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Life Alive

Life Alive

281 Essex St, Salem, Massachusetts, USA, 01970, United States

Soup • Juice • Organic • American


"Update nov 2021: my review below from 2020 is still accurate. Have given this place several more tries this year and it seems to be even worse regarding hit-or-miss QC. Got some things that were okay and some things that were totally inedible. There are so many better vegan options in Salem who actually care about their customers and their staff. Original review, June 2020: Used to be a weekly (sometimes bi-weekly) regular here for many years between 2015 and 2018 but since the Panera takeover has gone into full swing, there is basically no consistency in terms of the food and quality has definitely gone downhill. Past several times I 've been in, orders have been wrong or preparation has been wack and has ranged from being just okay to being borderline not edible because of bad preparation. Vegetables can be undercooked, proportions are all over the place (e.g.: too many onions, way too much sauce, too little sauce), portion sizes have gotten smaller while prices have gone up. Seems like staff turnaround is really fast — used to have regulars I knew and now it seems to be new people every time I go in. Recently talked to some old employees about how working there ended up being a disaster after the corporate takeover and all of them left as a result. The juices and smoothies are still solid. It seems as the chain is rapidly expanding into Boston, the quality control at this location has suffered. Apparently the one in Cambridge is still good. Updated from previous review on 2021-11-29"

Edison Patton

Edison Patton

4203 Edison St, Houston, United States

Lunch • Coffee • American • Sandwiches


"Please see below. My husband wrote an email to management on Feb. 28th, the day after we dined at Edison regarding our experience. Have not received an email back. Not looking for a hand out, but acknowledgement of how terrible the service was. So unfortunate to have experienced this on a special occasion. “Good afternoon, I want to preface this message with how every time I have come here, it has been an amazing experience, this time however was not even close. Last night my parents took me out to dinner for my birthday. I chose Edison Patton as it had been a while since I had been and the new menu looked great. Every time I had come in, I had thoroughly enjoyed the food, atmosphere and service, so was expecting a great evening. To start, the AC was either off or not working which left the inside extremely muggy. They had fans on, but that just seemed more a nucance than anything. We immediately ordered cocktails which took quite a while to come out. Then on to appetizers. We ordered one of the flatbreads and Brussels. After 15 min we were told they could not make pizzas today. Ok, not a big deal, we changed the order for fries. All the while still waiting on drinks, they finally arrive. 30 min into awaiting our appetizers, they come out. Great, we are all starving. Only issue is, they are completely cold. We say something and there is no reaction from the staff. No let me get them heated or offering to replace. We let it slide but reiterated that we do not want cold entree’s. After an hour of waiting for our meal, the two short ribs ordered were cold. Two of our burgers, ordered medium, came out way over done. And again throughout the evening, extremely slow timeline for drinks. 5 min is understandable, but 15-20 is ridiculous. Had to ask multiple times for water refills and that took forever as well."

Lovecraft

Lovecraft

50 Avenue B New York, NY 10009, 10009-7404, United States

Meat • Pasta • Coffee • American


"I saw a deal on pulsed and the menu sounded amazing so I was super excited to try! However I was soooo disappointed! For starters the waitress who looked like hell rolled over had no idea about the details of any of the menu items but we decided on the lobster cake Benedict and the English muffin crab cake sandwich which looked just like a Benedict?? They were both so mediocre and I could barely taste lobster or crab! They were supposed to come an truffle home fries and there wasn't even a HINT of truffle!!!! Then the drinks came super slow and it was only us and another table in the restaurant. So we decided to have something sweet as a dessert and ordered the French toast which says it's stuffed with strawberry jam and comes with truffle cream cheeese, none of the above in fact!!! It's was dry wonder bread French toast which was tasteless and not stuffed with anything and did not have truffle anything on the side! We asked the waitress about it she said I don't usually work this shift and didn't know, poor answer! You work here and should be well versed in the menu items, unacceptable! Anyways she kindly offered to take it back and not charge us which I thought she should have considering the mediocre quality of food. Then before bringing the check she says, since you have a pulsed deal which I paid $40, the 20%tip is already included based on a $90 value, huh? Ok so I didn't want to be bothered with this place or this girl anymore, I paid then thought wait, the total coast of or meals was $33, then $15 each to add bottomless which would bring us to $63 before tax! So she essentially gave herself an undeserved extra tip and we basically paid for the nasty French toast! This review is real and I go to brunch weekly and have tried so many places, this will be off of my list! Do not recommend!"