Q: I go here because it is close to my house, but it is usually a disappointing experience. First, the pricing practices by Kroger (and most other large grocery chains) are misleading at best. Surreptitiously down-sizing quantities, e.g. coffee, without lowering the price is one practice. The other is calling it a sale when they mark up an item then promote it as "buy one, get one free". Most consumers know it is bull@$#t, but their marketing geniuses really think they are pulling one off. This week Fry's advertised pork ribs, "buy one get two free". But their price for these ribs is $7.99/lb!! Gristly old pork ribs that normally sell for $1.99 - $2.99 per pound marked up to the price of a quality sirloin steak. I know the definition of a lie is pretty vague in business, but this type of pricing practice is about as close as it gets. They pretty much all do it so we have little choice in taking our business elsewhere, though this time I went to Sprouts and bought them for the honest price of $2.99 a pound. The second issue is service. In business you can always have one employee that is having a bad day or is just bad at customer relations, but most of their checkout employees here seem unhappy. Don't know why, but maybe their personnel policies have the same effect on employee morale as their pricing policies have on consumers. OPTIONS:
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A: negative

Q: When we first walked in we didn't know whether to wait to be seated or seat ourselves, being our first time there, so we just stood there. We waited long enough to consider leaving and going somewhere else. There were under 10 people in the restaurant and no one was up front to greet us. Finally one of the employee's told us, from the back of the restaurant, that we could just sit anywhere we wanted. We were given a high chair that had to be wiped off first before we could even use it. The server wasn't very friendly, my husband asked how she was doing and she said nothing then said, "what would you like to drink?" We both ordered the number 2--- two bacon, two sausage, two eggs and either home fries or two pancakes - we got the pancakes. We got our eggs scrambled with cheddar cheese added. The star of the breakfast was for sure the bacon (nice and crispy) and the pancakes. The eggs and sausage were good, but they were nothing to write home about, just the everyday eggs and sausage. For the little one, I got a scrambled egg and some buttered white toast. The toast was nice and thick, perfectly toasted. The cost for all three of us to eat with a $5.00 tip was around $32.00, not too bad and the food was good and the portions were big, especially the pancakes. The inside was a bit drab. Considering it was a diner, I expected a more upbeat 1950's vibe with bright colors and some music, it did not deliver and the bathrooms were kinda scary and had a bad odor to them. They have been at this location for about 6 months now and I would like to recommend a sign for when customers first come in that says "seat yourself" to avoid confusion on what to do, spruce things up a bit to look more like a diner and work on de-funking those bathrooms! Overall, it was just o.k. I don't know if it left enough of an impression for us to think of when we are looking for somewhere to eat. OPTIONS:
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A: negative

Q: OK, so I was always taught if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all ... but REALLY?! Dropped by this place after catching a Cirque show with a close friend, and we ended up here because it was open so late (kudos to whoever extended their hours so late, because Smith and Wollensky was shut) Waiter seemed pretty tipsy. :/ Though he was a nice guy. The other wait staff insisted on reaching all over our table and obsessively removing things that really could have been left where they were until the end of our meal - OCD perhaps? Food took a long time to appear and they forgot an item or two. Hey ... at least my martini was good ;) OPTIONS:
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Q: The food was very good. Very disappointed in the service though. We had to ask for table settings, they brought us chipped plates??, no napkins??, then we asked for napkins, they gave us cocktail napkins?? like really!!!! We went on a Sunday evening and it was very slow in there so we can't even say it's because they were busy! OPTIONS:
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negative