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

Answer: This place sells poor food at high prices. Don't eat here. My mom and I were in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh near the Royal Mile below the Castle. We were hungry and looking for a pleasant meal and evening. Howies looks like an upscale, comfortable restaurant with 20 entrees and a selection of appetizers, so we decided to have dinner there. Unfortunately the food is mediocre, the portions small, and the service both inattentive and grudging. I had one of the daily specials, which was a Caesar salad with chicken and bacon. When it arrived I was somewhat dismayed by the presentation: a plate with some lettuce on it. Turns out the chunks of chicken and tiny pieces of undercooked bacon were hidden underneath all the lettuce. It predictably didn't taste that great. My mom ordered the "Baked Fillet of Loch Duart Salmon with Herb Crust," for 15. It turned out to be a very small piece of salmon, with no crust. It was served with some pea sauce, which itself was quite bland and added nothing to the salmon. It was rather puzzling to see a dish that was so spectacularly unsatisfying. In addition to the poor food, the service was bad. After dinner my mom and I both ordered tea. Hers arrived with a tea bag in the pot, but I just got a pot of hot water and someone from the kitchen with a tea bag trying to run and catch up with the server before he delivered the hot water. It would have been rather funny if it wasn't unprofessional. Similarly, I noticed one of the cooks eating a sandwich in the kitchen, which I understand is generally considered poor form, or possibly a health hazard. I think the meal might not have been so disappointing if we had not been looking forward to a really good dinner, the type that you normally get at a well decorated, expensive restaurant. I strongly recommend that you eat somewhere else.

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

Answer: As I'm waiting to pay for cookies, the lady making shave ice kept wiping her nose with her arm or tissue and not washing her hands. Gross. Oh and it was my husband's shaved ice order. She was on her phone the whole time and it took forever to get the shaved ice. On top of that, for some odd reason the cashier stopped working. She just looked at me as if I could fix it when I went to pay for cookies. She doesn't even bother trying to fix it. As for the shaved ice, the hubs asked for red bean on the side and it wasn't (cause she was too busy talking on the phone). And don't bother asking for a scoop of ice cream...cause it was like a teaspoon of ice cream. As I'm typing this the register is now working and she doesn't even bother to let me know. I feel bad for the owner...their loss.

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

Answer:
EXPENSIVE! not only it was expensive but it wasn't even that good. the sashimi wasn't fresh either. BLEH! Good thing my friend bought a coupon from restaurant.com for $7.50 (normally its $15) for the $25 gift certificate or else it would have been really expensive. When we got there it was empty! We waited for someone to get us seated and we showed her the $25 gift certificate that we had. She told us that we had to order $25 and up for the coupon to be valid. There was 5 of us so we decided to order 3 dishes and split that. We ordered: - Mandalay Bay Roll (one of their special rolls) - $18.50 - Dragon Roll - $17.50 - Yellow Tail Roll - $9.25 The rolls were nothing special. Each rolls had at least 8-10 pieces. The cutting of the rolls were sloppy. The way they cut the Yellow Tail was in chunks. POOR FISH! So i was eating a chunk of fish than a slice of fish. We really regret coming here. We should have bought the $40 all day buffet pass.