Case: I was in Phoenix a month ago and met with someone here. It's your average Olive Garden. The service we had was great though - she was very attentive and nice and wasn't impatient at all despite the fact we were there forever and a day.
Classification: torpescence


Case: When I walked into the Cornish Pasty Co., I immediately felt like I was home. I know how strange that probably sounds, but it's true. The restaurant itself is extremely laid back and comfortable, and set up very differently than any other restaurant I've ever been to. Instead of tables, they have pews with long tables in between and candles made from bottles on every table. My friends and I were seated immediately, and the server, Mike, got our drink orders quickly. \n Once my friends and I decided what we wanted, we waited maybe 10-20 minutes for our food to arrive. I ordered the Philly Pasty, which had meat, Swiss cheese, peppers, and onions in it. The food, once it was ready, took about five minutes to get to our table. The crust of the pasty was amazing: golden and crunchy, perfect. The stuffing, on the other hand was a different story. The stuffing was lukewarm; I wasn't impressed with the temperature. It was still delicious, but it definitely could have been warmer. The food was served on metal plates and the drinks were served in huge, heavy glasses. I felt like I was back in time, to be honest. \n Our server, Mike, checked on us regularly, but he was listening to his iPod and eating on the job... that didn't inspire much confidence for this particular dining experience. He was also doing dishes intermittently, which is acceptable but at the same time it just struck me as odd that he was doing them instead of waiting his tables.\n All in all, it was a positive dining experience, and I would definitely go back to that Cornish Pasty Co. location. Next time, I would just make sure my food was warm when it reached the table.
Classification: towelry


Case: The environment is fun! The food is okay. The drinks are overpriced and don't taste the best. The waitress knew a ton about the menu from others taste pallets but never tried anything it seemed like. Which was about all she seemed to know. Our order was wrong several times when it arrived. Perhaps going back will be better once they are more established.
Classification: towelry


Case: Quirky cafe selling decent coffee and some superb pastries and cakes.  Inside, it's kind of derelict chic, with exposed plaster ceilings and heavy cabled lightbulbs hanging low over reclaimed and second hand furniture. There's plenty of space, though not too many tables, so if this place takes off they'll have to re-think interior layout. \n \nThe two young women behind the counter were lovely, big smiles and really engaging. I hope Lovecrumbs hits the spot with the local office trade as position at the top of West Port may limit passing trade. I'll be back though for another brownie - the best I've had since a belly-busting shop at Coco Bruntsfield.\n\nA worthy four stars.
Classification: torpescence


Case: The older reviews here are lower than the more recent ones, and apparently they changed something, because I was pleasantly surprised by the cakes I received and I'm not easily impressed by miniature baked goods.\n\nAs Dana details in her review, the gimmick this place has that other bakeries don't is that you customize your order: the cake flavor, the filling, and/or the frosting, from several appealing choices. They also have a list of 20-odd suggested combinations with cutesy names.\n\nCakes I've tried here were decently moist and not too sweet, frosting is sugary but also has strong flavors: the peanut butter here is a favorite among many places I've tried it. PB and coffee are my usual flavors of choice, keep meaning to try the snicker doodle and carrot cake.
Classification: torpescence


Case: Unimpressed. \n\nOur dishes got progressively worse as the meal went on.\n\nThe decor here is the highlight. Super-cool ambiance.\n\nOtherwise, the food was a very poor value, even by Vegas standards.\n\nI loved the Yellowtail Sashimi with diced Chilies. Very yummy!\n\nWe had 2 Tempura rolls and both tasted like a camp fire. Not sure if the oil it was deep fryer in was burnt? But it was foul. Also, experience some severe fishy-ness in the couple of Tuna rolls we tried. \n\nI could find better fish at a run of the mill strip mall sushi restaurant. Too many great restaurants to bother with this one.
Classification: towelry
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I'm a pretty hard core karaoke fan, so I was excited to visit Nico's on a Saturday night after hearing about their awesome karaoke. Sadly, I was disappointed. The place is rather small and was packed by the time we came (about 10pm). It took ages to get a drink and it's hard to get around the bar with so many people standing around. That said, my drink was nice and strong and the prices are reasonable. \n\nNow the karaoke crowd was pretty fun...mostly hipsters with a few good singers but mostly people trying to be funny with their song choice. The karaoke host was just lame. He was an older guy, and seemed rather cranky and jaded, which really kills the mood when you're a karaoke buff looking for a good time. And he had a CD setup -- seriously, CDs, in 2010. His song list was waaaaaay out of date. He had a tiny TV screen that was setup in such a way that if you needed to look at the words, you would be facing away from the crowd. It was just really lackluster in my opinion.