TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given Yelp reviews. The task is to classify a review as "POSITIVE" if the overall sentiment of the review is positive or as "NEGATIVE" if the overall sentiment of the review is negative.
PROBLEM: The food was delicious. However, twice I've observed the male owners berating the waitresses. The last time, it got loud because a NEW waitress relayed a question from a patron. The owner was actually screaming & cursing at her! WTF! I signaled the waitress over and told her that regardless of finances, SHE should never accept such degradation. The fact that she was petite & soft-spoken, with a meekness to her enraged me; to make matters worse, she actually had tears in her eyes when she returned to the patrons, who were pretentiously puffing away on hookahs, clearly apathetic to what they just witnessed. I told her I'd help her find another job if need be, gave her my cell number & a $10 tip (she wasn't even my waitress, and my food totaled $8). I grabbed my food & bounced before I went Beatrix Kiddo in there.

She texted me 2 weeks later to say she quit one night on the spot and has since found other employment :)

Cultural values aside, basic human decency is non-negotiable. Discovered the restaurant has a revolving door of waitresses because of this. Will NEVER eat here again, unless under new & ethical management.

SOLUTION: NEGATIVE

PROBLEM: The boy and I finally check this place out last night.
It was everything I imagined it to be. Great view from the semi-outdoors bar area, lots of beers on tap, and nice patio area. It was a Monday night so they weren't very busy, which was nice, I wasn't in the mood for a crowed.

When checking out their menu online I saw they have my favorite beer on tap, SeaDog Wild Blueberry. It was delicious! Completely different on draft, but yummy all the same. They also had an Apple Cider on draft, my pick over a pear cider any day, that I could have in my Black Velvet (cider and Guinness). I was a happy camper.

Only downer was that they closed a bit earlier than we would have liked, but no worries we will just have to come back again soon to try some more beers.

The bartender was great, she let us try anything we wanted before committing to a full on pint. I tried to get the boy to be adventurous, but he stuck with the Stella, not bad at all, just a little boring. Oh well ;-)

I am looking forward to checking out Stand-Up Live soon as well, and the live bands they have at Copper Blue. I also hear they ahve a pretty awesome Ladies night on Thursdays, saweet! Menty menty more trips in my future, I can just see it. :-)

SOLUTION: POSITIVE

PROBLEM: With the lusty reputation of being a man's paradise where you get served your heart's desire of meat on a stick, cut with swords I couldn't help but try it once in my lifetime.

DECOR :

You can't help but notice huge fake palm trees outside of the place. I was baffled. I didn't know Brazil was known for its palm trees. Welp! You learn something new every day.

This is a huge restaurant with no booths and large tables everywhere. The ambiance is warm and inviting with an impressive modern bar.

Lastly, I assume I can consider the belly dancers decor as I have no where else to put them in this review. It was scandalous! You try to enjoy a meal then some saucy ladies show up in silks and shake their valuables in your face as you try to focus on eating your meat.

The nerve.

FOOD :

I took ""The Turnstile"" experience which consists of 10 kinds of meats grilled on charcoal the Brazilian way. The selection is ""at heart's content"". The meats are pork sausages, chicken legs, turkey breast with bacon, roast pork, top sirloin, strip sirloin, flat sirloin, contre-filet, rib of beef, rib steak, filet mignon, lamb, etc. served with salad, sweet potatoes, rice and sauteed mushrooms.

Obviously, when I ordered this my eyes were popping out of my head. Will this be an experience like none other?

Sadly, everyone likes their meat a bit different and if you like your meat being burnt on the outside and raw-ish on the inside, you'll find a lot of cuts ""meating your desire"". If this is the Brazilian way, I'm afraid of visiting another Brazilian restaurant.

Furthermore, what's up with the salt cooks? Hey cooks! A little salt. Don't marinate the meat in it!

""I can't even taste the meat at this point!"" I exclaimed angrily as I chew some overly salty burnt on the outside filet mignon while not being bothered by the gooey pinkness of the inside. I paid $30 for this meal and I will EAT IT.

None of the meats stood out being excellent. They ranged from bad to good with most leaning on the mediocre side of the scale.

The mushrooms and grilled pineapple were very good however.

SERVICE :

The service was very disappointing.

At no point or time did our table of 10 know who was our primary waiter. Some of us ordered drinks only to have another waiter ask if we wanted drinks 20 minutes after we ordered the first round and still haven't received our first wave of drinks.

The gentlemen who passed around with the meat and swords were always frowning and looked unhappy at what they did. Why? It's such an awesome responsibility. Why be sad?

At first it was off-putting, then after I made the joke about not messing around with unhappy service who carry swords. The joke lingered until the end of our stay.

When we sat down, they served our side orders right away and we waited for the meat to show up. 5 minutes go by, then 10... 15.... 20 minutes... while our side-orders went cold with no one telling us when to expect the ""Feast of Meat"".

Eventually it came, we asked for fresh side-orders which came right away and we moved on with our evening.

Furthermore, kindly note that they WILL try to stuff you with their cheapest meat while the good stuff ""somehow shows up late."" You can have pork sausages and pork roast anytime you want.

PRICE :

A 30$ buffet style place is pretty standard with most extras being what they are, overpriced. Nothing more you'd find it anywhere else.

MY HEART :

Broken. My meat desires were crushed. Why? Why?!??!?

BOTTOM LINE :

I give The Milsa 2 stars. I'd give it 1 but I cannot... the mushrooms saved them from earning that note form me.

Saved by mushrooms. Really? Yes, they were very good.

Specialized in meat? Avoid 1 star rating by internet food critic because of mushroom.

Brilliant.

Anyways, the food was lackluster, even heart crushing. How can you suck so much at serving MEAT? I'm a man, I'd meat anything meaty. I didn't get my meat quota out of this place.

The service was lackluster as well. Slow delivery of meal, unhappy and unclear service.

Will I go back? Absolutely not.

I already visited this place 3 times.

The first time, the last time and one time too many!

SOLUTION:
NEGATIVE