Gloria "death by perfume" T.'s Profile

Ok I have to say that the service here, while friendly enough, is terrible. They didn't acknowledge us while we waited and once we sat it took quite a while to get anyone to talk to us.

Having said that, the food is great! Jose (the fiance) and I both ordered a scramble with homesytle potato's, a biscuit and orange juice. The orange juice, while never refilled, was obviously fresh and my biscuit was delicious. The scramble was great too. We both got ones with avacado and for once found a restaurant that didn't skimp!

After the terrible service at Vida, this cafe was a nice change. Although we arrived at ten (and felt terrible when we realized they were closing), the hostess sat us right away and gave us excellent service. I never felt rushed or ignored. Now onto the food!

I realize that this is more of a breakfast, lunch kind of place, but their dinner was nothing to turn your nose up at. I got the rib-eye on a bed of asparagus and risotto. The fiance got the pork chip in an apple glaze with green beans and mash potato's. My steak was done just right and they served me plenty of asparagus, which was great. I hate when restaurants only give you greens as an after thought. I do admit, my risotto was a bit lack luster. My fiance loved all of his, so I'd say 5 out of 6 is pretty good.

My fiance and I decided to stop in this restaurant after a long tiring day. It looked nice and the menu seem to look good. We were seated right away in a nice comfy booth in the back by a nice hostess.

So why two stars? Its all about the service. Sure the food was good and the restaurant was nice, but who cares if you have crap for service? It took ten minutes to get our first drinks and another ten to get bread. By the time the bread arrived, I didn't think we were going to get any.

Our server was nice enough, but he didn't seem to think it was necessary to give his name or grace us with his presence very often. He never bothered to refill my drink, even after I asked him. The excuse of the night was that it had just gotten busy right after we came in. It may have been busy, but there were plenty of times when he walked by and failed to acknowledge us.

I still would have given this place three stars if my guy had liked the food. While mine (Seafood Paella) was delish, he said that his pasta was tasteless. He boxed more than half away and noticed many others doing the same. I can't remember what it was called, but it was a chicken pasta dish.

Maybe if I'd only come for drinks, my experience would have been better.

Note that this review is based only on a bang cut.

I was planning on going out with my friends the other night and thought to myself, "You really need to trim your bangs because having them in your eyes is not attractive and probably not safe." Since I was in the mall hunting for some work clothes, I decided to go to Regis. This was not the best decision I've ever made.

Why did I go this salon when my usual stylist is so awesome? Time constraints and low gas. I walk in and the girl at the counter tells me that they have someone available right away and that it'll be $10. That's a little more that Isabell (my usual hair stylist) would charge me, but I'm saving on gas, so I figure its worth it. All I need is a bang trim and I think, "How badly can they screw it up?"

The stylist was nice enough, which is the only reason they got the one star. She didn't seem very sure of what she was doing. She wet my bangs a few times, combed them side ways and started hesitantly clipping away. I should have stopped her there. I've never gotten a good hair cut from someone who wasn't sure of themselves.

After she was done, she walks to the counter and tells the girl that it'll be $15. When I ask why I'm now being asked to pay $5 more, she tells me that she forgot that P--- is a senior stylist. Senior stylist my as*! I think Pearl was just upset because she had asked me if I have a regular person I go to and I told her the truth.

The $5 dollar hike in price wouldn't have upset me so much if I hadn't glanced my now dry hair in a mirror in one of the stores. The "senior stylist" screwed up a simple side bang cut! I felt so embarrassed that I had to leave the mall. I know this sounds shallow, but I was a little upset over being taken.

Luckily my hair grows very fast and I've learned my lesson.

On my last trip to LA, my friend brought us to this lovely stretch of sand. I had told her that I didn't want to see those awful ashtray-like beaches that they have in Los Angeles. I thought I had already been to this one, but it turns out that it just really looks like Huntington.

One thing I'm not a fan of, was how hard it was to find parking. We drove in what felt like endless circles before FINALLY finding a spot. I thought the beach would be overly crowded, but since its such a long stretch, we had plenty of room to lay out and enjoy the sun.

I was in awe of all the beautiful houses lining the beach front. Those places must cost a grip and had me thinking about stealing some lawn furniture.

All in all, it was a pretty nice spot with a long walking path and I wouldn't mind going again.

This place gets 4 stars, not just because of the food, but because I had so much fun. True, I was on vacation with 3 of my closest friends and that fed into it, but Roscoe's is certainly an experience.

One of my friends goes to school in Long Beach so she had not trouble finding the location and warned us before hand that it was going to be ghetto. I'd say ghetto was an understatement. As we drove into the parking lot and I saw the iron bars on all the store fronts and the broken down cars in the parking lot, I couldn't help but laugh. It was all so cliche. The worst car in the lot(or what I thought was the worst car at first) had been in a major accident. The whole side of the car was smashed in and rusting and the rest of it didn't look too hot either.
As we walked toward the restaurant, we were greeted by a giant poster for Pit Bull energy drink and a lady in an outlandish, church-like outfit. She was wearing a long purple dress with a big purple Sunday hat that had purple feathers all along the rim. Since MJ had just passed (may he rest in peace) she was selling shirts in his memory and offered to sign them for us. What she would have signed them? I have no idea.
We passed on her offer and were told that it would be a 20minute wait. There was a line of people waiting outside, so it didn't come as a surprise.
What was surprising, was the lady that ran into the restaurant yelling that someones car was on fire. The lady next to me immediately turned and asked in a panicked voice, "Is it mine?!" The other lady, of course, did not know and told her as much. Looking out the window, the second lady shouted, "It is mine! Oh my God! Anyone have a fire extinguisher?" The cashier said with what seemed like practiced indifference, "I don't think so." How can a restaurant not have a fire extinguisher, especially one that must deal with a lot of grease? I haven't a clue, but luckily a Mexican man came out of nowhere and saved the day about fifteen minutes before the fire department showed up.
All this action kept us occupied while we waited for a table, so the wait seemed like nothing. I do have to say that the service left a lot to be desired. Our waiter was bored, never gave us his name and never once smiled or offered suggestions.
I ordered chicken and waffles because I don't believe in going to a taco stand and ordering a sandwich. They were everything I thought they would be. The chicken was moist and the batter didn't overwhelm. The waffles were a golden brown and the syrup was delicious. Two of my friends order chicken and gravy with grits, which they loved. The grits were horrible, but they always are. The trick is lots of hot sauce and butter. The bill wasn't bad for four people, it came out to only a little over $40.
So would I revisit? Hell yeah!

Back in my Evergreen days, my friends and I would frequent this place. We were always low on cash and I didn't think they'd want to go anywhere more hardcore.
The store always looks clean and they have a touch screen system and a little voice calls out your number when your order is ready.
The sandwiches are ok, but I've found cheaper and better before. The real draw is their large selection of snacks. Spring rolls and Grass Jelly, YUM!
It was a downer when my friends mom found a cockroach in her sandwich. We didn't go there for about a month after that. Then we decided, well WE didn't find the roach.

I can't believe that as many times as I've been to this location, I've never written a review. I used to visit this place a few times a week when I worked at the Embassy in Milpitas. Everyone would give me their money and I'd take off for an unscheduled break. Oh, how I love working with Asians. Only they would let me take the company shuttle to get everyone pearl drinks on company time.

My favorite is the Mocha Snow Bubble with tapioca. For some reason, they make it the best. My second favorite is the Strawberry milk tea with coconut jelly. I've tried that at other places and it always tastes a little bitter.

My favorite snack item are the calamari. I remember getting the fish balls and the white girl we worked with thought that they were actual balls. She was appalled and we couldn't stop laughing. Good times.

I debated on the amount of stars I would give this place. I decided on 3 because my drunken birthday friend had a fun time and that's what really matters.

There was a short line to get into this place, but the wait wasn't long. The bouncer at the door had the usual attitude and stared and picked at my ID for much longer than necessary. He then told my SO to step back even though he hadn't stepped forward. Why are they always like this? Why do bouncers at places like this always have to act like they're so hard? And the Tapout shirts! Ugh, someone tell these guys that they're not cool.

The Spot sounds like the name to a club, and they kind of had it set up like one, but it seemed like more of a bar to me. When you walk in, there is a bar along one side and a bunch of little tables set up near it. Then there is a slight upstairs that goes around and a little private seating area that looks over everything. Of course, there is not much to look at. This place needs to realize that if they want to be seen as a club, they need much more dancing space. The drunker people got, the more they wanted to dance, but there was just no room. We had most of the private seating area to our group of 30. At one point a trio of white girls came up and danced in the middle of our tables. Some of the guys were happy for the entertainment, but the bouncers shut em down after one tried to dance on the table. Towards the end of the night, the channel they had the flat screen on, above our tables, switched to porn. I was like, well there's something you don't usually see at straight clubs. Someone on their staff realized this after a few minutes and changed it to something else.

The drinks here are worth mentioning only because they are so WEAK! My friend ordered 4 Vodka Red Bulls and there was MUCH more Red Bull. In our mostly sober state, we could tell that we'd been cheated and decided not to order any more. I should have sent them back. Those drinks were a huge waste.

So to sum up; bad drinks, annoying bouncers, and no place to dance.

The thing about the Gilroy outlets is that not all of the stores are at a discounted price. The Converse store, for instance, does not seem any cheaper than the regular Converse store. They do have a large clearance area,  but those shoes are usually pretty fugly.
The two stores I always go to the outlets for, are Bath and Body Works and Coach. BBW has by far, the best deals. I found this scrub that is usually $25 for only $4. I also got an $18 body lotion for $2 and a $40 tote for $4. I would drive all the way to these outlets just for that. Of course there is also the Coach store, which always has purses at about half off. They're not the newest ones, but they're the ones that were just in the stores. Of course, you're going to have to navigate around the flock of women, but it's worth it.