Problem: These were built for the tourists of Edinburgh so they can all buy some cheap rubbish that is more Scottish than Scottish people themselves. As far as I'm concerned these places sum up what is bad about tourism in a place like Scotland - where people look upon a place through a looking glass and say 'Ah yes, they do all play bagpipes and eat haggis'. I'm not even Scottish, but it still annoys me that they look at Scotland in this way. Returning from that half rant and half tangent to the matter at hand, the aim of these shops are to sell as much cheap tat to these tourists for as much money as possible. Upon buying these items most tourists will probably take these items home and throw them in the bin at the first opportunity. The only culture these items represent is the culture of buying anything with a price tag on. If you want to experience Scotland visit Holyrood, St Giles or go to a butchers and ask for a cut of some of the best Scottish meat they can recommend. There is plenty of real Scotland to discover so don't waste your time in these stores.
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Problem: I've frequented this stadium the second most, next to Hohokam. It's in a great location, but I don't love this ballpark as much as some of the others. First off, there is no grass! What's up with that? My favorite part of the whole spring training experience is grabbing a patch of greens and laying out for an afternoon of baseball.. I'll get over it. I do love their frozen margs though! I've had a few too many from time to time, but always go back for more. Another downfall of this park is the rude fans. Sorry, but geez.. I actually had someone deny my friend a light of her cigarette because we were cubs fans. Really. Geez, get a life! Anyway, I'll keep going for the games, but there are definately better parks out there.
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Problem: If it was 2010 right now, I'd be giving this place a much better review. I don't know what happened in the last few years but I used to love the sports station whenever I was in town, so I was really excited to go back when we were in town for osheaga a few weeks ago! The first breakfast we ate there was decent, a lot smaller than i remembered, but the service was worse than the food. We went again a few days later and our experience that day is what earned this dump a 1 star rating! No one even acknowledges you when you walk into the sports station, so you just have to assume that you are suppose to seat yourself.. we sat by the open doors to the patio and after a few minutes someone who we assumed to be the manager asked us if anyone had come over to see us yet. we said no, and he didn't say anything else.. 5 minutes later someone finally came over and to make it brief, she was a terrible waitress. She rarely checked on us, was ANYTHING but friendly, and made me want to get out of there as soon as possible. Right before our food arrived, we moved to another table at the back because the breeze got really cold by the window. She brought our food to us, and any time after that that we needed her, we had to literally CALL to her. She didn't pay any attention to us (I should add that there were about 8 people working and 3 tables of customers there).. so helping her one table should not have been an issue. Our toast was cold, the eggs in my skillet were raw, and we were being ambushed by flies!?! We were literally swatting flies away for our entire meal. My boyfriend was nice enough to let me eat some of his breakfast and try to stomach my raw egg skillet.. we barely ate anything, had to request our bills since our waitress (as well as all of the other "employees" there) was too busy watching the olympics.... and then she did the ol' "treat the customers really nice while they're paying so that they tip me even though i gave them terrible service!" Needless to say... we will not be returning!
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Problem: The food gets 4 stars, but they lose 2 stars for LOUSY service. The pizza is pretty good NY style pizza. The crust is cooked just the right amount, just a little crispy on the bottom and the perfect consistency to eat folded. Because we are a family of five we tend to buy a whole pizza rather than by the slice. Wings were also good and very saucy. We got the mediums, and they were just the right amount of spicy for everyone to enjoy. They had a deal for a large pizza and 25 wings for $22. Watch out, though, because the drinks are $2.50 each, so with a family of five we paid over $12 just for the drinks! Dining room and restrooms were both clean. Unfortunately, what detracts from the Ray's Pizza experience is the service. The service SUCKS. We were told we would get the wings first, and then our pizza would come out. They yell out to you from the counter when your order is ready, but you cannot understand what they are yelling out. I kept checking to see if our wings were ready every time someone yelled. After about 15 minutes, I went to the counter to ask about the wings. They told me they take a while to cook. (Huh?) Finally, they called out our pizza order; still no wings. I again asked about the wings and the man behind the counter said they would bring them to us. We started eating the pizza and when the wings finally came they were COLD, like they came out of the refrigerator. Even the plate they were on was cold. I hate sending food back, but I carried them up to the counter and gave them back to be heated up. The girl who was at the counter look perplexed when I told her the wings were cold, like she did not know what to do. The man working the pizza ovens, though, took them and said he would heat them up and bring them out to us. 10 minutes later, we were finally eating our wings. The service problem is not so much in the screw-up. I am a forgiving person and mistakes happen. The service problem is in the attitude of the people who work there. Just a rude and abrupt demeanor. You are not a guest in there restaurant, they are doing you a favor. It's too bad that bad service detracts so much from good food.
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