Problem: A place named Rocco's should do better than this. I liked the idea of the 2 slices and a drink for $4.99! I added sausage for $5.99 still good. Just like other places by the slice they add toppings on a cooked pizza and throw it in the oven for a few minutes. I am generally good with that. The service was friendly and the places seemed pretty clean. All good so far. I posted a picture and you can see my problem. They added suasage that had been shaved so thin it was practically translucent. It was sliced so thin I could hardly taste it! One slice of the pizza was soggy so I couldn't fold it the way I like - I had to fold it in half and then in half so I had a wad of pizza. The other slice folded a little better. I never thought I would say a pizza was too thin... but the pizza was too thin. There was nothing to it... The flavor of the pizza was just okay - I was underwhelmed by the whole experience.
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Problem: I cannot believe this place exists! How is it competitive in Charlotte? The flavors are absurdly overdone: super salty, super sweet, and conflicting in that they pair savory with super sweet and drown it all out. I may have an answer: the place is filled with the elderly. Maybe it's "The Walking Dead" tongues. Seriously, the youngest person there was in their early 50's. It's like a "speak-easy" for the rich elderly...it just keeps afloat by a secret handshake that acknowledges you are in a terrible place but you can be old there without the riff-raff. Also, it is terribly expensive for the low quality they are putting on the plate. Even the drinks are super sweet. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
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Problem: This 7-Eleven will be of interest to folks staying at the Embassy Suites on Paradise Road - there is not a whole lot of stuff within convenient walking distance of the Embassy Suites. All your normal convenience store 7-11 goodness is here: bottled water, soda, beer, snacks, toiletries, and more. There is - strangely enough - gambling machines inside the 7-11. What's more - there were people using them! Bizarre! I picked up some bottled water and diet soda to take back to my hotel room...
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Problem: I stayed here with my mom and my brother for MLB All-Star weekend in July 2011. We stayed 3 nights, checking in on Saturday and out on Tuesday. The hotel doesn't look overly impressive from the outside, but the inside and amenities and value completely won us over. This is a great place to stay on a budget if you can't afford the Hyatt right downtown. :-P The rooms really are newly-remodeled and look great inside -- new tile in the bathroom for the floor and shower, granite countertop for the sink area, new furniture in the room, large flat-screen tv, memory foam mattresses for the beds, etc. Our only complaint was that the bathroom door didn't quite shut all the way, but that was room-specific to our room. There's a mini fridge (no freezer in it) and a microwave, too. The a/c was fairly loud, especially while trying to sleep, but being in Phoenix (especially in summer) you're just grateful that it's working. :) Parking is free. Wifi is free (password was included on a card in the room). Continental breakfast was free, and although very basic was still nice to have. There were packaged muffins and pastries and granola bars, a bowl of fruit, and yogurt available in a little fridge in the lobby. They also had coffee, a pitcher of OJ, juice boxes, and bottles of water (definitely awesome). There's a McDonald's 1 block away if you want more easy breakfast options. The best part about this hotel is the value -- it's not the biggest, nicest, fanciest hotel around, but you will pay far less than anything else nearby and within walking distance of downtown. The first night of our stay was $69 and the second two nights were $89 each (jacked up due to the All-Star game, but still cheap comparatively). It's difficult to find anything less than mid-$100's elsewhere nearby. We walked into downtown every day, all the way to Chase Field from the hotel (just over a mile). It was fairly brutal in the July 100+ degree heat, but it's do-able and worth it to not have to pay for (and deal with) parking downtown. There's also a light rail station 4 blocks away from the hotel, so it's definitely an option to just walk to the light rail station and then take that anywhere else (Chase Field is 2 stops down from the closest one to the hotel -- $1.75 for a one-way ride, or $3.50 for an all-day pass). The convention center is even closer to the hotel than Chase Field, so getting there was an easier walk. Walking around in the winter would certainly be very pleasant, anyway. :) The hotel is kind of on the sketchy edge of town, but just barely on the border. It's not even sketchy, but just more run-down than the main downtown area. We never felt unsafe, even walking back to the hotel after 10pm sometimes. The staff was also quite friendly and nice -- the lobby where you check in (and get breakfast off the counter) is extremely tiny, but the guys checking you in were very nice. They even held onto a case of beer for us for the day we checked out while we went into town for the game, and we didn't want to leave the beer in the hot car all day long. They were nice about storing it in the back for us, and they didn't even drink any of it while watching it for us all day long. :-P It was an extra nicety that they did just because, not that they had to watch our stuff for us even after we checked out. All in all, it's a great value for your money, so if you can't afford the mid- to high-hundreds of dollars to stay somewhere fancy downtown, this is the place to be. You can still walk to everything, your room will be nice and new, and you can get free wifi and basic breakfast. A great deal!!!
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