Q: I wanted to send you a note to once again thank you for the fantastic time that my wife and I had visiting the Lion Habitat Ranch and your providing us with a private tour last Thursday 8-15-13. We both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and learned a tremendous amount about all of the Lions. We will definitely recommend anyone that we know who are coming to the Las Vegas area to visit the Lion Habitat Ranch. In fact we mentioned it to a family that we met while on a tour to the Hoover Dam the next day and suggested that they go and visit the Ranch for it is an exceptional experience. We look forward to again visiting the Lion Habitat Ranch in the future for we have told both of our grown children and they are also very interested in coming to the Ranch. We thank you once again for the great time and all of the insight that you provided.

A: positive

Q: Okay, so we're in Arizona helping my brother and his family move last week. After sweating constantly since hitting the Arizona border, my brother suggests we take a break and grab some grub at his local Mexican restaurant. We pull up to a place called Vaqueros, small little hole in the wall and I prepare my taste buds for a delicious, satisfying meal. Service was quick, staff were friendly, but the food just did no justice to my carnivorous appetite. I ordered a carne asada plate w/beans and rice and corn tortillas. The meat was dry and not seasoned, the beans and rice were bland and I might as well have been chewing styrofoam instead of their corn tortillas. Disappointing meal. Being that the temperatures were still in the high 90's and humidity just choking me all throughout the day, a complaint at that point seemed futile. Certainly glad to be back home in California where real Mexican food is just a stones throw away. My rating would have been a negative 1 had it not been for the well mannered staff. No bueno Vaqueros.

A: negative

Q: Despite the raving reviews this place got on Yelp, I can't say that I was impressed with my experience there. This afternoon I decided to pop by the Larder and, I must admit, my expectations were high. Inside it was lovely, but nearly empty (hey, more room for me!). However, I was greated by the waitress in a very indifferent manner, I kinda felt as if I was disturbing her cleaning/packaging routine. The service was kind of lackadasical but I didn't mind much anticipating great food. Well, that's where I was very disappointed. Don't get me wrong, the food was okay (no hairs in it, no dust on it), kind of. It just wasn't great. I had the pumpkin and goatcheese fritata which came with salad on the side. The fritata was ... well, ... bland really. There is no other word for it. The "salad" on the side was dressed with olive oil, that's it. No vinegar, nothing, just olive oil. The food wasn't horrible, it was just a severe case of "I could do this ten times better at home". What annoyed me was that the plate looked as if someone had spent a great deal of time thinking of what would look pretty, but forgot to actually taste the food for seasoning and flavour. All in all, I wouldn't go here again. It's pricey, and the food was bland to me. (Oh, and did I mention that my fritata was only warmed half-way through? The other side was still cold as it had just come out of the fridge!). Eek! I'd give this a miss, or I just caught them on a really, really bad day!

A: negative

Q: I am giving two stars for overall flavor. With that said i think this place is way overpriced. I got the Ahi de Gallina- it is a chicken dish- mine barely had two tablespoons of chicken on it... It was shredded (almost pulverized in my plate) they charge like 15 bucks for that plate. My husbands plate was the Bistek a lo pobre. Which they charge 15 bucks for as well. That one was served ok but what i dont understand is why they raised their prices.... On their website it shows lower prices (bistek- 12.95 and ahi de gallina 10.95) then they charged 5.95 for a plate of french fries and one cut up hot dog. And 5.95 for little pieces of chicken (looked like one chicken tender cut up and fried with a bowl full of french fries also for $5.95. And they chard 2.15 for their drinks.... If this place does not cater to the community as they should they will close down really quickly just like bahama bucks. I like to support the communities small businesses but when they overprice their food it just makes me cringe. I also did not appreciate the waitress Arguing with me about the amount of chicken on my dish- shows me that they do not care about keeping their customers happy- what you get is what you get and thats it! Not good customer service- also had to wait for drink refills... Suggestion for you inka empire owners if you read this: kids meals should be around 4.50 and include a kids drink for the salchipapas and 5.00 and include the drink for the pollo frito. (For the type of food you sell that is what i would price it as and i would include the drink.) for the ahi de gallina i would price it at $9.95 and the bistek a la pobre $11.95. You want to get people through the door many times- not just once and never see them again. And the drinks i see alot of people in the area charge 1.49 so i would stick with that. Run some specials or send out coupons. That is how you will survive in this economy and keep your business open and alive. Also you need to train your staff a bit mire on customer service. If you have a problem how to handle it so you dont loose another customer. This is all just advice, take it or leave it, if you fail its all the same to me as i am working diligently on saving up for my own restaurant in the san tan valley area and will have less competition. From chef to (hopefully you are a) chef make these changes and you will bring more people in than you can imagine! Marketing new restaurants is what i do, so if you are looking for someone to help you plan out your restaurant better and market to the masses please send me an email. Jesrg 2000 at hotmail.

A:
negative