input: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:
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output: I never knew this place was in the Venetian until this past trip when we got to stay here. Now Thomas Keller is famous, I know about his restaurants in the Napa, and I have to stop at one of bakeries whenever I'm in the area (NY & Vegas). But who knew you could dine at a Thomas Keller restaurant for a decent price. Entrees ranged from $9 to $35. We came for brunch on a Sunday afternoon. The wait was about half an hour. It's not a big place and we ended up splitting out group of 25 into three mini groups. So we had a suspicion that we would be charged for water since that's what most fancy places do and we also forget to ask for TAP water. We thought we were ok when it came out in clear unmarked bottles. But in the end the bill charged per bottle for the flat water and the waiters are good about keeping your glasses filled so you can go through bottles pretty quickly. Just an FYI to limit your water intake or hopefully you can ask for tap water. As for the food, in addition to the regular menu, they have specials which looked really good. There were red velvet pancakes, rock shrimp eggs benedict and raspberry beignets among other things. Based on yelp, I had the croque madame, which is basically a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with a sunny side egg on top. There was also some white sauce on top as well a huge side of fries. It wasn't my favorite because some parts of the bread were burned and it was too thick for the amount of ham and cheese your given. I left some pieces of bread on my plate. The fries were skinny and a little too salty for me. No matter how many I ate or shared with other people, it didn't look like we even made a dent in it. Such a waste. It's better to share this meal, I think. On the other hand, I think I filled up on the bread and appetizers prior to my meal. We split the foie gras en terrine. Since it's banned in Cali, we had to get it here. I've never had foie gras so this was a treat. I know it's bad for the animal but I found it delicious. It tasted like a rich and super flavorful kind of pate. You eat it with these little strips of toasted bread and it was scrumptious. Other things I tried: Complementary bread that they just put on the table. It's shaped like leaves and you can rip it apart. Served with some super delish butter and berry jam. The rillettes aux deux saumons is a fresh and smoked salmon spread that I quite liked on mini toasted pieces of bread. Red velvet pancakes - not as sweet as say red velvet cupcakes but a little dry. The syrup helps and don't forget the vanilla bean butter. I think next time I will try the chicken and waffles though I'd rather have his original fried chicken (this place is grilled). Or something sweet like his sourdough waffles or French toast.
input: Write a negative yelp review (OPTIONS:
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output: Came here for UFC fight. Despite calling the day before and being told there was no cover - there was a $5 cover. We paid and went inside. Every seat that wasn't empty was "reserved". It would've been nice to know we could reserve seats when I called the day before...?! Or that all available seats had already been reserved... But then they wouldn't have gotten that whole cover charge I guess :| They promptly kicked us out of the seats at the bar we settled for since those too were "reserved" for gaming. We asked how this works, where do we go, how do we watch the fight and were told "it's on all around the bar"... So we paid cover charges to sit down and then be left with no where to sit, while half the seats in the bar were empty but "reserved" when we left...What a sh*t show. Besides UFC I'd never recommend this place it was gross small and obviously unorganized. The $60+ we would've spent here we just bought the fight at home.
input: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:
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output:
It's right next to the Baskin and Robbins on Tropicana and Eastern. It's a new place that just recently opened up. Wouldn't have found out if a friend didn't tell me. So far I would have to say I like it a bit better than Monta, but not by much. I grew up in Japan and ramen there has never made me nauseous or throw up until I've came here and tried Monta's. The service is typical, with a greeting at the door and a waitress came and seated myself and a friend. There weren't that many people there, actually only one party of two on the other side of the restaurant, when we went in. Thought they seemed to be a bit confused with which table ordered what at first, but that was sorted out quickly. It was a cute place, with the kitchen being maybe a third of the restaurant which is a open bar style, with a bar seating area right in front of it. There were tables and a bench seating area to the right upon entering. The bench seats also double up as storage, my friend pointed out that they look like they moved and so I got curious and got up and wanted to see if they could. =] So we got the Tonkotsu ramen (pork based broth), my friend got the salt and I got the soy, both priced at about $7.50 which wasn't too bad. The salt included garlic oil, one piece of chashu, green onion, egg, bean sprouts, and ginger. The soy included, nori, one piece of chasu, egg, bean sprouts, and green onions. I personally felt mine was saltier than the salt one, but my friend had a different opinion. (We'll have to try it again some time and determine which is saltier) The soup base wasn't too bad I've still had better, it wasn't very strong, the noodles they used were the really thin ones, but were cooked pretty well, as they weren't too soft or too hard. I don't usually eat pork but I took a bite out of the chashu and gave it to my friend as I knew it would have made me sick. There were other items such as miso and spicy, along with their Fukumimi ramen, which seemed to include extra meat and corn. You can add other items to your ramen, such as corn, extra meat, egg, etc at a small extra cost. They have the extra noodle option but it's not on the menu. It's a good place close to UNLV, so you don't have to travel deep into china town for ramen, or for those of us living on the east side it's a bit closer. =]