Christine "Mama2JandC" L.'s Profile

My kids an I needed a quick bite to eat and ran in here for dinner one night. It was not what I expected...it was better!!! Quaint little restaurant with a great selection of delicious food - hard to find in this city. There is no kid menu, so if your kids can't survive without eating macaroni and cheese and coloring on the menu then I recommend you look elsewhere. Great for bringing family, date night, or just when you're in the mood for good food at a reasonable price.

Shopping in the Tyler Mall one day I happened to pass by this place. It was empty, the kids were in a good mood - so I thought, why not?

I got my eyebrows threaded in less then 10 mins. It hurt! But I loved our quick it was and how quickly the redness went away. I wasn't ready to leave just yet and I noticed they did Henna tattoos so I introduced my children to that art as well.

The three of us walked out of there with mama's eyebrows back in shape and a new henna tattoo for each of my kids. Great price and location, and with a punch card that guarantees my 8th service is free I will be sure and return!

Went here about a month ago and pretty much splurged on everything from appetizer to drinks to dinner. I love their extensive menu and despite it being a "cheesecake" place my son and I both felt comfortable ordering fish dishes.

I have been to other Cheescake Factories before but the service and the food at this location is far superior to the other ones I have been to in the past. Their prices for what you get (quality, presentation, atmosphere) is VERY reasonable. I don't like Cheesecake, but I love the Cheesecake Factory.

We happened to drive by this place at lunch time on Labor Day and we've always wanted to check them out.

I am only giving this place 4 stars because of the service, we could barely understand the thick accent of our waitress and the service was a little slow, especially with the place only 1/3 full.

All of us loved our lunch and desserts. No complaints. The tomato bisque was perfect, very tempting to lick that bowl clean! Generous portions on our deserts, none of us finished.

We loved the atmosophere, from the large booths, the wall decor, to the plates they served our meal on. Their menu is extensive and since it is a chain restaurant I would be very happy to go to any of their establishments in the future.

I have been trying for months to come in and check this place out. Sadly the first two times I tried they were closed (6pm on a Friday night even!!!)

So I made a point to get down there today and try their panini's and gelato. I arrived after 1:30 to an empty place, which was fine for me I like it quiet. Ordered and Americano combo with chips. Received a good size panini with pasta salad...first oops! The sandwich is hearty with lots of flavor, howvever the balsamic glaze was bit much in quantity and dribbled everywhere. Tried my chips, stale, probably because they expired about 2 months previously.

Loved the fact that there fountain drink area had cranberry juice, mixed  it with lemonade and I was a happy olady once again.

They only had about ten gelato flavors available to choose from. I tasted the mint, but it was a tad crunchy for me and settled on the cookies-n-cream which went down quite nicely.

Price is pretty much the same as a sit-down restaurant, but you can tell that their ingredients are up to par with a restaurant so that didn't both me. This cafe has a nice atmosphere to it, clean and well decorated sitting area and bathroom. Would I return? Well let's just say I didn't call any of my friends and brag about this place, but if I get a hankering for gelato I might come in (as long as it's open that is)

This little gem has been here for years and we had the pleasure of packing a picnic and checking it out today. At only $2 per adult and $1 per child it is definately in the right price range.

A county park ranger showed us the grounds and went into quite a bit of detail on all of the blacksmith and ranch tools.

A volunteer then took us around the inside of the house and told us all about the Gilman family and how life was "back in those days"

The wagon museum and shop was closed for renovations at the time of our visit, but I believe they said it would be open again in just another month or so.

Lots of shade, tables, and green grass for picnicers. So if the day doesn't look like a hot one I would definately head over here and enjoy some history.

We took our family here this past Sat night for a late dinner. There were only a few other patrons in the place. Very nice atmosphere, great food, and service, but I must agree with an earlier posting, the music being piped in was horrible.

Will we return? Most definately with friends and family in tow.

I received 4 dozen beautiful roses from them on a Monday, but by Wednesday they were all falling over and wilting. I contacted them via their online customer service form and two days later they still have not called or emailed an apology. Do not use them!

Adding more to my review - they did finally respond to my inquiry and did replace the roses, 4 days later those ones began to wilt too. I have had many flowers delivered here before and never experienced this before. So I am upping them for trying to make things better, but that's as high as I can go :(

This was a nice hotel. We had 6 in our party, so we booked two rooms. We ordered room service for both dinner and breakfast. Dinner got there quickly (in less than 20 mins). Breakfast however took more than 30.

Parking is a nightmare. I paid $16 a night to valet my car and it was parked in front of my building - so I had to hike it up to the lobby to give them my card for them to go and get my car that was right outside my room. GGGRRRR!!!

Staff is friendly and very helpful. Booked it on Priceline for only $130 a night, so I got a great deal. Would stay here again.

We visited this campground for the first time this past weekend, a non-holiday weekend.  Lots of campsites that are on a first come, first served basis.  We had a great view of the lake and mountain and felt relatively safe letting our kids roam the area.

Cons: Poor customer service at front gate. The lady at the front didn't want to answer questions and she didn't give us a park map/rule book. Rangers are always on patrol (a good thing), but they seemed to be more worried with having your paper in your windsheild then the rude campers that are blasting their music to compete with the other campers that are blasting their music. We got told to take a hamock off of the tree, but campers across the lake were allowed to play a plethera of loud music for over an hour late one night.

Pros: If you are a fisherman (which we are not) then this is a great place to be. Very familiy oriented atmosphere. Everyone out on their bikes, at the playground, and just hanging out with one another. And the rangers always on patrol was a definite plus. I felt like I saw them every couple of hours, which made me feel safe.

Despite the two lightening storms, the earthquake, the raccoons invading our food supply, the coyotes howling at night, and the frogs that jumped through our campsite, we would more then likely return here in the future.