Problem: Write a positive (OPTIONS:
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- positive) yelp review.
A: I really like the atmosphere, and vibe of this place. It had an open kitchen, so you could see everything, but it wasn't frantic or loud. It was like a calm orchestra. My boyfriend and I had a great time watching the head chef directing the line cooks and servers. The decor was nice, soft wood, lots of flowers. Nothing too harsh or too obvious. It was very laid back, but refined at the same time. The service here was impeccable. From the hostess, to the servers who took away our dishes. We really felt like we were being taken care of. They started us off with a complimentary amuse bouche, a piece of watermelon with goat cheese and balsamic vinegar. I've never had watermelon with goat cheese, it was surprisingly good, and went well together. To start off we ordered the Ahi Tuna Tartare ($24). It came with a quail egg, sesame oil, toasted pine nuts, garlic, mint, and some bread points. The waiter explained everything, and then thoroughly tossed everything together so we'd get everything thin in a bite. The tuna was fresh and delicious. The garlic add a great kick, as well did the pine nuts. Very enjoyable. I ordered the Phyllo-Dusted Sole ($55), it came with a crab brandade, horseradish marscapone, and sauce djion. The Sole was cooked perfectly, the phyllo added great texture and crunch. The crab brandade was delightful, and the marscapone wasn't too strong. Great compliment to the fish. My boyfriend ordered the Surf n' Turf (market price at the time, $95). This was American Kobe (2 decent size filets) and a bone marrow-crusted lobster tail. This came with a delicious carrot puree, potatoes, and a bearnaise sauce. Delightful! For dessert we had honey soaked pineapple with almond sponge cake and vanilla gelato ($12). Very refreshing. The also offer you complimentary petit fours at the end. One was a red wine reduction gelee, one was a coconut macaroon, one was a round chocolate cookie, and one was a vanilla cookie ( I think). They weren't GREAT but a nice way to end the meal. I was very happy with the service and the food. I will definitely recommend!
Q: negative

A: They refused service due to my pregnancy?!! I must say I'm really quite sad to write this review as this was once one of my favorite spots on the strip, but I will not be returning. I was visiting Vegas along with a group of 6 people. I'm currently 10 weeks pregnant with twins, so while they decided to walk to the restaurant, I hopped a cab because I wasn't feeling too well and was in a hurry to get some food in my stomach. I figured I'd arrive 15 mins early and be able to get a table and get my food order in immediately. Once I arrived, the place was dead (it was about 9:30 pm), so I asked to be seated at a table for 6. The hostess informed me that she was unable to seat me without the remainder of my party. I was quite surprised as the majority of the tables were empty. I explained that I am pregnant and experiencing morning sickness which worsens as I get hungry, could they please make an exception and seat me. No, nothing she could do. At this time, I started dry heaving. Now there is not a bathroom in this place, you have to go down and through the casino in order to find one, so I grabbed the garbage can from the hostess station and sat down. I asked the hostess if I could at least get a sprite right now to calm my stomach? She pointed to the bar and said, yeah, go ahead. I was shocked that with NOTHING TO DO, she didn't even offer to go and retrieve it for me!!! I rushed back to the bar and ordered my sprite (which they made me pay for at that time, instead of just tacking it onto my dinner bill - kind of unussual...) and sat back down to continue heaving. As the dry heaving continued, I asked the hostess if I could put a food order in from the lobby. No, not until you're seated (but of course they wouldn't seat me). When the dry heaving continued, I asked her to bring me out a biscuit (they give these out for free with dinner) which thankfully, she did and I was able to wolf that down and my stomach started to settle. Shortly after that, my party arrived. They alerted the hostess, who then spent another 10 minutes readying the table (seriously?!) and finally sat us. I immediately ordered some food and asked the waiter to rush it. While the rest of the group looked over the menu. While we waited, I began to feel sick again. I went over and grabbed a small trash can and brought it under our table, just in case because the distance to the bathroom was quite far. A minute or so after sitting back down, the manager, Shawn, walks up to the table "I'm sympathetic to your situation, but I can't have this here" I assumed he meant the trash can, so I said "Ok, maybe you could bring me a bowl just in case?" "No Ma'am, I mean YOU; you need to leave. I just can't have you in my restaurant, it's disturbing to other patrons" My jaw completely dropped - for one thing, there was no one else around us! For another, I hadn't actually thrown up a single time and hadn't even gagged while seated at the table!! I was completely confused - "the rest of your party is welcome to stay, but I'm going to have to have to ask you to leave" At this point I felt terrible and burst in to tears begging him to "please just pack up my food, I need to eat before I faint! I need to eat! Please!" At first he refused, but I think as the tears were flowing, he started to get a little embarrassed. He went back into the kitchen and brought back a small plate of corned beef, dropped it at the table and then rushed away. As I wolfed down my food between tears, the waiter returned and we asked him to send over another manager as we were pretty horrified with the treatment. A female manager returned. She did not apologize for the behavior or the other manager, but did say "if you'd like to stay, you can stay" But honestly at this point, we weren't willing to patronize the place anymore. So she brings back the BILL. "you expect me to PAY for this after the way I was treated?!" "well Ma'am, you DID eat it" I should have walked out, but I was very upset and just handed her my credit card - $10 for by biscuit, soda, and a handful of corned beef. We made a complaint to the hotel manager (The Quad) and although she was very nice and understanding, she stated that they did not have an affiliation with the restaurant and there really was nothing that she could do about how they ran their business. Sadly, I won't ever be returning. The lack of any empathy from the staff is ridiculous. With so many wonderful places on the strip and every other experience this trip great customer service, this place won't ever make the cut again.
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My wife and I ate some food from here for take-out, we werent impressed. OK, but I wouldn't order from here again. I'm not sure why it got such high reviews, we just moved here and this is the first Chinese place we've been to so maybe this is good for the area, I don't know. The entrees were reasonably priced, but the appetizers were overpriced. $5-6 for crab puffs is way too much. My biggest complaint about the food is that in the Kung Pao Chicken we ordered the chicken wasn't the breaded and fried variety typical of american style Chinese food, and sauce wasn't very flavorful. Maybe they are trying to be more authentic with the chicken, but the rest of the dish was your typical americanized Chinese, so there was a mismatch there.