Q: positive

A: Lots of varieties!

Q: negative

A: I've been to this place a couple of times, mainly for team lunches, so I thought I'd review it this time. When you walk in, you get that classy Asian vibe. It's fairly upscale looking. But the first thing I noticed was how few Chinese people there are. I think I was the only one. We had the chicken lettuce wrap for the appetizer. The chicken was not as tender as some other lettuce wraps I've had, and the soysauce may have overpowered the taste of the chicken. But it was edible. I tried one of the lunch bowls: pepper steak. It said it should by spicy, but I couldn't feel the spice. The beef was cooked well, but they ODed on the sauce making it too salty. I thought the dessert shooters were really cute. It's a good portion for those who want to have some desserts but not overstuff ourselves after a heavy main course. The tiramisu shooter isn't as good. But then it's not expected to have a tiramisu flavor in a Chinese oriented place. It tastes more like a tiramisu cake instead of the traditional soft and creamy tiramisu I'm used to at an Italian restaurant. What I do like about the restaurant is the different tea flavors you can choose from. And they bring it out for you in a traditional Chinese/Japanese like teapot to set the Asian mood. It's a good alternative for a tea house. Pf Chang's is good to have food for the people who like the Chinese-American fusion. It may be a good place to start if you're scared of "real" Chinese food. It's not a good place for authentic Chinese food. And the price is more than I would pay for average tasting lunch.

Q: positive

A: I thought this place was great. I was there for a work event, and we had the whole park to ourselves with open bar.... can you really beat that? (plus, it is where my boyfriend and I had our first date... only in the batting cages and diving range section though...) Highlights of my trip were... and bear in mind some of this stuff is part of our party, and not part of the park. 1) Face Painting/Animal Balloon Making! 2) Scott and all of his ridiculousness. 3) Skee Ball - I kicked Thoms ASS! 4) Go-Karting. 5) The DJ. The only thing I didn't like was not being able to drink wine on the kiddie rides.. Boo hoo. I'll get over it.

Q: negative

A:
It is really hard for me to review Wholey's in one post because I am not sure what the store is trying to be. Is it a modern fish market? Is it a grocery store? I would just like Wholey's to choose an identity and strive to be great at it. I was always taught that a good fish market shouldn't smell fishy. Too many times Wholey's smells like the inside of my tackle box. The fish selection at Wholey's is greater than your normal supermarket but not what I would expect from a top notch fish market. I am not a big fan of all of their processed frozen fish product. Also the the quality to price ratio seems to be a little off. With that said there are deals to be had if you pay attention. My other issue is with Wholey's as a full service fish monger. Every time I have had a question about a type of fish the staff had seemed pretty ignorant. I would put them at the level of a giant eagle employee but lower than the monger at Whole Foods. I also take issue with Wholey's charging for scaling or even taking the fins and tail off of a fish. This has been complimentary at any real fish monger that I have ever been to. This weekend I purchased 2 pounds of the ocean perch filets that were on sale thinking that they would be a quick ingredient for a dinner party that I was hosting. Today, when I went to pull them out, I found to my dismay, that they were poorly butchered. Every filet had large portions that had not been scaled completely and the filets had bones (not pin bones) hanging off the bottom. This added over an hour to my prep time and left me quite unsatisfied. If I had wanted to take the time to break a fish down I would have purchased whole fish from the start. Needless to say I expected more from one of Pittsburgh's premier fish mongers. I also emailed Wholey's and have still not received a response. Will I go back? Probably. But only because they are the only place that I can pork belly that is not frozen Just be aware that there are better fish mongers in Pittsburgh and even in the Strip.