Problem: I hold the Southside in low regards including the restaurants, stores and the rude/hipster snobbish disrespectful crowds that are drawn there. Anything dealing with the Southside I normally cringe and make up an excuse why I cannot partake....however I went out to dinner for a friends 30th birthday dinner, we were a party of over 7 people. Yo Rita's wait staff made us feel comfortable and not at all like a burden. When I go to an Spanish restaurant I have an affinity towards any dish with chorizo . I ordered a mussel and chorizo dish. It was easily one of the grossest sea food appetizers I have ever had the displeasure of eating. It was a bowl of dry hard chorizo bits and the mussels tasted like dirty bathtub water. Anthony Bourdain has this to say about mussels served in restaurants, "I don't eat mussels in restaurants unless I know the chef, or have seen, with my own eyes, how they store and hold their mussels for service. I love mussels. But, in my experience, most cooks are less than scrupulous in their handling of them. It takes only a single bad mussel, one treacherous little guy hidden among an otherwise impeccable group." Kitchen Confidential. He goes on to say that mussels are left in a bucket of their own waste. That's not something that any diner wants going through their heads while slurping on mussels. But with the way that dish tasted I had to believe that Bourdain's quote had some truth to it. Yo Rita's just another reason not to go to the Southside some more.
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Problem: By now, you've probably all seen what this place looks like either on the news, Yelp! or Instagram, and it truly is beautiful inside. I came with some family members for Happy Hour. I was offered a drink, but declined stating I was going to wait a bit for the rest of my party. Well the server took that to mean that I wasn't going to drink at all that night and routinely ignored me when taking everyone else's drink orders once they arrived. The food was decent. Nothing earth-shattering, inventive or innovative. The blended margarita was good, and the wine was tasty, but as my uncle said "just because the restaurant looked like a church doesn't mean they have to give us communion sized portions!" Will I come back? Yes, several friends want to try it out. Are there better options? Yes! I'm dying to get back to Gallo Blanco. Better tacos! And less expensive!
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Problem: We had a crazy experience here at the Carnival World Buffet! I'm going to start off and say that the 2 stars are for the food and for the waitress we had bringing us our drinks! The food was good (not as good as the buffet at the Paris though) and the waitress was super sweet and friendly. I really struggled with what to give this place in star ratings, because as we entered the experience was off to an awful start thanks to the hostess/manager. What a shrew! So here goes, We go in and pay up front for our just about $30 each buffet experience. We were there for a softball tournament and 4 other members of our group were already inside eating. They had arranged with the waitress in their section to hold a table for us to sit near them (not with them, near them). When it's our turn in line, we tell the hostess/manager of the arrangement. She then tells us, that we will all have to pay an additional approximately $6 per person for gratuity! WHAT? We're not sitting with them, we're sitting near them. Doesn't matter, if we are in the same section..even if we are on opposite sides of the section, we have to pay the gratuity up front! What is up with that!! Needless to say, we sat in a different section. We were actually afraid to talk to our friends at the buffet line, for fear the controller of the buffet universe would slap us with the up front gratuity!! LOL! Needless to say, we wouldn't have minded paying the gratuity...we actually gave our waitress a lot more than what we would have been charged up front..because she was that good, but it's the whole point of the thing. I could totally see it , if we were at the same table and they were serving us our meal, but this is a buffet! All the waitress was serving us was drinks...we had to get our own food! Our visit here left a bad taste in our mouths because of the first experience and the poor customer service upon entry. It did leave us with some fun in the way of smart alec remarks and a funny story when we left. I wouldn't go out of my way to go here again. There are too many other good buffets right on the strip.
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Problem: Nice place to grab a drink on the patio or the bar to unwind from the day. Nice atmosphere, nice staff and great happy hour specials!
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