input: Write a positive yelp review.
output: I like Sushisamba a lot. It was a fun restaurant with a cool, modern vibe to it. It is definitely one of the more trendy sushi restaurants that I have been to. In no way am I putting Sushisamba up there with my favorite Japanese restaurant, Sushi Ran in San Francisco. But it was definitely worth trying out. I didn't try the omakase, but I wanted to. I was with my wife, who doesn't like anything but meat and vegetable tempura, so I didn't want to be limited. So we just ordered off the menu, which was fine. The rolls here are definitely different then I'm used to. What with all of the foie gras and wagyu beef. The Neo Tokyo Roll was tasty. I liked the tuna and tempura flakes together. I also had the hamachi nigiri and the uni nigiri, both of which were very good. I love uni, and this was good. We had the seasonal vegetable tempura, which was good. To be honest, I've had better tempura but by no means am I saying that this wasn't a good dish. I like vegetable tempura, so I would order this again. We also had the the three meat Rio Grande Churrasco. We chose the pork tenderloin, the hanger steak and the ribeye. The hanger steak was by far the best of the three, with the ribeye coming in second. It was so tasty. The pork tenderloin was a bit disappointing. It was dry and uneventful. Next time, I'm getting three orders of the hanger steak. And the sauces were a nice complement to the dish. Sushisamba is fun. The food is good. And the staff is very helpful and knowledgeable. I had fun here, and I think that adds a lot to your experience at any restaurant. I can say that I am a fan.
input: Write a positive yelp review.
output: This was my second visit to Holder, but my first review. The temp outside was a wonderful 18 degrees as we strolled from our hotel to the restaurant only a block up the street (thank goodness). The dining room was warm and inviting as we hung our parkas in the coat room. There is a good variety of banket, center table and bar seating. There are wonderful copper accents in the room and the lighting is an interesting pattern of iridescent glass and metal. My choices from the menu were simple and rustic which fit my desire for comfort food due to the cold weather. I started with a Grey Goose dirty martini, and my normal 3 olives...the olives were not the usual gigantor ones served locally here in NOVA, these were quite petite and as I bit into my first one off the skewer I realized it was not pitted! I don't mind, but it helps to know ahead...and let's face it spitting those out in your hand isn't too graceful in public. But the bartender did my drink justice...dry and oh so dirty, and the glass was full...yummm. My starter was a vegetable soup with a great beefy tomato broth as the base, nice touch of sage in the background, salted and peppered to perfection. The veggies were rough chopped including scallions, zucchini, chunks of tomato, petite lima beans and julienne mushrooms. The steaming bowl was topped with fresh shaved parmesean. Main course consisted of beef cheeks (no, not the ones you sit on silly) bourguignon style. This is classic French cooking...this method slowly simmers the beef in wine which tenderizes cuts of meat that would have been too tough to cook any other way. The flavor of carrots, garlic and onions came shining through in the wonderful sauce that draped over the mashed potatoes like a velvet sheath. Simply paired with the beef and mashers were haricovert....green beans folks! I tried to figure out if the chef had actually used a burgundy, as the rich sauce could have been done with a good cabernet instead. All in all the meal was everything I wanted that evening and since I'm headed to Montreal on a regular basis I will probably go again. The nice thing here is that the staff instantly recognizes us Americans and quickly opts out your French menu for one in English....Merci!
input: Write a positive yelp review.
output:
My wife had a little sample of several things- all were tasty. I especially recommend the honey and walnut gelato and the carrot cake cupcake. Yum. The Nutella macaroon didn't really resonate. Maybe skip it, which is surprising because it's Nutella and macaroon.