Sentiment analysis: Our second visit to the smaller theatre, the Actor's Cafe. We saw "The Mousetrap" last year and "Biloxi Blues" tonight. Although we had seen "The Mousetrap" before (in London), it's been almost 40 years and it was time for a review. Enjoyed the production in 2013. Tonight neither of us had ever seen a production of Neil Simon's autobigraphical second part of the three part triology, bookended by "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Broadway Bound." The cast was delightful, and it was interesting to note that a couple of the actors had just recently finished high school (sorry, but it showed and they are gaining valuable experience.) The lead actor who played Eugene, who also narrated directly to the audience, was delightful and quite a talent, as well as the actor who played the sergeant (although it was scary to be this close to him in this small space.) The theatre is very small, seating maybe 80 people at best, and seating is flexible (or "festival seating," as I like to call it, but I ordered the tickets online ($6.00 fee) and printed out my actual tickets with bar codes on them to present at the door. However, the doorman asked if I had stopped at the box office on the way in, and when I told him no, he asked for our names so he could tell them. Unclear that we were expected to report to the box office since it appeared that the tickets printed were actual replicas of tickets with bar codes. It was not clearly explained on the web site that we were expected to report to the box office, and we were not clear on the festival seating either, or we would have arrived earlier so we didn't have to get stuck on the front row with our knees touching the edge of the stage! But the shows have been delightful so one star off for getting the website together, and see you again next summer!

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Sentiment analysis: You know, for it being such an upscale restaurant, I expected way better service and food. I'm really disappointed in myself for not reading these reviews before we decided to go, as it would have saved us a lot of money. First off, I don't understand why we are asked to wait fifteen minutes when there are plenty tables that are visibly open for seating. After a half hour passed (mind you, we were the only party waiting), we had to walk back up to the host counter to bring it to their attention that we were still waiting to be seated... apparently the had forgotten about us. The best part? The host was visibly on his cell phone in front of customers-- how is this professional at all? Does he not realize that he is the first person that potential customers see? For starters, we ordered the guacamole as the appetizer, which was kept simple and nice, although I don't think I would pay $10 for it again. Their tortilla soup was also a little too brothy for me. For being a type of restaurant with a little mexican/latino "flavor", you would think that a dish like this would taste a little more authentic. I really hoped the food would be all it was priced to be, but $42 for a fillet mignon A LA CARTE? Oh, and lets not forget the $13 truffle mashed potatoes that tasted like they came fresh out of a box. Is it sad to say that I've had better mashed potatoes at a cheap dive bar? Come on! Its pretty obvious that the restaurant cares more for the presentation of the food rather than the quality. I have had way better food and service for a fraction of what we paid at this restaurant, unfortunately.

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Sentiment analysis: Mel was our waitress for our first of what we hope to be many visits here. She was awesome! Helped us make some great choices from the plethora of options we were offered. The staff was outstanding and everything came out super fast even though it was quite busy tonight. We got Mac-n-cheese, Fried Chicken and the Enchilada Stack and we were amazed at how good everything tasted. I can't wait to come back!!

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positive