Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:
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A: I'm not downgrading Negociants to 1 star (which, frankly, is what it deserves after my experience last night) because the revamped decor looks nice and it's still a decent place for a drink (despite the fact that the selection of beers on tap is a bit dire). I had a shocking meal here last night. Almost more than the poor quality of the food, it was the service that really appalled us. It's really unfortunate, too, as they've got a new menu of later night "tapas" which sounded really tasty. 1 for 5 and 5 for 15, it sounded like a brilliant place to go for a few drinks and some tasty nibbles. Unfortunately after my experience last night, I'll not be coming back to try this menu. First of all, I think that there were quite a few members of staff working but I couldn't really tell as there was no similarity in their dress, and most of them spent the majority of their time hanging out in the front of the bar and not actually serving any tables. The one girl whose main job seemed to be to wait tables was nice enough but spent the first 10 minutes I was there sitting down chatting with friends and completely ignoring my several attempts to flag her down. We were *finally* able to order but right when one of our party was about to order a burger, a guy behind her sent his back. Not a good sign. When the guy's burger came back, I kid you not, I watched as the server brought him his food and dumped it in front of him without saying a word or even making eye contact. Our food came and was mediocre at best. My beloved nachos were huge and covered in sauces, accompanied by about 6 tiny pieces of chicken. The guac was processed and bitter, and the cheese was sparse. The Man's chicken sandwich was served on stale bread with dry chicken and poor quality chips, and our other friends' meals were equally dire. All of this, for over 10 for most of the meals was shocking. I knew I would have to ask for the bill early so flagged down the waitress and explained that we were in a hurry and could we have the bill. She proceeded to clean tables for non-existant customers before bringing us our bill. Note to servers of the world - help customers who are actually IN the restaurant before those who haven't walked in the door yet. All around a shocking experience that we won't be repeating.
Q: positive

A: I used to love coming here when I had a studio space on De Gaspe! It's such a beautiful space. My favorite dish was the tofu bowl with carrots, lentils, and rice. Such a simple dish, but so well done. The onigiri is great there, too.
Problem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:
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Answer: Instead of calling it "breakfast," Orange Table should call it "break-slow." It took an hour to get our food. 30 min to get our drinks and 20min to get water (which they never refilled). We ordered the artisan tuna melt, the banana foster French toast and for drinks we got the Mexican chocolate latte (not that great) and the smoca mocha latte. The bananas foster French toast tasted like I was eating spoonfuls of sugar. It was also very burnt. I love sweet things but this was too much. The tuna melt was good. They discounted our food, not our drinks. Wish I could say I won't be back but we bought two groupons for this place. Maybe we will call in a Togo order 2 hours prior to meal time. I was very surprised because this place received many awards. The place was very crowded, but I think that is because the customers had to wait for their food so long. I would recommend the nearby restaurant, daily dose, over this place.
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Generate a negative review for a place
Output: I went about 2 months ago the food was horrible if I can recall it was the green chile verde envhiladas that i had they were bland and horrible. And the side of beans which I'm not really a big fan of anyways but given I am mexican those were the most dissapointing watery beans I've had in my entire life. The place looks very outdated and by the way the food tasted and was presented I wouldn't doubt if it most of the food ob my plate wasn't made fresh that day so dissapointed with this place I even remember putting on the reciept that I'd never recommend a friend to eat their.
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output: What a complete waste of time, space, money and so much more!! I counted a total of 13 vendors only 4 of which had food. NONE which of had crawfish. There was an Asian place with some pad Thai with added crawfish but that is NOT why you go to a crawfish festival! The flyer advertised the obvious crawfish, as well as catfish, crab, shrimp, BBQ, cool NOLA themed drinks and I seen NONE OF THAT! We seen 2 snow cone trucks. One which had a few crock pots of some home made Cajun style food. (Weird) There was a dole pineapple vendor that was really cool. Fresh pineapples with frozen yogurt. Funnel cakes. And a hotlink/hotdog/BBQ stand. We got a hotlink that was decent but the onions and peppers were not at all cooked. The only people only serving a full menu were the Asians. Not a good look Cajun folks! We arrived around 11, we seem one big pot for a crawfish boil, that they said would start around 2pm!!! What the #%*#?! First off 1 big pot is enough for about 1/100 of the people there. And where's the rest?!?! I will be emailing and contacting everyone who had anything to do with this event. Never been so let down with a food festival. Get your stuff together. And for the record I've been to a Cajun food and music festival in Virginia. It included alligator, and beads, and awesome drum solos, and tons of hot sauce. NOTHING like this one!
Problem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:
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Answer:
I really wanted to like this place and the new breed of downtown restaurants like EAT and Le Thai had me feeling sure that I would. I liked the look of the place and the idea of resurrecting the the old El Cortez laundry space. Unfortunately after eating at La Comida I feel like this place was born of a corporate calculation to take quick advantage of the good feelings created by the other more thoughtful efforts to bring good food to downtown. Our experience wasn't all bad. The staff was friendly, helpful and were doing their best. The food, however, was very disappointing. As several previous posters have mentioned the prices were high but the real problem is what you get for your hard earned money. I don't mind paying the price for good ingredients and skillful preparations but this food was mediocre at best. The shrimp ceviche was rubbery and dry, the pork shoulder was tough and lacked flavor, and the Mole was too sweet and covered dry bland chicken enchiladas. There is also something cynical about places that work hard to give off a cool hole in the wall vibe but charge top dollar. My rear still hurts from sitting in a recovered folding metal chair and I don't find cheap paper napkins charming when wiping my $7 dollar salsa off my fingers. Yes the salsa trio was $7 and surprisingly bland. Although the restaurant was half full they kept seating the two top that was pretty much touching our table in that always uncomfortable attempt to foster the communal experience that I guess they hope will distract from the food. I may be a sucker but I am still hopeful that the owners of this place can experience it as their customers do and realize changes must be made. I really do want to like it.