Q: We adored The Kitchen. We ended up having 3 meals here while we were vacationing in Arizona. We were especially fond of the high-quality ingredients in the sandwiches and chopped salad. The cheese plate, although expensive at $17, was worth every penny: we were presented with a large board laden with 5 enormous hunks of cheese, dried fruits, marcona almonds and honey. I wish they'd open a shop in Boston!

A: positive

Q: Cheap food and beer. Too bad the food isn't any good. Poutine was very marginal. Service was ok. First pitcher of beer came out completely flat. Good for sports as there are TVs all over the place. Just an average sports bar with crappy food.

A: negative

Q: To the proprietors of the Gold Coast Buffet. Right now it is about to turn Christmas Day and my family ate at the Buffet for lunch, and my wife is now going on 10 hours of food poisoning as diagnosed by the EMT who came to our room at the Rio. Anybody who eats here, avoid the buffet. My daughter has been freaking out seeing her mom sick. Merry Christmas!

A: negative

Q: Would you pay $120 + tax/fees to sleep on a sofa bed? That was exactly what happened to me. I booked a room with a king size bed. When I arrived, the girl at the front desk advised that I had been "upgraded" to a junior suite, which is bigger than a regular room. When I walked into my room, I was shocked to find that my "junior suite" has a tv, a sofa, and a big conference table. I was about to spend the night in a conference room!!! I figured I'd keep an open mind and waited for housekeeping to open the sofa bed before deciding whether I'd stay there. My colleague and I went out to dinner. The sofa bed was opened when I returned to the room. I tried out the sofa bed; it was extremely uncomfortable with springs sticking into my back. To top it off, since the sofa is now opened into a bed, there wasn't really a spot I could sit comfortably and work. I called the front desk and asked to be transferred to another room. The hotel staff said they were overbooked for the night (how do you overbook a hotel??!!) and did not have another room to move me to. They offered to put additional padding on the sofa bed and to comp my breakfast. Despite having woken up at 5:00 am that morning for my business trip and being dead tired, I still had a tough time falling asleep on the sofa bed that night. I was appalled at how Buttes treated this situation. Other hotels would have arranged for the guest to stay at another hotel of equal of better quality. All I wanted was a comfortable bed to rest up for the night but instead, I got a conference room. I do not return to Buttes and will advise my colleagues to think twice before booking a room there.

A:
negative