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Austin, Tx 78704 (512) 462-3512 |
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Went to Freebirds and got a "Monster"-sized burrito -- the burrito was so big I felt a bit embarrassed eating it. The sad part is that Freebirds has a "Super Monster"-sized burrito, which is even more ridiculous.
My burrito contained carnitas, rice, pico de gallo, black beans, roasted corn, and some mixed cheddar-jack cheese, and probably some other stuff that I'm forgetting at the moment. I spent about $10 on my burrito and drink, and actually, for the price, the burrito is a decent value, as it'll yield me at least two meals. One thing I discovered on this visit is that Freebirds has a frequent eater card. I'm not sure how the points work for other menu items, but I got one point for my "Monster" burrito purchase. At 10 points, you get a free burrito, or you can save the points for bigger purchases. Now that I have a frequent eater card, it's almost certain that I'll be back to Freebirds. This is because I already have one point, and that one point has value, one-tenth of a burrito, but if I never use that one point, it'll be a waste, which is bad, so I have to use that point eventually, which means going back to Freebirds many more times, and the more times I go to Freebirds the more points I get, meaning the more potential value that I'll have that I don't want to squander, which means Freebirds has me hooked -- at least till I use all of my points. To be continued... |
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Austin, TX 78757 (512) 458-3700 |
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Went to Ichiban again and got the same thing that I always get, the sushi combination lunch special, with a shrimp tempura roll in place of the California roll. The meal was good, as usual. The special hand roll this time was four pieces of what I believe to be spicy crab, with avocado, fried, with two different sauces on top, one spicy (orange), the other sweet (black/brown).
Ichiban has their lunch specials from 11am to 2:30pm -- I usually elect to go during the later part of this period, in an effort to avoid the lunch crowd. On this visit, I was able to avoid the lunch crowd all together, during the latter part of my visit, when I was the restaurant's only customer, which was a bit weird. I normally don't like to be the focus of attention, but when you're the only customer in a restaurant, you're the focus. That being said, my waiter was really attentive, which was cool. Sometimes at Ichiban, the wait staff don't always notice an empty glass of water, but on this occasion, my waiter made sure I always had water, which was nice. |
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Austin, Tx 78723 (512) 928-3811 |
| Woke up hungover and wanted some tacos. I got an al pastor taco (which comes with pineapple) and a carnitas taco. I also got these tacos the last time I visited this place, but for some reason, it seemed like these tacos had more filling, with is nice. Anyway, the tacos and a Mexican Coca-Cola hit the spot. |
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Austin, TX 78705 (512) 236-0207 |
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I'm really digging Oishi's happy hour specials. This visit I was able to get a salmon roll and a "longhorn" roll for around $7 dollars.
The only bad thing about this restaurant is that it's located right next to the University of Texas at Austin, and thus I had to endure two young college girls talking and giggling about partying and drinking and boys as they ate $30 worth of food, which was quite annoying. *Sigh*, oh the innocence and ignorance of youth. But anyway, I like Oishi and I hope it sticks around. Oishi is located in the Dobie Mall, which previously housed "Sushi Caliente", which tried to fuse Mexican and Japanese food. That restaurant failed -- I hope because it was a stupid concept and not because there's a lack of market for sushi in this area. Mexican/Japanese sushi fusion -- seriously, wtf? (A quick aside, I ate at Sushi Caliente once, but didn't review it. The place was overpriced, and the person that took my order basically begged me to tell other people about the restaurant because they needed more business -- I didn't, till now.) |
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N. McAllen, TX 78504 (956) 631-7344 |
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On December 23rd, I went out with my parents and brother to Logan's Roadhouse in McAllen, Texas. There was the usual wait, but things started to go down hill when we were seated. The waiter was nice, but incompetent -- the real problem was the food and overall service.
1.) My dad ordered a bowl of chili as his entree, but as we were being served our food, the waiter apologized and informed us that they were out of chili, as, let me state again, we were being served out food. The waiter should have told us they were out of chili as he was taking our orders or shortly thereafter. Granted, the waiter might not have known himself that they were out of chili, but someone, a cook at least, should have notified him when they got our orders. 2.) My mom ordered an appetizer platter, which included celery sticks to compliment the buffalo wings, but the celery sticks were DECOMPOSING. Either they had been frozen or they were old, but the were turning to gloo. 3.) In place of the non-existent chili, my dad ordered an appetizer platter, just as my mom had did. The appetizer is supposed to come with 3 different items (my mom's did) but my dad only got 2 different items. The waiter did not say why, so we had to ask why, when we had ordered 2 of the same plates, they come back looking different. The waiter said that they ran out of one of the items, which is understandable (somewhat), but unacceptable in relation to the shitty service we also received from the restaurant as a whole. Overall, I will never eat at a Logan's Roadhouse ever again. The waiter apologized for the service and food saying that they had just finished serving a big party, explaining why some of the food was out of stock, but still, its a restaurant, and they are supposed to be prepared for almost anything. Shitty service and shitty food equals a bad review. No more Logan's for me, ever. |