Problem: What would be an example of an positive review?

Answer: This show opened last Friday after being at the small theatre at NY NY Hotel and Casino. It is now on the mezzanine floor of the Planet Hollywood Casino near Koi at the top of the escalator in what is called the Showroom at Planet Hollywood. It is not near the large concert hall in the Miracle Mile Shops. Seating in this venue is triple what it was at NY NY. I did not see the show at NY NY because I disliked that venue so much. There isn't scenery for the show per se. There are two risers joined by a set of stairs that go from the stage to the two levels. The risers light up in different colors as programmed. Other than that, there are four banks of light tubes that change colors. Except for a few props for some of the dances, that's it. It's basically a song and dance show and is not meant to be a scenic one. I had a comp ticket for this show and took advantage of it. The title is misleading to say the least. While you expect an evening of dances to ABBA music, only the first 5 or 6 numbers are ABBA. The rest are from the disco era of the late 70s and the 80s with a little Motown thrown in. I'm not a fan of ABBA--I wasn't one who liked Mamma Mia all that much, but I really liked the way they started the show last night with Dancing Queen and other ABBA numbers including Fernando. Then, Avis Ellis was introduced as a world renowned recording artist. I had never heard of her before but that's no big surprise. She sang a song of Whitney Houston's that I enjoyed. She has a big voice and big hair. I guess you'd consider her the star vocalist because she was only one introduced by name. I Googled her to see some of her bio. After Ellis sang, they went into the disco era with an homage to Saturday Night Live and disco music. In between the numbers, half the dancers were offstage changing for their parts in an upcoming song. The show lasted exactly 75 minutes and it started on time at 9 PM as advertised. They deserve a star for that! A word about seating. I would not recommend the VIP table seats up front with the small round tables. You are close to the stage, but you also have to turn around to see some of the singers behind you because they come out on the three walkways built for Peepshow. Also, you're in a pit-like area, and you'll be constantly looking up. The rest of the seating is normal theatre style. I only dislike how small the seats are. I almost groped the woman next to me just trying to get my phone. The show is less than a week old and I'm cutting them some slack for some incorrect moves with the dances last night. There are some new cast added with the larger venue and I think they need more time to settle in. The show is loud. I did spend the entire time tapping my foot to the music and at one time I quietly sang along. I did not clap as performers like to prompt audiences to do. If you're so good, we'll clap along. We don't need your advice. All in all, I thought the show was good and I would go again. When I leave a theatre with a big smile and have liked the music I heard, it was a good show. I checked the website and saw that the tickets start at $69.50. I know this is a large cast, but I wish Las Vegas producers would not overprice their shows just so they can be sold at discount ticket outlets. Set a reasonable price and sell your own seats and the discounters won't be so needed.

Problem: What would be an example of an positive review?

Answer: I went here last Friday night with a party of 6 at about 8:30pm. We had a reservation so were seated right away. It looks like this place gets pretty crowded so I would recommend reservations. I don't want to compare this place to Bloom but I just can't help it. I've only dined at Bloom 3 or 4 times over the years but this place just reminds me of it. The look and the food are a bit different but the essence of the place is still there. Not that it is a bad thing. Its just very similar in my eyes. *Pretzel bread they give you to start = awesome. They don't give you the traditional pretzel roll with normal butter. Instead, they give you 3-inch long pretzel "sticks" with 3 different types of butter. It was great. *Wedge salad = excellent. It was big, bacony and blue cheesey - just the way I like it. *Beef brisket burger. This was easily one of my top 10 favorite burgers. Perfectly cooked, very tender and juicy. Just very tasty all around. The outside had the perfect amount of crunch and the bacon/brisket added awesome flavor and texture. The parmesan fries were amazing as well. Salty, crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside. The sweet potato fries were not very good. I thought they were soggy and the dipping sauce was blah. Plus I don't like when random herbs are put on fries that make them taste weird. The rest of my party wasn't equally impressed with their meals for various reasons. The service was pretty good except it took forever to get our main courses. The owner/manager/someone important did come by our table to ask how everything was which was very nice.

Problem: What would be an example of an negative review?

Answer:
I went to go look at the place and had a scheduled appointment see the property, but they left a sign saying they were going to return way after the time scheduled. I figure if they could mess up that bad before even getting a lease sign they must be terrible after they get you to sign for a year. Not only that it felt like it was in a sketchy area as well.