Sentiment analysis: We attended the mixology class here yesterday and this review is for the class. Apparently it was supposed to be in the Jade bar and we were supposed to have the hands-on experience of making our own drinks. Their website even states that class size is limited to 10. Unfortunately, this is not what happened. There were at least 20 people there and they moved us into a room adjacent to the restaurant. We watched our host make drinks and waitresses brought us those same drinks that were pre-made in the kitchen. For me, part of the enjoyment of these kinds of events is learning something new. I am much more likely to make things myself at home if I've done it in a class. All we got to do was watch the guy make drinks and it honestly wasn't much different than the nights I've spent at The Merc Bar watching the bartenders make magic (and I have to say, their bartenders are TALENTED... this guy.. not so much). Our bartender seemed like a very nice guy but honestly, he wasn't a very good speaker and he didn't even really seem that knowledgeable about booze. The value of the class is pretty good - for $30, you get 4 drinks. It would have been a superb deal had we been able to actually make the drinks. And the drinks were delightful. Our tables had brochures with drink recipes that were in the same style of things being made in class but were not what we were served. I found this confusing. In other classes we've done, we received handouts with the recipes that were covered. The resort itself is beautiful and I thoroughly enjoyed the time we spent there. I just don't feel like we got what we paid for. :(
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negative

Sentiment analysis: First time having Hawaiian shaved-ice and I'm in love! They have so many flavors to choose from it's kind of overwhelming. My friend suggested the coconut cream pie with ice cream at the bottom. We used the yelp check-in special and ordered a Regular but only paid for the Baby size :) They were pretty fast with the order. It came garnished with a cute little umbrella and color-changing spoons. The coconut cream was just wow, SO GOOD. And normally I don't like coconut but I'm slowly converting. There are also some board games such as connect four, battleship, chutes and latters, UNO etc. We ended up staying for quite a while because of our epic game of UNO and even ordered another coconut cream pie! This is a great hangout spot. Nice staff and tons of combinations of shaved ice to choose from. I also heard that you can buy a bag of snow from them and have snowball fights :o
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positive

Sentiment analysis: Dined here twice during our stay at Aliante. Both experiences were great. We had great service. And the food was very good. We tried the crab cakes (not easy to find good crab cakes) & they were fantastic, full of crab not bread filler. The cioppino was also very good & plenty for 2 people to share. Love the bread basket of sourdough & pretzel bread with whipped butter. And $8-10 for good, strong drinks.
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positive