input: Write a negative yelp review.
output: Wow. I was SO disappointed in this experience. I watch Iron Chef fairly religiously and had always thought Batali and Morimoto were the chefs to beat, and was totally looking forward to eating at a Batali restaurant while in Vegas. So as I checked the reviews of all three of his places I noticed two were $$$$ and this one was $$ but they all got similar reviews. Similar in that there were more dissatisfied customers than I was comfortable with. So we decided to play it safe and test out ESM for lunch, and if it was good, check out one of the others for dinner another day. Needless to say, this was our only Batali experience. Our service from the hostess was great, she sat my husband and I at a four person table so we could both sit on one side and watch the "street show" in St. Mark's square. One star for that. But sadly, good service then came to a screeching halt. We saw very little of our server throughout the rest of the meal. He dropped off the boring cold bread and took our orders, and we didn't see him again until after our food had been removed from the table and he came back for our dessert order. And after that was done, it took him forever again for the check. We ordered the balsamic marinated figs to start, the gemeli pasta with house sausage and broccoli rabe as our first course, the pork shoulder as our main course, and the cactus pear sorbet and goat cheese gelato for dessert. I absolutely LOVE figs and enjoyed this first dish very much although it wasn't particularly unique or difficult to prepare. Half a star for the figs. The pasta was disgusting. I agree with everyone else who says he gives "al dente" a new meaning--the pasta was not cooked enough at all for my liking. The sausage was completely flavorless, and the bitterness of the broccoli rabe completely dominated everything. If our waiter had come back to check on us, we would have told him so. The pork shoulder WAS good, I'll give them that, but I make an equally delicious pork shoulder in my crockpot at home for MUCH cheaper. Another half star for the pork. By this time my husband was trying to convince me that we didn't need to spend any more money here on dessert, but I was determined to give it one last chance. I saw the goat cheese gelato on the menu and since I LOVE goat cheese, I figured it had to be money. Sadly no, this dish was as bad as the pasta one. The cactus pear sorbet was saccharine sweet and the goat cheese gelato tasted nothing like goat cheese...and they were even worse when eaten together. We ended up eating only three or four bites of our $12 dessert. I am sure we must have just had horrible luck on the dishes we ordered because I am having a really hard time believing that this food was representative of Mario Batali's cooking, but I'm pretty sure everyone in the restaurant the day we were there (and we would notice whenever we passed by throughout our visit) was also receiving horrid service. So many bored, hungry looking people straining their necks to find their server. Inexcusable. Hope you have better luck there.
input: Write a positive yelp review.
output: CLOSED DOWN ------------------------- Once again I wasted 45 minutes driving there and searching all around the shopping center only to find out this *top rated* restaurant has been closed for 6 month. Thanks for nothing folks
input: Write a positive yelp review.
output:
Life is about second chances. I tried Ramen Bar again. Service much better, the gyoza were good and hot. The best thing was the miso ramen, it was actually quite good and I finished it. Maybe not the best ramen shop in the world, but it's worth visiting. Good on them for striving to improve.