Problem: I always see this place packed and decided to try their pizza. My friend and I ordered a cheese and a white pizza with a side of garlic bread. The garlic bread was amazing. The pizza lacked flavor. The crust was thin but the pizza tasted like it was reheated. The sauce could have used more zest and the cheese wasn't that great either. The white pizza wasn't good whatsoever. Overall, not the best pizza I had but I might go there again to try their sandwiches. On a positive note, service was great.
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Problem: Thank you Yelp... I only wish i had six Stars... Ok officially for anyone reading this pretend there are Six Freaking Stars... This place is THAT good! I thank Yelp because the only way I found this place was searching for 'third wave coffee' (those who know what I mean by this will just know... everyone else will just have to experience and forever after never drink Starbucks again) while I was traveling in Tempe. I don't 'like' coffee, I LOVE it (insert Antono Ego voice from Ratatouillie movie here)... I literally have a coffee shrine in my house where I run a vintage Rancilio Z11 and pride myself on my espresso skills. Simply put, I will never pull a shot like i had here. Off the chart awesome! So that's the first 5 Stars...the Sixth star?? I just can't believe they have GOOD pastry too! I understand they produce in-house and if that's true then it's completely astounding. Easily the best croissant I've had outside of Paris. Run, don't walk to the Coffee Lab; it is worth the flight to Tempe.
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Problem: Best buffet I've ever eaten at, hands down. We got in line around 3pm, and with a 45ish minute wait, we got in for lunch price ($20/person) but got dinner food. Smart move! Our server wasn't the greatest, but the other workers we encountered were very nice, like the round man carving the meat who convinced me to try both the Kobe and flank steaks, promising me that I "wouldn't get big". That flank steak was amazing, by the way. The kobe was a little on the raw side, but we still happily ate it. I was in heaven. SO much good food. Smoked scallops, crab legs, calamari salad, smoked salmon, shrimp pesto pizza, ohhh I could go on for days. The sushi rolls were the only bad thing. They tasted like they were either a few days old or shipped in from the nearby Winco. Yuck. Nigiri was good though! The desserts were delicious, too. The creme brulee was definitely the best! As usual, the Husband and I sampled just about every dessert offered. Husband also mentioned that he thought I ate more than he did. This is probably true. I didn't have a food baby, I had food triplets. I was in some serious pain afterward, but it was so worth it. Spend your money here, you can't go wrong, and if you're like me, you'll eat enough to cover the price about 5 times over.
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Problem: We were disappointed. Went there for anniversary dinner... There was no Bam, no kicking it up a notch, just kind of taste-free. Although we had three people assigned to the table the service was slow. After dropping the menus it took a while to take our drink order, and then a while longer to get them. but then we got the food before we finished the cocktail. OK. The main complaint is that the food just wasn't that good. Foie gras to start was OK, the wife had the filet and I had buffalo ribeye. I knew buffalo is iffy, whether you get meat or gristle, but the waiter assured me it was not gamey. Well, this one didn't change my mind--the center was good but I had to do a lot of chewing to get to it. The filet was chewy and really had no taste to it. Creamed spinach had a definite cream taste, but where was the BAM? Same thing with twice baked potatoes--too liquid. To finish we had the espresso creme brulee, which was good, but too cold; with chocolate madelines that were not warm, and again, tasteless. Just not worth the price we paid at all. I mean I've had better steak at Outback. Sorry Emeril.
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