The hotel needs major renovation, amenities are minimal. Its only redeeming quality is the easy walk to the convention center.

negative

So Dallas G and I were thinking of a lunch spot. I suggested Cibo, Matt's, or Valley Pizza, and he thought of Focaccia Fiorentina. I thought FF sucked the first time I went there but was willing to give it another try. But when we got there ol' Dally had a "better" idea and suggested Athenian Express. As we pulled in, some unacceptably angry looking woman glared at him for a reason that will presumably remain unknown to us. (Please enjoy my multimedia Yelp.) http://twitter.com/spirit_fingers/status/5209414090 In retrospect, I think she was our guardian angel trying to scare us off. Inside, the place looks quaintly divey. I asked if anything was so much better than the gyro that I should get it instead, and was told that the gyro is the way to go. Feta or no feta? I wondered if it was an avalanche of feta or just a sprinkling. He puts a lot on there. Fine, no feta. I get the potato salad with it, and an order of spanakopita--which I ordinarily love. We sit outside. The spanakopita arrives. It has little cheese and is not flaky. Tastes kinda like shit. Served with crappy tzatziki, which I don't think is the appropriate side for spanakopita but whatevs. http://twitter.com/spirit_fingers/status/5209643122 Next, my gyro arrives. The gyro meat is covered in three slabs of tomato and a mountain of onions. http://twitter.com/spirit_fingers/status/5209752658 As you can see, at this point I'm fearing the worst. Look, I like onions and all, but when you leave fresh onions out in the air for too long they become veeeerrrry rowdy. Like so rowdy that eating one would be enough to burn your mouth and render you a pariah. So all that's left of my gyro is three slices of "gyro meat" and tomatoes. And the little side cup of tzatziki that is only filled a third of the way. The gyro meat tastes like... nothing. I am underwhelmed. I move on to my side of potato salad. http://twitter.com/spirit_fingers/status/5209805283 Normally mustard potato salad has a pastelish yellow hue, but this one looked like it could be seen from space. Whatever it was, it was odorless and flavorless, so I can only assume it's some undetectable poison like polonium-123. If I die, I leave my rapier-like wit and boundless charisma to my son, Samir. You all can fight over the rest. Anyway, the restaurant pretty much blew. http://twitter.com/spirit_fingers/status/5209947387 I'm not an arsonist, it was a joke, relax. But not as big of a joke as Athenian Express, which must have suffered a precipitous decline in quality if even Dallas G (and his notoriously low standards) ever liked it.

negative

I hate to write this review. Really I do. But this place made me consider never eating vegan again. I'm astonished at all the wonderful reviews. I walked in and the woman behind the counter might have grunted a greeting or maybe she just glared at me. The place looks like all the skanky vegetarian places that were in Santa Cruz, CA when vegetarians were always skanky hippies with questionable hygiene. I thought vegetarians had come a long ways from then. Vegan food can be exciting and palette pleasing. It doesn't have to be depressing. It didn't smell good in Go Raw. I'm not sure if I'd say it smelled bad, but it just reminded me of the yucky hippy places of my college days. I did the "salad bar" for $9/lb. I took small helpings of most everything. The cilantro salad dressing was like an acid bath on my tongue. *shiver* Thankfully I hadn't put much on. But it was like Go Raw VINEGAR! I had some stews that didn't seem raw...and they were warm. They were okay. Nothing exceptional. Some yam dish. Some other undescribable dishes too. I left feeling hungry and slightly grossed out. There was nothing in particular that grossed me out so I don't know why I felt so yucky. When I eat vegan food at a place like Native Foods in Costa Mesa, CA, I leave feeling like I've filled my body with awesome. But I left Go Raw feeling like I'd just filled my body with yuck. I wouldn't return. OTOH, it looks like most of you are loving it, so maybe it's just me. Meh.

negative

Having had the ultimate in vet care in California I was disaapointed when first coming to this office, but disappointment soon turned to something much more. For routine vaccines they are barely ok. The doctor swoops in for a half a minute,grabs the dogs,vet tech brings them back after their done. As diagnosticians they would get negative stars from me. My rottie who it turns out had bone cancer NOT arthritis and then my lab with a raging case of doggie hepatitis NOT indigestion, and mast cell tumors. They never call to check on the animals, they have too many office helpers and not enough customer/service. Don't expect anyne in this office to correctly diagnose or treat a sick animal!
negative