Q: negative

A: Went to Vegas for a girls weekend & wanted to find an affordable hotel (not something super, dirt cheap...but something under $300 for the weekend). I will never go back to this hotel.. I would much rather pay more than have to deal with this dirty hotel again. Here's why.... 1. No full length mirrors in the rooms. I MEAN- really? Obviously if youre going to vegas, youre most likely getting dressed up & going out. But if you plan on staying here, plan on not knowing what you look like when you walk out of your room. 2. The lighting in the bathroom is TERRIBLE. If you're a girl & you are getting ready in the bathroom- Please be advised....the lighting makes you look like shit no matter how hot you are. 3. We asked for towels & it took AN HOUR for them to bring it up. This happened not once but twice- and when we complained, the lady on the phone said "You know, he's got a lot of rooms to go to he will be there as soon as he can." Sorry- I wasn't aware they only had 1 guy delivering towels to the entire hotel. 4. The hallways are dirty & dark. The carpets are disgusting, and the walls are DIRTY. I felt like I was walking down the hallways of a dirty motel. I mean really, can you add some lights? 5. The housekeeping ladies literally opened the door to our room 5 times throughout the trip for NO REASON. We even had our privacy sign up, they would just open the door and then close it at will. SHADY. 6. Valet parking was full ALL weekend. How does that even happen? It didnt matter what time of day it was. It was full, and we had to park in self parking which was also full except for the top level at the way back. The third night we were there we ended up getting a room at the Hard Rock instead and let me tell you - it didnt even compare. Lesson: Don't stay at Luxor. Ever. Just not worth it.

Q: positive

A: Thank you Erin for introducing me to this amazing place! After a long hard week of teaching 25 all-day kindergartners, Erin and I would escape to the land of wine and bruschetta at Postino and dish about the latest glue stick crisis. Splitting the fig and prosciutto bruschetta and drowning my migraine in wine, I'd emerge as a new revived person. I love everything about this former garage turned restaurant. Great patio during the spring and fall and wonderful ambiance inside. I would usually make a meal out of the bruschetta plate alone, but all of the food is tasty. I can't wait to go back.

Q: negative

A: This Lebanese restaurant we gave a chance because it was convenient and we were pressed for time. This is a half cafeteria half service restaurant underneath the Palais de Congress Montreal. Whenever you get a gut feeling about a place or something, remember to follow it, with me after a few minutes the waiter that sat us had already rubbed me the wrong way. This is a half cafeteria half service restaurant underneath the Palais de Congress Montreal. When we first walked in my parents saw something from the "cafeteria" side that they wanted to order. When we sat down I guess on the service side, he said he could not bring the food from the cafeteria side ( even thought it was the same food), and that we had to order form that side, I looked at him and he looked like he was almost going to kick us out off that area, so I told him I was gong to order something from the service side, so that made him less grumpy. So I quickly ordered what was the simplest and basically safest thing off the menu I believe was hard to screw up. Hummus, fallafel and salad combo, while my parents ordered from the cafeteria side and had to bring it to our side. 15 minutes later my Mom arrived with their food, I watched them eat half their food before I thought I saw my order up on the pick up area of the service side, but I figured with the long wait for something simple they were making it fresh, but no..... I caught them pulling it from the cafeteria side. So if they pulled food from the cafeteria side, why couldn't they have served my parents food over too? So in 25 minutes I got my order, very disappointing, I knew it was going to suck, the falafel was colder than my hummus and salad. Feels like it has been there for days and dry. I dunno maybe they do falafel differently, but I have always had fresh falafel out of the fryer or pan, this was like dried out and 2 days old form the refrigerator, they could have at least tried to fake it and microwave it. I ate some of it because we were pressed for time, the hummus was ok so that and the salad I basically finished. I left 3 out of my 5 falafels untouched to send a message to the waiter and chef. When we left and paid we complained about the food, they were surprised we dared to tell them that in almost disbelief like what do you mean you didn't like it. Oh well just saying folks..., and letting everyone here know how you guys run. Oh and what rubbed me with wrong way with the waiter? When we first walked in we were seating ourselves because nobody greeted us to do so and no sign to wait to be seated. The guy came rushing out yelling in an irritated manner at us not to sit where we were about to sit, loud enough to cause attention for all in the restaurant to look, normally I wouldn't give a hoot, but I was with my parents and one of them handicapped and they are very private people who wish no attention brought to them esp with a walker and such. So I barked back well you better seat us in a spacious place because we need handicapped seating. This caught him off guard, and his tone changed a little. Anyways that was the beginning, I understand it's a cultural difference, French Canadian Lebanese trifecta going on here, but hey you should be nicer to customers in any restaurant in any country!

Q: negative

A:
I have to say....I've tried & tried to like Tammie Coe Cakes & just can't do it. I love to support local folks in their endeavors, but the cake we had from here was just gross in my opinion. My Mom got one of her cakes for my bachelorette party. The cake tasted very funky inside like it had been frozen & thawed out one too many times & gotten that weird freezer/fridge flavor. Kinda dry inside & the fondant was gooey, thick & tasted like paste (or maybe Playdoh) with some sugar thrown in. No thanks......we all felt the same, as after we had our initial slivers of cake, the rest went uneaten (very strange for a cake to go uneaten in my circle). Since then, I've tried her cookies which also lacked in flavor, consistency, etc. AJ's has better cookies & cakes....I'll stick to them, thank you very much!