Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:
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A: Went here opening weekend. We didn't know Britney Spears was making an appearance, and so there were loads of papparazzi and a three-hour wait. The place was lame, no theme to speak of. If I remember correctly, the floors, walls and ceiling were all painted black, while random red curtains covered random parts of the wall. There were red couches that you aren't allowed to sit on unless you reserved a table or were invited by someone to sit down, which is the DUMBEST rule I ever heard of. This entire section was completely empty, had been empty all night, but when I went to sit down, security said I couldn't and ushered me back onto the dance floor. The crowd was...not desirable to be around. I couldn't wait to get out of there. Oh, and the security guys letting people in turned Timabaland away. I heard it was because his friends weren't dressed appropriately. I guess it's somewhat encouraging to see them treat celebrities and your everyday folk the same way. Then again, probably not. Security here is on some major ego trips.
Q: positive

A: I lived upstairs from Terrace Cafe in corporate housing for my first couple months in Charlotte. Since we were still settling down, we got take-out from Terrace Cafe a LOT. Here's how it went: Look for menu online. Call in order. Walk downstairs. Get food. NOSH. Here are some of my faves: -- NC Trout with tempura green beans (DROOL! Fast food places should replace fries with tempura green beans!) in a pineapple soy burre blanc. The trout is super flaky and fresh, and the burre blanc so sinfully rich, it could make a cardboard box taste good! -- Pork Tenderloin with black eyed pea succotash and jalapeno jam. Tender and well seasoned, and the succotash and jam give it a nice sweetness. -- Vegetable Plate. I know, sounds sissy, but it's delicious. A potato side, a side of tempura green beans (see, there they are again!) baby carrots (with the little green stems attached, nice touch) and asparagus. Trust me, you won't miss the meat. -- Bibb Salad: my favorite starter here. Mandarin oranges, pears, Crasins and the kicker... fried goat cheese! Add fried goat cheese to...oh yeah, that cardboard box, and again, a delicious dish. -- Fried Green Tomatoes: served with pimento cheese. "Nuff said. The reason why I don't give TC 5 stars, is I had some just OK experiences for breakfast and lunch. (Please, don't hurt me, Terrace Cafe diehards!) The famed red velvet waffle and banana pecan french toast were just too sweet. I'm going to get a CAVITY sweet. The lunch I ordered was a vegetable soup with olives...and the turkey sandwich was just that. A boring turkey sandwich. (Olives I think is one of those foods either you like or don't like, and it should be indicated on the menu or by the server if something has olives or not.) The service is always friendly and pretty on-point. The ambiance too is inviting and warm-- both levels. Don't forget to check out their deals-- like buy-one-dinner-get-the-second 50% off certain days of the week!
Problem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:
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Answer: 2 stars exactly what Yelp claims "Meh. I've experienced better." Lately, Las Vegas has been in to the Ramen Hype and there are a lot of new ramen restaurants opening up. I saw that Shoku has opened when I went to Bachi Burger. My parents and I decided to give Shoku a try the other day. Although Bachi and Shoku have the same owner, Shoku really needs some work. The soup was very oily, tasted nothing like what it is supposed to taste like. Trust me, I'm Japanese and I know how the real ramen broth is supposed to taste like. The noodles weren't cooked fully and it tasted powdery (which means it was undercooked). Usually my parents and I finish the food if it tastes okay, but Shoku's ramen was just bad that we could not finish them. On the other hand, the service was great. I forgot his name but he kindly explained to us the different kinds of ramen they had.
Input: OPTIONS:
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Generate a negative review for a place
Output: This was the worst pizza I've ever had. The crust tastes like stale crackers. The service is ok and the location is fine, somewhat up-scale fast food, but the pizza was close to inedible. The salads (even the larger) were also quite skimpy for the price.
input: Write a negative yelp review (OPTIONS:
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output: Only giving 2 stars because of product quality and wait times. The people that work here are great, there's just not enough of them. I used to shop at another Von's location in the Summerlin area. I moved to this ghetto-- ..I mean neighborhood recently and let me tell you, the differences are huge. I'm thinking the people at the distribution centers are like "Oh this is going to THAT store?! Send them the half-rotten stuff". The produce selection is NOTHING LIKE the ones in the better neighborhoods. FAR less organic available and what is there, looks like it fell off the truck. The people that work that department do a good job of "dressing down" as they call it (I used to work at a different Von's location, so I know the industry a little), they make it look as nice as possible, and they're helpful and nice (per stringent company and union standards at a whopping $7.25 an hour, but I'll try not to get into how "corporate" and the unions treats their employees too much). It just looks like they're being SENT worse quality items since it's in a bad/cheap neighborhood. Don't believe me? Go try a location in a better neighborhood. Difference in the produce quality at least, is like night and day. Yet the prices are the same. That's pretty unfair and a pretty blatant way of saying they don't care about their less-well-off customers. This isn't a 1-time thing, it's every time, or I'd have not mentioned it. Keeping the lines down is apparently not a priority here,either (knowing Von's they won't allow them to hire more people, yet complain to the manager and employees that they can't juggle 20 things with their hands tied behind their backs). I've never seen lines this long (I'm talking on a daily basis here at ANY given time) at any other Von's. They rarely call people up from other departments to open new checkstands (when they do, it's usually one of the managers, who is a pretty cool guy). I don't think any of this is the fault of the employees at THAT store in particular, they all seem to be friendly and hard-working. It's just what you get when giant companies merge and cut so many corners to stuff the high-ranking officer's pockets, like most businesses in America these days. The customers and the people that do all the real work, suffer. I only continue to shop there because I can sometimes get Rockstars (I don't drink coffee) for like $1.15 if I add them on my "Just 4 You" account, which is an awesome price. As well as pretty darn good discounts on other items. It's gotten to the point where I'll generally shop elsewhere unless they can REALLY tempt me with some of their specials, though. Apparently they're merging with Albertson's pretty soon. Which, is probably going to make it even worse. We'll see.
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output:
My husband took me to Otto's for my birthday on 1/26/11. Our waiter seemed very haired, but we were not in a hurry with our meal, so we were content to wait longer than usual for our food. The meal began well with the basil, prosciutto wrapped shrimp being wonderful, as well as the tomato soup. Our main entrees (the filet mignon with the Parmesan french fries) was good. The steak was acceptable, but the fries far out shadowed it--they were crisp and delightful! All of this changed when we ordered our desserts. I ordered my favorite--the Strawberry Napoleon and my husband ordered the pistachio cake. He enjoyed his and I was just having a bite of mine, when I noticed the texture of the custard was off. I took the layers apart to find out what was going on and the middle layer of "fresh" custard easily came off of the philo dough because it was completely dried and rubbery on one side. I flagged down the waiter and told him my concern. His only response was--"Well, no one else has complained". No apology was given, no option for a reduced cost on my desert. Wow, is this what fine dining is all about? Trying to hide the old scummy custard in the middle of the dessert in hopes that no one will notice because of laziness. I wonder if the waiter would feed this dried old food to his mom?? This made a huge damper on the evening. My husband paid the bill and we vowed that we will not be back for a long time. There are many other restaurants that hold the food to a higher standard for the same amount of money.