Text - Am I the only one who thinks that an Ethiopian food place is odd? I mean when I was but a young 'un, and didn't finish my plate, my parents told me about all those starving kids in Africa who would love to have the food and all - how can they have a restaurant?\n\nBut I digress. In actuality, there are multiple Ethiopian places to eat in the Queen City, and Meskerem is just the latest that I've tried. The ones I have tried share the same two common traits: One: The service is excellent. Way more friendly than most \""American\"" places (perhaps my parents sent them all my leftovers, and they've spent all this time looking for me to share their gratitude). Two: Injera. This cold, spongy bread is just odd.\n\nIt is pretty cool to be able to eat with your hands, and if young me had it way back when, I might not have had any leftovers to send to those less fortunate, so the service might stink. But for those of us who grew up on a limited palate, it's just strange. Note that I never said I didn't eat it, but it takes some getting used to in order to do so.\n\nLuckily, being able to eat with your hands really helps in that regard, and the flavors from all the other stuff seeping down into it does as well. If you take any leftovers home (not sure if this is common in Ethiopia), then heating it up at home the next day makes it even better.\n\nWith all that in mind, Meskerem is probably the best of the places I've tried for Ethiopia. I just have to make sure they know I'm not sending them any more leftovers. Of course, they could probably look at me and figure that one out.
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Text - Pretty cool.  the rooms have these insane projector screens.  I did not like the fact that there was no casino in the lobby and they did not heat their outdoor pool.  other than that, it was great....
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Text - Lame... Had I reviewed this show when I first saw it, I might have given it four stars.  It was back in 2003 and my group of girlfriends was deciding between this and Chippendales, but this won over for being cheaper.  I had a great time then.  One of the guys ran on our table and I slapped his butt.  I even splurge for the overpriced Polaroid of me lying across the men's laps.  Fast-forward to this year, and a bigger group of us went for a bachelorette activity.  There were so many screaming women.  It's like this was the best experience they ever had.  I really hated the long video that was played before the show of all their guest spots on tv shows.  Really bad lip-synching.  An experience best had only once.
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Text - 2 stars only because they had done a satisfactory job for me last year.  This time they said they would call me back with an estimate for a job and never did.  I called back a couple of days later and the same woman said she'd get back to me as soon as her estimator got off the phone with another client.  Never did!  Can't see how they would be so busy if they don't return calls from potential clients.  I won't call them again!
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Classify the following: Went in for an early dinner before a movie. Place was empty, including the teppan tables. The teppan tables, at least a few of them, must have been on, because the entire place had a weird metallic smell to it...kind of like when you turn on the oven and forget that you're storing a cast iron skillet in it.\n\nHusband got sushi...it looked ok but I didn't try it. I ordered the Yakisoba noodles. Noodles were swimming in sauce and the chicken was dry. Kind of tasted like I had cubed up some chicken breast and stir fried it in a skillet with those noodles you can buy at the grocery store. Not good.\n\nVisited the restroom on our way out; this is a reasonably new building so I was surprised at how run down it looked in the restroom; toilets were stained, bathroom fixtures were broken. For an added bonus, I saw a cockroach crusing around by one of the teppan tables on our way out.