Case: Fantastic.\n\nLet's just say I threw up.....just a little bit.\n\nMy last plate...\n\nhttp://instagram.com/p/YD-oXPKsvB/
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Case: Rave is ok, but it is usually very crowded on the weekends. It is located in a mall so that is to be expected. I have seen many movies here and I have never had any issues. The inside is always clean and the employees are attentive.\n\nI have also been to several midnight premieres here and they are also very well organized getting everyone in and to the correct place in an orderly manner.
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Case: So I have been to Hickory Tavern many many times before. I am actually suprised I havent reviewed it until now. The view of the city is incredible and it is conveniently located in the Met, so we usually hit it before a Trader Joe's grocery shopping trip! \n\nUsually my husband and I get the Build Your Own Salads. 6 ingredients for $9. The oriental dressing is amazing and bacon and avocado on a salad is just A-mazing. In addition, I love that Hickory has Red Oak on tap. They have alot of local beers on draft and I love that about a restaurant.\n\nHowever, this review is more specifically directed to a situation we had today for lunch at HT. My husband and I decided to grab our typical BYO salads. I don't know what was going on but it took a long time to get our food. 25-30 minutes to get a salad is kinda crazy (I mean there wasnt even any cooked meat on it.....all raw ingredients!).Our waitress was super sweet though and came by saying that she had no idea why we hadn't gotten our food yet and that it should be there soon. We finally got our salads and dug in.....yummy dressing! However, about half way into the salad, my husband looks up and pulls out a piece of cardboard from his salad. It was about 2 inches by a half inch. Gross. We have both worked in the food industry and know that those boxes are dragged across the floor when being brought in. All I could picture is that nasty cardboard piece being spread across that whole (since the dressing was tossed into the salad). \n\nThe waitress was, once again, very sweet and didnt really know what to do and grabbed her manager. The manager came out and was talking about boxing up the salad to go. I am assuming she was talking about boxing up a new salad and not the one with the cardboard in it....I dont know. She also offered us a free brownie. Honestly, we didnt really want any other food at the time. They did comp his salad (which was very sweet, hence the 2 stars instead of 1) and charged me for mine. It was just kinda weird. I mean she did apologize but it just came across like it wasnt a big deal. \n\nKinda frustrating that we had this happen cause we LOVED going to Hickory Tavern in the past! I'm not sure if we will be back soon, simply cause I keep picturing that nasty piece of cardboard. Plus, there are so many other places to eat in the Met!
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Case: Out of all of the Thai places in Pittsburgh, this one is the worst.  I know, that sounds rude, but it's how I feel, and I eat Thai in Pittsburgh, and in other cities very, very often.  Thai is my favorite type of cuisine, especially Thai Curry.  \n\nTheir curry is rich with fish sauce flavor, and that's not a good thing.  You shouldn't be able to taste the fish sauce in a good curry.  Their noodle dishes like their Spicy Basil Noodles or their Pineapple Chicken are all right if you are hungry and stuck in the South Side (most decent restaurants are not nearby, and I live up the hill).  The problem with their noodle dishes is that they are too greasy.  \n\nThey are typically nice here, yet not as attentive and friendly as I'm used to at Thai restaurants.  It's basically, \""hello, what would you like to eat, and then the check\"".\n\nMy husband refuses to eat here anymore, so I trek over to Thai Cuisine or Zaw's instead.
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Classify the following: I was a long-term regular customer here. My biggest complaint at the time was that they used too much corn starch and big pieces of it coated the bottom of the pizza and the box. \n\nThen, they decided to stop carrying banana peppers. I tried repeatedly to contact the manager to no avail. The employees suggested going to the location on Rural Road at Ray Road. I now go there regularly and the quality is actually better.