input: Write a positive yelp review.
output: Swung through the Side Door on Sunday, May 25 at around 8:00pm after a failed attempt at enjoying Bratfest (more on that later). We were quite literally the only people there, which makes me sad - the place seems very solid. + Outdoor seating + Very friendly bartender + Great beer list with perfect descriptions + Excellent tap and bottle specials + Bartender suggested we try the tater tots - you should do the same. Huge, house made tots with tons of toppings. Bacon was superb, cheese was real and perfectly melted, veggies were fresh and delish. - The sour cream sauce was interesting; as Violet L notes, there was a lemony undertone that would work with other things, but didn't work so well with the tots. I saw a suggestion/tip from someone else to ask for hot sauce - that would've been a perfect addition. We'll know for next time. + Flatbread pizza (we got the 4Ps - pepperoni, pineapple, pickled peppers) was plate-sized with a slightly sweet, thick & chewy (in a good way) crust. Perfect amount of sauce; cheese & toppings were perfectly proportioned. It hit the spot. + Reasonable prices for everything I *really* hope this place is busier on other nights, because it's darned-near perfect, in my humble opinion. Love the location - under the Samba; love the tap list; really enjoyed the food; really enjoyed the service.
input: Write a positive yelp review.
output: There's a reason the Bellagio has become synonymous with high end Vegas class (besides Clooney and Co.), and that's because this place delivers and impresses on almost every level. The hotel oozes elegance but in a subtle way that never tries to hit you over the head saying "WE'RE THE BEST AND CLASSIEST! DROP ALL YOUR CASH HERE". But it doesn't need to. You'll be sold as soon as you walk past registration. The casino floor is by far the most impressive I've seen on the strip. Sure they have a cheesy assortment of slot machines that reek of tackiness, but when you get to the card tables, and the craps and roulette tables and the like, you'll be stunned how much nicer this place is than some of the other hotels. In fact, you'll probably be embarrassed that you were ever seen at Harrah's or the Flamingo. The fountain and the conservatory are both worth mentioning, but Yelp has deigned that those are to be reviewed separately. The only minus I could think of for this place is that its selection of restaurants, while impressive, can be beat by a few other spots on the Strip - notably the Venetian. Not that Le Cirque is to be laughed at. All in all, the Bellagio stands tall as the pinnacle of wealth and class in Vegas. Just the type of place you'd wanna grab your ten closest friends and... you know... knock off in an elaborate heist.
input: Write a negative yelp review.
output:
Last week while attending a conference in Las Vegas some colleagues made reservations for Aureole. I'm vegan, so I usually like to call ahead and just mention that and make sure something can be done, but someone else made the reservations, and it was last minute. I've never been treated as poorly or snottily from a supposedly high class restaurant as I was at Aureole. I discretely asked the waiter if something could be done vegan when he came by initially to introduce himself. He replied "oh, it is very difficult, but we will try." I should have left right then. "Just pick something out and I will talk to the chef." "OK, I'll take a look." Every dish headlines with animal protein, but a fennel orzo that came with one dish sounded nice and maybe close to vegan if the fish that came with it was left off. When the waiter returned, I asked for the green salad and asked if the fennel orzo that normally came with fish could be made vegan. The waiter,without checking with the kitchen,said "no, that would be difficult" and offered no suggestions and asked no other questions. I said, "OK, how about the spring rolls?" "Yes, that will be easy." 5 minutes later - "the spring rolls cannot be made vegan - they have a lot of wheat" ... and that was all he said without offering anything else. Now, there should be two obvious things wrong with this, but I just said "Oh, that's OK, wheat is vegan. If that's all, the spring rolls sound good." The waiter didn't look happy but said OK and left. When our meals come, a fairly plain fish served over nothing is put in front of me. I said, "I did not order this" and the servers looked confused. The waiter returned a minute later, looked at my dish and asked "is there a problem?" I looked at the fish, then the waiter. After our conversations I have a hard time believing this was not intentional, but like to give people the benefit of the doubt, so I simply said, "I didn't order this." It was not a busy night and the waiter, same one I had been speaking to all night, didn't acknowledge any previous conversation or apologize and said, "well, it is already made, so you might as well have it." This exchange of "I didn't order this / I don't want this" and "you might as well have it" went on for a few exchanges before, looking and sounding irritated, the waiter said "OK, why doesn't someone else at the table have this, what would you like then sir?" "I ordered the spring rolls." A couple minutes later I get what appears to be a big pile of spring roll filling without the wrapper, plainly presented in a heap in a bowl - not quite what I expected but at this point I'm hungry so I eat it. I should say, the salad was quite good and I loved the abundance and selection of fresh herbs, but the service was awful and the chefs unimaginative when challenged. At best the waiters don't know what vegan means, don't care to find out and the chefs can do nothing but replicate the same 10 dishes over and over. At worst some of the staff are extremely rude and intentionally offensive. I emailed the only email I could find, which is the general email for Charlie Palmer, so I'll see if they care to reply. Its interesting there isn't an obvious email for the restaurant itself.