user: Problem: My friend in Vegas recommended I try kumi before going to the cirque show at Mandalay bay. I was excited to try a new sushi restaurant on my visit. The food was exceptional!  Definitely go for the egg plant appetizer. All the rolls and veggies were fresh and the flavors were unique. The cocktails were also awsome. Try the lychee martini. The only reason I could not rate it 5 stars was because we ordered cocktails and didn't receive them until we were already done eating our entire meal. But they did take them off the bill. So, I appreciated that they recognized the service issue. Overall highly recommend if you are visiting Vegas.
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Problem: I am a sushi lover and have been to many sushi places around town.  This place is just right around our neighborhood we ought to try....  Since we( my wife and I) were sushi hungry.  We decided to go for the all you can eat for 23.95 which included many varieties of sushi, rolls and appetizers.  Don't do it!!  It is a ripoff.  They want to filled you up fast so that you can't eat anything else.   To be a little over exaggerating, the rice is as big as my fist, the sushi on top was as thin as paper.  The rolls were extremely big - the rice that is.  The fish weren't too fresh either.  Sea Urchin was on the menu limited to one order per customer - well, they were out.   Hamachi Kama, that too were out!!  The service was horrible.  It would take a SOS flare to get their attention.  That was my first time and 100% sure it would be my last.    Overall, totally disappointed.
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Problem: I was visiting Scottsdale for a long weekend and decided to take in Taliesin West.  I am not a Frank Lloyd Wright fan, but I did enjoy a past visit to Fallingwater, so I decided to check this place out.  A lot of people feel that Mr. Wright was a genius, I just think he had a strong and different point of view.  And liked to go a little crazy with it.  I'm not overly impressed with his style, but I do enjoy a chance for a little voyeurism, and to me, that's what this is.  And while I did enjoy my visit, this property is not as beautiful or impressive as Fallingwater, which is spectacular.  I did take the 90 minute insights tour which the web sites proclaims to be "our most popular tour".  It's just more popular because it's offered every 30 minutes.  The new price for 2008 is $32, which I think is over inflated.  Our tour guide was a nice enough guy, but I didn't really appreciate his little side stories in which he liked to tell tales about the man's integrity or hinted (not so subtly) about the lack of it.  If we want to know more about Mr. Wright personally, let us all read fact filled books, not hear myths from the Valley.  I was here to see his impressive work not to hear him insulted.  There was so much more to this man than these little tales could tell.  I urge everyone to read about the man's life and career.  You will be fascinated.  The bookstore/foundation store is full of books about the architect and his works.  I found it to be very interesting and wished I would have had more time to spend there.    Taliesin West was a crude escape from the harsh Midwest winters.  That's what it is and that's what it looks like.  I did find it to be a fascinating step back in time.
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Problem: I was excited to finally try this place since it's so close to my house in the Arboretum in South Charlotte. My husband & I are ready to check out some new places & are using Restaurant Week as the perfect excuse to experiment.  We don't dine out all that often, so when we do & when we plan to drop more than $10 on a meal, I want to be impressed. I want to really enjoy my time & my food. Alas, that was not the case at New South Kitchen.  First of all, we were completely overdressed. I had scolded my husband for wanting to wear shorts to dinner, but now realize his preferred attire would have been much more appropriate for this surprisingly casual place. Most of the workers were wearing jeans & tshirts. And the other guests were equally casual.  Bread - It's not often I turn down carbs. But this bread had no flavor. A flavored butter might have helped, but there was nothing to save this pre-dinner snack. Fried green tomatoes & salad - both were decent. Generous portion of tomatoes with a sauce that had some zip. Deviled eggs - would not order these again. The ones with pickles were the best since it added flavor to an otherwise bland appetizer. I also prefer my deviled egg mixture to be smooth. They use ground mustard in theirs, which I didn't care for. Meatloaf - the hi-lite of the meal! I'd go back for this. Very moist. Very flavorful. Pork - this was my husband's entree. Tasted good but had more fat than he wants in lean protein. Grilled pound cake & chocolate mousse - both were ok but not worth the extra calories in my opinion. We preferred the chocolate option over the pound cake, which the server recommended & raved about.   Speaking of our server... ugh! Very loud. Too over-the-top. Used the same ridiculous lines with every table while taking orders, bringing the food, and collecting the check. Instead of trying to be Mister Funny, he should have been paying attention to our water glasses that were empty and we had to ask for refills twice. The manager doing the "table visits" barely approached our table, as he breezed by several tables at once asking us all if everything was ok. I didn't get the sense he was actually interested in a response, but rather just checking our table off his list for the hour.  Lastly, the thing that really was a bummer about our evening was the flies. Yes, flies! I expect that when I dine on a patio, but when I'm inside eating in a nicer restaurant, I don't want to have to keep shoo-ing bugs away from my food. If this is what we were experiencing in the dining room, it makes you wonder what the kitchen is like. Not good. Not good at all.
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