Q: positive

A: I'm a Shabu Shabu newbie. The husband and I went here on a date night last Friday. Since I didn't pay any attention to the time, I didn't realize how early it was. We had the place to ourselves for the first half hour... it was quiet, it was relaxing, it was what I needed after a hectic week. Now... had we not ordered 2 pitchers of beer... this would have been a very healthy dinner. All the veggies and meats were fresh. Nothing drenched in oil or butter or salt. Plus, the veggies are all you can eat so that's good... because it promotes filling up on their fresh veggies which is good. The Shabu Shabu is basically just water... so you heat/boil your dinner. It's pretty bland and you need the 3 dipping sauces to add some 'zest'. (Next time we're going to do the Sukiyaki as that seems to have more flavor.) What I really liked is this style of eating is pretty darn "clean"... meaning fresh, simple and slower. You take the time to cook your food and by doing so... it forces you to slow down. So, if you're starving and need to eat within a few minutes... don't go here. If you have time and you want to have a relaxing dinner... head to Shabu Shabu for a nice, relaxing meal. We had 2 appetizers... I ordered a Queen and the hubby ordered the King.... It's not cheap... but it's not break the bank.... and you leave full. Minus the 2 pitchers of beer... I think our bill was $35pp including tax and tip. If you haven't tried this type of restaurant... I would suggest it... you might be surprised and it might be a good way to relax. I know it was for me.

Q: positive

A: Okay so here is the low down on Mac Shacks Wednesday soft opening. Walking in was a little confusing, I thought i would need to give my name or something to Verify that I was on " The List" but that did not happen. So we approached the register where the very friendly staff greeted us and began to give us the rundown at our request. We ended up ordering the pepper-jack mac and the asiago blue mac with 2 salads. By the time that we got our seat situated outside with the fellow yelpers and began to kick off the conversations the food was arriving. The salad was good, it is very hard to go wrong with a garden salad and the pepper-jack mac, well... That was quite good. This product really beats the blue box. Next time I would play chef and add some chopped up jalapeno into it. Becky ordered the Asiago mac and cheese and it was also very good. I am not a huge fan of bleu cheese but this had a great flavor and was well executed. The atmosphere fits the food, it has the hustle bustle feel, not that may be due to the fact that they were quite busy but it seemed very fast paced in there. I really don't have any complaints, the only thing I found odd was the plates and the way that they serve the food. What is with the tin with the newspaper or whatever it is with a fake wood bowl in it.... That is my only, " Meh" moment. Good luck mac shack and thanks for having us. Also, I swear I really did RSVP.

Q: negative

A: Small and overpriced with midget sharks that are a far cry from the pictures shown on the ads. It should be free for mandalay bay visitors. They force you to take a family picture - in fact, they won't even let you enter unless they take one. It takes about 15 min to get through the whole acquarium. Some of the underwater buddhist backdrops are awesome though.

Q: negative

A:
This review is based not on an appointment but on my ability to not make an appointment. Just to be on the safe side I called stores to ensure that they had a few dresses in size 14 that I could try on. I was told at J. Majors that they only have 10's maybe a few 12's (street size 4-8). The excuse that "this is what they send us" is not a valid one. In my search for "the dress" I have been to quite a few stores that have selections for all sizes. A street size 10/12 is not large, yet J. Majors doesn't feel they need to have dresses for that size and cater to street sizes 4-8.