Q: negative

A: Typical casual dining fake asian food. Five spieces edamame- super excited about this because it was free with a foursquare check in and I'm a cheap asian, but it was cheap anyway especially during their everlasting happy hour Black orchid ahi- really mediocre, the soy sauce that came with was gross Evil jungle princess with chicken- completely overrated, basically a huge bowl of generic sauce and oil dump

Q: negative

A: I always love trying new bagel places... Especially if their ratings are higher than that of Chompies (which I LOVE)... Honestly? Don't see what the hype was about... I tried a bite of my boyfriend's Reuben Omelet, which was pretty good. My scrambled eggs seemed to taste weird for some reason... I couldn't put my finger on it, but they just didn't taste good. They didn't have the bagel I wanted so I tried their cranberry bagel and it was just very chewy and bland (I didn't even taste any cranberry at all... It was just like I was eating a day-old, pink bagel). The cream cheese didn't taste very fresh either. I MIGHT try this place again for lunch (which they have an awfully large lunch/supper portion of the menu for being a bagel/bialy-centered eatery... I'd rather stick with Chompies or Good Egg for breakfast.

Q: positive

A: Listen to all you HAWAIIANS or locals out here in Vegas....this is the best place to get your grinds. I went last night and found out that it's either Hawaiian Hale if you want homemade lau lau but if you want poke, roast pork, fried rice, port saus and eggs, go to this place. There Saimin is the best so far I have had here in Vegas. True story. Check it out. Not that L & L garbage. No mahus either.

Q: negative

A:
After a movie at the Cinemark, our choices were limited for vegetarian options at the Mesa Riverview, so we decided to try Red Brick Pizza. It's definitely fast food, but they do bake the pizzas on terra cotta stone, at over 1000 degrees they say. It was hardly Cibo or Pizza a Metro, but better than other fast food pizzas like Pizza Hut or Papa Johns. It's a gas powered oven, not wood, so don't go expecting smoky goodness. I had the 7" Pizza Bianco with sausage, ricotta, mushrooms and pine nuts, and Hubby had the 4-cheese. He said mine was better than his. It was a tad greasy, but had decent flavor. We also had some cheesy bread sticks, which were hot and soft- pretty decent. With two self-serve drinks, dinner was about $18. They also serve some sort of Italian sandwich/salad combo and gelato, neither of which we tried. The place was pretty busy when we arrived, and they have a variety of seating choices, with about half having a small flat-screen TV mounted right at your table. Red Brick is an acceptable option at the Riverview if you're hungry and not expecting much.