Even though this place is a good 20 minute drive from downtown Scottsdale, it's well worth it once you get there. My wife and I dined there last year while in town for a wedding at the nearby Boulders resort (Excellent btw). After one trip to Spotted Donkey, we were already planning our next trip back to Scottsdale just to go back. Well, the golf and spa were other factors but I will travel for good food. So our next trip was about a month ago and our two visits did not disappoint. Be sure to try the guacamole. Although it's $10.50, it's really good. HINT: order it without one of the ingredients like onions and they will make a fresh batch. The second time we went, we forgot to order it without onions and it didn't taste as good. My favorite dish is the pork tenderloin, which is served over a bed of mac and cheeese and green chiles. It's delicious and large enough for two meals. Even if you think it's too far to drive for dinner, the beautiful town of Carefree will give you that Arizona experience you know you want and get you away from the urban feel of Scottsdale.
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Not long after they opened, I was thrilled to find a superior restaurant in Lake Wylie. The wait staff was dressed smartly, were extremely vigilant and always polite. The sushi was very good as were many of the other menu choices. My wife and I became accustomed to expecting to wait for a table. Last night, we found ourselves walking into a practically deserted restaurant. I had never seen it like that. We sat at a small table next to the window near the Habachi tables. Only two of the six had people seatd around them. My first thought upon seeing the "waiter" assisting the table next to us was, 'really?' He appeared to have slept in his one and only outfit of worn jeans, old t-shirt and worn canvas shoes. He also had a very large folding knife tucked into his front pants pocket and clipped to the lip of the pocket. Slouching, as if disinterested in taking the other couples order, he stood back away from the table as if the elderly couple would ruin his cool. I begged he not be our waiter. Our's was not much different though he was polite, and sans pocket knife. I ordered my usual overdose of sushi, while my wife ordered something stirfry-ish indicated to be spicy from the menu. It was not spicy and it was overly sweet. My sushi was good except I believe the yellowtail had sat too long and wassn't as fresh as I had become accustomed to. The bottom line is we were disappointed with our food, unimpressed with the casualness of the waitstaff, wondered what had happened to a great little asain bistro in such a short period of time.
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Even though I'm such a loser at this casino, I can't help myself in always returning. The hotel is beautiful, the Eiffel tower at night especially is magnificient, and the bathrooms? So cute! There's French being spoken over the loudspeakers. It's a lesson in naughty French sayings. Hilarious! The buffet line is ALWAYS long as hell, but I'd like to try it one day. I might camp out so I'm first in line. Walked by at about 3pm one day and there were about 220 people in line..yikes. The shows look pretty "meh," save your money for somewhere else. Super cute hot air balloon drink holders. I just bought an empty one and keep it as decor in my house.
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Well, the food was almost cold. At best lukewarm and a breeding ground for bacteria and food poisoning. We complained to the waitress who brought out the cook? manager? who proceeded to argue that we must have taken the food from the top of the bins without stirring it and taking it from the bottom!! I'm sorry but is that the customers job to keep the food stirred and hot or the staff?? He argued loudly, and for some time, that he had had no other complaints (and no other customers! apart from one elderly couple who had not gotten past the soup and salad!!) the place was empty at prime time 6:15 pm on a Sunday evening. So, plates of food we refused to eat and this person screaming that we had to pay for it when we gave up and tried to leave!! well, we paid and tomorrow I will tell MC to cancel that payment! I have just written a formal complaint to the region's health department, restaurant inspections BEWARE! Between the bad food handling where it sits all day at room temperature from lunchtime to dinner and the half raw chicken that can kill you, find somewhere else to eat!!
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