TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given Yelp reviews. The task is to classify a review as "POSITIVE" if the overall sentiment of the review is positive or as "NEGATIVE" if the overall sentiment of the review is negative.
PROBLEM: We had dinner reservations down the street and decided to stop by for a drink beforehand. My husband looked at me funny when I pointed to where it was at, the fogged windows up front make it blend in with the rest of the (empty? abandoned?) buildings on that side of the street.

BTW, it was an August evening in downtown Phoenix, it felt like a ghost town outside. We walked in and, to our surprise, the place was pretty busy with just a few large booths open and some seats at the bar (we apparently had found where everyone was at). We were greeted by the hostess immediately and made our way to the bar.

One of the bartenders greeted us promptly and gave us drink menus and waters. The drink menu is pretty expansive, as this place is known for specialty cocktails. We were so enchanted by the menu we missed the specials board (next time!). They do have a happy hour - mostly food discounts and a few drinks. The food looked great, we can't wait to try the Hurricane Popcorn (think that was the name?) on our second visit!

I ordered the Lime & The Coconut and my husband had a Manhattan. Our (full price) drinks were worth every penny! The bartender crafted them in front of us and he was definitely a master of his art. Afterwards, he conversed with us a bit and was very warm and welcoming (sometimes hipster places like this are lacking the friendliness that this place definitely had).

I am sure this will be our go-to spot for meeting friends from the other side of town and also where we take out of town guests who are yearning for something out of the ordinary - we are excited to go back!

SOLUTION: POSITIVE

PROBLEM: I lived here for 11 months. I really loved everything about AVANTI, the only bad thing I have to say is how far these apartments are and how much I have spent on gas. Other than that I really enjoyed my stay. Staff was always friendly and very helpful. The pool was always kept clean and the computer room was very useful. I never got to use the gym but from what I seen it was very nice as well! Definitely one of the best apartments I have stayed in!

SOLUTION: POSITIVE

PROBLEM: If you're on a shoestring budget or just need a place to crash close to the freemont action, this hotel might fit the bill. If your a casual vegas visitor, don't let the price tempt you, you can find better for just a few dollars more at some of the other freemont establishments.

Casino: Smoky, few slot selections, no roullete or other popular table games, except blackjack. No poker. A little sportsbook center, which is nice, but no dedicated seating. No keno. One bar, service seemed quick enough for bar standards, although I wasn't there for drinks. (See below).

Grill: After the first sitdown, we realized we should call our orders ahead and eat it somewhere else. Slow slow service, 2 out of 10. It't not really the waitresses... its that they have one waitress during normal flow, and maybe two if they are slammed. Not sufficient. Value for the food is actually really good. However, don't expect high quality surprises or excellence. Its a good deal with reasonable food. Nothing more, perhaps less.

Hotel: Holy crap... not coming back. The hotel is divided into two areas. We stayed connected to the casino. Biggest problem, no ice machine. You have to go to the bar, so expect to wait 5 to 20 minutes for ice. Every...time. feel like gambling?

Also, there is no fridge in the room, so should you have medication that needs to be refrigerated, your out of luck here. Ofcourse, they offer that you can store it at their ""golden grill"". First, that's ghetto. Second, not trustworthy or safe. Third, with how slow the restaurant staff is, probably not a good idea anyway. So we had a lunch cooler where we would have to play the ice game in order to keep our med cool. How expensive would it be to class up a level, get a few standby minifridges, or even ONE icemachine?

Another note, their building has some spotlights to create ambient lighting. That's cool... unless there is a goddamn batman signal shining at your window. This made staying/sleeping here an ordeal. 24/7, your window looked like it was 3pm outside. When you can't sleep, you fall asleep late, right? (Plus its Vegas....) This leads to you missing room service if you don't wake up and get out of your room before 9am to 11am.

Its our third night here, and we still haven't had room service. We left at 12, flipped out 'service please' sign, and called down to the hotel operator to request a cleaning. We get back 4 hours later, fingers crossed that this time we will walk into a clean room. Nope. I go down to pickup new towels, trashbag, and other essentials. They say they don't have it at the frontdesk and will send it up to our room. 45 minutes later a confused maid asks us what we need.

Last note, yes there is free wifi. The connection speed renders it unusable. Worse than dialup.... waaaaay worse.

Conclusion: Yikes. If you are VERY easy going and enjoy a cheap room, you'll do fine. If you have expectations about a hotel, you'll probably leave disappointed. Great prices, the furnishings are nice, not much else.

SOLUTION:
NEGATIVE