Q: I'd give this place 4.5 stars if possible. I really like it but it is a little shy of being perfect. I live just a few blocks away and anxiously watched the renovations of the building in anticipation of the opening. The time spent on renovation was well worth it because the interior is beautiful and spot on for the atmosphere I believe the owners were striving for. Each time we've been there the service has been wonderful and each of the different craft cocktails I tried so far have lived up to the pre-opening hype. The small plates have ranged from pretty good to excellent. The only knock I have is the cost. I was dreaming of my own personal Cheers but this is more a place where you plan a nice outing than a place you pop into couple of times a week for a good drink and a light dinner. OPTIONS:
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A: positive

Q: I'm a yelp FAN-atic and I usually expect the best experience when I'm trying out a yelp reviewed established that has earned a good amount of great reviews. Ok, maybe in this case four reviews was really taking a chance on a new place but I was brave. I live in South Chandler, work in Phoenix, and tend to have most of my fun in CenPho. Honestly I love that downtown has neighborhoods with character, unique shops, and trendy hold up on their own restaurants to boot! Anywho, I went to Moira last night with some expectations, mainly a place for good sushi (to satisfy my sushi craving this week), enjoy a martini or two, and to have an amazing experience (well, amazing has only happened once, and that was FEZ). I went with three other friends, two of whom are sushi lovers and another that enjoys three things at sushi joints and that is, veggie tempura, a california roll or something like that, and an eel roll of sorts. Anywho, from the outside, Moira it looked cool, very urban chic on a quiet street. The hostess was really nice and the layout was how it was described in the other reviews, very modern with the whole urban feel. I don't know but the bar area reminded me like a pei wei setup, and the whole leaning buddha frames seemed out of place. With the ambience in place, I was looking forward to my sushi experience, so we waited at our table, and waited a few more, and waited... to the point of after 15 minutes of not getting any waters or seeing any sign of a server coming up to us, my antsy friends were asking me if I knew any other sushi place we could go to in the area. Oh maybe I should note the time we first sat down, it was 7:25PM. And the restaurant was somewhat busy, a large number of tables were filled, and it was really cold. Finally we were served water of which our server asked out drink orders and appetizers. We got ourselves an order of the calamari and the veggie tempura. then we waited... I have to admit we got our drink orders quite quick, I'd say 15 mins tops followed with our apps. The calamari in my opinion tasted interesting. My friend, S. described it as tasting like kung pao sauce with calamari it was sweet, yet had a little spice with red peppers, some mushrooms, onions. It's not a calamari that I would want to try again but it wasn't bad either. The veggie tempura was basic, some baby corn, yam, the usual in tempura batter, nothing special nothing unique. So let's talk about sushi. S. and I shared three rolls, they were the spicy yellowftail, the jade, and the zu. D. had the geisha and the eel cucumber. We were hungry and after eating our mediocre apps, we waited and waited, ok let's say service was slooooowwwwwww and when you have slow service and hungry sushi craving people, tempers flare and what was supposed to be a great dining experience suddenly becomes a bad one. When your server drops off hamachi yellowtail sashimi on the house because of the long wait, you know service is slow, and when you are told "I'm sorry for the wait but we only have two sushi chefs in the back and alot of orders" you know it's poor prep, and therefore slow service. The hamachi sashimi was good but who serves sashimi without wasabi and sushi without wasabi and ginger? Apparently Moira does. And honestly why would I the customer have to ask a server at a sushi place for wasabi and ginger, I would think that's a basic requirement. So we waited close to 25 odd minutes for my friend D's rolls which were the geisha and the eel cucumber... 10mins later came our first roll the Jade, 10mins later the Zu.... and then my friend A. who ordered Sashimi and Negari, her oder came in 15 mins after. As you can see our orders didn't even come close to each other, so instead of us enjoying our meal together, it was like watching one person eat while the others waited. We finally got our last roll, the spicy yellowtail 20 mins after A.'s order. And got our check at 9:10PM. I enjoy a leisurely dinner when I'm out with friends but something I choose to have and not because a restaurant's poor service is forcing me to have a loooong dinner. Alright sushi not phenonmenol sushi accompanied by a slow inattentive service made my night out at Moira not that great. Servers should attempt to check on their customers every so often, I feel that they seemed shorthanded given it was a Wed. evening but still that is no excuse for slow service. I don't believe I'll come back to Moira again. I just felt shortchanged that something with promise could have turned out for the best but in this instance it marred my sushi night out. it's a thumbs down for Moira. OPTIONS:
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A: negative

Q: Ruth Sells made a long uncomfortable process so much easier than it could have been. Last August against Ruth's suggestion, she said it would take forever, we put a bid on a short sale. The following months were an exercise in frustration as the seller's bank fired processor after processor. They were on their fifth one by the time it was approved so it took almost 9 months. She kept after the seller's agent for information and updated me almost weekly, even when there was nothing new to report, just so I would know what was going on. When we decided after 8 months that we wanted to look at other houses she sent us a list of houses in our specific wants needs price range. All through the process she has been fantastic and I can't recommend her enough. OPTIONS:
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A: positive

Q: Took my car there to get serviced there and they told me i was leaking oil. Decided i didn't want to get fixed right away and went to another dealership to get it check when i did my oil change and they said i was not leaking oil. They have no knowledge on these cars. They didn't even clean the area where it was leaking to see if it was the source. My car was not leaking oil. These technician need to go back to training or learn to do the job right. I was worried that my car was leaking oil and it really wasn't. OPTIONS:
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negative