Case: Managed to snag a table outside and was surprised to see a decent wine selection priced very reasonably. It was very warm and the occasional breeze was more than welcome. \n\nOrdered the nachos to share and while they weren't the best nachos I've ever had, they were decent. Extra points scored for not skimping on the cilantro!\n\nService was very good. She was there when we needed her and seemed to have a server spidey sense, knowing exactly what we needed before we had to ask. For example, we were going to order a couple of glasses of water, but before we had a chance to open our mouths she appeared with water in hand. And when our nachos got down to bare chips she was there again with more salsa - kudos to you unknown server
Classification: podzol


Case: The Luxor seems to have lost a bit of its nice-ness over the years, once known as one of the premier hotels when it first opened with a very modernized look and feel, now its trying hard to compete with the newer hotels on the strip - and with good reason\n\nOn my rescent trip there I ended up at the last minute needing a room in vegas for work, so I figured Id go here since it had been about a year and when I was last there they were in the middle of a re-model so I figured id give it a shot - and I was able to find rooms pretty cheap for a weekend stay.\n\nMost of the remodel was done the lounges in the main pyramid were finished and looking nice but they were still lacking in what other casino lounges offer - seating was crowded and service was bad, even on Thursday night when it was slow - prices for drinks were pretty high for a casino that is on the south end of the strip \n\nYour key cards that gets you into your room is also used to get the elevator moving - basically so noone can just go up the sideways moving elevator - heres the catch ...the key cards dont always work well, one time it took so long to get the card to respond in the elevator the lights inside turned off ....once it finally responded to my random button pushing the lights turned on ...but definatly a pain when your hands are full and you have to dig out your room card \n\nHere is another fun one -since the key cards didnt work well in the elevator....they didnt work well when trying to get into my room either I think I stood there for at least 5 mintues one night trying to get in ...and it wasnt cause I had been drinking over priced drinks in the bar \n\nMy basic room was ok - a very typical cheap hotel room in Vegas..my TV was small and had no remote controll - so I had to get up to change the channel every time I wanted to watch something else - which was a real pain. I brought my lap top with me to be able to do some work with my down time in my room but the internet access was absolute crap the wireless couldnt link up at all and it was a big waste of time. So why is there an additional $12 resort fee a day with this place if you cant use the dam internet at least, and not everyone is going to spend their day at the pool. Oh the 12 bucks does include 2 bottles of very cheap and small bottles of water in your room everyday.\n\nNo bathtub in my room just a shower no big deal for me but others may want to relax a bit more than just standing there. \n\nThe sports book is lacking to say the least-it still looks the same from when it first opened, its almost like the Luxor is a bit 50-50 with its remodel and the way the rest of the casino is looking. \n\nThe buffett there which I alwasy thought was one of the best in Vegas is dam near 30 bucks a person ! What ever happened to the cheap buffett's in Vegas?\n\nAbout the only good thing is the Luxor has quick access to Mandalay Bay and Excalibur, but I wonder if the Luxor is like this - how bad is Excalibur and Mandalay ?
Classification: vagarious


Case: Overall I liked this place.  The food was good, the servers were attentive and the atmosphere was chill.  \n\nThe servers had a team game plan so someone was always asking if we needed anything but it wasn't over whelming.  We had the ancho chile wings and they were really good, a little heat but not too much and the wings themselves were well cooked.  We also had the crab pups which are hush puppies made out of crab cake type stuff and they were ok buT I'm not a huge fan of fried stuff.  We also got the Greek pita with chicken, Maybe the highlight of the meal.  All of the food was better than your typical bar food and very reasonably priced.\n\nThe only flaw I had was their beer selection was a little ho hum.  A few craft beers but nothing stood out.  I would had given five stars but they needed a bigger variety.  \n\nWe would go back for sure to try a burger.
Classification: podzol


Case: The furniture here is beautiful but customer relations was rather poor. We went to return a piece of furniture after we decided we didn't like it with the rest of the decor, and they told us there was no returns. Period. I've never heard of someplace not doing returns. Based off that experience alone, I'll be finding somewhere else to buy furniture in the future.
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The Beautiful Carin and I have never been confused with health food enthusiasts.\n\nNevertheless, in effort to broaden our horizons, we decided to give Nourish a spin at lunch a few weeks ago, and see if it might \""change our point of view\"".\n\nI was a little disappointed, frankly.\n\nBut then again, I freely admit that I might be an outlier to their target demographic!\n\nLocated in the ruins of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon...I mean the Optima Camelview...the place is definitely going for a hip feel...but it just doesn't quite succeed.\n\nNourish is just so aggressively healthy...from the colors of the d\u00e9cor to the too eager menu to the very strict tables and chairs and the meager portions...all of them as warm and inviting as a rap on the knuckles from the teacher in the one room schoolhouse where I spent my first few years in the educational system.\n\nThe patio, while nice enough, overlooks the desperately deserted inner atrium of the OC on one side, and the street on the other.\n\nWe gamely settled into the rock hard and posture correcting chairs (subtly telling us to \""sit up straight and eat our veggies...act healthy dammit!\"") and perused the menu.\n\n\nWe looked and looked and looked, but I couldn't find the chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes (which I consider health food) and Carin looked in vain for some of her favorites (or at least some salad dressing that wasn't essentially flavored water).\n\nWe start with a shared bowl of \""chili\""...all I have to say about that \""chili\"", is that it wasn't.\n\nI ordered a \""Salmon Burger\""...which I (silly me) assumed would constitute salmon and a bun...but when the menu says \""served on a bed of greens\"" they mean \""you just get some lettuce under this thingy...no buns\"".\n\nI suppose that wouldn't have been so bad if they had given me an actual slab of salmon, like I can get at AJ's grill for $3.00 less...but this was a \""salmon pattie\""...ground up salmon and fillers (bread crumbs, green onion, chopped pepper, and assorted other crap).\n\nWhy did they do that to a perfectly good piece of salmon?\n\nUnless of course it wasn't a perfectly good piece of salmon, but a perfectly good can of salmon!\n\nI don't know...it was just fishy...and not in a good way.\n\nAt least it was gluten free!\n\nCarin's \""Kitchen Sink\"" salad was also a disappointment...unless by \""Kitchen Sink\"" you mean a small salad consisting almost entirely of sliced peppers, shredded carrot and cucumber, onions and a little bit of romaine, in a small soup bowl...maybe they have a very tiny kitchen and the sink is quite small...I just don't know and I didn't bother to investigate.\n\nThe service was perfunctory, but fine (we didn't get a lot of interaction with our server...he was working pretty hard for the attention of the young lady behind the bar, as well as chatting with a couple of his friends who happened to drop by).\n\nThe good news for us is that place was essentially empty from the time we showed up (at 12:30 on a pleasant Saturday afternoon) until we left, so we had a waiter all to ourselves (even if his attention was split between us and his potential hook-up).\n\nAll-in-all, this little repast cost us about $40...and we walked out of Nourish feeling not so much \""nourished\"" or \""nurtured\"" or \""healthy\"" as we felt \""corrected\"", \""admonished\"" and \""hungry\"".\n\nOh well, I tried to be healthy...it's just not in my DNA!