One word. Disappointing. I traveled quite far from one end of the Montreal island to the plateau to check out this brand new first ever Cat Cafe. I really felt like there was no design or effort put into the environment and atmosphere. Honestly, it was just a room with some cats in the corner, with a couple of cheap tables and chairs. I seriously just sat down with my coffee for 10 minutes then left. One, it was not a comfortable place, two, I felt cramped and three, there was no cafe ambiance to me. I understand this is a cat cafe, but I feel they should at least put some more thought and consideration into the look and feel of the place. I mean this is supposed to be Montreal's first cat cafe! On the plus side, there were some beautiful cats! But sadly, they are not enough for me to come back again.

negative

If you are reading this, then you did not eat an entire Woody Allen sandwich at Carnegie Deli. That sandwich would kill a lion. The sandwich is bigger than your head and may weigh even more. The food is fantastic to say the least. There's a reason why they charge a plate sharing fee... because one person cannot finish all that food. Before they bring out anything, they stuff you with tasty pickles. I don't even know what the dessert menu looks like, because I'm too full from the meal to even think about dessert. Beware of falling into a food coma and remember that you are more than welcome to bring any food home in a doggie bag... if it will survive the ride home in the Vegas heat.

positive

Lothian Road is one the the major street in Edinburgh and if you're visiting, one you will almost inevtiably end up walking along. This road runs from the east end of Princes Street South East to Tollcross. At its top lies the famous Sheraton Grand hotel, at the bottom is the every scruffy but charming Tollcross with the still impressive Methodist Church Hall. Lothian Road really is a concentration of cultural venues. It houses not only the Usher Hall, Lyceum Theatre the Traverse Theatre but also the Cameo and Filmhouse independent cinemas. If this was all Lothian road contained it would be a truly remarkable street. Unfortunetly it has a seedier side. And next to these cultural hotspots are several strip joints, sauna rooms, and seedy bars. This really only becomes a problem in the evening at night, but even during the day Lothian Road seems to attract an intimidating crowd. Having said this, from what I hear it has improved in recent years. Lothian Road also suffers from heavy traffic and often road works. It can be a bit off putting. It's hard to know whether to rate Lothian Road 2 or 3 starts. It's high end cultural venues steer me toward a good review, but I can't ignore the slimey drunk men out having a good evening of female degradation, that I always see hanging around. Perhaps the trend will continue and Lothian Road will improve even more. Let's hope so because it has even more potential.

negative

Sala Thai has a really good lunch menu for $8.99 which comes with your entree, salad, egg roll and tom yum soup! They have a variety of options to choose from the entree list which ranges from different noodle dishes to fried rice or even curry. The salad (very small portion) comes with a peanut sauce which is ok. If you have never had it before it has a sweet peanut taste. For entrees my family ordered: pad thai, pad sai ew, yellow curry and panang curry. Overall we were all satisfied with our orders. The pad saw ew (thick noodles) were my favorite.The pad thai was good too and it has a strong peanut flavoring! The 2 curries were really good and they both have a strong coconut taste to it! If you like coconut flavor then I would recommend you to order the panang curry because the taste was stronger! We ordered all the dishes on a level 3 spicy which was just right for us! The reason why I am only giving it 4 stars out of 5 is because their thai tea was not up to par. I felt that they did not have enough of the tea flavor in it! However the food was excellent! So if you guys are ever in the area, I would definitely recommend this restaurant!
positive