Came here with the bf recently because he's a fan of L&L. I personally feel that all Hawaiian barbecue places are pretty much the same, but I like this L&L because the service was really great. The owner was super friendly and helpful, and you can tell he really enjoys cooking and serving his guests. Our katsu was a little over cooked, too crispy for my liking, but perfect for my bf's. Their homemade curry sauce is a must-try. It's also in a great location, right next to a theater so you can grab a bite before or after a movie. Will try again!
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This is a two star review, so you know how's it gonna go. But, let me start with some positives. This was a free Hilton HHonors stay while I was in town with some people for Spring Training. The location is a bit far from Scottsdale Stadium - only 6 miles, but 6 long and traffic lit miles on Scottsdale Drive. The drive out to the new Salt River Fields is much, much easier. Theres a good amount of parking, we never had any problem finding someplace close to the main entrance, especially given how busy it was. The staff was extraordinarily friendly and easy to work with. One slight disappointment... this is the only Hampton I've been to that didn't offer complimentary cookies every evening, but I promise I didn't dock a star off for that. The rooms are a decent size, with a work desk, decent sized TV, and an nice bathroom, although it was all showing obvious signs of wear, but clean. A mini-fridge and microwave are available, and while I didn't try out the in-room Wi-Fi, for AT&T customers, the 3G signal was completely fine. 5 bars, if on the slow side. (likely from the number of guests) There's also either a Starbucks or McDonalds nearby, because a good quality attwifi network was nearby. The breakfast area is a bit small, so it doesn't take much to get crowded, and the food is pretty much the standard Hampton Inn breakfast - cold pastries, fruit, milk, juice, coffee, cold hard boiled eggs, a pancake station, and maybe some scrambled egg crumbs and fried breakfast potatoes. It was adequate. So if everything is pretty adequate, what drove down the rating? The plumbing. Thank God we were only at this place for two nights, but good grief... every time someone in our room or a room nearby turned on the faucet, turned on the shower, flushed a toilet, there was what sounded like someone banged hard on a drum followed by a very loud rush of water. We all woke up multiple times during the night from the ruckus. (We also woke up once when a guy next door, probably drunk, decided he was a pirate. But fortunately, the staff took care of that quickly. That's not their fault) Maybe it was just the room we were in, but that's completely unacceptable. Not even worth a free stay next time.
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Terrible wait staff couldn't even seat us. Before we, and another party walked out without even being greeted properly, I observed several employees traipse out the front door, several tables who were waiting for their food for a long time, several employees just standing around out of direct view of the tables, a morbidly obese hostess that could barely physically walk from one end of the store to the other. I think one server was high. Going there was a special request by a 7 year old getting over a long-ish illness, so that makes the shabby treatment more enraging.
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great food, fast clean and friendly staff, they have a variety of good and healthy food worth the money!!!!!
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