Problem: They serve (Italian) ice, custard and happiness. Forget Xanax and all those anti-depressants/anti-anxiety meds. The place is bright and a bit colorful. They have Disney animated films OST playing in the background. I got all happy when they played The Little Mermaid's "Kiss the Girl"...my favorite song/scene from my favorite Disney movie! See, it worked! It made me happy but didn't solve my ADD. So about their ice and custard...we got a pina colada ice with vanilla custard, and a tropical fusion with strawberry custard. Their custard fits the definition of a true custard. Pina colada ice was good but I loved the tropical fusion ice. It's pretty much like POG (pineapple, orange and guava)/four seasons...brings back childhood memories! There I go with the happiness thing again! I had my taste buds set on banana ice and chocolate custard though but when we got there, they didn't have it. They only have about 6 ice flavors. Plan B tasted good too. Rita's has been around for years in Philly (I think) so this is not trendy or elitist, just so you know. ;)
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Problem: why is it that you love a cafe when the coffee they serve doesn't really do it for you? i think there is so much good going on here that the coffee being too bitter for my personal taste buds, doesn't really matter to me. coffee is such a subjective thing and i do know tons of people who love it here. here is what I love at kopi: the staff the vibe the cucumber, roasted red pepper, goat cheese sandwich the green salad the grilled cheese with tomatoes the princess cookies the earl grey tea the cucumber water the doorway to circles
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Problem: This review is so troubling for me because of my deep love for Pho Saigon 8 on Eastern Ave. I am a regular there and have never experienced anything less then great, efficient service and consistantly high-quality food. I don't know how they were ever able to open a second location based on the first. Yikes. My friend and I walked up to the front door only to have 3 employess with aprons and name tags on smoking in front of the front door. Literally blocking the entrance. One opened the door while talking over us with his cig in his mouth. It was a disgusting way to enter a restaurant (ithrough a plume of smoke) especially when you're starving. Upon walking in, nobody said anything until we asked if we just seated ourselves. The employee, looking bothered by the interuption, asked how many and looked behind him and pointed to any table. Never even stepping away from his task. So, she and I chose the closest table. We then had to ask for a menu which appeared to annoy them as well. She and I were kind of in disbelief as we wondered if we should even stay? Afterall, we have both frequented the second location and enjoy it so. A woman came to the table and stood there, never asking anything. My friend ordered her Thai tea and I ordered the same with boba. The woman left. When the tea arrived I can tell you fairly (not because of the awful experience) that the tea was watered down and the boba was mealy. So gross. I didn't finish it. When the waitress came back, she stood there for a minute and said "do you know what you want?". Again, another sign that we should have departed. We did have a good laugh that the menu prices were crossed out with marker and re-written in with higher prices. The food came quickly and of the quality I am used to which was a nice relief from the otherwise disappointing experience. Nobody ever came back, we had to get what we needed ourselves from other tables. I saw another server holding his pack of cigs on the floor in front of tables. He eventually went outside as well. When finished, we went to the register only to see both people behind the register eating Balut with their hands only stopping momentarily to take people's money while still chewing. No handwashing, people. BLECK. By this point we were especially grossed out at the sanitary standards (smoking servers went right back to work, no handwashing) and wanted to get the heck out. I am almost so bummed out by this experience that I don't even want to go back to the Eastern location! What. A. Shame.
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Problem: I flew from Reno to Las Vegas via US Airways and had layovers in Phoenix for nearly two and a half hours both times. I remained in the same terminal I landed in, and I got a lot of walking in to see what was around me. I didn't take the tram or anything. There are a lot of dining options like people say on Yelp. Also, I got to meet some people on my flight from Phoenix back to Reno, so the slogan about a friendly airport is true. The only inconvenience that I see is that if you are going from US Airways to Southwest in the same terminal, there is only one pedestrian bridge going from US Airways gates A and B to Southwest's gates. The good news is that I saw electric carts with passenger benches that were giving people rides, so I would take advantage of that if your layover is very short.
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