Q: positive

A: Great neighborhood pub. Clean, well layed out, seating for families on one side, while the other side is dark & comfy. Can usually score a groupon to help with the price. One of the best craft beer selections in town. Food's tasty, delicious mac & cheese's, grilled cheese's, excellent pizza's. Service can be hit or miss, which knocks a star off.

Q: negative

A: "Mediocre" would be pushing it. Leaving aside the fact that the name is almost entirely unrepresentative of the type of cuisine they generally provide (it's not a szechuan-specialty restaurant), the food I ordered was some of the most miserable I've eaten in this town. The potstickers were swimming in grease, a gummy dough filled with a mushy filling that I wasn't entirely sure was thoroughly cooked-through. The Chinese-restaurant-standard of Sweet-and-Sour chicken was overbattered and overcooked to the point that it was tough, dry and actually difficult to bite through, and it was not redeemed by the tub of fluorescent red, one-note sauce. My salt-and-pepper squid special was fortunately fried well, although consisted of little more than fried squid served on a bed of shredded iceberg lettuce, and was seasoned primarily with salt and a generous portion of badly-scorched garlic. When the dominant flavor of a dish is "burnt garlic" you've got a problem. While I could probably forgive one or two flecks of the stuff, it was a pretty substantial helping. I've been reliably informed that this is a companion restaurant to an unspecified longtime east-side stalwart, which makes it even more baffling that some of these newbie mistakes would be allowed to slip out of the kitchen. Some of the other reviews demonstrate wildly uneven food quality. I've asked friends who've tried the place out to validate that my experience wasn't an anomaly. Sadly, it wasn't. Each of them left displeased too. On the plus side, they gave me like 7 fortune cookies and had free almond cookies. So if you like cookies, I guess there's that.

Q: negative

A: I DID NOT EAT BECAUSE I WAS NEVER SAT. Experience #1: 2 years ago, my wife and I booked a party of 9 for a weekday evening. We showed up and the rest of our group followed. 8 of us were present and after 15 minutes past our time, they refused to seat us because our 9th was not there. Seriously!? ONE PERSON? We left and went to cheesecake factory. Experience #2: This past January, my wife and I felt like we would walk in and use her birthday coupon on a Wednesday evening. With our last experience 2 years behind us, we went in with a fresh slate. The place was very busy and there were a handful of people waiting in the lobby. I was told it was an hour and a half to two hours to wait for the two of us to be seated. I turned to my wife and she said we'll pass, and once I turned back to the hostess and began to spoke, the girl turned around and walked away from me. What?! How rude! So we make a reservation knowing its a busy place, and won't be seated (estimating: $25-30 a plate = nearly $300 of business) and just the two of us show up and we may not be seated for 2 hours? Like a previous review mentioned, they care more about overbooking reservations and leave no wiggle room for walk ins. Who in their right mind would go somewhere to eat and be told, you won't be eating for 2 hours! Absurd. The only way I'll give this place a third chance is if it's free, or someone else invites me to join them.

Q: positive

A:
Stayed here for a 3 day conference last weekend. Shuttle service to and from the airport runs every half hour and is free. There doesn't seem to be anything exciting around this general area so I was stuck here for 3 days. Overall, the hotel is fine but a bit dated. Generally quiet, but when people go in and out of their rooms the doors slam and make quite a noise. Staff are very friendly and accommodating. Pool is nice, but was a bit too cold to take advantage of. Major bummer is that there is no Internet service in the rooms unless you fork out $10/day for an Internet key. You can use their computers in the lobby for free or hook up your own laptop wireless in the lobby for free. I had a room caddy corner away from the restaurant and I was still able to access the Internet to check e mail and perform simple tasks for free. Any major computer use such as video downloads, etc. were essentially useless. I saved the $10/ night and just dealt with slow Internet. Rooms are a bit old and could use some updating, but overall OK. Would stay here again if in the area unless I found something for a lot less than $100/ night which is what paid plus all the extra expenses for tax, etc. Food in the restaurant was pretty good. Restaurant reviewed separately from hotel.