Q: negative

A: We went there for a buffet an hour before their closing time. The buffet was ok. What was really bad was the service. While we were still eating, the waiter brought out a vacuum cleaner and began cleaning the floor. It was very uncomfortable for us with all the noise the vacuum was making. The owner was right there and she did not seem to care. We went there for the second time after a few months. The service was again really bad. We had wait every time to get water filled into our glasses. The waiter also had some kind of eye infection. I wonder how they allowed her to work with that. When I mentioned to the owner about the bad service her response was - "What ever we do people don't seem to be satisfied" The food was OK.

Q: negative

A: Did great work the first time. The second time I brought a pair of new jeans in for hemming that had been worn for a few hours to make sure they fit well. The woman working the counter claimed that the small amount of dust on the original hem from this wear constituted soiling, a part that would be cut off prior to hemming. Being that these are raw denim, washing them to remove some extremely insignificant dust would ruin the point of having purchased raw denim. Ridiculous, I'll take my tailoring needs elsewhere from now on.

Q: negative

A: I saw mostly negative reviews about this place but since it was so close to where we had to be we gave it a try. Shouldn't of done it. Took forever waiting for someone to help me check-in. Then at time of checking in the lady was not very professional looking and was all over the place making mistakes over and over again. Eight months pregnant and she decides to give me an upper unit; no elevators. I had to ask her to switch it to a bottom unit which took up even more time. The room was not vacuumed, the furniture, TV and desk were full of dust and the bathtub was dirty. Forget about the free breakfast... It was so far away from where my room was I was just too tired to walk all the way over there. We only stayed two nights. The first night an alarm clock had gone off in a vacant room next door to us at 3:30AM and didn't turn off until 5:30AM!! My husband and I were so tired!!!!! There was nothing we could do and no one to help us at that time. My husband had been working 14 hour days so I know he was so super tired; I was pissed. The next day I called the front desk and spoke to Yvette. I told her the situation and asked her to please get someone to fix the situation. The alarm clock had been unplugged in my room which makes me think that all the alarm clocks in every room are unplugged. Obviously except the room next door to us. She said she would get someone down there to fix right away which I was grateful for. Our second night here......... my husband and I are both up at 3:30 AM AGAIN because of the same stupid alarm. Cannot freaken believe this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I go to check out that same day about 15 minutes before 11 AM... and Yvette is at the front desk. I confronted her about it, and it was plain to see how upset I was... but she seemed to care less. Her attitude sucked and she's lucky I didn't go off on her. One of us had to be the professional one. We will definitely never come here again.

Q: positive

A:
Contrary to popular belief, "The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center" was not a particular building, but a group of entertainment venues which included two theatres, the Belk and Booth in one building uptown. Included in this group is also Ovens Auditorium and the new Knight Theatre, plus others. This caused so much confusion, that the enterprise recently dropped the name "Center" from its name and is now known simply as "Blumenthal Performing Arts" to avoid confusion. It's a little hard to visualize Ovens and the Knight being in the same "center" so this was a wise decision. Anyway, they do a great job bring quality entertainment to the QC. They also often have good deals on prices, affinity groups, and more. I have seen some major shows here, and almost all have been good. This is coming from someone who has seen several shows in Toronto, which trails only NYC in theatre production in North America. They seem to offer a little something for everyone throughout the year.