Treats Eatery 1104 Mayor Magrath Dr South

Today we decided on Treats. It was my first time here for lunch and if I was here back in the olden days, I don't remember what it was like. I ordered a BLT with fries. It was a decent sandwich. (but thats it) it wasn't $13 good. I didn't really like my fries either. they were overcooked and soggy.  There was a lot of other choices on the menu, so I didn't have to choose what I did. It tasted ok, I thought it was a bit over-priced for what I got. Lunch isn't usually that expensive unless its some place totally AMAZING. (like a new all you can eat Sushi place for example) Ok now I wish my lunch money today went to something like that. I would have loved that. So ya, I guess all in all, I didn't love todays choice.  I wasn't that satisfied with what I ordered. If I had it to do again, I probably wouldn't. "M"

 It's been a lot of years since I have eaten at Treats. I remember it was once one of our favorite restaurants, so I'm not sure what happened. I was looking forward to checking it out again. I don't know if I am getting more critical after a year of writing these blogs or maybe it really is because there is bad food out there, but I was not impressed today. I ordered a taco salad with chicken which should be a pretty safe thing to eat.  My first bite had me wondering why there were croutons in a taco salad. After closer inspection I realised they were cubes of chicken not croutons. Yes they were dried out spicy cubes of chicken, edible but not great. The rest of the salad was fine, a few too many onions for me, but overall is was good. The menu had a lot of options on it that looked good and it took me a while to decide. Treats has been around for a lot of years so they must be keeping some people happy but for me, after a year of eating at a different restaurant every week I now know why I got stuck with a few favorites places. I hope that these blog entries will not only help the readers to find places to try, but maybe a few restaurants will read the blogs and make some improvements. Time will tell.  "J"

Luigis Pizza & Steak (south) 1119 Mayor Magrath Dr.

I hate to start out a blog in a negative way but today's experience reminded me of why I have only eaten here one other time. I was looking up the address to add the the blog and I found that I wasn't the only person to be disappointed by Luigi's. There are many bad reviews out there. Anyway here goes. First and most importantly, when I go for lunch I need to be back to work on time. I wish restaurants could understand this. Today we arrived shortly after 12 PM and at 12:50 our meals still had not been served. Once they were served we had to gobble the food down so quick it was hard to enjoy. Well, enjoy would have been a stretch anyway since I wasn't overly impressed. I ordered a steak sandwich with spaghetti thinking that paying extra for spaghetti would give me a little bigger portion. I guessed wrong! I thought spaghetti was relatively cheap but I guess they use the expensive kind here. The veggies were the everyday household mixed veggies from a frozen bag that is about the cheapest, worst thing you can put on a customers plate. Now you really got me going! A server that doesn't know how to smile added to the displeasure. BUT!! wait, it gets better, my steak was very good!! cooked medium rare, tender with great flavor. At least they got one thing right. Sorry Luigi's but you have got to do better than this. I may get brave and try again in another 10 years. "J"

Its getting harder and harder to think of a place to go these days. Today we decided on Luigi's. I haven't been here in a long time and I've never tried lunch here. We were seated right away, the restaurant was busy, but not packed. I thought there was a pretty big lunch menu with lots of different things. I decided on pizza because its a good lunch choice and Luigi's usually has really good pizza. So, we've all ordered and by now its about 12:15. So we waited and talked and waited longer. Seriously, sometimes in a restaurant I don't notice how much time is actually gone by. I looked at the time, wow, its 12:40. We just waited some more. Then, its 12:50 what's going on here? Our food came about 2 minutes after that. I thought the Pizza I ordered was really really good. It had Italian Sausage, Green Peppers, Onions, Tomatoes. It was a good value, and just enough. I was full and ready to go back to work. (which we were late getting back) Lunch should be easy to do in an hour. I don't know why we had to wait so long today. Either way, it was a good tasting lunch and I feel like I got a good lunch for the money. The other "Nomads" didn't order simple pizza, so we'll see what they have to say. "M"

Makisu Sushi 1517 Mayor Magrath Drive South

Today we decided it was time to try Makisu Sushi. For me I wasn't expecting a spectacular lunch. I don't really know why to be honest, but I went in to this venture with some-what low expectations. We were seated at our table and given the menus to fill out. All of us picked a few things we liked and then we ended up sharing everything. I ordered a spicy tuna roll, some sashimi, tuna and salmon, All of the food came fairly quickly. Wow! Its really really good tasting. We ate up our first order and ordered again. It was so dang good. Our second order was as big as the first and we all shared this order too. At this point I'm getting really full but we knew we should be polite and eat all that we ordered. I really like this buffet style sushi, it was really good quality, and tasted really good. The other Nomads will agree that this was such a good place to go. Its been a while since I've got back to work and talked and talked about how much I loved lunch. I will be back again, I thought it was great!  "M"

Well I guess we need to amend the Sushi Trifecta.  We have now completed the Sushi quad.  I haven't read "M's" post yet, so there may be some repetition happnin' here.  Domo arigato, ...Mr. Makisu.  I know,  a cheap 'Styx' rip off and not that funny. Anyways, I don't even know where to start man.  Yum, yum, yum, yum.......get the picture.  My tastebuds have been in a state of Euphoria all afternoon.  We hadn't been here yet, not sure why but maybe just because of past restaurants that have been in this locale.  I won't name names, but needless to say this location has been pretty gross for a long time.  Well that's changed now that Makisu Sushi is here.  I was very pleased with the simple yet adequate decor.  I loved the menu system, I loved the Sushi, I loved the service, I loved the GFM I was in all afternoon, I loved how stuffed I was.  I just ate my dinner and its after 10 pm.  Holy Crap I ate a mountains worth of sushi!  Hey are they still open?  Maybe I could head there right now.  As far as flavour is concerned, Makisu is as good as anywhere.  As far as presentation, not too shabby.  I really liked the wooden plate thingees.  Next time I eat there I will feel like a pro at ordering.  It took a couple of rounds before we felt we had it figured out.  I was pleased to see people in there.  Places like this need to stick around.  I had miso, maki, sashimi, teriyaki chicken, and even some stuff I hadn't eaten before.  Finished it off with some Mango ice cream.  It's great here cause you can try things you normally wouldn't eat.  I was surprised when I sent in an order of gyoza, and received a single gyoza.  We kinda chuckled bout it.  We ate in two rounds today.  While we were sitting and waiting for round two to show up, we started feeling fuller and fuller.  When the next order showed up our mouths dropped and we realized we had our work cut out for us.  "M" was almost cross-eyed he was so full, but "J" and I were ready.  It was time to 'Lock and Load'.  We succeeded by polishing off every last spec of food.  Thank You Makisu, I will definitely be back. "BA"


I'm sure the other Nomads have already said it all but I was pleasantly surprised with lunch today. I don't know why but I really didn't have very high expectations going here but I quickly changed my mind. Once we got the hang of the ordering system we started to roll, sushi roll that is. The rolls were a perfect size to fit in your mouth and great flavor. Spicy tuna rolls are my favorite and these were especially good. They had a little crunch to them and I loved it. I have a favorite sushi place already but these rolls alone may change that. I liked this way of ordering sushi because it allows you the opportunity to try things you may not normally order. The portions are a little smaller and and so you don't feel like you will waste something if you don't like it. I tried new things today and was very happy to be able to do so. I prefer to spend less than $15 for lunch but today it was worth it. Grab a couple of friends and give Makisu Sushi a try, you won't be disappointed.   "J"