TASK DEFINITION: You are given a review about a place. You need to provide a rating from "1 star" to "5 stars" for this place.
PROBLEM: We stayed here in Jan 2012. Our rooms were not in the main building, but were clean and tidy. The breakfast was ok and you can each as much as you like, if you are that way inclined. Yes it involves a lot of walking, but what do you expect for such a large hotel. You have to pass all the slot machines and gambling tables to get anywhere, but I don't really gable, so was not enticed into doing do. We arranged a helicopter flight up to the Grand Canyon from within the hotel, and this is a must. Overall an enjoyable hotel.

SOLUTION: 3 stars

PROBLEM: Locally owned & run by the 3rd & 4th generations of Easleys. Largest selection of costumes in Arizona, so yeah, they get crowded around the last part of October for some obscure reason.

Also the biggest magic department around with professional magicians behind the counter to help you.

Did somebody say party supplies? Were you looking for balloons and, maybe, a tank of Helium to fill them? Yep. They do those too.

Just don't ask, by name, for that purple dinosaur you grew up watching on TV.

SOLUTION: 5 stars

PROBLEM: I visited Pittsburgh for the weekend and was excited to try Lidia's since I have been to her son's outstanding restaurants up in New York.

Lidia's was a major disappointment for me. Decor and service were just fine, no issues there.

But the food was something I would expect from a chain restaurant like Carrabba's or Olive Garden. The quality seemed poor: bread was soggy, greens and salad dressings way over salted, greasy, sloppy pasta sauces, and huge portions just slapped onto dirty plates with greasy fingerprints all over the edges. Plus, I spent the entire meal swatting flies away from our table.

I was really puzzled by this experience. When you dine at Joe's restaurants, you get the sense that every single ingredient is hand selected for the highest quality and the presentation of the food shows care went into it. I expected a similar standard at Lidia's. I wondered if Lidia visits this restaurant often and whether she knows about the quality of the food. Celebrity chefs often seem to suffer from this issue: they get involved in so many business ventures and if they are not at the restaurants regularly, the quality suffers.

Sorry to say it, but I definitely won't be back to Lidia's.

SOLUTION:
2 stars