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2 | I enjoy the fair quite a bit. It's always a fun time and I try to get there every few years. This year being the 25th anniversary (and Celtic Weekend) I was hoping they'd bump it up a notch. Well they didn't. Much of the attractions were the same and nothing really seemed different for Celtic Weekend, aside from pa... | en | 127 | enjoy fair quite bit always fun time try get every years year anniversary celtic weekend hoping bump notch well much attractions nothing really seemed different celtic weekend aside patrons wearing green usual maybe favorite show adam crack whip guy put really entertaining beef overall seem enough variety year year sai... | 61 |
0 | Just came back from that festival. I don t want to be bad. We are from Europe. This is a real joke. Between charlemagne ( 8th century), the elephants, and the renaissance it is almost 600 years between! You pay 20 dollars for what! Park your car maybe in rocks!.you must pay everything inside. 1 dol to 6 dol at least. ... | en | 92 | came back festival want bad europe real joke charlemagne century elephants renaissance almost years pay dollars park car maybe rocks must pay everything inside dol dol least rides family hurts food awfull drinks sure put alcohol cocktails go never go back good luck | 43 |
3 | We had never been to a Renaissance Festival before and we're glad we made the decision to take the whole family. We had a great time and enjoyed all the festival has to offer. \n\nThe shows were a little corny but everything else was very family friendly. | en | 47 | never renaissance festival glad made decision take whole family great time enjoyed festival offer shows little corny everything else family friendly | 21 |
3 | It's worth it if you haven't visited before. \n\n$20 ticket if purchased at Fry's. $3 soda, $5 beer, $7.50 Turkey Legs, $5 Brownie with Ice-cream. \n\nRemember to bring sun screen and Hat. Be prepared to walk a lot. Things are very expensive to buy. Very busy too.\n\nLot of shows, little bit of everything for everyone. | en | 55 | worth visited ticket purchased fry soda beer turkey legs brownie bring sun screen hat prepared walk lot things expensive buy busy shows little bit everything everyone | 26 |
4 | I can't help it. I LOVE the RenFest.\n\nToday was my third time there. I took my 12-yo son and a friend of his, and we met up with a friend and her son. We sent the boys off with some spending money and had a great day shopping and window-shopping. For lunch, we had fish & shrimp (me) and a turkey bone (her). The price... | en | 297 | ca help love third time took son friend met friend son sent boys spending money great day shopping lunch fish shrimp turkey bone prices still reasonable bottle water comparison last time bought bottle water harkin renfest nice including visitors squeezed strangers shaded lunch table chatted vendors flirted cute elf boy... | 130 |
3 | I always have a great time. \n\nHuzzah !\n\nIf you love the sun and happy people then this is the place for you.\n\nThe price to enter is a little spendy but for a full day of fun and people watching it is worth it. I suggest this festival and all it has to offer. | en | 53 | always great time love sun happy people place price enter little spendy full day fun people watching worth suggest festival offer | 21 |
3 | This place never fails to amuse me. I can go out there (a drive, but worth it), get a beer and some greasy food and sit to watch all the people walk by all dressed up with fake accents and bowing to the \"king\" and \"queen\". Not to mention when we go on Pirate's weekend... then there's a whole new set of people to st... | en | 119 | place never fails amuse go drive worth get beer greasy food sit watch people walk dressed fake accents bowing mention go pirate weekend whole new set people stare drinks tad pricy expected paid ace pear cider slice pizza tickets cheap either go fry beforehand save couple bucks helps pay gas | 50 |
2 | I remembered the good time I experienced here on our mandatory 6th grade field trip years ago, the jumping on trampolines, and the hand waxing and soldiers jousting tournaments. The nostalgia from years ago brought my friends and I back seeing if we can recreate new memories. Not surprisingly, it's a completely differe... | en | 220 | remembered good time experienced mandatory grade field trip years ago jumping trampolines hand waxing soldiers jousting tournaments nostalgia years ago brought friends back seeing recreate new memories surprisingly completely different experience arizona renaissance festival cash cow go spend money tickets fry grocery ... | 105 |
4 | There are lots of fun performances to entertain you here. I had a great time! | en | 15 | lots fun performances entertain great time | 6 |
0 | We have always been a huge fan of the ren fair. But my family and I will not be attending until they stop having elephant rides. Elephants are intelligent animals that deserve better than being a \"ride\" or entertainment. Also when I kindly asked on their Facebook page I was blocked. Is that how you treat long time cu... | en | 72 | always huge fan ren fair family attending stop elephant rides elephants intelligent animals deserve better entertainment also kindly asked facebook page blocked treat long time customers stop elephants family attending | 30 |
1 | I use to LOVE coming here. This year was a very different experience. The food was pretty gross. I ordered a shepards pie and the whole things was floating in grease. Literally. I had to dip my spoon in and scoop out most of it. The meat on a stick was odd. Pink chicken? Hmmmm. The beer for $4 was not outrageo... | en | 272 | use love coming year different experience food pretty gross ordered shepards pie whole things floating grease literally dip spoon scoop meat stick odd pink chicken hmmmm beer outrageous tried glass like oz sample cup mead also tasted like cough syrup threw away best stick beer shows ok push dvds onto middle show ca lea... | 126 |
4 | For the 2014 season, my husband and I went for the Time Traveler's theme on the 22nd and 23rd. In 2012 we went on Celtic weekend and in 2013, Wizards and Faeries weekend.\nThere really isn't a difference between the themed weekends that I could tell. Just subtle things like more green people on Celtic weekend, more peo... | en | 611 | season husband went time traveler theme went celtic weekend wizards faeries really difference themed weekends could tell subtle things like green people celtic weekend people wearing wizards weekend year saw occasional themed weekends really rely people went bad husband marty mcfly haha highly encourage dress really ge... | 288 |
3 | If you have never been, it is a MUST! Silly accents, expensive food, and free shows - Lots of fun! My favorites are the falconry show and of course, Ded Bob.\n\nThe pleasure feast is not worth it, sadly :-( We've been a couple of years and have decided we won't try it again. The food is decent, but there is so muc... | en | 107 | never must silly accents expensive food free shows lots fun favorites falconry show course ded pleasure feast worth sadly couple years decided wo try food decent much else eat main festival entertainment mostly terrible old jokes bathroom humor mediocre music oh service grumpy last year however bagpipe belly dancers ba... | 53 |
4 | If you Yelp* you are generally some kind of foodie. If you are a cooking foodie driving south, the Casa Blanca Market has a rare item that will make you Foodie Cool. Tepary. Especially if you know some tepary facts. If you want to know more, read on. \n\nIf you've ever watched Chef Ron Ben-Israel work his Reality ... | en | 303 | yelp generally kind foodie cooking foodie driving south casa blanca market rare item make foodie cool tepary especially know tepary facts want know read ever watched chef ron work reality tv time tasteful peculiar humor pronouncing sweet sweet genius might appreciate pronunciation people ag genius indigenous people liv... | 179 |
0 | Andrea had a horrible attitude from the start. Every flower suggestion was turned down and the push towards roses was HUGELY obvious. Their \"contract\" was a piece of paper that said I would owe $___ amount by a specified date with no promise of services. When I questioned the lack of verbiage promising services/produ... | en | 104 | andrea horrible attitude start every flower suggestion turned push towards roses hugely obvious piece paper said would owe amount specified date promise services questioned lack verbiage promising exchange money andrea became enraged trust threw office swayed cheap prices service junk andrea lack social skills reeked t... | 51 |
0 | I have goose bumps after reading the 1st review because I experienced the same exact experience yesterday! This woman \"Andrea\" who happens to be the owner flat out shocked my mom and I and left us speechless after what she did! Throughout speaking with her for 45 min about what we wanted for the bridal party, chuppa,... | en | 258 | goose bumps reading review experienced exact experience yesterday woman happens owner flat shocked mom left us speechless throughout speaking min wanted bridal party chuppa table arrangements got short answers visuals complete attitude bride completely overwhelmed would think someone wants business would show samples t... | 112 |
0 | I pre-paid for my order for a party of over 50. I went to pick it up and they didn't have any record of it. I suppose it is because they take the orders on a white sheet of paper and not on a computer. Needless to say I was driving around frantically trying to find centerpieces as well as roses for a tiered cake. Andre... | en | 143 | order party went pick record suppose take orders white sheet paper computer needless say driving around frantically trying find centerpieces well roses tiered cake andrea wanted offer huge lilies purple roses explained cake pink nonchalant attitude like fault help stress level think bucks save going worth wedding would... | 61 |
0 | Checking back in to make sure people understand HOW HORRIBLE this vendor is.\n\nThere are SO MANY florists in this city that deserve your business, I implore you to please find an HONEST one. | en | 33 | checking back make sure people understand horrible vendor many florists city deserve business implore please find honest one | 18 |
0 | if $20 per person for all-you-can-eat sushi sounds too good to be true, then it's probably too good to be true. the 1st red flag should have been AUCE sushi. think about it, if you were the owner of the restaurant, would you put out 5 star sushi so that people can scarf it all down for $20?\n\ni guess it's just as mu... | en | 514 | per person sushi sounds good true probably good true red flag auce sushi think owner restaurant would put star sushi people scarf guess much fault believing korean barbecue restaurant would let hostess convince sit little black room sign doorway even going order ayce sushi mistake left peruse menu finally checked rolls... | 211 |
3 | Hmmm, Korean owned sushi joints that have sushi on one section and Korean food on the other. You walk in and you see more people eating in the Korean food section. Not so much on the sushi side. Deductive reasoning kicks in and says maybe its a wiser choice to try Korean food. Reason wins out and we go sit on the K... | en | 260 | hmmm korean owned sushi joints sushi one section korean food walk see people eating korean food section much sushi side deductive reasoning kicks says maybe wiser choice try korean food reason wins go sit korean food side waitress asks want order look dishes regular suspects listed galbi bulgogi jiapjie spicy fish file... | 134 |
3 | Mos def one of the better korean restaurants in town. I've frequented the OG one in Glendale since i was quite younger. I'm glad they're doin well enough to even expand to Litchfield! \n\nAlways had great service here too. Can't say I would know anything about the sushi though..... oh well. I'm always satiated w... | en | 57 | mos def one better korean restaurants town frequented og one glendale since quite younger glad doin well enough even expand litchfield great service ca say would know anything sushi though oh well always satiated | 34 |
4 | This is a great place in an extremity of the Valley. They serve both Korean and Japanese food. They are quick and attentive. Having lived in South Korea for two years, I can honestly admit that this is some of the most authentic Korean cuisine I've had in Phoenix. I typically ate bibimbap once a week minimum over there... | en | 178 | great place extremity valley serve korean japanese food quick attentive lived south korea two years honestly admit authentic korean cuisine phoenix typically ate bibimbap week minimum ca really tell difference takamatsu version stuff side pacific noticed offer list obscure foods learned love including naengmyeon cold s... | 88 |
2 | Average Korean food. Caveat korean food for me is Galbi and Bulgogi. So this is what I'm talking about. They give you a very generous portion but it's just not right. Something missing. I've been trying to find something similar to K town in LA quality but not yet. Not in AZ. | en | 52 | average korean food caveat korean food galbi bulgogi talking give generous portion right something missing trying find something similar k town la quality yet az | 25 |
2 | The best part about this place... if you sit at the sushi bar, and the waitress spills water on your lap, the sushi chef will do magic tricks for you.\n\nThe food is above average, not amazing fantastic but definitely good. Their sushi lineup has some interesting house specialties like the \"heart attack roll.\"\n\n I... | en | 80 | best part place sit sushi bar waitress spills water lap sushi chef magic tricks food average amazing fantastic definitely good sushi lineup interesting house specialties like heart attack go quite often yet disappoint lots seating looking venue bigger crowd | 39 |
1 | Good food! Although, there was this strange flavor that seemed to be carried throughout each main and side dish. Great service, and the food came out at the right temperature and promptly. Fpr cleanliness, I would rate it 4 out of 5. | en | 42 | good food although strange flavor seemed carried throughout main side dish great service food came right temperature promptly fpr cleanliness would rate | 22 |
0 | I decided to branch out and try a new Korean place. I wanted to see how good/bad my usual place (Cho Dang) was. I wasn't surprised to find out that Cho Dang is in a league of its own when it comes to Korean BBQ in CHandler. Takamatsu was as underwhelming as it gets.\n\nThe decor is like a cafeteria. Patrons are ver... | en | 403 | decided branch try new korean place wanted see usual place cho dang surprised find cho dang league comes korean bbq chandler takamatsu underwhelming decor like cafeteria patrons loud seems everyone goes eat sushi person sat us thought server triple take anything filled sushi form call sushi snob want go korean place ge... | 181 |
3 | I dig this place and have gotten many a woman hooked too. The appetizers alone are worth checking it out, plus their kalbi is supposed to be badass. I usually get the bibimbap, but could be convinced to try something else | en | 41 | dig place gotten many woman hooked appetizers alone worth checking plus kalbi supposed badass usually get bibimbap could convinced try something else | 22 |
3 | I love this place! You can't beat the all you can eat sushi for a 20 spot. No seriously.\nA favorite for the price and service. I am a bit of a regular so I will just start by saying I have a TON of bias...There I said it. I can't really speak to the Korean food aspect of it but I have a friend who has a bit of an addi... | en | 134 | love place ca beat eat sushi spot favorite price service bit regular start saying ton bias said ca really speak korean food aspect friend bit addiction waitresses engaging never even close bad experience always sit sushi bar sushi chefs always entertaining prompt worth mentioning good sushi chef brings sense atmosphere... | 58 |
3 | I love this place! Best Korean food in the east valley! I notice all the bad reviews are for the sushi - I've never had sushi here so that's probably why I've had success w/Takamatsu. Stick with the traditional Korean dishes, such as Be Bim Bop, and you'll be a fan too. Only complaint: limited beer & wine selection & n... | en | 63 | love place best korean food east valley notice bad reviews sushi never sushi probably success stick traditional korean dishes bim bop fan complaint limited beer wine selection hard liquor | 29 |
2 | I wanted to like this place, but it just wasn't that good.\n\nWe had the beef and the shrimp. The shrimp were not tasty, veins everywhere. The veggies with the shrimp tasted decent, but looked kind of shotty. The beef was good, but it was really the only thing I would look forward to eating again.\n\nThe sides were ... | en | 168 | wanted like place beef shrimp shrimp tasty veins everywhere veggies shrimp tasted decent looked kind shotty beef good really thing would look forward eating sides decent interesting really one would call long time since last ate korean food remember loving love really trying like pick wife better judgement one thing wo... | 74 |
2 | The only place I would want to go for Korean food in Arizona especially on weekdays for their lunch specials [:\n\n\nThe service can be rude. If I go with my aunt, who is a regular there, we get really good service from everyone but if we go without her, we get less then stellar service. Although the boss is amazing! H... | en | 192 | place would want go korean food arizona especially weekdays lunch specials service rude go aunt regular get really good service everyone go without get less stellar service although boss amazing good memory remembers order always nice remembers food delicious would recommend everyone go lunch time lunch specials lots f... | 88 |
3 | I found the reviews here surprising. The service I found to be good. The waitress we had was attentive and funny. The manager is a great guy and always comes to ask how everything is going. There side dishes are the best part. They always give you a lot of different options and are constantly refilling them. The barley... | en | 118 | found reviews surprising service found good waitress attentive funny manager great guy always comes ask everything going side dishes best part always give lot different options constantly refilling barley tea free also great meal ordered seafood pancake everyone absolutely loved got galbi bulgogi portions big everyone ... | 58 |
1 | I hated this place. It looks like a nice first date restaurant but the food and price are so not worth it. The hot tofu soup was pitiful and my fiance ordered the bbq and a sushi which were both too expensive for their own good and the sushi tasted like something was old....Never again! Chodang, here I come! | en | 59 | hated place looks like nice first date restaurant food price worth hot tofu soup pitiful fiance ordered bbq sushi expensive good sushi tasted like something old never chodang come | 29 |
3 | I really enjoy this place, I just moved here from Chicago and I always miss some good Korean food. This place was the first place in Arizona that I've found that has really good korean food! They have all your traditional dishes and then some Japanese food as well. \n\nThe service there is really good as well, they a... | en | 76 | really enjoy place moved chicago always miss good korean food place first place arizona found really good korean food traditional dishes japanese food well service really good well always attentive needs place highly recommended especially want try korean food | 39 |
3 | Amazing food and you get a lot for the price my friends had the shushi, I had a Korean main coarse which was great.. Staff was good Manager was amazing I wish the waiters would of been a little more attentive it seamed like the manager did all the work. I will definetely go back for more.... | en | 57 | amazing food get lot price friends shushi korean main coarse great staff good manager amazing wish waiters would little attentive seamed like manager work definetely go back | 27 |
4 | $20 all you can eat sushi, how can you go wrong? The place is not too big and has a homey feel. The workers there are all awesome. I mean really awesome. One of my new favorite habits. Going to try to make it at least once a month. | en | 49 | eat sushi go wrong place big homey feel workers awesome mean really awesome one new favorite habits going try make least month | 22 |
4 | This is one of my favorite places in the valley to eat. Hands down some of the best Korean BBQ anywhere and I have traveled all over and had lots. Their sides are amazing and they are very very generous with them. I would recommend the short ribs marinated as my personal fav. Remember if you get a meat not marinated fi... | en | 88 | one favorite places valley eat hands best korean bbq anywhere traveled lots sides amazing generous would recommend short ribs marinated personal fav remember get meat marinated first getting plain meat everything good services great come back remember | 37 |
3 | Pretty good food....come during 12 to 230 for their lunch menu..the price is alot better | en | 15 | pretty good food come lunch menu price alot better | 9 |
3 | Definitely leans more toward the Korean flavors than Japanese. The food was very good and the provided a lot of it! It is a very popular place and can get a bit crowded, but most of the folks there were regulars and all having a good time.\n\nThe service was also very good. More like a family serving you than professio... | en | 70 | definitely leans toward korean flavors japanese food good provided lot popular place get bit crowded folks regulars good service also good like family serving professional waiters nice neighborhood back | 29 |
2 | Went here for all you can eat and thought it could have been much better.\n\nThe service was really slow. We ordered 2 rolls at first and it took forever. I think 2 other tables that come in after us had their food before we did.\n\nThe sushi was very sub-par. I understand that it's $20 all you can eat but seriously... | en | 67 | went eat thought could much service really slow ordered rolls first took forever think tables come us food sushi understand eat seriously guess get pay | 25 |
4 | love it! all you can eat sushi.....it's awesome deff new fav place for my gf and i\nlarge menu for lots of diff rolls amazing will b back soon | en | 28 | love eat sushi awesome deff new fav place gf menu lots diff rolls amazing b back soon | 17 |
3 | Husband is a self-proclaimed Korean BBQ addict because he had a Korean nanny growing up so he knows how to use chopsticks better than I do and always tries to recreate the childhood bulgogi recipe. BUT, he had NEVER had Korean BBQ, well, before Takamatsu.\n\nWe first visited Takamatsu in Chandler, AZ. Initially we were... | en | 286 | husband korean bbq addict korean nanny growing knows use chopsticks better always tries recreate childhood bulgogi recipe never korean bbq well first visited takamatsu chandler az initially skeptical name sounds ambiguously japanese menu includes quite substantial sushi selection saw numerous small plates appetizers va... | 147 |
1 | We had an extremely hard time looking beyond the dirt in this restaurant. They had a room next to the main seating area that my little boy happened to run into and the room was extremely dirty. They may just have had a party in there but honestly it looked like dry food on the floor. I tried to go beyond that and order... | en | 314 | extremely hard time looking beyond dirt restaurant room next main seating area little boy happened run room extremely dirty may party honestly looked like dry food floor tried go beyond ordered different dishes used korean food therefore expert taste etc really liked white rice little korean sides hot different felt pl... | 146 |
1 | WHYYYYY I am still hungry after eating here.....\n\nWaiter (Tall goofy kid, maybe the son?) seemed very put off by having us there. was repeatedly rude to us and rolled his eyes several times (which is JUST about enough to make me commit homicide.)\n\nHe told us we needed to order because they \"had a lot of big parti... | en | 209 | whyyyyy still hungry eating tall goofy kid maybe son seemed put us repeatedly rude us rolled eyes several times enough make commit homicide told us needed order lot big parties coming large party much food grill table asked tall goofy son take two dishes back kitchen groaned rolled eyes said told would happen order wtf... | 108 |
4 | Amazing! We have been going here for 7+ yrs and have never had a bad experience. My daughter (who is 6) choose this as her birthday meal this year. The food is amazing. We've had the chicken, pork belly, bulgolgi and Kalbi and they were all awesome. My ex introduced me to this place and he didn't time in Korea with the... | en | 111 | amazing going yrs never bad experience daughter choose birthday meal year food amazing chicken pork belly bulgolgi kalbi awesome ex introduced place time korea army favorite place az go four korean sushi pretty good richard owner nice staff amazing well would recommend restaurant anyone mood good korean sushi | 48 |
0 | This is one place that desperately needs the trademark Korean restaurant table beepers.\n\n\nIgnored for a good 40 minutes in a half empty restaurant.\nReceived drinks after 45\n\nGood company made it bearable\n\nServers were disinterested\n\nThey follow the 80/20 rule in serving\n80% of service to 20% of the tables.\n... | en | 276 | one place desperately needs trademark korean restaurant table good minutes half empty drinks company made follow rule service replace grill replace banchan asked min even hi dinner man service hairs potato shrugged said yea point like grinding meal end latino waiter seemed like person restaurant really trying serve peo... | 137 |
3 | AS good as I expected, beef is the signature dish there. However, restaurant needs to be cleaned up. Overall, this is a decent place to go. | en | 26 | good expected beef signature dish however restaurant needs cleaned overall decent place go | 13 |
2 | Decent side dishes and service is really fast.\nFood is okay; good enough to satisfy a Korean food craving.\n\nWhat we ordered:\nHwae pah jun (seafood pancake)\nHwae soon dobu (seafood tofu soup)\nYooke jang\n\nThe prices are good and the portions are huge. | en | 38 | decent side dishes service really okay good enough satisfy korean food ordered pah jun seafood pancake soon dobu seafood tofu soup prices good portions huge | 25 |
1 | This restaurant is badly in need of a shower and extreme sanitization! The interior is so run down and old that it looks like some kind of a beat-up foreclosure home. It needs a renovation and a major clean up! \n\nMy coworker ordered a fried pork bento box and ended up getting a chicken one. Instead of leaving the foo... | en | 159 | restaurant badly need shower extreme sanitization interior run old looks like kind foreclosure home needs renovation major clean coworker ordered fried pork bento box ended getting chicken one instead leaving food least eat side dish make pork lady server took away entire plate wait new plate without anything eat looki... | 72 |
1 | Got the ton katsu bento box for lunch. Came out with the chicken one and had to wait 10 more minutes as they took my entire bento box away while they made the pork. Had to watch my colleague eat his salmon while my stomach was growling the whole time. Also, the website is misleading, only the Tucson location has the lu... | en | 83 | got ton katsu bento box lunch came chicken one wait minutes took entire bento box away made pork watch colleague eat salmon stomach growling whole time also website misleading tucson location lunch buffet eat sushi wo come back great asian restaurants area | 42 |
1 | I had a korean bbq craving because I was so use to eating it so often in the Orange County, CA. They must have had over 20 within a 10 mile radius, so with that said.. I can safely say that I have the ability to judge good or bad quality of meat. The panchan was about the only good thing we got... the service is horr... | en | 176 | korean bbq craving use eating often orange county ca must within mile radius said safely say ability judge good bad quality meat panchan good thing got service horrible ignored times took mins get check ordered brisket pork belly order brough brownish though eh cook fine wrong brisket pork belly dry sandpaper sauces he... | 77 |
3 | This is a great place to get a reasonably priced lunch. My favorite is the bulgogi beef or marinated chicken combo. You'll get a nice portion of rice some excellent sides and a salad in addition to your main course. People are friendly too! | en | 44 | great place get reasonably priced lunch favorite bulgogi beef marinated chicken combo get nice portion rice excellent sides salad addition main course people friendly | 24 |
4 | BEST. SUSHI. EVER. If you are looking for great food, a good laugh, and friendly people at a great price go to taka. The sushi chef Cho is so nice and really genuinely wants his customers to have a good time and enjoy being in his restaurant. He is always behind the bar laughing and talking with us and making up sushi ... | en | 126 | best sushi ever looking great food good laugh friendly people great price go taka sushi chef cho nice really genuinely wants customers good time enjoy restaurant always behind bar laughing talking us making sushi creations us try eat best tasting sushi eat arizona coming years visit sushi places always wind back taka c... | 55 |
2 | One of the great drawbacks of living in a great town like Phoenix is the dearth of great Korean food. With that said, no other korean restaurant is comparable when considering all factors. The exception is when soon dubu is the craving, Chodang a few miles south gets the nod.. | en | 50 | one great drawbacks living great town like phoenix dearth great korean food said korean restaurant comparable considering factors exception soon dubu craving chodang miles south gets nod | 27 |
1 | Food was ok, Bulgogi was a little too sweet. Could have used a little spice in it. Salmon Terayki was good. Both were decent portions though. There also open till 10 PM which is latter than a lot of other restaurants in the area. Knocking one star down b/c they decided to clean the area while we were still eating... | en | 85 | food ok bulgogi little sweet could used little spice salmon terayki good decent portions though also open till pm latter lot restaurants area knocking one star decided clean area still eating chemicals burning eyes kinda apologized really well try place go towards busier time | 44 |
2 | All you can eat Sushi for $19.95? I'm game.\n\nAfter receiving and email from the New Times dining with Taka offering all you can eat sushi, I talked my wife into it and off we went on a Friday night. The Sushi bar was full so we sat at a table. Which usually means your Sushi may not be a fresh at you'd like it. This h... | en | 302 | eat sushi receiving email new times dining taka offering eat sushi talked wife went friday night sushi bar full sat table usually means sushi may fresh like held true soup steam soy beans good tempura shrimp fresh hot came main platter sushi took time expected majority good find things odd rolls came much larger amount... | 127 |
1 | To start, I've only had the Sushi here so I cannot speak to the quality of the actual BBQ plates.\n\nThe girl and I came here for a going away dinner with a large group of people. The service was not great. Understandably it's a large group so I expect a lull in service but when we have to correct an unfriendly server ... | en | 375 | start sushi speak quality actual bbq girl came going away dinner large group people service great understandably large group expect lull service correct unfriendly server times getting dirty looks time oven though mistake end remind cashier bought decide head home bit ridiculous especially given gratuity hit us large g... | 178 |
2 | Finally tried it out. The beef was great and I will go back for that and the cinnamon tea. Everything else about this place is under whelming - it looks dank and outdated to start. We were one of only 2 tables and were hard pressed to get drink refills, not sure what the staff was so busy doing when we were cooking our... | en | 66 | finally tried beef great go back cinnamon tea everything else place whelming looks dank outdated start one tables hard pressed get drink refills sure staff busy cooking food | 28 |
2 | I used to eat here a lot. Their lunch special Korean rib is really good.\nHowever, under the new management, the sushi roll is now packed with ton of rice. | en | 29 | used eat lot lunch special korean rib really new management sushi roll packed ton rice | 15 |
2 | I love this place's lunch special, the Kalbi beef is really good and reasonably price. \n\nI used to love this place's sushi as well. For an all-you-can-eat sushi place, their sushi was delicious and their shrimp tempura was to die for! They used to have the mussel appetizer too. However, lately their all you can eat s... | en | 157 | love place lunch special kalbi beef really good reasonably price used love place sushi well sushi place sushi delicious shrimp tempura die used mussel appetizer however lately eat sushi good anymore putted limit many time order shrimp tempura per person ridiculous tell us addition feel like customer service getting pro... | 84 |
1 | Meh. I was really looking forward to trying out Takamatsu. After all, it is right up the street from our house. \n\nDude and I joined Sarah R. and a large group (15-20, I think, many dropped in and out) here for her Sendoff Dinner.\n\nYes, the quality service tends to decline when larger groups are present. But what we... | en | 458 | meh really looking forward trying takamatsu right street house joined sarah large group think many dropped sendoff quality service tends decline larger groups present experienced downright rude server mumbled spoke quietly seemed like giant inconvenience rolls table belonged one party got visibly peeved eye rolling dir... | 234 |
1 | I've been here twice. The first time was about two years ago with my Korean teammate and we did bbq at our table. It was amazing! The food and the service was good. I have been talking about this place and wanting to come for a long time. \n\nFast forward to now. I had my farewell dinner here and brought about 15 peopl... | en | 174 | twice first time two years ago korean teammate bbq table amazing food service good talking place wanting come long time forward farewell dinner brought people bbq delicious unfortunately anyone anything else complaints customer service terrible one girls table even asked wanted eat one servers got visibly upset one tic... | 79 |
2 | For AZ this is as good as Korean food gets!! Go if you need your Korean fix and have some Japanese rolls or food if you are craving both. | en | 29 | az good korean food gets go need korean fix japanese rolls food craving | 13 |
0 | The food is good but the services sucks!! We had a young skinny asian server with glasses 3 times in a row. All three times was bad. He serves us like he hates his job. Everytime I order more food or water he gets mad at us. \nWe came in on a Saturday night at 9:45 and the restaurant closes at 10:30 but the asian ser... | en | 93 | food good services sucks young skinny asian server glasses times row three times bad serves us like hates job everytime order food water gets mad us came saturday night restaurant closes asian server looked clock told us closed looked around still done coming back | 44 |
3 | The place is nice but the decor ordinary, the wait staff is only attentive at the beginning of the meal, when they brought the ban can first which was a plus, I got the khalbi dot sok bibimbop which came out relatively quickly but I noticed the bowl was a lot smaller than hodori's was. The food did taste good but the s... | en | 183 | place nice decor ordinary wait staff attentive beginning meal brought ban first plus got khalbi dot sok bibimbop came relatively quickly noticed bowl lot smaller hodori food taste good service terms bringing water slower done seemed really eager us leave gave us check right away ordered tempura ice cream shared friends... | 84 |
1 | This place makes a bad reflection on Korean people and its FN pathetic!\n\nIf you are a party of 2, PRAY TO GOD you dont get the skinny Korean guy with glasses!\n\nHe hates his job, no personality, doesnt like to serve, and oh god if you ask for water, he'll look at you and doesnt say a damn word.\n\nI hate to leave ba... | en | 101 | place makes bad reflection korean people fn pathetic party pray god dont get skinny korean guy glasses hates job personality doesnt like serve oh god ask water look doesnt say damn hate leave bad reviews food ok service plain sucks servers attentive dont care typical effin asian sit eat pay reeve straw ill hodori | 54 |
0 | Definitely the last time I come here. I used to be a regular but now the customer service is so bad it's ridiculous. And ever since Richard the old owner left, the service only gotten worst and the food quality itself dropped. Spicy pork is full of fat. The bulgoli is dry and livery tasting. If the food was good and th... | en | 93 | definitely last time come used regular customer service bad ridiculous ever since richard old owner left service gotten worst food quality dropped spicy pork full fat bulgoli dry livery tasting food good service bad would still man come horrible reason coming back years time say goodbye | 46 |
0 | Food wasn't great. Atmosphere was fair to good. Sushi chief was nice but everyone else is both unhelpful and penny-pinching. No vegan options and the staff who watched us like security guards charged us for our 2 year old son by including him as part of the Gratuity. \n\nDO NOT DRINK THE WATER, it's bad. But if you ea... | en | 81 | food great atmosphere fair good sushi chief nice everyone else unhelpful vegan options staff watched us like security guards charged us year old son including part gratuity drink water bad eat something spicy wo care personal recommendation korean speak language go | 41 |
0 | Service is terrible. Server literally came up to the table and said you ready? We didn't have water or anything. He didn't bring water for another 10 min. I'm forced to put 1star but I would be 0 stars if I could. Service first! | en | 44 | service terrible server literally came table said ready water anything bring water another min forced put would stars could service first | 21 |
0 | This is one of the worst spots to visit. Food is ok - nothing extra however, all that means not when you get the worst service ever. If you get the young male server - run as quickly as you can out of the restaurant - he will make you never want to return. If you get the older female - you have a 50/50% chance of stayi... | en | 147 | one worst spots visit food ok nothing extra however means get worst service ever get young male server run quickly restaurant make never want return get older female chance staying decent ask drink refill refill side dishes ordered tofu soup mild came extra spicy love spicy want day came persons meal done sushi guy see... | 67 |
1 | My family and I have been to this restaurant 3 times. The third time was the last time because our service was sooooo bad. They took a long time to take our order, bringing out the food and they even forgot about one of the orders (even after reminding them 3 times). The food is really good but with all the trouble w... | en | 89 | family restaurant times third time last time service sooooo bad took long time take order bringing food even forgot one orders even reminding times food really good trouble service enjoyable disappointed longer eat anymore may korean bbq places chandler | 39 |
2 | This place is always my go-to place for korean food. I came here with family and we were like the only customers in there because we were eating at an odd time like 3-4 pm, not lunch but not quite dinner. Last year their cold noodle soup used to be super amazing and delicious but this year, not so much. I'm not sure wh... | en | 137 | place always place korean food came family like customers eating odd time like pm lunch quite dinner last year cold noodle soup used super amazing delicious year much sure exactly changed good anymore makes super sad saw finally jja jang myun menu ordered sauce tasted like microwaved definitely made fresh flavorful eit... | 62 |
0 | The food and the service was horrible. It was my first time, but was not impressed. The service never came to ask how we were or to refill our drinks. | en | 30 | food service horrible first time impressed service never came ask refill drinks | 12 |
0 | WELL, where do I begin??? I gave this place 4 chances to redeem itself and I have to say that my 4th time will now be my LAST! I am an avid fan of Korean food and I absolutely love their BBQ and since there really isn't any great KBBQ places in Arizona I settled and went here. They key word here is SETTLED.......The f... | en | 426 | well begin gave place chances redeem say time last avid fan korean food absolutely love bbq since really great kbbq places arizona settled went key word settled food good something deny definitely great food reason star though horrible customer service wish could give zero time come place servers look friends like head... | 174 |
1 | I came in at 9pm with two friends and prior to coming in I made sure to check the closing hours because as a server myself, I try not to be rude and come in to eat right before closing. Upon coming into a completely empty restaurant, I asked if they were closed, even though the hours said 10pm on yelp. The gentleman sa... | en | 224 | came two friends prior coming made sure check closing hours server try rude come eat right closing upon coming completely empty restaurant asked closed even though hours said yelp gentleman said closed seem right ordered spicy pork dish vegas roll shrimp tempura roll vegas roll little eel barely avocado cream cheese ri... | 113 |
1 | So my friends and I always come here. For some reason today, was the worse experience I've had here. The server and was extremely rude. We ordered bulgogi, and I thought under the assumption, if we say I'm ordering for two, and we purposely sat at a table with a BBQ stove. The assumption would be that we would be doi... | en | 69 | friends always come reason today worse experience server extremely rude ordered bulgogi thought assumption say ordering two purposely sat table bbq stove assumption would would bbq brought us cooked bulgogi | 30 |
2 | Okay first Pros:\n1) Easy to find.\n2) Their Kalbi is yummy worth the price.\n3) They don't charge extra for lettuce and garlic dish.\n\nCons:\n1) It has faint smell of pee. They need to clean their tables and chairs with some Clorox. \n2) They don't have \"service\" dish. I'm use to getting Steam eggs or something ... | en | 116 | okay first pros easy kalbi yummy worth charge extra lettuce garlic faint smell pee need clean tables chairs clorox dish use getting steam eggs something order kalbi pork belly korean bbq restaurants dish free dish order two serving meat wait staff come around customer service verdict give one chance visit korean bbq fi... | 56 |
3 | My husband and I visited this place in search of some delicious Korean BBQ and that we found! There were a lot of pros and cons to this place but the Korean BBQ outweighed the negatives here. We had a lot of fun cooking our own food. We liked that on a Saturday night we could go out to eat somewhere without having to g... | en | 280 | husband visited place search delicious korean bbq found lot pros cons place korean bbq outweighed negatives lot fun cooking food liked saturday night could go eat somewhere without get dressed dealing annoyance super loud music blasting background way judge place going good asian restaurants asian people eating always ... | 128 |
1 | This was our place to go for years and we were never disappointed. The owner was always there to make sure everything is good, Then, they changed the owner and it started to go down the hill. We so wish that it could go back to the way it was. If the current owner reads this review, he should really pay attention befor... | en | 71 | place go years never disappointed owner always make sure everything good changed owner started go hill wish could go back way current owner reads review really pay attention close door one day | 32 |
4 | Oh Takamatsu of Chandler... I love you so much. You have what the Takamatsu on Dunlap has + eemyunsoo gui, + awesome lunch bentos, and you're conveniently off the 101 and the 60. You've even surprised me with suejung-gua (that's a legit persimmon and cinnamon drink) once in a while. | en | 50 | oh takamatsu chandler love much takamatsu dunlap eemyunsoo gui awesome lunch bentos conveniently even surprised legit persimmon cinnamon drink | 19 |
1 | Personally, I had bad service here every time...\nI usually don't complain at restaurants because I have been in restaurant business before and I know how hectic it gets.\nBut when a customer states that their food was super bland and it has no seasoning what so ever, you make them a new dish, not reheat the same dish ... | en | 176 | personally bad service every time usually complain restaurants restaurant business know hectic customer states food super bland seasoning ever make new dish reheat dish salt make matter worse put plate came hope customer biggest problem place table sticky time whole restaurant dusty see piled grease dust glass window n... | 75 |
0 | Food: 2.5/5\n\nService: 0/5\n\n\nIt was the first time for Korean BBQ for a couple of my friends, and our server at first seemed a little odd. She would only take our drink order even if we already knew what we wanted to eat.\n\nSure, I guess you can't remember or write it down. -1\n\nReceived our condiments and littl... | en | 277 | food first time korean bbq couple friends server first seemed little odd would take drink order even already knew wanted guess ca remember write condiments little plates okay one plates received table strands hair immediately told busser replied let see wanting us prove really take time stop eating get new plate really... | 120 |
0 | The worst community I have ever lived in! The leasing office is full of Hippocrates and liars. They will tell you all good things, offer you all sorts of discounts before you move in, but will conveniently change all rules when you have leased the apartment. They will charge you all sorts of fees and never refund anyth... | en | 392 | worst community ever lived leasing office full hippocrates liars tell good things offer sorts discounts move conveniently change rules leased apartment charge sorts fees never refund anything promised maintenance repairs performed correctly forced pay extra month trash removal even want use police knocked door three ti... | 183 |
0 | agree they charge you tons of fees they don't tell you about when you move in. I pay almost $1000 and my place is gross not what the model looked like let me tell you. the carpet was never changed or cleaned when i moved in there were stains on it. tub was so gross never cleaned so gross.I had to have them spray becaus... | en | 200 | agree charge tons fees tell move pay almost place gross model looked like let tell carpet never changed cleaned moved stains tub gross never cleaned spray bugs place still glasses renter showing even go thru stuff get luke warm water times hot time warm landscapers start noise nbr system time crap blaring people office... | 85 |
0 | they have phantom charges on our bill for the natural gas for the grills and they charges us for refilling the pool after they had it emptied, take forever on fixing things. now after i went in in december to put my notice in not sure when we were going to have a house they said don't worry you only have to give 30 da... | en | 95 | phantom charges bill natural gas grills charges us refilling pool emptied take forever fixing things went december put notice sure going house said worry give days notice lie going charge us full extra month giving proper notice links yelp avoid bad reviews | 42 |
0 | If i could give this place 0 stars i would, it does not even deserve one star.\n\nThis has got to be the worst apartment complex i've ever lived in. The management is never there. The people who work in the office are overly nice, its like they are faking it, they do not know what they are doing, they go through employ... | en | 253 | could give place stars would even deserve one got worst apartment complex ever lived management never people work office overly nice like faking know go employees like water never anything ive twice ask air filter apartment theyre supposed supply always submit work order days go never hear go walmart buy robbery months... | 114 |
0 | I'm not one to complain, but to possibly help another not make a horrible mistake, here goes. We went against our better judgment upon reviews when we moved in, almost two years ago. Bad reviews, horrible service, etc. Well, if the shoe fits...they were awful. Alliance properties is a mess and very dishonest and not ca... | en | 660 | one complain possibly help another make horrible mistake goes went better judgment upon reviews moved almost two years ago bad reviews horrible service etc well shoe fits awful alliance properties mess dishonest caring management staff turned quicker fast food joint think met least different property managers knows man... | 307 |
0 | This place is a complete joke. Do NOT move here. They add a bunch off hidden fees. Including making the residents pay for electric for the club house and pool and maintenance for the grills which either don't work or are so dirty you shouldn't use them. Things take forever to be fixed and the grounds are not well taken... | en | 215 | place complete joke move add bunch hidden fees including making residents pay electric club house pool maintenance grills either work dirty use things take forever fixed grounds well taken care cigaret buds dog poop gates always broken leading outside around pool area also clear things going downhill cops driving aroun... | 101 |
0 | Not that we were planning on staying here anyways.... But we received our renewal notice and they bumped the rent up, not a typical $20 increase oh no... $160 more a month?!?!?!?!? And that is just the base rent who knows what other extra fees they would add on once again. Because nothing says we deserve more money tha... | en | 202 | planning staying anyways received renewal notice bumped rent typical increase oh month base rent knows extra fees would add nothing says deserve money worst apartment ratings area back gate one cars one use walk broke rather paying fixed true san cierra fashion put lock want take walk wait car go way get stress enough ... | 84 |
0 | I would move if I could, but since the housing market took a dump, rental rates are out of this world!\n\nThe upstairs neighbors are loud as ever, and you can hear them tromping around, sounds as if they are going to come through my ceiling.\n\nThe office staff are idiots, and its a struggle to get anything done. You h... | en | 121 | would move could since housing market took dump rental rates world upstairs neighbors loud ever hear tromping around sounds going come office staff idiots struggle get anything done call get maintenance request filled treat tenants like second rate citizens act bother actually help security gates work sometimes look li... | 61 |
1 | So I lived in the 3 bedroom apt. Its nice and big. However I stayed on the bottom. And the neighbors are loud top and side. You can hear the woman constanly singing at night. very annoying. Besided that when we moved in , even though they cleaned the carpets I can still see a stain. So I made sure that was checked. So ... | en | 332 | lived bedroom apt nice big however stayed bottom neighbors loud top side hear woman constanly singing night annoying besided moved even though cleaned carpets still see stain made sure checked move got bill unbeleivable charged us pet stains pets tears something vinyl know hell talkin thank god maintenaince man repaire... | 134 |
3 | I just love Downtown Chandler! I love how it is drawing new businesses and galleries, each unique but in keeping with the classy, casual, artsy feel that is Downtown. \n\nEl Zocalo is no exception. The restaurant is sophisticated without being pretentious. The service is friendly and owners Pam and Abed are always very... | en | 90 | love downtown chandler love drawing new businesses galleries unique keeping classy casual artsy feel downtown zocalo exception restaurant sophisticated without pretentious service friendly owners pam abed always approachable oh patio die downsides prices higher would usually find places similar food sometimes worth pay... | 45 |
2 | Have you thought of downtown Chandler lately? It's got a lot of personality and great Mexican food. Their patio is great. Be prepared to wait on a weekend night.\n\nI like the tacos and the house margarita. Music can be a bit loud. | en | 42 | thought downtown chandler lately got lot personality great mexican food patio great prepared wait weekend like tacos house margarita music bit loud | 22 |
1 | First time, stopped in for Lunch.\n\nCute place, Beautiful patio, I sat inside though because it was very windy.\n\nAwesome, hot chips and fresh salsa, very good!\n\nI ordered the Pescado Pescado(see pics) I guess i had overlooked that the fish was fried in a corona beer batter ...........Very Overpowering flavor, I do... | en | 142 | first time stopped place beautiful patio sat inside though hot chips fresh salsa good ordered pescado pescado see pics guess overlooked fish fried corona beer batter overpowering flavor like beer pretty much ruined tacos beans rice delicious though certainly worth husband got cheese enchiladas see pics also delicious s... | 76 |
1 | Outside of the patio, not much to attract me to this place. It is way too pricey for food that isn't any different or any better than any other Mexican place. | en | 31 | outside patio much attract place way pricey food different better mexican place | 12 |
0 | WAY overpriced for food that is mediocre. Crappy service when I went, all the waiters were just chatting with each other the entire time. Bleh. | en | 25 | way overpriced food mediocre crappy service went waiters chatting entire time bleh | 12 |
3 | When the weather is nice I can't think of a better place to eat. Love the patio. Service and food have been really good every time. The bar is typical mex. nothing special as far as tap beer. I'm not into margs. Been back many, many times. | en | 47 | weather nice ca think better place eat love patio service food really good every time bar typical mex nothing special far tap beer margs back many many times | 28 |
1 | Update after recent visit: while I still find the food very good I have to downgrade my previous rating due to price increases and poor service. \n\nRecently I noticed that beginning with your second bowl of chips you are charged. I asked the waiter about this and he said it was because they found that they were wastin... | en | 293 | update recent visit still find food good downgrade previous rating due price increases poor service noticed beginning second bowl chips charged asked waiter said found wasting many chips items mexican restaurant anyway also appears dinner pricing gone food quantities staying abou one comment group chandler scottsdale p... | 146 |
0 | I came here with a big group on a Friday for happy hour. Our waitress was awful. It took forever to get a drink, and I was only the third person to arrive and the place was still empty!\n\nThe food was okay, but I wish there was smaller options, especially for a happy hour. The drinks too were just okay.\n\nThe real... | en | 219 | came big group friday happy hour waitress awful took forever get drink third person arrive place still empty food okay wish smaller options especially happy hour drinks real problem bill us came friend mom split meal brought two plates started eating halfway done waitress informs one plates actually someone else ok fin... | 89 |
2 | Their patio is a nice area, wait staff was nice as well. However the food was alright, not worth the slightly elevated prices and they charge for extra chips and salsa. | en | 31 | patio nice area wait staff nice well however food alright worth slightly elevated prices charge extra chips salsa | 18 |
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