input: Write a negative yelp review.
output: This is the definition of a tourist trap. If you doubt me, just note the gift shop you are forced to walk through on your way out of the restaurant. I sort of groaned when a member of my party suggested it for dinner, but we did need to eat so I went along. They have the hostess podium cleverly set back out of view from the front, so you can't see how long the line is until you approach for a seat. About every marketing gimmick you have ever encountered out in the restaurant chain world is alive and well here. The greeting from our waitress was so obviously scripted, I expected her to check the palm of her hand for the correct wording. Sample - May I take you on a tour of our menu and some of my favorite items? Sure, only it just so happens all of her favorite items are on the nice laminated 'specials" menu with bright pictures and names like tower of appetizers and a sparkling dessert volcano (I'm not making this up). What are the odds that those just happen to be her "favorites"? I searched the menu for something safe. Really, I just wanted something to fill my stomach and not make me sick, so I opted for the burger. I am sure they sell lots of those here and it was one of the cheaper items on the menu for around $14. Our food took a very long time to come out. We were dining well before rush hour on a Thursday, I think we sat down around 5pm. A place like this is built for volume and tries to turn the tables quickly so they can get people in and out, so I was surprised that things weren't a bit faster. When our food did arrive, it came in shifts. Our server was no where in sight, but two other servers brought the first round. They had no idea where the food went, so continued to auction it off to the table - who had the quesadillas? A short time later, more servers arrived with the last of the entrees. Two of us had ordered the same type of burger, cooked differently, so when that one went up for auction, I asked how it was cooked. The reply was -I don't know. So I asked why they didn't have position numbers for the order. I wasn't really trying to give the servers a hard time, but would expect most any high-volume restaurant to require servers to identify the position number of any orders, if only to avoid confusion like this. The server apologized and said the food took longer because one of the other burgers was ordered plain. Our group just looked at each other in puzzlement. Why would a plain burger take longer? For all of the service glitches, my burger was surprisingly good. Not exactly worth $14, but the roll was nice and fresh, the skinny fries were crispy and the burger had decent flavor. Our original server finally checked in on us and the rest of dinner was fine. However, on our way out we decided to visit their restrooms to clean up and I am sorry we didn't go out into the casino instead. They were in a pretty sad state and reminded me more of the facilities you would find in a college bar. Several stalls were unusable, so I suspect it had been a while since staff had checked on it. Yuck!
input: Write a negative yelp review.
output: Party America is no longer open. The landlord has seized the property with everything inside and it hasn't shown signs of reopening since January 2012. Wish I'd known that before making the trek out to Chandler.
input: Write a negative yelp review.
output:
First off I am a huge Tom Colicchio fan. (I am watching the Top Chef DC Reunion as I start to write this) I am not sure if it because we share the same haircut or if it because we both enjoy a Cobb Salad but I just like the guy. With that in mind, I have to say that I am deeply saddened to give our Vegas Craftsteak experience only two stars. So you ask, "how could you slam your follicle challenged brother with such a poor review?" In a word... SERVICE. Let me start by saying that I totally get how difficult a server's job is. I worked as a one for many years in both low and high end places. I know that there are good days and bad days. I always tip 20% unless something is totally off and even then I never go below 15%. Finally, it should be noted that we were dressed nicely (no Judas Priest T-shirts and cutoffs). I guess we were in trouble when we did not order wine. Although the list was great, we just we not in the mood. It seems like as soon as I handed the Wine list back, the service dropped to the Denny's level. (I don't have a problem with Denny's too, but you get the point) For some reason we suddenly had two servers. It was not that it was busy (Tuesday Night) or that we were getting special service. It was more like we got whomever was walking by at the time. No check backs, just dish dropping and dish clearing. Just a horrible experience. At first I thought perhaps the B Team worked on Tuesdays but we certainly did not pay B Team prices. To wrap the longest, most boring review in the history of Yelp... I did complain to the night manager after we paid the check. I wanted to make it clear that we were not trying to get out of paying anything (food was great) but just that the service sucked. She thanked us which was all we were looking for. Tom... You are still my man. Perhaps you should putting on some sort of fake wig and try your place out on a Tuesday. I think you just may will see what I am talking about.