A restaurant review

A restaurant review

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Vega, New York

Reviewed yesterday

★★★☆☆

Great mains, pity about the chips

Came for lunch with my sister. We loved our Thai-style mains which were amazing with lots of flavour, very impressive for a vegetarian restaurant.

But the service was below average and the chips were too terrible to finish.

When we arrived at 1.40, we had to wait 20 minutes while they got our table ready. OK, so we didn't have a reservation, but the restaurant was only half full. There was no reason to make us wait at all.

We ordered the chips as a side dish and they looked delicious. But, when we tasted them, they were overcooked and swimming in oil so we left most of them. We expected a lot more for $10!

When the waiter asked if everything was ok, we said we really didn't like the chips and he said 'That's funny, I love them' and that was it. He didn't offer us anything else or take them off our bill. Also, when we didn't leave a tip, he looked annoyed.

I was really excited about visiting Vega, and the mains were just fantastic, but the rest of the experience was really disappointing.

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  1. Use an informal or semi-formal style.
  2. In the title, give the main idea or opinion.
  3. Write about the important parts of the experience, not every detail.
  4. Organise your ideas into paragraphs.
  5. Write about the good and the bad.

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Submitted by Roman Mamedov on Mon, 10/11/2025 - 14:44

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Delicious food, but poor service 

I went to the AMA restaurant with my friends yesterday. It’s Kurdish restaurant. I had never been there before. It’s located in a crowded area of Smethwick, but we could find parking easily. Although the food was delicious, the service was poor and slow. 
In addition, the portions were generous, but the presentation was underwhelming. The AMA restaurant is friendlier than the previous one that I visited. Even though it is located in a noisy area, I will go there for dinner in the future, because the food is suitable for my palate.

Submitted by sujiththa.thangaraja on Mon, 10/11/2025 - 14:25

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If you want to try authentic Indian food, The Spice Garden is a great choice. The interior was elegant, and the tables were neatly arranged. The staff were attentive and served the dishes with care. Although the restaurant was noisy because it was popular, the food was absolutely worth it. Each dish was rich in flavour and beautifully spiced. I particularly enjoyed the butter chicken and garlic naan. I would highly recommend this restaurant for its excellent food and friendly service.

Submitted by ritanur01 on Wed, 22/10/2025 - 04:22

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YES for the place, but NO for the food 

I heard about new sushi restaurant in town, and as a big fan of sushi, I was really excited to visit. I went there with my boyfriend, and we ordered two plates from the main menu and three from the conveyor trays. The ambience and service were so nice. But unfortunately, when we tried the food, we were disappointing. The portions were very small, the quality was below the average, and the taste was nothing special. Overall, it was a bad experience, and i wouldn't recommend this restaurant. 

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Submitted by YolimaRC on Sat, 11/10/2025 - 18:16

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Lunch at the market square in La Perseverancia Reviewed one month ego In this place, you can find all organic things. In the first floor, you find plants to buy, specialy beautiful Orchids, and other plant for decorate your home. Same you can buy clay crafts made to hand, and other amazing and beatiful things. On second plane, there are a several tipical restorant, whith delicious dishes about our culture, from dishes of coast like fish and coconut rice, until Boyacá stew, that it is a dish from inside of country. This place have took part in competitions with other restorant places, and it have won. So I recomended you visit to galery of Perceverancia, and have a good time.

In this place, you can find all organic things. In the first floor, you find plants to buy, especially beautiful orchids, and other plants for decorating your home. Same you can buy clay crafts made by hand, and other amazing and beautiful things. On second plane, there are several typical restaurants, with delicious dishes about our culture, from dishes of coast like fish and coconut rice, until Boyacá stew, that it is a dish from inside of country. This place has taken part in competitions with other restaurant places, and it has won. So, I recommended you visit to gallery of Perseverancia, and have a good time.

Submitted by Angieee on Thu, 02/10/2025 - 22:07

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Pan Pa Ya, Bogotá
Reviewed two days ago
★★★★☆

Bread is delicious, but the desserts leave much to be desired

My friend and I went to this bakery because it looked beautiful, clean, and inviting. And indeed, the bakery has all these qualities. The place is spacious and tidy, and the staff serve you really well — they smile and treat you with patience and kindness.

We tried three different slices of bread, and they were delicious. The bread was fresh and soft. Then, we decided to taste one dessert: a cheesecake. It looked delicious — actually, it’s my favorite dessert.

Everything was going well until we tasted it. Unfortunately, the cheesecake had a strange flavor. It was supposed to taste like coffee, but it didn’t taste like coffee at all. We were a little disappointed.

Overall, this bakery is delicious and definitely worth visiting. I recommend it, although there are just a few small things they could improve.

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Submitted by EduardoAlonso250201 on Fri, 19/09/2025 - 05:57

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It's amazing when you find a cheap and great restaurant

My girlfriend and i were trying to find a good place to eat, but we were in the mood to find something new, so we stopped at the first restaurant that look nice. For our surprise the spot was quite formal and perfect for a date, and the most important, they served great steaks, we ordered chistorra as side order and medium well rib eyes. The bill was affordable, the service was warm and fast and the beverages were really good.

Submitted by Hiyori15 on Mon, 08/09/2025 - 05:59

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three months ago, I went to a small coffe shop. when I want ordered something I ask some question about ingridient of drink because I dont like something sweet. But, the cashier response was annoying for me, so i ordered coffe latte without sugar. and then I'm going to my table.  The waiter came, his service was very cool and the place very comfort and cold.

 

Submitted by Mary Billi on Mon, 25/08/2025 - 05:34

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Delicious Taste, But Nachos were cold and dry 

Yesterday I went to the Bloom Food court with my boyfriend. We ordered a loaded nachos from Rangoonian Burritos. I used to work with the shop owner on digital marketing services and I have tried many of their dishes and almost every each one was delicious. But yesterday the loaded nachos was cold and dry. The meat was cold and the nachos were dry. The staff at the counter was easy en ugh to communicate with. The service wasn't bad. The taste wasn't as good as I expected. Even though it was not very tasty, we did not want to waste that so we ate it all. But next time, I won't order it again. 

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Submitted by evrenselcevik on Thu, 24/07/2025 - 13:28

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while I was working in the mall, I had a 1 hour break. My food had to be ready in 1 hour. I went food court a new open place. But I wish I hadn't gone. Because there were very slow. Nobody don't care and there wasn't personal discount and I spend all my time waiting for food. İn 1 hour I was eating,driking coffe and resting.