Q: negative

A: Pretty disappointed with this place. Sushi buffets have a special place in my heart, and I was super-excited to try this one--but the roll selection was weak (no rainbow roll, spicy tuna, or philly rolls?) and they actually used cold canned tuna in some of them--nasty. Best part was the chunks of salmon sashimi, and the non-sushi portion of the buffet. Decent cooked sea bass and fried oysters found there! Miso soup machine seems to need to be refilled often, but the udon was good. However, I came for the sushi and left disappointed. Todai has better sushi options...

Q: negative

A: The worst service. The people who work here are unhappy and unwilling to work with the customer. I had an 11AM appointment twice now, both times I showed up and was told they are backed up and it will take 2 hours for an oil change. What's the point of an appointment??

Q: positive

A: Amazingly delicious. The donuts are perfectly soft on the inside with a nice crusty outside. With 19 glazes and 14 toppings the flavor options are almost endless. Definitely a good choice for dessert, special treat or just to hang out and watch donuts made fresh. I'll definitely be coming back.

Q: negative

A:
I usually stay at The Bellagio or with family when I'm in Vegas, so maybe it isn't fair for me to review a non-resort type of place. The Hard Rock Hotel is small and boring. The casino is so little it's impossible to lose someone if you tried. There's no poker room, and only a handful of restaurants, one bar. Maybe some people like that, but considering that the pool is closed during the winter months, what else is there to do? It's also far enough off the strip that you can't simply walk outside to get to somewhere better. These things aren't really what guarantees that I'd never voluntarily stay here again. The morning after we arrive, I get woken up by a jackhammer cracking cement directly under our window. We were on the 9th floor, and it was still insanely loud. My boyfriend had to call and get a different room because it was going on all day. When I spoke to them, they didn't seem to register how annoying it would be to be on vacation and unable to sleep in. After a few hours they get us a new room, no offer to help us move our things, and they put us in another room on the opposite side of the building, also with construction under the window. Same story the very next morning. We also noticed that several of the guest rooms were having work done on them. I know that HRH isn't anywhere close to the same scale as Bellagio, but when they are doing construction on a certain floor, they don't put you within 2 floors, either direction, of the offensive sound. I guess that would be kind of hard since they were re-doing the exterior. In my opinion, though, you should advise people that construction is going on. I guess that would require them to compensate people in some way, but isn't that better than having pissed off guests that will never return? Better yet, we got home and the boyfriend sees a $55 charge on his AmEx from the minibar. Neither of us had anything from the mini bar in either rooms. Lovely.