Problem: Great food! Fresh ingredients and flavor! Maybe a little better selection on desserts...
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Problem: Let me start off by saying this is a beautiful restaurant/pub and had a great ambiance. I really wanted to like it. As for the food, well, in one word bleck!! I don't care if that's a word or not but that's how all of us felt after we attempted to eat there. We started off with the chips and salsa which came with bean dip and cheese (tasted like it came straight out of a can and into the micro.) and guac( must have come in a squeeze tube. Not Fresh. Oh yeah, we waited 20 minutes for this app. After we were half way thru it, another duplicated order of chips and salsa came out. Uh, no thanks, one crappy one is enough. Our entrees included fish and chips, 1/2 rack of ribs and a bacon cheese burger. The fries on all three plates tasted old, flavorless and we all agreed, the worst any of us have had ever. The burger was so overcooked it literally tasted like licking the bottom of the grill. All of us tried it and I had to gargle my weak, watered down iced tea to try to get the nastiness out of my mouth. As for the ribs, flavorless and salty and very uninspiring. The fish and chips, er, I mean tasteless, and nasty fries, well the fish wasn't too bad but did have a bit of freezer burn taste to it. Maybe this Is a good place to have drinks and some selectful apps, but do not waste your time with dinner or lunch for that matter. This place will not survive. It's just plain fact that if you serve overprocessed crap, your customers will eventually stop coming. We will never go back and I highly recommend you not to. If you have too see for yourself, go for drinks and share a couple food items, you'll see. Don't say I didn't tell you, especially the fries, ugh, how can you screw up something so simple.
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Problem: Do yourself a favor by saying you have shellfish allergy. We really wanted to love this place and be blown away. I was excited to see so many positive reviews and thought we would also enjoy the experience. I hope my review will serve s a cautionary tale to the real sushi lovers. PLEASE TELL THEM YOU HAVE SHELLFISH ALLERGY IF YOU GO.. or you're just going to eat a whole lot of shellfish, like us. 1. hirame also known as halibut, which was over seasoned with garlic and onions.the green onions over powered the entire dish. Still somewhat tasty compared to the rest of the meal. 2. plate of 6 different appetizer samplers. this is where everything goes down hill. the only thing that was tasty was the tuna tartar with pine nuts & kumomato oyster with uni. the rest was all flavorless shellfish-shrimp. chilled baby octopus. chilled seared scallops. miso clam. moving on. 3. clams and "wild"mushroom poached in wine butter. there was no savory/ acid/something to bring this dish together. i was missing some type of texture or something to cut the richness of the buttery flavor. the server said that there was 5-6 types of mushrooms.. like i'm supposed to be impressed by shitake, shimeji, enokitake mushrooms or host of other mushrooms that are easily accessible at the local asian market for less than $3. not impressed. 4./5. shabu shabu of scallop, scallop liver, and one piece of halibut.. and deep fried king prawn with xo sauce. I don't remember in which order. the shabu was decent but redundant because of the choice of protein, the fried prawn was not crispy and actually soggy and over seasoned. at this pointed i told the server we no longer want shellfish. she said that the last course typically doesnt have shellfish, and went back to her corner to chat with the other server. as if my dissatisfaction of the meal wasn't worth alerting the chef about.... Maybe we should've sat at the sushi bar. 6. we had 5 pc of nigiri, of which 3 were good.. and had silver something shrimp.. which were some tiny slimy baby shrimps smaller than krill-which I couldn't stomach to eat--, and halibut.... AGAIN... need i say more? *pulls hair* We had halibut in 3 courses - although its not shellfish.. whats the point of having omakase if i get served the same thing. :( shrimp/prawn in 3 courses Scallops in 2 courses clam/oyster in 2 courses. dessert was the saving grace of the entire meal. we haven't had shellfish since shinbay. needless to say we won't be returning.
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Problem: I've been checking out gyms after my 24 Hour Fitness membership expired. I was reluctant to renew it. With my three-day trial pass on hand, I went to LA Fitness. It is in a convenient area, smack in Camelback, with a very promising space. Convenient is centrally located with ample parking, however, that's not what makes a good gym. Promising is when, at first glance, the workout space extends all the way back like a long bowling alley with lots of machines. Upon closer look, some machines were dirty, others vandalized, most had seen better days. After a warm up on an elliptical which handle bars were stickier than honey dried in an afternoon sun, I went for chest machines. I did three sets of seated fly only to notice that per visual diagram I did "_ _ ATE_ FLY". I felt compelled to wash my hands. Promising is a locker room, clean and bright, where you can wash off the built up of sweat and grime on your hand. Reality is a wash room that is more like a petri dish for new drug resistant strain of flesh-eating bacteria just waiting to make the giant leap from dirty floor to human skin. If you're a bacteria, this gym is convenient and promising. Three-day trial pass not required. If you're human, get a pass before joining. Maybe I was there on a bad day. As for the lady working at the front desk? She was staring blankly outside waiting for redemption when her shift is over. I didn't bother to discuss membership options.
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