TASK DEFINITION: You are given a review about a place. You need to provide a rating from "1 star" to "5 stars" for this place.
PROBLEM: Here on vacation.
Not real friendly...I guess we where the tourists.
Beers too expensive compared to the pubs.
Food too salty. Not a great experience.
They out a reserved sign on the table at 6:30 to reserve the table for 7:30. Did not tell us we had to move.
1/2 the table showed at 7:44. Not really sure what that was about.
Will not visit next round.

SOLUTION: 1 star

PROBLEM: Brother's took over the space once occupied by the late great Buzz BBQ. Oh how I miss Buzz. Regardless, I was excited to see a new pizza place opening up in the NW in my neck of the woods. The menu is extensive and everything sounds great so I thought I would give it a try. Last night I got a 10" 4 item combo pizza. I got pepperoni, meatball, mushroom and black olives. It took about 20 minutes for the pizza to come out of the oven. That is about average. What took far too long was waiting for somebody to take orders. There were no diners inside. Cashiers were missing too. I stood around for several minutes before somebody came from the back to start taking orders. Not that there were many orders to take. The phone never rang and I was one of just two people in there to place an order to go. This is not a good sign for this business. If it keeps this pace they wont last long. Anyhow, I took my pizza home and ate the entire thing for dinner. A 10" pizza, it turns out, is not terribly big. This was cut into 4 pieces. It had sauce, cheese, pepperoni, mushroom and olives as expected. It seemed to be missing meatballs though. Usually when I order a pizza with meatballs it comes with sliced meatballs. This, however, came with what appeared to be simple ground beef. It was strange but at least everything was on there in one form or another. The sauce was fine. A little bit spicy I think. The crust was thin. Thin enough that it was crispy on the bottom. Yet it was thick enough to still be chewy on the top. And it kind of flaked apart. That was nice. But the crust seemed almost too perfectly round and too uniform in its thickness. It was almost a prefabricated crust not unlike Pizza Hut or Little Ceasars just edging them out with better quality and more appeal. This is not the greatest pizza I've had. It is alright but I had higher hopes.

SOLUTION: 3 stars

PROBLEM: I almost don't want to write a review about this place because I want to keep it our neighborhood's best kept secret. They were recommended to me by my cousin who had been a couple times. They have obvious Scottish and Irish influence and this is a big draw for my family. I decided to try them out for lunch, ordered an iced chai latte and the ham and brie croissant sandwich special. Holy. Balls. The best chai I've ever had (and they'll make it dirty if you like), and I was honestly sad when the sandwich was gone. The owner and chocolatier was so friendly and offered me a free chocolate since it was my first time. She brought me the cinnamon rum milk chocolate. I don't typically like cinnamon chocolate but this was exceptional. I'll probably pick up a few of these specifically next time I go back. The other woman who came in had a lavender dark chocolate, which sounds delicious.

I also like that you can tell how fresh and homemade everything is, and they're not skimpy with the sandwich fillings. My sandwich was loaded with thick cut black forest ham and big hunks of brie. I also lime that they mayo both sides of the sandwich, it's the little things that count. I don't typically like ham either but this was well worth the gamble! I'm sooo soo sooo looking forward to going back!

SOLUTION:
5 stars