Q: positive

A: A British Pub in an old house smack dab in the middle of PHX. Of course I'm going to love it. Solid beers on tap, non-wallet gouging prices. Should be a five. I hold back because the food menu was sparse at best. We didn't even bother given the lack of choices. Also, since there was nobody there on the early Saturday afternoon it wasn't an issue, but the bathrooms (location and lack thereof) could be a problem on a busy Friday night. I think my favorite part may have been the giant paintings of British icons scattered throughout the bar. It set a nice tone and provided an atmosphere in the place that made me immediately think 'Yeah, I can see myself getting hammered here.'

Q: positive

A: My bestie, another chick and I stayed here for 5 days and 4 nights. It was cool. They had the basic stuff, towels, comfy beds. I loved the pillows, but my bestie wouldnt let me steal them lol. We never had a problem with anything. Well, the pool isnt open 24/7, so we had to go somewhere else if we wanted to swim at like 3AM. Theres a little food court, which was ok. More, the buffet place they have, was ok. Fresh food and a pretty good selection. We went there for the champangne (I cant spell) brunch and enjoyed unlimited mimosas and champangne. Oh, watch out for the old lady cashier, she was a bit of a biotch. Oh, we stayed on the 20th floor and the elevator moves side to side, or something. Its pretty dope. Overall, I would stay there again.

Q: positive

A: I went here to indulge a bit. It's not exactly easy to get to with the never-ending construction on Grand, but I finally made it in. You need to make sure you look at ALL of the displays, including the stand-up refidgerators on the South side of the store. Because I didn't do this, I missed out on what could have been an amazing devil dog and the rainbow cookies. :( As it was, I bought some of their butter cookies, which you can purchase by the pound. Yum yum! They were light and crisp. They were pretty good! This store doesn't really put a lot of effort into fancying up the interior. It's 1970's chic at its finest. It also looks like Fort Knox when it's closed. It's like a prison on lock down! But, when the grates are rolled up, the windows are brightly painted for each season/holiday. Pretty nice. Looking forward to a future trip involving a devil dog...

Q: negative

A:
Like so many gyms, Anytime really exists to get you to purchase the personal training. They give you a free session (which was really a pretty brief, weak session), and then try to get you to sign up for personalized training. I can't afford personalized training. Hell, I can barely afford the monthly membership. Before I had the meeting about the personalized training, they were really happy to see me every time I walked in. Someone from the staff made sure to come say hi to me every time I worked out. About a week later, after they ran their spiel and I turned them down, it was like I turned into a ghost. I'm not complaining; I'm glad they don't bother me anymore, but they shut down hardcore. I see the staff talk to some of the people there, but most of us just go about our sessions as if they can't see us. I've been a member for close to two years now. Not one staff member has even said so much as hello to me since I turned down their services. I'm okay with that, like I said, but it's going to get interesting in a month and a half when my membership needs to be renewed. I wonder if they're going to pretend to be my best friends again. I can usually get an elliptical, treadmill, or exercise bike when I go in. I can usually lift on some of the nautilus-type equipment too, but free weight area is usually choked with "gym guys" and I can only handle so much barbed-wire tattoos on biceps and the lingering stench of Axe body spray before I start to vomit. I love lifting with free weights, and to their credit--the gym guys who lift are serious about it. They're just not guys I want to share space with while I lift. I had enough of those guys in the weight rooms in high school and college. Overall, it's not Prairie Athletic. I had a membership there for almost three years, but I wanted something that had less children running around. I like Anytime. It's decent. I like the fact that there are so many outlets. There are three Anytimes within two miles of where I work, so I can go bust a few lifts on days when I have early and late meetings. I like the 24-hour aspect. Some days, it's nice to go in at 11:00 pm and lift with no gym guys there. Will I renew my membership? I don't know. Right now, I'm leaning toward going back to Prairie Athletic, just because they have a sauna. And I miss the sauna. Other than the staff forgetting that I exist, I have nothing hateful to say about Anytime. You know what you're getting when you go in there.