Problem: Mandalay Bay Hotel has been one of my long time favourite casinos to stay at in Las Vegas. The rooms are nice, the casino is clean and relatively smoke-free, and the restaurants are all good; or, at least that is what I used to think. The Bayside Buffet does NOT stand up to the reputation of the Mandalay Bay experience. For a group of twenty-one people, they required an eighteen percent gratuity to seat the party together. However, we were not seated together. They were going to seat us in one of the main rooms spread out over six tables. Mind you, we arrived early enough that they only had maybe three other parties in the restaurant. When we complained, they refused to even push some of the tables together; we pushed them together, to consolidate the group into four separate tables. That was the best that we could manage. The service was slow. And, mind you, this was a buffet. So, slow service was kind of puzzling. All they had to do was provide us with drinks, at an almost empty buffet. And the food, well I guess that's what we get for going so early. It tasted like they served us yesterday's food. A lot of it was hard and chewy, stale. And avoid the weekend omlette cook, he could only manage two omlettes at a time, barely. The Bayside Buffet service belongs at someplace like the Tropicana.
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Problem: Stayed here for almost a week when I was staying in Vegas. I've seen better places around in Vegas. The hotel actually is quite outdated, with many rooms (stayed in three rooms) that have old (but clean) bathrooms. When checking in, thats not unusual in Vegas, most of the times there are long rows with people waiting to check in. Except the rows check in service is quick, the staff is not really friendly, they provide you the basics. Half our stay we had a day of thunderstorms and rain. Never seen such a storm in Vegas, but the windows of our hotel room (tower room) started to leak. We instantly got a new room, but I was actually quite surprised water was flowing inside, how can that happen in such a big hotel! Another positive point is that we had to leave earlier than planned, and got a restitution for the canceled days. The hotel provided good service there. The casino is not really spectacular, I like the MGM and Aria more as a place to stay. The buffet is ok, not excellent. The bars are also ok, not excellent. A tip: they ask quite a lot of money for wifi access in your hotel room, so there are a few places in the hotel where there is free wifi access. In the space between the fitness room and the pool area, and in the middle of the casino you will have free wifi access!
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Problem: I was excited to see that a "champagne lounge" would be the newest addition to Market Square's continuing revitalization. Champagne on tap?! Who knew! Unfortunately, Perle falls flat on its face in almost every regard. The decor is, well, trashy. It's all black upholstered couches and recessed, multi-colored LED lights a la frat boy with an interior design budget. I was unaware that the prevailing aesthetic of the CENTER of downtown Pittsburgh is trending towards Bridge and Tunnel coke den. Come on Perle, we're better than that. Perle also seems to think that it's possible to cram a "nightclub", "restaurant", and "lounge" into the same, relatively small space. It doesn't work. They should have stopped with the menu and fancy drinks and not continued to the obnoxiously loud music emanating, I kid you not, from a kid with a MacBook and an accompanying saxophonist "playing' what can only be described as 1991-inspired acid jazz. Gross. Finally, there was an entourage of what looked to be the owner/manager the night I visited making it feel like the place is an extension of someone's living room and not in a good way, in a clubby way. Of course I realize that my opinion may be in the minority as there are likely throngs of Cranberrians and Wexfordites who will be thrilled at the prospect of a "real night out" in tahn. Knock yourselves out, I'll happily be steering well clear.
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Problem: It's just like every other Starbucks everywhere. This used to be a grocery store. What I do like about this location is that if you get a seat right near the window you can access CMU's wifi. :)
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