📍 Address: 533 W Oltorf St, Austin

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5)

My friends have been patronizing, and raving, about this restaurant in our neighborhood. I just returned from a 3 week trip to Europe. I had a bit of jet lag Sunday morning and woke up early. It was a pleasant surprise that I found Phoebes to be open at 7:00 AM. Since I was alone, I sat at the bar. At this time there was one couple sitting at a table and a family of 5 at another. The waitress was not that great. I had to ask her for water 4 times. My crab cake Benedict was good. My main issue? The TV 5 Feet from my head was blaring Fox News. I make it a point not to patronize businesses that have Fox News on when I walk in. That's my preference. Since no one was watching, and, I was forced to, or, leave my meal uneaten, I politely asked the waitress if she could put it on a different station if possible. She did not. Though I know people's political views are different, I felt like I should be able to enjoy my meal in peace. I will not go back. I tipped the waitress over 20%, though in retrospect, I probably should have been less generous. My friends and I eat out about 5 times a week. When I told them of my early Sunday morning experience, they have opted not to return either. Teresa K

📍 Address: 250 Granite St, Unit 1094E, Braintree

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐ (2.5)

Well that was an experience to say the least. I came here with my mother and little sister because my mother remembered taking me here as a child and wanted to share this with my sister. Well disclaimer we came on Black Friday so it was a wee bit busy but nothing crazy. Walked in and were walked to our seats immediately. The male host with glasses tried to seat us next to an aisle and my mother asked to sit next to the wall because she doesn't like people walking into her or having my sister close to a busy walkway. The host told us that he would but the other server of that section just got sat and so he couldn't seat us there. Well the female manager with glasses came over and said it was ok. So we sat down and immediately ordered an app from the computer thing on the table. Our server took a while to come to us and when did seemed to not care. We had to ask a few times about crayons and paper for the lil one. Our app came out. We got the chips with salsa and guac. Well don't bother. There isn't enough of either of the guac or salsa for the chips. As we were waiting I decided to sign up for the rewards program assuming I would want to come back. Couldn't do it on my phone but could on the computer. Well we waited and waited and waited for our food. The lil ones pizza finally came out and we continued to wait for our food. Now I would have forgotten the time if the two tables who came after us hadn't eaten , finished, paid, before we even got our food. The other four top in our row had the server go up to their table and the lady asked about the food and the brunette server looked at her and said yeah it's Black Friday, crazy huh. Shrugged her shoulders and walked away. I feel like the was the definition of a server saying idgaf. I ended up busting out laughing and so did the middle two top table. The server wasn't ours but I couldn't believe she would respond like that to a mother and her two children who as we talked is also a server. Our male server came over three times. I paid the bill before we were done because I just wanted to leave as soon as possible. We waited 45 mins for our two burgers. The male server that took care of us didn't care. Best part what was he could tell we weren't happy but I doubt he wanted to tell his manager considering the burger behind is in a burger was wrong somehow and already had to have the manager over. So honestly I don't plan on coming back to red robin. The only person in that restaurant that I dealt with that didn't piss me off was the female manager with glasses. I DO NOT recommend this place.

📍 Address: 10500 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Beaverton

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5)

I love this place. I didn't think I'd be able to find a better ramen spot in Portland than Kizkuki but I'm so glad this place exists! The portion sizes are perfect for me, leaves me feeling satisfied and not overly full and gross. My favorite here is the shio spicy ramen + corn & butter. You have to add the corn and butter, trust me, it just makes it 1000x better. The killer spicy ramen is also pretty delicious, but not for the faint of heart - it is true asian level spicy. They do have the option of low sodium broth, but why would you make it less tasty haha. The service has always been pretty quick with turn around time between ordering and receiving your food. Docked it down one star for inconsistency regarding seating. The past few times I've come, we've always been seated with an incomplete party but the last time I came, they refused to sit me until my other party member arrived. I asked them when this rule came into play and the hostess told me they have always had it (oh really now?). And so I came today and was the last to arrive, yet my party was already seated without me. Hmmm.

📍 Address: 575 Broadway W, Vancouver

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3.5)

Came by on a Wed night for dinner in late September. We were seated immediately in a booth in the bar/lounge section...glad we were there mid-week in the fall as I believe this is a popular establishment and not a fan of waiting for a table. The room is nicely laid out and it had a good energy/ambiance. I was pleasantly surprised by the food, being a chain restaurant. The menu is quite extensive and I ended up with the Feenie Burger. It was quite good...juicy, flavourful and very tasty. The fries were passable and lacked seasoning. I did sample my partner's yam fries and found them better, so if I returned, I would definitely sub in the yam fries. There was no issue with the service and our server was quite pleasant. I did find the prices a little high for the food. And I have to mention that they have one of the nicest washrooms I have visited at a dining establishment. It was a positive food experience and happy to recommend this restaurant in the Cactus Club chain.

📍 Address: 111 Chelsea St, Boston

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4)

The sausage skewers and meat lovers pizza were delicious. Great local place and reasonably priced!

📍 Address: 351 Highland Ave, Somerville

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐ (3)

This is my new go to for pizza and takeout. Their pizzas are great. Tonight we ordered a pizza and calzone for pickup and they accidentally put pepperoni instead of peppers in the calzone. Not super happy as a vegetarian. When we called they were incredibly nice and apologized and remade the calzone (a way bigger one too) and delivered it for free, my boyfriend ate the one with meat. They also have an app now that is convenient, and delivery is pretty fast. This is my go to for fast local delivery, good affordable food!