At best, one can call this place a pedestrian joint. I'd give this cafe three stars for the not-so-bad-not-so-memorable food and service, but the tacky comeback from the owner on yelp is off putting enough to justify docking two points off my rating.

negative

Tropicana, you BLEW me away....Instead of renovating, this place should've been sold and torn down. Upon check in there was only 2 front desk employees checking guest in. The line was long Disneyland long. Got into our room, and the room smelled like a sweaty dog, I turn up the A.C to try and blow the smell away. I then begin changing for our reservations, took off my shoes and notices that my socks were immediately soaked! The carpet was just cleaned, awesome!! NOT!!!! felt like I standing in a puddle. I then called the front desk, she offered me a downgraded room, without a downgraded price, and sends up blower to dry the carpets.. A nice lady said Sorry, placed the loud machine in the room and left. At this point I just begin laugh. As we wait and wait and wait longer for someone to take us to our new room, our time for the reservations come up and we gotta go!!! As we were leaving an employee came up to move us rooms, 45 minutes too late buddy! At this point I chalked it up as a loss and remained in the "upgraded" room I paid for a.k.a Swampland. As the weekend continued, I left the blower in and moved it around the room to make sure the carpets were dry for the next guest.. You're welcome Tropicana!!! I'm sure with as much money I lost gambling, I could've paid to get the 10th floor of the paradise tower re-carpeted, but hey, at least I got a coupon for a free cookie. I called to check out, I asked the front desk if they wanted me to bring down their blower I became good friends with, front desk girl chuckled in question, then I explained my story for the 3rd time and got a simple "we're sorry." And that was my last chance I gave the Tropicana to redeem themselves. Best part of the hotel would be the valet, bringing my car back so I can drive away. With the entire hotel situation still being stuck in my head, and believe me, I'm not much of a complainer, I called back a few days later, just to speak to a manager or Supervisor. I clearly stated that I didn't want my money back or anything for free. I simply wanted them to know of how poorly the situation was handled. The person, MAJID*** (spelling?**) I spoke listened to what I had to say, was very apologetic and said he would spread the word to fix future mishaps.He then offered me a one night stay, that was very nice of him but no thanks.

negative

I went here about six weeks ago and ordered Kiki's burger. It was prepared well and tasted great. The house made pickles were also good. The service was OK. They definitely keep the servers busy and you pretty much never see them unless you're ordering or paying. I like this location better than the Windmill one. If I had gone to that one first, I would not have tried this one.

positive

I was hungry for dishes remind me of my childhood. So when I discovered HTK I wanted to try it the first chance I got. My hubby and I went about 6 weeks ago. We were fine with the restaurant's modest decor and so-so service. I ordered fermented fried stinky tofu, oyster omelet, preserved white radish omelet, rice and tea. The stinky tofu had ok flavor, but they cut it too small, so there was not enough tender tofu in the center. The surface was crunchy which was good, but with so little soft tofu in the middle, it tasted too chewy. The radish omelet was pretty good, like how I remembered it. But the oyster omelet was not so great. It had too much starch and was not hot. Having oyster in the dish, this needs to be eaten hot. Luke warm or cold makes it not enjoyable.
negative