Q: My beautiful Vegas date was stoked on the gondola rides since before we even arrived in town. So naturally on our last day, we went down to the Venetian in the burning heat and reserved a gondola ride for 9pm. The couple in front of us paid $64 for a private ride, luckily we paid half that and got our own gondola regardless. Good timing I guess. The gondolier was a nice kid, exchanged some funny words here and there. Unfortunately I was obviously uncomfortable with the chit-chat and small-talking about our Vegas time/where we're from/etc. I felt really bad for my date, she had put her hard-earned money down for the ride to see the lights at night and peacefully float with me, but we had our ear talked off for the very short ride. Maybe some people eat this up but next time I'll be tipping them at the start and ask for a quiet ride. It was so short and with the forced conversation, I was done. Touristy and not for me. OPTIONS:
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A: negative

Q: Thank you Yelp for leading to to another winner. My experience here started out slowly: the service was inattentive as they tried to work on take-out orders, my wife's soda was flat (they did promptly take it back and replace it with a tasty iced tea), and I was not a big fan of the salad I ordered, although it was massive for the price. My wife ordered hot and sour soup-which also came as a huge portion for 1.95-but neither of us were too crazy about it, although it was at least an interesting variation from the usual. Things changed when the main dishes arrived, however. Since people had recommended the Thai food, we went with the green curry and the pad ki mao. As with the rest of the food, the portions were extremely generous for the price. The pad ki mao had a nice amount of spice and was well balanced between shrimp, vegetables, and noodles. Although there were some "Pan-Asian" touches, I must say that the taste of this dish reminded me of Thailand. The real star of the show, however, was the green curry. It was almost certainly the best green curry I've ever had and one of the best curries, period: rich and creamy, with bursting flavor in every bite. Frankly I will return to this place for the curry alone - the value you get for your money is just the icing on top. OPTIONS:
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A: positive

Q: Okay, here is what my wife and I experienced while in this "HOTEL". First, the PROS: their "new" rooms are comfortable, well appointed and chic, it has a full kitchen and and all the other amenities are brand new (TV, etc.). Since we were here on business, we never fully enjoyed this "Hotel's" other amenities (we later found out it was a timeshare) Everything else was GREAT ,esp the view from our room. NOW for the BIG CONS: My wife and I, after a grueling 6 hour drive, finally arrived at around 3:00 a.m. or so ONLY to be informed by the receptionist that we are unable to check-in because of a "system roll-over", whatever that is! The lady over the counter politely asked us to wait by the lounging area across from the counter. We both dragged our tired selves and sat and waited. Suddenly, I heard this loud baritoned voiced person, commanding us that sleeping is not allowed in the lobby (my wife had fallen asleep beside me) I tried to explain to this rather young looking man (nothing on his black jacket, except for a gold plated name tag with the name of DANNY, indicated what he was, I could only assume he was with security) I tried to explain to DAN that we just were waiting for our room to be available and we just arrived from a 6 hour road trip. The more I explained, the more he got irritated and repeated that SLEEPING IS NOT ALLOWED in the lobby! He refused to listen to my reason/s. I heard him call for "backup" as if I was a threat to him. He was very rude and over bearing towards me, I felt that he treated us like common drunks or some bum who wondered in from the street! His supervisor showed up and I related to him our situation, he listened and was apologetic, he said something of policy regarding sleeping in the lobby. WOW! after 6 hours on the road, AND being unable to check-in because of some technical error, THEN after waiting for nearly an hour TREATED like crap by security! (policy or no policy, no one has the right to treat others with disrespect) A few minutes later we were finally able to check in, as I picked up our keys I relayed to the female receptionist about had happened, she was very apologetic and hoped that our stay would turn out to be a better one. The older looking security guard, standing behind a desk was polite and professional, he greeted us then directed me and my wife to the correct elevator area and even offered assistance in checking into our room. EVERYONE else during our 2 day stay were friendly and nice and most of all very attentive, except for DANNY. He simply stuck out like a sore thumb! Sorry Grand Chateau everything else was great! This episode of ours has left a bad taste and became quite THE story over dinner with friends! OPTIONS:
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A: negative

Q: Went for lunch. Food tasted fine. Portions were small and WAY overpriced. Terrible service...servers were inattentive and indifferent, the manager bordered on rude. Will never return. OPTIONS:
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negative