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livingaftermidnight wrote about Fuzio's Restaurant at the Sands Regency

I have tried this place twice and have been satisfied both times. I would recommend to anybody looking for a good quick meal. I had the top sirloin medium well both times.

KonaBar wrote about Kona Gold Coffee Co.

Try the Choc-Mac-Nut mocha! It's awesome. They also have wine and cocktails specials in the eves. It's a great mom and pop to support. Go local!

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bsintay wrote about Kona Gold Coffee Co.

This place changed owners about a month ago and it is soo much better! They added alcohol back to the menu and they make an awesome Bloody Mary. They put in a TV, so I can watch games now on Saturdays and Sunday. All the old baristas are still there so it is a great mix of old and new in the place. go check it out if you are in east Reno.

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bugmeaton wrote about Bella Italia Delicatessen and Gifts

Bella Italia is operated in true Italian style. Don't expect some young college-aged waiter jumping through hoops to annoy the hell out of you trying to earn a tip or upsell food like what you get at some Americanized-restaurants (*cough*Olive Garden*cough*)! You won't find that here! Instead you'll find great service, great food, and great prices. Bella Italia has freshly made raviolis, home made sauces, fresh mozzarella, tasty proscuitto, and an awesome owner who knows how to deliver quality. The prices are truly competative, you'll get significantly better quality ingredients for prices that knock the socks off the competition. My significant other and I try to go at least once a week and we almost always finish the meal with their AMAZING Tiramisu! Don't be afraid to buy a bottle of premium imported olive oil or truffle oil. They also have some wonderful Italian treats you'll probably love! The owner's name is Giuseppe Zappala and chances are you'll see him if you're dining after 5pm. I give Bella Italia a 5 stars... some of the best authentic food in Reno! Thanks Giuseppe! - Ben

Layton wrote about Nik-n-Willies

Simply fantastic pizza that distinguishes itself from your standard chain pizza. Their red sauce is certainly not plain...and perhaps a bit spicy for some (suggestion: if you don't like thick & spicy sauce, ask for thin sauce). Their white sauce has a cream cheese base, which is out of this world! Don't miss out on their specialty pizzas (my favorite is white sauce, basil, Canadian bacon, garlic, and tomatoes), their meatball subs, or their hearty salads. This is a gourmet pizza that competes with the best of them.

KaraV wrote about Blind Onion Pizza & Pub

I heard lot of good things about this place, but alas it was not to be. Now I'm not going to complare a place like this to say 5 buck pizza or anytyhing along those lines. Thats junk pizza for feeding children. I'm comparing to other gourmet pizza places we have here in town. The crust for me was too doughy and thick on the edges. The crust can be thick on the edge but I like it to be crispyer not like a ring of bread. Honey with pizza, I can take it or leave it, mostly leave it. Toppings are always a personal thing so get what you want. Mine came a little thin on the toppings....saving money eh? Prices seemed on the high side but looking at the prices of my fav pizza place (Brugo's), maybe not out of line comparatively speaking. Good pizza ls getting to be just for rich people! You can try this place , but its not for me.

lizfromtx wrote about Thai Recipe

THIS IS A MUST MISS FOR VISITORS AND LOCALS ALIKE!! The restaurant was nearly deserted on a Saturday night; I should have taken this as an omen! When we got our food it was shockingly bland. Thank goodness we had chili sauce on the table, b/c without it the food tasted like boiled cardboard. This was no surprise, though, since our food arrived within 5 minutes of ordering. They more than likely just pulled the food out of a pot of boiling food and slapped it on a plate. That is certainly all they had time for! I would have waited 30 more minutes for decent food!! Although there were only two drinks and two entrees they couldn't manage to get our order right. This was strange b/c they did write it down. Asking politely twice to get the correct food was met with bad attitudes and a bowl of boiled veggies. Still, not our order. At this point we gave up paid and left. What a waste of a lovely evening in beautiful Lake Tahoe!!! I am just glad I didn't get food poisoning. That is the most positive thing I can say about the experience. Unless you've been missing in the mountains for weeks and are desperate, avoid this place like the plague!!!!

jnitro wrote about David's Grill at Red Hawk

Food is generaly good, but service is inconsistent. When having dinner, you'll often have to walk up to the bar and order another drink if you want one. They seem to get so engrossed in conversations that they forget about the customers...Get ready to pay $7 for a glass of house wine.

JerryMHanson wrote about Cafe de Thai

Extremely overpriced food for the quality, cold wait staff, and cafeteria-like loud setting even though the place is never full. Don't go unless prepared to spend 16 dollars on average pad thai etc.

JerryMHanson wrote about Cafe de Thai

I mean you serve food in a glorified cafeteria...and you're rude....and slow....and the food's ok but for 15-25 dollars/plate? Get real. Takes a lot to piss a guy like me off. Now Thai Lotus, that's my spot. Sweet serving staff, great, unpretentious, good stuff.

matika wrote about Pizza Plus

I usually order for delivery. Good pizza, good fries, GREAT wings and thier ranch dressing is the best i've ever tasted. The only thing that I don't like about Pizza Plus is that they do not take checks, so you have to give them your debit card number over the phone (Makes me a little nervous). I always tip the driver with cash and never put a tip on my debit card. Well, the next day when I check my bank account, they always take out more than I authorized, to allow for a tip, usually about $10.00 more. The charge always drops off in 3 or 4 days, but it is very upsetting that they charge my account more than I have authorized!!!! This should be against the law in my opinion. But I do like thier food, and when I order from them I always make sure I have enough in my account to cover the extra money they take so that my account doesn't overdraft.

KaraV wrote about Shang Hai Chinese Restaurant

OMG! that poor girl and her wedding dinner!...OK here's my viewpoint: This has got to be about the worst Chinese restaurant in Sparks. The place doesn't look too bad, I guess they had to fix it after the fire a while back. But the food is just the same westernized chinese slop that so many other places serve. You know, deep fried meat candy nuggets with various sweet sauces. But even these are not any good. We got the sasame beef and the meat was all over cooked and dried. Service was surley as usual. I have given the place 3 tries and no more. I think the people the give this place a high rating are just used to it and have been going for a long time just out of habit. This place was reccommended by just such a person...going there for years...family loves it....I had to tell her...it was bad. Now I have her converted to China East on Virgina in Reno.

KaraV wrote about The Lodge At Galena

Decided to come back on a Sat. cause BF wanted to get the special all you can eat BBQ baby back ribs. They do the BBQ just on Sat. during the summer. Well we missed the happy hour by minutes, but hey I guess I didn't really need those potato skins all smothered on cheese topped with all that bacon. BBQ rib special was $19.99 and was worth it. BF devoured what I guess he says would be equal to 1 and a half full racks. I tasted them and actually were really tasty. Me on the other hand had a fiesta salad, one of those psuedo mexican flavored entree salads. Service was attentive sitting out on the deck. Out door dining will be coming to an end here soon....too cold and too dark.

larrysmed wrote about Z Bistro

After visiting this place on three occasions, I simply must warn others of the shortcomings. The waitress is beyond unfriendly....... she is completely hostile....so who tied her knickers in a knot? The little frenchy chef is her purported husband and offers absolutely no improvement in social graces. The food is very, very ordinary at extraordinary prices. The best advice I can give is to go to Adele's (a good place) ... or even Burger King (you know that place) ... but definitely not Z Bistro.'

KaraV commented on Review: Jia's Wok tasty and quick

I guess if you need fast its ok. But I can get lunch specials at a lot of Chinese places (joints) for $5-6 with the usual included: hot and sour soup, general's tso chicken (who WAS that guy?) at little plate of crab rangoon and egg roll all along with fries rice or chow mein....did I get thet picture right or what! All this is sit down and get served. Like Johnathan, I really don't eat these things regularly, but for Chinese food at lunch there are not too many choices here in Reno. "just another egg roll joint" I luv that line Johnathan! I'm gonna use it some time.

FreeBird wrote about Nepheles Creative California Cuisine

You have never lived until experiencing Tim Halloran’s South Lake Tahoe restaurant Nepheles. The intimate dining rooms are perfect for a special romantic night out or a family event. The seafood cheesecake is to die for and veteran Chef Mark Vassau presents wild game, fresh fish specials and an eclectic menu of creative entrees that are as good as it gets. Put Nepheles on your Bucket List for a most memorable fine dining experience.

matika wrote about BJ's Restaurant and Brewery

We have been to BJ's 4 times. Once for dinner and 3 times for lunch. Have not been dissapointed yet. It's always very busy, but we have never waited more than 20 minutes to be seated. Each time, we have had great service by a friendly server. We had steak and the deep fried onions for dinner and it was very good. We usually have the half sandwhich & salad for lunch and that is also very good. Portions are perfect and at a fair price. Atmosphere is nice and although they are always busy, the service is better than expected because the staff is organized and they seem to have experienced servers. Very impressed with BJ's and will keep coming back!!!!

matika wrote about Deli Towne USA

This place really can't be beat. The sandwhiches are very flavorful and they are not stingy with the meat. The staff is friendly and service is great. They have a very large selection of breads to choose from and it's always fresh. The sandwhich is so big that my husband & I split a medium, but we have to order & pay for 2 cheeses because he likes american and I like provalone and this place will not put a different cheese on each side of one sandwhich, which is a little dissapointing, so we order double and split it up ourself. This does make it a little more expensive, but we really do love thier sandwhiches so we just accept that and keep coming back.

matika wrote about Cadillac Ranch

Decor inside and out is very nice. Music was way too loud. Waitress was very friendly, and took our order right away, and we got our drinks & appetizer right away and they were great, but we had asked for our salad to be brought out with the appetizer and were told no because it is thier policy to bring the salad WITH the meal (strange). We ordered steak and ribs & waited 1 hour for our meal, then when it came it was luke warm, like it had been just sitting off to the side somewhere, and was not very flavorful. Overall, it was a very dissapointing experience. Hopefully it will get better in time, once the staff is fully trained and they get a little more organized. But they really should give you your salad first, especially if you ask for it.

LC_U_LATER wrote about Shang Hai Chinese Restaurant

90 of our guests will not be eating here ever again! Jason Jia screwed himself over for his poor judgment and service to the restaurant business. I recently had my Chinese wedding banquet at Shang Hai Restaurant, located in Sparks, Nevada, across from Reed High School. The banquet was for 90 guests and the owner of Shanghai Restaurant, Jason Jia, assured me that they can accommodate that many guests. The restaurant WAS NOT able to accommodate 9 tables that seated 10 guests at each table. As the guests started to arrive, we asked Jason and his wait staff to begin bringing out the water or sodas or some beverage for the guests while they waited for dinner to be served. We were told that the restaurant DID NOT have enough glasses for everyone, so the guests who really wanted a drink should ask for one. I was so disgusted when they started to bring out blue plastic cups to serve my guests with water and coke. No tea was served as with the traditional Chinese wedding banquet. We even rented our own wine glasses to serve our own wine! The final straw was when a few dozen of our guests reported that they saw Shanghai Restaurant wait staff sneaking off plates filling with our wedding cake into the kitchen for them to enjoy. Guests witness them eating the cake behind the divider that separated the kitchen and dining area. I was thoroughly disgusted when I heard that the wait staff stole our cake and ate them without even asking! It was the most disrespectful thing that I have ever heard of in my entire life! I don’t recall the wait staff as being part of the wedding guests? The service was so poor and the staff was rude and disrespectful to all of us! Lastly, it felt like the cook himself was in a hurry when they rushed out all the food out onto the Lazy Susan, piling all 10 entree dishes on top of one another. Typically at a Chinese dinner banquet, the restaurant is supposed to pace the cooking so that the guests can at least enjoy one entrée at a time before bringing out the next. Nope…Shang Hai Restaurant wanted us out the door even before the event started! Disgusting! You would think that Jason Jia would take this opportunity to impress 90 local residents for repeated business. And that, Jason, is the costliest business lesson you should learn due to your lack of judgment and poor management of this restaurant. Also, just so you know, Jason Jia also owns both the Shang Hai Restaurant and Sushi House that’s located next door to the Chinese restaurant. The sushi there is terrible and is really fishy smelling. The dark room disguises the stale food. The seaweed salad is often served frozen still! Terrible, terrible, terrible! Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

KaraV wrote about Cafe de Thai

I had been here a few years ago and never was impressed enough to write a review. Went back today for a business lunch, not my choice of places but OK we go. The prices have risen quite a bit since my last visit. I really don't mind higher prices if I think the food, service and surroundings are worth it. This place, ....the place is very nice, all modern an stuff, the minimalist look. Kinda like a museum of modern art. The food on the other hand...$13.95 for Pad Thai noodles? get outta town! (I always wanted to use that) and lookin at the dinner menu for the same noodles $16.95! This dish should be 9-10 dollars. I had the pad Thai since I was the one picking up the check on this one, it was one of the less expensive options. It wasn't any better then any good Thai place fixes it. The drinks are on the high end of prices....but OK its lunch time!Service was a little slow, took 1 1/2 hr for lunch. Well, might have been the kitchen, but at least I wasn't in a rush. This is one of those places that started this trend of westernizing (not as in cowboy!) Asian food , hiring white english speaking servers and building chic modern buildings and serving the whole thing on a big square black plate and doubling the price of the dish. I call this the PF Changs phenomon. Bistros my eye!....sorry I got carried away . Come here if you want this kind of place and have lots of money or on a company expense account, otherwise Reno has many a great Thai place to go.

Isabeau wrote about Yoshimi Sushi

We were practically told to leave this half-empty restaurant because we had party of 5 and they didn't think they could accommodate us. The waitress seemed very put-out and was very reluctant to put an extra chair at an open table when we politely asked and asked if we would split up at different tables (two of us five were kids, mind you). She had to go ask her manager who she said probably wouldn't allow it. We were made to wait until two of their three four-person tables opened up simultaneously so that we could have an extra chair (for my nine-year-old niece, mind you) because they had not a single extra chair in the restaurant. We were not allowed to sit at the mostly empty sushi bar because it was only for all-you-can-eat patrons, in case they came in. Our table - which we had begun sitting down at at the direction of the waitress, but were promptly kicked out of because she couldn't obtain the empty chair the party of three behind us was not using - was given away to a party of four as we waited for a second table to open so that we could simply have an extra chair. We were not offered any drinks, not even water as we waited and were forced to leave because we found it ridiculous that we would have to hope that two tables would open up at the same time just so that we could have an extra chair and God knows when THAT would have happened. We were treated very poorly though we were polite and found that a party of more than 4 at this restaurant is not welcome. It also appears that this restaurant is more concerned about obtaining $25 all-you-can eat diners than accommodating regular guests. As a side note, this "lounge" that is talked about? Simply a few chairs set facing each other with screens surrounding them in a back corner of the restaurant. There was nothing "swanky" about it and I can't figure out for the life of me what the reviewer was talking about. The octopus painting on the wall was very cool, but that's about it. There wasn't any special lighting or anything. Extremely unpleasant experience and will never step foot in again. May be fine for couples - I heard the food was pretty good - but I wish to warn those in groups against going here, it is NOT GROUP FRIENDLY. Embarrassing, unpleasant experience that unfortunately ruined our night. I had to rate the food and value as average because I never got a chance to actually try the food and I was also never offered a menu while I waited, so I don't know. If there was an "I don't know" I would have used it, to be fair.