Q: Food ok. The kitchen should try the garlic mayo that goes on the salmon bap, it tastes like death, completely overwhelms the sandwich. Capers on the salads? Bartender was an ass when asked a question about what vodkas they had. Great selection of tap beer and nice stocked bar. Also have beer on firkins/engines.

A: negative

Q: Beware of the fried rice! This place is in my neighborhood and one weeknight in March we went for the first time when family was visiting. We ordered fried dumplings to start, sauteed green beans, double sauteed sliced pork, beef with broccoli and chicken with mixed vegetables with an order of steamed rice for the table. I must say we all thoroughly enjoyed our food! I didn't care for the pork, thought it was too "porky" but everyone else liked it so I'm the outlier. The woman manager/owner comes up to us at the end, asks us how we liked our meal. I tell her we really enjoyed it, we live in the neighborhood and we'd definitely be coming back. Then this is where it went south. She asked us if we'd like boxes for our leftovers and we were debating whether to take the steamed rice. She says she can give us a carton of steamed rice packaged already and my husband says that if we take rice, we'd just take our leftover from the table rather than the carton she was offering. "We wouldn't want it to go to waste and take new rice." Her reply??? "Oh that doesn't go to waste, we use for something else." Oh really?? My husband asks what it is used for and I'm not joking...she replied "We use that for fried rice". We were speechless. And just so there is no confusion about what rice she was talking about, that we are absolutely clear we were talking about the half eaten rice ON our table she says, pointing to the bowl on our table, "see, it's like nobody really touches it anyway." I'm not joking. We left absolutely devastated! And though I really liked the food, I will not eat here again and cannot recommend it to anyone else. There are basic minimums I expect from a restaurant I patronize and reusing leftovers from the table is outrageous and unacceptable. So sad.

A: negative

Q: Tao was so lame. It was way too crowded, no room to dance or simply walk past. I saw very few hot guys, mostly a bunch of corny ass dudes. If you go, get extremely faded beforehand so you don't notice how lame it is when you walk in. On the bright side, if you're a hot girl you'll get in free.

A: negative

Q: AYCE joints are usually a 2nd choice for me.......until now!!! Not only is the food good quality, but the owners and staff make you feel extremely welcome. Took some friends and their small children to dinner and was told they have a kid's price for AYCE. When our chef, Arnold, saw that the kids really didn't eat that much, the bill was adjusted to a much lower price.......a gesture that will not be forgotten. My wife has unique dietary needs, they were more then happy to leave out sauces and ingredients that she's sensitive to which i'm sure is a total PITA. Can't stress enough that I think the fish is on par with a good non-AYCE place. Drinks are never empty and dishes were cleared quickly. Since nothing is perfect, I will comment that after the change in owners and the remodel, one prominent wall was left mostly a plain white; in dire need of some beautiful themed paintings...........like maybe some Christian Lassen works. (the last paragraph is an inside joke between the owner, Chris, and I........the truth is there's really nothing I can think of that would have made my dinner any more enjoyable)

A:
positive