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Q: We had a Travelzoo voucher for a 3 course dinner for two people that was about to expire, so I made reservations. I was looking forward to Andre's for some time because of his tremendous reputation in Las Vegas.

We were seated in the small room where the elevator comes from the first floor. At first I thought we had been placed in steerage, and perhaps we were, because everyone in our room had the Travelzoo voucher. Our server told us there are a lot used at the very beginning and a lot at the end of an offer. She also told us to keep an eye out because they were soon going to have another one because the summer months are the slowest for fine dining restaurants.

We were given the Travelzoo menu and made our choices. Shortly, a waiter brought us an amuse-bouche of a thin slice of jicama topped by a thin slice of sea bass and some small rounds of red pepper. It was tasty and the pepper slices gave it a small amount of zing. Shortly after the amuse, a waiter brought some warm baguette slices.

For our appetizers, my wife ordered the Caesar salad and I got the lobster bisque. Her salad was very good and quite large. My lobster bisque was OK. If you look at my photos, that's not lobster in my bisque. There were very few pieces of lobster. The menu describes the dish as lobster and corn stuffed sweet pepper. The dish was OK.

My main course was the duck breast and duck sausage and my wife got the chicken breast. The duck was cooked very well but the hit of this dish was the duck sausage. Excellent! My wife's chicken was nothing special.

For dessert, we each got the chocolate souffle and that was also very good. Service was good. Note, when using a Travelzoo voucher, they add 18% gratuity (large party rate) to your check.

I guess my lasting impression of Andre's was how little impressed I was by it. It's an oddly shaped place. Both dining rooms upstairs are small, and it's somewhat disconcerting to sit in a room where an elevator brings people in and past your table less than a few feet away. I do think the inner room was saved for regular customers a.k.a. non-Travelzoo people. I will give a big hand to our server who directed a jerk who came out of the cognac and cigar room while puffing away on his cigar.

I'm glad I ate at Andre's once, but this is not a place to which I'll return. There are way too many good choices in this town.

A: 3 stars
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Q: Ate here months ago. Was excited to finally find a Phoenix sushi venue, and one that also offered brown rice as a sub for sushi dishes (don't quote me on this however, since it has been many months and I may be recalling another venue).

One item did impress me, and that was the complimentary appetizer that was comprised of tempura'd chips with perhaps a squid salad topping (?) I should have just ordered another serving of this! Instead, I tried an Ao Yasai (mixed gourmet greens with ginger) and a sushi roll w/ brown rice, the latter I thought was price-y considering the very small portion given. I was so unimpressed by its unexciting flavors that I don't even recall what kind of roll I tried! Pretty sad, I know.

I told myself I wouldn't go back, but I would like to give Hana another try, perhaps for lunch and/or dinner with a group of friends and have apps and wine/sake!

A: 2 stars
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Q: I really love going to Culinary Dropout for a drink. The place is so cute and it is in a great location. The patio is really nice to sit at for a drink and so is the bar.

However, my love of Culinary Dropout ends with the ambiance and the drinks. The food is just so-so. I've tried everything here from apps to salads and nothing has been very good. All of the food is heavy and overly seasoned.

If you just wanna grab a quick drink before heading out this is a great place, but I'd pick somewhere else for your dinner plans.

A:
3 stars
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