Q: negative

A: Ordered burgers medium well! They came out pink and bloody ! Gross .. The sever said yep, we're having a problem with the cook? Wtf ? If you know there's a problem how about fixing it once !? Mfers..

Q: negative

A: Sorry Banana Leaf... I'm usually not picky at all but the Thai Curry Tofu and Vegetable dish I picked up last night was awful. Really... it was almost not edible. The packaging was not great, so it kind of spilled a bit in the bag - not a good start. Perhaps the curry is the 'yellow curry' that Jenny R refers to in her review - maybe the chef should taste it before serving it - it was nasty! Seriously, I've had better Asian food from the food court at the mall before! I will say, you did listen to my request to add eggplant to the dish - thank you... but if someone requests eggplant, perhaps you should make sure it's cooked fully next time. I had a bite that was barely cooked - it was crunchy. So, needless to say - I don't think I'll be giving you another shot. First impressions sometimes last a lifetime. Sorry Banana Leaf!

Q: positive

A: A friend and I came here last night to have their Golden Week prix fixe menu offered during two weeks coinciding with the Golden Week in China. Except for a service glitch, the meal was excellent! My dining companion and I decided we'd like to try the crab and sweet corn soup as well. This was brought first and even though we were sharing, we were not brought smaller, separate bowls so we just ate out of our communal soup bowl. The soup was not exceptional in any way. In fact, I tasted just like egg drop soup. We were not finished with this extra soup when servers brought out our small eats--the Peking duck and the steamed dim sum platter. This was the first of two times when we were rushed by bringing out dishes when we weren't ready. It didn't happen again when it was made clear that they should hold up on more main dishes. The Peking duck was fantastic. Small pieces of duck with a small amount of breast with crispy skin, a thin rectangular pancake, and some crispy cucumber. The duck was topped by Tsar Nicoulai Reserve caviar. The flavors of the caviar with the duck and the crispy cucumber was great. The dim sum platter consisted of har gau, scallop shumai, a perch dumpling, and a black pepper duck dumpling. The flavors were again wonderful! The mains started arriving a bit too quickly and this is where we asked them to wait until we were finished with these first ones. The three mains brought out were the braised whole sea bass in claypot, the crispy prawn, and the fried rice with diced abalone. The crispy prawn was a spicy dish. It had three green peppers with heat and it was served with dried chili and cashew nuts. The sea bass was perfectly cooked and there were nice pieces of tofu with the bass. The fried rice was very good! After a break, we got the last two mains--spicy Szechuan rib-eye beef and the roasted crispy chicken. The beef was a star of the meal. The beef was in a rich sauce, not very spicy at all despite its name, and served on a bed on enoki mushrooms. The chicken was fairly moist and the crispy skin was a delight. The mushrooms with the chicken were wild mushrooms and the chicken was in an oyster sauce. For dessert, we got black sesame and chocolate dumplings with ginger/yuzu tea. There were some small boba like lime balls on the dumplings and the dumplings were filled with a semi-sweet chocolate. Wow! What a way to end the meal. We were each given a large Hakkasan bag--a takeaway gift--of two yuzu macarons with a chocolate cream filling. They did make it home, but I ate them later. The chocolate cream and the macarons were perfect! This was a special meal and it's not a 5 star review for me this time because of the service. With a meal like this, pacing should have been better and dishes not brought out before others were finished. Our server, Leigh, was very knowledgable and very pleasant and she answered questions when we posed them. Hakkasan remains high on my list. It is Las Vegas Strip pricing plus, but I think it's worth the splurge now and then.

Q: positive

A:
I've found my Cheers :) This place is everything you want your local neighborhood pizza joint to be! Pizza cooked to perfection. Just crusty, hot, finger-licking, may burn the roof of your mouth, no peppers needed, no ranch needed pizza. This was out first time trying Federal Pizza and while driving home one night my boyfriend and I were starving and craving pizza, just stopped on by because it was a Wednesday night and a nice crowd outside. Boy are we glad we stopped! We started with the Mister Mister appetizer and a pitcher of a seasonal beer! The Manifesto for dinner! Total hits! Seriously, this is by far some of the best pizza I had in Phoenix! Considering giving it a shot for lunch because it's 12:05 and I have a visual of the bartender/server slowly putting fresh, shredded Parmesan cheese on my pizza before devouring a slice :)