot, all three times I've been here and each time it tasted different. Communication/training issues?",
"I absolutely LOVE this coffee shop! These are my 3 favorite things about Espresso Art: 1. Mocha Bianca: The best white chocolate coffee around. If you are a fan of white chocolate and coffee, order this. 2. The Art: Every few weeks new artist display their new collection. There is nothing like getting to Espresso sitting on a table and looking at the new paintings or photographs before you sink into your books. 3. The people: The people that go here are really cool. You often meet new interesting individual if you go to Espresso often. This coffee shop has been my home away home. I highly recommend this Espresso Art if you are near the area, want to relax, get a little coffee and maybe even a little hookah. There is nothing like it near campus!",
"The place to study and hangout if you go to UA, great coffee :)",
"My typical Espresso Art experience:\n\nWalk into a dirty coffee shop and wait at the counter for 5 minutes before a hipster comes out of the kitchen to take my order. Give order and then listen to said hipster try to also take the order of the person in line behind me. Hipster then goes to make or ring up my order and has forgotten it due to distracting him/herself with the other customer's order. Eventually I receive my chai and proceed into the dirty dungeon of the cafe and sit down on a mite-eaten couch. Surrounded by more hipsters and their macbooks, I try to do work only to be interrupted by someone who wants to ask questions about what I'm reading. \n\nI can't get work done at this place, I can't get a decent drink, and I feel dirty when I'm there. It's awful. And if you go at night it's even worse because they let people smoke hookah inside and it stinks the whole place up."
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"My wife and I celebrated each of our past 14 yrs of marriage having dinner at a place we have never been. A patron at The 8th Ave. Pub reccomended a new restaurant that had just opened...Perfect, keeping with our theme for our 15th anniversary Thurs, Sept. 11th!!\nIt was the best restaurant dinner experience we have sat down to in years. When my wife and I got home, we couldn't stop talking about just how absolutely delicious the food was. The chourizo potato ball apps to my entreee of Braized Beef. My wife had calamari caesar salad for starters and finished with the crab cakes which she raved , was the best she has EVER had.\nThe staff , from a visit from Chef Justin to our server Matt, then server Brie who stopped by to make sure we were happy to finally the final greeting by Kenny as we were leaving. The whole experience was top notch to say the very least. Needless to say, we both HIGHLY recommend tryng this pleasant surprise in Safety Harbor!!! \nChef Justin, you have a great cast and script, thank you for making our 15th wedding anniversary a truly remarkable one!! A+++++",
"Food is amazing and all the staff were so accommodating! The short ribs were like a slice of meat heaven!",
"Great place whether you are alone, small or large group. The salmon was the best! Service was excellent and enjoyed meeting the chef.",
"Looking for someplace new to try with delicious, unique food? This is the place! Super warm and friendly-nice vibe-delicious food. A very refreshing change to your standard, chain restaurants. This floribbean flavor is a perfect addition for safety harbor.",
"Stopped here for brunch and amazing doesn't even explain how great the food, ambiance and service was. Highly recommend and we are looking forward to coming back for dinner!",
"This place is a must for anyone visiting the Tampa area. The food is fantastic and the place has an outstanding vibe. I had the shrimp and grits - best I've ever had. My companion had the jerk chicken and waffle sandwich which he enjoyed just as much. Leave some room for the delicious, in-house prepared desserts. Make sure to try the house-made sangria as well. Like everything else we had it was unbelievably good. I'm definitely returning to work my way down the menu.",
"Had dinner Christmas Eve without a reservation. Called after church actually spoke with the owner. Got right in. Cute atmosphere that fits right in with safety harbor. Amazing food. Mussels for an appetizer braised short ribs for dinner. Super rich flavor. Not a huge amount of food for the cost but it was just the right amount. Not overly full, enough room for dessert and you'll want dessert. We had mango key lime pie. Everything was delicious and will be back for sure. Justin the chef/owner came out and spent some time to chat with our table, really showed his desire to understand what the customer wants and to be a part of the community. 5 stars!",
"My husband took a few coworkers to Marker 39 for a business dinner a few weeks ago and they all loved it enough that they scheduled their next partners meeting there. Hubs took me back last night and we enjoyed a wonderful meal on the back patio. We each had a glass of cab - their house cab was quite delicious! I preferred it to the slightly more expensive cab, surprisingly. I wish they had sangria during the week...right now it's only offered for Sunday brunch. We enjoyed the mussels, soft shell crab special, sushi, giant wonton, and chicken confit (small portion). The food was all very good...well cooked and tasty flavors. The mussels were plump, but could've used some more broth (the guys on top were a bit dry). The appetizer portions were a bit on the small side, but the entree portions looked more generous. We finished our meal with the bacon donut, which was fantastic. Our server, Shawn, was friendly, nice, and knowledgeable about the menu. Another server who was working her first night was spunky and personable. We would definitely return, but probably would prefer to order an appetizer and 2 entrees rather than a bunch of appetizers, solely for portion reasons.",
"Great food in a beautiful old Florida setting. We had three people in our party and two of us decided to share three of the appetizers as our meal. The third person ordered an entree. Everything was outstanding both on presentation, freshness and taste. The oysters were wonderful, crab cakes were perfect and the clams with chorizo were so delicious swimming in a sauce that we dipped the toast points in for every last drop. The bbq short ribs were melt in your mouth good served boneless over creamy mashed potatoes and topped with onion strings. Can't wait for my next meal at Marker 39!",
"Took my girlfriend and niece to dinner.\nThe food was amazing. Try the fish spread and the signature Cuban dish Cuban pork crisis."
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"My friends and I decided to pop in here for happy hour yesterday. I was very happy to see the \"no smoking\" sign on the door when I entered. I was also pleased to find happy hour is a double for $3- M-F 4-7. \n\nThis particular evening table service was provided. The server was friendly and quick. After a couple of drinks, we thought it would be smart to order some food and were surprised by the menu options available- sandwiches, salads, and burgers. One friend ordered the spicy chicken sandwich ($6.75), while i shared a prime rib dip ($7.75)with the other friend. Both sandwiches came with a side salad. \n\nThis being somewhat of a dive bar, we really didn't have high hopes for the food but were hungry. Well we were VERY surprised at what we got. The salad had romaine lettuce with tomatoes and grated cheese (no iceberg in sight!). The chicken sandwich wasn't a fried chicken patty but a chicken breast with a tasty sauce. The dip was an amazing amount of sliced prime rib, not deli meat in the least, served up on a tasty roll with a very nice au jus. \n\nI came here for the happy hour; I will return for the food!",
"Probably my favorite bar on the bench. It has a young neighborhood feel. They usually have Sockeye on tap. Friendly staff. Non-smoking. I haven't tried the food.",
"I love this bar! It is no-smoking which didnt bother me, I smoke. Great bartenders and waitresses!",
"A fantastic place to hang out, and the food is incredible too! Nice beer selection. Fantastic made-from-scratch menu. On our last visit, my partner and I split the enormous appetizer platter and a burger. Everything was great! The entrees do not come with the typical side of fries or chips - they offer options like homemade chili, prime rib stew (awesome), mac 'n cheese, and tater salad to accompany the delicious burgers and sandwiches. Service has been friendly, fast, and fun every time.",
"Came here for the last stop of the Dive Bar Olympics. The previous stop was a little scary with an obvious tweaker lurking twitchy at the door and a guy screaming about being screwed out of money at the dart board... so I was mainly just hoping to find this place mostly safe and somewhat unscary.\n\nJumpin Janets proved a breath of fresh air. The staff is prompt, efficient, and just plain likeable. The drinks were actually not bad. I mean, specify your vodka or you're likely to get served something that would be better served as a surface disinfectant than a cocktail, but do that and they'll mix a decent cocktail. They have pool, foosball, and a table for flip cup so it made for a great location for the olympics (the dive bar olympics is a heated competition of drunken 'atheletes' competing in teams for the honor of best overall bar gamer and the much coveted PBR can trophy). They also have a fun challenge where you stand behind a well marked line and toss quarters with the hopes of landing one in a designated pitcher, the prize being a free drink. After easily $5 in quarters and still no luck (I handily hit their television 3 times though!)...I decided purchasing a drink would be cheaper (though not nearly as fun).\n\nI didn't partake in their food but will say it smelled pretty rockin' and on the word of the other reviewers, looks like I'm going to need to come back and check it out! Overall, a fun evening was had by all!! Awesome!",
"The service at JJ's is always friendly and efficient. The joint has 4 pool tables and other entertainment units as well. The gas fireplace is just what daddy ordered on a cold winters night.\n\nI like the atmosphere here which tends to be 30 somethings with a smattering of folks on either side of that age group. Generally, it't a laid back neighborhood bar that seems to repel all but a few douche-bag types and those typically show up on the weekends.\n\nI ordered mu first meal here tonight and wasn't disappointed. More often than not one can tell how serious a place is about its food when the salad arrives. If they serve iceberg with shave carrots i know I'm in for a half-assed effort. JJ's salad was NOT iceberg. It wasn't fantastic but it was good.... especially for bar fare. \n\nThe prime rib came with a potato or a \"loaded\" potato for 2 bucks more. It was pretty damned good and better than I expected.\n\n4 Stars for a solid effort at a neighborhood watering hole.",
"Outstanding food and service! This little gem is tucked into a small shopping center but the flavor is anything but small. Homemade soups and the prime rib dip is scrumptious! \n\nBe sure to check this place out, it's a wonderful spot",
"Surprisingly good eats, reasonably priced drinks...a friendly neighborhood pub on the Boise Bench.",
"I've been here a few times and its usually pretty good. Tonight however I went in to have a few drinks with a friend and the bartender did last call 25 min early. After that she poured someone else a beer but when I asked for one she said that she didn't tell them that it was last call that's why she gave it to them. Basically she wanted to close up early which is fine but don't give some privileges and not others it's bad for business.",
"I love this place, the server is always friendly and the food is quite tasty. I have been her numerous times and have always left knowing I would be returning. Always someone to talk to and the bartenders know how to take care of you."
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"I've been coming here for over 10 years. My dad introduced me when I was 16 and was working as an intern at his company down at the end of Linden Ave. Beach Liquor is place with a decent to large selection of all your convenience store needs, but what makes it the most spectacular liquor store, in my opinion, is the fact that it has a taqueria inside with some of the best, if not the best, fast Mexican food you can get in Carp! It's an established favorite with all the locals. \n\nMy absolute favorite thing to order is a chile relleno burrito, which is not actually on the menu. You have to ask for it because they only list regular chicken and carne asada burritos along with tacos, quesadillas, breakfast burritos and all the other standard fare.\n\nI order it without cabbage or salsa, so essentially it is a burrito with Spanish rice, refried beans and a whole chile relleno inside. You place your order at the register with Hank, pay and then take your order/receipt to kitchen/taqueria where Adan or El Guero are behind the grill and they make it for you. \n\nI fiend these burritos so much so that I have their number in my cell phone and whenever I know I'll be driving through down the 101, I call in my order in before and stop in to pick it up. It's the best under $6 dollar burrito I've ever had. \n\nWhat's also great is that they have a little salsa bar and seating both inside the liquor store and on the sidewalk surrounding the liquor store so you can eat your food there and watch life go by around you in the sunny, sleepy town of Carp.",
"I love how you can walk into a convenient store in California and get tacos and burritos as opposed to sandwiches. The burritos here are awesome! They really hit the spot.",
"Their tacos and burritos are some of the best in the area. Grab some food here, and walk or drive the few blocks to the beach.",
"So the first time we went here, I had no idea how much stuff they piled up on their taquito plates. We got them to go and forgot plastic ware. The food was DELISH and quite messy-- so yummy that it did not matter we had to use our hands. \n\nVery low-key shop. It day job is a Liquor store but what is the best is the small grill in the back. You order at the counter and then take it back to the grill- it takes a little while for your food cause it is all made fresh. You can eat in the store (never done this yet) or take it to go. We have only eaten the veggie food- burritos and cheese taquitos. LOVE THEM.\n\nBut you better get there early-cause this place doesn't take orders past 7:30- so sad.",
"You're never going to believe that one of the best taquerias in town is in this liquor store. We stumbled on them one Christmas Eve when everything else was closed, and we've been hooked ever since. The carne asada is great, especially in the burritos, which are large enough to share. Everything is cooked to order and they've got a nice little salsa bar in the back as well.",
"So my husband kept telling me that Beach Liquor sold great burritos. I was VERY skeptical to say the least. I mean, a burrito from a liquor store? Also, Carpinteria is packed with mediocre taquerias/mexican restaurants. It took me three years to actually try the burritos. That is three years I missed eating the best burrito of my life! I LOVE the chicken burrito! The fresh salsa bar is also great. It is so amazing that 5 stars are not enough! It is so large that I save half of it for a second meal. Excellent value for the amount of food you receive. \n\nNote that they close down the grill fairly early, around 7pm or so and there really isn't anywhere to sit except a few plastic chairs in the back of the store. I love grabbing a burrito from here and taking it down to Island Brewery. DELICIOUS!!!",
"This is a MAJOR hole in the wall in the BACK of a liquor store that is sooooooo worth eating at.",
"As someone else wrote, this is the ultimate \"hole-in-the-wall\" Mexican food! I'm extremely picky about my Mexican food so I'm always skeptical but this was really a great find, Yelp really came through on this one! \nFor about $6 my wife and I split a chicken burrito. A generous portion of chicken was marinated then grilled to perfection while we watched. The marinade had a hint of lime, cilantro and maybe tequila, excellent! Fresh pico de gallo and a nice ratio of homemade beans, rice and flavorful cheese made this one of the best burritos I've had in years. They do not skimp on the meat so it's an excellent meal for two. There's some plastic tables and chairs inside but with the beach a block away you really should just go watch the sunset and enjoy an excellent eatery. We'll be stopping at Beach Liquors every time we head down South from now on!",
"do yourself a favor and go in order a torta from the guy at the register take your slip back to the 'kitchen' area and wait for a huge yummy beef or chicken sandwich",
"As a Carpinteria local, this is the best kept secret for inexpensive but tasty Mexican food. The ironic part is that you can't drink a cold beer while you eat your scrumptious taco because the restaurant is in the back of the liquor store. Still well worth it."
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"As Pitruco's first paying customer (ever!) I feel obligated to write a review of their pizza. I tried the Neopolitan and was so amazed by the pizza that I had to take a picture of it. The crust was thin, a bit crisp and charred in spots. All of the ingredients were top notch including the tasty mozzarella, sweet tomato sauce, and fresh basil. And it was fast....my pizza was prepared from scratch and done in five minutes or less. What is so amazing (or odd?) is that this ranks as the best pie in town IMO, a little better than what they serve up at Zavino...and from a truck! So good in fact that I had to pick up a box somewhere else to take another pie home. They have other pizzas too featuring gourmet toppings like sopressata but none top out at more than $9 or so. They also have sodas and liters of San Pelligrino. The employees are super friendly and seem committed to the quality of their operation.",
"I stopped by Love Park this afternoon to try out Pitruco Pizza. Let's just get this out of the way early-- who wouldn't be impressed by a truck with a woodfire oven built into it? The combination of flames and motor vehicles is usually not a good thing, but for Pitruco it added up to deliciousness. There was no wait around 12:30 when I ordered a Sausage and Mushroom pizza. I could see the crew making it fresh in the back and sliding it into the oven. The wait time went by fast (maybe 5-7 minutes) but the pizza was cooked to perfection. The dough was fresh and delicious and I was impressed with the quality of the large sausage chunks. The caramelized onions gave the pizza a sweet flavor that brought everything together. \n\nFinally, I thought the price and the size were a good bargain for a food truck. I've found that I easily spend $10 at other gourmet trucks that happen by Love Park and am still hungry afterwards, but the Pitruco personal sized pizza was perfect for lunch and only $8.50.",
"This pizza is fresh! I just finished the eggplant, and it is good. The dough is freshly made, and the ricotta is top quality. Highly recommended for a delicious lunch. Pefect size.",
"Crust thin but not too thin, great sauce and toppings. Oven is wicked hot and cranks out your pie in minutes. No box strange but avoids steaming the pie into a soggy mess.",
"Pitrucco pizza is delicious! I am so happy they decided to join the food truck area at Love Park on certain weekdays. I went yesterday around 11:40AM as to avoid lines. It worked because we just walked up to the counter and ordered. \n\nI ordered the eggplant pizza. It is slightly pricey at $8, but then when you consider what you are getting for the money, it's all good. You get a personal sized pizza that will fill you up for lunch. The dough/crust is perfect, fluffy around the edges and crispy on the bottom. The ingredients are fresh and delicious. \n\nI actually like that they don't give you a box. There definitely needs to be less unnecessary packaging in the world. Plus you can start eating it on your way back to the office! :) The service is friendly and fast and you have to give them points for innovation - the brick oven on a truck! \n\nI will be back to try all of the non-meat pizza varieties soon.",
"Yummmm, just tried Pitruco's Salame pizza (sopressata, pancetta, mozzarella, onion) and it is amazing! I got there slightly before noon and it wasn't too crowded yet. The cook time was maybe 5 minutes or so. The salame was salty from the meats but the sauce is sweet and the onions are cooked down and soft. It's a great balance of flavors. The mozzarella are in lumps and not shredded. \n\nThe no box thing...it's a bit strange. Unfortunately for me, I had a longer walk back to the office so by the time I got back, the pizza was cold (but still good!) It's also a bit awkward carrying a pizza out in the open like that back into the office. It's good for Pitruco because everyone kept commenting on how good it looks. Happy to advertise for you Pitruco, keep the wood burning!",
"A pizza truck with a working woodfire oven is a great idea. I ordered the radicchio pizza, priced at $9, was a perfect size for one. The toppings were fresh and delicious, and the pizza had a nice thin and chewy crust. \n\nThe wait wasn't too long, maybe 8 minutes. I also recommend getting there early since they tend to run out of pizza boxes quickly.",
"I tried their breakfast pizza at the Fifth Annual Mutt Strut. \n\nThe breakfast pizza was only $5 (plus $1 for mushrooms). The pie was about 8\" and came with sauteed mushrooms, fresh garlic, cheese (Parmesan I think) and an over easy egg. \n\nIt was delicious. The taste from a wood-fired oven just can't be beat.",
"Wow! I tried four of their pizzas (with some hungry friends) at Mutt Strutt today: margarita, salame, radicchio, and eggplant. All fabulous, really perfect pies. I don't think there is better pizza in Philly, seriously. Good size, amazing blistered crust, luscious toppings (I love the dollop of fresh ricotta on the eggplant!). The radicchio was the most unique - they do a balsamic reduction that is bitter, sweet, and tart all at the same time - great foil for the crust. I wish I had tried the garlic and the breakfast, but we couldn't eat 6 pizzas...I'll definitely be hunting them down at Drexel on Tues/Thurs.",
"This is probably my favorite food truck ever. It's truly excellent wood-fired pizza, perfect in every way, so the fact that it came from a food truck is pretty amazing. Considering they make each pizza from scratch, it really wasn't that a long a wait, either. I love watching all the different pizzas as they go into the oven, with their beautiful blobs of fresh buffalo mozzarella or ricotta. The first pizza I ordered was their seasonal \"harvest pie\" - butternut squash, double smoked bacon, bechamel, carmelized onion, and sage. It was wonderful, and I love that they found a way to put some of those autumn ingredients on a pizza. I look forward to seeing more seasonal variations throughout the year. After one visit, I was hooked, so the second time I tried their radicchio pizza, which was also excellent. My companion got the salame pizza, which was just picture perfect. On top of the delicious pizzas, I think this is also the friendliest customer service I've gotten from a food truck. I feel strangely loyal to Pitruco in a way I don't with other vendors, and I feel like I'll end up stopping by whenever they're at Drexel."
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"So I was REALLY excited to try this place, since their other 2 restaurants (Graze and Chopped) are so great. We went for dinner last night and the service was attentive, although it was a little overbearing. I'll give them a free pass on that since it was their second night open and I'm sure they are just trying to get settled and still working out their rhythm. The menu is short and sweet with an excellent selection of burgers, salads, fries and the like, many of which include non-GMO, natural, hormone/antibiotic-free ingredients. \n\nOur food arrived quickly and the presentation was likable without being too fancy. I ordered the Shroom & Swiss burger, my husband ordered the Firecracker burger, and we shared an order of Truffle Fries. The fries were TO DIE FOR and we ate every last one! My burger was juicy and tasted pretty good, but for me, the bun was weird/eggy/chewy and totally distracted from the flavors of the goodness inside. My husband's burger was overwhelmingly spicy, and not in a delicious, flavorful spicy kind of way. It was more set-your-mouth-on-fire, I'm-not-sure-if-I-can-finish-this kind of spicy.\n\nWe will definitely be giving them another try, especially since they JUST opened and maybe need a little time to work out some kinks. I would recommend this place, but I was not blown away by it.",
"I am so impressed with this place! I've had great, friendly, attentive service every time I've been (which is 3 times since they opened one week ago), and the food especially has kept me coming back. \n\nThe veggie burger, although messy to eat, is the tastiest I've ever had. The Firecracker burger is my favorite-spicy but flavorful. And the truffle fries are a must. The milkshakes are handmade and delicious (my favorite is Nutella +malt). Last, the handcrafted ginger brew makes the Moscow Mule extra special. \n\nI'll be back soon.",
"My husband, daughter, and I just came home from lunch there. We are all very satisfied! What a great place with terrific food and very good service. I got the truffle burger and upgraded to a grass-fed patty. It was so so so good! My husband got the early riser and was very happy with his, and my daughter loved her mac and cheese. \nI am so happy to see local businesses near us, and it is my sincere hope that Truland is a great success. I'll definitely be back!",
"Nice decor, friendly staff, really looked forward to a great natural grass fed burger. However, since apparently they charge extra for the good meat, I had to settle for a very expensive smash burger. The service was quick, and the cooking time suspiciously short. Now they did put two patties on the bun. Twice the grease. Actually left that nasty acrid taste in the back of the throat. Took a minute after biting into to realize that between the over salting and the grease it just wasn't going to meet the standards of a good solid burger. We were all wiping our hands between bites. The fries, something I was looking forward to, cost extra. We ordered both the truffle and the regular. They were good, but nothing special. Not for the price being charged. In fact if not for the ambience and the friendliness of the staff, I wouldn't be giving out any stars. I really had hoped this would be one of those craveable places I could put on my go-to list. Alas, not this time. If you do crave a good burger in Oro Valley, try Blaze or Harvest.",
"Great new addition to the neighborhood. Had the chorizo burger and sweet potato tots. The tots were amazing and totally unique. Great food and great service.",
"Best burger I have had in a long time. The service was excellent. Can't say enough. Hope every one tries it out and has the same wonderful experience I did. I highly recommend this awesome place.",
"A fantastic burger and salad place in the NW! Truland has the best burgers, cooked to your liking, and the very best truffle fries with truffle mayo. Oh my goodness. What a delight. The restaurant has been totally remodeled and is comfortable and pleasant . Staff is extremely attentive and friendly. I can't say enough about this place. If I'm feeling like I want a burger, this is where I'll be.",
"Truland finally opened 6 days ago, and we went for lunch with my work family. We immediately loved the atmosphere. The outside seating was very cozy. The bar was sheek with 4 TV's situated behind it. I was impressed with the fact that there was seating in quite a few places for large groups. There were 6 of us, and we had no problem finding a table that would accommodate all of us. I tried the maine-root fair trade lemonade - very refreshing and not too sweet. We ordered the regular fries, the truffle fries, and the sweet potato tot between us, and tried them all. The sweet potato tots were my favorite were my favorite by far - the kosher salt on them made, it was like eating candy! The truffle fries were good, but could have used more truffle oil. The fries came with sauces - a garlic aioli , and sriracha, and an organic ketchup - all good - my fav was the sriracha. The sauces came to be shared by two people, it would have been to each have our own individual sauces - they were small sauce containers and we both liked the sriracha the best, and it started to run low... just would have been nice to have our own and leave double dipping worries behind us. The burgers were delicious! They come with two thin patties, and were nice and juicy. I shared half my truffle burger with my co-worker and had half her firecracker - I thought the firecracker had a lot more flavor. My co-worker also loved her swiss and shroom burger, as well as the turkey burger! It was a bit pricey - I ended up spending $19.00 on a burger, tots, and a lemonade. It did take a bit of time to come out, but the manager came over and spoke with us - he said they are getting better with their times, and they are still in their first week, so there's just a bit of room of improvement, and it was great that he asked us about it and acknowledged it! Nicely done!!",
"First time here, and won't be the last! From the warm welcome, to a nice, clean atmosphere, to some of the best truffle fries I've ever had, this venue is a great addition to this side of town. The Mac and cheese is delicious as is, and you can add additional items ( think....pizza or burger toppings) to make it your own. My daughter had a beautiful salmon salad, with a portion size that puts nearby restaurants to shame. Large tvs over bar will ensure that you don't miss a play during sporting events! Can't wait to try the delicious looking burgers next time! Seating for small and large groups looks very accommodating.",
"Really enjoyed this restaurant. It's got a clean, crisp, yet relaxed ambiance. The service is fantastic. The food comes out fast. They have the best chopped salads in town and a good beer and wine selection. All the burgers and chicken are hormone and antibiotic free. Will be returning!"
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"Just tried King Dragon after rave reviews from people at nearby Monon Coffee Shop. (Beatniks are actually great judges of ethnic food!) \n\nThe steamed vegetable dumplings had been highly recommended. They did become the highlight of the meal. Usually Chinese restaurants will sell small dumplings with chicken or pork, steamed and then pan-fried, as is traditional. But larger, doughy bao (dumplings) that have simply been steamed may be even more traditional. \n\nThat's how these luscious green pockets were prepared. They were bursting with vegetal goodness: carrots, cabbage and maybe even minced broccoli. I didn't care much for the Worcestershire-heavy sauce they served them with, but they were even superb alone. \n\nOther dishes were also well cooked. The \"spicy\" Hunan triple delight with beef, broccoli, water chestnuts, shrimp and chicken didn't pack the promised bite, and I could have used more shrimp--especially at the $9 price for Chinese takeout. Still, it was tasty. \n\nI was more impressed with the Honey Chicken entree. It was surprisingly light and crisp for being deep fried. This is characteristic of King Dragon's foods: They're way lighter than most takeout entrees. \n\nOverall, the place is not cheap ... but then again, you get what you pay for. Call in your order; they're open until 10:30 p.m. during the week, 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 10 p.m. Sunday.",
"You can't miss King Dragon's steamed veggie dumplings! They're great hot and fresh, or cold out of the fridge the next day. The sauce they serve with them is pretty meh, but you don't need it. The lo mein is perfect for lazy nights when you want something filling, but not too heavy. I've had the veggie and shrimp versions, and strongly recommend them. I'll point-and-pick random items if I'm not sure exactly what I want, and I've never been disappointed. \n\nI've eaten here several times since moving to Indy two years ago, and I've had only one poor experience: They gave me the meat dumplings instead of the veggie ones.",
"Great Chinese food, and you'll pay for it. Around 8 for a pint, cheaper at lunch and they give you extras with large orders. Fresh and delicious with your typical massive menu. The dumplings are good and the sweet and sour chicken comes with sauce on the side, so the berating stays crispy. Pretty unhealthy if you order the wrong things. Really not much else to say. Check it out.\nWould like to see online menu and delivery.",
"Best Chinese food in the broadripple area! Really well priced at lunch, definitely worth every penny for dinner.",
"A little cleaner than the average strip-mall walk-up Chinese restaurant.\n\nThe unisex restroom was clean, as was the dining area. Though the front windows were a little smudged. \n\nFour tables-for-4 for dining in.\n\nMy Moo Goo Gai Pan was better than average. Fresh mushrooms, not canned. And a pleasant seasoning that I wasn't used to, but I couldn't identify the ingredient. \n\n$4.50 lunch specials until 3:30pm, includes entree and a choice of egg roll, can of soda, or soup.\n\nAside from the normal Chinese standards, interesting items on the menu are:\nAmerican fried food: chicken wings, crab meat sticks, fried scallops, fried fish, french fries.\nPad Thai: vegetable, pork, chicken, beef, shrimp, and \"House Special\".\nGreen lettuce salad (with cucumber, tomato, carrot) and ginger dressing for $3.95.\nJapanese seaweed salad for $6.25.",
"This is a great place. The food is priced like most other qwik-Chinese spots, doled out generously and tastes the way you want it to. The lunch special is the best bargain, but what separates this place from all others I'm familiar with is that they take credit cards. Not a monumental deal, but a great convenience when no other place wants to offer that to customers.",
"Excellent food! There are only a few tables inside so I suggest getting carry out. The prices are super low if you factor in how much food they are giving you. I used to live in the broad ripple area and got king dragon 3-4 times per week, the people who own and run the restaurateur may not have excellent English, but they are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. My favorite is the mushroom shrimp, and don't forget the sugar biscuits! I now live out of state and King Dragon is the first place on my list to visit when I am back in town...and second....and third!",
"For fast Chinese food King Dragon is hard to beat. I've been eating here for a few years and they have never let me down. The food is always fresh, hot and fast. I always get carry-out but they do have 4 tables to eat in.",
"As other reviewers have said, there are four tables for dining in, making it more geared toward take-out.\n\nWe ordered the crab rangoon for an appetizer. It was filled full of cream cheese (a rarity in many Chinese restaurants) and was fried just right. There wasn't much crab meat, but that's the norm in crab rangoon, I've found.\n\nI ordered Chicken with Cashew Nuts, which was amazing! The sauce was very rich and very good. The vegetables with it were your basic diced carrots and celery.\n\nMy boyfriend ordered Padd Thai. That turned out to be a poor choice. There was no Thai spices or flavoring that we could tell and the noodles weren't your typical Padd Thai noodles. They were wider and cooked too long.\n\nWe also got a free egg roll for our purchase being over $15. (It was $18-some in all.) The egg roll wasn't anything special, but it was a nice bonus.\n\nI don't recommend the Padd Thai, but I'll definitely be going back for more delicious cashew chicken and crab rangoon!",
"This is your typical Chinese takeout joint. The menu has the standard Americanized Chinese food. Pricing is downright cheap.\n\nI'm not really into Americanized Chinese food, which is one of the reasons why my rating here is low. I would be difficult to please in any case.\n\nBut the menu had pad thai with a bright red box around it, suggesting that it might be tasty. Is there any reason for a Chinese takeout joint to go out of its way to put pad thai on the menu if there isn't something special to it? No, there isn't. The noodles were overdone, there were no Thai flavors in there whatsoever. The menu advertised basil, but there was no basil in there at all. The shrimp tasted good; I will grant it that.\n\nI was not impressed with the crab rangoon, nor the cashew chicken my girlfriend got. They were both edible, just nothing too special.\n\nNot a horrible place. For many people, this will satisfy their Chinese cravings. But I won't be going back."
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"This place is defintely a must-try! Just had a phenomenal experience. I started off with the Vietnamese coffee which was a home run. It's in plastic drink cups in the refrigerator. The chicken basil was perfectly balanced with just the right amount of heat, sweetness, and had a wonderful flavor profile. The grilled pork banh mi was simply perfect. The bread was perfect, the pork was perfectly grilled, the seasoning was perfect, the vegetables were...that's right...perfect. I ended my trifecta with shrimp lettuce wraps that were beautiful to the eye, light, and once again, perfectly layered with flavor. \n\nSeating is limited to 3 tables. Everyone at Southeast Kitchen was extremely nice, helpful, and directed me to some great dishes.\n\nI think I'm going back for dinner again later today. It's THAT good! Go now! Really....now!",
"This is a love letter to Southeast Kitchen. Thank you for digging your way deep into my heart (stomach) so that I would never want to live without you. I hope I never have to. But please, can you stop being a tease and make pho too?!",
"Well, this place opened just down the street from my apartment about six months ago so I finally decided to stop in for lunch. Before I wrote this review, I carefully read the previous three reviews.\n\nRespectfully, the first gentleman who had lunch must have spent $20 on all that food...for lunch. Two of those items he tried are listed as $6.95 and $7.95...the grilled pork sandwich was $3.50 for what basically is half the size of a shorti at Wawa. As for the other gentleman who purchased produce, they don't sell it anymore. There were just a few bags of potatoes in those baskets. There were still a few Thai grocery items, but now only two tables and a few chairs at the window sill.\n\nThere were no customers when I arrived at 12:15pm on a Friday (summer). Perhaps everyone was beach bound already, granted.\n\nI ordered the Chicken Basil dish that was $6.95 and was surprised to find that an entree was so cheap, but when it arrived I found that it was served in a very small container and the portion size was very disappointing. This meal looked like a side dish. True: it was very very good. A great taste, but certainly not a fair deal for what it costs. The pieces of chicken and sliced peppers were tiny. I also had a can of diet Coke that was warm....either just put in the box or the box is kept at high temp. \n\nThe place is very very clean, but certain details need attention...for example....the top of the Sriracha container was caked and clogged. I cleaned it myself. \n\nWell, I don't know what else to say. Very well cooked, deceivingly over priced. Not fair.",
"We recently discovered Southeast Kitchen (corner of Delaware Ave and Lincoln). It is SUPER cheap and really good! We ordered two entrees, a salad and 1/2 Vientamese sub for $23!!\n\nThe interior is very cute- bright pink and green colors and they even have some authentic Asian sauces and noodles for purchase. There are about two tables inside, I think their aim of this restaurant is to appeal to take out diners. But, there was a couple eating at the table inside the restaurant.\n\nWe had the beef salad- it was delicious and the dressing was light yet tasty. Filled with shredded carrots, sliced beef, lettuce, cilantro and red peppers and onions. Perfect for summer!\n\nAlso ordered was the Chicken Basil- my boyfriend loved the flavoring and I had the Yellow Chicken Curry. This was good, but not stellar. Description said the dish came with mixed veggies, so I was picturing snap peas, brocolli, peppers, onions, etc...but the only veggies were two large chunks of carrots and potatoes. There wasn't quite enough sauce on this dish (or perhaps the rice absorbed most of it). I think next time I will try something different. \n\nDEFINITELY TRY the Vietnamese Hoagie. We got a half (for $3.50!!!) and it was delicious. So fresh and a nice alternative to the traditional sandwich or hoagie.\n\nOverall, we will be back as it is good, cheap food and super convenient! Food is very fresh as well.",
"We recently discovered Southeast Kitchen (corner of Delaware Ave and Lincoln). It is SUPER cheap and really good! We ordered two entrees, a salad and 1/2 Vientamese sub for $23!!\n\nThe interior is very cute- bright pink and green colors and they even have some authentic Asian sauces and noodles for purchase. There are about two tables inside, I think their aim of this restaurant is to appeal to take out diners. But, there was a couple eating at the table inside the restaurant.\n\nWe had the beef salad- it was delicious and the dressing was light yet tasty. Filled with shredded carrots, sliced beef, lettuce, cilantro and red peppers and onions. Perfect for summer!\n\nAlso ordered was the Chicken Basil- my boyfriend loved the flavoring and I had the Yellow Chicken Curry. This was good, but not stellar. Description said the dish came with mixed veggies, so I was picturing snap peas, brocolli, peppers, onions, etc...but the only veggies were two large chunks of carrots and potatoes. There wasn't quite enough sauce on this dish (or perhaps the rice absorbed most of it). I think next time I will try something different. \n\nDEFINITELY TRY the Vietnamese Hoagie. We got a half (for $3.50!!!) and it was delicious. So fresh and a nice alternative to the traditional sandwich or hoagie.\n\nOverall, we will be back as it is good, cheap food and super convenient!",
"This place is incredible. Fresh ingredients well prepared. I've tried many things from the menu and I am always 100% satisfied I highly recommend the basil chicken.",
"Great food and reasonably priced. great spring rolls and lettuce wraps.",
"Southeast Kitchen is my go to Asian spot in Wilmington! I have been a faithful customer since they opened last year, and have yet to have a less than amazing experience. \n\nThe location is pretty cozily located in the heart of trolley square. The area was lacking a good, authentic, affordable spot, and SEK has since definitely fulfilled that need. I think most people do takeout, but there are a few tables to sit at if you have time. The restaurant itself is simple, but always clean. \n\nThe menu has a large selection of Asian dishes, but in addition, they ALWAYS have specials posted on a board inside the restaurant. I have tried at least 75% of the menu, and nothing has been bad. \n\nSome of my \"must try's\" are the wings, pho, and lemongrass beef, but you really can't go wrong with anything on the menu!\n\nService is always great, as well :)",
"Yum. Glad more food options popping up in town. Pho is yum. Light fresh and substantial. Don't care for the meat balls though. Prefer cuts of meet. Coffee yum. Great take away. Sweet Banana chips at checkout a tastey snack!! maybe i ll get lunch tomorrow there!",
"I really enjoyed the food I have tried here so far. Pork bahn mi was very delicious. Nice portions of sliced pork with shredded daikon, carrots, cucumber, and my favorite herb, cilantro. Sandwich was well seasoned within a wonderfully crisp and slightly chewy textured toasted roll. The drunken noodles were also very tasty. Basically pad thai with basil with the exception that they also add some coconut milk. The dish was very moist, flavorful and had a bit of spice. The Vietnamese iced coffee was good too, but could have used a bit more condensed milk which I will ask for next time. \n\nOverall, I think this is a great take out and casual dine in spot. They have daily/weekly specials which looked very interesting too. The people I met were friendly and the food was prepared and cooked quickly. I arrived for an early dinner to go so not sure how things are during a lunch or dinner rush. The prices are fair and fit into my daily eats category for lunch or dinner. They also have a small selection of bottled/canned ingredients and drinks for sale. Its nice to have another Southeast Asian food option in Wilmington."
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"Amazing! Just as good as the Coast located at Shutters on the Beach. From what I can tell, only slight menu variations. But all of my favs are there..... jumbo shrimp to start (with the full raw bar), beef ragout & rigatoni, and what has to be one of the best french dips i've ever had..... comparable to Houstons, if not better.\n\nOh, and they must be putting some sort of drug into the butterscotch pudding. If this doesn't end up on your top 5 favorite desserts of all time, best to get your head checked!",
"The Coast Restaurant & Bar is the lobby bar and restaurant for the Canary Hotel, previously called the Hotel Andalucia. Why they changed the name, I'll never know. \"Hotel Andalucia\" had a Santa Barbara ring to it whereas \"Canary Hotel\" doesn't seem quite as inviting.\n\nAs for the restaurant itself, I think they did a great job on the remodel which seems brighter, more open and inviting, and the bar is happening. This was actually my second time at the restaurant, the first time was for dinner on Valentines day where they had a prefixed menu that had a limited number of entrees, which was disappointing to most of the group. This evening, however, we had thought it would be a good place to come as a group of six to have some good food and conversation. Overall, however, the food was just ok, nothing very memorable. Within our group, we had a Grilled Red Snapper sandwich special, Grilled King Salmon, Flat Iron Steak, Seared Tuna, Grilled Chicken Breast and Fish & Chips. Again, nothing out of this world. Perhaps next time we'll need to try the french dip and beef ragout. As for the conversation, we could hardly hear one another as it was so loud - noise coming from a single large table and the bar area. \n\nCudos on the beer list though - not a big selection, they did have some interesting microbrew and imported beer which were a hit with our group.",
"not all that special- \n\nwe had reservations for 6- for some reason they did not have it in their system, but were still able to be sat at the time we wanted\n\nwe started with the fried calamari and bruschetta - these ended up being the best part of the meal-\n\nall of us that had fries as a side agreed that they would have tasted better 20 minutes before they were actually served to us- they were not cold, but it was very apparent they had been sitting for a bit\n\nsalmon was small and mediocre- no one else was impressed with their meals either- wasnt bad, just not good enough for me to want to go back with all the other options available\n\nthe place looks great though, if that matters to you",
"This review is based on the happy hour service on a thurs evening about 6-ish.\n\nSome co workers and I walked into the bar and we went to the \"patio\" area, can't remember what it's called. We ordered a few things from the happy hour menu. We were served promptly, at first... as the evening went on, our server became more and more elusive and we couldn't even get to her to check on our order, we had to ask the bus person to check for us!\n\nanyway, so she was curt and the service was meh. which is unfortunate, b/c it's a nice bar for after work drinks. oh, and apparently, they have a roof top patio that is now only open on mondays. \n\nFood = 3 stars. Decent happy hour menu. it's a part of the (former) Andalucia Hotel, the hotel part still looks pretty nice, heard it's about the $300's / night. \n\ni will probably go back just b/c of the location. \nBill including a 10% tip = $50 for three.",
"3.5 stars, but I can't give it 4! Came here for Christmas pre-fixe dinner...$48 for 3 course meal. First course was a beet salad which I enjoyed aside from a few leaves of yellow arugula, Hub E. had the seared ahi salad which had really yummy fresh slices of fennel and hearts of palm. Bay B. was welcome even though she got a little fussy, but always glad to bring a baby to a restaurant and not feel self conscious about disturbing other patrons. Second course, I had the salmon which was OK, but I liked my husband's fresh pappardelle with mushrooms a lot better. Third course was dessert, we both had the apple cobbler with a big heaping spoonful of vanilla ice cream. All in all it was a good dinner, but for $48, I could have had a really awesome 4 course meal at Ad Hoc!",
"Went there with my BF for Valentine's Day. $45 for three courses with an amuse bouche. The amuse (which was more than a biteful, so the meal really was four courses) was a yummy celery/truffle soup. The appetizers were good -- I had the citrus poached shrimp, BF had the prosciutto and burrata. The burrata wasn't as gooey as I'd like, but it was tasty. The main courses were lobster and filet. The lobster was a little overcooked, but the flavor was good. Desserts were fantastic. I had the molten lava cake. BF had a trio of cheesecakes.\n\nWine list was varied and reasonably priced. \n\nMy problems were that the room was too cold. Also, the service was lukewarm.\n\nBut the location is lovely. And this had to be the most reasonably priced restaurant in a luxury hotel. It was a real bargain for Valentine's Day.",
"We had a great meal - particularly delicious was the salsa verde served with an amazing calamari appetizer. Enjoying this alone is worth a return trip! The service was acceptable, similar experience as reported in another review where it began very well and then the server just disappeared for larger chunks of time. However, overall, an excellent meal and the attention to kids -- great menu, coloring supplies, etc. -- was also quite nice. The butterscotch pudding...AMAZING!",
"$20 bucks for Monday night wine tasting -- $5 different glasses of wine from the Santa Ynez area accompanied by humboldt fog, and two other cheese I forgot the names of, but were also delicious. \n\nSpent the night talking to two great older gals from the area. Got slightly tipsy off of wine on the roof top as the sun soaked in its cancerous rays into my skin. What a good night.",
"Friday dinner offers an \"Off the Hook\" special.\n\nA prix fixe menu of three courses, using a local catch of the day. The cost is $28/pp.\n\nIt was twice now that I've met the chef and sampled nibbles of Coast's menu at some tasting events around town, and both those times he spoke of the friday dinner, and I'd been very interested to try it. I finally did last weekend.\n\nFor that Friday evening, the starter was halibut crudo - raw, sustainably sourced local halibut with mustard seed, honey, and herbs. About 5-6 sashimi-sized slices very nicely plated. My dining companion found the sweet to be the dominant flavor, while I found the herbs to be.\n\nThe main was abalone - the \"bacon of the sea\" as one friend puts it. Abalone is a rare treat for me. Delicious and also sustainably sourced.\n\nDessert was a \"rocky road\" chocolate souffle cake with a walnut and caramel sauce, and topped with a freshly roasted marshmallow.\n\nThe chef also came out to check up on us. Maybe he heard that someone who'd specifically met him before was dining, or maybe he was excited that someone was ordering the friday special, or maybe this is what he does for all his diners. I do know he sought our feedback, and answered all our questions about the local seafood.\n\nThe presentation was very fine, and some might say the portions were small because it lacked any piles of filler starch, but at the end of the meal I was full and happy. \n\nSo, ordinarily, I'd give this 5 stars, but as just a diner rather than a guest at the hotel, things felt weird. The first thing our waiter asked upon sitting down was whether we were staying at the hotel. When we said no, he seemed surprised and then there was this awkward vibe for the rest of the time. We're local, not loco.\nThis is the exact opposite vibe I got from the chef, both at the restaurant and the offsite occasions. He genuinely seemed to want all diners to feel welcome. And unfortunately, it wasn't him that was the mediator between us and the food. \nI want to point this out because, like the chef, I also want to tell local people about good eats available at a place normally associated with visitors. Just be aware that if the restaurant isn't that busy, you might feel like you're in a spotlight.",
"Spacious and beautiful bar! Enjoyed the Island Hound cocktail (vodka, Cointreau and grapefruit). Also enjoyed the Monday night wine tasting event on the roof-top. A great bar in a great little hotel, Canary Hotel."
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"I am so excited about this shop. I want them to succeed completely and be around for a long time. I love cheese, I love charcuterie, and I love this location. It is with this hopeful heart that--after popping in today during their first week of business--I offer the following criticism:\n\nLook, the Whole Foods' cheese counter is big, with a great selection, and the people who work it generally know what they're talking about. If Wedge hopes to compete with that, they need to offer something more...more knowledge, more help, better prices, something. I DID notice that Mt.Tam is a couple dollars cheaper here than at Whole Foods, so it seems as though Wedge's prices may be competitive, but the customer service we received was lukewarm at best. The only question Friend and I were asked was whether we were looking for something specific. After answering no, the guy moved on. I am not usually looking for a specific cheese! I would like to try something new, something that The-Person-Who-Knows-More-About-Cheese-Than-I-Do wants to recommend! I kept waiting for the moment when the employees' great passion for cheese became apparent, and they could not help but tell me all about a new treasure, and we could talk cheese for a while, but it never happened.\n\nI have high hopes that Wedge will find their footing and start providing great service, I just didn't see it today. I will definitely be back, though, to feed my addiction.",
"I stopped in here last Friday - as a frequent customer of the bar across the street, I've been watching this location closely.\n\nThe space is in a build that was formerly Coco Boom, a bar/club. It's been divided into a number of spaces, including some retail, a planned juice bar, maybe a burger joint, Dreamer's coffee shop, and this cheese shop.\n\nI was looking forward to the idea of a cheese shop, envisioning a small tasting bar, some seats, some cheeses, a charcuterie, maybe a glass of wine. A place where cheese could be sampled, and I'd walk out the door with a new find or two.\n\nInstead, the space looks pretty sterile - there was a small table on the right against the wall when I walked in, that had 4 different tubs of cheese on it - the containers were filled with small cheese cubes, and there were some tongs so you could sample, but no napkins, plates, or palette cleansers to help you taste the four cheeses. Next to the table was a refrigerated wall display case with some cheeses on a few shelves.\n\nOn the opposite side was the main counter - working from the back, there was a refrigerated glass display where they had some olives and fresh mozzarella and feta, then another. There were a few tubs of olives set on top of the counter, against for sampling, but again, looking like something thrown out hastily, without much forethought - plastic deli tubs, full of olives, some tongs and toothpicks, but again, no plates, no napkins, nothing that would encourage you to sample. I would think with a place that's offering high-end cheeses (some of them are over $40/pound), that they'd realize that customers might expect a bit more than what you'd find at Costco - in fact, Costco might even be better in that they at least have someone there pushing samples at you in individual containers with napkins, as opposed to a self-serve environment with only a toothpick. Next to the glass case, there's an open refrigerated case (one of the bin like ones), and then the counter/cash register.\n\nI'm willing to write a lot of this off to opening jitters, but from my understanding, the whole building renovation has been delayed. I would think that any tenants in the building would have taken the time to work out a more complete game plan; instead I felt like I was walking into a place that was caught off guard, something like they had been working on getting ready, and then someone ripped the curtain away when they still had prep to do.\n\nAs Tracy and Micaela mentioned, the staff wasn't too friendly - there were maybe 8-10 people in there when we walked in, so the two employees (who I presume are the owners) I saw were busy, but you would think as new proprietors they'd take the five seconds to at least say hello when a customer walks in - I'm sure the customer you're talking with would understand, and it seems to better fit in with the idea of a small, locally owned, community store. \n\nThe guy behind the olive counter looked tired and unhappy to be there, which I can understand as I came in on a Friday evening, and I'm sure that it's been a long week considering they opened on Monday, but definitely doesn't make me want to try anything - in fact, it scared me away from sampling the olives.\n\nIn any case, I spent maybe 10 minutes perusing, and left empty-handed.\n\nI really do want this place to succeed, but it seems like they really should get an on-premise beer and wine license, and start offering small plates - maybe $10 to $20 dollars, that allow people to sample, thus encouraging people to buy the new cheese they tasted, and also building a community around the shop. And while I assume the owners care about cheese, they need to work on spreading that enthusiasm - most of the places I frequent, a large part of the experience is the passion shown by the employees, whether it's the bartender who loves beer and cocktails and wants to share a new treasure with me (e.g. Lincoln Lounge or Public House), or the restaurant where the staff are super-excited about the food (e.g. Campo or Trokay), and it makes me feel like part of a secret club to share in their passion. This was sorely lacking here - I'm not quite willing to write them off yet, but things will definitely need to turn around fast if they expect to make it to 2013 . . .",
"I went into Wedge and had a great experience. I am glad that I don't have to drive all the way to Whole Foods anymore to get cheese that would not normally be offered in my neighborhood grocery store. I am glad that the cheese is cut directly off the wedge (allowing me to get exactly how much I want). I say \"Way to go!\" Of course there are going to be some kinks at first but why do all the \"yelpers\" have to jump on a new business and rip them apart. Maybe all the \"yelpers\" should find something else better to do with their time instead of thinking that every critique they have matters. \n\nCongrats to Wedge and I hope you succeed!",
"Nice shop, great variety. I am not a cheese expert, but like trying new things. The staff was nice and helpful and let me taste several cheeses. Nice to have this shop in the neighborhood. Very happy that they are open until 7pm so I can get there after work. I will be back.",
"I had a great experience at Wedge. Staff was super helpful about recommending cheeses, allowing tastes and helping cut the cheese to exactly how much I wanted. Love that they have Roaring 40's and other fun cheeses. The sandwiches are really tasty.",
"Wedge is just a few blocks from my house, so I go there with some frequency. The staff is wonderful: knowledgeable, friendly, and engaging. The selection of cheeses is a little intimidating (in a wonderful way), but I do wish there was more cured meat. Because, well, I like to get my charcuterie on. \n\nI agree that an on-premises wine and beer license would be fabulous. But hey, so would dancing girls and a trained elephant and a helicopter cheese delivery service. Rather than be disappointed by what this wonderful shop is not, I am straight up pleased-as-punch by what it is: a delightful place to see god in a wedge of fermented milk and a great addition to midtown.",
"Stopped back in yesterday, as we were in the neighborhood (checking out Dreamer's next door). \n\nI had heard that Wedge was doing sandwiches now, so I was curious about that. The feel has improved leaps and bounds - there's now a large white board in the window, and it was advertising they had two different tasting plates.\n\nThis time when we walked in, we were greeted warmly (we were the only folks in there at that point, though a few more folks came while we were there).\n\nWe ordered one of the plates, that had a jack, gouda, some almonds, a fruit jelly, and a salami. The plate had good presentation, and was plenty for the two of us to split as a mid-afternoon snack. They're also serving some beer and wine now, so I had a Stillwater (I think it was the Autumnal?). Seating was a little awkward - they've got a bigger table in the back that seats six, but it looks like they also use it for a bit of office work - there was a laptop and some random papers stacked up on it, but there was still plenty of space for us to sit. Felt to me like we were visiting someone's home, as opposed to a business - not a bad thing per se.\n\nI saw the sandwiches in the display case, and they looked fantastic - will definitely have to try this place for lunch some weekend.\n\nAfter the hard cheeses, I was craving something soft, so picked up a bit of Laura Chenel's chevre. Haven't tried it yet, but definitely looking forward to it.\n\nOverall, it seems like a much more polished experience then when we stopped in a few weeks ago. I wrote previously that it seemed like they'd sort of been caught off guard when opening, but it didn't feel that way yesterday - felt like a small business that's quickly finding it's stride.",
"I know nothing of cheese, or how many cheeses a shop should have - so take this review for what it's worth.\n\nA friend and I stopped by about 6 on a weekday, and the neighborhood was bustling! While we were the only ones in Wedge, once we sat outside two or three people came through.\n\nWe split the fall cheese plate. It took them awhile to bring to us, but once they did - it was really good! The server forgot to explain what cheese was what, but came back out to tell us. I asked her what to pair them with (there were crackers, fruit, and a sweet nut kind of spread), she said that each \"pair\" was chosen specifically for any of the cheeses on the plate, so we mixed and matched and it was all delicious. \n\nThe one down side to wedge it the price, with a glass of wine it came to about $20 per person. I don't doubt the quality of cheese, so I bet it would be justifiable if I knew exactly what I was tasting. Otherwise, it was a fun treat on a beautiful September evening in MidTown!",
"I finally got a chance to stop by Wedge and was extremely disappointed with their selection. \n\nThere were very few people in the shop, but we were never greeted by anyone working there. If you've ever been to a legit cheese shop, you can smell it down the block. Wedge was virtually smell-less, which is probably a good thing for those who have never gotten the opportunity to enjoy a large-scale shop.\n\nThe selection was extremely small, and it didn't seem like the people who worked there were very knowledgeable about the cheeses. Since moving to Reno, I've been overjoyed about the quality of the Whole Foods cheese section. Some of Wedge's daily sandwich selections have sounded delicious, and should I ever crave a sandwich, I'm sure I'll go there. But for cheese? I'll stick to Whole Foods.",
"One day I'll try and sandwich, but I did stop in for salami and a few cheeses of course had to grab some sodas and crackers and olive oils, walked out spending more than I wanted. But it was my first night in my new place and I wanted to celebrate. Staff was helpful, product is wonderful"
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"This is my favorite Indian restaurant in town! I eat at India sizzling almost every week. Gets me my quota of Indian food, especially when I don't have the time to cook my own, which is pretty often, given my schedule! \n\nWhat I like about the place - \n- The dishes are quite close to how they would have been made in India. many restaurants in the US tend to adapt the dishes (temper them down a lot) and the fun in them is lost... \n- The copper artistry of the Mumbai skyline on the walls of the restaurant \nis very original. I like Mumbai a lot and this makes it even special. \n- very friendly staff!",
"This is among the best Indian restaurants in Indianapolis, if not the best. \n\nI always come away feeling quite full from the lunch buffets, even after skipping the meat dishes -- meat-eaters should have even more of a feast.\n\nWhat I like about India Sizzling is the (dare I say authentic) taste of the dishes. I had Moong Dhall Payasam today, a dessert which is a comfort food for me.\n\nI recommend this restaurant highly.",
"I recently moved to Fishers and was pleased to see an Indian restaurant near where I am staying. I did not expect it to be the best Indian restaurant I've ever been to. I can't wait to give the lunch buffet a try.",
"Finally found an Indian place on the northeast side that we like. We tend to hit up Indian restaurants on Sundays for the buffet, and we stopped by here for the first time today. The buffet was one of the best I've had in the $8-$9 range, although it wasn't huge. Spice levels were very good -- some Indian buffets sometimes water stuff down for the lunch crowd. Good decor in the place too, and the staff was very friendly.\n\nAlso, we saw an Indian family eating there. That's always a good sign :)",
"Was craving something I hadn't had in a bit...a bit being a week and a half?.\nThe decor has a subtle elegance to it, very warm and intimate. Not many other patrons this particular Friday evening, but a few couples rolled in closer to 8pm. I was there for the dinner hour, but could see that they must do a lunch buffet of some sort as well...although I loathe buffets of all food types...worth mentioning for those who do not share that feeling. The service was prompt, and pleasant. I started with the veg manchurian, and a sweet lassi, eventually topping off my gullet with some palak paneer. Everything was great, wonderfully flavored and perfectly spiced. Way too much food though, over ambiciousness on my part, along with quite large portions. The paneer wad served with rice and dal, plus I ordered a roti.\nThe menu is vast, showcasing many traditional dishes from the South, even identifying vegan options along with an abundance of veg entrees.\nI really enjoyed my experience here, and hope to return with more realistic consumption expectations.\n\nOnly complaint...and unfortulately it's a common one among Indian fare as of late...soggy papad/pampadoms.",
"OK, I am from India, and know a thing or two about good Indian food ;) As a grad student in Indianapolis, me and my Indian buddies were always looking for cheap places to chow-down. And my! Am I glad I found India Sizzling? Well heck yea!\n\nI have tried almost all the Indian restaurants in and around town, and I can say, without second-guessing, that India Sizzling is a GREAT Indian restaurant. I am a frequent here, and I've got my girlfriend (who is from Michigan) hooked to Indian food, thanks to India Sizzling.\n\nThese guys usually don't compromise on taste. The food tastes very much like it should. Even though they maintain authentic tastes, they do not make the food too spicy, so people who are not used to spicy food can actually eat here.\n\nHaving a good number of natives at an ethnic restaurant is a good sign. India Sizzling manages to attract a descent number of people from the subcontinent. Everytime I have visited, I have seen at least 2-3 American families dining in the place. That is again a good sign. This clearly shows that this restaurant manages to maintain that delicate balance of spice and taste that attracts Indians and Americans alike. It is a BIG DEAL. Indians have a reputation of eating super-spicy food, and Americans have a reputation of eating super-bland food. A place that can manage to satisfy both palettes has got a good thing going, in my opinion.\n\nLet's talk about the food and service, shall we?\nI usually go there on the weekends during lunch. They have a lunch buffet everyday, and I get to choose from a good variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. They keep rotating their menu, because I have not found the same collection of dishes everytime I have visited. But, there are a few items that are standard on the buffet menu, and I am not complaining :) They always serve 'naan' (bread) and Dosa (type of pancake, not sweet though) with the food, so you have something to eat the curries with. No rice is served though.\n\nMy favorites are: Chicken Tikka Masala, Chili Chicken, Palak Paneer and Carrot Halwa.\nMy girlfriend likes: Chicken Tikka Masala, Palak Paneer, and a few other vegetarian dishes. She says she could totally be a vegetarian in India :)\n\nThe sweets/desserts are not the best, but they are still OK after a hearty Indian meal. I have had better desserts at Amber/Bombay Garden.\n\nThe ambiance is relaxed. No dress code. I hate dressing up for food, so a thumbs up to this place for not having any dress code. The owner is a south Indian lady who is always friendly and talks to you nicely.\n\nOne thing I would like to point out is that waiters/owners of most Indian restaurants are not the most courteous and will not necessarily greet you with a painted smile and pretend to be happy. The are usually grumpy, but its just the cultural difference. I was also like that when I first came to the US, but changed quickly when I realized that such grumpy behavior in public places is usually considered rude. Most Indians never understand that, and just stay the way they are. So, the service is OK, I guess. Certainly not the best, but you will not be disappointed.\n\nAnd last, but not the least - price. For the sheer number of dishes that you get to choose from, and the overall quality of the food, they charge a moderate sum of money. Around $9-9.50 on the weekends and maybe a dollar less on weekdays (pardon me, I do not remember the exact amount).\n\nSo, bottomline - Should you go and at least try this place out once - YES.\nShould you fall in love with this place, like I have - That's your decision :)",
"This is my neighborhood Indian restaurant, and what a lucky feller I am! I've been going here since they opened, going back because of the emphasis on a big explosion of flavor- not just heat. They'll give you that if you want it, but even served Midwestern White Guy mild, you're going to get an amazing burst of flavors from any dish.\n\nI took a Indian friend here, and he verified the food to me as the real deal. He's from Mumbai, so I trust his take on authenticity. There are always Indian families here at dinner time, and that tells me something.\n\nThe lunch buffet is also good. A little higher price than most lunch buffets, but I'm always happy to splurge. Unlike many buffets, the quality of the food doesn't suffer greatly here.\n\nThe service can be slow here, but I don't mind it. The decor is interesting, with a lot of copper colors and a warm, cozy feel.\n\nIf I have to recommend only one restaurant in Fishers, speaking as a resident of the Town, this is the one.",
"Been eating here at least once a week since march 2010.i have tried all the usual indian joints around indy, this place by far the best.everything is fresh, some things on the buffet are soggy, its a buffet, thats to be expected.the naan is the best i ever had,and it cooked as you put in your order your food. some buffets make it ahead of time, not these guys.",
"I stopped in for lunch a while back and wanted something vegan since I'm experimenting with a vegan diet. They had their buffet going on, and I asked if I could order off the menu. You would have thought I asked them to sacrifice their first born. The waterman had to go ask, and finally he came back and said I could but it might take a bit longer. Note: Do what your customers want if you want them to come back. I had a fresh cucumber spicy salad and an excellent saffron veggie soup. The soup was especially good, so I'll be back. The guy who filled my water was overly friendly. The other downside: The waiter needs to smile and act like he cares, even if the doesn't. Lose the tude!",
"The food was quite good but the service was awful. They kept running out of plates and people had to wait until the plates were gathered and washed. I wish that they would just buy more damn plates. \n\nAs they were seating us, they told us that the naan (bread) on the table was just put there and the previous people at the table didn't touch it (i..e, left without touching it). We believed them. This was for 2 people. We had a lot more people in our group but this was all the naan we got despite asking for it two times. They just couldn't handle the crowd they had. \n\nMost Indian restaurants don't treat their Indian customers well. This is getting to be a problem with the current staff at India Sizzling.\n\nBottom Line: I may go back. Or not."
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"Loved brunch here! Zagat has it rated well for a reason. Everything was delish and well worth the 15\" wait. Can't wait to go back and also check out dinner -- wonderful that they do take out & delivery!",
"The best thing about Marathon is the Happy Hour from 5-7 and the Late Happy Hour, from 10pm - close. $2 draft beers, $3 martinis in four flavors, and huge $4 flatbreads with gorgonzola, pears, and walnuts (normally $9). This is when the Marathon On The Square becomes a good deal, especially for the pleasant, chic, upscale-but-not-stuffy, atmosphere.\nThe largely 'comfort foods', 'breakfast foods', salads, and fancy sandwiches menu really seems hit and miss, a lot of it overpriced come the end of Happy Hour. The frittata was the worst frittata I've ever had in my life. It tasted like someone poured raw beated egg into a porcelin ramekin and nuked it for a minute or two. (The waitress claimed that the restaurant doesn't own a microwave, but the rubbery taste suggested otherwise). A lot of items are mediocre. The calamari is good if you have a strong stomach for excess grease. The sweet potato mash has been great on all occasions, and the arugula salad with lemony dressing was appropriately airy. Desserts here are a little basic (apple pie, brownie with ice cream)-- banana bread pudding is the shape and weight of a small brick. I say find something you like and don't venture off the beaten path much. Or just come for Happy Hour with friends.",
"I lived around the corner for a couple of years and was a regular customer, although it has lowered my enjoyment of the regular Marathon Grill spots thanks to its ever so slightly different (and superior) menu.\n\nEverything I have had is good, with special nods to the matzo ball soup, turkey salad, and gigantic enough for two chicken breast. \n\nthe brunch is excellent, and apparently there are good happy hour deals though Ive never really been there for drinks. \n\nbeat the table squeeze by ordering takeout, perfect for sitting in the park",
"I've eaten lunch at MOTS at least 100 times, and had dinner there a bunch. It's a very good restaurant (I've tried most things.) A few of my lunch faves: The grilled Cubano sandwich, spicy chicken quesidilla, and the Center City salad.\n\nThey also have great service. They are very, very attentive and greet us when we arrive. It's one of my real faves in the city.",
"Last night Alicia and I were tearing up the town, running from one place to another and realized \"oh crap, we really need to eat!\" Lo and behold, we looked up and there, right in front of our eyes, was Marathon. Taking it as a sign from the universe, we went inside and were seated right away, despite the fact that we were dressed like we were straight outta 1986 (we were going for a theme...).\n\nThe menu choices were vast and since I can't ever make a decision, I went with the first thing that caught my eye:\n\nGarlic mashed potatoes.\n\nAnd they were delicious. Like, ridiculously delicious. That and a Golden Monkey beer made me very happy, as did the music (Joy Division? Oh yeah!). Our meal fortified us enough to run off to our next destination and got us through the rest of our wacky night out. (Bonus points for the gorgeous menu cover with an illustration of Tinkerbell...not really sure what the story is there but it was quite lovely).\n\nDamn, now I can't stop thinking about those garlic mashed potatoes. I think I would have licked the bowl if it were socially acceptable!",
"fabulous salads. i particularly like the \"control freak\" design your own option. because yes, i have been known to be a tad controlling when it comes to my food.",
"I have tried every Marathon location many times and Marathon on the Square is consistently better than the rest. \n\nBetter selection than the other Marathons, the food is always hot (when it's supposed to be) and fresh, waitstaff always accommodating of special requests. The ambiance is much nicer too. Just be sure you don't get seated too close to either the front door or the air conditioning vent! \n\nI have eaten here hundreds of times over the years and have enjoyed virtually every meal. It is also the \"go to\" place when out-of-towners visit. Repeat visitors always ask to go back. There are a number of long-time waitstaff, but every so often a new waiter pops up. Also don't judge the food by how well it keeps when carrying out or getting delivery. Definitely an excellent choice for brunch, lunch, and dinner!\n\nThe pros: varied and tasty menu, breakfast avail all day, doesn't break the bank\n\nThe cons: can get pretty packed for sat and sun brunch",
"I like that I can count on Marathon for a good salad and a plate o' hummus when that's exactly what I'm craving (which is fairly often). I'll be honest--I haven't strayed far from their salad menu, (aptly dubbed the control freak menu), which lets you pick the lettuce, toppings, and dressing you want. It's dependable and decent--not particularly interesting--but certainly a good place to go with a group, when you're trying to please many different palates. Do beware, that if you order bread just to munch on, or ask for extra pita with your hummus plate, you will be charged!",
"I liked eating here though I didn't actually enjoy my meal. The eggs Benedict's holladaise sauce was just not quite on the mark, the potatoes were equally eh. Coffee was tasty. We all shared an order of the chocolate chip cookie dough pancakes...which were...well...surprisingly, creepily satisfying...gluttony.\n\nSeriously though, the eggs benedict looked great but tasted forgettable.",
"I used to eat here five days a week. Really. For years... and I wasn't sick of it. The servers knew what I wanted without asking (even special requests). They brought my soda to the table the first time they came. Again, the just knew. The food always came quickly and it was always right... and always good. MOTS is a block from my office and I could reliably get in and out in less than an hour. It was predictable.\n\nOne day during the summer everything changed. Everything was still reliable. Reliably unpredictable. Sometimes I wait for 10-15 minutes just for a soda and the opportunity to order. More than once, I waited for an hour for lunch (a salad). Sometimes it took 10-15 minutes to get my check. Soup was cold. Food was wrong. I stopped going. Every so often I go back... just to see if maybe things are better. No luck yet. \n\nI can walk 5 blocks further, have lunch nearly anywhere else, and be back in the office more quickly. Every so often I want one of my old favorites on the MOTS menu. So... I try it again. It just hasn't been totally right since. I still really like the Center City Salad... and the Vegetarian Chili... but it's not the same. Disappointing."
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"for lunch today, i had a dressed r&o special (found in the sandwich section).\n\nthey sure didn't skimp on the ham or the roast beef. the ham was perfect, but i found the roast beef a little salty.\n\nthe restaurant has a nice neighborhood-ish charm to it. the wait staff was pretty prompt and cheerful, even though the place was super packed.\n\ndefinitely good for the money.",
"The R&O Special is the best po-boy in all of New Orleans. I go back to R&O's every time I visit New Orleans, though sadly I have not been back since before Katrina hit, so I hope R&O's is back to its former glory.",
"A friend took me here after showing me where his parent's house used to be before Katrina. This place is big and on a Sunday afternoon it's busy.\n\nMy friend and I had shrimp po' boys and cups of gumbo. Both of which were excellent. My wife had a half muffaletta which I thought was one of the best in town. I ate some of that too.\n\nEat where the locals eat. It's worth the drive.\n\nI think it's only a lunch place so call first.",
"If you're going make sure you give this place a fighting chance. When you first pull up to this place you might have second thoughts, if you make it past the front door, as soon as you look in now would be the time to turn around and walk back to your car BUT DON'T!\n\nThe food is fantastic and there are so many different things to choose from. For starters you have to get an order of tamales, if you are from CA or really anywhere out west what you receive is not your \"normal\" tamale. Imagine the masa mixed in with seasoned ground beef and then rolled up in paper only to be smothered in a mexican meat sauce. I know .... does not sound good but if you only eat one I'll be shocked!!\n\nThe salads are great as well, had almost all of them. The pizza, good too! I've been to R & O's probably 6 times and I think all but once someone ordered pizza and I am always pleasantly surprised!\n\nBill S. says they make the best po-boy ..... I am gonna say the second best. See my earlier review of Bywater BBQ - my #1. BUT I've had the fried shrimp po-boy here is it is awesome. The shrimp is always crispy, never too greasy. Another great po-boy is the roast beef with gravy, nice!\n\nThe staff is attentive and if you like people watching, you're in heaven. A don't miss if in NOLA and can get away from the French Quarter, certainly one of my fav's!",
"Well another trip to NOLA means another trip to R & O's.\n\nHad some of our usual, tamale \"balls\", which are awesome and QUITE different from anything you get on the west coast that is tamale'ish. This time for an entree I went for pizza ONLY, a first for me. Again, a consistent pie, nice crisp crust, not too greasy, the perfect amount of their tart and spice red sauce and the perfect amount of pepperoni.\n\nShould be back in NOLA for Mardi Gras and there will MOST definitely be another trip to R & O's!",
"Good french fry po-boy and cheese fries. I am not a fan of the pizza.",
"great neighborhood restaurant..\nawesome po'boys and sweet potato fries!!\none of my must eat at places everytime im in town... luckily my aunts house is right down the stree!!",
"the most amazing gumbo and seafood poboys anywhere in the world! my grandparents lived in nola for 30 years (until Katrina), and now every time i am within 60 miles of new orleans, i must make a visit to r&o's. my favorites are the fish or oyster poboys (dressed, of course), but i can't live without their seafood gumbo! highly, highly recommend!!\n\n(since Katrina, they have had limited hours. call or drive by to find out their hours.)",
"Great local place. The barbecue shrimp is so good you just want to sop up the sauce with the bread. I was probably the only non-local person for miles. Place has a nice low key atmosphere with good food and good service. The bloody marys are apparently pretty strong, I was buzzed after one bloody mary. Definitely a place you'd want to go if you're non-local",
"The quinticential N'awlins local \"joint.\" The \nambiance is strictly \"yat\", but what brings the young, old, rich, not so rich, plumber, electrician, doctor, lawyer, etc. here every day is the absolutely fabulous REAL old fashion New Orleans food! There are no others that come close!"
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"The best NY style pizza in North Tampa and you might just punch a friend for the zeppoles.\r\n\r\nI'd have given a higher rating, but they always seem to screw the order up. I swear, you could order a water and they'd give you some balsa wood. Make sure you check your order before leaving with take out. \r\n\r\nThey also do not accept AmEx, which slightly annoys me.",
"OMG......I thought I wasn't going to find any true NY style Pizza in Tampa. This is the best place hands down. The owner can be a little grumpy when he is in a New York State of Mind. LOL!",
"Perfect hole in the wall mom and pop pizza joint.\n\nThings that were delicious:\n* PIZZA - great NY style pizza - go for the plain cheese - it's a revelation\n* Soups! I love their Pasta Fagiol\n* Chicken Parm - yummy and cheap\n\nService is always mom-and-pop like. A little slow but full of smiles and hospitality.",
"Best pizza in the area. Much better than the other pizza chains. Nice people too.",
"We took the slice to-go so I'm not sure about how the sit down service is but the counter service was good. The place was large and had a few full service tables. I was a little disheartened to see that I could not stay there to eat my slice before I left. However, I think that is the trend in this area (no tables).\n\nI wasn't disappointed with their pizza! I bought a regular slice and the crust was not too thick and cheese was just melted and oozed!",
"Good NY style pizza. It took me back to high school when I walked in and they sell it by the slice. The crust was thin and crispy.\n\nLike all previous reviewer... the staff was rude but you been in NYC, rude people are the norm.",
"Listen, this place has GREAT NY Style Italian food, but I will NEVER return to this shop due to the owner and employees. They couldn't be a ruder bunch of people. When you leave NY you should also leave the attitude. Either that or move back up. I have no problem going somewhere that appreciates my business.",
"Came back because the baby was hungry and his favorite is pizza. The slice was very nice. Good and crispy crust.\n\nThe workers must have read the reviews because they were super nice and very helpful.",
"La Prima Pizza definitely has the best pizza in the New Tampa area. The cheese, the sauce, and the dough form a perfect combination of tastebud nirvana. O to deprive yourself of this wonderful slice of pie is unthinkable for me. \n\nWhile some reviewers have dropped their review because of their reaction to the owner's caustic attitude or the service staff. I for one have never had bad service there. \n\nBeen going here since the month that it opened in the Target plaza, before the name change. Come and join us and have a slice!",
"When Wille wants to go home or to a baseball game he puts a note on the front door saying \"due to a previous commitment\" we are closing early tonight. What \"previous commitment\" can be more important than your CUSTOMERS. The pizza is good, but one never knows when they are going to close \"early.\" We use to go there every Saturday night. We would get there around 8:00pm..By the time we left, about 9:00 all of the chairs were up on the tables and they were ready to close. Yet the sign on the door says they are open until 10:00 on Saturday night. It is painfully obvious that Willie does not want to be there. He complains about his staff and his customers. We will never return and he told me that was OK with him. He does not need our business any way."
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"Very affordable. Open late, midnight. The staff was exceptional during our visit. Little place, but comfortable & clean. The lemon pepper wings were my favorite. Fries were natural cut.",
"My boyfriend had his pregnancy craving HAHAH just kidding, (well i say that because im pregnant and he gets the cravings). He wanted some wings. He ordered I think 20 pieces or so. Half hot and half mild. The hot wings were hot, and the mild were mild. It was an okay-good taste. The wings were pretty good sized. We took it togo and had it at home. \n\nDownfall is that their togo boxes soak up all the sauce and it leaks through so that was pretty annoying. The wait for the order was about 20 minutes. Which is a long time I think especially for a small order.\n\nWe've experienced better. But I think if you're craving wings, its a chance for you to try it I guess. Prices aren't too high, Its about average. But we probably won't be trying another Wing Stop again, we'll keep our Hot Wing business with Spiro's Bar off Sparks Blvd and Prater Way.",
"Yummy!!! Their fries are so good! Love it!! Wings wings wings.. Soooo delicious! I had the 3 flavored wings.. Separated in one box. Even ate it the next day for my left overs. :) The place is small but it's the food that counts right? First time to go there and had a good time. We'll be back again! :)",
"Wing Stop is pretty good wings for the price. Lemon pepper is by far my favorite with Louisiana Rub and Garlic Parmesan coming in at second. However, the best part of Wing Stop? Their fries. They are unlike anywhere else and they are undescribable. You'll understand what I mean when you taste them!",
"This was the first time I have been to a Wing Stop. I know I won't go back again. I had the Garlic Parmesan Boneless Strips..way too much salt and Parmesan. I also had the Bourbon Baked Beans....way too much salt. I also had the Fresh Cut Seasoned French Fries...once again...way too much salt and a bit soggy. I did however enjoy the Crispy Veggie Sticks. Sorry about the negative review but I do have a salt shaker at home :/",
"Terrible service. Waitresses are really rude. Takes to long for the food.",
"I came from out of town and so I have had wings from Wing Stop back home but this place really deserves two stars except for the fact that the wings weren't miniature like some places offer. The place was pretty empty when I came in so why I had to wait 20 minutes for 20 wings, I dunno. Wings dont take that long to cook at home. Hmph.\n\nI swear I think my order got pushed back behind the talkative gentleman that both ladies knew when he walked in as their entire conversation lasted 15 minutes as I sat there patiently waiting, stomach growling as they conversed in spanish about so many things before I got my order 5 minutes later.\n\nAt least the food was good. I guess.",
"busy busy shop. decent wings and friendly staff. just a bit long to cook 10 wings and season them.",
"Yuuuukkkk! Soggy french fries, chicken had watered down sauce. The other person with me had the upgrade of the loaded french fries - they tasted horrible. I have been to other Wing Stops in other states and this was down right disgusting! We didn't even ask for our money back - that's how disgusted we were. And later that night we were both hit with horrible indegestion, heart burn, were those fries old? Don't waste your time or money here.",
"I wrote to their headquarters office and they said that my email had been forwarded to the owner of this Wing Stop. The end. Never heard a thing - won't ever go there."
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"Mel's is located inside of the Sands Regency. They have all of the food that usually comes to mind when one thinks \"classic Americana.\" Our food always came to the table hot, and our drinks never went dry.\n\nIf you go here after 9am, be prepared to wait for a table, because it seems that the people from neighboring hotels and motels eat there as well.\n\nWe ate here several mornings. I had the grilled cheese, Belgian waffle, diced ham & eggs, and eggs benedict. Of those, the eggs benedict and belgian waffle were the best. Keep in mind, however, that you can't order the eggs benedict after 11:30 am.\n\nThis is a 24-hour establishment.",
"My husband and I have been eating breakfast at Mel's every time we're in Reno for the past 4 years. They have the greatest breakfast menu. I am very picky when it comes to eggs...and I only like them done in a weird way which only my grandmother or myself can cook them...not only my mother or mother-in-law...So it is very hard to explain the way I want them to someone...much less someone who doesn't know me at all. I like them sunny side up, with the white stuff not set and I do not want them flipped. I have explained this to more than 100 waiters until I found this place. The servers here really do listen to you and they deliver the information to the cook right the way they receive it. The eggs are amazing here and the toast and hot chocolate are great, too. No matter where we stay in Reno, we come to have breakfast here at least once during our stay.\nWe also like the jukeboxes and we play nice old Elvis songs and talk about American Graffiti while enjoying a great meal. I've also had lunch here and it is not the most amazing thing ever, but the food is good.",
"The original Mel's is just like any other Mel's, an upgrade over Denny's. Our server was prompt.",
"I must say that I never liked diner food at all, until I came across Original Mels in L.A., then I visited the one in Geary st. in San Francisco. Well, I decided to visit the Original Mel's in Reno and give it a try.\n\nNOTE TO PEOPLE WITH CELIAC or following a strict Gluten free diet.\n\nDo not get french fries since they are fried in the same oil as onion rings which are covered in WHEAT flour batter!!!\n\nMy favorite special on the menu is the Vegetarian Omelet : 2 eggs, avocado, tomatoes and other goodies...\n(you have to ask the waiter not to include the toasts!!!, better clear than\n sorry)\nIf you dont have a problem with wheat but do not eat animals ask the waiter to make you a Reuben Sandwich and replace the meat with grilled mushrooms... you will be in for a treat!\n\nAvoid the Salads, they are sad (and I mean SAD, literally) and flavorless",
"1 star for portion size (HUGE)\n1 star for taste\n2 stars for service\n\nAfter a series of immense FAIL moments (trying to wait in a never ending line for a player's card, attempting to try the prime rib buffet for $7.99 only to be confronted with a monster line, and the biggest insult of all: being told there was a 15 min wait in an EMPTY restaurant), the prompt, friendly service at Mel's was a breath of fresh air (literally... the rest of Sands was shrouded in dense cigarette smoke).\n\nFood was ok... what you can expect from any other Mel's... but the portion size was shockingly large. I only finished maybe an eighth of my open faced meatloaf sandwich. \n\nService was phenomenal. LAURA was our server-- she was attentive, considerate, and extremely friendly/peppy. Super impressive.",
"I'm rounding up from 3.5 to 4 due to an overall pleasant experience.\n\nNote to Yelp: We need half stars! Please.\n\nPros:\nParking is right in front of the door. Helps you to make a fast getaway.\n\nFood comes quickly -- forget finishing your salad first.\n\nA large side salad is one of the choices offered with a sandwich. Love that!\n\nMany healthy choices on the menu.\n\nServers are perky and Guess what? They all speak English as if it is their first language regardless of whether it actually is. (Lookout Denny's)\n\nMel's is open 24 hours. No need to suffer at Denny's unless you'd rather.\n\nIngredients, including fresh produce, are very fresh. That's impressive on January 4th.\n\nQuality of meats and French Fries, excellent. (Medium thick fries as per Tracy S.'s preference)\n\nChicken items are made with fresh chicken breast, not that chopped, pressed, then re-formed into white meat junk.\n\nHappy to replace an item you dislike with one you do like.\n\nJukeboxes right at your table.\n\nClean.\n\nCons:\nOne song on your Jukebox is 50 cents, or 3 for a dollar. I think that's too high.\n\nNot enough booths. If the restaurant is just half full you're stuck with an uncomfortable table.\n\nPrices are about 10% higher than they ought to be. Come on, a soda for $2.29? Stop trying to be Applebees cuz you're not Mel!\n\nPortions are way too large for the average healthy appetite. Mel, please offer more normal appetite choices. Hubby and I can eat lots, but we regret not splitting a sandwich.\n\nHoney-Mustard dressing tastes like glue and doesn't even look right.\n\nServer didn't know diddly about the Sands Casino although Mel's is located inside the casino building. When a customer asks whether the Sands has Keno, server ought to know, or at least find out.",
"$2.99 Breakfast 24 hours a day 7 days a week!!! (with a Sands Player's Card of course)\n\nIt's 2am, we've wasted all our money gambling so we decided to trickle our way over to Mel's to make us feel better. We weren't expecting much so we ordered the $2.99 Breakfast Special. There's a picture of this breakfast place all over Sands so we already knew it would come with 2 pancakes, 2 slices of bacon (or sausage), and 2 eggs. My girlfriend and I split one plate which was a really good portion for me. The pancake was really good because it naturally sweet and I didn't need butter or syrup! The bacon was a little undercooked but the eggs were definitely over easy. I swear my tastebuds were not skewed just because it was that late at night and we were eating our misery away! You really can't beat that deal after a long night.\n\nOur waitress was the best part of our experience there. We were dead tired but she was so friendly and enthusiastic about serving us. She didn't even judge me or my friend when we decided to SPLIT the $3 meal! Overall, a good late night spot for the 4th meal.",
"$2.99 for 2 eggs, 2 pancakes & 2 strips of bacon with your Sands Club Card is reason enough for 4 stars. Other pluses, they deliver to your room if you don't want to deal with the casino. All their portions are HUGE. Open 24 hours and it's not DENNY'S OR IHOP. Great burgers, chicken sandwiches, strong eye opening coffee and BEER. (to calm down the caffeine buzz!).",
"This is one of my go-to places for a good grilled cheese! They make it big, and greasy. \n\nPros- Seated promptly, friendly service, and pretty clean (I mean, there has to be some amount of a heavy, greasy, sticky feel to the place to make it enjoyable as a 50's diner). They give me a pretty big helping of sauteed mushrooms that I like to top my sandwich with! The mushrooms are a little more watered down than I'd like, but still good. \n\nCons- More often than not you wont get a juke box seat. And if you DO get a juke box seat - more often than not the thing will be out of order. Which you will find out AFTER you have already deposited several coins in an attempt to get it going. If feel like that's one ot the main reasons you would visit Mels! Also, they tend to skimp on the yummy fries. \n\nBut I would suggest this place to anyone who is craving grilled cheese or a milk shake..... or fries..... that they don't give very much of.",
"Decent diner food at a good price. Nothing to write home about, but not a bad pit stop for some hangover food or a quick bite"
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"After a day at the pumpkin picking, My friends and I were driving around looking for a place to eat and found Aroi Thai.\n\nOnce i walked in, I noticed a HUGE fish tank or you can call its an AQUARIUM! The decor is beautiful, it was very inviting and comfortable. \n\nWe ordered a few appetizers and a main dish each! The food was delicious and had a great presentation. Definitely would give 5 stars! I loved the Pad Kee Mao Talay. If you like mildly spicy food, this is perfect! I loved every bit of it and I miss it now that I'm writing this review. As for appetizers, we ordered the Crab Raggoon, Roti Cani and Golden Bags. Definitely one of the best I ever had!\n\nIf I am ever back in the area, this is my go to place!",
"Great dining experience with my family. It was my wife's birthday and we have been waiting for this restaurant to open for a while. There are not a lot of Thai restaurants in this area, so we have been waiting for Aroi to open. The apps and entrees were great and the desserts were fabulous. Also, the staff was extremely nice and the service was stellar. We will definitely be back on a regular basis.",
"Ambiance/decor: ****\nFood: **\nService: **\n\nI had the Tom Yum soup, which was strongly flavored but good, and the Red Snapper main course. The sauce was good, but the snapper was dry, the asparagus spears were somewhat overcooked and the potatoes were way overcooked. My wife had the Calamari appetizer, which was not bad (it's better at Buddakan, P. F. Chang's and Ralph's), and the Hawaiian Chicken. She didn't care for the strongly flavored lemon dipping sauce that came with the calamari (I did like it though) and thought the chicken wasn't any different than what we could get at any Chinese restaurant for quite a bit less money.\n\nThe decor was reminiscent of Buddakan, though on a less grand scale: no giant Buddhas, only little ones. The three wide-screen TVs (which were all showing the PSU-OSU football game) seemed quite out of place but we sat where we couldn't really see them.\n\nThe service was totally unremarkable. I give it two stars rather than one only because it could have been worse.\n\nThis was their 9th day in business, so maybe things will improve with time. Unfortunately it's unlikely we'll go again to find out.",
"Thank you Aroi Thai for a wonderful dining experience! We came in a group of 7 and decided to sit at the bar first where the bartender whipped up a myriad of yummy drinks (some alcoholic and some non-alcholic for the drivers ;)) I had the taro slushie. Slurp, slurp, slurp!! gone!\n\nFor dinner we moved to a large table where we ate family style. We ordered several appetizers and entrees. My favorite appetizer were the golden bags, you should order that! :)\n\nSimply put, everything was delicious, we devoured it all!",
"Great food! Flank steak and pad Thai were delicious.",
"Amazing food, especially the Pad Thai and Seafood Salad. Would recommend hands down to any Thai food lover.",
"My first five star review. Based on two visits so far, the food was consistently delicious, the staff very friendly and helpful and the restaurant itself is beautiful, stylish and exciting. The bar is intimate and again beautiful. The dishes are on the smaller size, but packed with flavor. The pricing is on the high side, but for the quality, definitely not overpriced. Expect to wait once you order, as every dish feels made to order. No problem. The drinks are interesting - even exotic. As long as this restaurant maintains its high level of quality, they can count on me as a regular.",
"We recently went to Aroi Thai for a birthday dinner for a friend. We had a party of 14. \n\nAmbiance/Decor: the ambiance and decor at Aroi Thai was very nice. It was decorated very nicely and Definetely gave off a classier feel.\n\nFood: The presentation of the food was good. the food itself was delicious. I would highly recommend the pad Thai. Overall based on everyone's feedback, the taste of the food was very good. Everyone seemed to enjoy the meal.\n\nSo why did I give this restaurant a 3 star review? The answer here is \"Service\" or should I say \"lack-thereof\". Our server was extremely inefficient. She forgot several portions of our orders and mixed up a few as well. When one of my friends told her that she had ordered a \"shrimp\" version of the dish and not \"chicken\"; she responded with \"no you ordered chicken\". Pretty much implying that My friend was lying.This is after already mixing up few of the appetizers. When all of us insisted on the fact that she needed the shrimp version of the order, she stormed off saying \"whatever\". This was extremely unprofessional and downright rude. \n\nNow with all this said, I understand that Aroi Thai is a newer establishment, but really this is not an excuse. We complained to the manager regarding this as well. In the future, if one person is unable to handle a big party then there should multiple servers. Also, when we confronted the manager about this, he just seemed to have a slew of excused rather than doing something about it. I really hope the restaurant takes this review with a grain of salt. This restaurant has a potential of being very successful as it has great food but it's service overshadows it in a negative manner. And with service like this, it won't be able to sustain and retain customers.",
"I recently went to Aroi Thai for dinner with family group of 15. The service was quick and friendly. The food came out quick and just the way we ordered it.\nI will definitely revisit this restaurant again:)",
"This is the second time we went to the restaurant. The duck curry and chicken curry were fabulous. They definitely had heat but not too much. The scallops with lobster tail were cooked just right with a slight amount of sauce for dipping. The pork chop was also just fine.\nThe service was excellent. My only complaint was the mark up on their wine list. The previous restaurant at that location had a $10 mark up for each bottle of wine. This is something they should consider."
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"Los Arcos has the best seafood in south Nashville. Octopus and shrimp in a whole pineapple (Pina Cantama) is good for the daring.The fish Filete Relleno is a version of a chile relleno style dish. These two selections and the other seafood offerings are influenced by the managing cousins Guadalajara, Mexico heritage.The arches welcome you at the entrance to their Mexican city, thus the idea for the name. As you enter Los Arcos you can notice the arch design of the door and windows. Inside it feels real from the fancy chairs from Guadalajara up to the natural wagon-wheel light fixtures. It's a well appointed restaurant with moderate prices. In addition to the unique choices from the sea, the range of standard Mexican fare is also here. It's across from the Nashville Zoo, and has a few kids choices too.",
"!!!!!\n\ni'm going to keep this nice and short. when i hear the word \"food\" preceded by \"mexican\", i think this place and this place only. you really do need to go there for yourself.\n\neric b",
"For members of two world religions, it is profoundly offensive to be offered ham. Last night I and my sisters went to Los Arcos for a bite to eat. We happily munched on chips while we waited for fish dinner. We distinctly made sure to order only dishes that had no mention of meat in the description. Everything was okay until my sister inspected closely and saw that her fish dish was laddered with pink and fleshy ham. No big deal. We'll just send it back but order something else. But here's where the problem starts. I called the owner/manager and explained that for religion reasons we cannot eat ham. I asked him kindly to take it back and bring us something else. He refused. He argues with us, \"What am I going to do with this food. I cannot waste this food.\" He refuses to take it back even after I told him that I will pay for the dish even if we are not eating it. We asked for our checked and paid and left without eating anything. He didn't offer a replacement dish. Not even a measly salad.\n\nWorst service I received ever. My sisters are distinctly religious looking as they wear religious clothes. He owner/manager should have known that Jews and Muslim don't eat pork. Instead of being reasonable, he said he'll pick the pork out of the dish and suggested that my sister continues eat the meal. While we were leaving, the guy didn't even apologize a single time. He stood there and took our money even though we didn't eat our meal. The owner/manager also treated us in a condescending way. Before we discovered the whole pork fiasco, he rubbed his belly and asked if the food was \"yum yum?\" What the hell? We are adults in our twenties, not little kids. I think he thought since we are immigrants-looking we must not be able to speak English and he had to use baby-talk with us. This was funny and ironical since all of us grew up around English and are quite educated. \n\nAs if this wasn't bad enough, the tables were extremely sticky. I wonder if they ever wash it with anything except remove the food. The tables also moved back and forth with slightest of force, which was very annoying. The few bites of food that I ate were not anything amazing or horrible either. Perhaps with a little bit more cleanliness and a better attitude, this place can be a visit-able place again. For now, never again! Stay as far away as possible unless you like being treated badly and like a child for average food.",
"Nice place seafood was on the warm side I expected oysters to be pretty cold but they were not.had a shrimp cocktail,same thing the shrimp were warmer than the mix they were immersed in. Service was slow but ok,not as high speed as we have had in other Mexican restaraunts.cheese dip was more watery than I'm used to.I guess this place can have good and bad days.I missed the good one.I'll try it one more time just to be fair.....",
"I was going to hit up La Hacienda today but then I saw Los Arcos over on the right and swung my car through traffic and squealed the tires into the parking lot. I wanted to get my Mexican seafood on!! \n\nSo wow, this place. When I walked in I was like \"woaaaah look at the cool chairs\"! Each chair at each table is emblazoned in the wood with the words Los Arcos and other decorative work. It makes the place look a step above other places. \n\nOur waitress was young and kind of sassy - I liked her very much. She didn't care that we took forever to peruse the menu, drank our drinks like some hungover fools, and basically were needy. She brought chips, salsa, and gave us plenty of time.\n\nMenu has standard fare - I think it is just as much grill as it is seafood - but still had an entire page of seafood options. Sadly I didn't see the option for the whole fish, skin on, grilled like at my fave place in Big D. But tilapia with the diabla sauce (or diablo, is it feminine in this case? Can't remember) was on my radar. Think spicy red sauce, served with rice and a side salad. (I asked for no beans so perhaps it may have been served differently if I hadn't.) My brother got some chimichanga, enchilada extravaganza covered in cheese. So the diablo/a sauce was legit man! It was actually full of spice and although the color red was a little different than I'm used to, the flavor was nice. I ate all of it. The other great thing is that this dish is not all goopy and fatty. Grilled fish covered in a non-cheese based sauce with rice was not too bad for you and you didn't leave feeling heavy. Now if only I could somehow justify the chips! Also, please note that they had a salsa bar over in the side of the room that the waitress told us about. These were some more adventurous and pleasing salsas than just the usual. Go check it out!\n\nWe also tried some pineapple soda and I finally decided to bust out and try some horchata. Ya, I lived in TX for 11 years but I just never tried it when there was perfectly good diet coke around. Today it sounded cool and refreshing and looked like it would cool down the heat in my mouth. And it did. Everyone there was sucking that stuff down too - I watched the full container of it in the back get progressively emptier just during our short lunch.\n\nI am definitely coming back to this. While I miss Tex-Mex the most, I have to say that this place was legitimately yum and I want to try more of their offerings!",
"I have never been to Mexico nor really aware of what authentic mexican food is. Have eaten in many Nashville mexican restaurants and Los Arcos had the strongest most lethal margherita. Never thought Margheritas could be a strong drink. Carnitas and grill food were above average. Ambience is really good and the waitresses were cute. \n\n\nOh yes, I am going here again.",
"I've passed this place for years and never made it in until last night. I'm still sort of sad that Florida Seafood is no longer in this building, but Los Arcos makes up for it with their own brand of Mexican seafood specialties. \n\nAt most Mexican joints in town, their seafood menu section consists of about 6 dishes that are all talapia or shrimp. Not so at Los Arcos. They have a full page of offerings for the seafood lover, with fresh fish and even octopus... a full fruita del mar offering. \n\nThe chips and salsa were good, and the guacamole was great. Our meals were very good over all, but I must admit I was a little disappointed in the rice. Carrots and peas in Mexican rice? Gross. Small nitpick, but still. \n\nOur server was awesome! Probably the best service I've ever experienced in 20 years of eating in Nashville Mexican restaurants. Our drinks were never close to empty, and he even made fresh flour tortillas himself whenever we needed them. Very attentive and a very pleasant experience. \n\nWorth noting, their posted health score was 99! Wow, you don't see that very often. \n\nWe were told they have a lunch buffet, so I'll have to try it out. We will be back soon and not so quick to just pass it by next time.",
"This place didn't blow my mind, but it didn't leave me dissatisfied either. It's def a step up from your standard Mexican restaurant.\n\nThe margaritas are cheap, the shrimp fajitas are delish and the staff is really nice. They messed up my order and before I could even realize it they took my plate back and remade it.\n\nAll in all, a place definitely worth trying.",
"The carnitas (pork) burrito was very good - thought I wish the menu said it has griled onions and peppers, because I would have asked them to be removed. But I know most people like them. I like the fresh avocado served as a garnish - tasty counterpoint to the burrito. The flan is really good, thoughts the put whipped cream and chocolate sauce on it, yuck. Scrape it off and enjoy the tasty flan.",
"My fave Mexican,great seafood dishes,some are breaded & fried which I dont favor but there are also oven baked fish dishes & with tender octopus the seafood molcajate is superbo.\nMy wife always judges a Mexican on the Margaritas,you can really taste the tequila in their pitchers .\nThe staff here are some of the friendliest I have met.\nThey need to move closer to our neighborhood & we would become regulars"
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"This is the cleanest and friendliest Ihop that I have ever been too. I got about once a week, and the service is great. The waitress that I always request is awesome, and often gives us our drinks for free and always knocks something off the bill. Definitely a good place to go after a party or a club in the middle of the night!",
"*I forgot my camera, but the next I go in I'll be sure to bring it.*\n\n Okay, this location of IHOP is definitely the best I've been to. Firstly, the building is huge. There's lots of room and there's not way that they can't service their clientèle. The service was prompt and helpful. The only issue I had was when I asked to substitute (even for an up charge) my eggs for fruit. The server looked hesitant to tell me that, \"They won't switch anything for eggs...\"\n\nThat was okay. The pancakes I had were more than enough anyway. I hardly finished those and let the Mr. have my eggs.\n\nALSO, they are offering Smucker's sugar free syrup with is my favorite, so that wins me over on a level I can't even begin to explain. Either way, we enjoyed our visit, and with it being pretty inexpensive I'm sure we'll go again.",
"Poor service and low quality, mass produced food. Save your money and go to the Village Inn down the street.",
"Living right by this Ihop, I have to say it is the nicest Ihop that I've been to. That being said, it's still Ihop. Not exactly setting the bar very high. Food is actually pretty good (and consistently good). What brings down my rating is the service. I've only had one good server (the only guy I've seen serve here too) and that's because he was messing with me and my friends. Other than that, you'll be lucky to get refills on drinks or your check in a timely manner.",
"This location is just down the block from my house and because it is open 24 hours, it is a very easy choice to go to. I usually go late in the evening and order breakfast :) Staff is courteous and the restaurant is very clean looking.",
"Always a good stop for some late night breakfast after a night out with the USF crowd. Service is slow most of the time, but then again you're probably sobering up from partying aren't you? ;] Convenient location to visit on IHOP Free Pancake Day. They seem to still have the same manager and server as they had back during my first visit in 2008. More affordable than the closer Perkin's from USF. IHOP isn't a big deal when you're in the United States - but the minute you live the USA to a place like Korea or Japan where breakfast is consumed by few (unless you're talking rice and soup) - then you will come to appreciate and miss the greasy goodness of eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns, ketchup, pancakes, and syrup!",
"Service was awesome. Food left a lot to be desired. I ordered sunny side up eggs and they came undercooked. The whites were raw and looked like mucus. I sent them back and the manager Tonia came over to tell me that I was wrong. I'm not sure if she expected me to apologize and eat them, but I let her know that an undercooked egg white from an egg that isn't pasteurized can cause food poisoning.\nI then asked for poached, and was sent an overcooked egg swimming in water.\nNeedless to say I am not going back, not because of the eggs, but because of Tonia. She needs to learn that if a customer sends something back you take it, apologize and offer to replace it. Then you make sure whatever you take them is presentable. You do not, ever, argue with a customer.",
"Haven't been to an IHOP in years, but after a 5K on an already hungover morning, a friend and I decided to stop for breakfast. Just what you would expect, good food, mediocre service, and never ending coffee pot. Definitely did the trick!",
"Best Ihop I've ever been to. We are from Miami. I wanted Ihop, looked on map at the reviews for closest Ihops and the other two had 1-2 stars on help. This one has 3 1/2. \nClean, new building, lots of room, excellent staff. I would have given them 5 stars but when I got my food my eggs were ice cold. Everything else was excellent. Trust me, ignore the other surrounding Ihops, come here!",
"Right in the parking lot of our Hotel fantastic. Rooty Tooty Fresh"
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"I can appreciate a business that changes with the times and clientele. I usually passed by the Philadelphia Fish & Company in search of cheaper eats on a weeknight. Now, the PF&C crew have revamped their restaurant into southern BBQ and Mexican cuisine with SIXTY kinds of tequila! \n\nWith only three days under their belt, they are excited and receptive to customer input. I think it's a great change of pace. \n\nI've never heard of a burrito with pulled pork, collard greens, cole slaw and baked beans before! It did not disappoint. They offer several blends of BBQ sauces to douse on your pork ribs or pulled pork or chicken sandwiches. Traditional collard greens with smoked ham, mac and cheese, and fried green tomatoes were our sides of choice. I'm not sure how \"down home\" panko breadcrumbs are, and I may very well be the last person that should ever be a judge BBQ, but the food was good! The salsa verde had some KICK! \n\nIt still has a classy restaurant feel to it, with a TV viewable from every seat.This new joint will surely suit the needs of many Olde City folks looking for a hearty helping of BBQ, either for an evening out or just hanging out at the bar to watch the game. \n\nFeel free to ask about the food, as the service is friendly and the menu is intriguing.",
"Went there on opening night and I was impressed with how well they had it together. Starters were fantastic - we had fried green tomoatoes and mac and cheese. Pulled pork sandwhich was just okay...the taste was there, sauce packed a major punch, but the bun was soo soggy I couldn't pick it up and the pork was a little tough. BUT... the price was so reasonable I would still go back. Only major disappointment were the \"BBQ\" fries...basically regular french fries with a side of BBQ sauce (which, oddly enough was a different BBQ sauce used on the pork sandwhich)...they were okay but I expected something special I guess, some seasoning on the fries maybe?\n\nOverall, 3 stars for dinner, 5 stars for some app's and beers by the bar",
"It's super when the staff of a place is friendly and doesn't put on false airs about the place. The food was good had a chicken pull sandwich and the bun was a slight soggy but not as some made out to be. Beer selection was what I expected the usual suspects. A great selection of tequila but stay away from the stuff. I usually begin looting and pilage local towns once I drink it. I work nearby and will probably do lunch there.",
"I was so excited to hear that Q would be opening up because there is a serious lack of good barbeque in the city. \n\nWe started off with margaritas ( the bartender recommended a great tequila that was priced reasonably) at the bar. Then, we had the hot and honey wings which were AMAZING. They are absolutely some of the best in the city. The pulled pork sandwich was also great, as were the brisket and fried green tomatoes. They have a selection of 3 different sauces on the table to choose from and while all were good. My favorite was the Carolina vinegar sauce.\n\nMy only complaint was that they didn't have pickles. But, when i brought this up to the owner, he was very receptive and promised pickles to be available in a month. All in all, great food at great prices. We will definitely be back, especially to sit on the deck when the weather gets warm!\n\nUPDATE: They are very receptive to complaints and I am happy to report, now have delicious pickles:)",
"We managed to snag an outdoor table Saturday around dinner time, just as the sun was settting. I had the impression the food would be mexican (tequila = mexcian food in my head). And altho there were tacos, one of the sides was cheese grits- so yeah, don't sterotype.\nThe food is all hearty southern/bbq/ tex-mex meaty food, so I was happy to see a separate Vegetarian section, even if it wasn't half as inspired as the meat options: Quesadillas, Bbq Spaghetti (sorry, but that sounds awful), & Veg Chorizo (fake soy meat) tacos. I got the tacos & they were pretty darn good. The green spicy sauce they came with was so good I ended up dipping my fried green (red) tomatoes in it too. My husband got the \"big ass burger\" - the anti-vegetarian menu item with meat on top of meat on top of meat... it was huge. Overall the food was great. But the margaritas were just okay. We managed to try all three: regular, strawberry-basil & spicy lime, I enjoyed the regular the most. I've had better (and, ahem, bigger) in my margarita-drinking past... but yes, they had some tequila in them so I can't complain too much. \nThe only problem (yet understandable their first week open) was spotty service. It took quite a while for them to prep the open table when we first got there so we had to wait at the bar for a bit. While waiting another couple was trying desperately to order drinks at the bar, and just as they ordered their table was ready. They had clearly been waiting a while and so asked the hostess if she could have the drinks brought to their table & a lot of confusion ensued. I think they ended up waiting for the drinks. Also we ordered a 2nd round of ritas before our food came out, but our waitress brought our food but didn't bring our drinks for another 10 min. So, we were sitting on the southern bbq patio sans drink for almost 20 minutes. Then once we got them the spicy drink I ordered had one little leaf & a shrivel of red pepper, which altho supposed to be in there it looked like they had used a dirty glass b/c it was so small & random. Those are easy things to fix, though... generally our waitress was friendly and helpful.",
"My mom and I set out for Q BBQ & Tequila on a rainy weeknight, ready to indulge in some southern style cooking. Although I had never been to the restaurant in its prior life, I loved that the large Philadelphia Fish & Company sign was still present, displayed proudly above the bar. The rest of the interior was very nice, with wood floors and flat screen TVs visible from every angle. \n\nThe menu consisted of a nice selection of barbecue and tex-mex style items on one side, and a gigantic list of tequilas on the other. The beer selection was located on a chalkboard on the far wall of the restaurant, and our server told us about the three specialty margaritas. I opted for the strawberry basil, and my mom ordered one of the tequilas. This particular spirit was previously only known to me in two forms: mixed in a margarita or slammed down with some lime and salt (acts of idiocy following soon after). I was surprised when the tequila arrived looking classy in a champagne flute. I tried a small sip and, expecting to cringe, found that I enjoyed the flavor and lightness. The tequila seemed to evaporate as soon as it hit my mouth. The margarita was excellent, and the strawberry flavor came from actual fruit, which was nice. It was similar to a mojito, only with tequila. \n\nWe started our meal with salsa roja, salsa verde and guacamole. All three had great flavors, and though I usually prefer my guacamole on the chunky side, I still enjoyed Q's smoother version. For dinner, we got the combination platter with ribs, pulled chicken, pulled pork and a side of baked beans, the street tacos with pork and a side of fried green tomatoes. \n\nWhen the feast arrived at our table, it was almost a little embarrassing. We went for the tacos first. The pork inside was shredded and topped with chopped onions and cilantro. They were very good, especially with a squirt of lime.\n\nMy mom really enjoyed the ribs, and we later found out that one of the restaurant's partners used to sell them from a cart in Old City. When he told us this, my mom and I both instantly realized that we were speaking with the famous \"Rib Guy,\" whom my brother had raved about on many occasions after late nights out. \n\nThe pulled pork and chicken were both very good. They weren't drenched in sauces when they arrived, because Q puts the flavor outcome in the hands of its diners by providing three different sauces on the table. Carolina vinegar, sweet barbecue and Q sauce, a slightly spicier version of sweet barbecue sauce, are offered. While all three had nice flavors, we felt that there could have been a little more spice or maybe even a little hot sauce in the Q for a bigger kick. \n\nMy mom and I really enjoyed ourselves at Q, and we both plan to return. Tequila flights are going to be added to the menu in the near future, and I have every intention of checking them out while sitting on the outdoor patio on a warm, sunny day.",
"Update: \nI returned with a group and got to try more things. The BBQ is still just okay - no comparison to Sweet Lucy's, Tommy Gunns or the late, lamented Smoked Joint, but it will do the job. The Mexican side of the menu was tasty - mostly your basic quesadillas, flour tortilla tacos, etc. A step above Mexican Post, a step down from a S. Philly taqueria. The Margaritas are very good. The traditional lime almost as good as Copa, the strawberry basil a revelation. Nice beer list, reasonably priced. Don't come here for super-authentic BBQ and Mexican, but do come here for good bar food, nice service, great atmosphere and fair prices. By old city standards, that is saying a lot. \n\nFirst Visit:\n\nWhere there's no smoke, there's no BBQ.\nI had the pulled pork sandwich with a side of mac n' cheese for $8. It looked like the real deal but didn't taste that way. \n\nThe meat was unsauced as it should be in authentic BBQ, but I could taste no hint of it ever being near smoke or fire. No browned edge bits, pink smoke ring, etc. I would bet they wrapped a pork shoulder and stuck it in a commercial steam oven like the faux Cajun place I worked at in college. \n\nGood service (although the place was empty at the time). I like the large open space - beats your typical row-house joint - so I would go here with a big group. Maybe the tacos are better. \n\nThe mac n' cheese had a baked bread crumb topping that was like chewing on gravel. The mac and cheese was a sauce style, however, not baked through the way I like. Tasted like the flour they used to thicken the sauce.",
"Good food, good people, good times. I love that the \"Philadelphia Fish & Co.\" sign is still above the bar! Service is great and the redesign of the place is nice. And the cheese grits rock.",
"The boyfriend and I went here this past Saturday for dinner. I was very pleased with the food (pulled pork sandwich with cheddar grits). Just be warned cole slaw haters: it comes on the sandwich, and the menu does not mention this. Boyfriend was also happy with his bbq brisket and sausage. Also not disappointed with the margaritas.\n\nNow, the reason I gave 3 stars instead of 4 was the service. Our waiter was great until he dropped our food off. We didn't see him again until our table was cleared by someone else and we were ready for the check. And even then we had to flag him down. So if you get the older bald guy as a waiter, beware.",
"To make this a fair review, I've split it into two categories: Food and Service. \n\nFood - My girlfriend and I went there on a Saturday night around 6:30pm. We were seated promptly. We both ordered the house margaritas. The margaritas were decent. Very lime-flavored, which is fine, considering it was warm and humid out. I wish there would have been a bit more alcohol in them. \n\nMy girlfriend ordered the pulled pork sandwich. She is not a fan of cole slaw, which was placed on the sandwich. I dunno if it was part of the description in the menu, but she scraped it off. The meat was tender, the sauce they used was fantastic. Only down side was that the bottom bun was soggy. It forced her to eat it with a fork. She also ordered the cheese grits. Being from the South, she was very pleased with the grits. \n\nI ordered the combo platter and chose sausage and brisket. The sausage was very good. The brisket was a little dry, but again, the sauce they used made up for any dryness. The brisket was placed on top of a piece of bread, which, again, was soggy. I also ordered the collard greens, which were delicious. They were cooked in a sauce which had just a hint of spice, which was great. \n\nOverall, the food was good. And based solely on that, we will go back. \n\nHowever...the service was a different story. \n\nWe were promptly seated. The waiter was over within a few minutes to introduce himself and say he'd be back for drinks. He was back in a few minutes and got our drink order. A sort while later, he returned with drinks, and proceeded to get our food order. About 15 minutes later, he returned to inform us that our food was soon up. And that was the last time he spoke to us. We were served our food by another server, which is fine. We ate our food, finished our drinks. At one point my girlfriend pointed out that our waiter came out from the back, dropped off a bottle of ketchup to another table, and returned to the back. I guess multitasking is not his forte. \n\nAnother server cleared our plates. Still nothing. About 10 minutes later, he reappeared and asked if we wanted anything else. We said no, and he disappeared again. we waited another 10 minutes before I had to flag him down to ask for our check. When he returned, he apologized foe the wait. How about apologizing for his non-service. \n\nOur experience has tainted the place a bit. We hope that our next go-around will have better service."
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"Love this place! our brand new discovery close to home is paying off! I love their sushi, ambiance and service is also great! I just hope they put the tuna fillet back on the menu- my husband is allergic to raw fish and this tuna was his only \"seafood-fix\" !!! ....yet truly very good and chic, yet casual and relaxed.",
"Exceptionally adequate! Dramatically OK. Super acceptable. I was brought here by a coworker who is a HUGE fan of this place (\"the best sushi in town\", etc). So he set the bar high. Granted, they may have been having an off day or something, but the sushi was merely fine. Not the best and certainly far from the worst. He even said it seemed off today. \n\nIt's a cool looking place in an opulent part of town, owned (as I understand it) by a former WWE star. It was acceptable.",
"Pretty good sushi and cool atmosphere. Enjoyed their specialty rolls. Not my favorite sushi in Tampa, but I'd go there again.",
"My fiance and I went on a Monday night. I've lived in Tampa for 20 years, and am a frequent sushi eater. I was very disappointed with the poor quality yellow tail hamachi. It was way too fishy. What was even worse was the owner's reaction to us sending it back. Roughly quoted: \"They have no idea what they are talking about. They have probably eaten at 5 sushi restaurants. I've been in this business for 30 years.\" Sadly, he couldn't be further from the truth. Having just ate at Nobu in Las Vegas, I've had the luxury of eating sushi expertly prepared. The owner should be ashamed of himself for chasing away potential repeat customers with his poor attitude. The only saving grace was the service from the waiter (I think his name was Sean). I felt bad for him having to bear the brunt of the owner's asinine comments.\n\nOther items we ate:\n\n* Pork Katsu - It was ok, a little bland.\n* Shrimp Pot Stickers - They were hollow bland, and the menu should warn you that they are deep fried.\n* Kobe Sliders - Nothing spectacular\n* Mango Tango Roll - Meh.\n* Bananas Foster - Actually, the best part of the meal. Tasty and warm. A nice preparation.",
"I love sushi and eat just about anything. However, here the flavor was flat and didn't hit the spot at all. It's overpriced for the lack of taste and they tried to decorate the inside to make it look upscale. Waiters are a little too snobby also. Should have spent the money on the chefs because I was completely disappointed with the food and service. Would not waste my time again.",
"I came here for my birthday one year and I didn't know what to expect because I've never been to this restaurant before. I remember I passed it on my way trying to find the place because it was pretty much hidden for me. It's not in the best of area nor in a clear view.\n\nThe restaurant was nice and it had a pretty classy atmosphere. The food was good. It wasn't that impressive that I would HAVE to come drive to this place for sushi. I had some interesting rolls that had alfalfa sprouts and really earthy rolls. It was just an okay dinner experience. Our waiter was pretty cool though.",
"The sushi was ok, some odd but tasty combinations. The sashimi was fresh and came in really big pieces which I like. There only 4 types of fish on the platter, but they were good.",
"Wow, how I love this place. Here is my recommendation and its what I do ever time I go to Sakana. Sit at the sushi bar. The owner Eric is usually behind the counter, so ask him to make you some of the dishes that you might not normally order. I guarantee you will be impressed. I have had more out of the box dining experiences there becuase I opened my mind and gastronomic expereince. You won't experience this at any other restaurant.",
"We've tried sushi everywhere. One of my favorite places. Fresh, tasty and creative.",
"I went here after hearing good things about it from a friend of mine. I would rate the sushi as average or below average since some of the rolls we ate (eel, big 'o', and spicy tuna) were not very good, while other rolls (volcano, mount fuji) were alright. \n\nThe thing that really made me dislike this place was the awkward dining experience. One of the servers made a mistake and the manager or owner spent what seemed like an eternity yelling at the poor server. I prefer my dining experiences to be free of screaming and cursing."
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"Been waiting for this place to open. I thought I was going to be a fast food place but it's not. It's an actual sit down restaurant, but still has that feeling of a fast food joint.\n\nIt's relatively clean inside, open kitchen, and decor is nice a clean. The menu is fairly simple, but wish it had a little more English.\n\nWas greeted and seated, and chips and salsa came right away ( bean dip and a pretty good salsa). I ordered fish taco (battered), and garlic shrimp plate. My girl friend also ordered a fish taco but also ordered shrimp chiviche.\n\nThe fish taco is loaded!!! And very good. The garlic shrimp was a little bland but had a ton of garlic which I like. The plate came with rice and beans. The rice tasted like blancos rice, kinda milky goodness. My girlfriend said the chiviche was okay, bland.\n\n \nKnocked Off one star because things were kind of bland. But the fish taco has a ton of flavor and will be back more of them.",
"I was really looking forward to Mr. Baja Fish opening up. I live on the West Side and am always a fan of good fish taco's.\n\nI went there a few days after it opened up, and was a little disappointed. Not with the atmosphere, not with the prices, not with the service, not with the owner who was there and very friendly, not even with the taste of the food. Unfortunately I found the portions very disappointing. \n\nI often go to Southern California and enjoy going to all the little coastal Mexican restaurants to have fish tacos. I usually pay a moderate price for a fish taco that has an impressive portion of fish in a little tortilla. I was expecting the same from Mr. Baja Fish when I learned that the owners have restaurants in Southern California.\n\nIn short, the food tasted very good, but the portions of fish and shrimp were unusually small. Like so small they were put to shame by Rubio's! \n\nI doubt there was any informal focus group testing of their portions and price. I would gladly pay 50 cents or a dollar more per taco for a more generous portion of fish. For us, everything else was there for this restaurant to be a hit - taste, service, etc. Hopefully they will adjust their portions in the future.",
"I have just eaten here for the first time. I ordered two grilled fish tacos. They were superb; the best I've had anywhere. Warm chips are complimentary and served with delicious homemade sauces--one a hot sauce and the other a bean sauce. Mix them together for a true treat.",
"I work near Mr. Baja Fish and we have slim pickins' in this 'hood when it comes to restaurants. I was so excited when they took over the building, and it doesn't disappoint. \nThey have awesome grilled shrimp tacos. Battered fish and grilled chickens tacos are good too and reasonable. Chips are fresh. In fact all the food has been fresh. I've been 3x in 3 weeks and its now a new favorite!",
"I've been to this new place twice now and enjoyed it very much indeed. The first time I had a fish burrito, and the second, the Shrimp Culichi. The Culichi, especially, was amazing. The shrimp were perfectly done and the creamy green sauce is so good you want to savor every drop. \n\nThe serving staff have been excellent and cheerful both times, and conscientiously clean up table and booth for the next person. You can see they take pride in the experience everyone has. \n\nI also love that you get salsa *and* beans with your chips.",
"Had a fish taco and carne asada taco. Both were some of the best I've had in town. The fish was excellent and the carne seemed very good quality meat. Would definitely go back. It is a bit more of a sit down restaurant with a server, so you'll be in for a tip. Looks like you could order to go as well.",
"This was our second visit to Mr. Baja fish. It is always very clean. The wait staff is very pleasant. I had the battered fish tacos. They were delicious. My friend had the grilled shrimp taco plate. He also said it was delicious. We shared some Flan for dessert. It was wonderful with a lovely presentation. My friend also loves the grilled peppers served as a garnish. He always eats mine too so I'm not sure what they taste like. We would definitely recommend this place.",
"I was here last night with my 1 year old son and hubby. The staff was super friendly and we were seated right away. (You can also order to go) I ordered the fish taco plate (2 battered fish tacos and rice and beans) and my husband just got two battered fish tacos. Both our meals were EXCELLENT. I gotta admit I was a little reluctant to coming here because it looked like one of those pop up restaurants that are never really busy and don't make it but I'm glad we had dinner here! Our tacos were LOADED with fish. Not stingy at all like other places I've been to where you take a bite out of the taco and it's mostly just tortilla. The fish was delicious and everything was fresh! My son ate about two strips of battered fish off my plate and he loved it too (each taco has about 3 fat battered fish strips). \nOur total was about $13.50 (before tip) AWESOME for a three person meal! (Including our baby)",
"Shrimp tacos and fish tacos a few days ago. Both were delicious and we'll definitely be back. You'd never know from the outside that this restaurant serves beer and, based on glasses at counter, margaritas-which is a nice addition. Extensive menu. Waitress was pleasant and helpful. Food and service great!! The only down side was the lighting. When eating there in the evening it would be nice to have something other than the bright fluorescent lights. They just felt a little over powering and out of sync with a relaxing evening meal. Bottom line.... Sure is nice to have another option with VERY good food on the west side and we'll definitely be back.",
"Fast, friendly and tasty food. They bring out chips to your table to start which are nice. Quick drink refills too. I had the mixed fajitas and it was filling and hot. Not enough tortillas to use all the serving though."
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"Same site as Brooklyn Bagels but appears that they made some significant changes to the flow in a positive manner.",
"The owner of Brooklyn water bagel's broke away from the franchise... still the same sub par service as before. Had I known it was still the same owner/management I wouldn't have come in. I ordered two toasted bagels with cream cheese that I had to recite 3 times to the worker... then another 14 minutes for the bagels to be prepared (with only one other person in front of me that ordered a bagel)... so disappointing.",
"We began to come here when it was Brooklyn Water Bagels...\n\nThis is the 2nd visit since the \"name change\".\n\nTHIS PLACE IS NEVER GOING TO SURVIVE!\n\nThe charge on my cc still says BWB...the paper under the bagel still says BWB.\n\nWell... we came in this morning to get a dozen bagels to go and individual bagels to eat now. TODAY WAS A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.\n\nThe clerk was completely lost when trying to input our order into the register. She was nice but completely untrained.\n\nI wanted a Diet Coke...walked over to the machine and there was no ice. I went back to the counter and that's when I had the \"interaction\" with the so called manager. I told him about the no ice his response was \"I just got here at 7...it was now about 7:45am.\nI said it really doesn't matter when he arrived there still isn't ice and he proceeded to have a HUGE attitude. Never apologized or offer a refund, he just continued to have an attitude. It appeared he was hung-over from the night before and definitely didn't want to be there.\n\nMy wife wanted \"infused\" coffee and both were empty. Again, told the manager and he was again clueless...no apology, just \"I just got here at 7am. \n\nThen my daughter went to the counter for a refund on the Diet Coke and coffee...well the clerk had no idea how to give a refund on her cc and appeared the \"manager\" didn't either. So he proceeded to \"figure out\" how to open the cash register and give a cash refund.\n\nAnd to end this fiasco my daughter heard the \"manager\" talking to the \"owner\" on the phone and the manager was apologizing to the owner for \"waking him up\"! It is now after 8am.\n\nNeedless to say I will \"NEVER\" go back to this place and I am thinking this place will close very soon.\n\nI feel sad for the employees because they appeared to be doing everything they can to keep the business going and thus keeping their job.\n\nDO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE.",
"Slow slow service. American cheese the bagels was just a gooey mess and they don't even have an option on their menu for bagel and cream cheese. Not what I expect from a bagel place.",
"Mu husband and I are very picky about bagels. My husband is from Brooklyn, so go figure. We were hesitant to eat there because of the reviews, but if you pay attention to them, you notice it is a new business and yeah, they do not need to have it all figured out. \"Oh they use the paper from the Brooklyn Bagel, they wont make it!\"- Are you serious? I am glad they are recycling. Our experience was great. The bagels were absolutely delicious! And they are very generous with the filling. I ordered the #1 (eggs, sausage, bacon and ham). My husband order one with chicken salad. Delicious both! We fully recommend.",
"The staff was nice enough but didn't really pay attention to me. The coffee is good and the toasted bagels are good but the bagel sandwich was lacking.",
"I should've read the reviews, but I thought this place was under new ownership, so I decided to try it. The service is just as bad if not worse thank before. There were only 2 people working and then guys coming and going from the back but obviously not working. If I had known this was same owner and management, I would not have come in. Nothing's changed. I won't be back.",
"Amazing bagels, amazing owner and staff food is fresh and delicious! We come from Englewood an hour and a half away just to eat here!! Excellent. Thank you!!!!",
"Bagels are still the best in the area. The girl taking orders stopped ringing up the lady in front of me to take a personal call on her cell phone. Give it a try.",
"My husband and I grab bagels from Nosh pretty regularly. I absolutely love their everything bagels with cream cheese. The bagels are soft on the inside and chewy on the outside and contain more poppy seeds and sesame seeds on their everything bagel compared to other bagel spots in the area.\n\nFormerly, The Brooklyn Water Bagel, Nosh bagel shop is owned by the same owners. While I haven't noticed any changes to the menu or to the service (yet) I continue to return for the amazing bagels. As far as the service goes, I agree it's slow. That is why I usually call in my order ahead of time so that I can avoid the line.\n\nTIP: Instead of ordering a bagel with cream cheese order a tub of cream cheese and plain bagels. It's much cheaper."
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"Stopped in for lunch today. It's just up the street from the airport in a building that looks like it's straight out of Mexico. The inside has those hand carved chairs that you see at El Maguey and other similar places. \n\nThe chips and salsa were great, so they were off to a good start. Servers were friendly, too. \n\nUnfortunately, the food was disappointing. I had the beef tostada and tamale lunch special. The corn tortilla for the tostada was very tough, the masa of the tamale was so thick there was barely room for meat inside and the rice was actually COLD. Not sure that's ever happened to me. Yuck.\n\nI will say this, though: Despite all that was wrong, it all had a good taste to it, so I will probably give this place one more try and maybe ask what they recommend.",
"I went to the is place aftey they won the RFT Best Mexican Restaurant. They have great food (ahogada torta is my fav.) and pleasnt atmoshphere. Owned by the same owners as Tauqeria Los Torascos so not sure why the name change though.",
"I came in with some buddies to try out the place. It's convenient for hotel guests like us, because you can walk there easily. It's a cute little restaurant with what seems like a consistently small group of customers. Very nice cultural decor and on certain nights, they have Karaoke. My first time eating there, i had one of the enchilada meals. It was not that great and I was still hingry after I finished it. They were a little on the small side and the sauce tasted a little funny for some strange reason. The rest of the group was not too happy with their meals as well. However, they have a $5 drink special where you get a HUMONGOUS 32oz glass of beer. I'm quite partial to Dos Equís! Stay thirsty my friends!",
"Great food! Try the chimi's and the server Christian is awesome!",
"good food, friendly staff. a little slow, but we went on a weekday and pretty late.",
"El Porton has a million (ok 8) tv's! El Porton is an excellent place to watch the fight, if you are rooting for the Mexican guy. Or if you are not, just don't be sad if your guy loses and everyone else is cheering. \n\nI have only had homemade ceviche and since I was planning on drinking I was looking for something lighter. The ceviche dinner is 3 tostadas and a little bit of salad in the middle. I was very happy with my choice, it was just the right amount of lime, fish, and pico de gallo. One thing I tried was the skinny girl margarita. There is a big sign on the register that they carry it and I was looking right at it the whole time we were waiting for the preliminary fights to end. I do not recommend it at all, I haven't tried anything else from the Skinny Girl brand, but stay away from the margaritas for sure :)",
"5 times now and each and every time: $2 margaritas, huge beers if you like, and great food! The carnitas are so good! I had Carnitas Verdes tonight and they were tender, tasty and plentiful! The service made us feel like we were part of the family. We will be back again and again!",
"Best real Mexican taqueria we've found ( although a few on Cherokee street are very close). Chips, salsa, cheese dip, guacamole, tacos, a chile relleno if we're feeling starved and a few cheap (but good) margaritas - a great way to spend less than $20 on a fun date.",
"place was nice staff was friendly that's where it ends food was horrible boxed it up and gave it to my dog he turned is nose at it and walked away!",
"Best Mexican food I've had outside of Mexico. I recommend the fajitas and chile relleno. Amazing service. Great prices. Fried ice cream, flan and sopapillas for dessert. \n\nEl portón tiene la mejor comida mexicana en St. Louis! Excelente servicio y buenísimos precios."
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"Rosemary Ham and cheese Piadina (sandwich) portion sizes is almost laughable. The white braised white bean side probably had more weight to it. Outside of that it's fresh and tasty. Not worth being still pretty hungry for $9+.",
"Fresh ingredients which were well prepared. The portion sizes are fine - I left filled but not stuffed. Nice presentation of food and service was quick. I had the ham panini and it was delicious.",
"I was very disappointed, I was expecting more from this new, Mediterranean restaurant chain. I had the salmon kabob and pasta salad as a side. The salmon was not fully cooked, and that's saying something for me because I like my salmon soft and moist, just on the verge of being cooked, but this salmon was completely raw, only one bit of it was cooked. The salmon was also poorly seasoned, no salt whatsoever, but I did appreciate the bit of spiced cayenne pepper (or it was some sort of powdered harissa, idk). The Greek salad that it came with was good, (it had tomato, cucumber, mixed greens, kalamata olives, peppers, and red onion) so was the table side Greek dressing. The pasta salad I got on the side was fair, but it was doused with feta cheese which overpowered the whole dish. The pita bread that was served with the kabob did not taste fresh, it was stale and tasted as if it had been left out for days (years?). Moreover the portion size for everything was like a small plate, or better yet an amuse-bouche. Hopefully they can improve upon this branch when they read the reviews, I think it has potential, it just needs to be harnessed and fine-tuned.",
"I love this place! They're food is made with fresh ingredients. I love the Rosemary ham & mozzarella piadina sandwich and the steak rolls ups. Their brown rice and pesto hummus are also of this world! They add so much flavor to their food. The portions are perfect. I walk away feeling full but not over stuffed. I come here at least once a week it's that good!",
"My go to for great food. Clean and inviting place with friendly team members. The turkey stack and the steak roll ups are the best items on the menu. Food is fresh and delicious!",
"Mediterranean food with a \"price that's right!\" Friendly staff that goes above and beyond! Last night my hubby and I were here; we the last customers of night...they gave us a complimentary piece of their heavenly cake! The service is quick; has a restaurant feel but more efficient. They cater as well! Their white beans are to die for! Come check it out!",
"Had the Gruben with potato salad and a small drink for 10 dollars.i ended up getting 2 sandwiches because the first one had a hair in it! But thank you to Jodi for making my experience a little better. I will be going back. I know this was just an isolated incident.",
"First time coming in this place. The atmosphere is very welcoming, person at the register was friendly. I ordered the chicken salad sandwich, the portion size is nice. The chicken salad lacks a bit of flavor, but is overall good. Going to come back to try something else.",
"This place is like the Mediterranean version of Chipotle. A more high end of fast food with counter service. They bring your meal to you on plates as it is completed from the kitchen. As a fan of Mediterranean and middle eastern food I would much rather visit an authentic, family run type of establishment.\n\nDon't get me wrong, this place is a decent alternative to fast food if you are looking for a quick bite or an inexpensive meal. The food was fresh but lacked a little flavor. \n\nThis location is fairly new and very clean and bright. Service was courteous and friendly.",
"This was my first time at a Zoe's. The food was tasty and fresh. The service was excellent. I will be adding this to my list of good eats!"
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"If you like good, fresh, Israeli food, this place is yummy. Everything is genuine, from the Shwarma that's sliced off of a vertical, rotating spit, to the amazing hummus and kebabs, and even to the Israeli-style pita. The atmosphere is more like a deli, and the food is fairly expensive, but it is also kosher and excellent.",
"Delicious food!! Took my family there for a birthday dinner, as soon as i entered the restaurant it smelled amazing. I ordered the rib-eye steak. I Highly recommend it, the hummus was amazing and for an appetizer i ordered the falafel- the best i ever had. service was great, My son enjoyed his birthday and so did we. We love Judah's and recommend it to all out friends.",
"It is a cozy place. Very Israeli, but the people that go are from all countries. Amazing food, topped with online Israeli radio. Which is a nice touch. There are two lighting settings, one is more of a bright family type lighting and the other is a great type of darken lighting perfect for dates. All in all great restaurant!",
"One word: AMAZING! Best Israeli food in Philly. Very authentic.",
"Small, home-y place. Awesome lafa.",
"Oh how I love this place! The most authentic Israeli restaurant in Philly. The shawarma, falafel and sabich are very authentic and highly recommended.",
"Slightly pricier than other kabob places in the area, but I love the chopped liver and tender, deliciously seasoned lamb kabob. Plus, the Israeli salad rivals Zahav's and the Turkish coffee is excellent. The best kosher option in the area, for sure.",
"Fantastic, fresh, middle eastern cuisine, Glatt Kosher, very clean and friendly. Nice, family friendly atmosphere and service, cute interior. More like an upscale deli inside, no tablecloths, but perfect for what it is. Really delicious kabobs, rice, amazing Tahina and hot sauce.",
"Today was my first visit but not my last. My Dad and I had a wonderful lunch and can't wait to sample the rest of the menu. The restaurant was very clean,the staff was lovely and our meal was delicious! Everyone should be just as happy as we were. Thanks for a great experience.",
"I have been here several times and it is pretty consistent. I enjoy the falafel in a pita the most. But the laffa sandwiches are good as well. Just be warned that they are very large. I like their hummus it is nutty and flavorful. The salad portions are generous but nothing special for the price. Stick to the sandwiches to get more bang for your buck. The staff is very friendly and the pace is leisurely so don't expect to zip in and out on a lunch hour. They are kosher with Rabbi on site. Also they keep the sabbath so they close early on Fridays and are closed all day Saturday. They are byob but will only open/permit kosher wines."
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"Super pretty mall!!! Excited for when it cools down so it's more enjoyable to walk around. They have many stores, many higher end stores too. \nHopefully they'll put in a VS soon:( but overall really nice mall!!!!!! So happy about it! I hope the surrounding area builds up too!",
"Beautiful property with lots of great stores for the whole family. The mall and it's surrounding property are not fully developed yet, but 60 stores are currently open with 30 more coming soon. Covered play area with artificial grass for the kids that offers a good amount of seating for the parents.",
"Amidst the madding crowds, we pondered the future of Foothills Mall (it will be out of business in two years) and enjoyed some deep discounts at Guess, Lucky, and Calvin Klein. We strolled among the palm trees strapped strategically with misters and watched the retail frenzy reaching a fever pitch as families struggled with bags and toddlers. Some say each purchase here takes money from the pocket of a local business, and as soon as a local maker can craft a pair of timeless black skinny jeans for less than $40 I'm in. Until then, I'll celebrate the Black Fridayish mayhem at Tucson Premium Outlets.",
"The mists are wonderful (and appreciated!) especially since Tucson stays warm ALMOST year round. Tons of stores to check out Michael Kors, Osh Kosh, Carter's, Old Navy, Nike, Levi's and so on. Very well-kept and clean! \n\nThere isn't a huge selection of places to eat so I would suggest eating before hand. Unless you're OK with Charlie's, Sbarros, DQ, Starbucks, or Wetzel's. \n\nI would love for this Outlets to add a Reebok! Actually, Tucson's CrossFit community would thank you. Just sayin' ;)",
"I will never return. I went there with my sister to get a few shirts and to check out the new stores today. The mall security followed me on segues as well as told shop owners to keep an eye on me and my sister. Our shopping experience was less than exciting simply because every time we were in a store they followed us, told store owners to follow us, and waited for us on the outside of store. I asked the store owners why they were following me and they simply just said its for the safety of the business. I have pictures of the incident and will be making sure that the people in my circle do not return. I have a rather large circle as a U of A student, campus radio DJ, as well as an Apple employee.",
"Wow. I've been chomping at the bit for over a year in anticipation of having this Premium Outlets here in town. I love the one in Awahutukee in the Phoenix area so waiting for this coming here kept me excited for so long. The lay out is pretty much similar to the Phoenix one. This might even be better with the additional fans and longer overhangs so in the summer it would provide relief from the heat. This aspect is fine. Parking was jammed probably because we went on a Saturday. No problem. So far so good. Now the problem begins. Every store I went into was the same. Poor quality merchandise. Management probably just put the store labels on and was never seen in any of the Guess, Calvin Klein stores etc. \n This does not reflect on the actual merchandise the regular stores I have to assume that this mall was partially created for folks living in Sonora because half the cars in the lots came from there. I believe I read that in our newspaper way before they even broke ground. This is the way merchandising is these days. I understand that. I am not a snob in any sense but it still left me a bit baffled. The prices were not reasonable either. So they should have some better merchandise like the Awahutuckee Outlets. People would be willing to pay for a little more upgraded clothing. The surrounding area is quite beautiful and certainly worth making the trip to see if you like it. Convenient to get in and out of. More stores will be opening and maybe it will be a bit more attractive for me.",
"Very disappointing. It definitely wasn't worth the hassle of driving from Vail, I'll tell you that. The only store I went into that did not have regular retail pricing was the Kitchen Collection. Everywhere else... prices were the same or HIGHER than non-outlet stores. Yeah, that's right. Higher. How is that at all an \"outlet\" experience?",
"We were on a mission for shoes today and ventured out to this mall. We were very pleased with all of the store selections and pricing. The mall was inviting and there was a small play area for children. The food selections seemed to be pretty standard for a mall. We will be returning for future shopping trips!",
"Prices a bit expensive, but then these outlets are all name brands. If name brands are important to you this is the place otherwise try the Wal-Mart on Cortero. Disappointed in the number of restaurants in the mall, but I imagine there will be more selection outside the mall in the next few construction phases on the property. Heard there may be a box store. Was hoping Macy's, but rumor has it perhaps a home improvement store such as Lowes or Home Depot which is good too. The setting is beautiful. Will be anxious to see the rest of the development and what is in store to enjoy. Perhaps then my rating will improve.",
"Ok so first of all I loved the set up, Very nice play area I you have kids and a few of the normal outlet mall stores. If I had to give one blah I would have to say not as many food places as I would like to see but with the signs seems like there are more to come."
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"Best Pizza in Havertown, Hands Down...\n\nThis place uses fresh dough, great sauce and the real deal mozzarella cheese...they take pride in the pies and have great specials throughout the week. Their sandwiches are also very good and they have a large menu with plenty of options.",
"I discovered this place quite by accident, as pizza joints are quite common in Havertown. However, their pizza is far and away the best local pizza I've had, and the slices are huge. You order at the counter and they bring your food to your table. Very friendly service and a nice collection of Phillies photos and memorabilia also.",
"We all know there a bazillion pizza shops around. I live within walking distance of this one so I'm very familiar with it. It's been around for years which is always a good sign. \n\nWhen it comes to pizza joints I find myself going to different shops for different things. This place makes a grilled chicken sandwich with spinach and sharp provolone that is excellent. Also a very good white pizza. They also do a nice custom Stromboli. \n \n\"Mark\" is usually working. It's always nice to deal with the owner!",
"I love pizza and find it terribly hard at times to find a decent pie. I love Boardwalk style pizza or Brooklyn/NYC style slices. It is just something that is simply unavailable at most places. People who are spoiled, know it and people who are used to the Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa John's slop just consider that pizza. So in my quest to find very good pizza I have stumbled across Paisano's on Eagle Road in Havertown, PA. Next to the tuxedo store. This is one of the best attempts at recreating NYC or Boardwalk pizza. The 3 simple constituents: dough, sauce and cheese are all top quality and bake very nicely indeed. The crust alone is perfect. Everyone who works there seems very pleasant and the owner Mark is just a \"GOOD GUY\" !\nThanks for making a great pizza and showing that it can be done away from the traditional places mentioned above.\n\nTry their upside down pizza!!!!\nSauce on top....cheese on bottom.....great with sliced meatballs on it!!!",
"Apologies to the other reviewers, but based on the slices I had here, meh.\n\nMaybe it's a neighborhood thing?",
"Finally! And thank you Steven B. for steering me in the right direction!Havertown-ians....head to Paisano's for delicious Friday night (or any other night) pizza. \n\nThe ordering process wasn't the best...the first 12 times I dialed, the line was busy! If it was any other time I would have abandoned the whole thing but I was determined to try this place. I finally got a girl on the phone who was a bit confused and couldn't confirm if they had broccoli rabe as a pizza topping. But once she got it all taken care of, she wrapped up the call and that was that. \n\nI opted for pick up since I assumed it was crazy busy and I definitely made the right choice. The wait was 35 minutes and when I got there, the place was packed but my order was ready - a good sign. \n\nThe pizza was delicious and we ordered a variety - one 1/2 plain, 1/2 pep, one white 1/2 plain, 1/2 broc rabe and 1 cheese steak. The pizza was by far superior to any other I have had so far in Drexel Hill or Havertown and I will definitely be ordering again. The cheese steak however was lacking in bulk and could have used more meat and more cheese (but props to the cooks who actually put the fried onions on the side as requested. I know that when places like this get really busy the orders can go awry and based on my phone order, I kind of thought my order would be wrong but it wasn't....all was correct and yummy. (I am not really judging the cheese steak since it wasn't for me and my quest is mainly about the pizza). \n\nThanks Paisano's for delicious pizza in Delco. Until we meet again.....",
"Great food, sometimes a bit slow. Best pizza in havertown",
"Paisano (or Paisan) is the equivalent of brother or friend in Italian. That's a great name for this place as Mark Anthony treats me like a bother every time I visit. \n\nThere are literally fifteen (15) pizza joints in Havertown so the competition is fierce. I can stand in this parking lot and just about see two others. I could drive to 5 more in 5 minutes. So with all these choices when the craving strikes I usually come here. \n\nThese folks make a killer Italian Stromboli. If you want an ingredient added or omitted just ask; it's no problem. The toppings for their pies are always fresh and I appreciate that the final product is never too greasy. If you want something a little different try their white pizza. The lovely wife and I order it with chicken and one or two veges. It's very very good. \n \nMost of the time when I visit Mark is working. It's always a good sign when the owner is actively involved. These folks are definitely worth a try.",
"Very good food. Sometimes can be a bit slow.",
"re-reviewed 6/2012: I had writtten a glowing review for google...but am now revising. Three out of three of our last orders were wrong. Something has changed with this place recently (we've been ordering for years...but it's not the same anymore). The delivery times have stretched and are too long, the ordering process often feels like they are too busy or bothered that you are even calling, and the food...well, I understand they have revised the menu and are trying for bigger/better things but their pizza's have suffered. \n\nI did speak with Mark, the owner, and he has had some staffing challenges of late and some growing pains (they are too busy). we order and each time they have messed it up: a simple plain pizza with 1/2 sausage was not what was delivered, and that's a pretty darn simple order. I'm nostalgic for the good old days when pizzas were excellent, on time, and staff were pleasant/professional. We were weekly regulars...I'm giving them one last try and then then finding another local place to call home."
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"I've had their sushi and their lunch special before. I wasn't too impressed with their lunch special. It just seemed to lack a little. Their sushi, on the other hand, is pretty darn good.\n\nThe atmosphere isn't anything special, but they do have a cool-looking room that seats a larger party (6-12?) in a more traditional japanese setting.",
"Half-chinese, half-Japanese owned restaurant serves up average sushi with the tri-Lam of lameness: limp, lukewarm and low on flavor. The wasabi was particularly substandard. The salad and miso were tolerable. The owner's family was eating chinese food.",
"When friends or coworkers suggest sushi for lunch, we don't even have to discuss where. It's a given that we're going to Sake. I have eaten lunch here on average twice a month for the past 5 years. During that time, I've learned what time to get there so as to avoid the rush, because if you go at prime time, service can be slow. But get there before 11:45 or after 1 p.m., and it's usually quite fast. \n\nI've eaten alot of sushi in my life, and I honestly can say that Sake has the best salmon sashimi I've ever eaten. It's like buttah! I would eat a plate full if I could afford it. Next best thing is the L.A. Maki Roll- salmon, asparagus, mango and cucumber. Fresh, so fresh, exciting, it's so exciting to me.....",
"When I lived in Cool Springs I used to eat here all the time. The sushi and hibachi are both good, much better than any other place near the mall. \n\nThey have some really creative rolls and the prices are good, plus they have some great salad dressing.",
"Best Sushi in a landlocked city.\n\nThis includes Chicago.\n\nFish here was so dang fresh. If someone slapped you in the face with a trout here, instead of being offended, you may bite the darn thing. My absolute favorite here was the White tail tuna. Extremely buttery consistency, the fish just absolutely threw a party on top of my tongue. \n\nMy co-worker also ordered a platter of fried veggies dipped in tempura batter. Delicioso! \n\nAnother thing I loved about this place was the presentation. Usually sushi places have to put in some work to make their presentations stand out, but Sake destroys the competition. Like Dennis Miller once said, it's like trying to light a cigarette with a SCUD missile. No contest.\n\nNashville, I envy you. . . .",
"Sake is probably become my go to place for sushi. For one thing, it's always fresh and the rice is always just the right consistency. I mostly go for lunch but have gone for dinner as well. Dinner was a little slow for me but they were busy and we thought maybe a little short staffed. \n\nMy favorite thing to get on the menu is the lunch boxes with the roll combinations. Instead of having a lunch box that offers something like terryaki or tempura with a roll on the side you can get a combination of two or three rolls with a salad and soup. That usually can give me my fix. \n\nI have tried a little of the sashimi but not a lot yet. Salmon was very good.",
"This place has consistently served good food for years dating back to their odd Brentwood location. I just wish they would serve a little more fish I always leave either hungry or broke. Also there has been cleanliness issues.",
"One word: Unbelievable. As in it's unbelievable that after eating sushi in some of the best restaurants in Austin, New Jersey, St Louis, Boston, Providence, Manhattan, Palm Beach, and Nashville, my wife and I found the ABSOLUTE freshest, best-prepared sushi either of us have ever had in a strip mall in Franklin, TN.\n\nThe rolls were not overly elaborate. The preparation added some texture and some spice without distracting me from the fish inside. The rice was not too cold or too warm and perfectly sticky.\n\nThe nigiri was amazing. The white tuna and salmon were, quite simply, the freshest I've ever eaten.\n\nSake will be, without a doubt, our go-to place for sushi whether we are just us or with friends or looking for a night out or a two-roll, carry-out meal after work.\n\nBest. Sushi. Evah.",
"My girlfriend took me for dinner here last week... and it is amazing. Only one other sushi restaurant in nashville is as good. This place is really, really good. So good it makes me even more determined to get a job out in the Franklin area, so I have a reason to move closer to Sake.",
"Ohhh, where to start? Staff was okay, not friendly, but not hostile either. Miso was waaaay too salty, with not enough tofu or seaweed and no green onions. Ginger salad was okay. Edemame was the best thing we had. Sushi was the blandest I've ever had. \n\nAt least it's cheap, but you get what you pay for."
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"How awesome is it to have a cinema open up in the vicinity of Northwest Philadelphia - specifically in Flourtown, PA on the Bethlehem Pike. Movie Taverns are known for their comfortable seating in watching a movie, their in-cinema food and beverage delivery service, as well as a fully operating restaurant & bar. Of course all the comfy seats have leg rests and are adjustable.\n\nThis Movie Tavern just opened so they are still working out some kinks .... or I hope they are. There was only one person at the box office when I was there to purchase a walk-up ticket and she also had to answer the telephone so that made for some delay in buying a ticket. (Maybe someone else should be answering the phone.) Also no one responded when I pressed the service call button at my seat. Since it was near dinnertime, I decided I would order something to eat and drink from the menus they gave me. However no staff ever came after three times turning the button on. Again, this is a new operation so I assume that service will work better in the future. And do note - that you have a specific seat when you purchase a movie ticket here. My seat was E7 in the middle of a row but I couldn't tell which seat was exactly mine (the numbering is situated between two seats) until I counted the seats from the side. Everyone on my way in and out of the movie theater was very friendly (\"Enjoy the movie\" I heard a couple of times) and I hope that continues even when the newness wears off. \n\nAgain, I'm glad Movie Tavern has opened in Flourtown and I hope to see many more films there in the future when I am in Philadelphia.",
"I love the movie tavern as a concept. It's a movie theater with extremely comfortable seats. As a franchise, they win. This location takes it a step up from the first Pennsylvania location. The chairs allow you to kick your feet up which is great, but slightly inconvenient at times. The movie tavern offers waiter service, which means that the servers move around quite a bit. If they have to walk in front of you often, you will taking your feet up and down a lot. That was getting a little old. However, it comes with it. Servers will walk in front of you to serve you and others. Suck it up. The staff was really really friendly. But it's new. But can they keep this up??? Sadly, at times at OTHER new establishments, when the newness wears off so does the courtesy. So, out the gate, they are awesome. Hope I don't have to update this in 6 months. So decent food; open bar; comfortable seats. If you are forced to see a bad movie, you can drink your way through it, or get a great nap in that recliner.",
"Great to have the new Movie Tavern open, but they definitely have kinks to work out on the service. My soft drink order took 45 minutes (and FOUR requests) to show up and the rest of the service for my group was incredibly uneven. Presumably these are issues that they will iron out. Otherwise, it does distract from the movie viewing experience to keep looking up and down the aisle for your order as other people around you are getting theirs. \n\nThe brand new theater and seating are obviously a bonus. Picture quality well above average, though the volume level seemed low during the feature vs. the previews? Again, kinks that I hope to see resolved in short order!",
"This is a very benefit-of-the-doubt 4 star rating. Like others have said, there are a few issues at work in this place right now, but i'm hoping that it's just a matter of growing pains. I know they were hiring new people right up until opening day, and opening day was even delayed by several days. They may still be understaffed. The wait staff is doing a decent job working in an unusual environment for waiting tables, and I suspect once they get some practice under their belt they will get the hang of it.",
"Loved the atmosphere and the lunch.\nSeats were amazing and staff very courteous and helpful.\nWill be going back for sure.\nLoved it",
"I was probably the happiest person when I found out that the Movie Tavern was opening in Flourtown. I used to drive to the one in Collegeville from Philly, now I moved to Chestnut Hill and it is so conveniently close to me! \n\nMy boyfriend and I went on opening night to check it out. I was a little surprised that they were not as up to par even though it was opening night, they had to have had plenty of time to train and I'm sure they had their best working that night. Our waitress could not tell me what was on draft, so she came back, then told me 3 beers, so I asked if they had any ciders, she left again, came back and said no ciders on tap, but we have woodchuck, (those of you who do not know, there is a woodchuck cider as well as a woodchuck beer) so I asked if it was the beer or the cider, she left again and came back to confirm it was the beer. I was a little annoyed that she did not just have a list on her electronic pad or that she did not just write it down or even better, memorize it! \n\nLike I said, it was opening night and I am sure they had plenty of things to work out. That was my only complaint and I'm sure a little training would fix the problem. We are going to be regulars here and I will write another review after tomorrow's experience to see how it has improved, hopefully! \n\nGiving it 5 stars because I am confident that they will be up to speed with all of the other locations soon, and I don't think it is fair to rate them lower when they have not been open long enough.",
"I was very excited to hear that Movie Tavern was opening near my house. After about 4 weeks later that they finally opened after some delay, I finally decided to give it a try - I also heard that their opening night was rough due to 'kinks'. I purchased the ticket via Fandango, but something told me to also print out the ticket instead of just having E-ticket via phone app.\n\nWhen I walked up to ticketing, not the box office, I was directed to go back to the box office because they did not have a scanner to scan it. Although I had print out, they could not find my reservation until the manager was called int to take care of the problem.\nAnother \"not so smooth\" operation was that I had to ask for the 3D glasses. When I asked for one, she looked at me like I had 6 arms. \n\nWith that said, I did not have issues with our waitstaff in the theater or with food, rather our waitstaff was very pleasant.\n\nONE STAR for the corporate Movie Tavern, 4 stars for the Movie Tavern @ Flourtown.",
"I was very excited to see that the Flourtown location had finally opened! I went for Breakfast and a movie today. Food was good and priced reasonably. Service was good. It seemed that they were keeping up with the food orders. The chairs are comfy and recline. There is a tray that is attached to your chair to hold your food and has a call button for the server. The lights don't dim as much as a regular movie theater. When you order tickets online, you can choose your seats.\nHeads up, this location is not accepting gift cards at this time. When we ordered our tickets on fandango, we were able to book our seats, which is nice. They may still have some kinks to work out, but our experience was very enjoyable.",
"Love the theater but the food is a complete rip off. It taste like frozen reheated costco food. Portion sizes are small but drinks and theater are very nice and new.",
"I'm writing this review with the hope that I can follow-up with a better rating because I'm going to give this location another a chance ...1. Because it's closer 2. Because we visited on opening weekend and I think they need time to iron out the kinks 3. Because I visited its Collegeville counterpart so much that I was the duchess at one time (yeah it was that serious lol) and unfair comparisons are inevitable. The location of this Movie Tavern is excellent, it's clean and the lines weren't long (that's a huge plus); however some of the food staples were just ok. I got the lemon pepper wings, which came out an oily mess. My son didn't enjoy his chicken fingers, which came out lukewarm. Service is really slow at this location and the servers haven't mastered how NOT to disturb movie watchers. Our server interrupted the movie a little too much. I'm going to give this location another chance because it's close and I have a free ticket :) I'm hoping the second time's a charm. Otherwise, I'll make the trip back to Collegeville."
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"My office has a view of Phaya Thai, and I've been waiting for opening day since their \"coming soon\" sign appeared. This morning my colleagues and I noted the big \"open\" banner outside, and knew what we were doing for lunch! We walked over and there was already a line, and many patrons sitting with their food. It's cafeteria style, you can select one two or three entrees with steamed rice, and add a spring roll, eggroll or crab rangoon. I had a pork eggplant dish and green curry with steamed rice, and one crab rangoon. The line moved a bit slowly, but they're still working out all the kinks- it's only their first day. I grabbed a glass of water and some hot sauce (just in case my food needed any extra boost). The crab rangoon actually tasted like crab, and not just cream cheese which was a nice treat. The pork dish was delicious, sweet and savory and perfectly cooked. The green curry was spicy, but not too spicy once I added the rice to the bowl. The portions were perfect for lunch. I didn't leave feeling like I was going to enter an afternoon food coma. The staff was friendly and though they were busy, still smiled and seemed excited to see how many people were coming to their first day of business. I hope that they remain that busy- it looks like everyone in the fort ben area was ready to have a good thai option.",
"Been waiting for this place to open and today they did. The staff was excellent, smiling, friendly and helpful. I decided to to takeout for the family. I choose build your own 3 entree (8.95). 1 entree is $6.95, 2 entree $7.95. Steamed or fried rice came with it. Once home we had a tasting party of 6 different entrees (pictures posted). Everything had great taste, didn't have too much or too little salt)\nMy top three:\ngreen curry chicken over white rice, nice medium spice to it. \nDrunken Noodle a\nGinger chicken\nAlso eat the Crab Rangoon ($.95 each) which was surprising excellent, not just cream cheese)\nThe spring roll was good as well ($1.50)\n\nI would say go before word gets out, but I think it already has. Great location next to CvS or own your way to/from State Park). I image parking might become hard to find. \nenjoy (closed Sunday) closed daily between 2:30-430pm\nCan't wait to go on alternating days \nGreat job Phaya Thai Street food",
"Fresh dishes with variety of flavors! Husband found a new love for the eggplant and ground pork dish! Kids loved massaman curry and spring rolls. Real Thai cooking by a great family and real Thai condiments for your need of spicy! Great portions and prices.",
"I've started a trend of getting more familiar with Thai food to prepare for my trip next year, and was more than excited when I learned a new Thai spot was opening up down the street from where I live. Everyday for the past couple weeks I saw the coming soon sign and was anxious to give them a try when I saw the now open banner yesterday. I figured I would give them a try on my way home from work. \n\nI walked in and looked at the menu - a nice range of choices. The cashier informed me that they only had the a la cart items available as they are working on getting their operations and menu together. I looked at the choices and went with pick 2 entree - the pad Thai and yellow curry with steamed rice and 2 crab Rangoon. My total came out to just under $11. The cashier lady was very helpful and nice. I'll definitely be back again. \n\nI got my food to go and couldn't wait to dig in when I made it home. The yellow curry was amazing! The flavors were so rich and buttery. Perfect compliment to the white rice. The pud thai dish was also good but I couldn't finish because it was a lot of food! You definitely get your money's worth. The crab Rangoon was delicious, and I'm a big fan of crab Rangoon. Other reviewers noted the true crab flavor present, and I couldn't agree more. \n\nEverything was delicious and I can't wait to try more items on their menu. Even better that I can walk there! I'm a fan!",
"07/29/17 Store front sign and on line indicates the restaurant is open on Saturdays. I arrived at 7:20pm after a 30 minute drive only to find the place closed with a sign on the chalkboard saying \"closed today to better serve U\" \"See you on Monday\". WHAT! Are you kidding me? I'm not impressed.",
"Food is good enough to fill my Thai cravings. Curry is definitely my fav by far. Plan on coming back soon!",
"As a new purveyor in the old fort area of Lawrence (open 4 days), I found this little spot to show great promise. Spartanly furnished and, as the name 'street food' suggests, it is intended to be a quick lunch destination. One orders at the counter for carry out or dine in service. Inside or outdoor tables are provided. The menu alternates between MWF and TTS entree options. Side orders are consistent every day. Typical orders are 1, 2 or 3 entree selections with steamed or fried rices. I loved the Green Curry after adding some vinegar based Thai chili sauce to ramp up the heat. My second selection, Pork belly stew was a huge and satisfying surprise. Lots of tender pork in a broth that was both sweet & savory (and not the least bit spicy). It also contained a hard boiled egg. These 2 dishes provided a terrific flavor counterpoint for one another. As a purist, I selected the steamed rice to accompany and not compromise the flavor profiles. I'll be back to try other items but I may find that pork belly to be unavoidable. You've got to try it. The workers are pleasant and efficient. The owner is a delightful gem of a woman.",
"I have only been there once, and had the Pad Thai. It was good, but I have had better. I plan to return and try other offerings. One of the curries is next. Update:\nI have had the Massaman Curry and the Yellow Curry and both are very good. I can also highly recommend the Ginger Chicken. I have learned that the three-entre meal is the best deal. I intend to make Phaya Thai a once-every-week lunch stop. A very welcome addition to the Fort Ben area.",
"Great food. Don't let the format fool you, this is some of the most authentic Thai we've had in the USA. Spice levels were just hot enough to bring out the right flavor without being full Thai Hot and slaying my fragile American taste buds. The format makes for quick orders and great food as honestly Thai food tastes better if it has a chance to sit some before serving, wish more Thai places used this format.",
"The latest player in the Indy Thai food scene, Phaya Thai recently opened up in a modest sized strip center in the Fort Ben area that also houses the Fort Ben Pub and Sherwood Cafe. Locally owned, Phaya Thai is patterned after Thai street food vendors, or Khao Gaeng, a cafeteria style of dining where you choose your favorites topped over white or fried rice. Single entrees start at $7.35 with escalating prices for additional entrees or other options. \n\nThe menu also has a variety of other Thai options along with your traditional Asian sides ranging from spring rolls to crab rangoon and others. \n\nAs someone who tends to eat fairly basically, I ordered the Thai Crispy Chicken with fried rice. I also ordered a Chayen, or Thai iced tea, an interesting concoction that seemed a bit high priced at $2.95 for what amounted to being a \"small\" by most standards. \n\nMy overall bill was just over $11, a decent value for a nice-sized meal. I wasn't stuffed, but I was definitely satisfied. I won't say it was the best Thai meal I've had in Indy, I found the rice a little stickier and more dry than I usually like, but we're still talking a quality meal at a fair price and absolutely terrific customer service.\n\nThe strip center that Phaya Thai is in is easily wheelchair friendly with a couple accessible spots and appropriate curb cuts. Once you enter the glass front door, the ordering counter is to the right with a board that serves up the full menu - if I understood things correctly, they alternate some of their meals every other day. In addition to Chayen, they offered a cold brew coffee, canned soft drinks, bottled water and some other options. I did notice some small styrofoam cups with pitchers of water toward the front - I have to admit that I wondered as Thai food, when done right, leans toward spicy and had my meal been overly spicy my small drink would have been insufficient. I personally found the heat index to be fairly mild. \n\nThe interior is comfortable with a variety of table sizes. The decor is Thai-lite with a hint of spirituality and what feels like a strong family feeling throughout the restaurant. \n\nThe food was fresh and it seemed like preservative use was slight. I have a fairly sensitive body and over-utilization of preservatives makes me go bonkers. That didn't occur after this meal. \n\nWhile Phaya Thai isn't likely to be a regular player on my dining rotation, it'll be a place I visit occasionally. It's actually in a terrific neighborhood as there's really nothing like it around and it seems like the buzz is already building. I'm not quite willing to fork over the 5th star, but fans of Thai food, especially Eastsiders, should give Phaya Thai a shot and then walk it off at the nearby Fort Harrison State Park."
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"There are a ton of good solid mexican restaurants around town, and Puerto stands with them all. \n\nTheir chips and salsa are the perfect way to start with great flavor and a touch of heat.\n\nI recommend the fajita quesadillas, or the Ishmael's special. They always have good beer specials and tasty margaritas. \n\nThe other big plus is that the entire restaurant is non-smoking now!",
"If you went to Ball State or are from Muncie and miss some of the best mexican food around then you're in luck! There is a Puerto Vallarta in Indianapolis on the Northwest side, right off of I65. Everything I remember on the menu is at this location and tastes just the same. The margaritas are great too.",
"Having been in this place an excessive amount, I still find the necessary craving to stop by during my travels. \n\nLocated next to the amazingly large city park - Eagle Creek (a good place to stop and let your dog run in the dog park when taking a travel break) - this is a good one-two punch of eating too much inexpensive Mexican food and walking it off. \n\nThey usually (and have for 9 years) have daily combo specials that will run you less than $8. Every meal comes with a basket of freshly cooked tortilla chips and medium salsa (you can ask for hot). they usually refill for free too!\n\nI personally think that their chili rellenos are the bomb digity! The one thing that stands out at this restaurant is their queso (also know as cheese sauce). I refuse to pass up their smooth and warm delicacy in the name of feeling fat or on a diet. Can't do it! I just think the consistency and the appliability of the queso is an award winner. The small is just fine for one (or two but that stretching it). I would recommend a take home if you hear me. Just don't ever warm up anything in plastic or styrofoam at home. \n\nYou can also ask for grilled veggies or grilled jalapenos with any meal. Yumsterilla! Their ground beef is virtually fat free by texture an look. They also serve horchata.\n\nSeriously, the food here can rival any Mexican restaurant. The staff are all family and have been providing fast and courteous service since the doors opened. This is a must stop. Yea, I lived in Cali and love the food there too. But, we are in Indy Toto.",
"Hands down the best Mexican place I've found so far in Indianapolis. It was such a happy surprise when my friends took me out to dinner here on Friday, from the minute they laid down the salsa and chips, I had a feeling this was going to be good. The problem with most Indianapolis Mexican restaurants is that the \"gringofy\" the food too much so it is so bland and often really greasy. At this place, it was just as good as any I've had other places I've lived, and for the Indianapolis ethnic food scene, that is saying a lot. Their salsa is great, smooth and red and just spicy enough not to be overwhelming to most people but enough to satisfy those that like it hot. I had the carnitas, they were authentic and delicious. They came in big chunks that broke apart with a fork and were so tender and flavored perfectly. The refried beans were also great, the rice was just ok. I was so happy and amazed to have finally found a good Mexican place, I will definitely be coming back here whenever I have a taste for Mexican food.",
"Have I had better Mexican food? Of course. Have I had better Mexican food in Indiana? Probably. Have I had better Mexican food on the West Side of Indianapolis? Nope. \n\nI could go on and on about this restaurant. I'm sure that somewhere in the deepest corners of my brain that I have the ability to do that. The thing is. . .I was at a Mexican Restaurant and someone else was driving. Therefore, I drank too much to really be able to give you a clear review of the entire situation.\n\nBasically, this is a Mexican Restaurant. They serve Mexican food. Unlike most Mexican restaurants that are super Americanized, they don't add a lot of filler stuff to their food. For example, a bean burrito consists of refried beans inside of a flour tortilla. An enchilada consists of cheese inside of a corn tortilla. Everything is covered in red sauce deliciousness. The end.\n\nExcept. I want to talk more about my margarita(s)(s)(s)(s). (That was plural for four margaritas.) If you're with a friend or planning on getting more than one margarita, split a pitcher. We got about six margaritas out of it. Or maybe it was five. Or it might have been seven. I don't really know because I was drinking them. And who counts the margaritas they consume? That's a silly idea now isn't it?",
"This place was three stars for me, but to be fair my friends liked it a lot more. The food was ok. I ordered the combination with a taco, a burrito and an enchilada. The beef taco was very good. The cheese enchilada and beef burrito were bland. The chips and salsa were good. The salsa was much better after we added a nice amount of hot sauce. \n\nMy friends split a pitcher of sangria and they loved it. The friend that ordered the taco salad said it was very good. Another friend said the same for the fajitas.",
"My co-workers swear by this place, mostly because it's close and its cheap, but it also reminds them of grad school in Muncie. It's the first Mexican food place that I ate at in Indianapolis and part of me mourned for the simplicity of breakfast tacos and school buses armed with tortas that are synonymous with Texas, from where I just came. \n\nI ordered a chicken chimicanga, it was literally a deep fried burrito...not the crispy bigger than your head taste sensation that anyone from the Southwest knows and loves. It wasn't bad, I just wasn't impressed. The beans and rice were so-so and the table salsa was comparable to chunky ketchup. Blah.",
"I almost always order exactly the same thing when I go to Puerto Vallarta, and I am never disappointed! The huevos rancheros is where it's at. I work not too far away and whenever the hankering for what ends up feeling like 20 pounds of corn chips hits me, I am on my way to Puerto Vallarta faster than (insert witty speed phrase here). Needless to say, I no longer have to convince my coworkers to come here anymore, as they have all found what they like on the menu and change their minds about their lunch destinations at the drop of a hat. The service is top notch, with more chips and salsa coming even when I know I shouldn't be having anymore, and just wait until you see how many plates the servers can hold on their arms. I mean come on, I have seen a guy carrying 10 plates of food to a table at a time, oven mitts on both arms, zipping through the restaurant just in time to please more happy patrons.",
"My girlfriend & I love this place. Everything's always fresh and tasty and we've been customers for the past 5+ years. I always feel welcomed by the staff and feel as though I was their first customer every time. My kids love it too. There are few places where you get this treatment and it's a part of our frequency. We highly recommend this place.",
"My go to Mexican Restaurant used to be La Hacienda. In fact, most of the west side called it home. Maybe it was the inconsistent service or the less than stellar board of health reviews but eventually it seems everyone began to convene at Puerto Vallarta.\n\nThe menu is identical or just about to most sit down Mexican eateries. I dont want to say they all look the same to me...so I wont.\n\nThe decor is familiar too. Extra style points go to the old guys holding shotguns under the banner of \"welcome friends!\"\n\nThe service is a total crap shoot. This might be the best thing about \"Puert\". We have named our favorite waiter, Surly Mix-A-Lot. He is such a curmudgeon! One time we wanted to stay after our meal and talk a bit more so we ordered another big bud light and he rolled his eyes so hard that he did a back flip. Swear to God.\n\nother notes\n-they do ValPac monthly\n-Weds is their Margarita Pitcher special"
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"Y'all guys must come and try this place curry!! They got the best curry I have tasted from all over the places. I have been ordering A1 the southeast curry. It is so good that make me wanna order another one taking home for my family to taste it. It is just so delicious that I want even more. Also, their curry fish balls is the bomb.com must try!!",
"Finally a Japanese curry place in Philly! It's part of the new Chinatown Square food court, which I think will be one of the newest popular places to grab a bite in Chinatown.\n\nThe Japanese curry chicken katsu is on point. Unlike usual katsu in Philly, which is usually too American chicken nugget-like, the breading is crisp and thin. The curry tastes great and is served with potatoes and carrots, like I know many of us Asian Americans are used to eating at home :) I only wish it would come with more curry sauce.",
"The curry fish balls were really good, next time I shall try their katsu! The staff and owner are very friendly!",
"Kurry Korner is all about the taste and flavor of the curry. \n\nStaff - The staff are friendly, and they greet you appropriately as you walk up to their window. \n\nFood - Take out style. They pack their food into containers and they have proper plating styles so that it's not messy and all over the place. \n\nI highly recommend the Japanese curry with chicken katsu, it's my favorite item on heir menu. Also, their fish ball appetizer is absolutely delicious, and it's a burst of flavor in your mouth.",
"I was traveling on a business trip and was hungry so decided to look around the area close to the Sheraton Downtown where I was staying. A few of my team members and I decided to check out the Chinatown in Philly. When we got there we noticed this food market complex that was opened for exactly a week. There were a few different types of food to choose from, but we stumbled across Kurry Korner. We ordered a bunch of different food from the other vendors, however, everyone liked the food at Kurry Korner so we went back almost ordered one of each item on the menu! They even had a curry puff (which was not on the menu yet) which was delicious. We devoured it so fast that I forgot to take a picture of it. The chicken was so tender and the flavors blended so nicely. The food was delicious! I was even obsessed with the rice and they had this pickle garnish that was also very good. I hope they expand and open up in New York!",
"I ordered the pork katsu curry. It was the worst Japanese curry I've ever had. Seeing them pull the frozen pork patty out of the freezer and drop it in a deep fryer made me realize how fresh this food would be. Not fresh at all. The flavor of the curry was very watered down and had no spice. The instant curry packs you buy at hmart are better. Seriously. \n\nI paid my $9.50, took two bites and threw it away.",
"I went during the soft opening and I tried most of the things on the menu. It was soo good. The southeast curry was my favorite because it was so flavorful and the katsu was so crispy and fresh. It reminded me of the katsu that I ate in Japan this past summer. When I talked to the owner, she said that the curry was her aunts secret recipe too. \n\nMy parents are also from Hong Kong, which is known for their curry fishball. I haven't found any good places, but kurry korners was EXACTLY THE SAME. I'll defs come back here with my friends!",
"Highly recommended! True Hong Kongnese curry fish balls. Curry pork over rice has the right amount of sauce and perfect flavor. Will come back for more!",
"I don't really eat curry like that. But this place is the best curry place i ever tried in chinatown. Everything fresh, tasty, and delicious. I would recommend to bring your friends here and give it a try.",
"Visited this curry food stand during the soft opening of the Chinatown square. We had the fish balls and chicken wings. The curry sauce for the fish balls was very flavorful but not too spicy. The fish balls retains its chewiness even though they were nicely soaked in the sauce. Very authentic to the ones you find in Hong Kong. The wings were nice and crispy and the curry sauce truely made them special. This is a different sauce than the one for the fish balls, which is more like Thai style curry. Overall happy with the quality and variety this new restaurant has to offer!"
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"Who says you can't find good Vietnamese food outside of Philadelphia? While Bamboo's prices are adjusted for local clientele (i.e. higher \"suburban\" prices), their food isn't watered down at all. My Vietnamese friends who have tried this place agree that their cuisine is tasty and authentic. I love getting a big bowl of their pho, with a aromatic beef broth and fixings on the side (bean sprouts, green peppers, and mint leaves).\n\nServers (Kim and Rachel) have been great the times we've gone! I've visited here with parties as small as two and as large as ten and they haven't skipped a beat.\n\nRecommended!",
"I was introduced to Bamboo by my parents when I was visiting them. Top notch food, definitely fill the Vietnamese cravings. The Bamboo Special and the Dumping/Noodle soup are the best. I agree with Dave H. about the pricing but the flavor won't disappoint.",
"My favorite place to eat anywhere. Chicken Clay Pot every time. Vegetarian summer rolls are awesome.",
"For being out in the suburbs, this is a good spot for those seeking something different. Bamboo serves Vietnamese fare as well as Chinese fare.\n\nI've been countless times and tried quiet a few dishes. The Pho is so-so. The soup stock is very bland. The Bamboo Special (which I always got with scallops) is good and very filling. The Claypot entrees were ok. For those who like their food really spicy, ask the server to have the claypot extra spicy, as the default level is barely a kick. The one time I tried the Claypot with tofu, I regretted. Instead of soft tofu which I was expecting, the tofu was fried and very tough to chew. The spring rolls were ok and the summer rolls were really nice, as it came unfried and with hoisin/plum sauce.\n\nI always went with a group during lunch and if you aren't there before 11:45am, the place would be packed and service is extremely slow. I wouldn't recommend this for groups as some of our order was always missing or wrong.\n\nThe only item that kept bringing us back is the Young Coconut Juice. I suspect it is just canned coconut juice poured over ice with canned slices of coconut in it (all pieces were too evenly cut). Regardless, it was good.",
"Went here based on recommendations here on yelp.com. Was pleasantly surprised to find that there were quite a few tables filled for a Wednesday night. I had the beef stew noodle soup. It was a perfect meal for a cool fall evening.",
"In my attempt to eat at every little Asian eatery on the main line, I ran into this little gem. It's a Vietnamese byo that has a pretty robust menu for the places I've been to so far. I got a noodle soup that was really good.\n\nIt seems this is a great family place, and was pretty filled up even for an off night. I would recommend this as a good place to meet up with friends who like Vietnamese foods.",
"Had some decent choices for food, but nothing really stood out for me here. The prices are a bit higher compared to other Vietnamese places I've been to.",
"Anybody who gives this restaurant less than 5 stars needs to *seriously* get their head examined. This is the single best restaurant in the tri-state area, hands down.\n\nThe chicken clay pot is the best dish I've ever ordered, anywhere, any time, any style, across the board. I dare anyone to try the chicken clay pot here and argue otherwise. It can be spicy, so be sure to specify how spicy you like your food.",
"A day before Thanksgiving, Jeff and I stopped here for lunch and it was really busy. I was only expecting one or two tables to be occupied from the outside, but it was almost full. \n\nThe wait for the food was a bit long, but since we had no where to go it didn't matter. I ordered the basic pho with chicken. The broth was very nice and it hit the spot. \n\nJeff got the birds nest with beef and broccoli. It looked exactly like a bird's nest! The crunchy noodles formed the nest and the beef was inside of it. This dish was also very nice. It had a lot of flavor without a lot of sauce. Also, the meat was cooked wonderfully and didn't look sketchy (does anyone else think take out Chinese beef looks a bit sketchy??) \n\nDefinitely worth eating at again!",
"Decent Vietnamese if you're in the area, but not worth taking a special trip out to suburbia.\n\nThe pho is ok, but nothing special. I tried the brisket and tomato stew, which had a nice flavored broth but was light on the brisket. Unfortunately for me they were more generous with the chunks of brisket fat."
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"Best pizza in Reno by far! Super friendly staff and owner! Makes you feel like family! Will definitely continue coming here!",
"Excellent food and service! Plenty to choose from on their menu. Staff was very friendly.",
"- great service\n- customer friendly staff\n- great food\n- reasonable price\n\nCheck it out once to have your experience but the place was great especially unlimited salad. Wish it was more by the airport.",
"Was excited to try Pizza Factory, have been hearing about the outlying locations for years, and I love pizza, especially a great value such as pizza buffets offer, unfortunately today's buffet experience left much to be desired. \n\nFirst the pizza is okay, I would give it 3 stars, the dough is quite thick, and super chewy, personally I like thin and crispy or even thin and chewy. The tomato sauce had a good flavor, and the toppings were good. Something doesn't work for me though, although the dough isn't bad in flavor, I think it's just too much dough, so the pizza overall, doesn't feel in balance for my tastes. I would recommend to try the buffet and see if you like the pizza, it's definitely different, and it seems like the style would fit some folks palates. \n\nI tried the potatoes and these were very very dry. I usually don't get a drink with my meals, and I could barely swallow it. I tried the soup and it was luke warm, and not very tasty. I am not sure if it was meant to be served this way. \n\nThe salad bar was actually pretty good. I did like the blue cheese dressing. Last they had breadsticks that remind me of crazy bread. Pretty good, but again too much bread with the pizza already being so dough full. \n\nMy last gripe was they have these plastic pie serving utensils, and these are flimsy and feel very cheap, and this pizza is thick and heavy. The pizza was not cut through, and I was trying to cut up with this flimsy cheap plastic, which is actually very hot from the warming lights, just awkward, and strange. They should put out metal ones, and make sure the pizza is well cut. \n\nSo that's the food experience. Now the place itself looks really good. It's a great remodel, but there's one HUGE ERROR, and I don't know how it wasn't noticed, and that's the chair to table height. It's seriously out of balance unless you are child. \n\nI have never been so uncomfortable eating. You have to seriously hunch over, unless, you are not worried about food falling all over yourself. All the chairs and the tables are the same height. My back hurt after eating today and I had to undo my belt because I had to hunch forward excessively. I had my hand on my knee supporting myself at one point too. I just don't get it. I feel like this could sink the place, because being uncomfortable is no way to eat, especially a casual place like pizza. There's a ton of chairs in there too. \n\nI gave it two stars, because I don't ever see myself going back, nor could I ever dine any on those tables. My back hurts right now thinking about it again.",
"Pizza Factory? More like crap factory...\n\nCan't rate the service as we called in an order for pickup. Over the phone we asked about breadsticks and they told us they had twisted breadsticks (FYI - the only thing twisted about them was the flavor and the fact that they were the hardest breadsticks I've ever had).\n\nWe ordered the pesto, garlic and sun-dried tomato pizza. Sounds great right? Wrong... Way, way, way too much cheese.\n\nWould not recommend going and I'll never be back. Which really sucks as they are right down the street. :(\n\n1 star is even being generous.",
"First time here and I am beyond satisfied. I ordered a WolfPack Pizza which is absolutely delicious. The whole staff was very friendly and very attentive. Came in near closing time and the manager assured us the dining room stays open for us to finish and that there was no rush. Nothing like a great reassurance to top off great customer service. Two thumbs up!",
"2 stars for the service here. We ordered our dinner which ended up being twice as expensive as other pizza factories. The girl at the front was ignoring us to talk to her coworkers until the phone rang. When we went for the drinks and salad she forgot to give us, another customer was talking to her about how their menu offered free breadsticks and $3 off any XL pizza (which I ordered) when we asked why this wasn't mentioned to us, the girl said that we had to mention it to them while we were ordering. Really? We have to ask about your specials in order to get them? The pizza was alright, the environment was pretty neat and clean. Just wouldn't come here again.",
"Service is slow, pizza is pretty good, wings are HORRIBLE. Been here 4 times since it has opened, keep thinking it's gonna get better for some reason, staff always seems confused, and I decided to try wings today, I ordered them extra crispy, they were over cooked, but still super soggy. I bet they are Tyson frozen wings you can buy at the supermarket. Same thick soggy skin as frozen precooked wings. I think a pizza place should be consistent with all items. Not just pretty good pizza. I will not go back to this establishment. Wonder if the owner tried those soggy wings and decided those are ok to serve.",
"I had the buffet today. The service by Karla was excellent. This is the 6th Pizza Factory I have been to in Northern Nevada and California. But it was certainly the best. The restaurant is only 3 months old but is working very smoothly. The team communicates with each other and works very effectively. The salad bar, pizza, soup and desserts were all excellent. It is rare to have such an attentive staff in a buffet. I will be back and look forward to having their food again. The pricing was also excellent and worth it.",
"We came for the salad bar and to watch the game. Staff was very friendly and accommodating. The seating is a little funky and awkward for my tall hubby but fine for the kids and I. Pizza was decent and had adequate toppings. The price is moderate for the quality. I did enjoy the salad bar however, it's small but efficient. Items in the salad bar were fresh, clean containers and the ranch was good. For the salad bar pricing I would go back :) we also love not to far Away and delivery is an option."
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"Absolute hidden gem, everything is homemade fresh daily, quality level: your viet grandma's cooking on the weekend. Come here for their signature dish: Mi Quang, the noodle is delicious (not too hard not too soggy), meat is incredibly tender (slide off the bone tender), strictly fresh shrimp, homemade fishball (you can tell by the shape), and shrimp-based broth which is odd for Mi Quang but they pull it off to perfection. Very clean and tidy place compare to the neighborhood (sketchy Kensington), with that being said only visit this place when the sun is up. Pricing: very reasonable only $9 for a large bowl!. The owner is super nice and friendly, he even gave us changes for street parking for free. \n\nLast tips: CASH ONLY, delivery available by phone.\n\nAnd yes, it's so legit that I need to make a yelp page for it.",
"Haven't had such an authentic \"mi quang\" for a long while. A nice and cozy place on Kensington Ave. Totally a gem. We will definitely come back and try more dishes on their menu.",
"The most perfect homemade Vietnamese dishes in town. Really really recommend anyone wanna try Vietnamese dishes in Philly. Best best best ever !!!!! I'm considered to be a picky one but this small restaurant beats me up!!!!",
"Mi Quang is a central Vietnam specialty dish. While it is virtually absent in most Viet Philly restaurants, the dish is the highlight here. The food is top notch quality and 100% authentic. The service is incredible, you feel exactly like home and the workers do treat you like family. One of the must get item is \"banh mi thit do\" which is a Viet hoagie with homemade roasted pork. It is served with a cup of sauce made from the pork meat drippings. Do not miss out on the dessert either. Grab the \"flan\" have it both style, classic with coffee reduction syrup or inside of a Vietnamese-styled jelly. You will be satisfied here. Come and treat yourself!",
"This was seriously sooooo good. It tastes just like home. Even the loud music that they play inside is so authentically Vietnamese. The noodle soup tastes really home made and tasty. They even have those home made dessert thing!!! It was just so good. The portion is great as well. I don't know why people haven't discovered this place, maybe it's just because it's in a remote part of town. It's like a hole on the wall kind of place... how amazing",
"This friendly, home-style feel sets this place apart. Absolutely worth the trip to experience this place.",
"Total diamond in the rough! I wandered into this place looking for some new lunch spots. It had a nice storefront so I thought, \"give it a try\" and was VERY glad I did. Super friendly people with a sweet toddler to keep patrons company:) The food is spectacular, I always get the pho but have seen friends try the other plates and have only heard rave reviews. Two thumbs up!",
"EXCELLENT: The charbroiled pork with egg roll, vermicelli, & vegetables (bún that nuong, cha giò) & the pho. WOW, the broth is good. I've never eaten at a pho jawn that didn't offer chicken pho/broth as an option, but I will seriously never miss it here.\n\nNOT GOOD: They didn't bring us water with our meal, & when they did, it tasted SO BAD. We couldn't even drink it. I also didn't receive all the fun extra herbs that another reviewer mentioned - not a deal-breaker, but I had been looking forward to it!\n\nEDIT: On later trips, we did receive the full set of \"fun extra herbs,\" though it continued to be inconsistent.",
"Great place clean good service food is awsome will definitely recommend and come back it's definitely the diamond in the rough",
"LOVE LOVE LOVE it here! The food is fresh and the people are friendly. I honestly wouldn't come here after dark, but definitely its my go to spot for authentic homemade Viet food."
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"To you asleep at the wheel Tampa Yelpers: I should unleash a swarm of love bugs upon you (oh wait...) for letting this gem go un-Yelped about...and it's been open for 3 months!\n\nI discovered Fitlife after reading about it in the St Pete Times (not to be confused with the NY Times, no offense) on a recent business trip. \n\nThe concept is perfect for today's active, health-conscious and no-time-to-cook world-beaters:\n\nPre-made meals (breakfast/lunch/dinner) completely focused on proteins, healthy fats/carbs, and eliminating the (painfully delicious yet) toxic ingredients - for instance no butter is used in any of their meals. Sounds un-American, I know...but trust me, these guys are well-intentioned. \n\nYou pick out the well-labeled meal from the fridge and can heat it up there, or bring it home to save for later. I saw people leaving with at least a dozen meals at a time which I imagine they'd use over the course of the week. \n\nThe staff is incredibly helpful and knowledgeable about all of their meals. They even had a great cheat sheet that identifies all of their shellfish, soy, nut and gluten-free options. \n\nI ended up with the Turkey Mac & Cheese (gluten free) and broccoli. I've had better gluten free pasta before, but it was still a tasty dish. Hey, you can't always get Jennifer Anniston...but Courtney Cox certainly will suffice.\n\nI'm a New Yorker so you can take the following with a grain of brown rice (I don't think Fitlife uses much salt) but I thought the prices were very reasonable. $6.50-$10.00 for most of their meals. \n\nI can't give Fitlife 5 stars, although I'm inclined to, because I've only been once...and I have a rule about that. So this is 4 stars with a \"very positive future outlook.\"\n\nConsider yourself lucky, Tampa, that you've got yourself a place like this. And give it some frickin' Yelp coverage!",
"The breakfasts are the best. Try the oatmeal streudel and the fitgriddle. Both have yummy maple syrup.\nThe entrees are pretty good somehow despite being healthy but usually I could go with a little salt on top. The different meats are usually tender and flavorful but the pasta is what could use some seasoning.\nI've had several meals so far. I couldn't go full time with it, but most meals during the work week is do-able.\n\nTip: Save your containers. They have a recycling program. After 20 returned containers, you get a free small or medium entree!",
"I tried the chicken, broccoli, and sweet potato and it was a big miss. I had high hopes because this area could definitely use this concept. I walked into the store and I felt like it was clean, friendly and well organized. When I got home and opened the container it had an off smell. I figured it may have been from the broccoli but it was not that type of smell. I nuked it for 2.5 min and tried a slice of sweet potato first and it was not at all cooked. It was semi cooked on the outside and just about raw in the middle. The chicken had a weird taste and it left a bad taste in my mouth. The broccoli was not good either. I was very hungry and I could not eat the meal. My wife had the beef and mac and cheese. It was not edible either. The pasta tasted more like the container than food and the beef was dry and stringy. The other issue was the macro counts were way off. The meal was listed as 50g carbs and 35g protein for a med meal. My numbers when I calculated on a food scale came to 245cal( they listed 350), 36g carbs, and 17.1g protein. This is a big discrepancy. The people were very nice and they have a great idea with great intentions . I hope they can get their implementation down before it is too late.",
"I love the chicken meatballs and chicken picatta! My daughter happily eats the mac n cheese and bbq beef. I love having healthy options for my family! When I did a 2 week challenge I lost 7 pounds",
"The food tastes GREAT and that is the most important thing about Fitlife food. It doesn't matter how balanced food it, or how good it is for you, if it doesn't taste good, we don't continue! \nWe have been eating Fitlife foods for almost a year now and the results are wonderful. Using a phrase from an old beer commercial: Lost weight; Felt great! (ok, sort of used the phrase) The price is very reasonable for what you get. It is a balanced, well-proportioned, great tasting meal! \nThe people are friendly, helpful, encouraging, nice, gracious, and more. The hours are designed for the working person.",
"The customer service in this establishment is AWFUL! After reading the website, definitely VERY excited to try the food! We called prior, RUDE and unhelpful. We walked in and it got worse. DON'T GO THERE!",
"I love the idea of this, but none of my family loved the food. We tried 5 different dishes (cashew chicken, turkey chilli, two meatball things, and mac and cheese). Parts of the dishes were ok. The mac and cheese didn't have much flavor. The cashew chicken was good but even when mixed with the rice, it was pretty dry. Neither person really loved either meatball dish, and the turkey chili was just ok. In a pinch, it is a decent meal, but I couldn't eat it on a regular basis.",
"Wow! Hands down, my favorite new discovery of the year.\n\nFirst, I'll confirm that direct mail and coupons apparently still do work. I walked in with a $10 coupon toward any meal and walked out with three days' worth of breakfasts and lunches. \n\nThe highlights:\n\n - Exceptionally clean store!\n - The organization of the meals in the refrigerators was amazing and made it very easy to shop\n - The food selection well exceeded my expectations\n - I've tried two things thus far -- Fitgriddle and Lemon Pepper Tilapia -- and I'd give the taste about a 3.75 out of 5. A lot of flavor overall, and some elements were good; others, OK. Nothing bad. When you factor in the convenience, price, selection and ease of heating, though, I'm more than OK with this taste score\n - Service was tight and efficient. More smiles, energy and interest always welcome (referring mostly to the ladies behind the counter)\n - The Small, Medium and Large concept is bloody brilliant, and it was (dare I say) fun to add up my daily caloric intake in advance\n - Love that they have a recycle program (20 empty containers = 1 free meal)\n - Prices!!!! I had the perception this idea would be ridiculously spendy. Wrong. Lunches cost about what a Chipotle or Panera Bread meal would cost ($7-9 for Medium-sized meals) but with a far more thoughtful approach to total nutrition\n - The store was active, and I liked this. There was a steady, busy flow of loyalists stocking up for the week ahead (I went on a Sunday), and I got some diner feedback on a couple of meal options\n - The hours are fantastic. I agree with the other reviewer who mentioned the hours are designed for working people\n\nWish List*:\n - Most of the customers there seemed to know exactly what to do and how to do it. I walked in blind (hadn't even been to the website). There was a great gentleman there to walk me through everything, but it would have been nice to have some large signage up in the store than explained the concept in plain language\n - Signage that covered the codes on the packages would have also been helpful. I was explained the S, M, L pretty quickly, but I still don't know what O means (One size?)\n - More signage that covers daily caloric intake stuff for height/weight. I can't imagine everyone who comes in is familiar with these basics\n - Strange one, but I like the idea of a scale in the store. Could be a showpiece, since one of the primary benefits is the weight-loss potential\n - Showcase a \"story of the week\" or something in the store, so customers are reminded of the life-changing benefits of the concept\n\n*Disclaimer: I may have missed some of these during my first store visit. I was a little overwhelmed at my new gold mine. ;-)\n\n\nAll in all, I'll end with how I began: Fitlife has been my favorite recent local discovery! I feel a little late to the party, though ... based on the Sunday traffic, seems like this place might be Tampa's best-kept secret.",
"I really enjoyed the food at Fitlife Foods. There is a huge selection of healthy and nutritional foods as well as multiple staff members willing to answer any questions you may have. The food is made fresh daily and packed into containers that can be easily transported home. They blast chill the food after packing it so that it stores the juices and flavor within the packages, and when it is microwaved to be warmed it maintains the taste. I will absolutely be going back to the locations near me, and the only reason that I didn't give it five stars is because I'm thrown off by the concept of healthy food that is microwaved. I normally don't associate natural, healthy foods with the microwave, so I'm going to have to get over that. Additionally, the meals are a bit pricey, so I'm hoping that there are coupons available.\n\nThey do have a nice rewards card where you earn points from bringing back the containers to recycle. Every ten (I believe) containers you bring back gets you a free meal, so that's worth continuing to recycle the containers.",
"Perfect for people who:\n\nEat healthy and clean\nDon't have time to cook\nWant something tasty\nHave any size family (I use it just for my husband and I)! \n\nPros:\n\nClean inside\nNice people\nFood tastes good\nThey have a microwave so you can eat in store\nEasy and convenient if I'm on that side of town\nGreat concept - you go inside and there is a large freezer with all different types of healthy prepared meals. \nOrganized well inside\nI like how they have options in different sizes (for different sized families)\nThey use BPA free containers\nThey have 57 different item menus and they change 2-3 items a month! \nI heard the new cookie is AMAZING\n\nQualms:\nMore vegetarian/vegan options - although they just updated the menu and added more!!!"
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"Major Wing Grocery Market, or Major's is a little neighborhood corner market that does an incredible Hoagie and sandwich business. The sandwiches are not spectacular or original, but they are very fresh and tasty and most of all-cheap. You can still purchase a small Hoagie for only $2.25!!! The large Hoagie is only $3.25 to $3.75 and the special Hoagies which contain premium quality cold cuts top off at $5.00. I usually call ahead and I order the large Meatball sandwich with sweet peppers, grated parmesan cheese and hot seeded pepper for only 5 bucks. They are super busy, but super fast too. Just watch out for the Parking Authority, they are on the prowl, enthusiastically passing out grief in these tough economic times(go figure). If you want a quick bite that won't hurt the budget, major's is the place to be.",
"Good, decent, and inexpensive hoagies from an essentially non-descript corner grocer. Their hoagies are definitely easy on the budget.\nThe people who park to close to the corner of Ridge and Midvale are in the store getting the hoagies.",
"Ok, this place has delicious hoagies! I'd been hearing about it for a while, as it's around the corner from my hair salon, but I'd never had a chance to stop in. I stopped in today at lunchtime and ordered a barbecue chicken hoagie....SO GOOD! I actually let it sit in the fridge for like an hour once I got it home, and when I unwrapped it the bread wasn't soggy at all (you know how they can get sometimes). Also, the prices are great! I ordered a large hoagie and I bought two small bags of chips to share with my friend and it all came to a grand total of $6! You can't beat that! I'll definitely stop into MWL again.",
"Oh My! This place has awesome hoagies. I work in Bala Cynwyd and this is just a quick hop away. the other day I ordered lunch for 4 people for $20! That included hoagies, chips, and cans of soda. It's now known in my office as \"The Hoagie Spot.\" Someone is ALWAYS going on a Friday and you definitely get bang for your buck here. How can you beat a $2.50 hoagie?! It's so fresh and delicious! Don't be scared of the corner store tuna hoagie, it's actually really good!\n\nParking is a beast around lunch time but the food is oh so worth it.",
"Simple, excellent, excellent, cheap hoagies. Call ahead the line can be pretty long for lunch or dinner.",
"great sandwiches great prices and fast services and ALWAYS A THANK YOU PHILLY S BEST I THINK",
"Major's, or Wing Lee's as oldheads call it, has hands-down the cheapest, most delicious, freshest hoagies in the city (as the line stretching out the door and around the corner every day at lunch and dinner times demonstrates). \n\nEvery other review here says basically the same thing, but it's been a while since anyone said anything and I think it's important to know things haven't changed (though hoagie prices have gone up about 50 cents).\n\nMy favorites: honey turkey, honey ham, chicken salad, meatballs (the only hot sandwich they offer, but delicioso). I also love that when you get to be a regular call-in, all but one of the staff start to recognize your voice (or order) and you hardly ever have to give your name!\n\nMy advice: call about 20 minutes ahead, but give yourself more time if it's between 12-2 or 4:30-6:30. If you have to drive, the other reviewers got it right-- be prepared to risk a ticket as you squeeze in near the corner of Ridge and Midvale and pray that your reward is all ready and awaiting your greedy little hands on top of the deli counter. Also be prepared to fight your way to the counter during rush hours-- it's tiny and I guarantee it'll be *packed.*\n\n****EDIT 1/9/12 - I just saw an episode of Parking Wars where the meterman talked about how he just sets up on the corner and tickets every single car that tries to squeeze in for their sandwiches. he said something like-- \"they must put gold flakes in those hoagies-- that lady just paid $43.50 for a chicken salad hoagie! and thinks it's worth it!\" So, apparently, even the Parking Authority loves Wing Lee's! *****",
"This corner grocery and deli across from Johnny Manana's is the cheapest but best hoagie you will find. They make it to order right in front of you. You might have to wait as the place is tiny and the word is out in the Falls!",
"BBQ Chicken or Nigerian Hoagie - Extra mayo, cheese, lettuce/tomatoes, sweet peppers, salt/pepper/oregano....for only $3?? \nAny place where I can get a fresh tasting hoagie, chips, drink, and a sandwich baggie filled with my candy of choice all for about $5 is A-OK with me!\nThe lady slicing the meat soooo reminds me of the famed \"Soup Nazi\"- so, for the love of all that's good, PLEEZ know what you want to order before you reach that back counter!! Great drink selection, too! Who wouldn't love this place?!?",
"This is a nondescript basic corner store. They have a side business sort of speak of selling sandwiches. No fancy smancy stuff just your ordinary sandwiches an meatball. The selling point is the price. You get a great Hoagie for 3.75 it was 3.25 just a year ago but with gas prices an all sure they had to go up. For this price you expect budget lunch meat or just a few slices of meat. Nope they pack on the meat they use Dietz an Watson, Carolina Pride, Jennie-O an other name brand lunch meat. They cut it right in front of your an they also use fresh Amoraso Bread. Im pretty picky about food an i can give my thumbs up. I pass through this place an by looks you would think Nah a sandwich from that place. I use to work on City Line an my co-workers put me down on this place. A few words parking is limited super tight an this place is almost always packed even if you go at night. The A-holes parking authority is usually breathing down your neck especially during business hours so be on the watch."
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"Nom Nom Nom.....Sorry this is my absolute favorite out of every sushi place I have been. They even have a Teryaki Chicken roll called the dragon roll for all you non-fish lovers. When Maggie Moos left this location I serious about cried. I though nothing could ever replace them. Then one of my fellow Yelpers Tim G tells me that Wasabi is in Fairview Heights. It took me a half hour of driving and I realized it's in the Barnes and Noble Parking Lot. I had excellent service, outstanding food, and the set up is nice! I love it better than the other STL locations. \n\nTip: They offer a 15% Military discount off food and non-alcoholic beverages. ++++++",
"This should have been a 4-star experience but after being ignored by 2 servers for 20 minutes they brought me the wrong drink and wrong food order. However, they brought it out quickly and it was very good. I will be back and I will be paying attention.",
"Yummy! My girlfriend and I went there for the first time last week, and it was excellent! Highly recommend the\"wasabi roll\" and \"spicy tuna roll.\"",
"love this place! so cute yet a relaxed enviroment and the sushi is great!",
"this place got talked up A LOT! so i had my hopes really high that i was going to get as good of Rolls as i did while in Alaska.. well it wasn't that great and it was actually pretty pricey, you have to be careful when ordering there rolls as they have some common names as other places with totally different ingredients. sushi was overall very good and service was a good as well, i would go back here if a bunch of friends wanted to go, but i wouldn't take a night away from little aowyn to sneak off here :)\n\nLove the 15% off military discount",
"I once ate at the Wasabi in Edwardsville.. and thought it wasnt so bad.. Although I was actually upsatirs at Global Brew so I had been drinking.. so I dont know if I enjoyed that sushi or was just happy to be eating.. However THIS Wasabi I was NOT drinking and did not enjoy anypart of the meal.. the sushi was bland and flavorless.. it was also poorly made a brittle fall apart in the chopsticks type of sushi.. We only went there because we were curious.. we normally dine at Sushi Tatsu down the street (See my review for them) I love sushi Tatsu I think they do a WAY better job.. for my money I will go there any day over Wasabi.. Putting this place in the Never Again folder and filing it away!",
"I went back in February with a birthday party that included non-sushi lovers and we all found menu items to enjoy and to share. I got exactly what I ordered and was very pleased with the sushi. It was freshly prepared and flavorful. Others in my party ordered teriyaki chicken, the pork cutlet, and fried rice. Everyone was pleased. We will be back.",
"This place is great! What sets Wasabi apart from the others in the area is the ambiance and the service, a big part of the experience for my family and I. The rolls are great too. They're not packed as tightly as I personally like, but the variety makes up for it. They also do reservations and call ahead which is awesome since we make the ever-so-worth-it 35 minute drive to eat here.",
"This place has the worst sushi in the entire region. They squeeze the life out of the rolls so the rice is like rubber. The tuna was very pale, almost grey, and the service is slow. If you want the soup and salad you have to ask for it or it will not be served. Save your self the trouble and go to Sake in O'Fallon. Very disappointed. Never will I go there again.",
"We have been to 2 of the other locations of Wasabi before and have always been impressed.. Not so much this time. \n\nWhen we arrived, the server kind of seemed annoyed that we were there.. We had a party of 6, 2 of us being children. We were all in Cardinal apparel since we just left the game..but the hostess and servers didnt seem to want us there. \n\nWe ordered the normal... didnt taste the same. Wasnt made the same as usual. We talked to the waitress about this.. but she told us it is what it is and that we were wrong. Alright... no big deal.\nAnytime we needed a refill, we felt as if we were bothering her..\n\nIt wasnt a comfortable enviroment that night for us for sure. The sushi was ok.. but not as good as it has been at the other locations. We will probably stick to the one on Washington downtown in the future."
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"This is one of my favorite BBQ places! They just opened on 4/28/16 and have already gone above and beyond! I called to ask what time they closed (9pm) and then mentioned that soonest I would be able to arrive there was 9:15pm. The gentleman I spoke to on the phone said that he would take my take out order and to come on over. When I arrived they were kind enough to have the fountain drink station up and running to include the unsweetened tea (little did I know the drinks were free on opening day). Overall awesome experience and I am looking forward to coming here very often!",
"Never eaten at a Dickey's before, but I will definitely be back. The meats are soo good and the ribs just fall off the bone.... The place inside is great. Love the decor..... Come try them for real!!!!",
"We normally eat at Trust me BBQ in hey 301.. We thought we would give Dickeys a try. Very disappointed...first off everything is ala-carte, no plates or dinner combos. They have no menus out so the entire line was gathered around a small sign on order area trying to figure it out! Poor! The elderly couple in front of us walked out because they couldn't read the sign. We got 1/2 lb pulled pork and 3 small sides with two drinks and it was over 20 dollars!! The baked beans tasted like they were canned and heated, the coleslaw was okay as was the creamed spinach. The pork was good. The food was by far not the best bbq we have eaten. The young man at the meat station had no clue we were ready to order and when I ask him if the pork was chopped he said it was tickled!? What the hell is that !!? We won't go back Trust me bbq at 301 and balm Riverview rd gives you twice as much food with homemade sides and a lot less money and the taste is by far awesome! I am sharing this with my neighborhood page and HOA.. Fix it now Dickeys or you will be out of business by January!",
"I bought the 1/2 lb of brisket side of macaroni, and slice of pecan pie. With a drink the total was under $20 dollars. The brisket didn't have alot of flavor and was slightly dry. The pecan pie was ok but I really wouldn't call that a slice. It was very small serving size.\n\nThe macaroni was pretty good. For the money i was expecting more. I haven't tried anything else there, but I can't really see myself going back. Food was so so, but it wasn't cheap.",
"Disappointing. Everything is a la carte, so my 4oz pulled pork sandwich was $6.50 and my partially filled cup of creamed spinach was an additional $2.25. The meat was moist but not particularly flavorful and the sweet sauce was thin and vinegary. The creamed spinach was reminiscent of cheap spinach dip. I didn't finish either. \n\nThe workers seem friendly enough and I'd love to see them succeed, but with so many awesome barbecue places around offering great value I don't see this lasting long without big changes. Almost every person we overheard while we ate tried to order a combo plate. \n\nNote to those familiar with Dickey's in other areas: this one is very different than we've seen. There are no baked potatoes, no onion tangles, and no free soft-serve for dessert.",
"I have been to other Dickey's locations many times and was excited to see one open up by us, but it was a total disappointment. \n\nFirst the service was not engaging at all. Have to ask to place your order. Secondly everything is ala carte here and way over priced. I had a sausage sandwich and small green beans side with an ice tea and it was almost $14. \n\nOther Dickey locations offer combos and more menu items like potatoes and other sides. This new location was nicely designed but that is where the nice things stopped. \n\nI won't be back. There are too many other BBQ choices with more southern hospitality and value for your money to put up with what I experienced today.",
"I heard so many positive things about other Dickey's BBQ locations and when I heard they were opening up near me I was counting the days!\n\nWe went a couple of weeks after their opening and I so wanted to enjoy the heck out of it... But I was disappointed.\n\nIssues:\n- Ordered a lot of food (got the large family pack plus ribs), and for the money we were expecting a loooooooot more.\n- The meat portions were \"ok\" but not enough, the large side dishes were 4 tablespoons at most. \n- The flavor was \"ok\" but not to the expectations of a lot of other amazing BBQ places around (like 1st Choice BBQ in Brandon or Kojak's in Tampa)\n\nNote: We will go back after a month (let them burn in the equipment, hopefully figure out the portion sizes better (provide more), and iron out some of the flavor issues.",
"My family of 4 (2 kids & 2 adults) ate here on Sunday and I can't complain one single bit! The food and service was superb!!! My kids even loved it. Not often can you find chain BBQ where the meat is full of so much flavor you don't even need the sauce! Best BBQ in town! We will be back!",
"Definitely an AWKWARD atmosphere...the owner/manager was standing around yelling at everyone, the people serving food seemed nervous and uneasy, and the prices weren't that great. It was a decent pulled pork sandwich, nothing special, the same goes for the rest of the food...if their menu option had more variety, and if they offered pulled pork nachos I would return, but until then probably not.",
"As a long time Dickey's fan from TX I was really excited when I saw this location open. Went today and for almost $30 for lunch the food was good. But no combo price and alcarte made us say we won't be back soon. Too pricy for lunch for us when there are other good local choices at a lesser cost. Sorry Dickey's you missed the mark especially this isn't a sit down and be served type of place. Rethink a lunch combo within reason"
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"Foods really good. Ambiance is calming, staff is very attentive. Welcome addition to the Exton Main Street Dining scene. tried a couple of the dishes at the lunch buffet, then had the chicken pepper dish for dinner. It was amazing! I'm pretty sure the other reviews on here are spam from a competing restaurant. How sad a person must be to sit around and try and ruin another's business venture. Grow up",
"The food was great! I must say it was my favorite Indian I have ever had. Tried the lunch special, tikka masala, it was ballin'. It came with a good size portion with rice and naan. The naan was so fluffy. Found out lunch special are not for weekends but they gave me the hook up because it was my first time. Very nice service and great looking dining area, even though I didn't eat there. Will be back for the buffet, it looked bangin'. Great fresh food that anyone would be CRAZY to pass on. Found my new place for lunch!",
"I think some of the poor reviews are very inaccurate and people who don't normally eat Indian cuisine. Nala is a great option for Indian Cuisine, the food was very good and presented in a very nice way. The staff was genuine and conscientious and friendly too. The ambiance was pleasant, the decor was interesting and they played cool music. I am happy that in the Exton area we not only have a new Indian restaurant but one that is pleasant to eat in. If you like Indian food, I can't imagine you would be disappointed. I am definitely a fan!",
"I didn't have a chance to eat here at night. Cannot believe Price range on Yelp says $$$$. I had lunch buffet which was $12 including tips. for this price, I think Indian dishes of the buffet is good. Thai side can't give positive comment. It is not bad if I didn't know it is suppose to be Thai.",
"Great lunch buffet. Nice addition to choices in Exton area.",
"Outstanding food quality and dedicated service. If you want to enjoy fresh, hot, flavorful and aromatic Indian and Thai cuisine, then visit Nala. Prices are phenomenally reasonable. Best buffet in town for Indian and Thai food. The restaurant is one of a collection of successful restaurants owned and operated by the owner of Nala. Their dedication to the art of quality cuisine is in every bite.",
"New place, still trying to work out the kinks. I will give it another try in a month and hopefully find better prepared items.",
"This place is new, still has some kinks to work out as other reviewers stated. We we for lunch on a Sunday. We elected not to do the buffet, it's small compared to the Chinese buffet next door and much more expensive ($15) for lunch. The buffet seemed to have more Indian than Thai options. \n\n They took a long time to take our order. Growing pains I think, we didn't really have a single server. Multiple people came and went to help us. Food pricing on the regular menu seemed a bit high, 15 for pad Thai. Service was slow took about 45 minutes to get our food. Staff was apologetic and brought out several supplies of free bread. \n\nMenu seemed to have more Indian than Thai dishes but everything was at least 15, a little pricey for an ethnic food place. Nice ambiance but they should rethink pricing if they want repeat business. We hit buddy's and the Chinese place all the time for lunch but this place would be only a once a while hit with pricing.",
"Very surprising Indian restaurant, almost a Bistro. This is the sister restaurant to Devi, my favorite Indian restaurant away from India. I guess the regular Indian population sees it as pricey but we don't think so. You get what you pay for. The service is amazing.\nI am seeing comments that things were slow. Dinner is not an eating excursion. It's time to socialize, relax, eat and enjoy one another's company. Want to stuff your face? find a buffet and go crazy. Good food takes time. Nala has very nice ambience and the staff are awesome. The food was yummy. \nWe started with Chicken Manchurian and a few Samosa's. Half our group enjoys spicy food and the other half prefer mild. They perfectly catered to it. We also enjoyed the Kothu Parotta's, the very tasty Chicken Biryani, and the chicken Sukka. The malai koftha was delicious and the Naan was like a punjabi dhaba in India. I consider myself a food critique and I recommend this place as a \"must Go\"\nThe chef is from Tamil Nadu and so are a bunch of the guys and they make good food. A special shout out to Chef Varun, and the maitre de, Naveen. Enjoy people.",
"My husband and I tried Nala for the first time tonight. The food was excellent! We will be returning very soon!"
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"Mis-matched chairs & zany squiggle art gives Local Taco a vibe true to the East Nashville 'hood. Ate on the deck the other day which was pleasant, but will prob just eat inside till more pleasant weather in the Spring. A couple Tequila Lime Chicken tacos satisfied me, specially with verde salsa. It wasn't to busy since word is still getting out about the newest location of Local Taco.",
"First taste was fantastic. Fresh, tasty and filling. Very different experience than other taco shops and an awesome addition to East Nashville. \n\nFood was fast and service excellent.",
"Christmas came early to East Nashville. \n\nMas Tacos aside (because that ish is good too) , East Nashville was lacking in the Mexican Food category. Rose Pepper has a good atmosphere, but the food is kinda bland. The food/menu at Five Points and Las Maracas is indistinguishable, and although Mas Tacos is great, they close too early.\n\nMix the atmosphere from Rose Pepper, and the freshness of Mas Tacos and you get Local Taco East Nasty. \n\nFull disclosure 'doe: I've only been to the east location once. Future visits will bump dem stars up or down accordingly.",
"Eh. This place is O to the K.\n\nPros: Fun funky interior. Super friendly staff. Reasonable prices.\n\nCons: The food is mediocre, at best. Order a taco and you'll get a cold flour tortilla and no seasoning. You must pay extra to have any kind of flavor. People seem to like this place a lot.. Maybe it's because Nashville doesn't know how good Mexican food can be? I was hoping for more. As for now, still ain't no taco like a Mas Taco.",
"Nice place and nice people.\nFood was not good\n\nCorn was dry, rice was crunchy and way over seasoned, beans were hard and not cooked. One of our Steak Tacos (to go) barely had anything in it\n\nMaybe they were having an off day?",
"Excellent lunch. Food was fast, fresh and delicious. Korean BBQ taco was exceptional. Glad this is new to the East Side rotation and open on Mondays!",
"Stopped in here for lunch on a Wednesday. My experience was pretty good, hence the 4-star review, but I can see where they could use improvement, or what might be an issue at a busier time.\n\nThe food: I had 3 tacos. All were excellent (though a little light on the filling in some of them). I appreciated that they could do any tacos on corn tortillas and also marked which menu items could be made gluten free. I did not have any of the sides.\n\nThe area where you order is pretty small and the only menus were on the hostess desk, so no one could even look at the menu until they got to the desk. I can see that being a major pain in the butt if there are a lot of people. Also, there's not really room for a lot of people... Hopefully they'll figure it out.",
"2nd meal, this time with the whole family in tow. We loved it. \n\nLocal Taco has gone out its way offer a large menu built around tacos, enchiladas, and quesadilla's. \n\nSuper service, great flavor, makes Local Taco a likely family habit.",
"Shortly after the new Fatherland location opened up, a couple girlfriends and I stopped by after a nice East Nasty run. We figured, hey, a 5K totally would compensate for baskets of chips, guac and tacos right? \n\nAnd so it began.\n\nWe got the trio of sauces that included this black bean corn mix, salsa, and salsa verde. Loved the black bean mix, although you don't get very much. The taco selection was quite extensive including Korean rib tacos, which I ordered. I was disappointed as I felt for almost $4, they should of had more filling. Alongside with my taco, I ordered the Southwest salad with chicken. It was fantastic! Beautifully put together and a sizable portion (~$9). \n\nService wise, I thought they did a great job. I would give them 5 stars for that! Our waitress was very sweet.\n\nOverall, I felt the food was O-K, but the atmosphere was a winner. They had a patio that was in the works when we were there, but I can't wait for summer months + beer. Local Taco is located on Fatherland next to Mater of Taste and a juice shop. Very cute area. Oh yeah, they don't have bathrooms inside the place. You have to use the ones right outside that is shared with the local shopping area. Which is not a big deal at all, but just a FYI.",
"So tonight I wanted to celebrate my bday with friends at Local Taco. Tonight it was also the coldest night of the year. I'm sure all the staff wanted to go home early but they were amazing and basically gave the place to us. Service was amazing, the staff was amazing. I live 2 blocks away and will definitely make this a weekly stop."
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"Pretty awesome greasy spoon place, with an entire wall dedicated to John Wayne. The restaurant is tucked away in one of Tucson's many strip malls, and the chairs tend to be of the stackable, vinyl/faux leather variety.\n\nI got coffee, a Denver omelet, a half gallon of grits, and a cinnamon roll the size of my head for about $10. Everything was salty and greasy and buttery and good.\n\nService was fast and friendly.",
"I've been to The Egg Connection twice now. The first time it struck me as quite a solid breakfast location, I believe I got some kind of delicious Greek omelet which was really good. \n\nThe second time, it was during the Sunday brunch rush. My friend and I walked in, and the woman at the front counter told us we could sit immediately at the counter. Not opposed to counter dining, we headed back. Once past the throng by the door, we noticed that while there were two empty seats, they were not together. Not particularly concerned (we had been expecting to wait, after all), we turned around to wait back at the front. Before we knew it, the server had coaxed a guest into moving over a seat and sprung from behind the counter to collect us to come sit.\n\nThat time I got the veggie benedict, which was delicious, and you cannot beat that service.",
"Overall cheap, really tasty and fairly greasy. You get coffee and breakfast for two under $15 and you'll be stuffed to the gills. My favorite is their brick of cornbread served with salted butter substitute. The service is fast and friendly and a rasher of bacon means at least 3 pieces. Yummm!",
"Get to The Egg Connection early on Sunday if you don't want to wait forever. It seems every other time before today, I have had to wait for at least 1/2 hour. Today, we walked in, sat down, and had coffee in less than one minute. Niles is MY personal FAV, and 99% of the time is excellent. Today the bacon was burnt,and the gravy on the biscuits had NO flavor! Must have been an off day. I will not complain about a meal here. They always serve more than you (or I) can eat, today was no exception. I will return, and order another Niles Favorite, and try to eat the whole thing.....again!",
"This is my favorite breakfast place in town. In fact, these guys have *the* best burgers in town. Zinburger is great, Fuddrucker's is OK, but this place tops them all. They cook it to your request, they're big, they're made by hand and not over worked into the meat paste you get at so many places. (If your burger has hard angles on the edges, run away. You're not at a good burger place.)\nThe chicken fried steak is also quite good, an while not the bar-none best ever, it is the best in Tucson. The meat is tender and has a good flavor, and the crust is good and crispy.\nTheir other foods are fairly standard and good, but I mentioned my favorites above.\nOne con is that they do not have a soda fountain, only cans. Not an issue for me, but for those that drink soda by the gallon for every meal, it is annoying.",
"Paul B and Daniela B are rtght on the money-\n\nHave been twice; weekdays both. Service excellent. Everything hot. We tried omelettes; we shared (three of us) this gigantic home-baked cinnamon roll as an appetizer; we had fresh cornbread to take home and savor.\n\nOnce I took friends who never eat bacon. They looked at the food one table over, ordered bacon, and wanted more-\n\nOnce I did the do it yourself omelette--different cheeses...delicious\n\nIf you are partial to grits, with hot melted butter, you must try theirs\n\nBut there are alternatives...fresh fruit, veggies to replace things like the hashed browns (cooked to order), the grits, the toast. Anyone on any breakfast schedule and have a real nice inexpensive breakfast out here.\n\nIn addition to the John Wayne pix, I saw alot of Seinfeld show photos, old Hollywood stuff, old Tucson...just the kind of ambience I like for breakfast. It's in a shopping plaza w ample parking. Enjoy!",
"Went for breakfast on a Saturday after dropping our dog off at the groomer.\n\nI saw corned beef hash on the menu and had to read no further . Corned beef hash was some of the better I have had in Tucson. Home fries, eggs and toast rounded out a very good breakfast.\n\nService was good and the food arrived fast. That's a good thing at breakfast time.\n\nWe came with a coupon that is in the paper almost every week. Got out of there for just around ten bucks for two people... color me happy. I'm goin' back!",
"A great little greasy spoon-type restaurant. They serve breakfast and lunch items, but it's clear that most people come for the breakfast. \n\nThe hostess, who has been there for nine years, was super friendly, and we were able to get a seat right away, even though they were busy. \n\nThere is a kind of Southern twist to some of the food here: they have sweet tea and grits. I'm a hashbrown kinda girl, so I was disappointed that they don't have them. They do have home fries though. They have tons of omelets to chose from. The plates of food are massive. You could totally split a meal, which seems to be a common approach because they charge 89 cents to share food. \n\nThe wait staffs was all business, and we had to ask for refills twice. However, the food itself was great. We will totally be back.",
"An excellent local breakfast place with a friendly staff and great breakfast options. I had an Omelet which came out fast and it as hot and delicious. will certainly return in the future",
"Never again, i am going to try to be as nice as possible about my experince but i don't think i can. Okay well we were seated fast and some nice lady got our drinks. Our sever on the other hand was real rude. I seen the biscuts and gravy on yelp before i went so decided to give all that a try. Very unhappy with it. If you like the taste of flour then go for it but salt and peper couldn't even make me want to eat it. i asked for my eggs over hard, i will not eat anything runny. So of course i could not eat my eggs either. Had my server paid attation or stoped by and was involved in our dinning experince she would of seen everthing not really touched or eaten. The bacon had a good flavor unlike alot of places i have tried. I ate a couple of pieces but the rest was hardly cooked. The person i went with tried the chicken enchalida omlette she really enjoyed it untill she found a hard piece of bone. We also had a child with us, she got the sweet start or something like that. She enjoyed it very much but you really can't mess up a pancake. so among all these great reviews that led me to choose this place i leave my expirence and hope it is helpful. i would rather spent 1 third of the price and go to mc donalds."
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"We were on our way out of town, and looking for one last bit of gastrotourism before heading back to the hinterlands. \n\nTara's is as good a bit of ethnic exploration as you'll find anywhere.\nThe ambience here is pure Trinidadian roti shack, run by real Trinidadians. Crude hand-lettered signs with much-edited prices, flags from all over the Caribbean, cheeky placards warning customers that this is a place run by folks who don't believe the customer is always right. There was a constant stream of Trinidadian expats coming in for takeout the night we were there.\n\nTara's has everything from island-style cocktails to dessert, and all the goodies in between.\n\nThe bake & buljull was, in my husband's island-honed opinion, a bit low in the salt-fish quantity. Me, I've never seen anything like it before, and the inside \"salt fish sauteed with onions and tomatoes\" melded with the fantastic crust just fine.\n\nStew oxtail with red beans and rice (and a cabbage salad) doesn't get much better than this version - it was fall off the bones tender.\n\nThe curry goat came in the best roti I've had so far - full of powdery chickpea flour between the layers.\n\nThe just-out-of-the-oven pone was \"I don' wanna share\" good. Sweet spiced cassava and sweet potato and pumpkin with a broiled top reminded me of a sticky toffee pudding without the sauce.\n\nTara mixes her own versions of sorrel (hibiscus tea) and mauby (a Caribbean bitter bark infusion), as well as peanut punch (sort of a peanutbutter smoothie). I liked her versions better than some of the others I've had at other places.\n\nOne caveat - they're a bit slipshod in their accounting, so keep an eye on the final bill - in our case, asking for a receipt resulted in a reduction of the cost of dinner.",
"If you like West Indian / Trinidadian / spicy food in general you will love this place! Great food and the owner is a riot! She will take good care of you just like a mother =) \n\nThe place itself is in a strip mall and has that nice hole-in-the wall feel to it. West Indian groceries are also sold here along with Trinidadian beer!",
"Located in a strip mall that looks like something out of the third world, Tara's Roti Shop has a slightly better interior, with a discernibly \"Caribbean\" atmosphere, though I've never actually been to the Caribbean - but it's what I'd imagine as Caribbean. \n\nThe proprietoress or her partner - I'm not sure - set the tone of my visit to the restaurant, with her gruff, thankless service. The prices were mostly right, with huge \"rotis\" (in Trinidadian cuisine, a \"roti\" is flatbread coated with spices and stuffed with some filling) starting at $5.95 (chickpea and potato) and peaking at around $9.50 (very spicy duck). I ordered the goat roti ($8.50). It was okay - nothing too special. It tasted better after cooling down when I had it later. It was served along with a very hot sauce made from some kind of chili or pepper that I can't remember. Use sparingly - it's comparable to Sriracha. Note that her rotis are gigantic, and could nearly make two meals.\n\nShe also has an interesting selection of Trinidadian and Jamaican soft drinks. I had a bottle of \"Vita Malt\", which is like a malt mix drink.",
"Exactly what you'd expect from a true Caribbean restaurant. The decor is no-frills simple, but the food is Great. True Trini cuisine. I had the jerk chicken pattie and dhal roti. Everything was great.",
"Spicy, tasty best Trini/Caribbean food in Tampa- Orlando area.\nShop is not the best looking restaurant but great food isn't dependent on the way your restaurant looks. Owner told me shes been in the area 17 years. \nStarted w the Buljol w fried bake which was very flavorful. \nNext up was the goat roti which is the biggest & one of the best I have ever eaten. Impressive & boneless! \nMake sure to order the homemade sorrel to drink w your meal.\nOne of the best Trini meals Ive ever had. Place was busy with one customer traveling over 60 miles to get their delectable food .",
"Ordered curry chicken pelau which is divine w her homemade hot sauce & sorrel. Easily the best Trini restaurant in this area of Florida, drove from Orlando area because of my experience first time around. I would give it 5 stars if it was in a better area.",
"Location is a little unappealing from the exterior, but the people inside are great and the food is fantastic! I got a history lesson from a local gent originally from Trinidad and had a good conversation with Tara during lunch. Will return.",
"If you're looking for an Authentic Trinidadian Roti this is your spot! Sadly I never order anything besides roti & doubles and I'm not ashamed because that alone takes me way back to my roots and I love it.",
"HORRIBLE service, below average food. I just moved to Sarasota from the DC area where roti shops are ample. I drove over an hour to this place only to find that it is in a not to pleasing location, and the person who took my order seemed like she didn't even want me to buy anything. When I walked in I greeted her and got no response. She was chewing something and when I gave her my order, she responded by barely opening her mouth, \"that's all?\" The order came after about 15 mins, and when i wished them a good day before I left, they still dodnt respond. I said it very loud and pleasant ro make sure it wasnt something i was doing. After driving another hour back, I was severely disappointed to see that the curry served with the buss-up-shot was watered down and had VERY LITTLE meat and potatoes. You would think that as cheap as potatoes are, they would be a little more generous with it. All in all, I will never return to this place. I'm a trini and I can tell you this is not how we usually do business. You would think they would be more welcoming to a native of their country who know the food and atmosphere they are trying to achieve. Luckily I was having a good day. But then again, im not indian like they are. I would rather buy a plane ticket and go to Trinidad or DC for a roti.",
"So all the bad stuff is true about this place that you can read in the other reviews, but the food is absolutely amazing. I had the curry goat and my wife had the vegetarian sampler. All the food was fresh and flavorful and had the flavor of home cooking. I will definitely go back again."
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"I am so exited that we finally have an ice-cream place downtown.\n\nI am even more excited that the ice-cream place is Icecycle Creamery.\n\nWe were at West Street Market checking out all of the amazing new food options that have sprung up when we discovered the Icecycle Creamery was just opened for business. The have really made nice use of the space that was Seven. We picked up three flavors to take home - they didn't have the pints ready yet so we got three scoops in cups. We picked the Salted Chocolate Lavender, the Coconut Mojito, and the Deep Chocolate. All were luscious, rich and decadent but I think my favorite was the deep chocolate.\n\nA few nights later I came back for Indian dinner with friends and decided to indulge in more. A few of us shared samplings of Blueberry Pancake, The Munchies, and Fresh Prince of Persia. Again, great flavor combinations with fresh ingredients in a rich real cream base. \n\nThe staff are friendly and helpful and allow you to sample before buying. The scoops are generous and the product is delicious. Yep! I'll be back.",
"I met a good friend for lunch at The Deluxe at the newly remodeled West Street Market (which was delicious and merits its own review) and we were both thrilled to see an outside sign indicating that a new Icecycle Creamery location has opened for business here! \n\nDespite having a filling lunch, we both wanted to take a look at Icecycle Creamery and were lucky to meet the man behind all of the unique flavors! It's always hard to choose amongst all of the creative offerings but the staff is friendly and offers as many samples as you want. We both went with the Salted Chocolate Lavender this time and it did not disappoint. \n\nWhat a terrific addition to downtown Reno! Just in time for summer!",
"Noticed this new little ice creamery when we were at Thali. They had just opened a few weeks back and I tried their blueberry pancake and classic vanilla. Very creamy and super tasty. I also tried the mojito lime I think that's the name! Very good. Tasted super refreshing. Very cool seeing all these new places open up in this area. The gal that helped up was super nice and friendly! She definitely didn't mind answering all my questions and letting us taste all the flavors. Definitely a spot worth coming to and just hanging out.",
"I scream for ice cream! I really like their unique flavors. They have chocolate lavender, rose pistachio, munchies (m&m, pretzel, captain crunch, etc), regular vanilla, regular chocolate, mojito coconut, and a few more flavors. I did half and half on a sugar cone. One flavor I tried the chocolate lavender and I loved the darkness of the chocolate and the light sweet touch of lavender. Best kind of chocolate ice cream I've ever tried. The other flavor was the rose-pistachio one. Very very creamy. It's lightly sweet but has enough flavor to keep you satisfied. Also, it has real pistachios inside. MmmMmmM! This flavor does leave a \"slimy-slick\" feeling in your mouth though.",
"So Good! Wonderful having this delightful creamery in a downtown location! The chocolate is to die for and makes it hard to make another choice. The staff are friendly and the ambiance is cozy with outdoor seating available in the West Street Market.",
"This new location of icecycle creamery was a really nice and cute spot. There's tons of comfy lounging area which is nice. The flavors here are also really unique. I got the lavender one & it was suuuuper yummy. My only complaint would be is that there's only 6 flavors to pick from",
"One more place to indulge in my favorite Reno treat? Excellent.\n\nThough the flavor selection is smaller here and will only be traded out monthly, this is still a great option when you need an ice cream fix. There is ample seating and a restroom (just ask for the key). You can dine in one of the attached restaurants or just stop in for an ice cream cone.\n\nThey also have shave ice at this location which they don't offer at their main shop on Lakeside.\n\nThey have a few classic flavors and then the fun, creative ones you've come to expect from Icecycle.\n\nOverall, an awesome addition to the area as well as a great choice in a second location!",
"Went to Grand Opening. Had the Porter beer chocolate chip. Very creamy and creative. Look forward to returning.",
"Amazing flavors, great service and such a cool location. I really love the buttered cornbread and vanilla ice cream, they both mixed so well and tasted so good.",
"The ice cream was odd and they only had 2 decent flavors. Go there if you hate yourself."
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"Food is amazing, great atmosphere and wonderful, genuine people. Support a great local business and enjoy some delicious burritos, yummy tacos and super tasty quesadillas! The salsa is so fresh and such amazing flavor! A must try!",
"This place is great and definitely worth checking out. Two weeks after their opening I got a steak burrito. First off, the people are some of the nicest around. The atmosphere from colors, ambiance, music and more made it a fun place to be. And did I say the people are GREAT? They are. \n\nAs for the burrito, it was good. Lots of things going on--bell peppers, onions, cheese, meat, beans, rice, salsa, etc. Overall it was good, but nothing really stood out. The steak should have a little more flavor, I think, and the tortilla was cold and pretty average. If those two were improved, I think it would be 5/5! The chips on the side were for sure a nice addition. Still, overall a great place, and I can't wait to try their tacos and quesadillas! 4/5 for sure. Check it out!",
"Great New Mexican restaurant in Pitman. I had chicken tacos which were excellent. Very fresh ingredients. Loved the taste of their salsa. You can eat in or take out. You can bring your own bottle (beer but no hard liquor. I took picture of their menu",
"I had a chicken burrito with their honey ginger sriracha (had to spell check that one) sauce and it was great. The staff was warm and welcoming. I would definitely recommend the guacamole!",
"I've been there twice so far and both times the food was great. The staff was super friendly and gave me honest advice about which ingredients worked better together. I will definitely be going back.\n\nThe steak burrito was amazing.",
"Might have just been the opening weekend that was overwhelming for them but not the smoothest of openings. The menu I got was printed in size 5 font and really hard to read. Went in to the place and the decor is just ok, Still could see the name of the previous place on the dirty windows. I ordered two quesadillas total came to about $19 which is high for an every day lunch. They were OK. Nothing special nothing bad about them. The tortilla did not appear to be home made. The chips definitely were not home made. When i went to pay they opened a drawer that looked like a junk drawer for change. I really want this place to do well and was really excited for them to come to town. Over all on a scale from one to 10 Food 6 Cleanliness 5 Decor 5 Service 6",
"Fantastic food! Super friendly staff!! Cute little place with cool artwork on the walls!",
"Excited for this cute new place in pitman. Super friendly owners. I had a build your own burrito. Huge, with fresh ingredients and good chips too! A good experience over all. I'll definitely be back",
"It was ok. I had the vegetarian burrito. The rice was bland as was the queso. I ordered a side of sour cream and guacamole which is an extra charge and they forgot to give it to me I didn't realize this until I got home was running short on time so I couldn't go back to get them. That was a little disappointing.",
"Great addition to the Pitman area that has been starving for a new eatery for years. Owners very nice as well as staff. Food is good although more of what I would call American style Mexican, which is fine and what I expected. Just not heavy on the traditional Mexican influences in flavoring such as Cilantro, lime and some other strong flavors you may be use to. Again, place is really good and I have eaten there twice so far and will be back for sure as it is still a very solid choice that I am sure will get even better as time goes on and they really get use to running their new restaurant. Great Job!!"
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"We've been taking our grandparents here for years when we come into town. Sonnys is a great value for a large family.\n\nNice salad bar, burgers, chicken, ribs but not brisket. I had the brisket yesterday and it was really dry and chewy.\n\nAlso, BBQ to out of towners means many different things. The BBQ ribs are made for middle america. There is no dry rub but they have been smoked (not too over powering) and sauced up.\n\nAll in all, A solid 3.5 and a great place for dinner.",
"Best place for ribs! Wait Staff always courteous and prompt. Every once in awhile you may find a few ribs that are overcooked. They never give you any trouble and return promptly with fresh cooked ribs. \nSalad bar is great. \nLove this place. Sometimes I come here twice a week.",
"They will only give you one extra bbq sauce packet with a take out order. What a joke!",
"Nice salad bar and tender fresh meats, Very friendly staff",
"Seems like they stepped up their game, because the food here was awful about 6 months ago. Ribs were good, sauces are very good. Pulled pork was okay, and some of the sides are a bit bland. Pit Boss BBQ down the road is still better.",
"Visited us from uk approx 15 times first time in sonnys at new port richey FL excellent ribs salad bar and drinks (2 for 1) we carried enough out in a doggy bag to feed another person definately will be visiting again rob from Robin Hood country",
"I'm not even a huge BBQ fan but I have never and will never turn down an opportunity to eat at Sonny's. \n\nThe sweet BBQ sauce is absolutely delectable. I always order the pulled pork which is super tender and flavorful. All the sides are excellent additions - sweet potato, apples, baked beans, corn fritters, Texas toast garlic bread - yum! The salad bar is a great option as well - I believe they've even won awards for it.\n\nI'm sad to say I no longer live in an area where Sonny's is around the corner (or even in the same state) and my mouth is watering writing this review. Can't wait until my next trip to the South to get my fix!",
"This location is four stars, not perfect but pretty good.. been here a few times and can't think of any complaints.",
"We had take out for a birthday party and the food was some of the best BBQ we have had. The staff was very friendly and were fast at getting the food. If you want good BBQ this is the place to go.",
"Went here with Husband and Son for dinner. Were kinda short on funds so mommy got the bottomless salad bar, dad the brisket sandwich and Jr. Had a cheeseburger and fries. Salad bar was clean, table/floors clean and our waitress Jina was such a nice cute little thing with an awesome smile. Menu was surprisingly basic. Not really a wide variety of items. Fresh veggies on salad bar were good. However, the salads (chicken, macaroni, seafood..etc) um no. A prepackaged mess. From like save a lot mess. Not fresh. I paid $12.00 for unlimited rabbit food, bad salad and warm beer. It sure looked cold when it came to the table with the barely frozen mug. Everyone enjoyed their meal, all that counts really was the family time. Just trying to let ya know and save u a buck!"
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"My friends live around the corner from this place, and whenever I walk past there's at least a dozen people ordering some of their fried goods. This place serves up what must be some of the best fried wings around, especially if you get 'em right out the fryer. Never mind that the counter's behind several inch thick bulletproof glass, or that you may get stuck in line behind some dude cashing a check and buying a single tall boy, the place has the flavor.",
"I gotta agree with Drinky C., this place rocks - if you're cool with the bulletproof glass convenience store type atmosphere. But this is as local \"hole in the wall\" as it gets. They just recently raised their prices - 50 wings for 9 dollars, you can't beat that (it used to be $7.50!!). \n\nOh FYI - it's to go only!!!",
"Fantastic fried chicken wings and fried rice with red shrimp. I don't know why the shrimp are red and honestly I don't care cause the food was grub. Totally affordable but very sketchy, inside and out. Well worth the risk!",
"I'm not a crack addict. But thanks to Manchu's I know what it feels to be a crack addict. \n\nI go here for one thing and one thing only.. to buy my crack. Yes crack in the form of fried chicken wings. Hot spicy crispy chicken wings. These bad boys are SO good that you will never ever EVER look at chicken wings the same way. \n\nIf you have heart problems or weight issue. Please! I urge you DO NOT eat the wings. Matter of fact I must put a disclaimer. I am not responsible for your health when you are addicted to these chicken wings. \n\nOh yeah BTW the wings are 50pcs for $20. Tax included. \n\nThe area is not the best. Please don't drive you Lexus here to pick up the chicken. If you get jacked don't say I didn't warn you.",
"Awesome chicken, at a great price. The neighbor is bad with bums \nsoliciting for cash outside the establishment. If u can get past that, your in for a treat. Take out only. Beware of going at night.",
"Anybody from New Orleans knows this place. Chinese Food is ok but the CRACK (seasoning) they put on these chicken wings makes them one of the best chicken places Ive EVER eaten at. A MUST stop if you like Chicken. A Must stop for me everytime I go to the Big Easy.",
"Manchu--the fried food and tall boy den I so affectionately refer to as \"Sketch Palace\". \n\nI drove by this purple, cinder-block building for months on my way too and from school and each time I was hypnotized by the delicious smell emanating from it's walls. One day I overheard some people discussing how good their chicken was and I was sold. The next night I braved the passed out bums and bullet-proof glass to order some chicken wings. I went ahead and bought a four-loko, too. It seemed appropriate. The chicken was instantly addictive: crispy flavorful outside with a melt-in-your-mouth, fall-off-the-bone inside. \n\nThe chicken is way too fattening to eat on a regular basis but whenever I feel like eating my feelings I pop in here for some wings or for their shrimp po-boy which is also surprisingly delicious and HUGE for it's price.\n\nI knocked a star off my rating because this place is a real pile of \"you know what\" on the inside--think bare concrete walls and floor, dark lighting, sketchy characters, random trinkets like late-90s rap CDs and plastic neon religious icons being sold behind the bulletproof glass. DON'T let that deter you though! I can't speak for how clean the kitchen is but the food is worth it!\n\n10/13 edit: Don't order the Yakamein. Not good.",
"Prepare yourself for the sketchiest, most rewarding dining experience you are likely to enjoy this week. In terms of ambiance and ease, Manchu Chicken makes Popeye's look like an evening at Commander's (I would have thrown in the phrase \"hole in the wall\" except that holes in the wall don't usually come with so much bulletproof glass). In terms of seriously addictive chicken wings, the place cannot be beat; there's a reason the word \"crack\" appears so much in the reviews for Manchu.\n\nI'm not even going to write this review properly. I'm just going to throw out some key facts and let you make the right decision.\n\n1) The best chicken wings in the city, hands-down, at 50 for $20.\n2) Totally passable and sodium-laden fried rice that somehow complements said chicken perfectly.\n3) A location so charming that you simply have to visit it during the day so you can fully appreciate it. \n4) No, seriously, please just go during the day.\n5) I think they've found a way to sell every beverage ever made in tall-boy form, so there is plenty to sip on while you play this carnival-style quarter gambling machine and wait for your obscenely large order of chicken wings to take home and eat alone while listening to Hank Williams, Jr.'s cover of 'All By Myself'. Or you could share them with those you love.",
"FINALLY! Lived here since August and have been BEGGING to stop at Manchu every time we pass it, but to no avail. All I've heard form everyone I talk to is Manchu, Manchu, Manchu. I wished and hoped and prayed for a miracle. A kind and understanding lady from work promised to bring Manchu wings to our next party.\n\nAnd OH were they fabulous! Everything I dreamed they would be! Crunchy, spicy, tender, surprisingly not overly salty and not overly breaded and totally addictive. I think I ate 20. \n\nIt's the best fried chicken I've had here so far, hands down. And CHEAP!",
"i mean this is the epitome of what i always speak of my friends..\nno one or no thing on this earth can beat asians@fried chicken\nthe 50pc wing king bling bling is redic - so crispy & greatly seasoned- fried to perfection!!!! there is def crack in the batter & if it aint... u could def buy some in the parking lot\nu can also get what i believe to be a n'awlins specialty boneless chicken poboy!!!! 1st off i think boneless chicken in itself is a n'awlins one & only cuz if u ask for it in any other city or state u will get the dumb look ( u know that asian store owner look im talkin bout too!!!) but to get it ona po boy is a ghetto delicacy and im all in!! ya herd!!\nword of advice..call order in & run in & run out - or its all over for u!!!!\ndont call in & u might as well bring a body bag with u!!!"
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"What a delightful experience at Indian Sizzler! We came in on a Sunday night and despite being the only two patrons in the restaurant, the food was very fresh and delicious. \n\nYour server will bring you naan (and refills!) free of charge. Service was extremely friendly and prompt. The mango juice is only $1.49 and quite good. The buffet has all the basics and they don't miss. The selection and taste certainly rivals Sitar up the street. Not sure about their lunch prices, but the dinner buffet was $12.99.",
"This brand new Indian spot in university city is fantastic. After frequenting multiple Indian places in Philadelphia for many years, I finally found an authentic spot that does both tandoor and curries right. An even better surprise is how well the vegetarian food is cooked. One of my biggest complaints against Indian restaurants is that the food is often served cold (especially when home delivered), but this place has consistently provided hot food so far (I've got delivery twice and dined in once). I hope they keep up the consistent food and service..if so then university city finally has a good desi spot to rely on.",
"\"Old World Feel, New World Standards.\"\nIf you have eaten in restaurants in India, you know that the level of service and attention is very high, with the staff hovering like undetectable hummingbirds clearing plates and offering refills. Another feature is the proud proprietor, keeping an eye on everything and putting the customers first. And the final feature is the Food: hot, flavorful, a rainbow for all the senses.\n\nNow imagine that in eyesight of West Philly hospitals with clean, brand-new amenities and food that is spiced and seasoned to perfection without peppery heat (safe for the timid or uninitiated American palate). I walked by on my way home from a shop on Lancaster Avenue one day, and was pleasantly surprised to see a spotless, brightly-tiled restaurant with no other customers open for lunch (two came in while I ate). The buffet was only 7.99 for sit-in lunch, and the mango lassi I ordered was 3.99. 13 bucks with tax for a ridiculously delicious lunch.\n\nThe food: I had my standard litmus test, the chicken tikka masala over pilaf, accompanied by roast potatoes, some tandoori chicken, dal makhani (buttery dark lentil soup), and two samosas (one with imli [turmeric] chutney and the other with mint chutney). All the food was fantastic. In fact, as a person with a mild-mannered Northern-Indian palate, I thought the samosas could have used more jheera(cumin), but if the only complaint was that one of the foods could have been more aromatic, I can confidently say: This restaurant is safe for people with Americanized palates. Spice (chili) is not a concern from the buffet.\n\nThe amenities: Everything is brightly lit with blue-white light that reinforces how clean and new everything is. The tiles are colorful, but restrained to less geometric complexity than in an actual Indian restaurant. The color scheme works. The buffet uses only half-length chafing dishes, ensuring high turnover and fresh food. The A/C cut through July heat with capacity to spare. The Wi-Fi is free and fast. I put my iPhone through the paces, streaming Hulu and Netflix without skipping a beat. And if you sit facing South, you have a nice view of lots of trees with hospital buildings in the distance.",
"I did not try the buffet, so this will be a review of a couple food dishes that I ordered for take-out.\n\nChicken Makhani is a staple for me in Indian cuisine. It's always the first thing I try and it's usually my favorite. Their makhani was delicious. Nearly the best I've had, and definitely the best I've had in Philadelphia. A great thing about it was that there was actually a lot of chicken in the dish. With Indian food, the sauces are always what makes it, and many places skimp on the meat because of this. Indian Sizzler did not. I got two full meals out of what I ordered (which is a rarity for me, and made it worth the somewhat high prices).\n\nWhat always brings me back to an Indian place, however, is good naan, and Indian Sizzler did not disappoint. The garlic naan was awesome. It wasn't dry and thin, but moist and delicious. I also tried the cheese naan, which was good, but you could hardly tell there was cheese in it. The naan pieces are large, as well.\n\nThe rice that came with it was generously portioned and very tasty also.\n\nSomething that impressed me was their take-out packaging, which I think showed a concern that their food be hot and fresh when eaten, even for take-out. The naan was in a sealed bag that kept it hot for a long time. In the middle of the meal, I went and got more naan, and it was still hot. The containers for the rice and makhani were also nicer quality than most restaurants I've been to.\n\nI'll be going back for the buffet at some point so that I can sample some of their other dishes.",
"Ordered palak paneer and keema nan online. Palak paneer was delicious! The paneer was very fresh, naan were soft and accompanied rice was also very tasty. The delivery guy was timely and courteous. Really good preparation and service overall.",
"We arrived on a late Saturday afternoon and were the only patrons (it was 4pm, an odd hour) That didn't matter though. All six in our party opted for the buffet which was well stocked and delicious. With three vegetarians in the party it was great to see plenty of options available including a fantastic Aloo Gobi, a dish that happens to be one of my personal favorites. \n\nThe naan flows freely with a buffet choice and it was perfect (and gobbled up very quickly, which is why it was a good job refills are free too) The gentleman who served us was delightful, helpful and very pleasant. And the mango smoothie (it's in the refrigerator if you head here) is to die for. \n\nSo overall a fantastic experience. And when the check came and was under $70 for six adults (who all ordered beverages) it got even better. Highly recommend this one and will be back for more the next time I'm in Philly.",
"Indian Sizzler. Yeah, I know what you're thinking, as I almost passed them by when selecting a restaurant for delivery. Despite a less than positively associated name, I'm thrilled I gave them a shot. They are new to the Philly Indian scene, but the positive responses from the minimal, existing reviews made it worth a try.\n\nThe prices were reasonable and they came on the earlier side of the estimated window. The portions were also big, which led to leftovers.\n\nThe food was awesome! Throughout the meal, my husband and I literally kept raving. Our mulligatawny, Channa Saag and Chicken Vindaloo were all ordered extra spicy, and they totally delivered on the spice. It wasn't just one of those butt kicking, let's add things just to make you miserable; they spiced things up with tiny, hot peppers. \n\nI'm used to a more lentil-y, chunky mulligatawny but really enjoyed this more broth-based soup. Flavor was everything with this soup. \n\nThe Channa Saag had the most tenderly cooked chickpeas I've ever had.\n\nThe Chicken Vindaloo was my least favorite. There's never enough chicken and it could be slightly more tender. The red spicy sauce was great so I'd probably try one of their other Vindaloo dishes.\n\nDon't let the name discourage you, Indian Sizzler is a good thing. We will be hands down ordering from them again, and I'm giving them a 5 on good faith.",
"4 of us had the buffet. It is SO good. Not as big (i'd say half) as the other Indian Buffets, but the quality and richness is unsurpassed. The food is creamy a lot like Tiffin.\nThe price is right too, i think $12 or $13 and includes, fresh baked direct to your table naan.\nwe went a few months ago when it was newer- it needed more ambiance and music, hopefully they got more of that.\nnice and helpful waitstaff. \nhope this place keeps open!!! love it.",
"Best Indian food I've had in the city (including Bala Cynwyd and Manyunk) I have an Indian restaurant near my job that I used to enjoy. After having the food from Indian Sizzler, the food near my job tasted bland. This place spoiled me. It's so flavorful, like Indian soul food. Lol! I've been twice and I'll be back again.",
"Your standard run of the mill indian restaurant. Definitely not bad but the chicken in their chicken curry was dry. The sauce was yummie and made up for it. \n\nMake sure to call ahead to see if their buffet is open cause they don't seem to always have it."
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"There is an even better reason to take the Woodhaven Exit from I-95 than the mall: The beautiful and richly-appointed Katie O'Donnell's Irish Pub. The owners, Ed and Dave, have missed no amenity or detail here. This grand space has 40 televisions---including a 140 inch HD model, which is flanked by eight 50 inch plasmas---on which all of the area's major sporting events might be enjoyed. Simultaneously. An awesome sight and happily reminiscent of Reverend Jim Ignatowski's wall of televisions in the old Taxi series. \n\nAt the expansive granite bar, one can enjoy a Guinness or Smithwick's on tap (among other well-edited offerings). Meanwhile, those of us with handbags are grateful for the very thoughtful addition of under-bar bag hooks. But enough about the decor . . . \n\nKatie O'Donnell's fare was delicious. The fish and chips were very well done (all that was missing was the newsprint wrapping). The breading was both crisp and light (fried batter perfection, I'd say). From my dinner companions, I heard positive adjectives and yummy sounds made about the burger and the shepherd's pie. Looking forward to many, many return visits.",
"I have been to Katie O's several times since it has been opened to hang at the bar. I have ordered food 3 different times and it has always been a small appetizer. Opening night I had ordered potato skins which took an hour to come out; okay it was the first night, I'll cut them a break. However, waiting an hour and having cold food come out is not cool. A week later I decided to order the nachos, my wait was cut to 45 minutes but still served cold food. Nachos? C'mon not that hard to serve warm- let alone pay $13 for them. I've been several places, mostly in the city that serve nachos and they are no where close to $13 more in the $9 ballpark and are served hot. Last night while out watching the Phillies game I ordered their Bourbon Wings- the sauce was good, but again waited 35 minutes in an empty restaurant on a Sunday night for cold wings. After the server took them back to get them reheated, another 10 minutes- still returned to me cold. I have yet to get past the appetizer menu because each experience has been bad and I won't pay for a meal if they can't get simple apps right.\n\nAll in all, they did a beautiful job with the place and it looks great. They have a very friendly staff working there as well. I do enjoy $2.50 Miller Light and Coors Light during games as well. I think hanging out and drinking for the night is a good way to spend you time at O'Donnels because if you go for food you will be waiting quite awhile for room temp meal.",
"First time there a few days ago. It was awesome inside, the way everything is set up.. from the bar area to a more family, restaurant area. Nice job on the decor. Our waitress was the sweetest thing ever. I'm pretty sure her name was Mary Theresa, and she was amazing. The only complaint I have is our food took awhiiiiile and it wasn't busy at that time. I'm used to waiting, but it was long. Food was pretty tasty. Hopefully they stay unique.\n\nQuick FYI - If you're looking for a \"poppin\" bar time or to get all wild, it's not the place for it. The bar area on a Friday evening was mostly older people just calmly watching a game on TV.",
"Saw an ad in the NE Times and decided to check this place out. It's in the building that used to be a Mexican Post (and Don Pablo's before that). Went on a Friday night and it was packed. Fortunately we did not have to wait for a table. It was quite loud in there due to the high ceilings, but this is expected in a bar type restaurant. There was a small deck outside that seemed to have a private party. Our server (Mary Theresa) was awesome - attentive, upbeat and friendly. \n\nWe ordered the Guinness Beef Stew and a Chicken Sandwich. The food didn't take too long to come out. It was served hot and tasted great. I would order either of these entrées again. I thought the prices were reasonable.\n\nI agree with the previous poster that it does seem to be a bit older crowd at the bar. We were there for dinner, so we didn't care. We'll go back.",
"Enjoyable place -nice appetizers (string beans, fried clams, sliders, nachos, wings), -french onion soup that high caliber and not too salty- pleasant environment with a nice workstaff. We have enjoyed this place. Beers on tap, pleasant staff.",
"A pretty average place, taking the spot of one chain and turning it into another. I realize this place isn't a chain but, in fact, an independent restaurant owned by local people. While I hate to give it such a mediocre review, there just isn't anything stand out about the place. Average food, beer selection, and bartenders but just enough TVs if it's a game you're interested in.",
"I'm so glad that a non-chain restaurant has taken residence in this location. And a very good one, at that!\n\nIn my few visits to Katie O's, my experience has been a consistent 4 stars. Service is good; the servers are very friendly, helpful and fairly attentive. The space is open and furnished with dark cherry wood-looking furniture with many hanging plants. There are TVs sprinkled around, supplementing a bank of TVs by the bar - good for sports watching. \n\nThey have a decent beer selection. Food has always been enjoyable. French Onion soup is very good. The pizza is tasty. But my favorite is the nachos! The portion is ginormous, the ingredients are extremely fresh. I plan on taking a picture of it next time I go so next time I get subpar nachos from a restaurant, I can show them what real nachos should look like.\n\nOh... and they have Quizzo on Tuesday nights.",
"Steve K is my new best friend, because his review is spot on; looks great, real potential, underwhelmed with the food.\" I'll take it one step further and say the food is BAD. Maybe not uneatable, but ABSOLUTELY, disastrously, unabashedly out of proportion with cost:quality. Ok, let me recap MY experience:\n\nWe went a few nights ago for the football game and to use our groupons that entitled us to $25 worth of food. We sat down and were met by our waitress. We told her about the groupons, and she said she would get them later. She was amazingly disconnected and made about every mistake a waitress could make. She was terrible. (sorry, but true) We placed our orders and she was off to put them in. The table next to us was meeting their waitress and we overheard her telling them the nights specials, which our waitress didn't tell us. We caught our waitress going by and stopped her and asked her if there were specials. She said, \"oh yeah,\" but didn't know what they were. We decided to stick with our original order: boneless chicken wings and fries for me, fried pickles for the misses, rack of ribs and french onion soup for my friend, and steak for his wife. We also got a margharita pizza for the table. 20 minutes later, our waitress comes back and tells us that they forgot to make the fried pickles and french onion soup, but all the other food was ready. After deciding that she just bring whats ready to the table, she told us that she'd bring the pickles and soup out when ready, but that they would be on the house. So, so far, its got its issues, but nothing that would prevent me from coming back.....but then the food came out. First of all, even if I were to come back here, I will NEVER, EVER, EVER order a pizza from here again. We ordered a margharita pizza; what we got was a digiorno cheese pizza with some chopped up jersey tomatoes and literally 4 ribbons of basil. It was EMBARRASSING. It looked terrible and tasted like they brought the box instead of the pizza. If I was rating on this pizza alone, O'Donnells would OWE stars in the review. It was seriously ATROCIOUS. My wings were OK, and thats the same review I got for the steak and ribs. \"Meh\" seemed to be the general consensus. After a few minutes, the fried pickles and french onion soup made it out. The pickles got eaten, (review....\"meh.\" Go figure.) but the soup sat, uneaten on the table until my friend told the waitress that she could take it back since he didn't want it anymore. After eating, we were brought the check. Not only had she not applied the groupons, but she charged us for the fried pickles and UNEATEN soup that she said they were not charging us for. (Total price, $95.) We asked the waitress to please apply the groupons and she told us she would have to split the check to do so. We were fine with that, but assumed she would split is evenly down the middle. We got back 2 checks, one for $32 and one for $18. It appeared she just randomly applied things to the separate bills. Ugh....she was trying our patience. I dropped a 20 in cash for the $18 bill and we told the waitress to put the rest on a credit card. It came back with TWO charges; one for $28 and one for $4. WTF?\n\nThe reason I'm not giving O'Donnells 1 star or suggesting that someone take a wrecking ball to the side of it was that it was very nice inside. There are PLENTY of tvs to watch the games and just a nice atmosphere to hang in. I would rather boil and eat my shoe than eat there again, but I wouldn't mind going for a few drinks to watch the Eagles. \n\nI cannot stress enough just how deplorable the pizza was, but if you just want to pound some beers or imbibe some spirits and watch something on the big screen, I guess you could do a lot worse. Just make sure you go there full.",
"Burger was good. $4.95 for a 12oz blue moon is a bit much. Decided to get The bucket special for the flyers game. Turns out it's only for home games. What?! That's dumb.",
"I don't normally review places but after our second visit two evenings ago, my husband and I are DONE with this place. The first time we went we chalked it up to it being newly opened, went back two evenings ago with friends (not willingly but decided to give it another shot) and that was the nail in the coffin. HORRIBLE FOOD, HORRIBLE SERVICE, WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. If you are going to have a bar themed restaurant in Philly, you should have drink specials EVERY DAY. My husbands steak was like shoe leather and baked potato COLD. He sent it back and asked to take it off the bill. They did no problem like it was normal. Terrible Terrible Terrible. We will never go back and don't expect it to be open long..."
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"I've been here a few times since they opened and I love this place so much I keep going back! The food is great, the atmosphere is trendy but inviting, the waitstaff are friendly and the entertainment is terrific! \n\nI've had the crab cakes, which are moist and not made with a bunch of fillers and the salmon is cooked perfectly which is complemented by a tasty mushroom risotto. I recommend going there for lunch or dinner, but especially when the Piano Dudes are playing on the weekend for a great time to be had by all! They really get the crowd singing and dancing, it's so much fun!",
"The food was pretty darn good and the service was excellent! The waitress was friendly. Since it wasn't busy, she let the kids pick where we sat which earned her 5 stars in their book as well. The manager made a point to stop by the table and ask us what we thought of each dish. He was also at the table within 5 seconds with a rag when I spilled my water glass! :)",
"It's great with the dj but it's special every night! They have a great staff ample parking and dueling pianos which i find to be quite interesting. for the Wilmington nightlife they are kicking it up many notches. oh and apparently they do a 'loyalty program\" (which I seriously need to sign up for) and it give you an extra hour of play time during happy hour! WHO DOES THAT! \nthis place is plenty awesome.",
"We've been going to this location for years under previous names and ownership and decided to give it a try for Happy Hour. We were pleasantly surprised. Food and service was very good. Will definitely be returning. Only had appetizers but were happy with results.",
"The lady with long dark hair at the front must be the manager, she was very friendly and helpful . The server was a younger man , cute, nice , but not very aware . Drinks were low for a while. Gave my 5 year old daughter a huge lemonade and charged us for it too instead of a kids cup. Sure enough she ends up spilling it everywhere! So I used our napkins to clean it up and he didn't seem to notice any of this, as he walked by. But the manager lady did and helped us out and got us a sippy cup. I got the Caesar salad w chicken, it was huge and very tasty! My daughter got the potato soup which was ok. Atmosphere was nice, place was clean!",
"Where do I even begin to review such an awesome establishment?!? \n\n- Food was excellent! \n- Matthew the manager was unbelievably nice. \n- Crowd was extremely diverse and laid back. \n- Dueling pianos on certain days! \n- Pool tables. \n- Carnivore challenge. \n\nWe arrived at Catch 202 after seeing the other positive yelp reviews and because it was directly across the street from our hotel. I couldn't be happier with my experience. I initially went for crab dip alone and perhaps a drink. After looking at the menu I somehow was talked into the Carnivore challenge. I'm not going to list everything involved with the challenge but let's just say it was a 2lb, foot high burger with 10 oz of fries. The burger (of what I managed to eat) was amazing! I did not however complete the challenge but the burger was only $25 and well worth it. We were there on a Saturday and they had dueling pianos, Mike Hoffman the pianist was absolutely amazing! He played every single request we threw at him, everything from Dean Martin to Rage Against The Machine! Everything about this bar was perfect. Being able to eat a burger bigger than my leg, listen to awesome live music and shoot pool is all a plus in my book. Highly recommend this place if you are in the area!",
"Catch 202 is a new spot in town! I found it on a Nearby deal on Groupon! Good food and great service! The bar owner personally visited every table asking everyone on their experience! Would definitely visit again.",
"Awful experience. Had to wait for Ryan the waiter who never showed up. Meanwhile 2 other servers stood by and stared and socialized even though only 2 tables were occupied. The bar is close and open so you can hear the drunks act obnoxious. Had great expectations after seeing menu online thinking it would be my go to place but after this experience, I'll never go back. Not a smart move to alienate customers when you just opened. I'm convinced the other ratings are from employees or family.",
"Our office went for our monthly meeting today at lunch time. We were pleasantly surprised by the lunch specials, and we all got the soup and salad \"express\" special. The lunches were promised within 15 minutes and ours was delivered with piping hot delicious soups and fresh salads in just 10 minutes. Our waiter was pleasant, efficient and attentive. The crab chowder and shrimp salad I had were both delicious. The chowder was loaded with crab meat. The salad was a perfect portion with a citrusy salad dressing and four perfectly cooked shrimp on a skewer. Add in the fresh bread stick and it was a filling, inexpensive lunch. We can't wait to go back to try a few other tempting things on the menu. Absolutely perfect for a quick lunch on the go!",
"Had dinner here on Wednesday night. This place is kinda hidden if you're looking for it right off 202. It wasn't too busy when we were there and service was pretty quick which is always a plus. We started with the fried calamari with friends.. the friends being a mix of peppers, onions, and jalapenos. It was good, but a smaller portion than I expected for the price. For dinner, I had the fish tacos. The tacos were really good and I couldn't believe how much food I got.. it came with 4 soft tacos, mushroom risotto, and mixed veggies (broccoli/zucchini/squash). I'd definitely recommend them. My boyfriend took advantage of the half-off burger special they have on Wednesdays. His B.A.R. burger looked good and prob would've been my first choice of burgers, as well."
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"Awesome tasty food. What more can you ask for? I often find myself getting the same thing. The house salad-which is really chuck-full of veggies and a calzone. It is too much food to eat at once but the calzone reheats well. I recommend getting the food to go. The restaurant is nothing too exciting and it can be loud so just get it to go--- the food is ready fast. Oh I almost forgot, the chicken bbq salad is awesome and so filling. Oh and skip the chicken Parmesan-- it is not tasty. Just a friend chicken breast and some tasteless spaghetti.",
"It wasn't that good of an experience. The chicken Marsala was very oily and didn't have much flavor. The people working there were really cool and everyone in my group enjoyed their dinner. \n\nMy issue (besides my dinner being crappy) is I was given the wrong bill.. and the server did not notice until after I had paid and my mom had already gone outside with my son to leave. So as I am trying to leave.. he chases me down and I have to pay the the new bill.. no big deal about paying the new bill except for get your crap together the first time! so your guests aren't feeling hassled!",
"I really miss this place:-(. Awesome ravioli, great calzones [and I don't even like calzones], warm buttery bread, and the best ranch dressing I ever had in my LIFE. Puccini's is just plain good. Everthing I have ever had there has been wonderful and the prices aren't too bad either.",
"I lived in Indianapolis, IN for about five years and this by far was my favorite pizza place. Great food -- best pizza I ever had -- great service. The place is a little small, but they do also have outside seating ....in any case, if you haven't been there, I highly recommend it.",
"My Mother-in-law and Sister-in-law are both huge fans of this restaurant for take-out. Although I've never been inside, I have eaten there salads and pizza on many occasions.\n\nThe salad is very good! I really like their dressing, dijon vinegarette. The pizza is ok. I prefer Chicago deep dish when I do eat pizza. I have to give them credit-- it is super cheesy, which is the way that I like it!",
"I really love this place. I used to live nearly right next door and I thoroughly enjoyed being able to walk over and grab dinner. The service here can be spotty, but the food makes up for it. My two favorite things here are the salad with buttermilk herb dressing (their version of ranch) and the garlic bread. Their pizza is decent and the pricing is reasonable. One of my favorite places for a quick sit down meal.",
"The pizza is always good. Sometimes there is a long wait for delivery, but it is worth it. The times we went in the restaurant were very pleasant. This location and the one on 86th street.",
"I spend a lot of time in Indy for work, and so far I've had to eat at mostly chain restaurants...Puccini's is a fabulous change from mediocre chains. I had a calzone that was perfectly cooked. If you're in the neighborhood, skip the big chain restaurants and stop by--it's delicious",
"i love this place! i love their tomato cream sauce and their razorback pizza. so good. service is usually pretty good too. atmosphere is just okay.",
"Puccini's has pretty decent pizza. The dinner salad is great though! I would go just for that! The pricing is good for the amount of food you get. I'll be back!"
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"Looks like a new opening. Few kinks need to be worked out. Sure have a lot of staff for few customers, but a band will be here later. Menu looks delicious. Smell is amazing. Service is slow, but drinks are excellent.",
"We have been anxiously awaiting the opening of a new joint by our house. And the name implied spicy food - not sure if that's true or not - but it got us in the door. \n\nSo the place was relatively high energy with a country band (live music is always a plus.. regardless of the genre for the most part). \n\n The bummer was that when we walked in, there was no one there to greet us. First, this is crucial when you are introducing a new venue to the area. I don't know anything about the brand, the vibe, the offerings, etc. ...\n\nSo we walked around looking for a place to sit in anticipation of a server to come by and tell us what's up. \n\nBummer #2: although the place was clearly not at capacity, there were several tables with no stools as they had already been appropriated by folks wanting to sit in small groups. Not digging the idea of eating standing up. They need a plan B for seating.\n\nI see the potential, but from a customer service/client building standpoint, please get out in front of a rush of interest... it may cost a bit more in labor upfront, but at least you'll be able to better anticipate your service needs. \n\nI'll give you guys a month or so to dial it in. I am cautiously optimistic.",
"For only being open a couple of days, this place has got its service DIALED IN! There are still a few kinks, as with any new business, but with the great drinks, incredible food, and great weekly music. This is by far, my new favorite bar and the only one worth going to in South Reno :D",
"So we stopped here for the first time last night. We've been waiting for this place to open. Well it was worth the wait. We ordered the wings and they were to die for. Fantastic flavor. Service was friendly and nice. We met the owners wonderful people. We will definitely be back.",
"I really wasn't sure what to expect. I'd spent a lot of time here in its former incarnation, so the bar was set pretty low on \"it's got to be better\", it's not only better, it's amazing! It's clean, there's more than one stall in the bathroom and the food was delicious. We were met by what I'm assuming was the owner, Pat. He treated us to a couple of ribs that were delicious without BBQ sauce (I love sauce, so for me that's saying a lot). I ordered the blue cheese burger with fries, the portion was perfect and the burger was cooked to perfection. I can't wait to come back when they have some live entertainment. Keep up the good work! I'm so happy to have a place close to home that's actually good!",
"Wow what a delightful, clean and amiable place to get a great meal at a moderate price. I wasn't a \"rib eater\" till today. Now I think I'll be eating ribs weekly! Other than the addictively delicious food I cannot rave enough. Cool place for parties or to simply meet cordial folks.",
"Mm, gotta love barbecue. \n\nI love our weekly Yelp meetings because I'm always introduced to new and exciting places. Hellfire is definitely one of them. \n\nFirst off, the Garlic Fries. Order them, folks. They are fantastic. I feel like a common mistake made with Garlic Fries is the amount of garlic used. Hellfire does well to not add too much, and also does well to add the perfect amount of salt. Finally, the added inclusion of Rosemary is a refreshing twist. It provided an unique, light taste to an otherwise heavy appetizer. \n\nFor my main meal, I ordered the Wedge Salad. Unlike a common Wedge Salad, this one comes with pulled pork. For all you blue cheese haters out there (like myself), you can of course substitute the dressing for ranch. But also be sure to request no blue cheese chunks as well - I forgot to do so and it effected my overall opinion of the salad. The lettuce and tomatoes were fresh, and the bacon was very....bacon-y. The pulled pork was succulent and the BBQ sauce was rich, even a little spicy. Overall, it was a great salad. However, I would say that had I been starving, the salad would have been too small. It seemed more fitting as an appetizer in terms of portion size. \n\nThe place itself has an awesome vibe. There's a live stage and lots of saloon-themed decor. There's also an option to eat outside, where there are even games to play. I believe they're planning on making the outside portion an actual patio, so I look forward to seeing how they incorporate this addition. \n\nCan't wait for my next visit! \n\nHappy feasting.",
"Thought we would try the newest place in town, actually just around the corner of my house, greeted by the new owner and former owner of Porky's which was there for years. Looks like a very fun Western style Saloon. The wait staff was very friendly and explained the menu and the daily special which was French Onion soup. The menu looked great, I had the French Onion soup and pulled pork sliders, my one buddy had a salad and the other was a pulled pork plate. Everything was delicious and came out hot and fresh. My soup would have made a great meal in it self. The pulled pork was great. For a new place they are starting off on the right foot. The owners came over to make sure all was well. I am sure it will be rocking in the evening with live music on their stage. We will be back.",
"Great new place! Love Kelly! Ordered half a roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and salad for $10! Happy hour from 2:00 to 6:00, beers and well drinks $3 Monday through Friday!",
"Great local bar. Brandy, Tiffany and all of the staff/ownership know how to treat a customer and have them wanting to return. Friendly, good pours, good food and no smoking allowed. It is and will be my \"go to\" place for when I want an adult beverage in a nice environment."
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"Food is EXCELLENT!!! I'm a frequent traveler, and when I come to Tucson, I stay at the sheraton. The obvious choice for dinner for me is the R+R Grill. I love their menu, albeit a little pricey. I'm a huge fan of everything I've had there: trio of bruschetta, date with goat cheese salad, cheese plate (which is hidden on the dessert menu, but should be a featured item on the appetizer list), fish tacos, soup du jour, and I could go on... Dezi seems to be their most attentive bartender. I'm HUGE on customer service, so I prefer a server and or bartender to acknowledge me promptly and remember my orders. Dezi is great at that. The male bartenders are not so conscious of their patrons and frequently overlook new guests. Overall, this place is definitely an all time favorite!!! Great fine dining menu!",
"Pretty solid joint to eat at when staying near the airport. I usually find myself eating here when I stay in a hotel the night before an early flight. I highly suggest the burger.",
"I live a few miles down the road, so I had no travel reason to try this place out, but I picked up a coupon from Restaurant.com and was really kind of blown away. It's a restaurant in an airport hotel (nice hotel, don't get me wrong), so I didn't expect much, but everything we ordered was so well-thought out and well-prepared. You know how you can tell when the kitchen is really trying to impress the customers? That's what this was. The food was above-and-beyond, and the prices really reasonable given the quality of food and service. \n\nI'm returning there today for lunch, which is why I remembered to post this review. This is a place I have recommended to locals, which induces slight disbelief (\"...by the airport, you say?\") but it is no joke - the food is really nice.\n\nFurthermore, if you are a traveler coming through Tucson Airport, this is an excellent choice. Granted I'm a little biased given that my last culinary experience at an airport was at LAX (worst airport ever), but seriously...great food and you can pretty much walk there from the airport.",
"Best airport hotel joint I've ever seen. Really good food, friendly service, nice crowd and decent draft beer list. Lots of flat screens too, and can that ever be bad.",
"Okay road warriers take note of this! This is the restaurant in the Four Points by Sheraton at the Tucson Airport - not normally expected to be a culinary hot spot. Wrong in this case! The amazing (yet simple) menu selections are something I've NEVER seen at a Four Points property, anywhere. It helps that the place actually has an Executive Chef (indeed!), who honed his craft at resorts in Scottsdale. \n\nI was trying to go light because it was late, so I chose the dinner Caesar Salad with Scallop option - totally violating my normal rule of \"no seafood more than 300 miles from the coastline\", because I was totally intrigued that someone would even attempt to put this on the bill-of-fare. Let me tell you, that dish is why I am writing this review the same evening. The large salad included 3 large scallops (not puny bay scallops) - PERFECTLY done (seasoned and seared with a crust - yet fleshy and lightly cooked in the middle) something I don't often see, even in fine seafood establishments who supposedly know what they are doing with this touchy ingredient. It was worth every penny of the $8 upgrade to the plain Caesar Salad ($20 total)!\n\nBut wait...there's more! - Federal Contractors and Employees take note!!! The FedRate room contract at this hotel includes a $15.00 Food and Beverage Voucher for the R&R Bar and Grill!!! (yes $15, not 15%). I almost felt like I was taking advantage of the place. So I spent a bit more and got dessert - A chef's choice artisan cheese platter (not much sugar there!) which was excellent as well (see picture). Don't know if this is a short term promotion, or part of the rate for this year, but it is indeed an amazing bargain.\n\nThe staff was somewhat thin because of the late hour, but they were attentive, very pleasant, and the service was excellent!\n\nI am coming back to try some of the other offerings. I'm also staying at this hotel in the future because the entire place is of resort quality, not an airport 'box' hotel.\n\nIf you're staying in the airport hotel area at Tucson Intl. Airport....or you live close by...it's worth coming in for a meal!",
"Very good food, lots of fresh made stuff. Dill ranch onion rings and a good Blt chicken. Would eat here again.",
"Nice surprise to find a cozy little bar and grill in an airport hotel. We sat at the bar and the friendly bartender somehow managed to hold a conversation with us while taking care of everyone else. Sweet.\n\nThe menu is simple and straightforward. I'm not a drinker so I can't tell you if they make a good margarita or if there Level One vodka is for real, but I can vouch for the Cesar salad and truffle fries. The salad was fresh and abundant and the fries were hot and tasty. Yes, the salad could have used a little more bite and the fries were a little greasy, but I was very pleasantly surprised at the overall quality and ambience. I mentioned this to the bartender and she said it was a hidden gem that was getting popular. Nice that we stumbled on it.\n\nAnd in general the room had an upbeat vibe. People were pleased and it was a comfortable place to be.",
"This little restaurant/bar is inside the Four Points Hotel by the Tucson Airport. It has a bar in the middle and tables around for food. There are menus for all times of the day. A breakfast buffet and then a lunch/dinner menu. I came here one night since I was staying at the hotel and did not have anywhere else close by to eat at. My little budget was not so happy with the prices here, but the food was delicious. I ordered the sweet pea risotto and ate it back at my room. It was delicious and amazingly good for something that doesn't look so appetizing. Sweet and salty with the mix of vegetables, healthy as well. I want to give this place 3.5 stars, but rounding down for a view reasons. It is firstly located farther away from everything and mostly for people who are staying in hotels by the airport. My second reason is that it kind of appeals more to the older crowd and you can see them all drinking at the bar. The food does make up for it though so if you happen to be staying nearby then this is probably a great choice!",
"I love going to this quiet out of the way place during business lunch hours. It's atmosphere is very relaxing during the hectic work week. It's a little pricey, but well worth it because the quality ingredients. By far the best burger I have had in a long time. Must try the onion rings, they are to die for! Service is attentive, but not overbearing.",
"I generally totally avoid any and all restaurants attached to hotels but I took a chance based on other reviewer comments, and I was surprised. The environment and decor is, well, decidedly hotel-ish, complete with a creepy painting of an 80's pair of legs and a martini glass. Not exactly my thing, but the culinary quality offset my concerns about being transported back to a bar from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Also, the bartender knew her beers and was friendly in just the right amount of friendly... not the \"I hate my life because everyone hits on me at the hotel bar\" or the \"hit on me at the hotel bar because I want your tips,\" but \"I am actually a nice person and accept that not everyone is interested in hitting on me at the hotel bar.\" Decent spot for the airport scene, I suppose."
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"This is a very sophisticated bar. It has lots of Martini's, James bond style, and it also has many different beers. Though I don't drink beer my friends tell me what they had was good. The food there is good also, but be open to new things otherwise you won't be able to eat there. Some of the things on the menu sound scary but really aren't! I can't remember the name of the dish we tried but my very skeptical friend liked it, he is the pickiest eater on the planet too. I give this bar two thumbs up! Just don't try the Dr. No. Its a pepper martini, my husband who puts Tabasco on everything, couldn't handle it!\n\n____________________________________________________\nedit!\n\nThis has become my favorite bar! the top of the list favorite! It has also been voted one of the \"best of stl\" If you haven't gotten there yet...what are you waiting for?!",
"Completely worth making the trip to Alton to check this bar out. This is simply not even close to what you would expect to find in Alton, considering most people just go there either for (1) the Alton Belle, or (2) to go to Fast Eddie's. However, add this to the list of Alton destinations, because it's a seriously, SERIOUSLY fabulous bar. \n\nThe place is pretty loungy and largely caters to those craving Martinis and good food. They have a HUGE assortment of martinis as well, which is great for someone with my taste in alcohol. The drinks are all well mixed, creative, and delicious, also they don't scrimp on the alcohol, gold star for that. If you like sweet drinks, I highly suggest the Jaws....vodka, cranberry, and a sugar rim, amazing. The honey rider is incredibly rich, but if you can handle tons of chocolate and banana in your mixed drink, you just may like it. If you like your drinks tart, go for the Odd Job. It's amazing with just enough lemon to make you pucker but not so much that you need something else to wash it down. \n\nThe beer menu is substantial as well, but I have not yet felt any urge to drink anything but the fancy martinis. \n\nAs the food goes, I haven't had a ton of it, but what I have munched on, I did love. The Smoked Eggplant Dip is one of the most interesting and delicious appetizers I have ever eaten (and it's totally vegetarian). The Crostini with Dip is amazing as well (baked feta and pita chips), and there is a huge assortment of fish dishes that my friends have raved about. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite reasons to come to Alton, if not my favorite. You simply must check this place out.",
"Went there for a going away party for a friend of a friend. Great atmosphere, very laid back. The staff was cool, and professional. Food was great, especially the pizza. The 007 themed martinis were great from what everyone else was saying. Not your normal Alton bar, this is above and beyond that.",
"Great martinis! I love everyone I've had from here. Great service too! One time my friends and I were there, the bartender brought us our 2nd round, I tried to get up for the bathroom spilling $40 of martinis on my friends lap. It was completely my fault I offered to pay for them anyway but she just made us more!\n\nThe feel is very cool and loungesque. \n\nThe food menu is also A++ I love the Thai peanut pizza.\n\nFavorite is definitely the Moonraker, gotta love the James Bond menu!",
"Were it not my city cousin transplanted in Alton telling me this place is as good and as sophisticated as any classy city bar, I would never have believed it. But, it's true.\n\nThis is not what snob me was expecting. This is a first class fabulous restaurant and bar. \n\nThey have a HUGE assortment of martinis and all else. The menu was sophisticated in that they don't serve \"barf-ood.\"\n\nMy seafood gumbo was superb. My cousin's personal size pizza with fresh carrots and other veggies was creative.\n\nAnd Jill, the legend of Alton's East Side, I hear, was our bartender... and excellent.\n\nWhy go elsewhere? No point.",
"I have to promote the Bossanova Lounge because there really isn't anything like it in the area. The space is tight but attractive and on many nights they have nice live jazz bands playing. The overall ambiance is sophisticated. The food is delicious and reasonably priced. They have a selection of unique pizzas which are delightful. We particularly enjoy their coconut shrimp appetizer. For drinks they offer a selection of specialty martinis named after James Bond characters. Just stay away from the Dr. No, which uses a pepper vodka and is undrinkable. I usually stick to a straight gin martini and I give Bossa Nova high marks for having my favorite, Hendrick's. The only negative to this bar is that their drink prices are on the high side for Alton.",
"LOVE LOVE LOVE this place!! Have been going there since they opened up a few years ago & am never disappointed. The staff is great & the owner is a super nice, friendly guy. Classy atmosphere & excellent martinis ;)",
"Been here numerous times. Both to eat as well as to grab a couple micro brews you can't find too many places in Alton. I can't vouch that Alton is much different than anywhere else, but I feel safe to say most just want to get their Bud Light on, which I'm not dogging... maybe a little bit. I like a Budweiser, but yes if I can get a Lagunitas IPA for a dollar more, I'll take it. Call me a weekend millionaire. I can take it. \n\nMy last visit was less than desirable. I was relegated to water. Left my id in the car, it was raining and I caught the group as we were getting ready to hop along to Mac's.\n\nRecently I had coconut shrimp, which were sweet deliciousness! The smoked salmon rangoon were good, but kind of... thin. I don't think that describes them appropriately, but there wasn't much there. Jacki swears by the Beef Tee-Pee. Its a tee-pee made out of beef skewers and is served with some potatoes and green beans. It is cooked nice and tender. A while ago I remember having the Thai chicken pizza and it being very good. \n\nIt also can be fun to go an order martinis. They all have funny Bond names and some have very interesting ingredients. Once when I was getting ready to leave town for a few months, some buddies and I decided to do a little bar crawl around downtown Alton and stopped in for martinis. All being fairly recently 21 it was fun and kind of funny. \n\nI also have a friend who swears by their mojitos. They don't always have them if they don't have fresh mint, but I've tried and they are pretty good. The service is also pretty good, never really personable but passable and professional. I'll be back.",
"This was not where we'd intended to have dinner, but I'm so glad we did! The place was packed, but the service was still friendly, prompt and professional. The wine list isn't extensive, but offers good choices. They're a martini bar so the martini list is exciting reading - I wasn't in the mood for a martini so will go back for that.\n\nHUGE yum factor on the food. The goat cheese salad with pistachios and beets is a must have (and I'm not a fan of beets usually) with the roasted red pepper dressing. We also shared a shrimp and sun dried tomato pizza with a pesto sauce. The pesto had that marvelous fresh flavor of basil just brought in from a sunny spot and the toppings were a perfect compliment. The crust was just thick enough to support the toppings and thin enough to be a crisp texture contrast to the chewy langostino tails.\n\nLooking forward to my next visit to Alton, IL.",
"Bossanova serves quality food late, and has a wide variety of drinks to choose from. The bartenders are always friendly and the service is prompt. The tables are easy to adjust depending on the size of your party, and if you have a table of 8 or more, there are two tables in the back that are reserved for such parties. The martinis are the best in the area, and there are even bands that play there on occasion. \n\nThe only negatives that I have are: \n1. reservations are not available ahead of time which is understandable due to limited space \n2. that the menu hasn't noticeably changed in the year that I have been a patron of this bar \n\nFavorite dishes: Beef Tepee, Coconut Shrimp, BST pizette. \n\nFavorite martinis: Dixie Normous and X-rated."
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"Cool new place to place to watch games, but we were disappointed by the service. We arrived and had service about every 20 minutes despite there only being 5 other people outside. Our server left her shift and we sat another 30 minutes without service from another person. Lastly the price point is not equivalent to the quality",
"What a great trip I had when I traveled to nashville. What a vibrant city. I was staying right next to this amazing local restaurant called \"pastime\". I went to the restaurant one night and went back several other times because I liked everything about the place. Each time the food and drinks were both great. I travel all over the world and this food was delicious. The staff was very friendly and it was a great place to watch all the sports games. I would highly recommend for anyone that wants a great restaurant to go to when traveling to nashville to come here.",
"The first time I went here I had the worst fish tacos of my life. The second time I came here with a group of 6 we were told an hour and fifteen minutes after ordering that there were still several food tickets ahead of us. It really is a shame because I live in the neighborhood and a casual bar to watch a game is just what we needed but this establishment has failed miserably.",
"We saw this place on Nashville guru as one of the best new restaurants. Absolutely terrible! The service was without a doubt the worst service I have ever had. Our waitress did not come back to our table after our drink orders. We had to go get a different server to get water and to get our check. Not only was the service bad, but also the food was subpar at best. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. Overpriced, mediocre food, horrific service.",
"Service is awful. Just tried to go eat here and was sat by the hostess at a table on the patio. We sat here for twenty minutes and no one even came to speak to us. Our drink order wasn't even taken. Finally, we got up and left.",
"Excellent food and service! Very convenient location if you're heading to a sounds game! I highly recommend trying the shrimp ceviche!! Will be back soon!",
"This place is one of a kind! Excellent happy hours and food. Inviting atmosphere that provides great service. Perfect for an evening going to the Sounds game with the stadium in walking distance. Highly recommend this place! The owners and staff are absolutely fantastic.",
"I had an awesome experience at Pastime! I love the environment and the food. Our waitress was very attentive and didn't have an my problems during our visit. The prices really aren't that bad, especially for the quality of food you're getting. We'll definitely make it a point to visit Pastime every time we come visit Nashville!",
"The pork chop is my favorite. The nachos are not heavy and a great appetizer. I am not a huge chicken wing person but the Asian sauce wings were very tasty.",
"Great bar.. Good food.. cool spot to watch sporting events.. will be a returning customer."
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"Just opened this week - have not had their \"grand opening\" yet. Hubby and I went for an early dinner on Friday night. My 2 sons have been their several times to hang out with friends during the week. They have given it the thumbs up (helps they know the owner). We live right across the lake from the place so it is nice to have a good meeting place right around the corner! Our dinner was light - beer and sandwiches. The sandwich menu was not your normal list of clubs and cheese steaks though. Very good variety of creative and interesting combinations. I had a \"steak\" sandwich, it was made from slices of very tender steak, perfectly seasoned, raw red onion & spring mix salad with a balsamic reduction drizzled on top - oh and mozzarella cheese melted on the steak, just enough though, not an obnoxious amount. The roll was toasted just right. Served with waffle fries - don't care for them. I could only finish 1/2 as it was a large serving! My husband had an ahi tuna sandwich with wasabi drizzle - he wanted more wasabi - the tuna was over cooked, I can't lie. I didn't notice soon enough or I would have sent it back. But, he enjoyed it anyway - also served on a perfect roll. We had Sam Adams Summer Ale which went perfect with our sammys'. We will be back to check out the dinner options which were in reading amazing! Very creative combos. We saw several familiar faces and the crowd was growing fast as the basketball games were about to begin (we don't watch bball) they redecorated the house beautifully, the view from the back deck area was magnificent - when nature starts to bloom, you will want to check it out! The fountain in the lake was a very nice touch! Welcome to town Lake House!",
"The food is consistently good. Staff is always friendly and knowledgeable. The reason I really love this place though is the outside seating. The view is gorgeous!",
"We have gone for lunch and dinner and enjoyed both meals. They have a good selection of mostly American food and the quality is very good, with a nice atmosphere both inside and outside with a view of the lake. Service is also good.\n\nWe will return soon.",
"For dinner, I asked the waitress, Taylor, if the taco salad really had SHREDDED beef like it stated on the menu. She said yes, so I ordered it. What I got instead was a hamburger patty, unseasoned, barely chopped up on a bed of romaine. When I told the waitress I was disappointed and this was not what I asked for, she just looked at me. No apologies. \n\nIt also didn't help that my long island ice tea was all mix. \n\nThis is not the first time I have ordered something here to only be disappointed about what I got. I would rather eat at home than waste my money on high priced \"burger king.\" \n\nSorry Lake House, I wanted to like you. I really did.",
"I try not to be a snob on here and give each place a fair rating based on continued experience and this review is no different unfortunately. The food ranges from meh to good and the tots are always yummy but I mean they're tots not rocket science. The consistently bad part about going to the Lakehouse though is the service. But it isn't even the waiters and waitresses faults ALL the time (it definitely is some times like when I waited so long just to place a drink order so I went up to the bar to get a drink) I think they just don't go through any real training. SO:\n\n1) When wine glasses were brought to our table mine had several large thumb prints and smudges on it and my fiance's had lipstick stains all around the rim. Pretty unacceptable all around there.\n\n2) It always take SO long between each stage of service i.e. make sure you tell the waiter everything when you have them there otherwise you're not going to see them again for another 5 minutes. \n\n3) Already mentioned having to get my own drink.\n\nThe location is cool and just like when it was Jakes there's a lot going for it but if they don't do something about the service they are going to have trouble.",
"I've had about 6 meals here so far and I'm a fan of it. The Scallops were the best meal I've had here so far. the service was great. avoid the mac and cheese.",
"If they tell you it's a twenty minute wait, it will be 45 minutes till your seated. That means an hour and a half till you eat, so don't come hungry. The food certainly is not worth the wait and they're not afraid to charge you big bucks for it. The scallops were dry and pasty. Not to be totally negative, they have mastered the tater-tot. They were excellent till we ran out of ketchup which is provided in a very classy tiny white cup which I assume was borrowed from his daughters tea set. By the time we got enough ketchup to eat a few more, they were ice cold. We keep hoping it will improve as we have tried every few months since the new owner took over but I just give up!",
"June 2011 . . . Got the Lake Steak sandwich. No, it's not like a cheesesteak but a steak (flank?) with portabella mushrooms and fontina(?) cheese. Excellent! Betsy P: Tater Tots?? You ordered Tater Tots with scallops?? REALLY?! Anyone who would order tater tots out shouldn't be allowed to review a meal.",
"March 2012..... We experienced the Lakehouse for the first and last time last night. My husband and I love to try new places and are somewhat foodies, but not food snobs. I also worked at a very popular fine dining restaurant for 8 years and know good food and service when I see it. We go everywhere and anywhere to eat. We will also pay for good food without a care. However, I have a really hard time paying $90.00, without drinks due to me being pregnant, for food that I could have made and home and better. We were extremely disappointed on every level. \nWe ordered the scallops as an appetizer. Honestly they weren't that bad and I was hoping that the rest of our meal would follow the decency of the appetizer. After the Scallops came our salads. Both were small and the tomatoes were mushy and ready to turn bad. For our main entrees I got the crab cakes, which is something I rarely do but because I am much more adventurous than that, but there was nothing else that looked that appetizing on the dinner menu. They were ok at best but for $30.00 they should've been amazing. Keep in mind Im not cheap and will gladly pay for good food. I got rice and creamed spinach as my sides. The rice was good but the spinach was cold and disgusting. My husband ordered the Prime Rib medium rare. It came out medium and with was essentially flavorless. A complete disappointment. Not only was the food less then subpar so was the service. I know that my expectations are a little higher then most due to being in the industry for a long time but Im also more forgiving as well. However, our server came back only twice and my husband had to go without a refill on his drink for his entire entree. Not ok. \nWe will never return. The Lakehouse is overpriced and pretending to be something its not. If you are going to charge high prices then you better deliver and that they did not. I could have gone to Franklinville Inn or any nice restaurant in Philadelphia and paid the same but been happy about it!",
"Mixed feelings here... Love their seared tuna appetizer. Also enjoy their sunnyside up burger and appreciate they brought it to me med rare as I asked. The availability of tater tots is another plus. On the other hand, I shouldnt have to add bacon to a burger that already comes with an egg. The seafood bisque is flavorful but woefully small and lacking any actual, identifiable seafood. The Sam on tap was completely flat and/or skunked last time I ordered one.\n\nLet me tell you about the Lakehouse sampler. It comes with 3 little mozza sticks, 3 little chicken fingers and 2 little wedges of a cheese quesadilla (doesnt even have meat)... priced at an unfathomable $13. If you think thats funny, ours also came with bruschetta instead of salsa for the quesadillas, and meat sauce instead of marinara for the mozza sticks. There was NO sauce for the chicken fingers. (photo)\n\nOverall, this place is just too damn expensive for what you get. Dont take my word for it though, feel free to browse the menu. Be sure to check out the fries section - $8.95 for a plate of fries!! A PLATE OF FRIES!!! Last night, 3 appetizers and 4 domestics ran me $56 pre-tip. All Im sayin is, theres better choices out there."
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"best place in south philly for mexican food, the waitress was so attentive, and make us feel like we where at home. tacos al pastor will be my menu suggestion. looking forward to coming back!",
"Chicken Mole, shrimp with Garlic, and guacamole were awesome! Waitress was busy but super friendly. can't wait to try the Tacos!",
"We had tacos and they were very bad and dry. Carnitas had a lot of fatty meat, the lengua had bad texture and was dry. Al Pastor taco was ok. The service wasn't good either and they don't accept credit cards. \n\nI wanted to take a chance on a new, mysterious Mexican restaurant but it turned out to be a bad experience.",
"The camarones al ajillo (shrimp with garlic and guajillo chiles) are excellent. Tamales de rajas and tamales de mole (available on Saturday and Sunday. Get there early. They sell out quickly.) are the best tamales I've had in Philadelphia. Love the enchiladas as well. Service can be slow depending on who is working that day, but all of the staff are extremely nice. Extremely. If not for the slow service and the annoying guy who plays guitar and yells (He's not there all of the time. He terrorizes diners in all of the 9th St. restaurants.), I'd give it 5 stars.",
"The food was excellent. I had the enchiladas verde and my boyfriend had the steak w/ cactus. Both were incredibly flavorful meals. The service was not the best but not terrible either. Used to be a fan of Taqueria La Veracruzana, but the food here was significantly better.",
"I love this place, the food is always fresh and delicious. The staff is always super friendly. I would recommend you buy tortillas from the tortilleria close by and take them to eat here. Not sure why they use store bought tortillas having such a great tortilleria in the same market.",
"Lunch here was a great way to start the Cinco de Mayo celebration! The place was completely full when we arrived but after only a few minutes, the smiling waitress had cleaned a table for us and what followed was one of the best Mexican lunches I had in a long time.\n\nWe started with the chile relleno and carnitas tacos - the sizable poblano pepper, stuffed with fresh cheese, was resplendent in its bright, clean tasting tomato sauce - a winner. Equally good were the carnitas tacos, entailing three different types of pork, excellent in combination of textures and with the green sauces that sparkled with freshness and piquancy. I saw a reviewer complaining about \"fatty\" carnitas in his review - Hello! This ranks with complaining about toro being fatty.\n \nThe chicken mole was also very good, with good beans and rice and a complex, earthy mole that harmonized spices and sweetness.\n \nI also loved the lentil soup that was served with the specials, as were the outstanding agua frescas (pineapple and melon) included in the order! We even received a simple but fine dessert, fruit in sweet cream, all inclusive in the price of the special - and that price was low! This was one of the most amazing quality-price ratios I have ever encountered (I took some food home).\n\nService was solicitous and efficient, the atmosphere convivial yet calm. I saw my food hero, Rick Nickols, happily dig into his mole chicken and knew I was in the right place on this Cinco de Mayo.",
"If you're looking for huge portions of delicious, authentic Mexican food for low, low prices, look no further than Puebladelphia, the area of Philly just south of the Italian Market and north of the cheesesteak eateries, Geno's and Pat's. There you will find taco shops, grocery stores, music stores, and fashion boutiques with all kinds of - ahem - slutwear. Mole Poblano is a little family owed restaurant with limited seating, lots of local patrons, and incredible smells emanating from its kitchen. Except for the weekend specials, nothing on the menu tops ten dollars, including the restaurant's signature dish, the Mole Poblano, which is not listed on the menu. I highly recommend ordering it on your first visit. You will enjoy a slow-roasted chicken leg and thigh smothered in a totally delicious mole poblano sauce with rice and refried beans. The sauce is dark brown and made of about twenty different ingredients, including chili peppers, spices, day-old bread, nuts, and chocolate. Totally, totally delicious. As I was consuming every tender, succulent morsel of chicken smothered in the delectable, rich, spicy chocolate sauce, I found myself not wanting the experience to end. That is the sign of great food. I could eat this every day of the week and twice on Sundays. With your entrées, you will get free chips and salsa and depending on the day of the week, a free bowl of soup and dessert. All of the food at Mole Poblano has a wonderful, spicy kick to it and my friend Chris W and I became enamored with the place immediately. I was so impressed with my Mole Poblano that I returned the next day for a second helping. Thank you, God, for showing me the way to Mole Poblano.",
"Damm this is good...even great....still thinking about this a week later! The BEST mole I've had outside if Mexico...dark complex and downright delicous. The freshest green salsa and excellent chilaquiles. Can't wait yo come back for the famous tamales and lamb barbecue",
"I really enjoyed my dinner. My largest complaints are shallow ones. The chips weren't served fresh, and it's a Mexican place that does not have cerveza. I had the shrimp fajitas which were absolutely delicious. There were more shrimp than usual and my plate came out sizzling and stayed that way for 10 minutes. Unlike other places they also served plenty of tortillas, about 6. The service was great and consistent. I was definitely not kept waiting long at any point in my meal. Also got a small complimentary dessert at the end of my meal. I'm not sure why or if everyone gets it? But maybe because they saw me writing this review."
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"We had just eaten dinner here tonight, and I'm still feeling quite full from the meal. The Lemongrass Cafe serves both Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine, although mainly Vietnamese. The layout of the restaurant doesn't look like your typical it's-just-about-the-food Vietnamese restaurant; it looks a bit fancier, and slightly feels like a European cafe, which is strange ambiance for an Asian restaurant. It's like a Vietnamese restaurant in the time of French colonization really.\n\nThe service is friendly and quick, we didn't have to wait long at all for our meal. I'd say about 10 minutes tops. I was tempted to order the pho, but I was very doubtful of what the quality would be like, based on the atmosphere of the place. Plus their pho selection is very limited. There's like four dishes you can choose from (I don't think it's their specialty). So I ordered the springs rolls on vermicelli instead, and my boyfriend got the wonton soup and green onion cakes. \n\nMy spring rolls were good, but nothing will ever compare to my grandmother's spring rolls. I sampled my boyfriend's wonton soup, and it was delicious, but they put such a tiny amount of pork meat inside the wonton. You barely bite into it and realize that's all there is! It's not even a teaspoon of meat in there. The portion of the soup is really small too, definitely not something to be ordered on its own. The green onion cakes were really good though. They give you lots, and these ones are chewy and non-greasy.\n\nOur bill came to about $20 including tip. Not bad, but I think I still prefer the places in Chinatown, or Phobulous near Whyte.",
"I really enjoyed the food at Lemongrass, they give you huge servings that will leave you feeling full.\n\nThe restaurant itself is pretty fancy not what you would expect for a Vietnamese restaurant. They did a good job with the design, it was different in a good sense. \n\nThe service was little bit frustrating. It was really slow, they kept forgetting about us and they weren't even that busy, but I won't hold that against them. I would go again sometime for sure.",
"Located in a south side strip mall, the Lemongrass Cafe is less a cafe, more a mid-range restaurant with live plants dotting the large, outdated dining room. \n\nWe started with an order of green onion cakes, which were excellent, chewy on the inside and crisp on the out, served with a sweet chili sauce.\n\nWhile my dining partner enjoyed her gigantic bowl of seafood soup, I can't say my overall experience with the menu was quite so good. Vegetarians might be happier choosing another restaurant and those who - like myself - are allergic to shellfish, might want to be especially careful.",
"Simple decor. Good selection of Asian beers. I tried the steamed salmon. It was fantastic. The rest of the food had good portions and the flavours were excellent. The service was a bit slow and unattentive with only 2 people running the show but a good experience overall. I wouldnt necessarily go out of way to go there again though.",
"The Lemongrass is one of my favourite casual restaurants in the city. It's located in a stripmall - close to the Italian Centre shop on the south side. I really love the food here. It's fresh, and delicious with big portions - you definitely won't have to worry about going hungry. I always love getting their vermicelli bowls and the salad rolls (my favourite). While it can sometimes get a little busy it's never packed, and it's usually pretty easy to get a table. Sometimes the service can be a little slow but it's not too bad. The Lemongrass is always a staple with my friends because of their delicious food, and decent prices.",
"Great vietnamese restaurant on the southside. The food is tantalizing, the service is prompt and efficient. The prices, however are a little on the high side, expect to pay around $15-20 a person, depending on what you order.",
"I had never heard of this little Vietnamese restaurant but friends from work took me here for lunch. \n\nIt's going to sound silly, but I'm always scared and shy about ordering off of menus with food I'm not as familiar with. I just never know what to expect. But my friends had been here often and made suggestions and ordered for me. \n\nI ended up going with 22b. It was a soup with curry and chicken. \n\nWhen it came out I could not believe just how huuuuge it was! I am not sure how one person is supposed to actually finish one of these bowls of soup.\n\nIt was the most delicious soup I had ever eaten. The curry was delicious and added the perfect amount of kick. The noodles were amazing and the chicken nice and tender. It was so tasty, but sadly my chopstick skills with soup are incredibly limited. I wanted to eat as much and as quickly as possible because of how good it was, but found that to be a difficult and messy process. \n\nMy suggestion: definitely make your way to this restaurant but be sure to go with friends and family who love you, no matter how much food gets on your face and lap. \n\nOm nom nom!!!\n\n-Ashley Marie",
"Quick, clean, tasty, very affordable and an enourmous amount of tasty food. \n\nI got about 2 litres of wonton soup for $12. I'd totally go back again. The springrolls were tasty too.\n\nTons of parking. It's a little harder to find but it's just in a little stripmall complex off of 51st Avenue. Worth the trek.",
"Yum! With two very hungry stomachs and not a lot of patience, Michael J and I stopped into this strip mall restaurant for a quick and very delicious meal before a busy night of running errands.\n\nThe place had quite a few tables, but it wasn't crazy - no wait time. We were seated right away, picked our entrees right away, and our orders were taken right away, too. So far, so good!\n\nDecor? Well, it's a little old school. Tile floors, bland tables and chairs, but that's not the point. It's actually a little bit charming because you can tell it's a family-run place.\n\nMy lemongrass chicken was super tasty. Hot, full of flavour, and it came with a ton of veggies. I downed almost the entire plate because I was starving, but it was definitely a lot of food - worth the price.\n\nMichael J wasn't quite as thrilled with his big bowl of wonton soup (last time it came with more veggies, he said) but it was still very delicious.\n\nThe price is right, service is attentive, food is hot, flavourful and authentic. Ignore the decor and stop by for a solid meal.\n\nThe best part? Call in your order and pick it up to go. Best!",
"I love Lemongrass! I go there with family fairly often, at least a few times a month.\n\nService is fast. It's not unusual for us to be in and out in 90 minutes or less. We've gotten to know the staff a bit - in the sense, they pretty much could place our order for us.\n\nWe have a few favourite dishes. Chicken and cashews (#56); beff luc lac (#60); rice in a hot pot (#31, I believe). We also love their spring rolls. I really like their chicken and rice noodle soup, too. \n\nEverything is tasty and always hot. Lemongrass has superb, flavourful sauces on their dishes that really make them wonderful. Serving sizes are big. I always go home with leftovers.\n\nWould highly recommend!"
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"I was really hoping for more from this place. For being 20 bucks you get what you pay for. I had a sushi combo - six pieces of spicy tuna, spicy salmon and spicy yellow fish. None of them actually tasted spicy and I don't know if this was a mistake on the restaurant's behalf or if this was their version of spicy, but it wasn't good. I also ordered pork lo mein, it was tolerable nothing special. As far as getting quick food it's a good work lunch takeout place.The ambience was kind of cool but I probably won't go back here. I do hope things get better at this new place.",
"My friends and I attempted to support this new business last night. We had to leave after ordering drinks but before ordering food. The ear pounding from buffeting thumps of the ventilation system drove us away. It was enough to drive us crazy and/or cause pounding headaches. It's unbelievable that the staff and customers put up with it. We paid for our tea/sodas (they didn't offer to comp). We said we would try again after they solve the problem. The employees didn't appear to believe it would be addressed!\n\nThe tables and walls were bare, no decor.",
"The food is so-so, but the service has really gone downhill since the move to the new location. I asked the headwaiter a question about the seating, and apparently it was a question he didn't like, because he simply walked away. The waitress asked him what the problem was, and he spoke to her in Mandarin right in front of me, which made me feel rather uncomfortable, though I do understand the language a little, but he probably didn't realize that (note: he did speak to me in English earlier). If the food was excellent, I might have overlooked this rudeness. But the lunch special was far from excellent, consisting of rubbery chicken drowning in an excess of sauce. I couldn't finish the chicken, because it was impossible to chew. The salad was OK (too much dressing, though). The spring roll was dry. With the bad service and mediocre fare, it's quite a shame; I had great expectations for this place, having dined many times at the former location.",
"Very Good Chinese food in the chinese food wasteland of King of Prussia. They just re-opened recently so they are still suffering growing pains.The service, while not great, is improving. Is it as good as the places in Chinatown, of course not, but when the alternatives are the horrifically awful China House and China King the food is more than good enough.",
"Went last week for the first time and was already back this week. Happy hours during weekdays, delicious fresh sushi, great variety of special rolls, friendly staff. Planning on going back next week!!! Excited to try the General Tso",
"My husband and I ate at the old version of Wild Rice that closed down, and now we eat at this new one. I think it's actually better than it was before. Their sushi is delicious. We like the sweet potato roll, as well as Chorushi Fire. It's not as good as Kabuki's sushi, but Wild Rice actually makes the food within a reasonable time (unlike Kabuki) and they deliver (also unlike Kabuki). Their entrees are really tasty, too. We love the General Tso (both chicken and shrimp versions are awesome). The scallion pancakes are greasy but delicious. The food tastes fresh and flavorful, which is very hard to find in King of Prussia. When we dine in, we haven't really noticed the issue of slow service. It's not the fastest in the world, but it's no worse than anywhere else, and when we got delivery I was actually shocked by how quickly it came.",
"Some co-workers and I got an order together for a lunch delivery, and as we are right around the corner, we thought this would be a convenient place to have deliver to us. The order was for 5 different sushi rolls and 2 appetizers. After 90 minutes (and only a 2 mile drive), the order finally arrived - completely wrong. All 9 (yes 9, not 5) rolls were mixed together. Upon calling back and trying to rectify the situation, they did not apologize for the inconvenience - they sent out a \"Sushi Inspector\" because we obviously must have been lying. Fast forward another 60 minutes and he finally shows up, demanding to see the sushi. He did not bring the correct order that we had placed some 3 hours ago; instead he offered to then have the order redone. Hungry and dissatisfied, we instead took the refund (minus one appetizer). We did not receive an apology, nor any sort of discount or effort to compensate us--only a shrug of the shoulders. This restaurant, which was spoken of with praise, is now akin to a lunch horror story that resulted in a simultaneous three strikes, you're out. \n\nAvoid this place - they do not respect their customers and their service stinks.",
"Crab meat and cream cheese wantons were fantastic. Like a fancy Crab Rangoon\n\nI ordered the Volcano Roll and the wife got California Dynamite. Big ambient restaurant right next to Target in KOP. Seated right away and pleasant staff. \nAmazing",
"My wife and I loved this restaurant....would go once a week...but after last night we are going to stop wasting our money. The service is consistently getting worse.\nWaited 15 minutes last night before walking out. No one ever greeted us. Waiting 10 to 15 minutes just to get noticed is unexceptable. The servers have no idea how to sell the menu or even explain it...They do love fighting over the regular customers though. The owner Amy is clearly lacking any official restaurant experience and it reflects on the entire dining experience. The food is average to begin with although we do love the sushi. We won't miss the terrible service. There are plenty of other places to to spend your hard earned money.",
"I have always liked my food from wild rice. The silken wonton soup is pretty good, I like it better then the thicker kind. I love the rolls and my husband likes the pho. It is a good place for take out. I would call it medium take out... Much better the gross dive take out... Pan Asian food is great for takeout because everyone is pleased. I've enjoyed the Kama kazi roll and the green dragon is also tasty. We also like the pan fried dumplings."
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"We were there on opening day. The chicken tikka lunch was excellent. Staff were very nice and attentive. The restaurant is too nice to have the television on. I really could have done without it. I've had a lit of Indian food and this was definitely up there.",
"We went there right after they opened. Complimentary appetizers and dessert. We ordered lamb (very nicely done) and spinach/chickpeas, also very nice. Service was prompt and friendly. A great location and a nice addition to the neighborhood. Garlic naan and mango lassi were also really good.",
"Paneer tikka masala was excellent. It was a little creamy compared to most but had a unique sweet flavor that most paneer doesn't have. The paneer cubes were larger than most Indian places with is a plus in my opinion. I also had chicken dansang? That was very good as well. The roti and naan were above average. The portions and service were good and overall it's a decent casual Indian place. It's a welcome addition to a neighborhood with virtually zero dining options.",
"Really delicious food. The server was so happy and cheerful and nice to us. So attentive and it made our day so much better. Great prices and was happy to split the check for us.",
"Indian Cuisine is a solid, no-frills restaurant in the neighborhood that offers pretty delicious food at reasonable prices. In my two visits to the restaurant, I have been very impressed with the main attraction: the food. \n\nThe naan (both regular and cheese) has been perfectly cooked, balancing doughiness with crunch. For appetizers, the samosas are the best I have had so far in Philadelphia: the shell is cooked perfectly, and the vegetable filling is delicious.\n\nThe main courses have no disappointed. I have tasted the Chicken Vindaloo and Paneer Makhani, both of which have been above-average. The Vindaloo gets the taste right, though it could be a bit spicier and have more potatoes in the mix. The Makhani's taste is also on point, though I wish the cubes of cheese were sliced smaller. Both dishes could also have been spicier, though I concede that I have an above-average tolerance for spiciness, so this may not bother many others.\n\nThe ambiance of the restaurant is subdued: don't expect an interior like Tashan. However, it's clean, the tables are well-set, and, unlike many other restaurants in the city, it is not so loud to prevent conversation among tablemates. \n\nThe service has been a bit on the slower end on both of my visits, although I give them a pass at this point and hope the service will become more efficient after the restaurant staff gains more experience (and maybe personnel). The staff's demeanor is very friendly and cordial, and they are obviously trying to make a good impression for Indian food lovers in the area.\n\nOverall, this is a solid Indian food option at pretty reasonable prices. I hope to return many more times and taste the progress that is made from here on out.",
"Had a really lovely lunch with some friends on a Saturday. They have great lunch specials but unfortunately (and they need to put it in the menu) the lunch specials are only on the weekdays. We all ordered 3 different dishes & were fully stuffed.\n\nOur server was so kind & helpful. He suggested we order their specialty which I've never heard of before in an Indian restaurant but he explained that it's because they have some Pakistani influence as well. It's call Bam Pak (I hope I'm spelling it right). It comes in lamb, chicken or beef & it looks like a chicken pot pie but the \"pie crust\" is naan. It was so good! We also ordered the Tiki masala & a chicken saag. All was really good & it came with rice & we ordered a garlic naan too. It was a lot of food which we all scarfed down like rabid honey badgers. At the end, with tip & tax, it came out to $20 a person. \n\nIt was also very easy how he was able to use his iPhone as a CC machine & we could get our receipt emailed to us. Technology is cool. :-) \n\nI love good Indian food & so glad I found this place for my fix. Only reason I can't give them 5 stars is because it was warm outside & they didn't have their AC on, just opened windows, so it felt kinda stuffy. I'm sure it's lovely on a crisp fall day with the windows opened but it's still summer & the city is hot.",
"This was for a take out order only. This is one of the best Indian restaurants I've had food from. We ordered the lamb achari, saag paneer, and chicken biryani. Lamb achari was deliciousness and nicely spiced. Big thing was that they actually have tons of tender lamb in the dish which is different than many places in the city. The portions for everything are significantly better too. The chicken biryani was very good. However, the saag paneer was the best saag I've eaten ever. The spices that are the usual for saag were there, but there was something there that made it a saag dish I could eat every day. Finally, the naan was again terrific but I ran out if the condiments. I'm hoping this place is here long term as it's a step above mist places in the city.",
"Good Indian comfort food, all the items were perfectly spiced. Service was decent as well, a nice addition to neighborhood restaurants.",
"Went with neighbors to check out new local restaurant. We ordered a variety of dishes and were pleased with all. The service was also excellent. We took menus with us, since you can also order for delivery. Wonderful addition to the neighborhood!",
"Ordered takeout from here and I thought it was good. I ordered the vegetarian samosas, garlic naan, and chicken tikka masala. The food was ready quickly so complaints about service. Onto the food.. I found the dough on the samosas to be a little sweet for my liking and the filling to be lacking certain spices that I would expect in a samosa (I can say having grown up on Indian/Pakistani cuisine). I was hoping for more cumin and coriander to be present. The garlic on my garlic naan and the naan itself were a little more charred than I would have liked. The basmati rice was a little dry, but that could have been because I ordered take out and it sat in a tin during my walk home. The chicken tikka masala was a little creamier than I am used too. I have typically gotten more tomato based versions. However, I won't say it was bad. It was spiced well and I appreciated that it wasn't overly spicy (although I could have handled it)! Not the best I've ever had but I'd definitely return for some more takeout as it's probably one of the better Indian cuisine options in center city!"
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"So normally I don't review chains, and although Bully's is a small Northern Nevada chain, I think they are worth reviewing now. My family ordered 6 meals for take-out ($76.76) last weekend. Well, in our order, they forgot two side salads (yes, we are trying to be a bit healthier and substituted those for fries). Additionally, both orders of steak sticks were ordered medium-rare, and came out well done. Who likes steak well done, yuck!!! They also charge a take-out fee!!! No wonder Bully's is going bankrupt...I know we wont be back!",
"I would give this Bully's a 4, but for a really crap experience with one hippyish female server.\n\nWe went here a number of times for NBA league pass games. The bartender did a great job of getting the game on for us and the often put it on a larger tv as many people going here just seem to enjoy the location, the atmosphere or just casual watching of whatever sports happen to be on right then.\n\nService was generally very good, including from the hippyish waitress. Friendly, helpful, patient and pretty fast. Drinks are a little more expensive than average for Sparks, more like San Francisco Bay Area prices. \n\nWe've explored a bit of the menu including burgers, buffalo wings, fried appetizer sampler, meatball sandwich, chicken sandwiches and all were solid, very large portions. You're unlikely to find anything done better here than anywhere else. However, everything they do is probably a little above average.\n\nThey had a number of deals for a time including a Tuesday deal where you get a scratch off ticket that you can use the following Tuesday. Sometimes it was a free appetizer, sometimes it was a dessert, sometimes a kid's meal, sometimes a whole meal. They also have daily drink specials, something like all Finlandia vodka drinks for 4 dollars including a giant bloody Mary, or Great Basin Brewery beer for 3.75 for a 20 oz instead of 4.75.\n\nAsk the server what they like best on the menu. That's always good advice and it definitely applies here. I tend to choose 3 things that sound good and ask the server what they feel is done well. They will know what's popular and what they like amongst the dishes they themselves have sampled.\n\nParking is easy. \n\nWe probably got the server on hungover and she wanted out, but she seemed to go out of her way to harrass us for the order, then the check, then she stayed. It felt very malicious and intentional. My girlfriend was ready to call the manager about it.\n\nThe service was bad enough that we haven't been there since, but it was probably the 7th or 8th time we were there and the first service issue.\n\nAll in all, worth a shot particularly for the very diverse menu, well done food, and many tvs that include service to every major sports package. It could be a great place to watch the World Cup, for instance.\n\nOne thing, the dessert menu is pathetic. They don't have a freezer or some weird deal so there's like 1 dessert that is just okay. If you want dessert I'd go elsewhere.",
"I usually get a sandwich or burger at Bully's, but I was salivating over someone else's basket of fried food and went for a half sampler. I love that there's a half sampler. Usually a sampler is way too big to justify ordering for any less than 4 people. (Granted, this was too much food for one person, but I had also missed lunch and was ravenous.) \n\nMy family was visiting, and we had a fairly large group of people. This is something the server obviously wasn't familiar with or capable of handling... So poor marks for service. It took forever and a day to (1) order food after drinks, (2) receive food (especially since some of it went to someone else's table...), and (3) pay the bill. I didn't include drink refills in that list because they just plain never happened. \n\nMy food was about as colorful and healthy appearing as a basket of fried food can be... Not very. That being said, I honestly did have a difficult time telling a piece of fried zucchini apart from a mozerlla stick or a jalapeno popper. The chicken and onion rings were the only things that had a clear identity. The sampler was served with more than enough ranch dressing and marinara sauce for the size of the meal. Taste was decent.\n\nI'll probably have to upgrade my review at a later date, but this experience just didn't live up to my standards.",
"I came here solely to try the wings. I liked them and I'd recommend them to others if you're looking for wings. But they're not the best in the area and maybe not in my top five.\nI got the wings with standard sauce, so they wren't too hot. The wings were meaty and had good flavor. I enjoyed them. The fries that came with them were standard fires, although maybe a little dry.\nI also got the $2.50 margarita. The mix was more sour than sweet and I could taste the alcohol in the tequila. So basically it was what you'd expect out of a $2.50 margarita. Western Village does a better 99 cent margarita.\nService was good and friendly. In the past they seem to focus more on hot but dumb waitresses and my waitress was good and not dumb.",
"On the whole I love Bully's and I wish we had them back in the Bay Area.\nI find the food good and reasonably priced. I like the Wings and Fries (happy hour special $6) and the Fish and Chips. They also have a good selection of beers.\n\nAs far as this particular Bully's, I think it doesn't have quite the same ambiance and fun factor as some of the other ones do. I went to watch the World Cup for a few years in a row and they just don't draw the same crowd as some of the other do. Also I find every time I go, someone is always working on something around the restaurant. Whether it be beer merchandisers setting up a display or someone fiddling with the TV's, I find this somewhat inappropriate during normal business hours.",
"We went to Bully's on a thursday night. They have great sports coverage. \n\nI had the Bully's dip. It is hybrid between Philly Cheesesteak and French Dip. It was good but eat it quick or the bread gets soggy. \n\nMy husband had the chicken strips. They are better than most restaurants. \n\nThe service was excellent fast and accurate and our sodas were never empty. I would also note that our server was very pregnant so kudos to her. \n\nOverall, a really fun place to eat good food as long as you like sports. :)\n\n_____________________________________\n\nWent back to Bully's last night and had the same great service. I ordered the bacon cheeseburger and it was excellent again.",
"I love bullys, always have always will. the menu has a huge selection of food and varities for all pub/sports bar loving fanatics. they have tv's showing every sports game possible and is a lot of fun for UFC fights. The food and portions can't be beat for the price. I highly recommend the wings. They are plump and juicy. There are only a few flavors, but the wings themselves are so delicious it doesnt matter. You cant go wrong with any of the sandwiches, wraps or misc. food items.\n\nThe service is usually always friendly and will try to make your experience great. However, sometimes when it's really busy, there isn't enough wait staff and service can be slow at times, otherwise I would have given them a 5 star rating. Give those girls some more help during big games there guys!",
"I've (unfortunately) ended up at various Bully's locations on several occasions, always with a group that votes to go there for reasons I cannot fathom. I've never liked Bully's, but the Vista location happens to be a favorite of a family member, so I've been there a couple times when they wanted to go. The service is indifferent at best, completely incompetent and rude at worst. \n\nHowever, on my last visit I was actually POISONED by my meal and spent the rest of the week in close proximity to restrooms and waste bins. Terrible service AND food poisoning? Sounds like a recipe for success! Honestly, I can't understand why this chain is still in business. Bully's has had a fair amount of financial trouble in recent years and the management has blamed that on the state's restaurant smoking ban. The evidence shows a different picture ... they're failing because they suck.\n\nIf you like the \"sports bar\" format, you can do far better than Bully's.",
"Hubby took me to lunch at Bully's today and it was GREAT! Maybe it's because it was after normal lunch time, ie. 1pm vs. noon but we sat down and we were immediately taken care of by our server Debbie, what a really nice gal. I had the Jr. Bully Burger and it was so big and good, perfectly done, really great fries with ranch dressing for dipping. Food and service were excellent, we would definately return if/when in the area again. Seems like a great place for softball teams to go out after games, they have pretty decent deals for teams and players.",
"I can literally walk to this place from home and I typically do as after a couple of Guinness drafts I don't drive. That said I have some complaints. I went there on Saint Patrick's Day and they were out of Guinness. That is simply inexcusable. On another visit I arrived at 5:40 PM and was served one beer (Guinness of course, but by now you would have guessed that) and then paid my tab. Happy hour ended at 6:00 yet I still did not get the happy hour pricing as the bartender did not ring up the order until 6:05. I find that highly suspicious."
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"Jewish deli it's not. Nor good.\n\nThe latkes - I'm sorry, the *potato pancakes* were mostly cold by the time I got them. My omelette was just egg and cheese - which is usually fine. Unfortunately, the cheese was the type that can't melt, no matter what you do to it.\n\nThe staff was friendly, but that doesn't make up for the food. However, when you're at Nashville's A/B terminal at 6:30 am, there's not many options. And this was the best of the bad choices.\n\nWhich isn't saying much.",
"Really Noshville? Is this really what everyone has been raving about? I hated it. First I will talk about what I hated. I got a veggie omelet and it had zero flavor. The omelet was super runny and then was topped with a ginormous amount of cheddar cheese. Now I have a thing about big clumps of melted cheese. It freaks me out...and seeing this mess of an omelet really irked me to no end. The mess minus t he taste...downright pissed me off. Why not add a little salt to the eggs and put half of the cheese on the inside and the other half on top? How hard is that? Geez. \n\nThe potato cakes were hard and tasted burnt. And the bagel was chewy and bland. Oh but then I tasted the pancakes. They were delicious. They were the perfect texture, and the edges were crispy like I like them. Actually they were griddle cakes not pancakes hence t he crispy edges. Needless to say I wont be going back here unless it is for pancakes only. \n\nThis place would have gotten one star had those griddlecakes not been super delicious.",
"For an airport place, this was fast and yummy. The matzah ball in the matzah ball soup was as big as the bowl was! I just got soup, but ate in. Staff was attentive, bartender cheery, and the atmosphere clean and chill. I will be going back, and I hope it's as impressive again. Jewish food in Nashville is hard to come by.",
"Quick, quick, quick! Seated quickly, coffee served quickly, ordered quickly! All that and service with a smile! \n\nFor an airport restaurant -- the food was decent, and very well-priced and large portioned! \n\nService waned a bit when I finished a plate or bowl, there it sat on my table for approx 15 mins before anyone came to check on me and/or pick it up. Pet peave of mine -- I like dirty plates taken 'quick', too!\n\nAll in all, it exceeded my expectations, and I would eat here again.",
"As a general rule, airport food sucks. Noshville (punny!) Delicatessen doesn't exactly suck, but it's mediocre at best. The service is very fast, which is a must for airport food. Service was also very friendly. I had a turkey reuben and fries and the quality was average. The fries were a bit overcooked, but the sandwich was tasty. If you're in Nashville airport and need a quick meal, this place will work.",
"Me and the family grabbed some quick sandwiches on our way out of Nashville from the Airport Noshville. They were about what you would expect, dry, a bit bland, and overpriced anywhere outside of a security checkpoint. It was not a big surprise, but still.\n\nI guess the real question looking at the other reviews is why would a respected local business want to open an outpost at the airport? I am sure that the original Noshville serves up some pretty solid food by their reputation. Why tarnish that reputation by serving pre-packaged dried out sandwiches to Jet-lagged grumpy customers. They are only going to look upon your main business poorly after that experience. I suppose there is a good deal of money in the overpriced airport food game, but one has to wonder if it is worth damaging the brand like that. Oh well.",
"Not bad, but not as good as their regular locations. Pricey. Sandwich, chips, and a coke was $15 plus tip. Services was spotty. Staff seemed confused and unorganized. The amount of pastrami on my sandwich was about a third of what they give you at the regular locations. Tasty, though. Good selection for an airport restaurant. Everything seems made from scratch too. Probably the best of all the choices at BNA.",
"The only New York Authenticity this place boasts is in the high prices. Had a grilled cheese with tomato and a cup of vegetable soup plus water, 15 dollars before tip. The grilled cheese was an embarrassment, sure the 3 layers of bread looked cute, but there was HARDLY any cheese in this thing at all. I specifically asked for no fries but they came out anyway. The soup had far too much vegetable solids with barely any liquid, it didn't seemed canned, but I would've preferred some Campbell soup over this stuff. Perhaps their non-airport locations and breakfast menu is better, but as far as lunch here, never again.",
"I suppose if you are in an airport and you want a meal, this isn't too bad. I certainly don't think they take the care of the regular Noshville locations. We also noticed the portion sizes are a bit smaller. The staff was nice, and the food was pretty quick, which is certainly a bonus if you are waiting for a flight.\n\nOverall the disappointment is that if you are expecting the full Noshville experience you aren't going to get it here, but for airport food it's decent enough.",
"Not sure what all the hype is about this place. I wanted to get two eggs poached and I was told \"We don't do that here.\" I'm guessing because it was the airport location and they keep it pretty darn simple there. So I got two eggs over easy, some bacon, and rye toast. Hard to mess that up but it was just blah. The bacon seemed super thin and nearly pointless. The toast was dry and cold served with ice cold butter. Like spreading an ice cube on a frozen fish. The best part was the freshly squeezed orange juice. I'll give them credit for that. Too bad it was like $5 for a glass."
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"Pretty decent Thai food. Lunch menu is somewhat smaller, but comes with an appetizer and dessert (which change daily) that are usually quite good. Price is around $10 after tip for most of the lunch specials.",
"It has been three days since I ate at the Blue Elephant and I am still grinning and daydreaming about the Roast Duck Curry, and to a lesser extent the Chicken Satay. I loved this place: clean, intimate, quiet, delicious, and my curry portion was big enough to eat again the next day!",
"Hooray for great Thai food in St. Louis!\n\nThe Blue Elephant is actually the first Thai place I've ever visited in STL, so I can't compare to other spots in the city, but coming from my Chicago neighborhood where every corner hosts its own cheap Thai place, I feel I can make a good judgment on the quality of the food. It's good. Very good. A bit pricier than my $6 curry spots and $3.95 for six superb crab rangoon, but I'd say part of what you're paying for at Blue Elephant is the ambiance and service, both of which are lovely. And the presentation! The snowbird dumplings were these cutsey little birds, filled with a delicious spiced chicken filling and each plate presented was surrounded by intricately carved root vegetables - better yet, the presentation did not outdo the taste. My red curry was delicious, my husband's green curry made his nose run (always a good sign) and my in-laws both enjoyed their meals as well. My only minor complaint is with the crab rangoon. I've heard from multiple folks that you just can't find good rangoon in STL and while I'd say that Blue Elephant's rangoons were pretty good, they don't hold a candle to what I can find at numerous spots in Chicago for less money. But Blue Elephant still gets 5 stars because come on, crab rangoon isn't really Thai anyway. I've said it before - fried cream cheese can't be much else than fat-assed American, through and through. One thing to be proud of. :)",
"For the midwest, I was pleasantly suprised. The Thai food is quite authentic and tasty! Everything on the menu was delicious. They really should do away with tables that only seat 2 - there's never enough room on the table for all the food we order.\n\nUnfortunately, although I give this place 5 stars for food, I have to subtract one for cost. There are other places in the city that serve just as good Thai cuisine at two-thirds the cost.",
"The best Thai food in St. Louis hands down. Menu is not very extensive, but the food is excellent. Also, it's in Clayton, so the ambiance is decent, and the price is slightly higher accordingly. (I think it's better than King and I, Thai Bu Ree, Thai Country, Thai Gai, Sen Thai, etc.)",
"this isn't easy and probably not 100% fair, but I'm pretty sure Blue Elephant gave me food poisoning. \n\nwe came in for an abbreviated dinner - soup & salad there, two entrees to go. I had the Tom Kha, sue had the Tom Yum and we split a papaya salad. all very good, yes yes. i got the garlic scallops and shrimp and ate it about two hours after we got home.\n\n4 hrs later, I'm up and huddled over the business end of the toilet. The whole next day was spent shivering on the couch or bent over in the restroom interrupted by brief interruptions from The Food Network, ironically enough. \n\ntake out that whole poisoning thing and it was spectacular!",
"If you enjoy Thai food then you must try the Blue Elephant. The food there is most awesome. Going there for lunch or dinner is a wise choice if you are looking to have a nice meal.\n\nWhen I go there and eat I always like to have the Thai Spring Rolls. The rice paper rolls filled with vegetables and eggs are wonder. Of course, if you also have some Siamese Dumplings with them, then that is basically the best appetizer in the world that you can have.\n\nFor my main course I ended up having the Pad Prik Beef. It tasted great. It was one of those meals where once you started to eat, you could just keep on going until you would explode. Because you only have so much that can fit on your plate, at sometime you have to stop, but you don't want to because it taste oh so good.\n\nThe Blue Elephant is a great place to go and eat.",
"Decent Thai food, clean and nice space, quick at lunch time, and an attentive and courteous wait staff. They do curries best. Pad thai was bland. Not a ton of Asian options in the area, but this is good enough to go whenever you got an itch.",
"A beautifully decorated place with an elegant atmosphere. Each dish is intricately presented with hand carved vegetables and garnishes. The only disappointing part was the food. From the other reviews I was expecting an authentic experience. The pad thai we ordered was bland. It didn't even have a hint of spice! If you want real Thai food, I'd suggest Thai Kitchen in Maryland Heights instead. They are much cheaper too!",
"I think the vocalization of rating in \"A-OK,\" and \"Meh. I've experienced better\" is throwing me off. Don't they mean, basically, the same thing? If I think something is \"A-OK,\" that means that I've definitely experienced better, right? Right? Never mind. \n\nWell, Blue Elephant is OK--I've experienced better. Honestly, what is with this city and Thai food? I've only visited a handful of Thai places here, and, to be honest, none of them were that good. \n\nBlue Elephant does get props for their decorative food flares--again, to be honest, even these weren't that impressive, but considering that not many restaurants take the time to even attempt this kind of thing anymore, they get a pass. However, I do feel like they were being a little too cute with the decorations. We ordered some kind of dumpling appetizer that came out decorated so that each dumpling looked like a chickadee (with a piece of carrot for a beak). Now, I've eaten everything from fish eyes to cow brains--I have no problem eating almost anything, but once I stabbed one of those chick-a-dumplings, causing it to cave in on itself, I couldn't take it. I ate one, but that was it. It was too disturbing. Oh, it also didn't help that it wasn't that good, and once again, too sweet (what the hell St. Louis?). I was worried that my green curry was going to come out disguised as a adorable baby panda with down syndrome, but lucky me, it just came out forgettable. Yay."
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"I rarely find myself in Sparks, let alone this far into Sparks. But I did happen to be on this side of town one afternoon... and I thought I would give this place a try.\nThe decor was pleasant and the staff was very helpful. Always refilling my water and everyone was extremely polite in general.\nI ordered a lunch special w/ kung pao chicken, fried rice, and a salad. The salad dressing was a peanut vinaigrette and it was amazing. The flavor was to die for!\nThe reason for the 3 stars instead of 5 is.. the chicken was a little disturbing. The flavor was not great and there were several peices of questionable texture.\nI would however try this place again and simply order a different dish. or perhaps just pig out on salad!",
"One of the best chinese restaurant in Reno! My favorite has to be the Honey Walnut Shrimp. You guys have to try this place.",
"I grew up in LA and have had Chinese food all my life. This place tops all the ones I have been to since I was a kid. I always get the Orange Chicken or Beef/Chicken/Veg Chow Mein. Really delicious food and I have yet to be disappointed with them. I've been going for several years now and bring as many people as I can to see how others like it. I have yet to have someone disappointed. I recently relocated back to LA for a bit and I miss their food.",
"Best chinese in town. Super fresh ingredients.",
"I really never complement places on YELP...But this place is worth it. Great food..I only come in for lunch. I always share my plate with one of my kids. We do get 2 hot and sour soups(The best Iv had in town). Its super fresh and healthy as far as Chinese goes. The dinning room has private booths or open seating. The bathrooms are spotless....Lunch to go they give you soup too...",
"Love this place! I have eaten here for years and have never had a bad experience, though I have had a bad ones at CJs Palace down the street. \nThe lemon chicken is great! Not that of your average fair. They use a whole chicken breast and coat it with a nice, crunchy, crust then they cook it in peanut oil, it is topped with a lemon sauce. So juicy and good :) \nOther great items include honey walnut shrimp, Mongolian beef/chicken (if you like onions) postickers, and hot and sour soup. \nGreat prices and ALWAYS great service.",
"Ate here while on a business trip in Sparks. Ordered the Kung Pao Chicken and Szechwan Given (spelling?). Both were very good. It was stir fry, not breaded which was nice. Portions were HUGE, you could easily share a dinner portion with two sides of rice. Very friendly servers and nice atmosphere. I'd definitely recommend this place for good Chinese grub!\n\nUpdate: Ate here again and shared the Kung Pao Chicken with a buddy. We both got a side of friend rice and it was more than enough food. Still highly recommended!!!",
"I've been coming to Fortune Palace since they opened. The food is absolutley delicious. I have yet to find a plate that I didn't enjoy. I grew up in LA and I find that the chinese food here is much better or at least better than the places I've gone to in LA. Service is pretty good and the owner, Sharon, is super friendly! The orange chicken is my favorite!",
"Some of the best food I have ever had. Husband couldn't stop talking about how much he loved it. Resturant was quiet and. Pretty empty but it was the day after valentines day so that was expected. We are certainly going back here and often.",
"I can't believe all the good reviews this place has received. I don't know how they're still in business. A few months ago, my boyfriend and I wandered in and took a seat at the bar. No one in the whole place on a Sunday afternoon. Eventually, reluctantly, we were approached by an employee who seemed annoyed to have to deal with us. Sensing this coldness we decided to just have a beer and leave. We thought, \"maybe if we come at dinner it will be better.\"\nLast night we got take out from there, wanting to give them another chance. Again it was empty but one other take-out customer and 2 ladies at the bar having wine. \nThe man rang up our order. As he was finishing we said \"let's have a beer while we wait\" and sat down at the bar. He ignored that and darted back to the kitchen. \nWe assumed the 2 ladies drinking at the bar were patrons and then were irritated when 20 minutes later when our order was finally ready that one of them got up to go pack up our order and did some stuff on the register to complete it. All this time we're sitting there wanting to buy drinks from them and they ignore us. \nWe get the food home and it's BLAND. $30 for an appetizer and 2 basic Chinese menu items. Panda would have tasted better and been faster. \nDON'T BOTHER with this crap place."
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"Oh, how I love L&L. I have been literally stalking this location waiting for the day that they opened. Today I am happy to report they are finally open!\nThe guy behind the counter was super nice and the food came up in an adequate amount of time. Actually, it came up hella quick but I don't want to get your hopes up because I was the only one in there. I'm sure once people know about it there will be some sort of wait. \nI ordered my usual a side of mac salad, a side of rice, and a side of katsu curry sauce. If you wondered...I take all of that mix it together and go to town on it. It was exactly what one would expect from L&L. DAMN TASTY. \nPleased as punch with this location. I will definitely be a regular here.",
"Delicious authentic and bright! I Loved finding this little gem today. The menu was true Hawaiian and extensive. If you want a quick bite to eat then this is your stop with at the counter ordering and friendly welcoming staff! Fun!",
"Fast, friendly and good food. They're tucked away in the corner of the strip mall and easy to miss. A nice little taste of Hawaii.",
"This is a new location tucked away in a strip mall on busy South Virginia street. It is right next door to the Big 5 Sporting Goods store. I have not been to a Hawaiian place in a while but it this place seems in line with others I have been to. The menu has chicken, Spam, pork etc. I went with the regular order of chicken tonkatsu curry which came with a ginormous portion of the breaded chicken in a mild curry sauce. There was also a huge scoop on macaroni salad and two scoops of rice. Enough for two people easily. The sauce was mild and had good flavor as did the salad. I went early at lunch on a weekday and waited for what seemed like 10 minutes for food but the staff was friendly and the food cooked to order.",
"Only giving one star because it does not give me the opportunity to give 0 stars. This is hands down, the absolute worst restaurant experience I've ever had. I ordered Loco Moco, 3 of my coworkers also ordered food. They get their food and are eating for about 15 minutes and mine still had not came out. I go back up and ask the lady what happened and she said she had forgot to put it through. ALSO, the 3 employees sat down and ate their food! WHILE I WAS WAITING. AND NOT COOKING MY FOOD. So I say no problem and wait again. 20 more minutes goes by, and now I have to go back to work. My money was returned but my food was never made to me, nor was a single apology issued. This is disgraceful customer service and unacceptable to have employees with an exceptionally high level of incompetence. I have brought many people to this restaurant but will NEVER recommend it again or to anyone, will only discourage people from coming. Not a good way to start at this location! Absolutely Pathetic",
"Great food and happy to have this place so close to home! Chicken Katsu is my fave and I could just eat a big bowl of the maco salad by itself.",
"Came for lunch the other day with a co-worker, She had never tried L&L. This was my first time coming to the new location by Olive Garden. The staff was ok. Maybe was an off day because was very quiet. They have a drawing by register to put name and number on receipt to win free trip for 2 to Hawaii. However, my co-worker told me about it. The guy behind counter didn't. I ordered chicken Katsu. Forgot how big the regular orders are so couldn't finish. Made for a great leftover though. My co-worker called in her order so it was ready by the time we got there. She ordered the Pork and loved it. My order did take a little while, however having a hour lunch I still had plenty of time to eat and get back to work. If on a tight time frame, order ahead of time.",
"Well as we walked in we were not greeted with an aloha like all of the L&L I have been to. The cashier didn't off any specials or ask us if it was our first time. We ordered took a seat which 4 out of the 5 larger tables were wobbly an the first one we picked was wobbly. We couldn't help but smell the bathroom. Someone must not have felt well so the restaurant had that smell. The other people who came in got their orders to go. The food was brought out an the servicer didn't say much. I think he said here is your food an walked away. They brought out the other people's food an not once did I hear them thank anyone for coming or respond when people thanked them. They seemed to not be happy to be there. But they sure were happy in there conversation as they sat down an bs with each other. I know this one has not been open for very long. The family enjoyed the food as always. An a side not the soy an other condiments had stuff all over them an didn't look like they had been wipe down.",
"I always have loved L&L. I didn't know this one was here, little tucked away. But close to my house! \nThe staff was very friendly and recommended their favorites. So I got something a little different then my usual. It was delicious. Will definitely be coming back.",
"The beef BBQ with rice is one of the best bbqs l have ever had. For real! So delicious and perfectly marinated."
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"If you are called Marathon Grill, you do not please me. The food is just average. Biggest downside: the tables are SO CLOSE together you feel like you're breathing on the other diners and (maybe it's my paranoia... but) everyone can hear your conversation so don't take a date here or talk about anything personal/serious/private.\n\nI called in for take out once (on a Wednesday night- so it couldn't have been that busy), and a really unprofessional waitress answered the phone and kept placing me on hold, then taking part of my order, then placing me on hold again... so I eventually hung up and ordered from somewhere else. I was very skeptical that she would even get my order right.",
"The chocolate chip pancakes alone are what merit the four stars.\n\nWe went here for our brunch club meetup. The food was good - not out of this world or anything, but good. The service was average. They did refill my coffee cup plenty of times which is enough for me. \n\nBut what capped this off and made it great was when our serbian friend demanded that we all share in his dessert/2nd breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes - that had cookie dough baked into them. Delicious.\n\nAll in all, average to good. Chainy. But we didn't wait more than 5 minutes on a Sunday, which was a plus.",
"I had one of the best sandwhiches here the other day...\n\nRoasted chicken salad on ciabatta with fresh mozzarella and tomato. AMAZING. It was perfectly seasoned and not overly slopped with mayo.",
"There was a mouse in the dining room in full view of the customers during lunch service on Monday, November 2. \n\nNuff said.",
"Marathon Grill is a pretty safe lunch option when in Center City. Nothing to write home about, but satisfying enough to go back to. \nTheir sandwiches are pretty good; I enjoy the Jay's hand cut turkey, the Portobello grilled sandwich, and the roasted chicken salad (sub in provolone instead of mozzarella). Their salmon burger wasn't all that great, and their Caesar salad has entirely too much dressing. It is pre-made so you can't ask for it on the side either. Also, when I'm feeling like something greasy/unhealthy, their quesadillas are tasty as well as the coconut shrimp. \nThe service is pretty spot on; the place is always so busy and hectic but they manage to stay pretty attentive. \nThey have a nice outdoor seating area when it's warm, but you'd have to come early to get a spot. \nTheir catering is pretty amazing as well, they are always very easy to work with, everything comes on time and arranged nicely. \nThis is always a nice back up option when you aren't sure what exactly you want for lunch.",
"They recently updated their lunch menu. I was sad to see the soup/salad/sandwich combo disappear, and the breakfast options are slimmer (just an omelette now). My lunchmates usually like to have breakfast for lunch, so it may mean we go less often. Marathon also removed \"cheese fries\" from the menu but our waiter was happy to provide cheese sauce on the side.\n\nWent on 4/9 with a rambunctious group of 6. Were seated reasonably quickly (much faster than we anticipated) and our waiter was a dream (resembled James McAvoy and gave us the lowdown on the Bradley Cooper filming that's scheduled at the restaurant for 4/12). Our waiter was helpful, patient with our very picky lunch orders and entertaining. One of our burgers was underdone (looked medium rare but was ordered meduim well), but was quickly replaced and we weren't charged for it. It was nice that it was taken care of without us even asking about it.\n\nThe fries could have been hotter, as they were just this side of room temperature. Burgers were delicious and the quesadilla was tasty.",
"Marathon Grill is decent to pick up breakfast or lunch on the go, as I work across the street. A few weeks ago I fell in love with their salmon burger but just called the other day to order one and found that it was no longer on the menu. The revamped their entire menu and the pickins are somewhat slim. They also drastically reduced their portions and increased their prices but hey, what are you gonna do?",
"Going to any Marathon Grill is a lot like sleeping with an ex. At the time, great idea. Shortly there after, you're unsatisfied, bored, and sick to your stomach. \n\nNo matter how many times I try Marathon (between the Center City locations or the University City), the food is always mediocre. Service is always terrible (it took my server over 10 minutes to get me a cup of coffee). I ordered eggs with onions and roasted peppers, side of home fries. The eggs were over-cooked as well as the home fries. My bloody mary was far too peppery for my liking. The coffee was stale.\n\nIf you want good food, for the same price you'll pay here, go to Nodding Head.",
"Half a star, Marathon. You used to be better I think, but now its unsatiesfying. Just as someone brilliantly put it above, its like sleeping with an ex.\n\nPeace.",
"I had lunch at this marathon location on friday of last week. It was busy but the hostess accommodated in a warm and timely fashion, I was seated promptly. My waiter \"jake\" was attentive and knowledgable. I ordered one of the daily specials which was fajitas, and as a former resident of the great state of Texas, I was pleased. My only complaint was there wasn't enough guac or pico de gayo, but Jake gladly got me more from the kitchen. I had a decent glass of pinot grigio and all in all, had a very good experience."
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"Surprised no one else has written about 97 Hot Pot! Guess it must because it is relatively new. Anyways, it's becoming a tradition of mine with my squash buddies to go to hot pot during our bye weeks. We decided to try a new hot pot place and 97 Hot Pot made the list as two of my friends already have been here before.\n\nIt was the first time for me and I was pleasantly surprised by how nice it was inside. Very bright, vibrant and inviting atmosphere. You can tell it is new. I also like the bright neon lights that beckon you into the place from the outside.\n\nPrice is $26/person which is in line with all the other hot pot places. It's $2 extra if you choose a flavoured broth (chicken broth is free). There are lots of options to choose from, I won't list them all but they have a good variety of meats (lamb, pork, beef, liver/heart/organs, seafood), different meat mashes, vegetables, appetizers (green onion cakes, spring rolls), cold plates (we didn't try) and noodles. We tried a lot of food and man, we definitely got our money's worth! Think we were there for about 3 hours or so. \n\nService was pretty good as they came several times to refill our broth's and to take our orders. The only small complaint that we had was that when we ordered some items, we didn't know how much they would bring and/or the waitress had to come by to verify. For example, for the green onion cakes, you have to order per piece. It's not per green onion cake. So if you have 4 people, you want to put down 8. Same thing for the fresh tofu. It's per small piece so we ordered 12. Also minor was that we ordered a few things and never received them. All good though as we just re-ordered them the next round and they arrived.\n\nWe were stuffed but had room for dessert at the end. We all ordered ice cream (vanilla and mango) which was light but very satisfying.\n\nAll in all, loving 97 Hot Pot! Tasty food, good variety and great place to catch up with friends.",
"I'm surprised by the lack of reviews for 97 Hot Pot! My boyfriend said he came here a couple weeks ago with a friend. The place was packed and they were told there was an hour long wait. For such a popular restaurant I expected to see dozens of raving reviews!\n\nAnyway, I had never been to a hot pot restaurant until I came here a couple nights ago with my boyfriend. I wasn't sure what to expect. Basically, you create your own pot of soup on the table top! There are a dozen broths to choose from! I chose ginseng chicken broth (cost extra) while my boyfriend had regular chicken broth (free). There is a list of ingredients you choose from that can be added to your hot pot- numerous vegetables, seafood, meats and noodles. And you can add as much as you want! For our appetizers we had green onion cake, Chinese donut, Vietnamese egg rolls, pickled vegetables, spicy cucumbers and seaweed salad!\n\nI can't remember all the ingredients I put in my soup, but it was the bomb diggity since I got to choose what went in it! I was stuffed but I managed to save room for mango ice cream. :09\n\nOur dining experience here was awesome- food and service! I highly recommend 97 Hot Pot!",
"Edmonton's on the cusp of Spring, but on days like today where there's still snow on the ground, I crave something warm and filling. What better way to curb those cravings than hot pot! 97 Hot Pot is the newest individual-style hot pot in our central Chinatown. Other competitors, Asian Express Hot Pot (the original individual hot pot go-to place) and Urban Shabu (owned by Urban China) are within walking distance, so what makes 97 Hot Pot different? I got a chance to find out with my coworkers last week... all 18 of us. Makes hot pot all the more exciting when you have such a large group of people!\n\nWith 12 different soup bases to choose from, it matches Urban Shabu's selections. As with the other hot pots, the soup bases cost an additional $2, unless you get the plain chicken broth, which is free. You can also try two soup bases with a half-half divider for an additional $2 as well! Menu items are listed also listed on the laminated spread, although your traditional order by quantity paper is also available to order from.\n\nYour sauces and toppings are located on the back wall, all nicely labelled. I liked the fact that a lot of the liquid sauces were in bottles versus bowls or containers like other places. Soy sauce is in the gigantic tap dispenser which was clever. I honestly think the key to good hot pot is your sauce mixture, especially if you choose the plain chicken broth like I usually do! My mixture of choice: oyster sauce, sesame sauce, red chili, garlic, cilantro, green onions, and soy sauce until the consistency is looser for dipping. Ever since I've mastered this, I've never tried anything else!\n\nLots of items to order from, and remember it's all you can eat! There's a small sign at each table with buttons that you can ring for service. Meat plates come with 5 slices, which takes the guess work out of how many plates to order. Unlike other places, our orders came out correctly, albeit some were slight delays but that was probably because there were 18 of us. It seemed to be general consensus that the quality of meat cuts were a lot better than both Asian Express Hot Pot and Urban Shabu. I always love seafood mashes, a housemade mash that you can portion out into your soup to make balls!\n\nThe only downside: the ventilation. Much like Asian Express, the ventilation is minimal and is evident on their windows, thick with condensation! Remember to wear your hot pot clothes and don't make plans after dinner! Head home and shower! Service was excellent and the space is quite large with room to move around tables. Street parking is available, as well as a private lot west of the building (behind their storefront). Give 97 Hot Pot a try next time you're in the area!",
"I visited 97 Hot Pot earlier this week with a mild hangover in tow. A friend and I had hoped to go to another place in Chinatown for lunch, but it was closed, so no grease for us. Neither of us had tried 97 Hot Pot before, and we admitted to each other we'd been avoiding it somewhat because we thought it would just be soup. Oh, how wrong we were!\n\nWe needed a bit of hand holding, this being our first time at a hot pot restaurant, but we quickly got the swing of things. First, you pick a soup base (friend got regular chicken, and I got the nice and spicy Sichuan chicken). Second, you pick five items to add to it (this is at lunch; at dinner, it's all you can eat, with a ton more offerings and a heftier price tag). You simply fill out your sheet of paper with your choices and give it to the server. While you're waiting for them to assemble your order in the back, you hop up and get condiments from a well-stocked sauce bar (mutual favourites were the chive sauce, the sesame sauce, and the ginger sauce).\n\nSince you do the cooking at the table, everything is brought out raw (and in some cases, frozen). And boy, was it quick. My soup base had real spices and chilies floating in it, and I would have happily eaten it on its own because it was so delicious. I also got sliced chicken, meat and cabbage dumplings, pork wontons, shrimp, and udon noodles--and veggies like enoki and button mushrooms, broccoli, and cabbage come without you even having to order them. I had a blast cooking everything right at the table, and when you run low on cooking liquid, a staff member with a pitcher will top you off with some more!\n\nBy the time I left, I was stuffed to the gills and had completely forgotten I was hungover. Before lunch, I was sure I would go back to bed for a nap, but I felt so great I went on a walk and a bike ride afterwards. So will 97 Hot Pot cure a hangover? More data are needed, but I'm more than willing to give it a try again.",
"The food was delicious! Lacking in dessert selection (only ice cream and tofu when we were there) and they need more staff to keep up. More spacious than urban shabu.",
"Service was very good with the exception of their button system which wasn't always attended too, but they were always willing to help is with our requests or questions. \n\nI enjoy having separate hot pot bowls per person so everyone can have their own broth and try more things. \n\nThe food selection was noticeably good. There were items that were unique to other hot pot places that we could find all at this one location\n\nVery decent hot pot place.",
"The experience was very enjoyable but make sure you aren't in a rush so you can enjoy all the food! It's like having fondue but you cook your food with soup and not oil and there is a two-hour time limit. We arrived on a Sunday night around 5:45 and the place was full except two tables. \n\nEach diner gets their own \"hot pot\" of chicken broth unless you want a different type of broth such as tom yum, you may need to pay an extra $2. Then you go through the large menu selection and mark off what you want. We've never been here before so it was hard to know how much you get for \"1\" or \"2\" so we just winged it. There were different types of meat like sliced lamb, beef, pork, meatballs, seafood, chinese vegetables, tofu, wontons and noodles. They also had cooked food choices such as green onion cake and spring rolls which were delicious.\n \nThey have a \"sauce-making\" station where there are different items to make your own sauce like soy sauce, hoisin sauce, fish sauce, minced garlic, chopped green onion, chili oil, etc.\n\nLots of staff are working so they come around quickly to clear any empty plates and refill your broth. You can order as much food as you want as you are eating and our eyes are always bigger than our stomach! This is a fun place to go when you have a larger group.",
"Wow! What a great first experience here on Christmas Day! I made reservations for 4 ppl earlier on in the afternoon and had no problems securing a table. It was a good thing too because we arrived there at 5:45 and by 6:45 the place was packed full with no empty tables to be seen. Such excellent and prompt service from all workers there - they are pleasant and checked up on us a few times throughout the night! Ordering is a bit tricky as other reviewers have pointed out - but just ask one of the employees to explain the menu and you'll be fine =) It's been a while since I've had hot pot - the last time being at my parent's place - but in all honesty this place really impressed us! They may not get your order 100% correct (meaning some items may be missed) but since it's all you can eat, order it again and it will show up - just be warned that you will not leave here hungry! You will feel full - but a good full since you'll feel healthy about the fact that your meal was pretty much prepared by boiling all your food and not deep-fried or greasy like other dinner options around ;)",
"The interior of 97 Hot Pot is exactly what I expected of a Chinatown restaurant. The decorations were minimalistic, Robert Morris would have been proud. It was a weekend evening and the place was PACKED; the food critic within me knows that for an all you can eat place, turnover is important, the more people who dine here, the fresher the food is. \n\nThe second thing which hits all patrons is the smell. It is impossible to describe the smell: the restaurant has about ten different soup bases; range from the basic chicken stock (basic is free, everything else is $2 extra); to the fiery Szechuan Chilli stock, Ginseng Chicken stock, Chinese Medicine Combo stock. Now imagine about 100 individual hot pots, cooking 100 different ingredients; THAT is the smell which greets you when you arrive. Words cannot describe it properly, you must experience it yourself. \n\nThis leads me to another one of those Alton advice, \"wear disposable (or easily cleanable) clothes when you come to this restaurant\", everything we wore into the restaurant will come out smelling a little bit of the restaurant. Imagine you clothes closed a sauna with 100 fragrant generating steam engines for 2 hours (yes there is a 2 hour time limit to this all you can eat festival). Fur coats and wool jackets are not recommended. \n\nMy sincere compliments to the staffs, I have never seen a harder working group of restaurant employees before. As soon as we sat down, drinks orders were taken, then stock orders, then the countless rounds of food orders; OMG, each time food was ordered, the staff came back with it within seconds, fantastic service. \n\nEach person gets his/her own temperature control and individual hot pot, great concept, no need to worry about double dipping or reheating food. I know the raw food and the hot pot is the star of the show here but two things I do recommend you try is the Green Onion Cakes and Spring Rolls. Free unlimited supply and as good as most restaurants, freshly fried and arriving at your tables in minutes. \n\nThe food quantity can be challenging. Meat wise, each order is a plate, about the size of a child's fist. Seafood wise, each piece is exactly that, a single sashimi style slice or a single shrimp. Tofu came in single tiny cubes, a friend ordered one tofu to try, expecting the a store size \"brick\" but it came in this tiny 1.5 cm X 1.5 cm cube, the staff gave us EXACTLY one tiny cube, we all had a great laugh over that. Noodles range from a tiny fistful to giant plates, no way to reliably order noodles that I can figure out. Veggies came in giant bowls, if you order any veggies, they come in a giant salad bowl which will last you all week and may be the next as well. \n\nThe food variety was awesome, many different types of meats and meat balls. Two full pages on the menu with pictures for you to choose from. Seafood wise, shrimps, cuttlefish, OYSTERS and assorted seafood balls were available, but basa was the only fish. If you are hoping for fish, you may be disappointed. Why I capped OYSTERS?, because oysters in small letters simply will not do to describe these giants, they are the size of a tennis ball. They were delicious but one is enough unless you are an extreme oyster lover!\n\nA word to the garlic lovers or non lovers, there are a few whole cloves of garlic resting beneath each pot of stock; if you are on a date, especially first date, I recommend you fish them out early, over time, they melt into the stock and releases their wonderful aroma into the stock and everything you cook. If you are on a date and hoping for stage 2 afterwards, remove the garlics, lol. I love my garlic so I left mine but the quantity within each pot is a bit alarming. Back to the oysters, if you are hoping for stage 3,4 and beyond, order the oysters!\n\nDipping sauce wise, there is the giant container of soy sauce plus chopped fresh green onions, cilantros and Thai chilies. Also an abundant selection of chili sauces and XO sauce. If you are more adventurous, the Chinese fermented shrimp paste, fermented tofu paste and other more exotic ingredients were present as well. I dare to say that it is unlikely any two individuals' dipping sauce is identical to another in the restaurant, we are all unique that way. \n\nAfter the all you can eat festival, ice cream, Chinese sweet tofu, Chinese sweet soup or some kind of Chinese sweet tea jello can be had. The only thing which puzzled me was the tea jello, not sure what is in it, it didn't taste like anything.\n\nWhen the bill came, the waitress made a point of saying that gratuity is not included in the $26 per person fee (with $2 stock charge, $3 per pop or $6 per drink) budget for $35 per person including tip. Not the cheapest Chinese meal ever but an all you can eat hot pot meal is definitely an experience everyone needs to experience at least one. Highly recommend",
"Not the best hot pot place in town. They overcharge for sure and the quality is not quite as good as some of the other places on the same street."
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"I came here once on a first date and the service was great, food was fantastic, and we had outdoor seats on the patio. Too bad that the date didn't work out but this place has lovely ambiance and great Italian food.",
"This was THE PLACE when I was in college. The owner still recognizes me and asks after my life, and it's been -- oh my god, a decade.",
"It just dawned on me after doing this review, Pascucci and Palazzio I realized that Santa Barbara is in some SERIOUS need of a good Italian restaurant. We need to get Mario Batali to open something up. No one in SB can hold a candle to Del Posto or Babbo.",
"It has great ambiance, whether you're inside or out. I don't really like too many Italian restaurants in Santa Barbara, so this is usually the one I go to. Service was good--I ordered the veal parm, and the vegetables actually were not overcooked so it was good. Girlfriend got the linguine and bolognese, which she enjoyed as well. Soup or salad comes with any entree, so granted it is between $14-$21 per entree, but you get a decent amount of food.",
"I love Santa Barbara.\n\nI love clear, sunny days with a nice cool ocean breeze.\n\nI love sitting and eating outside with friends.\n\nI love Italian... men, food, gelato, bread and cheese.\n\nI love being served... in restaurants, in bed, um yeah... and in this case, lots of bread with lots of olive oil before we even order anything. (you like how I eased into the review? heheh... )\n\nI love caprese salad with fresh mozzarella for only $4.95. \n\nI did not, however, like that there were still big chunks of anchovies and garlic in my Caesar Salad nor how there was about 1 tablespoon of dressing and parmesan cheese per leaf of lettuce. Talk about overkill. My friends enjoyed the mahi-mahi and the chicken salad with apples, walnuts and raisins though... no complaints there.\n\nThere was a bunch of soot on our plates from the local fires... I guess they can't control that... but how about giving us fresh plates on arrival? And when unraveling my napkin, there was an old piece of lettuce inside... thought it was a bug! Ick! Anyways... they had to replace my whole place setting. Service was okay, although it felt a tad rushed.\n\nPrices for lunch are pretty cheap... for 3 people today, it totaled about $42. After walking around some more and passing a whole bunch of other restaurants, I wish we went somewhere else.",
"The food is alright here. Their clam chowder is ok, it has a lot of chunky food in it, but the soup itself is watery. The staff are all very nice and friendly. \n\nThey were able to accommodate us nicely during graduation weekend; especially since we had not made reservations.",
"This place is awesome. I'm surprised that there has been no five stars for this place yet. I came here before I ever lived in Santa Barbara, and absolutely loved it. After moving to SB I came back many times, and I don't think there was one time where everything wasn't perfect. This is the place where I had my Graduation dinner. A few of my favorites:\n\nThe artichoke appetizer. This plate is unbelievably good. Perfect. \nThe Osso Buco: Only available on Saturdays, but it is so worth coming out just for this dish. The Veal is so tender you only need a fork as the meat is already coming of the bone. \n\nThe owner is also very nice...I forget his name as I haven't been there in a while, but he always made sure to come by every table and say hello and make sure thing everything was going well.\n\nAlso, as previously mentioned in some other reviews...the outdoor patio here is truly amazing. For any one of those countless nights in Santa Barbara when the weather is perfect out...this is the place to be.",
"Maybe I have different standards coming from outside of Santa Barbara, but this place was below average. The patio area is very nice and the service was excellent. \n\nBut I was hungry and wanted to eat, but the dishes that came out were awful. I asked for vinegar and olive oil on my salad, and the lettuce was swimming in oil with no sign of vinegar. The mains looked limp and uninspiring on the plates. I ordered the eggplant genovese which was a slice of eggplant doused with marinara sauce and cheese for $14. That with a soda gave me a $20 tab which made me regret not having stopped at Green Burrito on State Street instead.\n\nAlso, it's not vegetarian friendly. There's no vegetarian soup option and the vegetarians are mainly stuck with noodles and cheese.",
"Nice ambiance but the food was average and bad value. Clam chowder was okay. The cheese bread was some mozzarella melted over a french baguette that totally lacked flavor. Pork chop was very tender, but the flavor wasn't infused well. The veal saltimbocca was tender and well cooked, but the flavor was average.",
"only people that eat here are tourists walking down the street that dont know any better and are lured in by the quaint patio by the sidewalk- \n\nfood sucks - all of it"
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"My friend recently took me out to Brunch at Mimi's Caf. Apparently Mimi's has several locations throughout Tampa, and a full menu.\n\nI was in the mood for a traditional breakfast and opted for the smoked ham, 2 scrabbled eggs & hash browns. The meal also came with choice of juice and muffin. My friend had French Toast. Everything was great.\n\nThe restaurant decor & seating was very comfortable, there was also a bar area, for possible single seating.",
"I am in love with their grilled cheese... It is the best that I've ever had hands down.\nI also like that they have the coffee/water and snack for you to much on while you wait for your table. \nThe place is always clean, especially the bathrooms!",
"Yes so this Mimi's was the first one I went to and since 2006, I have been to a few. \nThe french onion is great, I even got my fiance to try it and he has had BAD soup, and he loves it here. \nThe muffins are always great, esp the low-fat blueberry which doesn't taste low fat. \nUnless you get the lunch portion salad, the salads are HUGE.\nThe corned beef hash is delicious if you like corned beef hash. (which I do)\nThe omelets are yummy. and if you are ordering breakfast, there is a complementary bread basket which includes the carrot raisin bread. So good.\nRecommendations: crabcakes, meatloaf, chicken pot pie",
"Found this place because family and friends liked it. It didn't disappoint, especially if you like the New Orleans feel. Not all the dishes is Cajun flavor, but they have some of the fav. like jambalaya. I really enjoyed the atmosphere, very relax and casual, good music in the back. I personally like jazz music so everything kind of just fit for me. The service was excellent along with the dishes I got to tried from my plate and others. Have to say their salad actually got me hooked, if you like salads get Bleu Cheese and Walnut salad. I ordered it with salmon instead of chicken. Or get the Jambalaya Pasta, I subbed it with rice instead of pasta, just personal preference. Only reason I gave it a 4/5 because steak option isn't that big. But everything else is awesome.",
"GREAT breakfast spot. The servers are friendly and the food is sooooo good. This is not Denny's, folks. It's classier without too much of an increase in price.\n\nI recommend the mixed berry pain perdu- a cream cheese and orange marmalade stuffed French toast with strawberries and blueberries on top. No syrup needed!",
"The muffins here are off the hook. Super fresh, moist, and melts in your mouth. Other than that the breakfast is okay. Service could be better.",
"I didn't enjoy my visit at Mimi's cafe. I got a seafood pasta for $10 and it was the smallest portion ever! It didn't even taste that great. I'm sure the breakfast is good but don't get the pasta.",
"Awesome breakfast and the service is 99.9 % normal great. The cappuccino are great as well. The only thing i could recommend is that the kitchen butter the toast before it is brought out to you. By the time toast makes it out to your table it is not as warm and this does not allow for maximum melt-age.\n\n The muffins are great and the usually have some type of seasonal muffin to offer as well; pumpkin muffin or apple crisp.",
"What was that smell?\n\nAs the hostess walked us back to our table we all traded unfortunate glances. The entire rear seating area smelled like...sour milk? So a 180-degree turn later and a table for nine in the front of the restaruant, and we were in business.\n\nBreads were amazing. The opening baskets came with a carrot-spice-nut bread that was out of this world. The muffins - fresh out of the oven - and holy cow were they delicious. You have to love it when your server's duty is to warn you about how hot the muffins are.\n\nBreakfast itself was standard fare. Bacon was a bit underdone, poached eggs were almost perfect, orange juice was fresh, and the decor could best be described as antique circus.",
"I wasn't going to write a review but after reading Harry R. I changed my mind. I was there on 6/24/11 and I also noted the odd sour milk smell when seated in the first booth on the left in the rear part of the restaurant. It was definitely unpleasant and I moved to a different table. Too bad not far enough as I kept getting whiffs of that odor. I'll have to stop by to see if they've fixed whatever the problem was. I've only had breakfast here but it's good - I'm an Eggs Benedict girl and they get the eggs poached correctly."
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"Finally! Santa Barbara has an elegant, fun, exquisite, romantic, chic and exciting new restaurant / bar / lounge in Somerset! You will be swept away to another world dining on the stunning garden patio or in their refined dining room, sitting at their incredible bar, or cavorting in their very stylish lounge. The food is fantastic (you simply must try the rigatoni with rabbit, the scallops, the charcuterie, the burrata salad, the grilled cauliflower, fusilli with lemon, grilled octopus, and definitely dessert (churros are so delicious and the caramel crepe is amazing))! -- We've enjoyed this fantastic restaurant twice now and the experience was consistently impressive. Outstanding service, transcendent menu, expertly prepared cocktails and a genuinely comfortable ambiance, this is what true class tastes like! Located in the Zagat zone where Arts & Letters used to be, this is a very welcomed addition to Santa Barbara's ever improving gastronomic scene! We can't wait until our next meal at Somerset!!",
"The service and the food was very good. Their prices are too high even for Santa Barbara. It's not Montecito. I left hungry after spending way too much money. \nThe kicker was being served tap water which tasted like chlorine. When I asked why it wasn't filtered they told me they do have a reverse osmosis system but that would cost an additional $6.00. Really??? Your days are numbered!",
"Very nice addition to the Santa Barbara restaurant scene. Just got back from a lovely romantic diner with excellent food. \nWe started with Mini Gougeres ($11) and Burrata with Prosciutto ($15), both fresh and well prepared. Then followed the Grilled Hangar Steak ($42), prepared to perfection, so delicious. And for my husband the daily special which was Bratwurst with Spaetzle ($26), very good. Portions were large, so no room left for dessert today, although the chocolate torte and the crepe sounded tempting. \nPrices are a bit on the high side for Santa Barbara, but well deserved and the setting and service justify it all. The staff in general is very nice and friendly. We had Eric, a very nice French man from Lyon, who spoiled us all through the meal. And Lenka was - as always - excellent advice for the wines. \nWe will certainly come back soon and are highly recommending you to go and give it a try.",
"This is a wonderful new addition to Santa Barbara. I went on the 3rd night they opened, and was prepared for some first week jitters, but all went very smoothly. The decor is very smart and modern. The garden is spectacular, and warm enough to sit out even on one of the coldest nights in SB in years. Service was excellent and helpful. And the menu and food wonderful. Anyone who knows AOC in LA will recognize the chef's hand. There was not a thing on the menu I would not have ordered. Nice wine list (still small, but affordable). And pricing is right in line with SB and the quality of the restaurant. In fact I think it is better value than many of the pricier restaurants here. I really hope they do well. I'm looking forward to going back.",
"Just ate there last night--the food is amazing. I'd recommend the Kale salad with chickpeas, bacon, and lamb as well as the croquettes to start. For our mains we ordered the hangar steak and the spaghetti noodles with lobster bisque. The spaghetti is a standout! The portions are actually really great for fine dining (none of this SB tiny tapas at high prices nonsense).\n\nThe ambiance is really quite beautiful and the outdoor area is very pretty with a fireplace. It was closed due to rain but I'd recommend asking for it. This would be great for a romantic dinner, large groups, or even to just grab a cocktail with friends and get something small. The menu had a good range both in types of food as well as in price so there is something for everyone. \n\nStaff is very nice, they all seem to be working together to make sure there's attention at your table regardless if they are waitstaff, management, or even the front hosts. And I agree with other reviews, despite only being open a few days, no hitches in service or food. \n\nLooking forward to the next visit!",
"Beautiful setting! \nGreat location!\nGood service! \nSmall plates!\nA little pricey!\nWe were there the 1st night.",
"The food was excellent; interesting pairing choices for the scallops (farro? yum) and cod (clams! also yum), and everything was perfectly prepared. The service was also very attentive, but slightly rigid (not much for small talk or jokes). The decor is a little pretentious and LA-y, but SB could use a little injection of hipness. The prices were high, even for SB, but like I said, everything was very well prepared. The portions are small-ish, especially the black cod dish, but we left feeling satiated.\n\nI was bummed out by the tap water situation - it tasted like pool water, and the only other options were filtered water for $6 or bottled for even more. That kind of pissed me off; clean water doesn't seem too much to ask for when I'm spending $250 for three people to eat and drink.\n\nNot perfect, but god damn if those scallops weren't flawlessly seared.",
"Four stars would have been five if the prices were more reasonable on certain items. $26 for the Sunchokes appetizer (Jerusalem artichokes) seemed excessive. Food cost can't be more than $2-3 even with the small bit of cream fraiche and caviar that came with it. This took a great meal, gorgeous setting and very good service down a notch. I'll rate it higher when I see better value on selected items.",
"Beautiful remodel. Appetizers were underwhelming as were the choices, Kale salad dressing was too sour and lamb bacon was too burned. Entrees were fanatastic, Spaghetti w lobster bisque was devine as was Scallops w risotto. French Sancerre wine was bland and overpriced, would prefer a stellar local white from Zinke or Coquelicot. Surprisingly only a couple local wines to chose from. Will be back for the Entrees, Apps need some work.",
"This is one of the best restaurants in town. I'd put it above Lark and on par with Bouchon. The spaghetti uni, chicken liver appetizer and scallops were all delicious. Their spicy tequila cocktail (I forgot the name) was refreshing. Service was on point. Pretty solid restaurant all around."
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"Great customer service. Onion rings were wonderful. Delicious dipping sauce. Only in business a week and already pretty busy. Hopefully they keep this same customer service.",
"If you are hungry & don't want to wait in line, try newly opened Smokehouse Grill in Bucktown. Simple, delicious menu. We had the Philly cheesesteak and fried catfish platter, both scrumptious. Be sure to check out the specials on the board when you enter. For those of you who get cold easily, bring a sweater. Kudos to Joe & Brandon, the owners. And our waitress was most accommodating.",
"HOLY BBQ. This place is unbelievable !!! Best BBQ in the city. Located in buck town right on the lake. Portion sizes are huge. Food is delicious. We got the wings and the ribs. The shining stars are the desserts though. Next time I'll start with dessert-- get the peach cobbler!!!",
"Came here with a friend last Thursday night. Just walked right in. I ordered the brisket with a salad and fries. The brisket was delicious and tasty. Maybe could have been a little warmer. The salad was a nice side salad fresh and amazing homemade ranch dressing I loved. The fries are shoestring, but not too thin. Overall, pretty good. Prices seemed a little steep, but you also get a lot of food. Will be back!",
"Was excited to finally try what I hoped would be the new hot spot in the neighborhood. I was left unsatisfied to say the least. The restaurant is trying to be upscale bar-b-q in my opinion and succeeds at neither. For a place called smokehouse I expect the food to be freshly smoked and have a good woody flavor to it. What I found was that the food seemed to come from Sysco and the outside didn't have that famous smoky smell. The combo plate allows for your choice of meats (chicken, pulled pork, and ribs) but no brisket is available, only on the weekends. The ribs were not tender fall off the bone as they had a little toughness and held to together perfectly after you cut them off the bones. There was no falling apart here. The pulled pork was served swimming in a bowl of water and dripped with every bite. The pulled pork sandwich had to be eaten with a fork since the bottom bun was waterlogged. On the positive side they did a great job remodeling the place and the sweet tea is very good. Would I go back...if I didn't have a choice, I guess, but with all the good bar-b-q around the city why would I need to.",
"Very impressed with the food and the service. I came in for lunch with a friend and ordered an appetizer that became my meal! I eat wings on a regular basis and these wings blew me away! The sauce is house made and the wings are huge. I added a few side dishes to my order and I have to say their potato salad and beans are a phenomenal compliment to anything you order. The smokehouse grill is sure to get you coming back after you dine in and the menu is growing with new and delicious appetizers, lunch and dinner options.",
"The menu size, small-ish crowd for a Friday night, and an odd server had me prepared to be underwhelmed, but the food was really good! There were six of us and each person was pleasantly surprised. The BBQ, gumbo, and philly cheese steak were all great. With all the food selections in the area I'm not sure if this would be my first recommendation to someone, but I definitely would eat here again.",
"This restaurant it's the bomb food is excellent service was great only been open three weeks do yourself a favor and try this place. I am so glad that I stumbled on to this restaurant I will be a customer for a long time",
"The brisket was awesome and a large portion is given. The sides that we ate baked beans were off the chain and the bake potato was cook perfect. Enjoyed the steak and cheese which is not too common on a Mew Orleans menu. Our server Carl was very accommodating. It's will be a favorite among everyone once word gets out",
"First thing I realized when sat down was that I was a bit underwhelmed by the menu. I understand it's the soft opening menu, but just the menu lacked alot of items one would expect of a BBQ place. In fact, they seemed to have more non-bbq items on the menu. \n\nI ordered the onion rings as an appetizer and they were quite good. The onion rings were crispy with very little grease. I followed up with the chicken wings as my meal. While good, I think they should cut off the wing tips. Better presentation. I hope to update this review when they expand their menu selection. There prices seem to be a bit high too.\n\nIf you're looking for good Bbq, head back into New Orleans."
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"This is one of the standby places in havertown and the last of a dying breed. A true Italian deli. John Centrella and his wife own and operate a wonderful Italian market in havertown right on brookline blvd. This place has everything you could want, cookies, chickens, pastas, REAL Stromboli, roast beef, meatballs, hoagies, steaks etc. The food here is amazing and it is again the real deal, the ONE drawback to this whole thing....the price. They are pricey but the argument could be made you get what you pay for? This place has some of the best hoagies in the area, the chickens are great, the meatballs and roast beef are not to be missed. \n\nAgain in a world of walmarts and large retailers its nice to go and have the little guy help you.",
"John and crew make excellent hoagies and homemade red sauces (gravies). And one of the last places still offering true Philly pretzels.\n\nA bit pricy, but quality is worth it.",
"I love to patronize local businesses and this is a great example. A family owned Italian deli. Stop in to grab one of the greatest hoagies around and just wander the store for a few minutes. I think you'll be impressed. The next time you're in grab some meatballs to go. Amazing! \n\nDon't worry about parking. There is a great cheap public lot across the street.",
"I love this cozy little Italian market/eatery. We stopped by on our way through and it did not disappoint. The meatball subs lived up to the hype. Loved the chewy rolls and toasted cheese on the inside. We picked up dough balls, marinara sauce, and fresh mozzarella to make pizza at home. They sliced us off fresh pepperoni shipped from Italy. \n\nMy only gripe is the location! We live in Virginia and it's two hours away. Maybe they want to franchise in Arlington...",
"Originally from Southwest Philadelphia, where they slaughtered, plucked, prepared, seasoned, AND, Roasted Fresh Chickens. You could smell Centrella's, up and down Woodland Avenue. Chickens their main business. Kids would sneak a look at the slitting of the, still, live, chicken throats; chased out of the store with a decapitated head or two thrown their way; it was a Rite of Passing. That was over 50 years ago.\n Times, the neighborhood, and the way of doing business changed.\n Now, more deli, more grocery, with packaged goods to sell, Chicken Cages gone, the smell of chickens before and after slaughter not missed, no chicken heads?\nAlways looking for Old World Pasta, Sandwiches with that something special, San Maranzano Tomatoes, Roast Beef w/au jus, Old Italian Deli Fare, all here; Testa's Bakery ( a few doors away) the reason why i was in the neighborhood, when the store's name caught me by surprise.\n I found out this was \"THE\" Southwest Philly Centrella's, I almost cried! I have to come back and i did, for awhile. It was closer than the Italian Market for some hard to get things that i did not want to surf the net for. After a while.....\n i noticed missing Centrella faces and quality of service, after reading a few reviews; i know why. Old Style, Italian Style, Ethnic Style Deli's are going by the way side, is this Centrella's, too? It is going in that direction. If they don't realize their faults and correct them soon......\n As the smell of Centrella's chickens waiting to be slaughtered disappeared, so will Centrella's\n\nA pickle barrel does not a Deli make!",
"Walk in and smell the Italian. My favorite place for a hoagie and anything pasta related. A classic Italian deli. Enjoy!",
"YES! Another place in Havertown to get a delicious hoagie. The Italian was as good as it gets. We also tried a chicken parm hoagie which was awesome. This is huge, bc we are VERY picky about chicken cutlets, because my mother-in-law makes the BEST. \nThe highlight was the John's 9th Street Special. OMG. Imported capicolla, Genoa salami, extra sharp provolone, roasted peppers, imported soppresatta, prosciutto. Can you say heaven? And BTW, I didn't eat 3 hoagies....we cut them up and shared.\n\nTheir website looks modern and I love the layout:\nhttp://centrellasdeli.com/\n\nThere are a lot of other sandwiches I want to try, which we will definitely be doing during football season. Way to go, Centrella's!",
"This place is great! I had gotten a hoagie for my Husband, and he immediately asked me where it was from. Being that he's from South Philly, he knows when he's getting a good hoagie :). Oh, and they're so nice!",
"Great little deli/market.\n\nThe deli meats/cheeses are very good. They have a good selection of quality goods. They also have a pretty good selection of frozen pastas and sauces. Although a little on the greasy side, their chicken cutlets are still pretty good. \n\nGreat option for a quick sandwich.",
"Love this place especially for a last minute dinner choice....very fresh... Lunch meat is awesome... And deli sandwiches are terrific"
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"Cellar House is without a doubt the best thing to happen in south county in a long time! It has a great bar and very satisfying menu of various small plate items, cheeses, flatbreads, sliders and more.\n\nIn addition to a long list of bottled beers, they always have one or two new beers on tap and never hesitate to bring me a sample. If you don't like beer...don't worry. They have a full bar and a great bartender (Shawn) to set you up with your drink of choice.\n\nThe food has never disappointed and has always been served promptly. The wait staff is friendly and ready to answer questions.\n\nIf you're going for the first time, look for Bottle Cellars (wine store) on the building. You enter one door and go left to the store or right to bar/restaurant. \n\nHave fun!",
"First time at Cellar House was during St. Louis Craft Beer Weeks for a tap takeover by Kansas City's Crane Brewery. The place was packed (likely due to the event). We found two seats at the bar (the dining area is actually only a handful of tables). The bartender was very efficient and super friendly. They were able to take orders and bus tables even though the place was packed. Very impressed with the service and the beer selection.\n\nWe ordered the short rib lettuce wraps. 6 large lettuce leaves served with 3 portions of meat. The serving size was appropriate and the appearance was lovely. The flavor was severely lacking, but that's where the soy-based sauce on the side helped. Unfortunately, there was like a teaspoon of sauce, so not enough to properly cover the flavorless meat. So, 2 stars on food? The kitchen was also slammed, but they were getting out orders sooo fast. The flatbread looked wonderful!\n\nAttached to a wine/beer shop- so make sure to browse next door before leaving. Lots of great craft beers! Would love to go back for more drinks and to try their other menu items. Fantastic friendly service!",
"Cellar House is just what Oakville needs! We frequent this cozy place at least twice a month. Drinks are superb, food is over the top. Sangria is a staple and flavors vary. The menu choices change but never disappoint. Veggie and tuna sliders are our faves, and thanks to the shaved sprout salad, I will actually eat Brussels sprouts!",
"This place is great!! Dropped in on a Tuesday night for happy hour and dinner! It's so quaint and cozy, while being super eclectic and warm. The food was absolutely amazing. Wine selection is great. Didn't try the cocktails, but they looked interesting. We moved to Oakville from the city a year and a half ago, and this is the first place we have found that seems to have the cool vibes of south city. Service was wonderful! We will be back for sure!!",
"After hearing great things and following them on social media, finally got a chance to check this place out. It's located in the corner of a shopping center off Telegraph. The business is split in half, with one side being a bottle shop and the other a bar/restaurant. The restaurant isn't that large. It consists of seats at the bar and additional seating along the wall. We arrived at 6 on a Friday night and it was about half full, although it was completely full about an hour after. Great craft beer and wine list. The waiter was super helpful. I told him I liked stouts and he brought each bottle to the table and gave a bit of info on each. I ordered the stuffed chicken breast. It was good; however the veggies on the side were the best side I think I've ever had. The waiter was very attentive, even when the place was full. I don't get out this way too often, but I'd love to go again. Highly recommend!",
"Best atmosphere in south county. Perfect for a date night, anniversary, or cocktails! We had the pear & arugula flatbread pizza during happy hour with a yum summer sangria. Very knowledgeable staff. Highly recommend.",
"Cellar House has become our favorite spot in So County for a nice evening out, casual dining, afternoon wine tastings, and even their dinner pairing events. Great ambiance, attentive service, excellent menu choices, and love their happy hour flights! \nThe best kept secret in town! We love introducing our friends to this great find and hope to spend many more evenings here, with Patrick, Shaun, and the uber-talented kitchen staff.\nThe New Years Eve Champagne dinner was perfect and a wise choice for the evening...I am looking forward to their future food pairing events!",
"I've been coming here regularly since it opened! Great wine selection and amazing food. Must try the peach chipotle chicken flatbread or the pear arugula flatbread- both are excellent. The bartender is extremely friendly and welcoming and knows everything that has to do with wine and food. You need to try this place if you haven't already!",
"Eating out in So County St Louis is, well, disappointing. Excellent stuff in the city or West county but down south, not so much. That is until we found Cellar House. Love it!",
"This restaurant completely surprised me. It's in a little strip mall and it is a very small restaurant, but don't let that stop you from going. The food was excellent and the chef, Paul, and brought it out and introduced himself. There are four in our group. We each ordered something different and we all could not stop raving about what we had. I had the goats in the garden flatbread and it was wonderful.\nThe wine flights are a little pricey but either go during happy hour, Tuesday through Friday, and get 25% off your flight or go on Tuesday and get $10 off a bottle. A much better deal!!\nThe bartender/server (yes it is that small that they only need one person), was very knowledgeable about the wines and quite helpful to our group.\nAnd if you are a beer drinker, don't worry, you will be well taken care of. They had a great bottle and can list and for the month of January had all Perennial beers on draft. The only thing that would've made it better was if they had beer flights too, but I guess you can't have everything.\nThis was my first time going but it won't be my last!"
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"First visit: One other customer in the restaurant at 7:30pm. The \"wet brisket\" was dry and could not be eaten without sauce. The green beans were over cooked to the point of mush and were quite bland. The collards were so salty they were almost inedible, but when mixed with the bland green beans they were tolerable. The sauces are all good flavor but clearly loaded with a lot of sugar. Tried to order the sweet potatoes but they were \"out.\" \n\nOwner and staff super friendly, but did not seem too keen on the honest feedback written here. The owner needs to try to mimic Mission or 4 Rivers best offerings, as this place has nothing unique that brands it as something different. The owner is a very smart guy, hopefully he eats some crow and adjusts. Quickly.",
"My husband ordered ribs and pulled/chopped pork with a couple of sides. The mac & cheese was delicious! It was actually the only thing I liked. \nI couldn't eat the potato salad, it just wasn't the taste I like, and the ribs weren't that tender. I also didn't taste any kind of smokiness to the ribs, maybe they were baked? I'm used to eating BBQ at Trust Me BBQ on Highway 301 in Riverview, now they know how to smoke their meat!\nI don't know if I'll give this restaurant another try because I don't like wasting money, but the place is fairly new, so maybe I'll try something else on the menu (with mac & cheese) next time.",
"Mac and cheese is fantastic!!! Got the brisket sandwich and my wife got the pulled pork. Generous helpin\ng of meat. Ordered onion rings and they came out a good while after the sandwiches. Other than that very good meal",
"This place just opened. Loved the service as much as the food. The owner was very hospitable and friendly. He gave us free samples to try. Everything was delicious and freshly made. The restaurant is clean. The employees are constantly walking around to ensure everything is squeaky clean. The decor is very nice and we enjoyed the music. This place is a keeper. I'm definitely going to become a regular.",
"Loved this place. I had the pulled pork with mac & cheese and cole slaw. Everything was amazing! Place is nice and clean. Staff and owner were both friendly. I will definitely be a regular in this place",
"I took some co-workers out to Smokin' Pig BBQ yesterday for lunch. It was everyone's first time visiting. We immediately noticed how open and clean the space was and it smelled delicious. The woman behind the counter handed us menus as we had no clue what we were getting ourselves into. I felt the prices were very reasonable and decided to go with a pulled pork sandwich combo, which included a side of my choosing (Green beans) and a drink for $9.59. \nEveryone in my group ordered something different and believe me when I say every single one of us cleared our plate! My sandwich was amazing! Packed pull of meat and smokey flavor. I'm not even a huge sauce person, but there were 3 different flavors of sauce on the table and I was loading them onto my food. (I wish I had taken a photo to post with my review, but I inhaled it so fast!)\nThe only reason I am giving this place 4 stars instead of 5 is that I was disappointed their sweet tea was very bitter. I am a southern girl and we love a nice cold glass of sweet tea to go with our bbq and I was not able to handle the taste of this one. I opted for a coke instead.\n*** Update: I went back to Smokin' Pig BBQ this week and the sweet tea was very good. I must have had an old/bad batch last time. So now this place gets 5 stars in my book! And I even remembered to snap a pic this time!***",
"Followed the owner from Tampa. It is a long way from Land O Lakes but we will be back. They have the best brisket ever. Hopefully they will start making brisket eggrolls again. We not only got brisket but a combo platter that was plenty for 2 people to share. The side were good too: 2 types of potato salad, coleslaw, cornbread, green beans, fried okra.",
"We just ordered the ribs and they were really good. I often worry when you don't smell BBQ in a restaurant but to my surprise it was delicious and tender. I would recommend this to a friend and will return.",
"Tried out Smokin' Pig for the first time today with the family and we were happy we did. Between the four of us we had pulled pork, chicken, chopped brisket, BBQ beans, mac n cheese, sweet potatoes and corn bread. Everything was great! \n\nThe restaurant is huge and the service was friendly. \n\nThe meat had a good flavor, but not overly smoky. We weren't upset by that so don't take that as a negative. The chicken was soft and tender. The brisket was also tender. \n\nThe meat portions were fantastic. The sides were good size as well. \n\nWe left full and satisfied.",
"I tried the pulled pork and green beans. It came with Texas Toast supposedly. The pork was OK but lots of fatty pieces. The green beans were straight from a can. Bland and nasty! The Texas toast was just a piece of bread that was put in a toaster. The lady spread some minced garlic on top.... ummm gross! Worst BBQ I have tried in many years. I've been to Missions & four rivers around here. Both a million times better. The lady at the counter was unpleasant and not helpful. She also didn't even say our order was ready! Just sat it on the counter. Only 1 other table in the place..... should have been a sign. Just wanted to try it since it's fairly new. I live close by & will not be returning. The other sides I seen looked canned as well::: disappointing to say the least... YUCK!"
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"Good place to be if your craving chicken fingers @ 4am. Half price drinks after 2am.",
"To me, Steak N Shake, as an organization, has never struck me as a very classy or nice organization. At the very least, when I walk into an establishment to eat there is one thing that is a must - it has to be clean.\n\nThis Steak N Shake is the dirtiest restaurant I've ever seen in my entire life. You walk through the door and the white floors are very gray, there is food all over all of the tables, food in the chairs, and the bathrooms are disgusting. I'm truly surprised I didn't see any roaches crawling around in there.\n\nThe only reason this place is earning a 2 star rating from me is because it is always open. This is convenient for those late night trips home that many college students regularly take. This gives me at least one other option as to where I can eat after 3 A.M. Other than that, if you took away their 24 hour availability, this restaurant would be a 1 star for sure. \n\nThe staff aren't groomed, they look dirty, and very unprofessional. On top of that, they are very rude and they mess up orders on a regular basis.\n\nAt the end of the day, don't eat here unless you are truly hungry and can't wait until you get home. If you do eat here then go through the drive-thru; the chances a roach will crawl on you in your car are a lot lower than they will be if you sat down at a booth inside this Steak N Shake.",
"Yeah, I'm a fan! \nWhen you go, try the Chicago Style dog, so good! #chicagostyle #shantetasby",
"Fast food. Not much else to say. I ldo ove me some late night SNS, but it's not the best fast food and this location is on par with the other locations. Seriously though, when the hell are they going to get some real and substantial fries?!?!\n\nThe service here has always been speedy and hospitable, and the food has always come out as ordered. Therefore, it's A-OK!\n\nTip: Don't try to get those all-you-can-eat pancakes unless it's 6-11am though. You'll be denied. Ridiculous.",
"Ok, so I have been here where it took forever to get my food, and once it came out suspiciously fast. Once I was able to talk a guy into putting a fried egg on my chili mac, once I was not. In any case it's open 24 and it's great for junk food. I'm crushed they ditched the Berry Berry Ala Mode from the menu. The real reason to go to this particular location is that there's this one server who possesses the most impressive man mustache I have ever witnessed in real life. I shall return!",
"Steak N Shake is a national franchise serving burgers, chicken sandwiches, and hand-made milkshakes 24 hours a day. This particular SNS is located at the corner of Sheldon Road and Citrus Park Drive, just west of the Citrus Park Mall.\n\nThe SNS burger is a step-up from your typical fast-food burger, and you can have it prepared with a wide variety of toppings - single burger pattie, doubles, and triples. You can get your burger with fries, or substitute out for a small salad, bowl of soup, bowl of chili, onion rings, coleslaw, baked beans, fruit, cottage cheese, and so on.\n\nIn addition to burgers, they also have pattie melts (believe it or not, they even offer a vegetarian melt!), hot dogs, assorted chicken and fish sandwiches, grilled cheese sammies, chicken fingers, and some surprisingly healthy entree-sized salads.\n\nRecently SNS has been serving breakfast from 12 Midnight all the way around till 11am. The breakfast menu includes skillet breakfasts, breakfast sandwiches, All You Can Inhale pancakes, classic egg breakfasts, sausage and gravy, and my new favorite -- Breakfast Tacos made with your choice of Sausage, Egg 'n Cheese; Bean 'n Cheese; or Potato 'n Egg -- 99 cents a piece.\n\nLet's not forget those incredible Steak N Shake milkshakes which are all hand-dipped ice cream plus real milk and fresh fruit toppings. They have close to 20 different types of milkshakes on the menu, but I'm sorry to inform you that this location is now sold out of the salted caramel pretzel milkshake.... however I will start the bidding for one of these milkshakes at $5.... Oh, and during the summer months you won't be able to buy peach milkshakes from these people either. Same deal applies if you want one. :-)\n\nSteak N Shake has counter-service, tables and booths, as well as the ever-popular drive-up window for those late-night muchie attacks.",
"This place always make me think of what it would have been like when my parents were young in the 1950's & 60's, dating and going to burger joints & \"soda jerks\" just like this one. I love their chili (it's even in the grocery stores now) and their chicken salads are top notch. I don't come here as much as I used to but not because of the place. I recommend it. Oh & in addition to the salads, the parfait is pretty good too; perchance you are a health nut like me :-)",
"I normally love Steak 'n Shake, but after actually sitting down in one I will never eat there again! I decided to dine in at the Steak N Shake near Citrus Park Mall, and the place was disgusting. After ordering a drink a noticing finger prints all over my glass and black particles floating in my drink I decided to walk out and never return again. If they can't keep their ice/drink machines clean or properly wash their drinking glasses I don't even want to know what they're unable to keep clean in the kitchen!",
"The menu is interesting here, but execution is a little off. Fries are very small and rather dry, the burger patties are so thin that though my sister and I got doubles, I couldn't even tell that there was more than one patty. They're so thin they actually get crispy, which may be what they're going for. My sister had the Wisconsin butter burger - VERY rich, actually pretty good and I had the Wisconsin cheddar burger, which would have been just as good of the cheese hadn't been overcooked. Service was friendly but inattentive. Dessert was good, I got the strawberry sundae which was decent and my sister got the chocolate covered strawberry shake which was good. Prices were decent as well.",
"This place never disappoints! From the eggs to the burgers to the shakes to the fries ... this is where I go when I am in the mood for a guilty pleasure."
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"Sadly, this place has been suffering from poor service and it just seems to have been getting smokier and smokier... in the non-smoking section!\n\n... But what really makes this place STILL worth visiting is the fact that I had a euphoric experience with their shepherd's pie. However, this was just after donating blood.\n\nSo give blood... save lives.... eat at Barrister's!\n\nThings I've Tried:\n\nWings: Nothing really special.\n\nShepherd's Pie: EUPHORIC (after giving blood)\n\nPlank roasted salmon: Very tasty with a hint of smoke. The spinach and mashed potatoes that went with it were tasty too :P\n\nFriday Fish: Type of fish varies from week to week. Pretty tasty and all you can eat :)",
"Surprisingly authentic considering the location in Downtown Barbieville. A staple for the residents of and visitors to Clayton who aren't made of plastic.",
"This place is kind of a running joke because I never remember what it's called, and then I end up calling it Barnaby's. So Barnaby's has a really good Jamaican Jerk burger, and good chicken parmesan, and some good sides, in a typical English pub setting. Pretty impressive menu, lots to choose from. Good for a Thursday night-type mood (I'm not sure what YOUR Thursday night-type mood is, but mine is usually a little more low-key.)",
"Nice little bar that has a pretty good menu, solid food all around. Delicious fried zucchinis, a fairly good NE clam chowder, and solid burgers. \n\nWhy the fourth star? The soccer. This is quite an underrated place to watch Premier League soccer on Saturday and Sunday Mornings. \n\nfurthermore, they show all the US soccer games. Case in point. In the winter time, the US played Mexico on the same night as Duke Vs. North Carolina (All non-sports fans can probably go to sleep). Now, I'm not as Patriotic as I probably could or should be, but I LOVE US Soccer. This bar had a full house, just to watch the game. Everyone there that night was there to watch US Soccer. And USSC even had people handing out gifts and whatnot. \n\nSo, if you are looking for good bar with some excellent food choices in Clayton, this is a good bet. If you are looking for a soccer bar to watch the US play. This should be your one and only choice.",
"I can't break the 4 star streak!\n\nThis place has a lot to offer. The crab cake burger is excellent. My wife had the Brie LT which she said was quite good. We both had the salt and vinegar chips and we both thought they could have used a stronger vinegar taste.\n\nI had the molten chocolate cake. It was good, but I've definitely had better elsewhere.\n\nAll in all, a good place to eat.",
"This place goes against, well, most of the stereotypes that are Clayton. \n\nIt's kind of a sports bar...I mean, as much as anything in Clayton really will be. There are TV's playing the game (Cardinals in the summer, of course) at the bar and some people certainly there to watch them. I have been here more than once with my favorite British friend to watch soccer as well, since it seems that it is only here or the Scottish Arms where this is a regular possibility. However, the real reason to come here, in my opinion (other than to avoid the usual Clayton crowd) is the food.\n\nI love the Brie Lettuce and Tomato sandwich. What a vegetarian godsend. It's perfection on bread and almost makes me not miss bacon. Almost. The fried zucchini is amazing too, and an excellent substitute for the fried chicken finger I can no longer partake in. \n\nAlso, the crowd is pretty laid back, there doesn't seem to be that same over dressed for a Thursday night vibe, and I don't feel like Barrister's has that same Meat Market Attitude I so often encounter when I attempt to go out in Clayton.",
"Yes a Clayton pub, but a Non-Clayton feel. I started going to Barrister's when they first open b/c they were one of a handful places that has the English Premier Soccer Games on. \n\nThe only downside in my opinion is no hostess, so sometimes you end up standing around for a while before getting seated. Beyond that the service is quick and friendly.\n\nThe decor has the feel and looks like an english pub... Not to mention the comfort food on the menu. My favorite item hands down are the griddle burgers. But never fear if you are looking for vegetarian items there are also several selections to choose from.",
"My fiance and I went to Barrister's for dinner, so this isn't really a review of their bar. I'd looked over the menu online, beforehand, and was really excited about this place. I don't know if I had high expectations or what, but I was kind of disappointed.\n\nWe ordered the Cheddar-Guiness dip with soft pretzels as an appetizer. It was pretty good, although I didn't feel like the dip shined like it should have. The soft pretzel bites were really tasty and worked well with the dip, but there was just something missing. Perhaps more of an in-your-face cheddar flavor? To me, the cheddar just seemed too subtle for a dip of this nature. Not to mention when they brought it out to us, it was boiling in a cast iron rarebit. I'm sure it would have been more flavorful if it was closer to room-temperature.\n\nI ordered the Crabcake Burger and my fiance got the Reuben (which he classified as \"pretty good\" - a 6 on the scale of 1 to 10). My crabcake burger was pretty good, too. I'd give it a 5. The chili-lime mayo on it was very tasty, but definitely not in abundance. The crabcake really could have benefitted from more mayo, but I'm kind of a condiment whore, so that might just be me... \n\nService was friendly and prompt. Attentive, but not overly so. The overall value was pretty good - the sandwiches and fry portions were large. But I was still a little disappointed with the whole experience. Not to mention we had to drive around forever just to find a parking spot - I realize that it was 5:30pm in Clayton, but that didn't make it any less annoying.",
"The reason I am writing this review is because I am getting a bit frustrated at their draught beer taps being down. Especially \"staples\" like Smithwicks and Guinness. And where's the Bass? They are moving more toward the trendy beers, and I guess I am \"old school.\" But I can't down them stars just because of that. And maybe there is something about being a good pub that requires 25% of the taps to be down at any given time. Coz otherwise I really like Barristers. Good Caesar's salad, great all-you-can-eat fish-n-chips on Fridays (pricey at $12 or $13 bucks but worth it.). Staff is always pretty friendly. Atmosphere is great and non-Claytoney. A British style pub but with a fillip of Caribbean style airiness. Great outdoor tables in front.",
"I don't think we'll ever go back, unfortunately, because of our first experience. We knew that Barrister's was a huge soccer bar, so we stumbled in on a snowy day looking for some lunch.\n\nThe menu was impressive. Brie on burgers? Yes, please. Guiness cheese dip with pretzels? I think so.\n\nSadly, the abundance of salt was unbearable. I wanted to walk into the kitchen and slap the man who made the cheese dip. It was sooo close to being good. And the server left us parched to chit chat with her coworkers, which I understand, is much more interesting than us... but with all that salt, we needed extra beverages.\n\nTwo noms for a good menu. Too bad we won't be back.\n\nI'm thirsty."
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"Went here for lunch with a large group of coworkers, maybe 12 of us. \n\nWhen we got there, no one else was in the restaurant. We got seated right away, they took all of our orders, and then proceeded to bring each order out one by one. The first plate took 45 minutes to come out. I was one of the last people to receive my order, which took over an hour. \n\nI order a beef taco and and a beef enchilada. I received a beef taquito and a chicken enchilada. When I told the waiter I order a taco he said that is how they serve their tacos. However other people at our table ordered tacos that did not come like mine. \n\nThe \"red sauce\" they have is the same as their salsa which is very spicy, so if you don't like spicy food, don't get the \"red sauce.\" \n\nThe food is very over priced, and they charge gratuity. Even after bringing me the wrong order and taking over an hour to serve my food, they still charged me for the food and the gratuity. \n\nLastly, my coworker had to go outside to vomit because she immediately felt ill after eating here.",
"We went here as a group on our lunch hour. We had 15 people in our group, which can be hard to accommodate, so we tend to be picky about where we go for lunch and we always go early to miss the lunch rush. As a group from the time we walked in the door to the time we walked out was almost two hours. It easily took 15-20 minutes to get chips and salsa. After ordering, it took a long time to get our food and nearly every person at the table was served at a different time over the course of an hour so we had half of our table that was done eating and the other half that hadn't been served yet. After it was clear that everyone was done they had split the table in half in terms of wait staff so each waiter was responsible for their half of the checks and it took another 20+ minutes to get our checks. One of the waiters made the excuse that he is normally a bartender. The other waiter seemed apathetic to the fact that we had been there for so long and some of us were unhappy with our food. I noticed a friend sitting at the bar eating and when I went over to talk to him he mentioned that they had also been there for over an hour.\n\nI ordered chicken fajitas and I did like my food, but overall there were mixed reviews around the table about what they had ordered. Also, no one mentioned that the red salsa is pretty hot and has a strange flavor. The green salsa was much better.\n\nAs they just opened the menu that they're using is confusing because it is full of stuff, but not well organized and confusing and is printed on 8x10 cardstock. Hopefully they're real menus are more organized than that. My fajitas were about the price that I expected them to be, but a lot of the food that my coworkers ordered seemed to be overpriced relative to nearby Mexican restaurants. Overall, I do not recommend.",
"Went for dinner on a Sat. evening. We were seated right away. They didn't provide a drink menu & there were no drinks listed on their menu. So, I just ordered a frozen margarita, the flavor was good, but it wasn't really frozen. The menu was hard to read, it wasn't very organized & the spacing made it hard to read. Our waiter brought us some chips & salsa, which was the green salsa & I thought very spicy, but good! I ordered Al Pastor tacos, but they were out of it, so I ordered pork tacos. They were very dry & the taco shells were dry & tough. I asked them to add the pineapple & onions & the pineapples were straight from the can. My husband ordered chicken enchiladas, which had very little chicken & he said they were very dry, too. The beans had no flavor, they too appeared to come straight out of the can. Basically, we won't be back, too many other options in the area!",
"Food was delicious. Came for dinner on a Saturday night at 5 and we pretty much had the restaurant to ourselves. The service could be better. We had to wait a long time for our drinks to be refilled. The black beans could use a little more flavor, but I will definitely be coming back. I got the scallops and they were really good with the chipotle sauce.",
"Number 1, I am stingy with stars. That being said, I was thrilled by finding Las Brisas. It was near where we were staying and 4 of us went for lunch. I expected standard Tex/Mex but was pleasantly surprised that they had some other awesome choices on the menu. Two of the folk I was with ordered the chicken quesadillas. Pretty standard fare. One ordered beef fajitas also pretty standard and I ordered a waiter suggestion (who by the way was a sweetheart I just didn't catch his name), the Sopes tortilla. This was marvelous. My only complaint is it came out a little cold. Seemed like the kitchen needs some timing. It was served with a killer salsa. Speaking of salsas, the verde and roja that are served with the chips are divine. But ask for the upgrade to the chipotle salsa if you like heat. Incredible. The owner ( I assume) came by and checked on us a few times he was extremely friendly. We came at lunch and the menu was pretty much prix fixe but was a value. We were from away so I hope locals catch up on this one. It deserves a chance.",
"My husband and I were more than pleasantly surprised by the phenomenal lunch we had at Las Brisas. I ordered the cheese enchilada and beef taco and they were both so delicious....with the beef being steak, not ground beef! My husband's 3 enchiladas were so good with the green sauce and a side of a spicier sauce which was authentic spicy.\nEver since we've moved from Colorado to New England, we have yet to find Mexican fare great enough to write a review. Seems we need a trip to Franklin, TN every so often to get our cravings fulfilled. On a scale of 1-10... Las Brisas is a 10!!",
"Awesome Restaurant. Staff was friendly and professional. Food was amazing authentic Mexican cuisine. Finally a real Mexican food place in Tennessee. Not Tex Mex. real cheese. Real dishes. This place is a real treat and I'm happy they are here.",
"I really want to like this place. I can appreciate what they are trying to do. We've been twice, several weeks apart, with the latest just last night. I doubt we'll be back and I can't really recommend you go. There were way too many misses to make up for the few hits.\n\nThe restaurant was stifling hot. I left with my shirt wet in places. During the prior visit, the temperature was fine. Not sure what was happening last night.\n\nThe server was the same on both visits and both times the service was below par. I can understand the first time with the soft opening but he has not improved with more experience. It was odd but a second server came along just as the entrees were approaching the table and asked us if we were sure we didn't want to order an appetizer. Huh?\n\nWhat about the food, you ask? I ordered the shrimp with rajas (poblano strips). I thought the dish was flavorful. However, the shrimp were cut into miniscule pieces and hard to find. I'd guess, reconstructed, there were two small ones in total. Not really a value at $14.99. I didn't really want the plateful of rajas that were left over so I doggie bagged them hoping I can use them over eggs tomorrow. The cream sauce was quite good and if it had looked like the picture here on Yelp, I would have been very happy with it. The bean side (whole, not refried) was good. The red Mexican rice was unmemorable. I didn't finish it.\n\nMy dining companion had the sopes which were the hit of our prior visit. The quantity was generous. Her only complaint is that she has a very low heat tolerance and specifically asked for their mildest salsa accompaniment, which proved to be too hot for her. I do like spicier food and thought that their various salsas we sampled on our first visit were very good. On our prior visit we sampled the enchiladas and a burrito. We didn't care for the burrito - very dry - and the enchiladas were servicable but too hot for my companion. If you are expecting the usual middle TN types of these foods, make sure you understand you won't be getting that.\n\nFinally we ordered the tres leches cake for dessert on our first visit. It was literally too frozen to eat and was removed from our bill. Basically, it was a white/yellow cake with what tasted like cream cheese frosting. We couldn't detect any signs of soaking in any type of dairy product - for that matter no vanilla or cinnamon, either.\n\nIf the service and the rest of the food were up to the quality of those salsas, the place would be a hit.",
"This place is great ! Food was just AWESOME ! Tasty service was so nice and the place looks really nice I would definitely come back is awesome",
"Very disappointing experience! This newly opened \"authentic\" Mexican cuisine was practically inedible, decor was cheesy and service was poor. The menus were printed on copy paper & had food spills all over them. We had to ask for chips & salsa. The chips were extremely overlooked, oily & hard. \n\nWe ordered a steak burrito and chicken enchiladas. The steak was too tough to chew & had no taste. The chicken had a refrigerator taste. Both dishes were mainly the flour tortillas. The burrito was served with a side of fried potatoes! The enchiladas had a side of dry rice & pinto beans. \n\nWhile there, two tables got up & left because the service was so bad and the table next to us sent their food back twice. You could see others complaining about their food. \n\nThere are too many good options for dining in the Cool Springs area for us to return to Las Brisas. Very unfortunate waste of our time and we cannot recommend this restaurant."
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"I lived across the street from Bad Boy burgers one summer in high school and have been addicted ever since. It's really quick and inexpensive. Best of all they have fry sauce which always makes me happy. Be sure to get fried zucchini or mushrooms..delicious! Only downside is they close pretty early.. as most places in Idaho tend to do. I fly in tomorrow at 10:30 pm and I'm sure they'll already be closed :(",
"Probably my favorite greasy spoon burger joint - anywhere. Diverse menu, but I've only had the burgers. Mon-Fri there is a daily special with Tues. being my favorite, cheese burger with fries (huge) and a pop for $3.95. Good fry sauce too. \nThe seating is outdoor, so the winter you'll have to eat in your car or live/stay close by. There are other interesting looking restaurants near by, but I can never bring myself to get that close to Bad Boy Burger and eat somewhere else.",
"The fries and fry sauce rock the\nMonkey! And the burgers are great with the shredded lettuce and special sauce too. Awesome burger joint up on the Bench!",
"I've been coming here for years, but haven't had anything else other than what's on the breakfast menu. Breakast burritos here are super awesome and going on for almost ten years (at least as long as I've been eating them.)",
"Just got home with a Gyro for me mother in law... Shes addicted, and I recently found out I was a celiac (gluten free), and ordered a double bacon cheese... It was beautifully garnished in a to go box with lettuce, tomato, and pickle with a side of fry sauce.... So yummy... Thank you so much Bad Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!",
"really good big tasty burgers fries come in huge bag crispy not greasy\nFriday special is my favorite never tried the breakfast. nice people and never screwed up an order. definitely a place to try.",
"As far as heart attack in a sack goes this is one of the best.",
"Shout out to Bad Boy Burgers. Best of its kind in Boise. Love that they are efficient, and consistent. Fries are ALWAYS hot and crisp!!!! Thanks Bad Boy!!",
"Would I come here again probably not. Why? Because to be honest, it wasn't really memorable. My dad and I ordered a cheeseburger (I had the sauce on the side), a BBQ burger, fries and zucchinis. It was nice because the burgers had shredded lettuce on them...the buns were soft..and the service was quick. The zucchini I thought were a bit greasy, the fries, nice and crunchy which was nice, tasted average, and the burgers were alright. Its a great place for a stop over quick meal at a good price. Worth a try, but if you want something memorable, try the Boise Fry Company.",
"Went for the breakfast burritos.. will go back to try other menu items! Enjoyed bantering with the gal at the drive up window. She provided lots of great information about Bad Boy and the menu. Breakfast burritos were tasty and filling- served up fresh and piping hot! YUM!"
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"This place has the makings of an EPIC hangout in St. Louis! I was amazed how the owners turned an old movie theatre into a hip, energetic spot. Walking up to the patio, you see a big fire pit with some #SnookBall off to the side. The entrance is a laid back room with a bar that has all of the amenities you would expect...But wait. That's just the FRONT bar! Continuing through the spacious layout, you see a sweet ping pong table perfectly stationed in some dead space. And then you enter into a MASSIVE room with 40 foot ceilings, a giant bar, and a ton of cool bar games: Shuffleboard (table and stand up), four basketball hoops that require a mean jump shot, Jenga, and two Bocce Ball courts!!\n\nThere are three GIGANTIC (think movie theatre screens) TV's on the wall. They are flanked by dozens of other tv's that would make a sports fan drool! And for those who love to be a little more adventurous, they have not one but TWO rooms on the second floor that are set up to perform karaoke I spent three hours in that room entertaining patrons. It's the #REALDEAL\n\nI would describe the food as a mix between \"fancy pub food meets small plate heaven.\" A ton of beer choices, solid vino selection, and a great liquor lineup - I'm a bourbon fan myself.\n\nDo yourself a favor. Get a crew of your \"fun friends\" and take a couple of Ubers to @WestportSocial #MoriartyParty approves!!",
"Got to check this place out over the weekend. This place is HUGE! Lots of great seating, enormous TV screens to watch the game, lots of games to play and even karaoke upstairs. There is something for everyone in your group. The food was small plate/shareable style. My personal favorite was the order of funnel cake fries. Ordered a mule to drink--delicious, unique, and not too sweet. I will definitely be back, especially with a large group.",
"I took my son here for his 21st birthday and it happened to be on their opening night. We had a really great time. This place has a cool, spacious interior with a variety of seating arrangements. And games. Such a fun, new way of spending a night out with friends. Our server, Aaron was awesome. He was so nice and attentive. Great attitude. The patio outside has a huge fireplace, nice touch. I will definitely be going back.",
"This place is so cool! We came here after a work meeting with some out of town co workers and had the best time. Drinks, food, and karaoke! The karaoke room is $20 for 30 minutes but if you're with a group it's worth every penny! The service was AMAZING! Our server Brian was on point all night and made sure we had everything we needed. The food was better than expected. I had the Lobster Ravioli and it was different than expected but so so good! Highly recommend this place!",
"Bartender opened 4 separate tabs on my credit card, and did not close me out when I paid my check. I was charged $157 for 2 beers, 1 pizza, and half of an appetizer. While a fun and exciting atmosphere, it is not safe to use a credit card in this establishment.",
"Great space! Went with a group for a birthday and we had a really fun time! Grabbed a couple of chairs, signed up for some of the games and the night flew away with how much fun we were having. My only complaint is that drinks were not well made. Ordered a Gin and tonic and it tasted like a very watered down drink. Literally tasted like water. Other than that, good beer selection -that's a safe bet. Karaoke room was fun, although they do need more variety with regards to their music selection. \n\nOverall, we had a real good time. They just opened recently so I would give them another try. I really do hope they are able to keep the place in really good conditions given how big the space is and how many people visit and play games (sometimes a bit carelessly). Has a lot of potential but it would be a shame if it looks run down in a couple of months. The atmosphere is what really makes the place enjoyable!",
"Went last Saturday and it was super cool. So close to my house and for sure going to be my go to bar! Would like to see some more local beer, but the selection is alright. I'll see ya this Saturday and many weekends to come.",
"In theory this place will be great once the newness dies down. Open seating is completely chaotic as we felt like we were stalking people waiting for them to leave for a table then asking strangers for chairs (there was only four of us) anytime before 9 is an older mom/ dad scene loudly bumping into you wishing they were in their 20s again mixed with the typical 20 year olds. We were told they keep a credit card on file for when you \"run all around\" the games were a neat concept except there was a waiting list for each one and let me tell you as soon as we finished the oversized jenga the next group in line might as well took the blocks out of our hands. Drinks are pricy and menu is limited. Hollywood 5 was playing and they were pretty decent. Overall not terrible but I don't think I'll be back anytime soon.",
"The food is over priced, the service is bad. My friends and I were finished with our food and then my wife's burger finally got to her. Then I look at my bank statement and find out the waiter gave himself a 20% tip instead of the tip I gave him for the poor service so the $56 bill is now a $62 bill. WTF.",
"My suggestion would be that up until a certain time there should be an actual designated dining area that you can be seated at- the first come first serve concept just doesn't work. Our party of four lollied around (at 8pm) looking like creeps for 20 minutes to find a spot to sit and eat. We ended going next door for dinner. That's $200 this place missed out on. We returned after our dinner to finally find a spot to sit for drinks and wait for games. But if a party of 8 is all playing shuffle board- it's a good hour until that party moves on. We had a couple rounds of drinks without the chance to play a single game. I gave 3 stars solely based on the the originality and decor. We got our mobile credit card statements and each round of drinks we had and our tips were charged separately, which is very odd since they have your card on file from the get go. This place is complete and utter chaos from the moment you enter."
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"First impression:\n\nSeoul Taco is a new food truck catering to the general St. Louis region. Stop by for $2.50 tacos: steak (bulgogi), spicy pork, chicken, or tofu. Also new to the truck is the gogi bowl: rice, meat, veggies, egg, and natural flavors.\n\nYou can find the full menu here: http://www.seoultacostl.com/menu.html\n\nThe tacos were good, served on corn tortillas with a good bit of spice I can still taste as I lick my lips. $2.50 seemed a little steep, but hey, the food truck market is a little uneven just getting started here in St. Louis.\n\nLooking forward to a return visit!",
"I find most of the food trucks in STL a little boring. I was super excited to try Seoul Taco because, although the genre is a little stale (Korean Tacos), it excited me. I have had Korean tacos in Austin, theres quite a following for a truck in LA, and they were delicious. Kind of sweet, kind of spicy, kind of savory is what I am into.\n\nThe tacos were very good, but skimpy. They were out of bulgogi when I went so I got 2 spicy pork and a order of pot stickers. The pork was really good. It was sweet, garlicky, and spicy. The tacos came with some greens and a sauce that was really good. You could almost fold them flat though, and for 2.50 a pop that's not good.\n\nThe pot stickers where just standard. They were good but nothing special. You get 3 for 3 bucks, which is kind of a rip. Especially because of the size.\n\nSo for $9.50 I got 2 tiny tacos and 3 tiny dumplings. I left hungry, which kind of sucks. I really like whats going on with the food trucks even though STL is SO late with this fad. The prices and portions are not proportional to other cities though, which is a bummer.",
"I've had Seoul Taco a few times, and I think it's terrific. For my money, the spicy pork quesadilla is where it's at, though the tacos and different meats (chicken, steak) are great as well. I don't know what's in the \"Seoul Sauce,\" but I'd drink it with a straw. \n\nThrow some potstickers on the side and you've got an awesome lunch that won't ruin the rest of your day.",
"I've tried the other taco truck in town and was unimpressed. So when Seoul Taco showed up I was thrilled. Then I tried the bulgogi tacos...I was electrified. Super delicious flavor, soft corn tortilla, fresh wedge of lime for that perfect splash of acidity...and the Seoul sauce is AWESOME! \n\nI'd seriously give them 5 stars but the tacos are a wee bit skimpy.",
"The pork is amazing, so tender and spicy sweet, just what you want.",
"I love the concept. The Korean seasoned meats work really well in Mexican cooking. \n\nI started out with a chicken taco. For $2.50 I was expecting a lot more. The menu says tacos so I was assuming that the price included more than one. I was wrong. It was very tasty though.\n\nI went back and got a chicken quesadilla. It was a much better value at $6. In all, I paid about $10 for the meal with a soda so I guess it wasn't that expensive.",
"The best food truck I have ever had. I have been missing my korean bbq for awhile. This hits the spot, best of all theres several spots all over Saint Louis. Great service and friendly people, I'll keep coming back.",
"I really do not know how to classify this place...is it Korean or Mexican food? Seriously I at a quesadilla that that had Korean spicy pork in so which it is? Either way it was great.\n\nThe guys working the truck were nice. THe food tasted great for a fair price and had a very nice presentation which i was not expecting so I was pleasantly surprised. Was glad to see them at food truck fridays.",
"I stopped by the truck the other day and ordered the bulgogi taco and the spicy pork quesadilla. Both of them were very, very flavorful, with a mixture of spicy, salty, and sweet flavors. I think I preferred the quesadilla more because it really captured the idea behind Korean and Mexican by mixing the traditional Korean spicy pork with cheeses, sauces, and sour cream. I definitely recommend the spicy pork. However, if you are on a diet or trying to eat healthy, it is probably important to know that the spicy pork is a fattier cut. But I think it's worth the one-time indulgence.\n\nI do highly recommend that you have a bottle of water nearby when eating the tacos/quesadillas because you get very, very thirsty. I probably drank about 3 bottles of water with my food that day.\n\nI'll probably be back again to try their gogi bowls (basically, bibimbap). The owner of the truck highly recommended them to me and apparently they sell out really fast so I'm curious to try it out.",
"I'm extremely disappointed by this taco truck. What was I missing in my experience, Yelpers? And no, I'm not giving it any extra 'credit' for it being a food truck, because I've had way better food from other food trucks.\n\nFood: I got the:\n- Bulgolgi Quesadilla: It looked more like scrambled pieces of meat inside! I don't think I've ever had bulgolgi like that before... it didn't even seem like meat really. They were stringy, a bit burnt and super greasy (emphasize: SUPER). The sauce was overly salty and also had sorry pieces of 'greens' sprinkled inside. I couldn't finish more than one piece of it.\n\n- Spicy Pork Taco: Small portion. This was way better than the quesadilla but it was still greasy as heck, with also some pieces of 'greens' on top. Thinking about this is actually making my stomach churn a bit actually because it was oilier than the quesadilla. But this one was more like what spicy pork is supposed to taste/look like, I guess?\n\nI didn't mind their prices so much though because since they tout that it's Korean food and Korean food is usu. expensive, this is pretty cheap in my opinon. And the people who work there are nice.\n\nBUT even with decent prices and good services, I can't eat this. I love fusion foods but honestly I didn't know what this was. It didn't really have a Mexican feel and it didn't really have a Korean feel. It just had a ... grease feel and a shoddy put together mess.\n\nNeedless to say, I won't be coming back."
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"Awesome place for music and drinks (sports too but that's not my thing). The place looks amazing, inside and out and the staff is super friendly and fast. This place alone changes the look and vibe of Ybor and has had a really good crowd the few times I've been in. Relax, play pool, dance, or watch sports... It's all here. This will be my new spot, for sure!",
"At first I'm a little weary with the thought of going to Ybor for a night of drinking but when I walked into this place, my perspective was completely altered. The layout and the feel is impeccable. I feel right at home. I would definitely come here again and I hope the rest of this town follows suit. The live country singer was perfection.",
"Came here for happy hour with some girlfriends on a Friday. The service was great. Happy prices were $1 off all drinks. Great atmosphere. No food yet but our server said they well have out soon...",
"This is a cute and comfortable New Orleans themed bar right in between Bernini's restaurant and the Green Iguana on 7th Avenue.\n\n I spent a happy hour here with a few of my girlfriends this past weekend. It was relatively empty during the beginning of the evening. I'm sure as the night wears on (considering the location Ybor city), there are probably more customers, but I wasn't there long enough to witness that. \n\nThe drinks we had were approximately $5 per for the special. There's plenty of seating at this location and plenty of room in the back. Unfortunately, they don't serve food here. We had to find our dinner elsewhere after our drinks. Regardless, I would still recommend this place if all you're looking for is a nice place to drink. They also have a few TVs for your sports watching pleasure.",
"They really cleaned this place up. Looks like this one may last longer than the last few tenants. \nThis was once the other half of the Green Iguana about 7-8 years ago.\nSo far, it's attracting busy crowds on weekends. I like it.",
"Love this place! It's clean, has a laid back atmosphere, great drink specials with cool NOLA-themed special events. I will be a regular here! Great job Jeff!!",
"Best new place in Ybor!!! Great staff and great vibe!!! Space has been totally remodeled and it's beautiful! Plenty of TVs to catch any game you want to watch!!",
"A nice Ybor bar, welcoming even to elders. Very open and easy to navigate....at least when not crowded on a Sunday afternoon. Hand crafted tables and wood wall coverings where original brick is not exposed. Creative use of JD whisky barrels, including sink stands in the bathrooms. Lots of Nola special drinks such as Sazerac, and local variations of hand grenades/hurricanes...plus Abita and other craft drafts. Kitchen not yet open but hoping for some Creole/Cajun favorites, with po' boys, mufflaleta. and gumbos.",
"We love this bar. Always very accommodating. The decor is very nice. Owner and staff are always very welcoming. By far our favorite spot in Ybor. We noticed that the bar thinned out dramatically as soon as the dj started (he was rather loud). This was a Friday around 9pm I believe. The live music next door seemed to attract more people (because it certainly isn't the food).",
"Didn't have ingredients for New Orleans cocktails posted on wall. Super dusty back bar by pool table. Lots of nice tv's lining the walls. Open with nice vibe. Wish there was food or classic NOLA cocktails."
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"This place is a totally geared for men who like their steaks and cigars too! Excellent steak and extensive wine selection make this THE best steakhouse in town...oh btw- this is the first time I smoked a cigar...vanilla flavored of course :-)",
"Can I give zero stars? Been there 3 times never liked it. My steak always came out wrong or cold. A lot of money being spent and you think you wouldn't have to ask for food to be redone.",
"Strong steakhouse. The ribeye was flavorful and tender. It was cooked right. Not a destination restaurant, but very good. Terrific winelist.\n\nThe decor is as others have described.",
"McMahon's stacks higher than Sullivan's and Flemings in my book after the dinner I had last night. I could make an entire meal out of their appetizers alone. Baby beef wellingtons, carpaccio, the amazing shrimp Le Jon (Jumbo shrimp stuffed with horseradish, wrapped in bacon, and served with sauce remoulade), and crab cocktail. My mouth is watering just recalling the food. The caesar left something the be desired though. \n\nThe wine list is spectacular. It took me a good 10 minutes just to read through the 90+ pages of it. The wines are overpriced, but not more than any other steakhouse. The service was fantastic as well. \n\nThe only complaint I have is that the deserts could be better. The champagne fried strawberries were wonderful and paired great with desert wine, but I expected souffle or something a little more in the wow department.",
"When this restaurant opened and for a few years afterwards, I LOVED IT and ate there as frequently as I could afford to do so.\nBut over the years I really stopped eating there because the quality just slipped away and the last couple of times I ate there I was really disappointed as were the others in our group. Also, the quantities got smaller and smaller. \n\nI have found better in Tucson for about the same price and I can cook up a pretty great steak on my grill at home for much less money these days.",
"This is my second favorite happy hour place in Tucson, especially on Fridays. They offer half off appetizers ALL DAY on Fridays in the Cigar Room. They have a great patio that I usually sit in, weather permitting. If not, the bar inside works nicely with a very friendly, and attentive bartender. Although, I think the wait staff sometimes forgets about you if you're sitting on the patio.\n\nMy favorite appetizer here is the beef carpaccio. It really is a simple dish, but it comes with bite sized pieces of toast, chopped up hard-boiled eggs, and red onions. The oysters here are also pretty fresh most of the time. \n\nI've also had dinner, and lunch here before and although they weren't terrible meals, they were definitely forgettable.",
"Very good beef. Quality service, pretty lame atmosphere. I liked my food quite a bit and loved the options of how to prepare your steak. That was a bit unique in my steak eating experiences and I really enjoyed that. They have an incredible wine list and the beef wellington balls are amazing. The steaks are rather hulking too. It is a bit pricier than some of its competition. I would put it on the same tier as Mastro's price but less good than Mastro's food.",
"McMahons\nI had high expectations for McMahons and was sorely disappointed after my dining experience here. Here are a few more things that went wrong:\nMy table request, that I made weeks prior, was not honored. We had to sit near the noisy kitchen.\nThe server did not follow proper wine serving protocol - I know I sound like a snob saying that but he should've known better. They did have an amazing wine list though and a beautiful wine cellar though.\nThe wrong orders came out. \nOur steaks were severely under cooked, I have never seen my boyfriend send a steak back but we both had to this time.\nThe sommelier went around to literally ever table except ours though I could clearly see we bought the most expensive bottle (I guess I should mention my boyfriend and I look very young - we occasionally get treated this way and it drives me nuts)\nServer was mostly MIA, I had to hunt down other severs and the hostess for help.\nLast but not least, the food was above average but as good as it should've been for the price. \nHere's a quick review of the food:\nCaprese Salad: Came with a lot of chese but was still pretty mediocore, skip it\nWedge salad: had a bite of my boy friend's, it was pretty good, i would order this over the caprese.\nFilet Mignon: For this price, the worst I have ever had, thats not to say it wasnt good, but of all the filets I have ever had, this one would be in last place, skip it\nNew York: again, had a bite of my boy friends, it was very good, better than mine, and he enjoyed it as well, go with the New York over the filet.\nCreamed Spinach: not all creamy, a bit bland, skip it.\nPotatoes McMahons: scalloped potatoes with green chiles and cheese. Eh, just ok.\nIn summary, I may go back only because there are so few nice steak houses in Tucson and my boyfriend liked it. But compared to the other steakhouses Ive been too, it didnt compare at all.",
"McMahon's is like any good steak house. Tasty meat, delicious sides (try their mashed potatoes or their fries), great seafood. The service is generally good, better at dinner. \n\nAnd, since I was recently told by my doctor to go gluten free, I've found their chefs to be incredibly smart wrt gluten containing products on the menu. They can even print out (on a register receipt) a gluten free dinner menu. At lunch, ask for the chef to assist you in your choices.\n\nYes, this place is expensive, but that's the case of most steak places. If you read their lunch menu carefully, though, and sign up for their mailing list, you'll find you can save a bundle on certain dishes by eating them in Smoke, their attached bar/lounge, or coming in on certain nights. And, since their portions are gargantuan, I've definitely shared the Sunday night buy an entree, get a salad, side and dessert for $5 before with friends. That cuts a traditional meal cost in half.",
"I go back and forth between Flemings and McMahons. Flemings has better bread and butter. McMahons has live piano. Flemings has white and black napkins. McMahons has black toliets. They both have good steak and sides (I usually get the mushrooms). The one thing that keeps me going to McMahon's is their CHAMPAGNE FRIED STRAWBERRiES. *DROOOOL* exceptional! It is like a doughnut with fresh warm strawberries inside covered with a raspberry (glaze-like) sauce. Anything this good has to be ordered. Yum deep fried goodness."
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"Amy's Omelette House in Burlington is an excellent place to eat your breakfast or brunch. (They do serve lunch items, but I have never had one. Their hours are limited, focusing on the busy breakfast/brunch crowd.) It's an expanded diner that focuses on Omelettes (There are close to 200 to choose from!) \n\nIt still retains it's diner feel, even with the niche it has put itself into. I didn't get a stereotypical jersey diner waitress that barks the choices and knows the menu on the back of her hand, though I wouldn't be surprised to find her here. The service we did get was prompt and efficient. And, fitting the diner mode most of the seats are booths, quite comfortable booths.\n\nThe menu at Amy's is jam packed, so bring your reading glasses and give yourself some time make it through the long tome. The omelettes run the gamut from standard ham and cheese to seafood filled extravaganzas. \n\nYou are given a huge portion here. I ordered an omelette with bacon scrapple and cheese. Also, they allowed me to replace my potatoes with grits. The grits were delicious, so I was glad I switched. (I am not a big fan of potatoes with loaded with onions and peppers. Which is what they offer.) The omelette is very very good. And, it was huge enough that i had to bring half of it home. \n\nAmy's is located off of 130 in Burlington with a large parking lot. It should neither be hard to find, or hard to find a place to park. \n\nIt's a fun place to go with good food. I recommend it highly.",
"I could write a review if this place was ever OPEN. In three tries, no dice. \n\nI have been in the building previously, when it was a diner. On that particular evening, the toilets backed up, so we left without dessert. Later the sign went up for Amy's to 'Open Soon'. It didn't, and we lost interest for awhile. \n\nBoo hiss for the 'Amy's' people painting over the almost-historic 'Burlington Diner' sign, one word at a time. \n\nIf you don't want the sign, don't destroy it... donate it to the Historical Society!",
"Amy's Omelette House IS open 7 days a week, but it closes at 3 pm most of the week and 4 pm on the weekends. It's a breakfast and lunch place. Everything I've had has been delicious and the portions are always generous. Most breakfast places give you two dried out, shriveled strips of bacon, but Amy's gives you a pile of freshly cooked heaven. \n\nThe first few times I went, I ordered a different thing each time until the day that I ordered the potato pancakes. Since then, I only order the potato pancakes (they come with a pile of bacon, sour cream, and apple sauce). All of the waitresses know it as my usual. My boyfriend alternates between the pancake combo (he usually substitutes the pumpkin pancakes for the buttermilk pancakes) and trying something new (the menu is incredibly huge).\n\nThe home fries are rough chopped and loaded with green peppers and onions, but if that's not your speed you can get hash browns instead. My parents tell me the french fries are the best they've ever had.\n\nAmy's Omelette House is in the former Burlington Diner, which consisted of an old dining car and an expansion. The B-ton Diner had a bad reputation towards the end, but Amy's is always clean, the staff always friendly, the food always fresh, and bill always a great value. My boyfriend and my parents and I are regulars there, and whenever we have out-of-town visitors we make sure to take them to Amy's.",
"I liked this place a lot. I only went twice. My grandmom lives out that way. It's a nice diner kind of. We had a real real real sweet waitress. I really enjoyed my omellete. I had enough for 2 portions. That's always nice. I enjoyed their enormous menu also.",
"Amy's is a great place to go for breakfast. Great selection, good food and lots of it, great price. Solid staff and quick service.",
"Great German Pancakes. I had a bite of my friends and they were aweseome. I got the whole grain pancakes and so happily discovered that a regular stack is FIVE large pancakes. Haven't gotten five in awhile. and they were good. I want to try everything on their menu! Definitely going back!",
"The menu of omelets is daunting so I went for a breakfast sandwich -- I needed to get my fix of porkroll. The sandwich arrived with THREE slices and a slice of cheese on each plus the egg. It was huge.",
"Rock solid. Very big selection of ingredients for you omelette. Eggs have zero greasiness. Toast is yummy and hash browns are perfectly alright (if you need the extra calories-each omelette must have 5 or 6 eggs in there) Dining room very clean and very large - looks like it could get crowded. People very friendly. All in all: a winner if you are in the area.",
"I met a friend at Amy's for lunch. We had a long relaxed lunch together and we were never rushed out or hurried along. The menu is enormous. The omelette choices alone are two pages long. We both decided on omelettes. I had a Leprechaun omelette which consisted of ham and spinach (to make it green). It was delicious. It was not greasy and it was a very large size. I like the retro atmosphere and will definitely return.",
"I love this place. When I moved to Burlington this place wasn't quite open... when it did -- whoo-wee! 200+ omelette's on the menu? That's a whole lot of omelettes! Always fresh and delicious. Portions are huge. Service is friendly, albeit understandably slow on Sundays. The food is reasonably priced too!\n\nOne downside -- when I started going there they had the most amazing corned beef hash. Home-made! Not out of a can. Crispy and fresh and delicious. Now it seems to be canned. I can make that at home!"
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"This place is a hidden gem in the city. Whenever I'm anywhere near The Hill (or when I've just got a craving), I stop by Toscano's for one of the best sandwiches in the city.\n\nMama Toscano's is the supplier of ravioli - especially the toasted kind - to many of the top Italian restaurants in town. Charlie Gitto's, Campisi's, etc. You can buy the ravioli there frozen in several sizes, along with other house-made specialties in the freezer case. But the main attraction here is the little deli in the back corner of the store.\n\nThe Baguette-style bread is perfect, crusty on the outside, soft in the middle, cut to order. If you're there on a Friday, try the sausage and peppers. The roast beef with pizza cheese is exceptional, as well. There's one with ham, salami, and cheese that's unbelievably tasty. All sandwiches are dressed to your liking. \n\nI really like Toscano's because it's a small operation; never seen more than one person working anytime I go. It may not be the fanciest deli in town, but it offers simple, good Italian-style sandwiches. Can't get better than that. I've never spent more than $10 for an ample sandwich and drink.",
"Easily the most underrated Sandwich in the city. The Roast Beef and Provel Sando - dipped - is so good its scary. I understand that this is a bold statement, but it also has the best Meatball Sando on The Hill.",
"This was my secret hidden gem when I went to school in the area. I stumbled upon it when Gioia's was too busy. My GOD, the roast beef sandwich blew my mind. Whenever I am back in STL, I always try to get over there. My favorite sandwich in the world.",
"So I was in here over the weekend w/ my kids picking up some Roast Beef and Salami Sando's and the guys start selling me on the Eggplant Special. \n\nWow. The most distinctive Italian sandwich I have ever tasted. They will custom make it however you want it, but I kept it simple with took the deepfried eggplant, house red sauce, parm, provel and ate on fresh bread. Melissa went through the roof when she ate this.\n\nThey are being featured on some cooking show called the Best Thing I ever ate\" on August 8th. \n\nTrust me on this place - you will not be disapointed.",
"I had stopped by Mama Toscanos after hearing about them on Great Day St.Louis, I ordered a Meatball sandwich and a side of their Toasted Ravioli. The Meatball sandwich was great, especially with the garlic butter sauce on the bread the meatballs are large and very delicious. But the Toasted Ravioli were amazing, quite possibly the best I have had it puts every other to shame. The best part about eating at Mama Toscanos is that everything is made fresh, in fact the Ravioli is actually sold to other local restaurants in the St.Louis area. One thing to keep in mind though is that this is basically a take out style restaurant, there is no inside seating and only two small tables outside so I recommend getting your food and taking it home or back to the office. Overall this is a must try if you live or are visiting Saint Louis, you will not be disappointed.",
"Solid Italian deli with great toasted ravioli on The Hill.\n\nThe toasted ravioli was excellent, definitely up there with the best I've had (this is why I'm giving this place 4 stars). They sell it frozen as well, so you can take it home. However, my meatball sandwich was very mediocre. The baguette was very good, freshly cut, but my sandwich was not nearly warm enough for me to be satisfied. The cheese did not melt at all and the meatballs were lukewarm at best, making for a mediocre sandwich.\n\nThe line moved fast and the tables outside (while it's still warm enough) were nice to eat at. Prices are very reasonable, I would come back for another attempt at their sandwiches.",
"We only go there to buy frozen ravioli to take home to prepare. It is sensational, and don't forget to ask someone how to prepare it properly. (Hint: don't boil it to death; when it rises to the top of the water, it is done.) We have tried their frozen sauce, and it is too sweet for our taste, so we just buy frozen sauce at the grocery store. Go buy some ravs there! \n\nAlso tried one of their frozen pizzas. It was so loaded on top that it didn't bake up properly. Maybe if you have a pizza stone, you might want to try it. It was kind of expensive, as is the ravioli. \n\nAlso had the ravioli ends, or whatever they were called, as the person at the register recommended them for chicken soup. They were great--like dumplings. Never had a sandwich there, though. \n\nRemember the name--Mama TOsano's RAVIOLI!",
"While in town for work (from Chicago) I was excited to visit Mama Toscano's after hearing so much about it from people throughout St. Louis. I had the meatball sandwich and toasted ravioli. Both were good, but neither were exceptional. With so much hype surrounding this place I guess I expected more.",
"In town for just a day, we wanted to try the toasted ravioli. I got the ravioli and the eggplant sandwich and both were out of this world! My wife got the Italian poor boy and loved it. Definitely would come back if we ever are in STL again!",
"After reading many rave reviews on this place, I made it a must-try during a short weekend trip in STL. It was great and I would definitely go back! We were there early in the morning, so there was no wait or people. Just be aware that there are no sitting areas; it's more like a order-to-go joint. We ordered the toasted cheese ravioli -- our order was fresh out of the fryer and very good! We also had the eggplant sandwich with meat sauce and cheese and the Italian Poor Boy sandwich, both were also very tasty. Love the bread. Price is also very reasonable. I wished we had ordered the meat raviolis too!"
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"Hands down, this place has the BEST Hot and Sour soup I have ever had. And that is saying a lot because I have a thing for Hot and Sour soup. Hmmmm... really? \"A thing?\" Maybe I should have come up with something else to say...but now all I have is soup on the brain which is limiting my creativity, so we'll go with that for now.\nMantis is a bitty restaurant with limited seating, and the interior is nothing special. So if you are looking for a place that exudes ambiance, then just get your order to go. But the staff is always friendly and helpful. Portions are large and everything is very reasonably priced. \nDon't let its strip mall location fool you. Mantis is a surprising find and one I am happy to return to again and again.",
"Excellent take-out. The inside of the restaurant is pretty small and unremarkable but the food is delicious. I especially like the mongolian beef and hot and sour soup.",
"Great take-out ! I don't think any visit to Tucson has been without a dinner from Mantis. Now that I'm moving to Tucson from Seattle I'm sure many more Mantis meals will be gracing the table.",
"I have never been in the restaurant itself. To me, Chinese food is home food. I love being able to curl up on the couch with heavenly aromas surrounding me...but it is really hard to find Chinese delivery in the Cortaro, Continental Reserve area. My first effort involved internet searches, several phone books and massive amounts of phone calls. I was almost ready to try to groom myself into something that didn't look like it was hungover and spent the morning dripping sweat at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, when I found Mantis. It was one of those glorious moments when I realized I could be incredibly lazy and get food at the same time. The best part about it all was the food turned out to be awesome. \n\nDespite the fact that this is one of the only Chinese restaurants (it actually might be the only place) that delivers in the area, it is actually pretty darn good. It has your usual selection of standard Chinese restaurant menu items, but the execution is what takes this place a step above most Chinese take out/delivery places. The food is tasty and fresh and quick to be delivered.",
"Tiny place by the Walmart Mall. Never tried it before tho it's been there for years. Seems to be pretty good actually. Americanized menu, but the stove is right up front so you can watch them cook. 3.3769 stars, rounded down to 3. I'll try them again and maybe I'll round it up to 4 next time. :)",
"Their are many things that could be said about mantis,they are fast,frendly,clean.but what i like most about the place is when you only see them one a week and you walk it their doors they call u by your first name,its that kind (we care) approch they have there that sets them apart!!! And the food is great also!!!!!!",
"After reading all the other reviews, I was looking forward to finding a good Chinese food place that delivered near my house. For my first visit, I decided to walk in and experience the place first hand. As Karl K. mentioned, I would not decide to eat in here on purpose. It is set up mostly for take out and delivery orders. \n\nI ordered three different things off the menu, so I could try and get a good idea of the quality of their food. The egg rolls left me wanting, they were sort of lacking filling and were not as crispy as I would have liked. I also ordered the shrimp spring rolls, which were quite large and could have served as a meal in themselves. The only complaint I have about them was that they were overpowered by the herb that they used inside. For my entree I ordered the seafood delight off the chef's specials section. I wasn't offended by the taste of the sauce, however I can't say I liked it either. The ratio of veggies to seafood was disappointing and I have had similar dishes in the past from other restaurants that I enjoyed a lot more than this dish.\n\nUnfortunately, I am still in search of a good Chinese take-out/delivery in Marana.",
"Update 1/20/12 - Fair to middling. 2 1/2 rounded up to 3 because it's Tucson so waddya expect? The only good thing is the wok's right up front so you can watch him cook.",
"This is my current favorite take home place. I call them on my way out of my work parking lot and it's really in the 15-20 minutes it takes me to drive there from work, off the Cortaro Rd exit. It's in the parking lot of Walmart, so it's a bit tricky to find the first time. You have to pull into to Gamestop subdivided parking and drive all the way around the parking lot to even see Mantis. They have twice the menu variety of other places i've ordered from. They have vietnamese cuisine and chinese dishes. So usually I order Pho Ga and War Wonton Soup with some veggie Lo Mein.\n\nWith my routine pretty consistent, not long ago I asked what a popular chicken dish was, and was told firecracker chicken. So I added that to my order and it was fantastic! I've been cutting out meat and it was too good to resist. My next visit I ordered the firecracker shrimp, which was even better.\nThe interior is a half wall dividing the kitchen from the dinning area. It's a small place so I guess that's OK; very casual with a TV constantly on. (No thank you) I can't get my husband to eat there since it's not appealing inside. However, when I have a long day at work, it really is easy for me to call in and pick up. Plus they have Family combo meal deals and freebees if you order certain dollar amounts to go.",
"We ordered take out from here for the first time last night and to be honest, it was Really Good! Hubby picked it up and said the restaurant is small, with only a few dine-in tables... but what he really liked is that the kitchen where the food is prepared is open for all to see. It was clean, People were very friendly and the Food was delicious! I was really impressed that the entire menu is MSG Free! That's a HUGE + for people like me who get sick from it. The vegetable rolls were my favorite along with the crab cheese wantons--Y-U-M!!! For us, this place is a keeper!"
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"I felt bad making all the retail clerks labor on Labor Day, but Therese H. and I needed things and they probably like a paycheck. Midway through shopping, we stopped in Longhorn to make use of another old gift card. My first impression was that Longhorn had an unexpectedly upscale look. Though I thought it would be very casual like Ponderosa/Ryan's or perhaps cluttered kitschy like Applebee's, it was neither. Warm woods, spacious booths, and obligatory longhorns mounted on the wall, actually very nice on a gray rainy day. Smiling staff, great server, a manager who checked to make sure we were happy. Burger cooked to medium and steak to medium-rare, as ordered. Gluten-free menu a bonus!",
"As far as chain steak houses, I rate this one 1st, followed by Texas Roadhouse then Outback.",
"This is a one of the few chains that I visit on a somewhat regular basis. I have been to this particular restaurant several times. Each time, I have been waited on by Kelly, the bartendar. She is the hardest working bartendar with the best attitude that I have seen. I have been there when the bar was packed and Kelly was running to get orders and drinks served, all with a big smile. The food is very good. I have had the parmesan crusted chicken, the fried shrimp appetizer, the salmon and all have been delicious. They also have a very tasty dinner salad. If you like bleu cheese, you will really enjoy this salad. This is a very consistent chain and also a very nice looking restaurant. Enjoy!",
"Another dinner with mum. :)\n\nIt was a really busy day and yet our server was attentive and prompt! Unlike our bartender (we sat at the bar while waiting for a table) who didn't even get my drink out on time. \n\nI remember being luke warm about this place. I have a higher opinion now though! Their mashed potatoes were so buttery and yum yum. And the rainbow trout was just perfect. I finished the meal with a hunk of New York style cheesecake doused in strawberry sauce. From start to finish everything was impressive. :) My belly was very happy that day.",
"Not a big steak eater, but they look good. i went for the Parmesan crusted chicken. Two chicken breast covered in all that Parmesan and cheese is amazing. If you go here and love chicken like I do... Try it and you will love it.",
"Service was abysmal, at best. The majority of the wait staff moved at a slug-slow speed, seemed less than thrilled to be there, and enjoyed lengthy chats/sits while we waited for service. I am usually a big LongHorn fan, but was not impressed by this location at all. My only reason for a 2-star rating was the food wasn't terrible (when it came out right- the 2nd time).",
"My friend decided to meet me at Longhorn for dinner. for a friday night they were not that busy. I got a black and blue margarita while I waited. It was very good. I would have drank another if it was $10. \n\nnext, I ordered the chips and dip. Homemade tater chips with spicy ranch dip. I also a steak with bacon cheese and an egg. the bacon had an odd taste to it. It tasted like it was old. I did not finish my mac and cheese. It tasted good, but not as good as i had hoped. I ordered a blackberry tea and it was way too sweet. \n\nthe prices are expensive to me for what you actually get. I guess that is why I have only been to Longhorn's 3-4 times since they came to the area. \n\nfood was ok. service was ok. overall OK.",
"Nice birthday dinner for Mom! Our sever was Lauren. She was very nice & pleasant. She suggested the Parmesan Crusted Asparagus, which was great! We also had the shrimp appetizer. The shrimp were very small. I generally don't eat popcorn shrimp but these were good. Mom had the Outlaw Ribeye with a house salad. It was cooked perfectly medium rare. She is very picky when it comes to steaks. She loved the steak. I had Grilled Chicken & Stuffed Portabella with fries. The chicken breast was very tender & the mushroom sauce was well seasoned & tasty. The fries were good but had too much seasoning salt. Maybe mashed potatoes would have been a better choice with the chicken. We loved our meals! Great service & great food!",
"WOW! Great steak at a great price. You might be able to tell from some of my reviews of other places in St. Louis, I enjoy \"finer\" dining establishment that boast a chef and a daily menu. For me, these places are where you will find your culinary masterpieces and you know when you say medium it come out medium. \n\nThat fact aside, this place served a mean filet mignon! I will admit that the service was average but the steak was perfect. I generally order my steak medium; however, in a place like Longhorn, I know better so I went medium-well and it came out a perfect medium. The steak was cooked perfectly and tasted great. Also the baked sweet potato was amazing!\n\nOverall great steak and great dinner with my wiofe without traveling into downtown STL.",
"Table of 6\n\nWe sat down and the waiter was right with us. Got us drinks he was very pleasant. Good waiter. I have ate here several times in the past and it seems like I will get good food about 4 out of 5 times I'm there. I ordered the 8 oz Filet and it was cooked perfect and tasted great but there is no way it was more then 5 oz's. I'm not sure if they grabbed the wrong one or what. Management and staff are always great but need to be more consistent with the food."
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"If I could, I'd give Abyssinia 2.5 stars, if only because I gave its competitor, Dahlak, 3 stars, and Dhalak is clearly the better restaurant. \n\nAbyssinia has a few legs up on the Dahlak, though. First, its much more accessible than the big D, and I'd actually feel safe walking there from the University of Pennsylvania campus late at night. Second, it's a slightly brighter, more traditional dining experience, with plenty of room to accommodate bigger parties. \n\nThe bad part? The service is weak. And it can't just be me, because everyone I know says this about the place. You can wait as much as 45 minutes to get all your food on the table, and the plain, rarely full restaurant offers little to keep you amused during that huge, unexplainable time period (except beer). The injeri is nothing out of the ordinary, either, although I love the product itself so much that I would rarely complain.\n\nAbyssinia also has a bar upstairs, which, thematically, has nothing to do with the Ethiopian food served below, but it does seem to draw in some interesting characters. \n\nAnother pro, I guess, is that, despite its convenient location, University City people tend to be much more familiar with Dahlak, so if you're looking for a more low-key Ethiopian vibe, it's probably worth checking out Abyssinia.",
"I enjoy this place partly because it's right there and the other part it has good food. Very comforting to eat with your hands. The restaurant intself is fairly spacious, always people there but never packed. The drawback again is the wait, maybe to get you really hungry for the food so go with good company.\n\nAlso, go enjoy the bar upstairs, it looks like it should be in my living room!",
"Well, nice people, food was pretty good. I am not by any means a critic of Ethiopian food but the sampler seemed to hit all the high points. Waitress was a little \"laid back\" so we were delayed a bit (and could not make it to Target on time :( ) We figured the laid back service was consistent with African culture so no worries. I did not find anyone - staff or customers, even remotely mean. Even the homeless guy asking for change outside was cordial.\nI will definitely be back.\n\nFunny post script: Due to a waitress fowl-up, I was never charged for my meal. I called today (2 weeks later) to tell them and they've yet to call me back yo.",
"Love this place. They have okay beers (Lager and Sam Adams bottles) a full array of juices and it satisfies that palates of my carnivores, veggies, and epi-uncurious friends. Plus, you get to eat with your fingers. Who doesn't love that?\n\nIt's a group eating experience, so you should have your veggie friends specifically ask for a separate plate for their dinner. Some items are spicy so go easy at first.\n\nThey have a crazy cabbage dish that I love, and all the dal dishes I've had are really good, too. Beware, the chicken dishes come with a hard boiled egg, which sometimes looks a little weird when covered in the sauce.\n\nBEWARE THE NGERA BELLY ACHE! Everything is served with a spongy almost pancake like bread (ngera) that you use to scoop your stuff up with. This stuff expands in your belly after you eat it, so try to go easy on it while eating or about 20 mins after you're done, you will have to pull an Al Bundy and pop that top button on your pants.\n\nI've been here with 1 other person up to 10 people. The staff is really nice and there's a full bar upstairs too.",
"I much prefer Abyssinia to Dahlak (perhaps also due to being a block's walk from my house) - the staff is great, the food is prepared more carefully i think than the other Ethiopian spots. The atmosphere is perhaps not as warm as previous posters have mentioned of Dahlak, but the pros outweigh the cons. \n\nThe vegetarian platter is delicious, and surprisingly filling for two people.",
"Worth the trip. Those are the most important words. Aside from that, it's a neat little neighborhood restaurant that offers really good food. Looking at a previous review that stated some people get the runs, well, if you haven't the constitution for Ethiopian food - eat at McDonald's [on better thought, don't - you'll still get the runs]. My only complaint with Abyssinia is that the staff can be like an old 1970's Cutlass - slow and unresponsive but the place is so roomy and comfortable, you don't mind as much. Prices are reasonable and portions will leave you FULL. But be aware, this place can be packed from time to time so make sure you park your Cutlass within walking distance as there's no where to sit in the bar area.",
"I used to live in West Philly and, well, that whole West Philly scene just wasn't for me. There just didn't seem to be much to do over in that neck of the woods, and to each his own by all means. However, Abyssinia and the little bar above it , Fiume, were two of my favorite haunts. I love the vegetarian platter at Abyssinia, and the only reason why I am giving the place 3 stars is because the service is just god-awful and slow as molasses! If you just need a quick meal this is not the place to go. I have waited up to 1&1/2 hours just to get a plate of food at Abyssinia. The upside to that is if you want to meet a friend to catch up over dinner, this is the place to go because you will get to chat it up forever...\n\n...and ever...\n\n...and EVER...\n\nuntil your food finally gets to you.",
"Get the meat combinations where you get 3 different meats and three different veggie sides over huge injera bread. Sometimes they will combine all the dishes ordered into one huge platter... Ask the waitress to keep the dishes separate so that a) you get more food b) nobody steals your share of the food and c) you don't know where your friends' hands have been. \n\nThe alicha wat (yellow lentils in a mild oniony sauce) is delicious! I'm still thinking about it... Mmm... I wish this place were BYO.",
"I really really want to say that I just caught Abyssinia on a fluke day. The food was incredible (albeit similar to some other spots). However the service and waiting times were ridiculous and just left a lot to be desired.\n\nWe were seated instantly but waited 15 minutes to have our orders taken. factor in the 5+ minutes that it took to get our mango juice and have our water glasses filled, the 20+ minutes that it took to get our entrees, the 5+ minutes to get our drinks refilled, and the 10+ minutes to get our bill squared away and you might be noticing a trend for the evening. I'm usually not one to be picky about such, But it was on a Sunday lull with an average amount of patrons. And we were seated next to a squeeky ceiling fan, so we were able to place an annoying sound to the waiting process.\n\nThe Lamb that I ordered was great and seasoned to perfection. and my friend really enjoyed his collard greens. But I found the food to be overwhelmingly similar to Dahlak's. But since I've never experienced the waiting issues I had while eating at Dahlak, I'm almost tempted to say go there instead. Abyssinia does have the best bar in all of West Philadelphia though (I think we all know about Fiume by now). And you can order Abyssinia's food while you drink up there. So I definitely recommend doing that to make the wait a little more fun.",
"the food is amazing!! my only advice is to order less not more. the injera bread has the capacity expand in your stomach without warning... ultimately giving rise to food children and the unwanted burp/regurg. \n\nbe prepared to wait close to an hour for the food to come out. and when it does, remember to eat slowly to avoid the aforementioned bloated fate."
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"Amazing original flavors. You're gonna find vanilla and chocolate. Im lactose intolerant and they have many non-dairy, organic and local ingredients. The coconut mint mojito is as good as it gets. All small batch and locally sourced. Great ice cream!",
"Fantastic ice cream, inventive flavors and really neat business model. So excited they are in Reno.",
"Fantastic crew and wonderful handmade ice cream. They are constantly coming up with new flavors so you can always try something new.\n\nIcecycle is Reno's own version of Salt & Straw, definitely check them out.",
"Damn good ice cream, catch them if you can.",
"By far the best ice cream available commercially in Reno. It's homemade ice cream, which is SO much better than regular ice cream. I wouldn't go as far to say it's the best ice cream I've ever had (and I do have some suggestions), but it blows away any other ice cream in Reno.",
"Workers are friendly and relaxed. Ice cream is simply genuis. I have found my new ice cream spot.",
"If you call ahead they can hand pack any ice cream you want into a pint! \n\nI enjoyed Icecycle Creamery many times at various events last year. I am thrilled they now have a location so I don't have to stalk them down via Facebook to figure out where and when I can get my next fix. I love ice cream! This place always has some off the wall flavors to try, I love the uniqueness of it. \n\nMonday, I was in to get my wife some ice cream. We follow Icecycle Creamery on Facebook and saw that they had a special flavor for St. Patrick's day called Good Morning Ireland. It is a mix of coffee ice cream with Bailey's liquor. This perfect combination for my wife and she couldn't wait to have it in ice cream form.\n\nWe were so excited that we wanted to rush down to have it on Sunday but alas, they are currently closed on Sundays.\n\nNext best thing? I go pick it up and surprise her with it Monday night after work. I really enjoyed the flavor of the coffee and the slight hint of Bailey's. I did think it could use a little more than a hint of Bailey's but I know that alcohol and ice cream don't play together so well. That might not have been possible as this ice cream was already very quick to melt. It did not have the consistency of regular ice cream and even out of the deep freezer was much creamer and not as firm as traditional ice cream. That just meant we had to eat it faster, right?! \n\nThe funky flavors here are always changing, if you want to be in the know you have to friend them on Facebook to see what wackiness they come up with next!",
"Wholesome, delicious, heavenly frozen goodness :) Some original flavors too. I had strawberry oreo & coconut sorbet (vegan). Totally made me warm & fuzzy inside :)",
"What have i not tried yet?? Still so much...but i can tell you everything I've had is delicious. I really liked the Good Morning Ireland and Froot Loop Cereal Milk, or the Deep Chocolate....\nIf you like a little spice in your ice cream, go for the Chocolate Giddy Up. We will definitely be back for more, and we are really excited to try their sandwiches as well.",
"The ice cream was absolutely perfect. Creamy and smooth. Had the Ricotta Fig, which was full of big pieces of figs. Also tried the Maple Bacon. Want to try all of the other variations. Many different modern flavors. Its nice to have a good handmade ice cream to enjoy."
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"Still one of the best little Italian pizzerias in the 08060 area. Been around for a long time and I still enjoy it. Best sicilian pizzas around too!",
"La Vita is delish. Pizza is as fresh at delivery as it is when you dine in. Don't forget to order garlic knots--they're the best in the region. At first the whole \"New York style pizza\" and decor thing is weird, but store decor also includes 9/11 tribute items and some Philly sports gear as well. Bathroom is immaculately clean--they do a great job of keeping the place tidy.\n\nPark in the back if you're nervous about taking your life in your hands getting out of the car in High Street; plus the parking is free if you are going to La Vita or another nearby Main Street business.\n\nIt's small inside for a big group, but good for parties of 1-4.",
"this place is the jam.\nwe moved to mt holly in october and have been ordering La Vita once a week ever since.\nmy favorite thing about this spot is that they have HEALTHY options. their Buffalo Chicken Wrap is beautiful grilled chicken, spicy buffalo sauce, lettuce & tomato on a whole wheat wrap. bleu cheese on the side, available with a side salad instead of fries. THANK YOU LA VITA. you can always sub fries for a side salad, and their menu is extensive. my hubs loves the lamb gyro and the \"knife & fork\" pizzas. \nprices are perfect, and they always have your food ready exactly when they said they would (usually 20 mins). we live close & pick it up, but i imagine that their delivery service is just as good as their pick-up.\nfriendly service too. wow this is different than ordering out in Brooklyn!",
"This place is incredible! I love their pepperoni pizza. I was there more times than I can count over the last year while at nearby Fort Dix and every time I went there, or ordered large amounts of food for our group events, it was the BEST! Even though parking can be an issue (as with any business around there, I guess) it's worth the walk -- hell, I've even contemplated flying back to Philly & driving out there just to have another La Vita pizza. It's that good. Obviously family owned and they really CARE about their customers. I travel a lot and I could eat pizza for breakfast, lunch or dinner -- La Vita has one of the best pizzas in the U.S., no joke.",
"Ah if only they delivered to Vincentown. \n\nThis place has such a variety of pizzas - I've only tried the Brooklyn though and I'm hooked. Square, crunchy thin crust, mozarella cheese on the bottom, sauce on the top, topped with parmesan cheese... my mouth is watering and its 9 AM.",
"We ordered a margharita pizza. Very nasty. Thick doughy uncooked crust with a few slices of cheese with dark brown pieces of basil (it also smelled like stinky feet). Delivery guy was very sweet,so the star is for him. Pricing on their website was also not correct. The pizza was actually $15.50 not the $14.00 stated on the website.",
"I have lived in Westampton for 7 years and had take out from here first time tonight. Sorry it took so long. \n\nI only had one thing, The Brooklyn, because of the cheese on the bottom and the sauce on the top. The same way my favorite pizza at DeLorenzos is done.\n\nThis pizza was very good. Not great, but has the potential to be great. \n\nThe high points:\nThe crust on the outside pieces was excellent because it was nice and crispy.\nThe cheese was plentiful and very good. \nThe sauce was also excellent. A little chunky and a little sweet and seasoned very nicely. \nAnd the romano on top was a nice touch.\n\nThe low points:\nThe pizza delivered was $20 which was $4 over the menu price of $16. Was that a delivery fee? The pizza was big, but I don't think it was worth $20.\nThe sauce while excellent was too much. They drowned the pizza in sauce. Too much of a good thing makes it a negative. The inside squares were soppy. Some people might like that and love to break out the fork and knife, but not me. I want my pizza to stand up.\n\nSuggestions:\nMake that pizza in a round Neapolitan style. Cut the sauce in half and lower the price and I will be there every Friday night.",
"I've been going to La Vita's for a few years now. Can honestly say that I've maybe had 1 or 2 bad experiences with their pizza but that's just me being picky i guess. But since their summer vacation of this year I have noticed the quality and consistency has taken a down turn. There used to be a family member who was the shift supervisor and that seems to have stopped. And that's when i noticed the quality change, they have one guy who makes an awesome pizza but you can tell when he's not making them because the pizza doesn't fit in the box or it looks like a train wreck. When they are on their game everything that comes out of this place is AWESOME but that hasn't been happening lately.",
"I am happy to say the owners at La Vita have corrected the issues that I had previously mentioned. The new associate manager Willie is on top of things and the quality is as good if not better than before. Nice to see that the owners care about the opinions of thier customers and took corrective action.",
"We order pizza here about once a month. and can always count on a quality pizza delivered when they say it will. The drivers are always nice ."
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"Ventured here with an aunt, who happens to be friends with the owner/chef, Joe, & the from the moment we walked in, we experienced nothing but warm stories with Mr. Joe & classic New Orleans foods, done perfectly. From the handcrafted fire crackers (saltine crackers glazed with a handmade pepper glaze) to the seafood beignets, with the original remoulade sauce: this place is the bomb! my personal favorite dish was the corn & crab bisque with the abundance of crabmeat! It tasted so authentic & complete, missing not an ingredient or spice. I also tasted the seafood gumbo, which was also delicious & tasted so classic. Perfect if you're looking for takeout that isn't your normal takeout, but also great to just sit in with friends & share a meal. I would recommend to anyone who wants to experience classic New Orleans palettes without the hassles of downtown New Orleans. Will return, without a doubt!",
"This is a great little place and it has great food. It doesn't get 5 stars just because it's so small it's almost uncomfortable at peak hours. Definitely worth it to try out and definitely worth it to pick up food.",
"Almost everything was handmade and delicious. Small friendly staff!\n\nRoast Beef Po-Boy was pulled from an actual roast vs. deli-sliced roast beef mixed with bullion - which you'll get a lazier establishments.\n\nFries were a disappointment, from a bag...but to be honest I only noticed that because the rest of the food was so obviously NOT from CONCO or SYSCO or some other mass-food distributor.\n\nGreat vibe, good people, very good food. Worth your time.",
"Found this little place next door to Parlay's bar in Lakeview and sat outside for dinner. It has a great neighborhood atmosphere with lots of people out walking dogs, families strolling along the sidewalk, and even some random guy walking around playing the flute! Also, while we were eating we saw a guy pull up in a golf cart to pick up a to go order. \nWe had the shrimp po-boy which was flavorful and seasoned nicely with a side of crispy fries perfectly prepared. We also had the grilled shrimp tacos served three to an order and they don't skimp on the portions. The shrimp were grilled just right and the tacos had a little bite from the peppers in the fresh pico de gallo. I wanted to try the seafood beignets but they were all out; I guess they must be really good, maybe next time. \nWhen you stop in make sure you take the time to say hi to the owner Chef Joey and his son Josef who are both super friendly and will make you feel at home in their little joint.",
"Awesome spot for a quick, delicious bite. In the heart of Lakeview with great staff. Must haves are the seafood beignets and mozzarella cheese sticks. I must warn you though, the cheese sticks are not your average cheese sticks. They're hand-cut and huge! The fried artichoke hearts are great. I come here for the homestyle burgers honestly! Brings me back in time! This place is awesome!",
"This place is AMAZING!! The food is all authentic and homemade. Classic Southern food that is so truly made with soul. The chef/owner is so sincere about making his food incredible and making sure this is a place that feels like a comfortable spot for people on this neighborhood and community. He sources everything locally and makes sure he knows the people he gets his food from personally! I totally recommend this place. Five stars from me.",
"Convenient location mainly geared for takeout but they do offer outdoor tables on the wide front sidewalk. The menu is broad and includes seafood boils, fried seafood platters, and a variety of salads. They have family dinners, too.\n\nWe phoned our to-go order in from the bar next door and it was ready when promised. The sandwich menu is broad with some offerings available as grilled, blackened, or fried.\n\nI chose the basic 8 ounce burger\nwith grilled onions, sautéed mushrooms, and cheese cooked medium rare. It was huge. And tasty and juicy. To manage the collateral damage to my clothes, I cut in half. Great.",
"I honestly come here just for the tacos. The portion size & prices are fantastic, and the pico de gallo is always super fresh. I had the seafood beignets once too, and they were also great.",
"Very impressed with this tiny little place on Harrison Avenue. I hang out a lot in Lakeview now and was really looking forward to checking this place out. I just went with the burger and fries. Actually I'll start with the fries because although they appeared to be frozen batter fries they were perfectly cooked. And they held up on the short ride home. The Burger was way above average. It was a little overcooked to my taste but it could've been the way I ordered it. I wanted pink so I ordered it medium but really got it medium well. So if you want it pink order it more like medium rare. The bun was above average as well although a little bit tough. A A little bit softer would've been nice. But they did toast it which was a nice touch. Frankly, I think I will def come back to Lakeview burger and get another burger or maybe even try the seafood.",
"The grade of meat they use for their 8 oz burgers is excellent. Their fries, which are not included with the burgers, are some of the best I have eaten. Well worth the additional cost. The sautéed onions are great. \n\nThe chicken and sausage gumbo is very good and seasoned very well. All of their soups come single serving or share-with-a-friend sizes. The seafood platter was fried of course but overall tasty. It included fish, oysters and some exceptionally tasty shrimp. You can choose 2 sides. \n\nOur takeout order today was for 5 people yet it was ready in just 40 minutes (there was another large order ahead of us). You can step next door to the bar and grab a cold one while you wait. If you tell them, they will walk it over to you. Great service."
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"Let me start off by saying, I hate Olive Gardens in general. They are my \"plan Z\" for dining options. I am bothered by their ridiculously stupid commecials where everybody in the commercial is yucking it up like they just won the friggin' lottery, while they are munching on their chewy breadsticks.\n\nAnyhow, the wife has these gift cards to Olive Garden, which I promprtly tell her to either throw in the trash can or donate to some homeless organization. Anyhow, she drags me off to shopping for the afternoon at the outlets in Limerick and after that has this brilliant idea that we can use her gift cards to grab something to eat at the Olive Garden in Collegeville. Uh oh..here we go. So, she takes me dragging & screaming to this sorry ass pretend Italian eatery......where, they do not disappoint.....at 3pm in the afternoon...they tell us they have a 20 minute wait!!! WTF? 3 in the afternoon and they are trying tell me they have a wait? Like, where did all the folks that are eating park....3 miles away?? The parking lot looks like a wide open Sahara desert.\n\nOK, so now I am on board for the humor of it all. What I am giving up on decent food & dining experience, I am making up in comedy. So there we sit in the cramped waiting area with other suckers too stupid to go to a McDonalds drive thru and we wait...and we wait...and we wait. Finally we get \"party of 2\"..no name..just simply \"party of 2\", which leads to guessing and deciding amongst us waiting suckers, which \"party of 2\" they are talking about.\n\nOff we chug, passed endless amounts of empty tables, to the back of the joint. Where a waaaaaay too chippy kid introduces himself and asks what we would like to drink. I order a simple iced tea and \"chippy\" responds by asking me if I would like one of their specialty drinks- and lists them all. No, Chippy, just the iced tea I ordered. So, I pick out one of their 600 chicken dishes covered in some assorted sauce and Chippy wants to know if I want soup or salad....gimme' the soup , Chippy. He informs me it is never ending. That is too bad. The soup is served in a bowl that is either far too big, or not enough soup....I guess it is never ending if you have a few days to continue reordering the soup at 2oz. per serving. The chicken is borderline at best and I chose to pass on the dessert to expedite my exit.\n\nI liked Chippy....liked him so much that I told him to keep the remaining balance of the $50 gift card on about a $35 bill. I have no intent of coming back. Look, Olive Gardens are what they are. Italian dining for folks who have no idea what Italian dining is. I don't wait 45 minutes to eat at the best restaurants in the country, so I sure as heck won't be waiting 45 minutes to eat at any Olive Garden to have the \"never ending\" soup gimmick and rubber chicken in sauce du jour.",
"I was skeptical after reading others reviews.....but I had instant creaming for italian so I decided to give it a shot...during dinner we joked about it being \"the grease garden\", but it was just so cheesy!!! So I did however find that the apps were great, so was the soup and salad...we didn't stay for desert.....but the best part was that they carried my favorite beer, sam adams seasonal.....i was content, and we wrapped up dinner for later..",
"To sum up my review - absolutely awful even in spite of incredibly low expectations.\nI was skeptical based on the reviews and I should have trusted other yelpers because our meal tonight rates in my top 5 most disappointing dining experiences. We typically don't frequent chains, especially for Italian but the kids were with us & we thought it likely mediocre but okay for a Monday night. Not so.\nIt started with the strange seating arrangement they have where they take tables for 4 and shove a 5th seat on the end against another table of 4, any movement but the person (in this case an 11 year old) moves the table behind them. \nNext came the soup and salad people rave over and it was good, no complaints but then we received our entrees.... the short ribs (priced at $15.95) consisted on 4 bite sized pieces of meat, which apparently are pre-cooked because oops - they forgot to heat them... the risotto was missing from the plate yet there was a huge pile of green beans on top of the sauce topped with uncooked shredded carrot (the same shredded carrot from the salad. The second meat dish we had (steak medallions of some sort) were obviously microwaved. The other 2 entrees & app as an entree were not as bad but barely passable.",
"Great service.... I was visiting from out of state, came here with my friend and her two small boys... the waitress was very nice and patient and friendly...\n\nGreat food, I ordered the soup, salad and breadsticks, plus a sampler platter with stuffed mushrooms, fried zucchini and the ravioli. Everything was delicious and any time we were close to being out of soup or salad or drinks, the waitress was right there.",
"\"When you're here, you're family. And by the way, we only give members of our family one breadstick a piece.\"\n\nOkay, I tried to defy the Yelp reviews. It's an Olive Garden chain, what could go wrong here? Service? No, that was actually VERY good - I was seated quickly, attended to when I needed something and overall, the waitress did a good job. The food? No, it was your typical Olive Garden pasta, etc.\n\nWhere Olive Garden fell absolutely flat on their face was the lack of breadsticks. Yep, I'm going to complain because I got one measly breadstick with my entire meal because supposedly \"[they] ran out.\" Really? If you're an establishment that hypes up the \"all you can eat\" aspect (pasta, breadsticks, etc) then be sure you have the right amount of inventory! (Coincidentally, I just heard an ad on TV from Olive Garden and they were trying to sell how you can get unlimited salad and breadsticks. HA!)\n\nMy waitress apologized but didn't deduct anything off the bill. Nada. It really bummed me out because I brought my friend here for the first time (ever!) because he heard they had good food, service and yes, breadsticks.\n\nSo long Olive Garden. Bertucci's will instead be my family.",
"Okay Olive Garden - I'm upgrading my review for you.\n\nDespite the Great Breadstick Debacle from last time, I went back because I figured - most people/places deserve a second chance. I'm glad that I did.\n\nThis time I ordered the unlimited pasta, breadsticks and salad and surprise, surprise! This time we got unlimited breadsticks! The service was excellent as always and the food was tasty (perhaps even tastier than last time.)\n\nI'm still a little cautious about going to this place because although I have had consistent experience in terms of food - those breadsticks could disappear on my next trip!",
"DISGUSTING! Coming from Philadelphia, my girlfriends and I would sometimes stop in here for the unlimited soup/salad lunch and we were never disappointed. However, the last time I came here with my boyfriend for dinner it was such a ripoff I don't think I'll go back.\n\nWe ordered the usual soup and salad, as well as a chicken dish. The soup and salad was fine, even if the salad was skimpier than usual, however the bread sticks were obviously stale and smothered in oil. Then our main chicken dish came out and it tasted like absolute crap. The breading was soaked in oil and not crunchy at all. There was absolutely no flavor or spice or anything on it, and you could tell the chicken was completely fake. We left barely touching this chicken and have avoided it ever since.",
"I ordered takeout from OG today & the girl replied to my asking to order take out by ''Do you know what you want'' in the rudest tone, like I was an INCONVENIENCE to her! Simple things like that turn me off from returning to a restaurant especially when I feel my money and business is not being appreciated. I don't NEED to order from OG, their processed, non-authentic food is not worth dealing with nasty employees.",
"Went here for date night. Waited less than 30 minutes for a table on a busy night. Ordered the Chicken Carbanara and it was outstanding. My husband had something with seafood and he enjoyed his as well. We will definitely be back.",
"Located in a very nice shopping center. I had a pleasant dinner with family. The food is typical chain quality, but the staff was really nice. Our waitress is what made the experience great. She was very friendly with my 7 year old nephew and grandparents which made them enjoy their time."
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"Brew Hub just opened and it's a unique craft beer bar for this area. They are a partnership brewery, which means they can offer beers you can't find anywhere else in Missouri. \n\nThe food is also amazing! Chef Andy White (formerly of Schlafly) is spear heading the kitchen. His food, and the restaurant itself, are family friendly. \n\nThe staff is also very knowledgeable and friendly.",
"Fantastic food, fantastic beer, and even better atmosphere! A very warm and inviting place. I love beer than this place has 25 craft beers you only can get there. I recommend the Deep Dark Secret imperial milk stout or the Keybilly blonde ale. The food was amazing. Made from scratch kitchen thats super beer friendly. I had the wings and the beer braised beef sandwich, and they were fantastic. The service and beer knowledge was great. They even have board games and a wall mounted scrabble board for the family and I. I was overall impressed and will be back again.",
"A Great Addition to the Craft Beer Scene!\n\nOver the past five years, Saint Louis has experienced a flourish of local breweries and establishments dedicated to craft beer. As you can imagine, I already have my preferred tap houses around town, but Brew Hub Taproom just made that list!\n\nLocated in front of the Hampton Inn on Oakland Avenue, BHT is unique to the scene because it carries beer outside of our distribution range. The majority of the tap wall was foreign to me, much of the beer coming from places like Florida and even Korea. They also brew their own beer! Fortunately, you can grab a flight of four and try as much of the wall as possible.\n\nTheir food menu is quite impressive. I try to be mostly plant-based in my diet, and they had several meatless options. Last night I tried a tofu kabob and spicy cauliflower. The tofu was pretty good, but the cauliflower was especially great. My friends and I were all snacking on it pretty happily. They have tacos, kabobs, sandwiches, and other assorted pup fare.\n\nI've been in twice since they opened, but the service was incredible both times. Sarah, our bartender, was very knowledgeable of the tap wall and the menu, and was very attentive to our questions about the beers. \n\nI will definitely come back to Brew Hub Taproom. The unique beer, extensive menu, and great service will not disappoint you.",
"Walking distance for us so we went for it. They have only been open for a week. Ordered the spicy cauliflower which came with a blue cheese sort of dip. Just awesome. Really good. It's like battered and deep fried. Ordered two burgers: lamp and turkey. Lamp tasted a little bland while the turkey burger was decent. Chips are House made and really good. I had the salad with my burger and the salad was really tasty. Beer selection is pretty good. A lot of different draft beer. It's Worth it to come for the beer and the cauliflower. Ordered desert (not yet on the menu) cream brûlée. It's made with one of their beers. Tastes a little lemon like. Really good actually. We will be back. Atmosphere is really nice and relaxing. They have some tvs where they show local sports. Cannot wait for baseball to start cuz we will be coming here to watch it.",
"Awesome place for snackies food. Nice and clean. I wish I was a drinker because that's what this place is about. So if your a beer fanatic this is the place to be. People are so friendly and courteous. Julia is so friendly!! They also have a giant Scrabble board and tons of board games to keep kiddoes busy!! A definite visit when in St.Louis.",
"I'm going with 3 stars after much thought. I almost went for 2 stars but the ambiance and setting is very nice. I really don't know where I was after reading these other reviews that said the food was excellent, the place I was at on opening night with another couple the food was an easy 2 stars, maybe 3. The beer was very good 4-5 stars. service was atrocious. For opening night and not very busy we all thought service would have been great, (FRAID NOT) it seemed like a lot of people were walking around but when dirty plates remain on your table for 15+ minutes, there's an issue, and waiting 10+ minutes for our beers. On a smaller note, when we were seated and given water, there was lipstick on one of the glasses, small point but wanted to mention it.\n\nWill I go back, for the ambiance and a beer, yes, food, no.\n\nYou can take this review to the bank. Hopefully they find there way.",
"Food is great and portions are perfect. Highly recommend the tofu, beer bread, and deep dark secrets. I will be back every week because I love it so much.",
"Nice place, ok beer and food menu can improve. Will come back in couple of months to give it a second chance.",
"Nice new addition to west city dining scene. The place has a nice comfortable feel, with great service at lunch. The food was really good. The Cubano and double burger was really tasty. The little petition salad was great. A nice beer selection too. Will be back!",
"Did St. Louis really need another craft beer taproom? Of course, we did. \nA city can never have too many brew hubs. Especially when the city was just named #1 for Best Beer Scene 2018 by USA Today. \n\nBHT is tucked away and kind of hidden on Oakland, but it is a great addition for the city and area. So many restaurants have come and gone in this space, but I think this one is going to make it. \n\nDuring my first visit, I was alone and sat at the bar for lunch. The bartender was attentive and helped me select my Flight of Four Beers. My favorite of the four was one she suggested, KeyBilly. I'm looking forward to coming back and trying their Chicken Wings which are made with the same beer. \n\nTalking with the bartender, I mentioned I was a fan of lamb and she then recommended the Lamb Burger. I'll admit it was not as good as 5 Stars or Scottish Arms, but for the price I was damn impressed. I'd definitely order it again. No fries here, all burgers and sandwiches are served with a side of Brew Hub Chips. They are house made and crisp. They're a nice change from the standard fries at bars. \n\nAs stated, the service was attentive and friendly. They have free Wi Fi which is great for those of us who are addicted to social media. Gotta stay connected to; Yelp, Untappd, Instagram and Twitter. \n\nI'll Be Back? - With a friend in tow. \n\nWhen: March 13, 2018\nWhy: Lunch at the Bar"
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"This is definitely by far the most creative menu I have ever seen! Not only creative, but the food was outstanding! Small and quaint place and the service was very good. It's nothing fancy, but we don't care. We just want good food and that's what we got. \nThis place opened in January from what I understand and from the looks of it and how quickly it was packing in the customers the night we were there, it's going to need to start taking reservations! We tried 4 different dishes with our party and all were delish especially the 'beef two way with chocolate.\" Be sure to try the boiled peanuts too! The chef told us he changes the menu every few days, so we will definitely be coming back.",
"Clearly a mixed bag and perhaps I should have only given it 2 stars. We enjoyed our \"small plates\" which were delicious. My wife's carrot soup was outstanding and I cannot remember what I had, but I did enjoy it. \n\nFor the main my wife had the smoked brisket served with grits and collard greens which she liked but was not enthusiastic about. I had the Disco fries with braised Oxtail which was OK, but just OK. The Cigar City Jai Alai IPA that was listed on the wall menu was unfortunately not available. \n\nNow onto the atmosphere: very bare and uninviting decor - sterile - and when we were there we had screaming kids all around us - not conducive to a relaxing meal. They need to do something to break up the noise that bounces from wall to wall - perhaps some plants? The Manager was, well...., very chatty, sitting down at other tables, moving around, working on her computer which was located on a dining room table and really was not acting like, in my opinion, a restaurant manager should.\n\nThe chef clearly has talent but the front of house needs to seriously get it's act together.",
"The truth is Tampa has never been considered a great restaurant city, but that's all changed.\n\nWithout exception, this is the best restaurant with the most inventive, exciting menu in the city.\n\nI'm a firm believer that a dining experience begins the second you walk in the door, and that the \"menu experience\" is the preamble to actual dining. \nA menu should stimulate your heart and soul, and your \"expectation sense\", as much as the food should stimulate your other senses.\n\nWimauma does that, and more.\n\nThe menu descriptions are the first indication that there is a very creative, inspired person in the kitchen. \nMy table had the fried chicken, pork 2-ways, beef 3-ways, and the shrimp dish whose name escapes me at the moment. All were excellent, with the beef dish winning the evening.\nThe house-made thai sausage appetizer was a knock-out. Just order it.\n\nService was very attentive, and very enthusiastic; this is a proud group of employees. They know they've got something going on here.\n\nThe only negative, and it's a slight one, is that the wine list is just okay; fairly-priced, but not up to the genius of the food selection. I suspect that will be rectified in time.\n\nI can't wait to return to Wimauma, and sample more of the ever-changing menu.",
"Great food and love the atmosphere. Not a big fan of fried foods, but this place is the place to go if I feel like indulging! Really like the mix of Southern comfort food with a gourmet twist. The fried green tomatoes and disco fries were unbelievable. Decent size portions for the small plates also. \n\nUnfortunately was not a fan of the desserts we choose. I tried the bacon chocolate brownie and was not a fan. Some bites were brownie (awesome) and then some bites were bacon (not so awesome), not a good mix for me. The homemade basil whipped cream made up for the bacon brownie though. Same goes for the peanut butter and jelly creme brulee, sounded better than it tasted.",
"So happy to have this southern restaurant open up in South Tampa. I went the other night and had just about everything on the menu. Smoked chicken wings...check, Fried green tomatoes...check, Fried Oysters...check, Collards...check, Mac and Cheese...check, Fried Chicken...check and a Abita Purple Haze......yes I shared but I didn't want to. This place has a good vibe. I'm looking forward to frequenting this place.",
"We really enjoyed our meals here. The Mac and Cheese was the best I've ever had. Get it as appetizer -- or as a meal...it was rich and smoky and had an unforgettable flavor.\n\nThe tenderloin was delicious, with a nice bed of mashed potatoes underneath and a sauce that I could have licked off the plate. \n\nThe hot brownie-with-bacon-topped-with vanilla-ice-cream was an indulgence that I will never regret.\n\nThe owners and staff are very friendly! Do yourself a favor and visit this place!",
"Very impressed.....now our favorite in the creative country category. (On a par with the Refinery we think) Prior Yelp reviews were the impetus to venture that far into South Tampa, but now the quality of the food will draw us back to repeat visits. No reservations accepted but we arrived early and were \"first-come, first-served.\" Prompt, friendly service and time to chat with the server and co-owner to discuss menu, origin of ingredients (herbs are grown out back) and how they are doing. Some earlier reviews critiqued the service, but ours was fine and clearly well supervised with attentive backup. Also a wide selection of local and craft beers posted on the blackboard wall, along with daily specials.\n\nThe menu continually changes so we were not able to try the highly-Yelp-rated duck Spring rolls or green papaya salad. They did have the app mac 'n cheese with bacon & peas, plus we tried the cilantro-onion seasoned fried okra, and fried-green tomato chunks with aioli (garlic sauce), arugula and slices of fried pork belly (slab bacon). In fact almost every dish we tried had some form of pork included, and they noted all their pork comes from Tennessee.....and the walk seems to do the piggies good based on flavors. Because the apps were generously portioned, we split an entree---2-way pork: tenderloin over belly with hash and fine sauce. We ended up taking some home so we could sample a dessert...foregoing the bacon brownie for a pork-less creme brulee grits......interesting texture but great custard flavor. Also met and complimented the chef in his professional chef-suit which included blue striped shorts and high green polka-dot sox..his lucky socks.\n\nThe socks worked since we lucked out on a fine meal.",
"Great concept. Menu is inviting and fresh. Food was good. The salt and pepper fried okra was amazing. As was the peach cornbread cake with the basil chantilly whipped cream. Love the local use of ingredients! However, both times I've been, the service was horrible. There are only ~16 tables and with four servers, they were struggling. Not to mention they were out of the first three wines I tried to order. No one greeted you when you walked in and most of the time all of the staff was in the back with only the patrons in the dining room. I'd say they aren't southern if the service doesn't come with a smile and a little more hospitality.",
"I ate here because they participated in Dining Out For Life, but I'll definitely be going back because I loved their food! Their southern flair was very good and I enjoyed all portions of my dinner. They lack a little in the decor department. The dining room is a little plain, but I hear they are going to be starting a remodel project. Hopefully there will be good things to come.",
"Really wanted to like this place especially since i live nearby.... Went with a friend last Sunday... 2pm. They close at 3. \nShe orders eggs, bacon and potatoes platter and a coke and i request side biscuit, coffee and side of hot milk. \nBrunette waitress was agreable at that time and brought milk. \nPlace was EMPTY save for another waitress dining in corner with a friend. \nAt 2:30 nothing had happened. I asked ? Brunette assures all is forthcoming. \nFood arrives shortly thereafter. Biscuit was horrid. Hard and likely reheated. Definitely not fresh. For 3 dollars, I want a fresh, moist, yummy southern biscuit. YUCK! \nFriend was disappointed but said nothing and ate her OVERCOOKED meal. \n\nI am not as shy and questioned brunette politely. She clams up and takes biscuit back and says she will take it off. \n\nBrings bill announcing that she has taken my coffee and biscuit off. \nNo eye contact... Obviously the young lady did NOT want to be there. \n\nPlace is adorable. Staff is rogue. Other waitress in corner seemed so much more amiable. Would I dare return? What happens behind those doors even if i get another waitress? What do they do for 30 minutes when there is no one else in the restaurant? Why is the food so NOT GOOD? The biscuit hard and cold?\n\nThe Buddy Brew coffee is weak. I prefer driving over to Nuevo Cafe on Dale Mabry. Their staff might mess up once in a while but they are welcoming, happy and serve awesome coffee!\n\nShame.... It was so close to home...."
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