Q: negative

A: Service was good. The stars do not reflect the quality of service. The food on the other hand was not that great. It did not posses the flavor of what you would expect of a sit down type of pizza place. I am surpirsed since I have been to MyPie (their sister restaurant) and it is better pizza and food overall. My qualms: Garlic knots, lack of garlic taste, the oil or butter was slopped all over this. It really was an excessive amount of oil/butter. The marinara sauce that came with it was bland, it didn't seem to be seasoned by much. The pizza was extremely greasy as well. The topings couldn't stay on the pizza when you picked it up because of the grease. The crust at the end was good, but underneath the pizza was soggy. Sad :( The sauce used for the pizza was similar to the garlic knots sauce and left a lot to be desired. The pictures of the pizza on yelp look amazing and completely different than my experience. Maybe it was an off night for them, but it definitely did not leave me saying, oh this is a place i want to come back to. The mac and cheese was good. I could have done without bacon on it (but others at my table wanted it on). Maybe their other foods aside from pizza are good. You would assume, if a place is called crust their pizza would be good. Its not that I don't like this place, I enjoy going to their sister shop, and would recommend that over coming here.

Q: negative

A: My MAIN complaint about the Rio is the housekeeping service but did have some other issues. YELP could NOT be accessed from my room and was blocked. The man at desk didn't know why Yelp didn't work from my room. The drinking glasses had thick brownish goo around the rim and we marched them down to the desk to show the front desk and he gasped and then offered us free Internet to make us happy. (this was the first day and we thought about leaving) The Bath tub was slippery and greasy with a slow drain. Received an almost empty shampoo one day instead of a full one. Received a crumbled towel on the corner with a big whole in it. Another day had no maid service and called the front desk for towels THAT NEVER CAME! The sofa in the room was all sunk in the middle.

Q: positive

A: As far as Sports Books go its very upscale but extremely friendly to both genders. Plenty of screens, several different areas for viewing besides the main stadium, and plenty of comfy seating. And for the big ballers they even have luxury boxes. But Yelp is all about the food and this place comes through like its name. Its classic Emeril with several items on the menu from his restaurants but he also put traditional bar food items on the menu like nachos, pizza, and buffalo wings. It is the Palazzo not Hooters so don't be surprised with the prices for these items. But like always Emeril's food is on point. We sat at the bar and were a little disappointed because the bar stools were affixed and couldn't sit close to each other. We had the Grilled Beef Rid Eye with horse radish cream and mash potatoes, and the Acadian Caprese salad which came with lightly battered shrimp. On a side note what is up with Emeril and his Stinginess with Shrimp. The salad only had two and and the famous BBQ was seriously weak for 15 bones even though its the Palazzo. Please its only shrimp!!!!!!!!!!!! The rib eye was seasoned and cooked(medium) just right and the salad was very tasty. I will be going back to see his take on traditional bar food, but overall if you don't mind dropping cabbage on a good meal with your lady and good service and atmosphere then you won't be disappointed with Lagasse's Stadium and she won't be either.

Q: negative

A:
Very unattractive bartenders, expensive badly mixed drinks, bouncers are a JOKE. No one is every inside the joint except on ladies night when they lure women in under the pretense of free drinks...only offering cheap vodka. They use the same techno-y playlist every night with little to no variation. I've never been in there and had more than 10 customers in. Great hummus though!