Just ate the seafood buffet tonight. It's not worth the price. The STEAMED crab legs were ok. The crab legs roasted in a sweet chile sauce was better. The cold crab legs near the cold seafood was a little salty. The lobster tails were small and slightly rubbery. But everything tastes better drowned in garlic butter. The best part of this whole buffet was the desserts. The green tea cheesecake was nice and light. The creme brulee was just enough sweet and creamy to end a dinner. The bread pudding or whatever that was with the vanilla spice sauce was excellent. The red velvet cupcakes were dry and tasted horrible. Go somewhere else for the buffet. This one is very over rated. For those with kids, it's not a very kid friendly place. The seating is a little tight. So, if you have anything larger than an umbrella stroller, it can be a hassle. One star for the amount of food and options. One more star for the excellent service we received. But the rest, did not stand up to the hype we got about this place.

negative

Spent a weeklong trip out west visiting parks, but started and ended in Vegas. Since none of us had been to 'Old Vegas' we decided to spend our first night at the Golden Nugget. The decor in the lobby is great and they have a fantastic shark/slide pool. However, the check-in time was horrendous! There was a long line which contained both people checking in and those looking to book shows. That slowed down the line tremendously - they really need to separate these two lines and bring extra people onto the desk when there's that long of a line waiting. Once we got to our rooms, we found that our safes had been left locked and could not be used. We called and were told someone would come up to open them - that never happened before we had to check out the next day. In fact most things that we needed to call down for either took forever to arrive, or just never showed up. It was nice to experience this part of town, but now that we've done it once, we would not return.

negative

Flies and (possible) case of mild food poisoning. Well, originally I would have only taken off a single star for being too cheap to serve Coke, and instead having Pepsi. I've personally never heard a customer explicitly ask for a Pepsi, but I have seen people change their drink order from Coke to water, once they are informed apologetically that the restaurant only serves Pepsi. I've never understood why owners would consider saving a couple of bucks a month more important than giving customers what they want. As for the food itself, it was very good. I also found the pineapple ketchup to be unique and very tasty. The real problem was that the place was full of flies! It was pretty difficult to enjoy my food while defending it, and myself from the flies. It was pretty disconcerting when one actually flew into my ear! I noticed that I wasn't the only customer spending his time trying to swat the flies away. When the waiter came by to ask me if I needed anything, I told him that I could use a fly swatter. Apparently, judging by the smirk, he either didn't get the not so subtle hint, or couldn't be bothered with trying to fix the problem. Upon leaving, I noticed that they were doing work outside on the chairs. Most likely they couldn't be bothered with closing the back door. Of course, this was only a mild discomfort, compared to the stomachache and three hurried trips to the bathroom a few hours later. Without expounding too much about what was happening to my GI system, I'm pretty sure the food gave me a mild case of food poisoning. I'll not be returning to or recommending this restaurant. Maybe this is the real meaning of, "bachi".

negative

Fresh squeezed OJ...yum! Food rating gets 3 stars, but I am giving 4 because I like the atmoshpere and staff is consistently friendly. I cannot count how many times I have eaten here. Surprisingly with all the awesome restaurants we have in Phoenix, and particularly Scottsdale, we are seriously lacking in the breakfast department. Not a lot of options for a good breakfast that isn't a big chain. I always get the German Pancakes, "The Dutch Baby" (as long as I have time to wait the 20 min extra for cook time for them), they are quite delicious if you love lemon and butter as I do. Bacon is really good and consistent. Everything else to me is average. Omelet's are good, pancakes are okay...coffee is pretty good and they use cream, my pet peeve is when restaurants give you milk for your coffee instead of cream.The Hash Browns are kind of bland to me. I am always a sucker for fresh squeezed OJ. My 4 year old eats the chocolate chip pancakes pretty good and the 16 mos old likes the silver dollar pancakes he can eat by hand. Nothing has been as good as the old JP's Pancakes before that changed ownership, so this is the next best if you are accommodating kids and are sick of IHOP. Beware there is usually a wait of at least 20 minutes on weekends and when snowbirds come back in the fall.
positive