Problem: The price for a 2 bed room with a TV, radio, desk, and lounge chair is over $125 per night (no fridge, no microwave). The appearance of the room is not pleasant (peeling wallpaper, poor paint, visible water damage in the room). The room appears to have last been updated prior to my birth (1980's). Upon arrival, a housekeeper was notified that the lamp in our room did not work. She replied that she would call downstairs to send someone up. Nobody came. Four hours later, I found a maintenance worker myself who immediately came to the room and replaced the lamp. There is no fan in the bathroom, but that's not much of an issue because there isn't much steam since the water only gets lukewarm at best. On 4-21-14, at 3:44am I was unpleasantly shocked awake by a very loud alarm somewhere in the hall outside my room. I later found out that it was thought to be due to a dirty smoke detector. That increased my confidence in the overall cleanliness of the facility. On 4-22-14, I was appalled that a housekeeper walked into the room without even knocking. That was very frightening to hear a key card clicking in my door when I didn't have any guests! There are six pieces of fruit put out on the front desk each morning. If you don't get one of those, you'll have to pay ten dollars for a mediocre breakfast bar. This part deserves it's own paragraph. The smell of this facility is that of an angry, unbathed gladiator suffering the heat of a Roman sun mixed with the excretions of baby post-sweet potato. You've been warned. The air handling is so terrible, I truly cannot warn you enough. I am not able to hold my breath long enough to tolerate the stench. Particularly worrisome is that the stink is worst in a stairwell. If the dirty smoke detectors ever went of with warning of impending doom, that doom may be more so from the stairwell stink (remember not to play in elevators during a fire!) than the fire. The pool is nice!
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Problem: I love good local food, and I especially love food carts run by scrappy young entrepreneurs who have such a passion for good food that they drag a cart or truck around to events to share their wares. This past weekend, I came across a new favorite- The Burgh Bites Cart. We came across these guys at Night Market V when I overheard someone say there was a food cart with tater tots. DING! At the top of my potato hierarchy (my list of favorite fried potato products) the creme de la creme- tater tots. We made a bee line in the direction of this magical tater tot cart, and I was not disappointed. First off, you may have heard of this cart if you've ever been in Shady Side on a late night. Legend has it that a magical food cart appears on the streets of Shady Side when the sun sets, rising like Shangri-La or Brigadoon from the mist, to sell tater tots to weary bar travelers. Drinkers still tell stories of a tater tot cart that can only be found after a few adult beverages, and then is gone when the sun rises. I have now confirmed that this mysterious cart is indeed the Burgh Bites Cart. We started with the Bucco Tots- a huge load of tater tots topped with their own pulled pork, smothered in BBQ sauce and topped with onions and homemade pickles. The pork was lightly seasoned and moist, the sauce had a nice bite, and the taters were gloriously fried to perfection. Can I get a hallelujah! It was so good, that later that evening, I went back for more. This time, I had Loaded Tots- another boatload of taters, this time smothered in chili and topped with cheese sauce. OMG good, and the chili had a nice mix of big beans and ground beef that wasn't too spicy. If I died that night (and there was a good chance of cardiac arrest after eating 2lbs of tater tots), I would have died happy, floating up on cherub wings to the afterlife, where angels sit on tater tot clouds, ketchup flows from a waterfall, and a lake of chili waits for me to take a dip... sorry, I spaced out for a second. The other food flowing from this cart looked awesome as well, like the Falafeliscious sandwich (a falafel patty on a bun with pineapple sauce and banana peppers), smothered hot dogs, and lots more like their homemade pickles or mac n cheese. Wash it down with a refreshing Watermelon Fresca and you'll see why this i my current favorite food truck. Keep an eye on the Burgh Bites Cart Facebook page for where they are next and see what else they are cooking up-- and get your tots on!
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Problem: The Venetian used to be my favorite hotel - bar none - in Las Vegas. I was there right after it opened and have continued to stay there since. As of this past weekend (July 23-27, 2010) I will no longer stay there. The Venetian is a 5-star hotel that now has 1-star clientele! I witnessed the following events: On Saturday afternoon there was the equivalent of a bar fight outside our cabana - a very drunken jerk that needed to be subdued and ejected by hotel security; on Sunday night there was a girl-fight in the casino - bystanders made no attempt to stop the fight AND, in fact, were cheering these trashy/trashed women on! Finally in the early hours of Monday morning in the suite next door to me there was an out-of-control party that involved screaming, hitting, fighting, a trashed hotel room that required police dogs and pepper spray to be extinguished. I was told by one of the hotel security officers that there were more people in that room than security officers. I complained to hotel management (David Gabildon) about all of the above and was told that there was nothing the hotel could do since I was not injured! Not only did we rent cabanas at the Venetian this weekend but we also spent plenty on the hotel premises and the response was "we cant control how people behave". That may be true but when guests are inconvenienced and their use and enjoyment of the premises is disrupted, the hotel's response should surely be more than a shrug of the shoulders!!! Never again!!!! Venetian is no longer a luxury hotel - the rooms may be beautiful and large but who cares if you dont feel safe there!!!!!!!
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Problem: This is one of the best buffets for the value in Vegas. I have been to many and this one offers just about the same as more expensive options like Mandalay's, MGM or RIO. This is the best one for taking kids or a lot of people. They have an omelette station, big desert bar & many types of cuisine (Mexican, Italian, Japanese, Asian, Salads, French, Brazilian, Pastries, Seafood). The only thing I do not like is that the weekend version of Brunch does not have a very big selection of fruit. -Provecho!
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