Q: negative

A: If the MGM Grand Studio Cafe was an aspiring actor, it would be working as a waiter. Plenty of looks, but loud and talentless. My breakfast there was bland overall and overpriced. The toast was cold, the scrambled eggs runny and the hash browns dull. About the only positives were the service and the crispy bacon. The restaurant is very loud too, making conversation difficult. You might not want to go there if you are hungover. There are better places to have breakfast in Las Vegas.

Q: positive

A: I worked right around the corner from this place for over a year and didn't try it until my last week in Scottsdale. I made it a point to make it before I left mostly just because its a FRC and I love all the other ones. Not sure why I didn't make it before. Went for lunch with two friends. Jags and I ordered two different pizzas that we both wanted to try and then split each of them down the middle. Evan got another pizza and traded us each out a piece so we all got to try three different pizzas. I got a pepperoni and basil. Jags got spicy chicken sausage, and Evan got something else, can't remember. Anyway, they were all pretty solid. I like the crust, they definitely do the brick oven thing. The sauce as you might guess is good as well. You can tell they use high quality ingredients. Those three pizzas were the only things I ever tried but I'm guessing their other stuff wouldn't disappoint. They move pretty quick in there too.

Q: negative

A: I was disappointed when I headed over to the restaurant formerly known as Common House and discovered it was now a burger joint. It's OK, I thought, Common House turned out some pretty good burgers in its day. So I decided to give it a chance. I won't make that mistake again. First, the menu: Everything has some kind of bike-ish name, except for the cocktails, which are all named after old movie stars (and Clint Eastwood). I don't really get it. We decided to start with the cheese fries, which came with a healthy topping of queso I'm guessing came from Loco Lime next door and a sparse sprinkling of bacon and green onions. The fries themselves are pretty solid and the bacon isn't bad, but fries + cheese sauce = a soggy mess. Next came our burgers. I got a plain cheeseburger and my friend got the stuffed burger. My burger was dry and kind of tasteless. My friend said his burger was overwhelmed by the horseradish mayo and that the stuffing wasn't anything but a gimmick. As for our sides, the fries, again, were pretty good. I got the combo tater tots. The regular tots were fine--nothing special--but the sweet potato tots dipped in the maple butter sauce... It's the first time in my life I've ever wanted to spit something out a restaurant. It's a combination of flavors that just don't work and the tots themselves have an odd texture. There's nothing at Kickstand you can't get elsewhere--and better--at all the other burger bars in Charlotte. There's nothing about this place that has me coming back for seconds.

Q: positive

A:
Definitely a good deal for a hotel on the strip. I did not eat at the restaurants there but the salon was excellent! Overall the hotel was clean and the staff were very friendly. I would stay here if you are looking for a room without all the bells and whistles (and price tag) and want to stay on the strip.