input: Write a positive yelp review.
output: Love that this is almost next door - easily walkable. I preferred sunflower market, but this definitely beats Fry's. I think they have a few items that are overpriced, but the healthier options factor makes that up.
input: Write a positive yelp review.
output: Been here a few times at the bar just for an app and drink usually. Had dinner once and it was good. This time, we were supposed to meet the girls at blue wasabi an hour later so the guys belly up to the bar and we have drinks. Didn't know the girls were there too on the patio. The drinks and bar service are always good. No big deal. The girls tried the escargot, scallops wrapped in bacon, and nachos. They said they were all good apps. They ordered margs that were good not great. Fresh juice but just not the way we would make it, needs more lime. The beer and wines by the glass at the bar were what you would expect. It's a good place. Middle of the road, a little dark, and not to loud. Kona is across the way if you want more action and crowds, although this place gets busy too sometimes.
input: Write a negative yelp review.
output:
Now I realize Pita Jungle is a Phoenix-area institution, but seriously, it really isn't that good. I just don't think there are many places here that serve good mediterranean style food for people to compare. And on the flip side, people I know who love good pitas/shwarma avoid PJ like the plague. Considering my review won't dent their rating one bit amidst all of the "rave" reviews this place gets, I'm only going to highlight a few thoughts I have. Hummus isn't hard to make, and while theirs is good, it's not absolutely amazing. Plus, the amount of tahini they put in it makes it very tasty. But also really high in fat and calories, and unnecessary to put that much in. Their pitas are borderline unacceptable. Perhaps people eating here have never had good fresh pita, but theirs is dry, almost stale tasting, and cold. Their shwarma (chicken) is not shwarma. It's just grilled chicken. How is this shwarma? Because it's in a pita? It is also completely absent of any flavor whatsoever. Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting the most authentic mediterranean food. But this is so far from the real thing they should strongly reconsider naming it "Pita-like Jungle". Or Pita-esque. Pseudo-pita? The possibilities are endless. One of these days (maybe, but who knows until how long) a real mediterranean restaurant will open that serves real mediterranean food. Until that happens though, I guess PJ will still be around jacking people for cash and laughing in the back room about it.