Instructions: You are given a review about a place. You need to provide a rating from "1 star" to "5 stars" for this place.
Input: Mikes has some great tasty food, a good variety of choices and service is always fast. Food comes out kind of too fast sometimes which makes you wonder how it's all prepared..

Their stuffed cheese bruschetta rolls are my favorite appetizer, you can also get it combined with your meal if you order a "duetto" dish. It's pizza dough stuffed with cheese and tomato sauce goodness, for you to dip in a hot marinara sauce.

I've tried their gondola type pizzas but usually stick with their cream based sauce pastas like alfredo or rosee which just make my mouth water thinking about it now.
They used to offer a special where you could add a salad for 1.99$ - their small cesar salad isn't worth any more than that, they are stingy with the dressing and it isn't quite creamy or garlicy enough for my liking.

I think Mike's should offer more table d'hote type specials otherwise getting a full meal is too expensive for this type of americanized chain.

Food is always consistently good but the main problem I have is their pricing. And that's why I'm taking 2 stars off.

Their portions aren't huge and I know many other places where you can get a simple alfredo or pasta dish for a lot less.
The other main issue is their MENU. Mikes likes to offer a constricted, over priced, ridiculous "Events Menu" whenever there is something going on in town. Some fancier restaurants do this on special occasions such as Valentine's day which is understandable, but the Mikes near Place Des Arts in particular ALWAYS has an events menu. The one on Crescent luckily has fewer events going on and are usually focused around the Grand Prix weekend.

If there's a show playing, if there's a festival, if it's a special holiday, if there's a parade, an election, a storm - whatever, they offer this measly menu with only 1/3 of the choices and double the price.
You're looking at an 18$ -20$ vegetarian pasta dish for example that comes with nothing.

So now when I feel like eating Mikes, I always call and ask beforehand if they're offering their tourist trap menu or not.
Output:
3 stars