We dined on the "casual dining" side because I'm usually pretty uncomfortable in a formal setting. First the positives: The service here was excellent. The waiting staff was very personable and attentive. The decor was pleasant and comfortable and attempted to lean toward a French atmosphere... without being "too" French. It was a very pleasant place to dine. The food: I had fish and my wife had scallops and shrimp with penne pasta in a tomato Parmesan sauce. Her selection was much better than mine although it was still pretty unremarkable. My fish was very plain and slightly overcooked. For the price of the entrees here, I expected something exceptional. I'm afraid I was a bit disappointed. I gave Cafe Porvence only two stars because I expected more bang for my buck. This restaurant can get pretty pricey if you order drinks, appetizers, main courses and desserts. The food was not awful, but in my opinion it really wasn't worth the price.
OPTIONS:
- negative
- positive

negative

The food was good, but the service SUX. We went with a 5.00 off a 40.00 check. The bill came to 38.00, so I said " lets take a piece of cake to go, since its basically free with the coupon. I asked for one kind of cake, I ended up with a totally different kind. It took about 20 min to get the cake. Ridiculous. The food was decent though, my partner and I shared a salad( overpriced at 7,00) and a chicken pot pie( huge and a decent deal at 12.99). The pie was loaded with chunks of white chicken in a creamy sauce. Pastry was good. The corn muffin it came with was so freaking dry. I asked for some bread instead. My partners dad had a club and it was large with plenty of fries. He enjoyed that. Oh, I wanted to take something "to go" from here. I called while I was in my room and was told I'd have to wait on line to be seated and then order from a waitress and then I could take it to go. Whats the point in that?
OPTIONS:
- negative
- positive

negative

We come to Las Vegas every 3 to 4 months but usually stay on the strip. We decided to give downtown a try. Our first night at the D, we were given a room on the Fremont side, (it would have been really nice if the person checking us in asked us if we would be out partying or if we would be looking for a quiet night). We dont come for gambling or the night life, my father lives there. I took 2 sleeping pills, nyquil, AND had ear plugs and a pillow over my head and still didnt get to sleep until 3:30 in the morning (this was last weekend). The bathroom had soap scum in the soap dish holder in the bathroom so thick you could scrape it off with your nail. Also there was a thick layer of scum on the batch tub. Really disgusting. So I called down to the desk and spoke to Daniel and he stated they would have another room later but it wouldnt be ready for awhile. My husband and I pack up our suit cases....however, one of the elevators is broken so it literally takes 25 minutes to get from floor 33 to the casino floor. I told my husband that I wanted to check to if they possibly had a room available yet. Went to the front desk and spoke with Daniel again and he found us a room. I went to get our car and my husband had to lug all of our luggage all the way back up to our new room. As I walk away from the counter I see a bellboy go by with an empty cart and I am thinking "they have bellboys and that front desk person just let my husband take our bags all the way back upstairs????" He knew we had our bags with us as we asked. I was really shocked and disappointed. This room WAS quieter, however, the grout on the bathroom floor was so dark (you could see the new floor under the sink and could tell what the color was supposed to be) that my husband kept his shoes on and I wore socks in the bathroom. Also I it took awhile to brush my teeth as the sink was clogged and kept filling up. Needless to say, the customer services was very poor, the bathroom was dirty in 2 rooms, the odds that the other rooms are clean are very poor. It is very sad because the owner has put a lot of money into the hotel and the rooms are nice, but the hotel staff did nothing for us and let my husband lug our luggage all the way back upstairs. I am very disappointed and will never stay there again.
OPTIONS:
- negative
- positive

negative

The service was fine but nothing over the top. The food was not fine. In fact it wasn't even good. I would not recommend this place to anyone, even if the price wasn't astronomical. I created a yelp account just to review this restaurant and tell people how awful it is. They try to be a fancy buffet but the food was just not good. Do not go here.
OPTIONS:
- negative
- positive
negative