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1 | Did great work the first time. The second time I brought a pair of new jeans in for hemming that had been worn for a few hours to make sure they fit well. The woman working the counter claimed that the small amount of dust on the original hem from this wear constituted soiling, a part that would be cut off prior to hem... | en | 97 | great work first time second time brought pair new jeans hemming worn hours make sure fit well woman working counter claimed small amount dust original hem wear constituted soiling part would cut prior hemming raw denim washing remove extremely insignificant dust would ruin point purchased raw denim ridiculous take tai... | 52 |
4 | Great place for all alterations! I relocated to Madison from Chicago and needed a place to help me with a bridesmaid's dress fitting. The dress had a lot of lace, making the alterations slightly more complicated than meets the eye. \n\nDarlene did a GREAT job. The dress fits like a glove. Woo hoo! I will definite... | en | 63 | great place alterations relocated madison chicago needed place help bridesmaid dress fitting dress lot lace making alterations slightly complicated meets eye great job dress fits like glove woo hoo definitely back future alteration needs | 34 |
4 | Truly stellar alteration service. I brought my bridal gown in for alterations: the prices are very reasonable, service is fast and professional--and Darlene is a delight. I will be coming here for all my future alteration needs! | en | 37 | truly stellar alteration service brought bridal gown alterations prices reasonable service fast professional darlene delight coming future alteration needs | 19 |
1 | It's a Taco Bell. Certainly you haven't come here with Rick Bayless expectations, but it's still a top tier fast food choice. The interior is great and clean, and the staff is generally friendly, but that's about where the good vibes start falling. \n\nGo between lunch and early dinner hours, and you'll never have an i... | en | 135 | taco bell certainly come rick bayless expectations still top tier fast food choice interior great clean staff generally friendly good vibes start falling lunch early dinner hours never issue least however avoid mistakes aplenty two tacos meat drivethru waits get longer night goes think want stop around fourth time prep... | 67 |
1 | I am almost embarrassed to write a review about Taco Bell but this Taco Bell is always SOOO slow! I went today and the did not have chicken. I went a few months ago and the actual store was closed and drive thru was only open because they did not have enough staff.\n\nI had to laugh because today, when we went throug... | en | 139 | almost embarrassed write review taco bell taco bell always sooo slow went today chicken went months ago actual store closed drive thru open enough laugh today went drive thru guy told us could start order first item said hold well yeah kind nature job right usually give people benefit doubt pretty say food generally lo... | 61 |
4 | My only source of transportation for the summer is going to be my bike. I moved back to WI this past Thursday and brought my bike in to be fixed on Friday. I had a super helpful employee named Sam. He checked through the computer and told me that they could take it but I probably wouldn't be able to get it back unt... | en | 192 | source transportation summer going bike moved back wi past thursday brought bike fixed friday super helpful employee named sam checked computer told could take probably would able get back next possibly long story short going living final destination another city starting work days would work explained sam told would m... | 87 |
0 | A friend suggested that I begin my bike search here. Boy was he wrong. Maybe the West Wash location has better customer service, but after standing around bikes for 10 minutes without so much as a \"hello\" or \"can I help you?\" I took my business elsewhere - I ended up spending $2K+. \n\nMy suggestion: Madison has gr... | en | 68 | friend suggested begin bike search boy wrong maybe west wash location better customer service standing around bikes minutes without much help took business elsewhere ended spending suggestion madison great bike shops waste time place | 34 |
1 | Would love to see the place and browse, but despite what the Yelp page says, their web site is quite clear that there are no regular hours. \"By Chance or Appointment\". Well, I'm not up for driving several miles and using up expensive gas just to see if anyone is there, and I've left voicemail messages to make an appo... | en | 115 | would love see place browse despite yelp page says web site quite clear regular hours chance well driving several miles using expensive gas see anyone left voicemail messages make appointment one returns call also added name mail form ever received anything years collecting discovered mid century modern dealers somewha... | 60 |
2 | Not much remarkable can be said about BBB as a chain. This location always feels a little cramped, but then most of their locations do. It's fine for what it offers, nothing amazing, but nothing bad either. Lots of homegoods of the mid- to up-market variety and gobs of kitchen gadgets. | en | 51 | much remarkable said bbb chain location always feels little cramped locations fine offers nothing amazing nothing bad either lots homegoods variety gobs kitchen gadgets | 24 |
2 | Grade: C+\n\nYes, you read that rating correctly. Chalk this one up to a dare to see if I could eat 30 shrimp. Not a problem. Interesting clientle aside, this place was surprisingly not sucky. | en | 34 | grade read rating correctly chalk one dare see could eat shrimp problem interesting clientle aside place surprisingly sucky | 18 |
2 | Red Lobster is always really crowded because peeps love the cheddar biscuits. Who are we kidding here? We all know it's the damn cheddar biscuits that keep em' coming. Even the wait staff knows it. Our waiter had his shtick down to a science and his main sell was the what??? \n\nCheddar biscuits. \n\nIn fact towa... | en | 128 | red lobster always really crowded peeps love cheddar biscuits kidding know damn cheddar biscuits keep em coming even wait staff knows waiter shtick science main sell biscuits fact towards end meal greeted couple sat behind us ran entire spiel word word done us humiliating part woman exact reaction said might say chedda... | 63 |
1 | We had lunch at this place on X'max Eve, it was such a disappointing lunch given the food was not served 30 minutes after we finished ordering. After calling the manager the food was finally on the table but apparently there is something within this restaurant. The manger was friendly but the waiter at our table was sh... | en | 96 | lunch place eve disappointing lunch given food served minutes finished ordering calling manager food finally table apparently something within restaurant manger friendly waiter table showing us attitude manager called failure food okay like red lobster place please keep mind waiting minutes never acceptable | 43 |
1 | I absolutely Love Red Lobster. I will go out of my way to eat at a Red Lobster for shell fish. Unfortunately, I have never had a good meal at this Red Lobster. They do not know how to cook seafood. | en | 41 | absolutely love red lobster go way eat red lobster shell fish unfortunately never good meal red lobster know cook seafood | 20 |
1 | Visited this location on 2/27 with a friend for Lobsterfest. I ordered the Lobster in Paradise.. The lobster was NOT fresh, it was tough and very chewy. I was really bummed out by this because I was really looking forward to trying this dish and I don't normally have any complaints about Red Lobster. The service was ex... | en | 65 | visited location friend lobsterfest ordered lobster paradise lobster fresh tough chewy really bummed really looking forward trying dish normally complaints red lobster service excellent waiter friendly attentive | 27 |
1 | My boyfriend and I visited for the first time ever on Thursday. I work for Darden, so I was expecting great service and delicious food. The food was nothing amazing, but it was still a decent value for the price. However, our waiter was extremely rude. He acted like it was a burden to serve us. I'm assuming it was our ... | en | 90 | boyfriend visited first time ever thursday work darden expecting great service delicious food food nothing amazing still decent value price however waiter extremely rude acted like burden serve us assuming age matter server wrong treat guests like wasting time made entire experience quite disappointing | 44 |
1 | Red Lobsters Biscuits is what drives me to dine at their restaurant. However, now that they sell their brand of biscuits at Costco, I fail to see why I would ever dine here again. \n\nI love seafood. It's my favorite food. However, Red Lobster seems to think that the best way to cook a good seafood dish is to drown it ... | en | 263 | red lobsters biscuits drives dine restaurant however sell brand biscuits costco fail see would ever dine love seafood favorite food however red lobster seems think best way cook good seafood dish drown garlic butter goodness ridiculous much butter oil used given dish huge fan salmon new orleans came wild rice broccoli ... | 134 |
2 | Solid seafood place. I had the tilapia last visit in July 2014 and it was tasty. The service is good but not exceptional on our average visit. I could call this 3.5 stars quite honestly. The one thing that could help them out I think is having more variety of fish, they usually have salmon, mahi mahi or flounder so... | en | 111 | solid seafood place tilapia last visit july tasty service good exceptional average visit could call stars quite honestly one thing could help think variety fish usually salmon mahi mahi flounder sometimes tilapia one fish fry generic fish like cod would love see get things like grouper sea bass ever tasty fish weekly s... | 62 |
1 | I don't know what has happened to RL, but the food is not nearly as good as it used to be, with the exception of the cheddar bay biscuits. My last two visits there were very disappointing. The food was bland. The lobster was tough and lacked flavor. Not interested in returning. | en | 52 | know happened rl food nearly good used exception cheddar bay biscuits last two visits disappointing food bland lobster tough lacked flavor interested returning | 23 |
2 | I've had a hard time finding a good cleaner in Madison. Block has been around forever. The storefront is unassuming. Staff is always helpful. Prices, average. However, they do an, ok job. I'm a little disappointed because I specifically asked them to get some salt out of my husband's pants and they didn't do a very goo... | en | 68 | hard time finding good cleaner madison block around forever storefront unassuming staff always helpful prices average however ok job little disappointed specifically asked get salt husband pants good job however items taken fine | 33 |
3 | Had a men's dress shirt laundered here and they got the sweat stains out really well. Also dry cleaned a cashmere sweater and was satisfied with the quality ($2.25 to get a men's shirt laundered and $6.25 to dry clean the sweater). A button fell off my shorts and they sewed it back on (although they used a different bu... | en | 78 | men dress shirt laundered got sweat stains really well also dry cleaned cashmere sweater satisfied quality get men shirt laundered dry clean sweater button fell shorts sewed back although used different button less repair hour friendly service quick turnaround | 39 |
4 | Consistent, professional & reasonable. They do offer pick up & drop off service. The prices are more on par with other urban areas. I've avoided Klinke like the plague! #smallbusinessesrock Thanks Block! | en | 32 | consistent professional reasonable offer pick drop service prices par urban areas avoided klinke like plague smallbusinessesrock thanks block | 18 |
0 | I'm going to start by saying I really miss Yee's Laundry on Park street and that I've tried to fall in Love with Block Cleaners. I really want to support them... I'm a local guy - but they have lost my order twice, which required having to go back or stand around waiting while they look for my clothing and tell me how ... | en | 132 | going start saying really miss yee laundry park street tried fall love block cleaners really want support local guy lost order twice required go back stand around waiting look clothing tell hard going find tough buttons break button bother fix likely button wo even serviceable advertise day service never found case lik... | 62 |
0 | I came through this dive while pub-crawling amongst friends. As we lined up at the bar to order beers and grub -- the bartender's muttering under her breath \"oh shit.\" should have tipped us off to the piss poor service that awaited us. Apparently they're not accustomed to seeing a group of ~12 people waltz in this du... | en | 157 | came dive amongst friends lined bar order beers grub bartender muttering breath oh tipped us piss poor service awaited us apparently accustomed seeing group people waltz dump go fig mind accommodating considerate surprise rush created however served table separately completely forgot food forced demand refund lucky com... | 71 |
3 | Quick Review: If it weren't for the stellar fish fry and the awesome beer selection, this place would be a solid 2.5-star establishment. Alas, the fish is unreal and the beer selection rivals many (if not most) of Madison's finest.\n\nDetailed Review:\nThe Fish Fry Fanatics stumbled into Dexter's Pub this past Friday ... | en | 644 | quick review stellar fish fry awesome beer selection place would solid establishment alas fish unreal beer selection rivals many madison review fish fry fanatics stumbled dexter pub past friday decided give fish fry shot menu selection vast counted least solid fish fry options shrimp lake perch walleye put name table t... | 313 |
3 | Checked out Dexter's for a Friday fish fry and it was surprisingly awesome. Great atmosphere for a neighborhood bar. Unexpectedly diverse beer selection that's constantly rotating (had a great Lagunita's Hairy Eyeball). Fish was some of the best I've had in Madison. Ordered both the cod & walleye and both were deliciou... | en | 117 | checked dexter friday fish fry surprisingly awesome great atmosphere neighborhood bar unexpectedly diverse beer selection constantly rotating great lagunita hairy eyeball fish best madison ordered cod walleye delicious thinly battered fried perfectly without excess grease waffle brew fries delicious amazingly thousand ... | 69 |
3 | I wanted fish fry last night, but we didn't feel like driving, so we figured we'd give Dexter's a try. (It's 3 blocks from our house.) \n\nMy first impression was that this place doesn't belong in Madison - it belongs somewhere much farther north. There was an awesome mix of people there, which is always a good sign fo... | en | 273 | wanted fish fry last night feel like driving figured give dexter try blocks house first impression place belong madison belongs somewhere much farther north awesome mix people always good sign sorts games playing multiple tvs basketball hooray boyfriend delighted note seated immediately pretty good friday night placed ... | 134 |
4 | I'm from out of town and was looking for a place to have some beer and some good food and this place was excellent. First of all, the waitress was very kind with great service and helpful advice for a couple \"newbies\". The beer selection was great and we got a pitcher of a microbrew for $10, which I thought was a g... | en | 89 | town looking place beer good food place excellent first waitress kind great service helpful advice couple beer selection great got pitcher microbrew thought great price burgers huge tasty along cheesecurds fries definitely visit place next time town | 37 |
3 | I have been to Dexter's several times for drinks, food and football. I love that on Badger saturdays they have a shuttle that will take you down to the stadium for the football game and pick you back up. Their breakfast is FANTASTIC and very large portions, 2 of us usually share something. They have a great selectio... | en | 164 | dexter several times drinks food football love badger saturdays shuttle take stadium football game pick back breakfast fantastic large portions us usually share something great selection beer pour great drink wait staff fantastic well extremely friendly hard working seem short staffed often run butts hardly wait anythi... | 80 |
1 | So, I have been to Dexter's before to play some cards a few months ago, but it wasn't until I moved into the neighborhood that I decided to give the food service a shot. \n\n I ordered a steak sandwich and some fries, it was one of the 3 specials being offered. The fries were decent enough, but the sandwich was bland... | en | 182 | dexter play cards months ago moved neighborhood decided give food service shot ordered steak sandwich fries one specials offered fries decent enough sandwich bland dry quite dreadful even pub friend joined ordered worst cheese curds ever life ironically named nachos super nachos anything super ground meat positive anim... | 77 |
3 | Great food. Has a local feel, not quite dive-y but pleasantly local. Not unexpected based on the location. Went for the Bell's tap take-over for Mad-Craft-Beer-Week. Wife and I had the fish, right tastee. | en | 34 | great food local feel quite pleasantly local unexpected based location went bell tap wife fish right tastee | 17 |
4 | I've been frequenting Dexter's quite often over the past few months (to the tune of around twice per week) and am happy to report that every visit has been absolutely STELLAR.\n\nThere's the obviously excellent beer selection - it's constantly rotating, and it always tastes fresh and wonderful. The staff really know t... | en | 379 | frequenting dexter quite often past months tune around twice per week happy report every visit absolutely obviously excellent beer selection constantly rotating always tastes fresh wonderful staff really know beer ever question hesitate ask offer sample suggestions plenty food incredible every visit sure bets hummus pl... | 193 |
1 | I've been to Dexter's several times before for drinks and really liked the place, and a few months ago we went for the Friday fish fry and the food was delicious- some of the best fish fry we've had in Madison. However, when we went back a month or so later, we had a horrible experience. We had to wait nearly 45 minu... | en | 436 | dexter several times drinks really liked place months ago went friday fish fry food best fish fry madison however went back month later horrible experience wait nearly minutes food got terrible boyfriend garlic chili fries arrived cold doused disgusting inedible mentioned waitress offered bring new order turned new ord... | 192 |
3 | Really nice place. Great beers on tap. | en | 7 | really nice place great beers tap | 6 |
2 | I will preface this with the fact I deem it deplorable that a WI fish fry joint does not have pan fish of some sort on Friday nights.\n\nI've been to Dexters a couple times now and am in love with one thing about it; the beer selection. Pretty impressive for a tiny little place. Each time I've been I've gotten walley... | en | 169 | preface fact deem deplorable wi fish fry joint pan fish sort friday dexters couple times love one thing beer selection pretty impressive tiny little place time gotten walleye previously stated superior crappie bluegill perch etc refuse order cod never caught cod wi waters ordering walleye ok goodish needs said kid us s... | 76 |
3 | Lot's of things going right for this place, as long as you get there at the right time. Great selection of micro brews. Interesting and delicious food. The last time I went in for food and a beer it was lovely. However on previous occasions, I was freezing in winter, or deafened on trivia night. I hope they get a bette... | en | 76 | lot things going right place long get right time great selection micro brews interesting delicious food last time went food beer lovely however previous occasions freezing winter deafened trivia night hope get better announcer better pa system customers suffer distortion | 40 |
0 | In on Tuesday, 7/24. Tried the pizza burger after someone finally decided to come A. get a drink order after sitting down 5 minutes prior. B. Recite the specials off the chalk board because they didn't know what the specials were. The burger was ok, but didn't have the peperoni flavor I would have expected. I've ... | en | 128 | tuesday tried pizza burger someone finally decided come get drink order sitting minutes prior recite specials chalk board know specials burger ok peperoni flavor would expected ton times food part good service evening horrible ask another beverage way meal ultimately walk bar pay bill go drunk may notice staff give cra... | 58 |
3 | We venture here often, as it's walking distance from our house. Fine fish fry and good other offerings. Really kid friendly before 7 (seriously, the dining area is almost like a day care sometimes), adult friendly after. Decent beer selection most of the time. Thumbs up. | en | 46 | venture often walking distance house fine fish fry good offerings really kid friendly seriously dining area almost like day care sometimes adult friendly decent beer selection time thumbs | 28 |
3 | **Don't pass up the garlic chile fries!**\n\nI love the tap beer selection and all of the entrees we've tried have been great! | en | 22 | pass garlic chile fries love tap beer selection entrees tried great | 11 |
1 | I'm not sure what happened to Dexter's fish fry, but wow - it seems like it's on a downward spiral, which is unfortunate, because it used to be one of my very favorites.\n\nI've revisited this fish fry three times this year, and each time has been underwhelming - I'm not sure if they've switched fish suppliers or what,... | en | 368 | sure happened dexter fish fry wow seems like downward spiral unfortunate used one revisited fish fry three times year time underwhelming sure switched fish suppliers got serious reservations returning fish arrived last night around place packed gills luck would table opened near bar snagged decided eat bar area extreme... | 178 |
3 | After reading several rave reviews for the fish fry we decided to try this place. We arrived at 5:30 on a Friday in Lent and knew we were already in trouble when parking was hard to find. The dining room was packed and we were told there would be an hour wait. Since we had driven across town, we decided to wait it o... | en | 284 | reading several rave reviews fish fry decided try place arrived friday lent knew already trouble parking hard find dining room packed told would hour wait since driven across town decided wait bar plenty room wait beer huge selection minutes called table two us ordered lake perch one ordered deep fried cod also baked c... | 142 |
3 | I started out on a quest to find Madison's best fish fry and stumbled upon this place. One thing to know beforehand is they do not take reservations and they pack the place on Friday nights. Expect to wait a while. This is a nice little neighborhood bar on the east side of Madison that has a huge following. They offer ... | en | 183 | started quest find madison best fish fry stumbled upon place one thing know beforehand take reservations pack place friday nights expect wait nice little neighborhood bar east side madison huge following offer several different types fish friday fish fry fried baked cod perch walleye went fried cod absolutely delicious... | 92 |
0 | No carry out on Friday nights!?! I'm new to the area and was looking to trying Dexters Friday fish fry after hearing so many great reviews. Unfortunately I didn't get the chance as they do not provide a carry out option on Friday nights. I was speechless went told this over the phone! I did try another place (Brother... | en | 74 | carry friday nights new area looking trying dexters friday fish fry hearing many great reviews unfortunately get chance provide carry option friday nights speechless went told phone try another place brothers three happy provide carry customer wonderful | 37 |
1 | As a non beer lover (I know, I know), I wasn't expecting to fall in love with Dexter's. I don't think one has to worry about that considering my experience. Our food was just so...terrible. I ordered the salmon salad, not having any huge expectations with it due to ordering it at a hipsterish hole in the wall type e... | en | 153 | non beer lover know know expecting fall love dexter think one worry considering experience food terrible ordered salmon salad huge expectations due ordering hipsterish hole wall type establishment salmon weird color greasy fried peppers croutons tomatoes cucumber pretty sure going get food poisoning miraculously husban... | 75 |
3 | Just in case anyone was wondering... the Italian beef sandwich and hot wings are just as tasty when you take them to go. You know... in case you needed that information. \nI crisped up the waffle fries in the oven when I got home, and it was like sitting there. But without the friendly faces and awesome tap line up. | en | 60 | case anyone wondering italian beef sandwich hot wings tasty take go know case needed information crisped waffle fries oven got home like sitting without friendly faces awesome tap line | 29 |
2 | Dexter's is a nice neighborhood bar with good beer selection, and GREAT drink specials. Always something to drink for cheap. I only discovered this when looking for a place to watch the Stanley Cup playoffs (Go Hawks!). \n\nThe food is pretty mediocre. The pizza is good - they seem to make it fresh. I probably wouldn't... | en | 95 | dexter nice neighborhood bar good beer selection great drink specials always something drink cheap discovered looking place watch stanley cup playoffs go hawks food pretty mediocre pizza good seem make fresh probably would go way come lived neighborhood time pub quiz seems good pull tuesdays outdoor volleyball crowd se... | 51 |
0 | I don't care how good the food is or the beer selection. This was my first stop on my return to Madison, and it was horrible. \n\nTo our waitress, who had no notion of hospitality or customer service: you messed up, and taking 90 minutes to get our order to us is totally unacceptable. Not even an apology? You should be... | en | 89 | care good food beer selection first stop return madison horrible waitress notion hospitality customer service messed taking minutes get order us totally unacceptable even apology ashamed need say really service warrants nothing single star bartenders great waitress embarrassingly bad going back | 41 |
4 | Had the gulf shrimp po boy for the first time. I knew Dexter's was great, but now I'm planning to go here every Friday I can! And the beer selection is incredible. Great place with friendly service | en | 37 | gulf shrimp po boy first time knew dexter great planning go every friday beer selection incredible great place friendly service | 20 |
2 | Decided to give this place a try for the friday fish. My husband had the blue gill, was surprised by the very small portion. Fish was good though. I tried the shrimp poor boy. The bread was old and not toasted, but the shrimp was cooked well. But the beer was excellent. They have quite a few to chose from. | en | 60 | decided give place try friday fish husband blue gill surprised small portion fish good though tried shrimp poor boy bread old toasted shrimp cooked well beer excellent quite chose | 29 |
0 | Went for lunch had the fish fry. Really bad over cooked just bad. Will not ever go back | en | 18 | went lunch fish fry really bad cooked bad ever go back | 11 |
3 | Old Country Buffet is above average as far as American buffets go. If you're in the mood for it, it's pretty tasty. | en | 22 | old country buffet average far american buffets go mood pretty tasty | 11 |
2 | It's old country buffet, what do you expect? Lots of different stuff to choose from, and definitely caters to those who want to eat themselves into bland oblivion. If you go here looking for exotic, flavorful, unusual cuisine skillfully prepared by a fantastic chef you must be well deluded. | en | 49 | old country buffet expect lots different stuff choose definitely caters want eat bland oblivion go looking exotic flavorful unusual cuisine skillfully prepared fantastic chef must well deluded | 27 |
2 | Ahhhhh, \"The land of &\" A meal & a heart attack, or 1000 cc's of insulin. \n\nNever was a fan of Old Country Buffet, but the new revamp has brought some life into this old staple. \n\nIt's still full of Blue Hairs and people who sport clothes that are covered w/ stains and holes. Also, if you are rotund like I am, yo... | en | 212 | ahhhhh land meal heart attack cc insulin fan old country buffet new revamp brought life old staple still full blue hairs people sport clothes covered stains holes also rotund like boosted realize matter fat always someone fatter hometown buffet choices awesome mexican american italian piping hot ready pig salad bar sur... | 110 |
1 | For those that like an abundance of mediocre food that is poorly cooked than this is the place to be. For those that actually like good food I would suggest another restaurant and preferably not a chain. \n\nThe only saving grace was the frozen yogurt and the fried shrimp. | en | 49 | like abundance mediocre food poorly cooked place actually like good food would suggest another restaurant preferably chain saving grace frozen yogurt fried shrimp | 23 |
2 | All you can eat for under $10........what is there to complain about?? If you want junk food and you want lots of it oh this is THE place to go! \nYou've got several hungry mouths to feed and not that much $$ in the wallet....then this is THE place to go.\nOther than that I'm not sure why you would go here.... | en | 61 | eat complain want junk food want lots oh place go got several hungry mouths feed much wallet place sure would go | 21 |
2 | Truly a guilty pleasure. I love the salad bar (it always has chick peas). I certainly have a weak spot for the meatloaf and the sweet ketchup sauce, in fact it my favorite meatloaf in town. Do I always end up with heart burn? You bet! Will I come back again (mostly cause the 6'-5\" teen boy always asks)? Of course! | en | 61 | truly guilty pleasure love salad bar always chick peas certainly weak spot meatloaf sweet ketchup sauce fact favorite meatloaf town always end heart burn bet come back mostly cause teen boy always asks course | 34 |
0 | This buffest reminded me of a Las Vegas buffet except all the food gave me heartburn. I'd been to a hometown buffet before so when my bf suggested it I relied on my memory of the experience and agreed to go. Unfortunately my memory must have been jilted by the occasion or this Hometown Buffet was just bad, I dont kno... | en | 113 | buffest reminded las vegas buffet except food gave heartburn hometown buffet bf suggested relied memory experience agreed go unfortunately memory must jilted occasion hometown buffet bad dont know know food cheap per person also soft mean everything overcooked gave heartburn lasted day back maybe years forgotten experi... | 47 |
2 | So this is a typical buffet. Wide selection of food and it was decent. They had a good spread for Thanksgiving with all the typical food and sweets. I would not be a regular, but when I am looking for a huge meal that is decently priced, I will visit Hometown again. Since I visited on Thanksgiving the place was... | en | 80 | typical buffet wide selection food decent good spread thanksgiving typical food sweets would regular looking huge meal decently priced visit hometown since visited thanksgiving place packed staff great job keeping buffet well stocked seated miniutes | 35 |
0 | @holverson: SCREW YOU Valvoline Instant Oil Change! I schedule a 3 hr appt. & you close without canceling. Make me drive 1 hr w/kids. You suck!! #FAIL | en | 27 | holverson screw valvoline instant oil change schedule hr appt close without canceling make drive hr suck fail | 17 |
3 | Pulled in the other day for a standard oil change. Both bays were full, yet the staff came out and explained to me the wait. No prob. When it went even longer due to a added service by one of the vehicles in the bay, they got right out and let me know. Again, no prob. Appreciate it. Then, they began to in process me be... | en | 169 | pulled day standard oil change bays full yet staff came explained wait prob went even longer due added service one vehicles bay got right let know prob appreciate began process got garage started light check looking dipstick lead tech explained need oil change showed oil still good condition since miles really needed c... | 76 |
0 | Wow this place is the suck. We ate there twice. The first time the tofu was massively burned to a crisp and the second time I found a rusty fishing hook in my pasta bowl. WTF?? I've eaten at other locations and they are just fine, but this one must have bad staff and management problems because they are the SUCK. ... | en | 63 | wow place suck ate twice first time tofu massively burned crisp second time found rusty fishing hook pasta bowl wtf eaten locations fine one must bad staff management problems suck stay away | 32 |
2 | Good food, reasonable prices. I've been to the location on Univ avenue and it's pretty good. | en | 16 | good food reasonable prices location univ avenue pretty good | 9 |
2 | I like the East town location. Good food, love the ability to eat on the patio. | en | 16 | like east town location good food love ability eat patio | 10 |
4 | Always a family favorite! Tastes great, cheap, and filling! | en | 9 | always family favorite tastes great cheap filling | 7 |
2 | It's been 5 years since I've been here ya'll! The last time I was here I bit down on what appeared to be a rusty piece of metal resembling a fish hook. However, because we like to live life on the edge we decided to go here again this last weekend. \n\nI didn't have any noodle dishes this time though, I tried the st... | en | 130 | years since ya last time bit appeared rusty piece metal resembling fish hook however like live life edge decided go last weekend noodle dishes time though tried strawberry spinach salad minus blue cheese bacon really really good everything tasted fresh balsamic fig dressing delicious dining companion minor indonesian n... | 67 |
4 | I go here all the time (about 4 times a month) and i have never had a bad meal or bad service. | en | 22 | go time times month never bad meal bad service | 9 |
1 | I love Noodles but this location is going downhill fast. They undercook/ overlook my chicken every time. They are also getting good at under boiling noodles! | en | 26 | love noodles location going downhill fast overlook chicken every time also getting good boiling noodles | 15 |
3 | Hidden vegan item bursting with flavor that even the most zealous carnivore could endure: Whole Grain Tuscan Linguine sans cream topped with tofu. Giggity. \n\nIf you've not had the pleasure of sinking your chompers into their Ride Krispy Treat, you're not living life to the fullest. I'm convinced the generous wedge of... | en | 81 | hidden vegan item bursting flavor even zealous carnivore could endure whole grain tuscan linguine sans cream topped tofu giggity pleasure sinking chompers ride krispy treat living life fullest convinced generous wedge ooey gooey marshmallowy goodness straight angelic bake sale recipe book want secret want never stop ev... | 47 |
1 | THIS is a Crowne Plaza? I must disagree. So I'm not on the club floor, but since when is a fourth-floor King Suite more comparable to Section 8 housing than a reputable hotel chain? I feel like I have gone back in time, to my baby-boomer parent's 1980's bungalow (not on the beach people - think small, dark, smelly and ... | en | 195 | crowne plaza must disagree club floor since king suite comparable section housing reputable hotel chain feel like gone back time parent bungalow beach people think small dark smelly well yuck wallpaper significantly peeling walls windowsill covered bugs inside curtains burned cigarettes furniture sagging questionable c... | 95 |
2 | Serves its purpose but nothing special. The location is across from a mall which makes it a good location to get food. To get to downtown is a $15 cab ride or perhaps a lengthy wait for a bus so keep in mind.\n\nRooms are basic but clean, and the lobby is spacious and modernized. The service is standard and more or les... | en | 95 | serves purpose nothing special location across mall makes good location get food get downtown cab ride perhaps lengthy wait bus keep basic clean lobby spacious modernized service standard less helpful get good rate dont need downtown place serve purpose standard expanded breakfast live cooks though | 45 |
1 | Location of the place is perfect, right at about the top with the Mall below, and East Washington running across - very city like and nice views. \n\nThe service was eh - same as any other you can expect. The inside was gorgeous- the lobby , amazing. The pool, ok. The hallways, nice. The rooms... ehh not too sure - was... | en | 98 | location place perfect right top mall east washington running across city like nice views service eh expect inside lobby amazing pool hallways nice rooms ehh sure expected paid high price could stayed hilton amount fiance expected let looks crowne plaza attract | 41 |
2 | They have a nice beer selection in the bar and cute waitresses. | en | 12 | nice beer selection bar cute waitresses | 6 |
0 | Get your wallet out! This place nickel and dimes you to death and they seem proud of it. \n\nI buy a room for a night and a conference room for a day. In the lobby and my sleeping room I get free internet but when I walk in the conference room they want to rob me of $50.00. The workers were embarrased to tell me this a... | en | 122 | get wallet place nickel dimes death seem proud buy room night conference room day lobby sleeping room get free internet walk conference room want rob workers embarrased tell asked speak someone charge told managers discuss enough jab another cup coffee include refill care nice place nice come back | 48 |
2 | This hotel is OK: spacious clean rooms, friendly staff but it disappoints on some other offerings. The breakfast buffet for $12.95 before tax is really limited and not worth it. You are almost better off going to Mc Donald across the street and get a similar quality at a fraction of the price. The swimming pool seems n... | en | 132 | hotel ok spacious clean rooms friendly staff disappoints offerings breakfast buffet tax really limited worth almost better going mc donald across street get similar quality fraction price swimming pool seems nice located basically lobby across bar bit akward might entertaining drinking crowd fitness room treadmills rec... | 68 |
2 | Fairly good hotel. I rated it 3 stars because of the pool and dining areas which were very nice. The rooms were at best decent. Rooms were small and the only way to get a better room was to upgrade to club. That is very pricy because the regular rooms are 140 a night. Would I stay again.....Maybe. | en | 58 | fairly good hotel rated stars pool dining areas nice rooms best decent rooms small way get better room upgrade club pricy regular rooms night would stay maybe | 27 |
0 | Beware. This hotel really sticks it to their priceline customers.\n\nI am a frequent business traveler, but when I travel for pleasure I use priceline.\nThe hotels that treat me well as a priceline customer get my return business when I pay full rate for work.\n\nMy wife and I showed up at midnight to check in. We were... | en | 153 | beware hotel really sticks priceline frequent business traveler travel pleasure use hotels treat well priceline customer get return business pay full rate wife showed midnight check given room two small beds asked given one large bed instead front desk attendant told priceline customer take whatever double occupancy ro... | 79 |
1 | This place doesn't come close to living up to the Crowne Plaza name. The rooms are clean enough however they have really cheapped out on the fixtures. The dresser in the first room we were in had broken out bottoms in the dresser drawers and a running toilet. The second room had two of the dresser drawers screwed sh... | en | 72 | place come close living crowne plaza name rooms clean enough however really cheapped fixtures dresser first room broken bottoms dresser drawers running toilet second room two dresser drawers screwed shut missing pass next time town | 35 |
1 | Just stayed here for one night and it was passable. It wasn't awesome, but it is well located and fairly clean. It's just a bit dated and tired looking. The staff is friendly, so it's got that going for it. | en | 40 | stayed one night passable awesome well located fairly clean bit dated tired looking staff friendly got going | 17 |
1 | Lobby and swimming pool are excellent. Staff above average. 2 stars because the rooms ( clean but) were beaten up and in need of a serious facelift. Stains on the rugs. Scuff marks on the door. Overall , for the price( 95 with aaa rate), I was satisfied with my stay. If they renovate the rooms I would give it a 4.5. | en | 62 | lobby swimming pool excellent staff average stars rooms clean beaten need serious facelift stains rugs scuff marks door overall price aaa rate satisfied stay renovate rooms would give | 28 |
1 | I've never stayed at a hotel that charged me BEFORE I even checked in. Then charged my card again after I asked them not to (I'd be paying in cash) because I couldn't avoid another over draft fee. If I ran out the door and tried to stiff them, yeah, by all means, you have my card on file. But charge me TWICE before ... | en | 78 | never stayed hotel charged even checked charged card asked paying cash could avoid another draft fee ran door tried stiff yeah means card file charge twice even attempted check never hotel sketch | 32 |
0 | My flight was cancelled and had to stay. They offered a \"distressed rate\" and the staff was nice and friendly. However the rooms are from the 1980's. The furniture looks like it belongs n a Motel Six. The carpets are frayed, the walls and doors are beat up, the hallway carpets are in need of replacing. Upper manageme... | en | 69 | flight cancelled stay offered distressed staff nice friendly however rooms furniture looks like belongs n motel six carpets frayed walls doors beat hallway carpets need replacing upper management ashamed upgraded rooms years ago | 33 |
2 | We stayed here on our way to Chicago for the weekend, and overall had a great stay. The Crowne Plaza Madison is an older property and its far from the \"fun\" part of Madison, but the friendliness of the staff really made the stay decent for us.\n\nTom at the front desk was especially welcoming and personable. He made ... | en | 167 | stayed way chicago weekend overall great stay crowne plaza madison older property far part madison friendliness staff really made stay decent front desk especially welcoming personable made see issues listed reviewers hallways attributed age hotel also wallpaper room peeling spots pillows quite awful morning noticed of... | 68 |
1 | The price for a 2 bed room with a TV, radio, desk, and lounge chair is over $125 per night (no fridge, no microwave). The appearance of the room is not pleasant (peeling wallpaper, poor paint, visible water damage in the room). The room appears to have last been updated prior to my birth (1980's). Upon arrival, a hous... | en | 355 | price bed room tv radio desk lounge chair per night fridge microwave appearance room pleasant peeling wallpaper poor paint visible water damage room room appears last updated prior birth upon arrival housekeeper notified lamp room work replied would call downstairs send someone nobody came four hours later found mainte... | 170 |
1 | Used hotwire to find a last minute deal when traveling through Madison. We generally aim more for Country Inn or Hampton... but this was the best deal. At check-in I was told they only had king beds left, though the parking lot was quite empty. When we got to the room there were no sheets for the hide-a-bed. We went... | en | 165 | used hotwire find last minute deal traveling madison generally aim country inn hampton best deal told king beds left though parking lot quite empty got room sheets went front desk asked told security guard would bring minutes later close point call remind room pretty rough lots ding marks doors trims light mirror work ... | 79 |
1 | The room had big stains on carpet. The free wifi was completely unreliable and cut off every five to seven minutes. The tub drain did not work and couldn't be a new issue. This was better than the first room in which they tried to put me which smelled like there was a sewage issue. I told them the room smelled unfortu... | en | 112 | room big stains carpet free wifi completely unreliable cut every five seven minutes tub drain work could new issue better first room tried put smelled like sewage issue told room smelled unfortunate cold must bad move without problem service good fact early morning guy could bothered get phone even second stay elsewher... | 53 |
2 | Not the most \"informed\" True Value I've been to. \nI'll set it up. \nWhile in Toronto last spring I discovered a really cool line of Benjamin Moore paints called Affinity. They represent the beauty of nature, but brought indoors in a rich palette that's sophisticated- like me. Long story short you won't find paint ch... | en | 134 | true value set toronto last spring discovered really cool line benjamin moore paints called affinity represent beauty nature brought indoors rich palette like long story short wo find paint chips affinity ability look color tint base suggestion research go knowing exactly looking need help ask ok might best idea know w... | 65 |
2 | I can finally say that I've been to the elusive Eagle's Crest in the sticks of northeast Madison. \n\nTwo days later, I am still struggling to digest the burger I consumed on Sunday morning. They don't even glamorize this real-deal burger with 16oz beef, 8 strips bacon and a think layer of melty cheese for $8. I can't ... | en | 102 | finally say elusive eagle crest sticks northeast madison days later still struggling digest burger consumed sunday morning even glamorize burger beef strips bacon think layer melty cheese ca even see make best burger madison think well seasoned massive amount meat hard handle adventure fun townie bar good cocktails yes | 49 |
0 | Horrible service. \n\nWe went for \"Taco Tuesday.\" We waited for nearly 15 minutes before walking up to the bar to ask if we could get some service. \"I thought you were helped\" the lady grunted at me as she took our order. She was the only bar keep in the place. Must have an Alzheimer's style memory. \n\nNearly... | en | 234 | horrible service went taco waited nearly minutes walking bar ask could get service thought lady grunted took order bar keep place must alzheimer style memory minutes later drinks showed witnessed others get food ordered ordered taco special taco tuesday one would think would readily available hour got food tossed table... | 110 |
0 | This place was gross and depressing. We live nearby, but I will avoid ever going back. We went to Taco Tuesday and were greeted with horrible service and even worse food. I did not come here expecting anything nice or classy, so even with low expectations I left feeling slightly down and depressed from this sad plac... | en | 57 | place gross depressing live nearby avoid ever going back went taco tuesday greeted horrible service even worse food come expecting anything nice classy even low expectations left feeling slightly depressed sad place | 32 |
0 | I had gone to Eagles crest for lunch a few times and decided to take my family, from out of town, one weekend. When we arrived, there was a sign on the front door saying that it was customer appreciation day. We Bought a round of drinks and found a table to sit at. Other patrons were going through the food line which w... | en | 146 | gone eagles crest lunch times decided take family town one weekend arrived sign front door saying customer appreciation day bought round drinks found table sit patrons going food line set pool table went get veggie plate one female staff came around bar slapped plate hand told us welcome finished drinks left leaving ch... | 65 |
4 | Yum, yum, yum. I felt the need to update the restaurant. Nothing has changed and that is what I love!\n\nConsistency is appreciate when the quality is so high. I appreciate that their burgers are as special, juicy and flavorful as always. They are not trying to dress up the place or make things so fancy. The truth... | en | 76 | yum yum yum felt need update restaurant nothing changed love appreciate quality high appreciate burgers special juicy flavorful always trying dress place make things fancy truth stick good simply quality food thank staying staying fabulous | 35 |
0 | NON EXISTANT CUSTOMER SERVICE\nI went to Kleins last Saturday to see if they had any selection of corsages or boutonni\u00e8res. I showed up about 5 minutes to closing and the lady at the counter said \"sorry guys we're closing\" and gave us a hand gesture to \"get out the door\". First issues I have with this - I ha... | en | 317 | non existant customer went kleins last saturday see selection corsages showed minutes closing lady counter said sorry guys gave us hand gesture get first issues customer service related positions last years life find ridiculous horrible business dismiss someone closing hour coming correct response make sale would obvio... | 145 |
0 | I usually like to visit a place twice before I review, but there were so many issues with my first visit, it's highly unlikely I'll return. \n\nTo start with, it's hotter than Hades in there! \nIt's a greenhouse. \nIt's summer. \nI get it. \nBut their structure is so small and plants are packed together so closely, tha... | en | 327 | usually like visit place twice review many issues first visit highly unlikely return start hotter hades greenhouse summer get structure small plants packed together closely really difficult roam around cart peruse selection felt hot uncomfortable entire time bumping plants bumping shoppers let talk selection real quick... | 152 |
0 | Came here looking for a couple of house plants as well as a couple of plants for my balcony. Had a list of potential things but I don't have a green thumb and know little to nothing about plants. Walked around for 30 minutes with a paper in hand, looking around clearly lost and overwhelmed and wasn't greeted once or as... | en | 86 | came looking couple house plants well couple plants balcony list potential things green thumb know little nothing plants walked around minutes paper hand looking around clearly lost overwhelmed greeted asked needed help eventually gave left defeated plants pretty big selection probably wo come back | 44 |
1 | Klein's is located near my home, so I decided to get some of my vegetable plants for my garden there. First off, if you are claustrophobic, probably not the place for you. I felt they packed way too many things in their greenhouses, and the walking paths are narrow. They shouldn't even allow carts throughout because i... | en | 187 | klein located near home decided get vegetable plants garden first claustrophobic probably place felt packed way many things greenhouses walking paths narrow even allow carts throughout cramped busy extremely hard get around found getting crabby wanting walk also watch walking uneven ground cords boards laying decided g... | 84 |
2 | Yeah, it's absolutely not hip, and yeah the customer service is not much, but this place has EVERY themed scrapbook sticker you've ever wanted. \n\nAND HOW MANY PLACES IN MADISON CAN SAY THAT?\n\nThat's a real question. In any case, this place can, and they've got a pretty nice selection of painting supplies, ribbon, g... | en | 124 | yeah absolutely hip yeah customer service much place every themed scrapbook sticker ever wanted many places madison say real question case place got pretty nice selection painting supplies ribbon gardening trinkets sparkly things probably inedible multicolored sprinkles knitting tools fabric markers oh whole ace cakes ... | 71 |
1 | Service was atrocious. We're en route from Baraboo to Chicago and had a group of 7. Though it was Memorial Day, the restaurant wasn't packed yet we waited 25 minutes for a table. Another 20 before our orders were taken and drinks brought. The restaurant itself was truly filthy - stained, disgusting carpet and very poor... | en | 74 | service atrocious en route baraboo chicago group though memorial day restaurant packed yet waited minutes table another orders taken drinks brought restaurant truly filthy stained disgusting carpet poor layout patrons walking service areas cool gone log cabin baraboo | 38 |
0 | Two adults and one kid equals a 40 dollar meal. It's not like we ordered everything on the menu either. The kid had pancakes and a drink, the adults each had an omelet and one drink. The pancakes were great, but the omelets were super salty, and the ingredients were the furthest thing from fresh. The service was ho... | en | 148 | two adults one kid equals dollar meal like ordered everything menu either kid pancakes drink adults omelet one drink pancakes great omelets super salty ingredients furthest thing fresh service horrible kept forgetting things felt like trying rush us door even though one table reviewer mentioned walk service area true g... | 75 |
2 | It's old. It's small. The staff was attentive. Food showed up quick and tasted like IHOP food. | en | 17 | old small staff attentive food showed quick tasted like ihop food | 11 |
0 | TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT! - Over a year after I quit working at this IHOP because of terrible management. I called in a to-go order for my boyfriend and I - When I got there, I ended up having issues with my debit card so I ended up running across the street to pull money out of the bank. When I got back, I asked Jenelle, t... | en | 131 | terrible management year quit working ihop terrible management called order boyfriend got ended issues debit card ended running across street pull money bank got back asked jenelle manager could food warmed cause cold approached atrocious attitude told nope walked said alright forget left food walked door never eat com... | 56 |
2 | Though there are some very good breakfast places closer to our home, my husband is enamored of IHOP pancakes. So when we get coupons in the Sunday paper we come here for breakfast. \n\nThey underwent some sort of change last year. The place closed down, then seemed to reopen almost immediately - hiring new people (judg... | en | 168 | though good breakfast places closer home husband enamored ihop pancakes get coupons sunday paper come breakfast underwent sort change last year place closed seemed reopen almost immediately hiring new people judging help wanted sign marquee redecorating decor bland unremarkable standard american chain restaurant style ... | 83 |
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