Text - I was really excited to go here after seeing the menu, but was so incredibly disappointed! My company took us here, so I didn't have to pay, but had I paid, I'd want my money back. \n\nWe had a prix fixe menu, so part of it is the lack of choice, but even so, if I am at a high end restaraunt, I expect that the chef will take pride in every dish, so nothing should be substandard, and this meal definitely was.\n\nI had the vegetarian menu. Problem 1 was that they didn't give us a veggie first course at all. So there's a dozen people, eating a crab salad course around us, and the vegetarians are just sitting there waiting. Absolutely not ok. How hard is it to make the same salad and just skip the crabmeat. \n\nThe second course for meat eaters were spicy shrimp that people seemed happy with and smelled pretty good. For veggies the course was creamy risotto with vegetables. Great idea in theory, but undercooked (and I do not mean al dente, I really mean undercooked) and oversalted. And I love salt, so that takes effort.\n\nThird course. Vegetarians got pasta. A second starch. Really? We just had risotto. The meat eaters got halibut and gnocchi. I do eat fish, so my boyfriend traded with me and ate my pasta and I had his food. I did enjoy this course. It was also a bit salty, but well cooked and I really liked the veggies mix with it. The gnocchi was just ok.\n\nNext, the main course. Everyone received a steak with mashed potatoes and asparagus. Time went by. An uncomfortable amount of time. Some people were almost done with their steak. Then the vegetarian food came. Surprise! They seemed to be fresh out of ideas because the meal was mashed potatoes and a side of asparagus, and a couple slivers of mushroom. As in, they just skipped the steak, piled on extra potatoes, and called that a main course. That's not a main course. That's a side, and after 2 other starch dishes, not even a creative one. Sigh. I had asparagus. The potatoes were good potatoes, but really not what you want as your main course. How hard would it have been to grill a whole portabello? My friend wasn't crazy about his steak either, and he loves steak.\n\nLast but not least, dessert was cheesecake. It had a a berry sauce. The berry sauce was cook, the cheesecake completely average. You can't really have bad cheesecake, but I expected great cheesecake, not something equal to the stuff you get at Safeway. So I saved the calories instead, since there was a Bouchon Bakery downstairs that was infinitely better, and life is too damn short to eat average dessert.\n\nOne positive side - they carry a good selection of top shelf vodka, and my drink was great, which is what pushed my review to 2 stars. The sauvignon blanc was also good.\n\nSo the overall point is, I got this meal free, I'm thankful to my work for taking us out, but if I am ever given the choice to go again I will be passing on it.
Group - sapo


Text - Not quite sure how this place has four stars, but I know it isn't for their customer service or selection of bagels.  Been there 3 times and never greeted with a \""hello\"" but rather, \""what do you want\""?  Also, I have never seen more than 4 or 5 varieties of bagels.  Here is a novel idea as well....try not to get onions in your blueberry bagels....it kinda ruins it.  Good coffee though....so you get two stars.
Group - sapo


Text - Probably best cupcakes you can get in Pittsburgh. They also do custom cakes. You can get a pretty decent sized one for $30 but you have to order ahead. Like most cupcake places, they put a lot of icing on their cupcakes. I normally don't too much icing, but if you take some off, the cupcake is delicious. Their buttercream icing is extremely rich. They also sell other baked goods such as cookies, dessert breads, etc. Their zucchini bread was okay. Slightly dry.
Group - Periarctic


Text - Far and away the best $10 bucks you can spend on Mill Avenue is the Chicken Kabob plate at Med Fresh!  Everyone I've ever taken here has simply loved it.  The owners are very friendly and treat you like family.
Group - Periarctic


Text - You want to know why locals always make fun of these idiot casino executives? Take a look at this place, it was a kitschy rotating bar famous for almost 5 decades and a fun spot for people to live out Fear and Loathing in LV moments or just experience one of the few things in this town that was authentic to \""the old days\"". Another plus for the casino is it was a draw for the non \""bargin hunters\"" and general jackassery normally found in the Circus Circus. Instead the bone they promoted to some post wanted to make his mark by callously tearing the bar out for an uberlame snack/ice cream thing. Now if you want to say its about the bottom line and the current incarnation makes more, fine but id say your wrong but fine. There's still plenty of real estate to put a crappy snack thing and still keep a bar. Anyhow Im super annoyed so I'll stop now.
Group - sapo


Text - My fiance and I love coming to this Pub because it was the place where we had our fist date. It's not even on our side of town, but we're willing to make the 30 min drive nowdays because it is a meaninful place. Had this not been the place where our story began, we would still be coming back because we still enjoy the food here a lot. \n\nWe usually always start with the Salmon Cakes (very good) and/or the Bollix Spicy Potato Balls served with a side of buffalo wing sauce and ranch dressing. The spicy balls are indeed spicy but very enjoyable - one of our favs here and if we're ever here for just a few drinks, this is our munchie food!\n\nSince I'm always up for trying new things, and having never tried Pub food before, I was very curious to try the Boxty on our first date...until I saw Salmon on the menu (which I had been craving the last week). I was torn! Being the sweetheart that he is, my fiance told me to get the Pecan Salmon and he would get the Boxty so I can try both. Boy did I feel horrible after his Boxty plate came out. My salmon was absolutely delicious! Perfectly juicy and full of flavor - even the veggies were a delight! His Boxty however...that was something we will NEVER order again. Now, we've never had Boxty before in our lives, so we dont have anything to compare it to, but this was so bland. No flavor whatsoever! My poor date tried to scarf down his flavorless meal because he was starving that night, but I could tell he was not enjoying it because of the look he had on his face, like \""I can't belive I'm eating this disguisting food, but she's cute and I'm starving so what the hell I'll just man up\"". I eventually convinced him to put his dish aside and share some of my salmon. We definitely cleaned that plate! We laughed at my poor first choice of food and guzzled down our beers which were nice and cold.\n\nWe've had the burgers with a side of Irish Chips on other occassions. They were good and tasted pretty fresh. I really enjoyed the Irish Chips. We've also had the Shepherd's Pie here. It's a big serving so we shared that one. Decent, not the best I've had though. \n\nWe've never been disappointed with our drinks or bartenders here. Somehow we end up with the same bartender every time my fiance and I go eat here alone (we usually sit at the bar). He is always friendly and attentive. I never complain about the drink selection here because I enjoy their draft selection. I always stick to my Snake Bite or Hoegaarden, or if I ever feel the need for some liquor I go for my usualy SoCo Lime and my fiance will usually stick to Harp.\n\nThe dining area can get VERY loud if you're ever there on a Friday or Saturday night after 8 or 9pm when they have live music, but sometimes they have a live Irish band which is kinda fun to listen to if you enjoy Irish rock music
Group - Periarctic
Considreing the above, classify the following: I tried Chen Fu based on its (relatively) high ratings and for its close proximity to my home in Matthews.\n\nI called in a take-out order of sesame chicken (one of my favorites).  Their prices were just a tad higher that the Chinen restaurasnts we have in the Union County part of Matthews, but this place was worth trying given it's 3.5 star rating on Yelp.  When I arrived to pick it up, I could not help but to notice that their facility and dining area were seedy, unappealing and borderline dirty.\n\nThe women that took swiped my credit card and gave me my food was not at all friendly.  She was not mean per se, just not forthcoming.  Paying nearly $7 for my take-out lunch, I assumed she would at least be appreciative of my business; apparently not.\n\nThe food was neatly prepared in the Styrofoam tray and the servings were very generous (see my attached picture).  It was actually pretty decent, to my utter dismay given the visual appearance of the inside of their restaurant.\n\nTwo stars for the decent sesame chicken from the less-than-appealing Chinese hole-in-the-wall.