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| - This place sparked me to wonder... am I giving a rating based on the quality of the food/presentation, or am I giving a rating based on my opinion of how the place is, regardless of what star rating it's supposed to be.
If we're talking about the first, obviously this is not a 4 or 5 star dining establishment. I came in at 11pm for a late night Chinese dinner in Scottsdale that wasn't PF Chang's, and this was the only place I could find. It's a dive bar that happens to have a kitchen serving Chinese food. I ordered from the bartender, and the food came out in to-go containers with plastic forks and paper plates. Obviously not a first date place.
However, the food was really, really good. And honestly, I love finding dive-y places that nobody but the locals know about. When my girlfriend and I walked in, people were looking at us like who are we? Filled with locals, I loved it. Nobody was rude, just confused that an outsider had found their secret hideaway.
Overall, four stars to balance the atmosphere, the quality of food, and the presentation.
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