Q: negative

A: Ho-hum... This place may be clean, it was certainly very quiet. The menu is wide (literally) and they do have a long espresso which was a fair start. But it came out of one of those one-touch fully auto espresso machines and tasted like it; Watery, no body, no flavour, and of course not , when you use a starter machine. Not too far above Tim Horton's I'd say. And it was $2.50 for a single shot of this stuff! Argh. They may make great sandwiches or something but for my long espresso litmus test, it was a sad cup. Should have stuck to a decaf in my hotel room and saved some coffee cash for Axis Cafe, in Edmonton tomorrow...

Q: positive

A: Started with the hot pot seafood soup. Not good. The seafood itself wasn't bad but Tiff thought the broth tasted like dirty dish water with a hint of lemon dawn. We enjoyed the drunken noodles with shrimp and the pad thai was awesome. Saki was weird, too sweet. Service could've been better and the heat was set at about 90. All in all It's a great place, just skip the soup!

Q: negative

A: The Westin Casuarina is OK at best. The rooms were pretty clean and the beds are the "Heavenly Beds" which truly are amazing, but the place overall (the lobby, hallways, etc..) are pretty drab and kind of gross. The staff are also not the most competent - they kept throwing my half-used bottles of body wash and bars of soap away and forgetting to replace them--and were dragging around bags of trash (including bottles) really late one night right past my door. The pool is quite funny once you see it in person (as opposed to the website) and it is quite abhorrent that they charge $17/day for internet and another $17/day for a "resort bundle" of amenities like their crappy gym and use of your in-room coffee machine. Overall--it's not really how the website portrays it and you could definitely do better for the price--perhaps the Palms (though that's a bit MTV for my liking).

Q: negative

A:
We stopped by the Circus Circus buffet for lunch after taking a break from Adventuredome and I have to say that this might be the worst buffet I've been to. It's a toss up between here and the buffet at South Point. Circus Circus might win out for the worst buffet because their employees weren't very friendly and did a terrible job of cleaning plates off tables. First of all, let me address the food. I've been spoiled by going to the buffets at Bellagio, Wynn, and M Resort where the selections are endless and quality is top notch. But, here... dios mio... it's abysmal. They have four different stations: breakfast, lunch, salad, dessert. Breakfast - waffles: soggy - pancakes: dry and hard - bacon: burnt - cheese blintzes: ok - sausage: you can get better quality in the frozen food section of any grocery store Lunch - mashed potatoes: good - taquitos: dry, hard to swallow - fried shrimp: decent - pizza: reminded me of cafeteria food at my high school - chicken fingers: limp, the breading was a little soggy - penne pasta: average - green beans and mixed veggies: average - They also had burgers and fried chicken which i didn't try Salad Bar - pasta salad: decent Desserts - cookies: the best this buffet has to offer. - brownie: dry and crumbly. - carrot cake: dry and crumbly. - raspberry cheesecake: mushy but decent There just wasn't much to choose from in this buffet and the stuff they did have was poor quality. We tried most of what they had, but nothing was above average. When your best items are mashed potatoes and cookies you know you're in trouble. The service was just plain bad. We had a pile of dishes sitting on the edge of our table that wasn't picked up until we were ready to leave. Thank god we got free passes to this place because I would be pissed if I actually had to spend money to eat here.