Q: positive

A: My wife and I have been to many of the resort spas in Scottsdale for Spa Week and during normal pricing times - Massage Envy is a great value compared to the resorts. I got a 60 minute deep tissue massage from Ashley and she did a great job. Strong grip! Firm pressure! Awesome. The facility itself was clean and nice enough - nothing fancy of course. They do ask if you want to join the wellness club when you are checking out but that didn't bother me (very much a soft sell). If you are looking for something more upscale nothing beats Sanctuary.

Q: positive

A: Patisserie Manon has been on my "to try" list for awhile now. We finally made it out here after HH at Roy's. The shop used to be a wine/cafe so it was interesting to see how they had changed it up. They have this cool candy wall, but I think its 6.00 a lb? Right away when you walk in, on your left is a fridge with cakes, truffles and macaroons....walk down a lil further and you will find croissants/rolls. If you walk down even further you will see there's a small cafe that will serve you coffee, tea, sandwiches, quiches, etc. I decided to get a chocolate croissant and an eclair to go. Before we left though, we decided to get the ham and chesse croissant. They heated it up and in about 5 minutes we had this yummy ham and cheese sandwich. I thought it was pretty delicious, but for 6 dollars a pop it might be a lil pricey. How did everything else fair? The chocolate croissant was ok. The croissant wasn't very flaky and it wasn't the best chocolate croissant I've ever had. The eclair was pretty delicious though. I definitely liked the custard inside, not too sweet but perfect. Both items came out to be around $5.00. Overall, I enjoyed Patisserie Manon. I will be back to try one of their things in the cafe (ground beef and mashed potatoes!). I definitely recommend it to anyone with a sweet tooth or a not so sweet tooth.

Q: negative

A: Great atmosphere and location. We had a large party and the drinks were taking a while because of it. It happens, and the server was great so I didn't mind going up to the bar for a drink waiting for service to catch up. I asked for an orange vodka (goose or ketel) on the rocks from Raul the bartender who didn't know what products he had. He finally found a smirnoff orange and poured me 2 on the rocks. I had asked for an orange vodka with 2 rocks. My bad for not saying ice, I guess. I drank them both. I asked him which wine was dryer, the chianti or Sangiovese and he started to pour me a taste of the cab which I pointed out wasn't a Sangiovese or chianti. I spotted carmenere and ordered that. When I got the bar tab it said 2 absolute instead of smirnoff. I asked him if he could adjust the check and he said there was no button for smirnoff and he couldn't adjust the price. Really Raul? There's no smirnoff button? And Absolute and smirnoff are not in the same price range. Fine, I paid and went back to my party. Frutti di Mare was bland and the pasta wasn't drained well so it was watery. 2 more who had pasta said theirs was Bland as well. Caesar salad was fine, unmemorable. Good wine by the glass list. Waitress was friendly and competent, and very busy. No manager was ever present. Curious, I asked her if there was a button in the aloha system that they used to order smirnoff. There was and she said raul was the manager. Awesome. Clearly an unloved restaurant. If anyone cared in the restaurant, about the food or service, I never met them. My wish is the economy would fail more of these passionless restaurants so some new vibrant restaurants with passionate restauranteurs would emerge.

Q: negative

A:
I was in this hospital yesterday for severe stomache pains and vomitting and i wish i would have went somewhere else!!First when i get there i was very uncomfortable sitting up but the nurse insist that i needed to so after i did and gave them all the info needed.I bent back down only to hear the nurse say "ow she is trying to fall out of the chair on purpose" REALLY!!Then once they took me back they rolled me in a chair and placed me in a room only for me to look up and see im in a waiting room.Then when someone calls my name and gets me she rolls me to another waiting room full of people with blood pressure cuffs hanging from everyones arm and there all in pain.While all this is going on im still vomitting and crying from pain.So i got up to leave and go to a different hospital only for a man (RN)who I dont remember his name tell me I cant leave and they have a room ready for me now. So once i got into the room The nurse asked me how many times have I threw up and i said very close to 30 times and she said i think your stretching the truth...WHAT!!! But since I was in to much pain to respond to her i just laid there crying still in pain.So finally she came back in and said okay I have 2 shots and some pills to go under your tongue and after she gave them to me she said ill be back in 10 minutes to check on you. Well she came back and though I was not in as much pain but still very nauseous she said do you feel better I stated a little and she said "GOOD NOW I NEED YOU TO GET UP BECAUSE I NEED THE ROOM" this was the most unprofessional thing you can say to a patient. What they didnt know is I have been in the medical/dental field for over 15 years and would never say something as such to a patient and make them feel as horrible as they made me feel. I over heard a lady say did you get her medicaid card....REALLY i never said i had medicaid I pay for my insurance and it is GOOD but i know I will never go back again and if possible I will take this situation to FOX 5 News because no one deserves to be treated the way i was NO ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!