Q: Really delicious cuppa joe here, so much so that grabbing it to go (in environmentally friendly paper cups) is fine but I go back on my own with new music in my headphones and a quiet hour ahead of me just to drink the coffee properly, sitting quietly, with a little cream and fresh chocolate chunk cookies as big as your face. I had a delicious vegetable Thai soup here today. I tried to order the French Onion but was told honestly that the soup on special was made fresh in house and the onion was bought in and... "a good source of cheese." While I am always glad to know a cheese source, I will choose fresh homemade every time. I was not disappointed, the soup was amazeballs, and the service was 5 gold stars for honesty and accuracy in reporting.

A: positive

Q: This wonderful woman is so good at keeping my wardrobe up to date! If you are trying to get the most of your fashion budget, why not update what you have? I have been using her for years. She is fast and very good. She can shorten hems to update a dress or skirt. Or maybe you need her to make your skinny jeans skinnier, she can do it. You can even take her things that you bought on sale that maybe were not just the right fit. Elizebeth is your gal. She is also great at repairs. Definitely a thrifty find for all you budget minded fashionistas out there. Now clean out your closet!

A: positive

Q: I rarely get misled by Yelp reviews, but in this case, I did. I was looking for a last minute budget hotel, and I saw the raving comments of the Yelpers who reviewed this property before me. So I went for it... and I regreted it the whole time I was there.

This morally exhausted stinky property presents itself with a heavy cigarette & old carpet stench that embraces you intimately since the first moment when you open the oily dirty glass doors.

We reserved a non-smoking room, and were horrified to learn that all non-smoking rooms were already occupied (our flight from Santa Ana arrived at 9:00 PM). I begged them to find a solution, stating that at some point last year I had bronchitis and was suffocating and I have phobia / allergy of cigarette smoke, etc... Nothing helped. The so-called manager told me "what do I care, I won't be here tomorrow anyway"... Was it her last evening at work???

A requested full refund was not given either, since we booked the reservation at hotels.com (umm! a review is pending... hehehe). One of our Yelpers suggested they upgraded her to a suite since they didn't have her type of room available... Wo-o-o-w! You were so lucky, sister (or perhaps the person who worked at the front desk was different than the lady who "helped" us?)

In order NOT to help us, these people came up with all sort of arguments such as "when you make a reservation at a hotel, smoking vs. non-smoking room is not a choice- it is merely a REQUEST!" wow, I traveled the world, I never heard of such baloney before!

Anyway, "LET THE WOOKIE WIN!"- we had to cede- clearly we had no choice but to accept ANY ROOM they wanted to give us. We went upstairs, opened the room door, and our worst nightmare materialized itself: the room has the worst, heaviest cigarette stench we've ever experienced! ARGH!

I really cannot understand people who can lock themselves into an enclosed space (with a studded window, to make sure you cannot open it and commit suicide) and start smoking heavily, non-stop. With the AC cycling the air 300 times, making sure all the smoke will be completely absorbed by everything inside the room... What is so enjoyable about that?

Otherwise, the decor was not the worst ever. It was one level higher than Motel 6, I think.

Somehow we were able to sleep- we were tired.

The next day, we succeeded to get a non-smoking room.

When we checked out, we got charged $1 per day for "telephone usage charge". None of us ever touched the phone inside the room! I tried to argue this unfair charge, but the rude person at the front desk was ready to fight over it. Yet another person who knew they won't be there tomorrow, so they didn't care!

Here is why: I overheard the hotel will be imploded in less than 3 months... In the end, this is really GREAT! I think i will open a bottle of champagne when this happens. Will look forward to hear the news!

Seriously, I really cannot understand how come the other reviewers were so excited about this horrible mediocre property? Please explore a bit further! You need to establish and build your criteria; otherwise, you're misleading everyone. Anyway, I am sure you didn't do it in a malevolent way. One person's paradise is another person's hell...

A: negative

Q: This place is great. Every time we come into Vegas we stop by for dinner. The food and service is always very good. This time we sat in the bar which was always nice to watch the sports on the TVs. Thanks again for great service and food!!!!!!!!!

A:
positive