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I was really excited the day after new years to get a bagel with my best friends I traveled all the way from Milwaukee to see. Upon arrival, the place was pretty busy with people who obviously frequented the establishment often. We don't have many Bruegger's in Wisconsin so it was my first time here and it was not an enjoyable experience to say the least.\n\nIt began by me placing my order and asking for my sandwich without the tomato spread. The worker actually interrupted me mid sentence to ask which bagel. I politely stated my preference and moved along. The older gentlemen working the cash register asked what we got. I said what bagel and my boyfriend also asked for 2 hazelnut coffees. The cashier responded with, K..... I asked okay? and he responds with, I need to know what size.... I shrugged it off and was like well whatever maybe he's bummed to be working on new years.\n\nThen, when I get my bagel it has the tomato spread on it, which I politely asked for it without, yet was interrupted. The man literally says, \""Ma'am I don't know what you actually ordered and TOMATO is different than TOMATO SPREAD. Like I'm sorry... WHAT?! the sandwich comes with only one kind of tomato.. pretty sure that's impossible to get confused with. I tried so hard to not say a big screw you too. He made a huge deal about the whole thing and if he wasn't so rude when we were paying I probably would've shrugged it off. I had too much pride though.\n\nTHEN, he comes up to me and says MA'AM just so you know you were over charged because you ordered incorrectly. You shouldn't do that next time. K. Maybe if you took the time for decent customer service and realize we obviously have never been to a Bruegger's.\n\nAnd to put this into perspective, I worked at a breakfast place last year on new years day and not once did I feel the need to be that rude to anyone. It sucks but it's not my fault.... | 01
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I love love love this store. It's a mecca of kooky gifts, books, cards, calendars, tshirts, jewelry, candles... pretty much everything you could ask for. I've spent over an hour just browsing, and around the holidays or birthdays, it's the best place to go if you have no idea what to get. You can pick up anything from a barista action figure to chocolate body paint to the complete set of Harry Potter hardback books. And don't forget the fizzy bath salts or the stick-on mustaches. You'll be hard pressed to NOT buy anything before you leave. | 12
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Despite the kooky spelling, Kards Unlimited is a great place to shop for a gift. The card selection is extensive, so if you go there in search of a card you're unlikely to head home empty-handed. Even better, there's a wide assortment of knick-knacks and books that are perfect as gifts or impulse purchases for yourself. It's easy to lose track of time as you wander up and down the narrow aisles. | 12
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Such a great store. They stock everything (EVERYTHING), including: cards, hand puppets, necklaces, books, etc... Kards Unlimited seems to take great care in choosing store products for sale. Definitely my favorite store on Walnut. | 12
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If you are looking for an outstanding comedy gift, this is the place for you.\n\nAlso: a strategically hip book selection, high quality puppets, a wall of giggle-worthy novelty shirts and a jewelry case. Oh, and KARDS.\n\nFound along the wall: bacon band-aids, insta-Irish accent mouth spray, famous philosopher finger puppets, librarian action figure, vulgar piggie banks, zombie plastic animals, etc. A tiny sampling of the silliness. | 12
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They have a huge selection of greeting cards in the back, but I've usually come here to browse the books (lots of Kurt Vonnegut) or the stationary and other gifts like that (notepads like \""While you were out\"" but with snarky commentary). Not only do you have a ton of options here, but they're very well curated options. One of the very best gift shops around! | 12
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A door sign reads \""hiring enthusiastic, energetic and humorous employees\"" , so I walk-in. Immediately my expectations are exceeded as a lady behind the desk responds to a radio call from the staff upstairs announcing that her radio (which is strapped to her body) vibrates every time someone calls her and she \""kinda likes it\"". I couldn't help but laugh out loud the first 30 seconds I walked through the door.\n\n Super savvy, humorous and fun: This is one novelty shop you don't want to pass up! I left with unique childrens books & hand puppets for my son, silly sticky notes for my secretary's desk, witty comic novels, and an irresistible coin pouch. It's more than shopping in here, it's a whole experience. Go in, get lots for awhile... | 12
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kards unlimited is similar to pulp in dc in that it features offbeat gifts and unique cards, but adds jewelry and literature to the mix.\n\nwhile i've found gems here in terms of cards, i really had to *search* for them, unlike other stores where i find so many awesome cards i don't know which to pick..and end up leaving with seven birthday cards, spending more money than anticipated, and no money for food*. the back area has more mainstream cards by hallmark and shoebox (read:: cheaper), as well as posters, gift bags, and ribbons.\n\nthe gift selection are great and span from make-your-own-porno kits (do you like to do it yourself?) to cookie cutters, noveltees**, journals, children's toys, and items only locals would understand and find amusing.\n\ni appreciate the space dedicated to graphic novels, the corridor of books, n'at***, but this place is brimming with so much product, it's damn near impossible to navigate through the twists and turns, even when you know exactly what you're looking for and where it is.\n\nstill, stopping by is a must when on walnut.\n\n---\n*priorities, people. at least all my friends will have epic birthday cards!\n**seewhatididthere.\n***i'm basically a local now. | 12
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What more can I say about Kards Unlimited that hasn't already been stated? The reviews are glowing and well-deserved! More than just stationary and cards, Kards Unlimited is locally-owned in Shadyside and has a quirky selection of everything from books, jewelry, toys, posters, games, bath/body, and novelty gifts. I have found many a birthday and Christmas presents here, as well as plenty of knick-knacks for myself. Since I moved from Pittsburgh, I haven't been back, but I am going to make a point to visit next time I'm in town! | 12
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Large selection of unique/cute-tastic gifts. Humerous knick-knacks/books galore. Very adorable and staff was very pleasant. Looking forward to going back again. | 12
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I found myself in the Pittsburgh area this Christmas season on a quest for an ornament to exemplify our trip and mark the year. Of course I immediately turned to Yelp for help and Kards Unlimited popped up to the top of the list as a place to find ornaments. A quick read of the reviews, a tap on the directions button and I was on my way. \n\nI was there two days before Christmas and the store was all a buzz. There was a line halfway through the store which moved quickly. \n\nThis store has tons of choices. Books, cards, toys, jewelry, knick knacks and - ornaments. The first one to catch my eye was two turtle doves. It wasn't what i was looking for but it did satisfy another quest I am on. I also liked a set of decorative yet functional measuring spoons. I thought it would make a nice ornament. \n\nThey displayed their collection of ornaments with fishing line tacked to the ceiling with plenty of \""ask for assistance\"" signs. I also noticed a sign that explained the meaning behind their pickle ornament but unfortunately they were out of these. Had they had these in stock, I suspect my quest would have been complete. \n\nThe sales Team was helpful and polite without rushing even when the store was full. The shelves were neat and the store had a pleasant atmosphere. If I lived in the area I would definitely be a regular.\n\n[On the Second Day of Christmas my true love gave to me... Two Turtle Doves\nDecember 2102 Yelp Challege] | 12
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Pittsburgh has a Four Seasons!\n\nFrom Paris to Shanghai, London to Bangkok, the care with which this little B&B operation is run in Pittsburgh exceeds the best that I have experienced in any of these cities.\n\nIt may not have the conference facilities of a larger hotel, the business center, or in-house spa, but as a B&B, this is about as good as it gets. \n\nThe structure in which the whole thing is held (do we call it a 'house'?) is old (perhaps we could say it generically to be 'victorian') with decor to match. These are far from our tastes, but they compensate (in our eyes) by taking good care of what they have. The TVs aren't even old flat screens, but they do stock the rooms thoroughly with l'occitane.\n\nWhere this place really shines is in the staff and the food. I actually find this aspect to be _better_ or even _much_ better than many celebrated big-city five-star properties. When was the last time that the night staff pulled some food from the refrigerator (gratis) after a midnight arrival caused by flight delays?\n\nThey make everything in-house and it is all extraordinary. On this last visit, I indulged in their traditional french toast with a side of eggs. I forgot that this all includes an additional course in advance with fruit (not just big grocery store chucks of melon) and house-made cookies and muffins. On each visit, they mix these up. For this December visit, they did gingerbread cookies (of course). The Chef (Jackie), from NYC, could be gainfully employed high up the hierarchy of any top big-city restaurant.\n\nThere is no elevator, so either pack light if you want a room on the 3rd floor or choose a 1st or 2nd floor room. The 1st floor room has double doors so I didn't find it any noisier than the others. You are in a city and on a reasonably busy street, so don't expect the charming home to be continued into a surrounding yard (although they do have an attractive new deck out back). | 12
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I met a friend for high tea on a weekday so we were the only ones there which we didn't mind at all given that we both brought our two year old children. We were served by Chef Jackie who I found to be friendly and informative. I was very impressed with the large selection of tea that included both loose and bagged options. We were told we could try as many as we wanted. \n\nI must admit I was a little disappointed with the quantity of sandwiches given. We were served an egg salad sandwich, a ham with avocado, and a take on a BLT which was bacon, tomato, and julienned spinach on top served on a piece of French bread. I wanted more. The second plate had fresh fruit and two scones- citrus and vanilla cream. Both were delicious but small in size. The final plate had a brownie, sponge cake, and small cupcake. Everything was delicious but I would have rather have had another sandwich or two over the last plate and larger scones. All of this cost $21pp. | 12
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Absolutely adorable! On my quest to be a refined English lady I've been on a hunt for the cities best high tea service. Probably not the most popular past time, but you can't knock it until you've tried it! And... You MUST try this place!\n\nThis is a proper setting for such an event, you almost feel like you need white gloves and a parasol! And surprise, the Inn is actually an Inn! Apparently it dates back to the olden days of yore (late 1800's) and is one of those old Shadyside mansions that was converted into an Inn at some point. But if you have relatives who want something more unique in the heart of a vibrant Burgh neighborhood, I'd suggest here!\n\nLet's get to the tea service though! It's served from noon to four daily, which is nice for a \""ladies who lunch afternoon\"" or a Saturday or Sunday outing for mom. It's in a parlor, which is small but charming. There's also an outdoor patio that would be nice if it's not too hot out (drinking hot tea in 80 degrees isn't too appealing). There's a full High Tea Service for $20 per person, which seems a little steep, but for tea service isn't too bad. There's also other combo's for around $12, but I'd say go big or go home!\n\nThe tea menu is VERY large and there were tons of choices. They give you the main choices between black, green and herbal, but you can also blend them together too. I chose the caramel vanilla, which I guess is being taken off the menu sadly. It was delish though... so maybe they'll bring it back at some point. There were honestly a lot of different ones I would have been more than happy with too!\n\nThe one thing I think is very cool and very different is that they offer you a different tea selections with the different tiers of food. I've never heard of them doing that before. Usually you get one tea choice and that's it. I love that you can pair the foods together with different teas for no up-charge. Very unique and a definite perk of coming here. \n\nI've been to several High Tea Services and this one would definitely be on the light side. The portions were small, but surprisingly filled me up for the entire afternoon until a later dinner. I mean, it's tea service, not a five course meal! There was a chicken and egg salad sandwich and a mushroom and cream cheese on a crisp baguette. The winner was absolutely the mushroom and cream cheese choice. It was amazing and I definitely could have eaten ten of those! \n\nThere were two scone choices of blueberry/peach and lemon/lemon ginger. Those were actually surprisingly tiny. I thought they were both moist and fresh, but I would have loved them to be a bit bigger because they were so good and I love to slather clotted cream on them! Oh, and there was also fresh fruit. Which is great and all, but more scone please!\n\nThe last tier was the desserts. Forgive me for not being accurate enough, but there was a delicious chocolate piece, cheesecake with lemon curd and blueberries. Loved the chocolate, but I like my cheesecake plain. While it was good it wasn't life changing. BUT, the coconut macaroon was honestly thee best macaroon I had EVER had. Again, ten of those in my possession would have been scarfed down in like 5 seconds. I would buy a batch of those if I could! Seriously, can I??\n\nI can't wait to bring my mom here, total mom place fo sho! But I also love it for myself too! Or for a bridal shower... If I could do another one (since I'm married I don't think that's proper). But it's a great place, that's what I'm trying to say and I'll for sure be back to get my proper English lady on! | 12
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Amazing!\n\nI recently hosted my friend's bridal shower here and everything was absolutely perfect! Heidi went above and beyond helping me plan from 3 hours away, including taking pictures of the tea room and promptly responding to my many many emails. The Inn itself is gorgeous, and the staff was extremely professional and accommodating. \n\nA++++!!! | 12
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I've never had the pleasure of staying here but this is where my boyfriends mom stays when she is in town. They've been very nice to accommodate my boyfriend and I even though we are not staying so I've had a few breakfasts here. They food is always delicious- usually a sweet or savory option plus a classic eggs, toast, meat, bread. The French toast is delicious. The bacon is so yummy crispy delicious. Coffee here is really good! \n\nThey have a beautiful back patio and a station with coffee and tea out all the time. So I've spent a few afternoons enjoying that. All the staff has been very gracious to us. | 12
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Went for brunch with a group of ladies and we had a great time! The inn is really lovely and it's a great if you want to try something new or different for brunch!\n\nService is impeccable and the whole atmosphere is just so elegant! The brunch service is basically a four course meal: fruit, breads, entree, dessert! And you also have you choice of juices, coffee and/or tea!\n\nAll the things we tried were delicious! There were so many things, I can barely remember. \n\n\nThey also serve Afternoon Tea, which I'm sure is fabulous!!! So, that's definitely next on my list! | 12
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First time having Afternoon tea time in the States. This place is very beautifully decorated. We had the Earl Grey and peach ginger tea. They were really good and the tea stand was AMAZING | 12
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Didn't havana go out of biz? I think this is the place with the purple awning. If not, oops! This place is OK. It does have a swanky feel and the martini's are OK but overall it is nothing special. Usually the place is very empty compared to the other bars on Ellsworth. | 01
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Tokyo Japanese Food Store is the only Japanese grocery in the area with a nice selection of produce, fish and processed foods. Not all, but many things are overpriced, and I would check out Lotus (Asian market) in the strip district for certain items such as sauces, noodles, etc.\n\nThey are known to sell things past expiration dates: sometimes in the form as a \""sale\"" without explicitly notifying the customer of the condition. Now, I don't have a problem with buying slightly expired non-perishable (boxed, canned) foods for less... but I expect an honest business.\n\nMany of their raw fish look discolored and old, making me ponder the honesty of the packaging dates...\n\nIn the end, many of the Japanese items can only be attained here, in Pittsburgh - having a small, but formidable selection to suit your needs. I would just be weary with expiration dates and the perishables they sell. | 01
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This is a pricey Japanese grocery store with a wide variety of goods. I know it better as our Saturday go-to place for BENTO BOXES. Oh yes, they are so good. They are made fresh daily by the nice Japanese mom and pop that own the place. They make sushi as well and it is expensive but it really does taste a million times better than the Giant Eagle stuff. They also sell SASHIMI grade fish so we tried our hand at sashimi cutting one afternoon as well. | 12
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The bento lunches made by the owners at Tokyo Japanese Food Store are the bomb!! They satisfy any Japanese food craving that I might have. They typically either have something fried or grilled along with a small salad, rice and some other tiny sides, which can be found in the fridge in the back of the store.\n\nIf you want to make any type of Japanese food this store would have anything that you would need though a little pricey. However their fresh fish is out of the world if you want to make your own sushi or sashimi. I also bought the largest carrot that I have ever seen (for under a buck!) to go with a cold soba noodle dish that I was making. \n\nYou won't regret popping in here as the owners take pride in their shop and keep it clean and all food fresh though note there is a $10 minimum for credit card. | 12
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I was looking for something Japanese around me but had no luck until I came across this place, the prices are fair. I don't understand why people are complaining about the price, it's coming from japan! Of course it will be more than the American junk candy. The food is very fresh and extremely good for the price, I bought a big list of stuff and I would buy out the entire store if I had the money. They are very kind and nice, polite and funny. They are willing to help you out and they give you a nice verity of food and items for a little shop they are. I would highly suggest going there, the food is healthier for you and isn't much more than our typical everyday food. They have certainly got me wanting to go back for more. | 12
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I like coming here with a group of people. I think this place may be able to claim they have the cheapest prices in Shadyside. Although many have said that this is pretty much a 'meathead' joint/sausage fest, I think the same could be said of other shadyside bars (william penn, doc's, etc.) \n\nI give the saloon four stars because it's near my house, has cheap drinks, and plenty of space. Usually dead on the weekdays. | 12
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This bar smells like a smoky urinal cake, all the time.\n\nI only go in to buy six packs. The bar staff seems nice enough. It def seems like a frat crowd.\n\nThey get 2 stars only bc there is a skee ball machine. | 01
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I am in the service industry and my friends and I came here for my birthday. It was the worst experience and the bartender wouldn't give us lemons or limes for our drinks. She was rude and all over the place. We would have spent a lot of money but she deterred us from that. | 01
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So I stumbled into this Giant Eagle Market District on my way home from Trader Joe's. (Note: The only grumble I have with TJ is lack of everyday essentials and I was suprised to learn that TJ doesn't stock dry beans). So I am headstrong about making lentil soup that day and instead of going to Whole Foods (see past review).\n\nI have been to the South Hills GE Market District before. I actually enjoy the experience of walking around HUGE stores that overwhelm me with variety and random things. Thus is the experience of GE Market District. You are in a full-service grocery store that caters to all income levels. AND you get FUEL POINTS for wasabi-covered soy beans. Fantastic! They give you a map of the store, which is truly needed, because the variety and stock is endless. The parking at the Shadyside GE is sort of hectic. Making a left out of the parking lot is pretty difficult. I enjoy these new Giant Eagle grocery-monopoly attempts. | 12
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The nicest full-range grocery I've ever seen. With, well, a catch. \n\nIt's the flagship store for the Giant Eagle chain, and they're strongly competing against the Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, both less than a mile away. They stock a large number of quirky items you normally would only see at specialty stores, and the produce section is amazing. The employees in the produce section are also amazing, as many of them can spout off a recipe for any particular item they sell, with a story and a smile.\n\nThat said, the traffic in and out of this place is pretty rough, and the prices on random items are much higher than you might expect, while the average price of items are actually pretty darn good. Hummus is ridiculously expensive. Juice is cheap. Dunno.\n\nEvery time we go here, we come out highly stressed, which sucks. The parking lot, traffic, and lines all make for a bad time, so I shop elsewhere unless I really need something that other places don't stock. | 01
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Dude, the other reviewers were NOT kidding about the parking. I'm not a big fan of carrying orange juice up hills in the rain, but I think it would be worth it to not have to attempt to park in that insane asylum known as the giant eagle parking lot.\n\nGiant eagle pita chips lose to Trader Joe's. They got groceries though, lots of groceries! I like being able to buy marketplace hummus dip AND toilet paper. This place might beat out trader joe's for me for regular grocery trips, when I have to buy like, lettuce, and shampoo. | 12
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Drama, Drama, and More Drama.\n\nThis review is for the event planning/wedding cake departments only. I actually like the rest of the store.\n\nWe had previously arranged for an appointment to talk with the cake department, but when we arrived, we were told that the cake decorator had left for the day without plans to return. We were then shuttled to talk with the event planning department about cake pricing options. The event planner was cold, and odd, and definitely not in a good mood. (For brevity and to protect her anonymity, I'll call her stormy.)\n\nStormy then gave us a wedding cake catalog with decorating ideas and pricing. This is a bit of an overstatement, actually, since they make it intentionally difficult to figure out the price, hiding charges in five or six components and not being clear about any of them.\n\nI went to ask for help from stormy, but imagine my surprise when I found she was busy frantically scribbling a letter to Giant Eagle H.R. about how she absolutely can't get along with another person in her department and how they were always cold and frosty with each other and storming in and out of workplaces when they were around each other. I didn't see the whole letter, but that was the gist of it. As I was trying to ask a question, stormy excused herself and said she \""had to get something for us.\"" She took the hand written letter away and came back a good while later, having delivered her letter but not with anything to help us with our search.\n\nEventually, a replacement cake decorator came to our table with samples (good cake, by the way.) The replacement decorator apologized for the \""drama in the department,\"" which I appreciated. We asked her to help us decipher the pricing, and she gave us some quotes, but then stormy said those quotes were no good, and she would have to look them up in her book. And then stormy herself became confused and couldn't figure out how much a particular cake would be, since they seem to have recently instituted a more expensive pricing structure.\n\nBetween the two employees, they weren't sure if filling was extra or not, and if it was extra, much it would cost. Same with whether the cake structure could be modified, and if so, how much that would cost. They weren't sure how many servings were in a particular cake, (which seems to have changed recently) and thus, how much it would actually cost. \n\nBut the general gist is that the cakes are overpriced and about 40% more than local bakeries. \n\nThe sad thing is that we really liked the cake there, and we would have liked to buy it from Giant Eagle. But considering the ordering drama, we couldn't trust them to deliver a good wedding cake, so we ordered somewhere else. | 01
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The parking lot is a clusterfuck.\n\nThe entrance to this location always smells like spoiled milk. \n\nThey usually have everything except what I am looking for and/or I just can't find it because it is not placed with similar things. Like when I went looking for organic hot cocoa mix...a week later I found it, not with the other hot cocoa mixes, but very randomly on it's own display at the end of the Asian foods isle. Gnocci? Not with the frozen Italian things, but with the other frozen Italian things...\n\nAnd then when I finally find that one item that I desperately wanted enough to look for it here, I face the crazy check out lines where one has plenty of time to analyze a disturbing cross-section of consumer society, at which point I often re-think my desire for the superfluous item in hand, set it down and swear to never return to this store again. | 01
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If they actually actually kept the store stocked, this would be a 4 star review. However, I fight the traffic, parking lot, people with baskets, elevator, and rest of the customers to get to the bulk spices, Mexican section & produce only to find 100% of the things I need not stocked. So incredibly frustrating!\n They do have a nice cheese section, bakery, prepared food section & juice bar. | 01
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Gotta say, this particular location of Giant Eagle (Market District) was the best Giant Eagle I've been to. Impressive selection of cheeses. Decent international section (although, Wegmans always surprises me! I'm talking mainly Asian stuff.) Also was the place I became addicted to redbox DVDs.\n\nI always enjoyed the festive events they have going on once in a while. The one that I went to was in celebration of fall - they would decorate the store, even had some live musician near the doorway, give away samples of pie and cookies. Felt really nice to be welcomed into the store that way. \n\nThe only bad thing I'd say about this Giant Eagle is the clusterfuck of a parking lot they have. It's right off of a fairly busy street right by an intersection. They do have a parking garage, but you still have to wait in a line to get there because you're waiting for other people to park/reverse out of their space in front of you. | 12
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Selection of specialty and regular items is quite good. BUT, the layout, checkout and parking lots are literally the worst clusterfuck I've seen outside of New Delhi. Not bad after hours but those hours are pretty narrow. | 01
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Ugh! Today is dark, dank, and dreary! I woke up with a stuffy nose and in need of some hot soup. So out into the gloom I go! I shop here often so this review will probably be modified the next time I visit because I usually really like it here. \n\nEarlier in the week I stopped to pick up a salad and two vegetable panang curries. I like them for lunch when I work at the office. They are not the best ever but I like them because they are pretty spicy and fill me up. This time it was runny bland mushy rice with extra mushy veggies. I pretty much gagged when I attempted to lunch. \n\nSince today I was in need of hot foods I decided to take back these lunches. I don't know if anyone else returns things to grocery stores but $10 bucks is $10 bucks that would go towards my lunch today. Better they pay for the crappy food instead of letting it sit in my fridge while I watch it go bad with a grump face. I had my receipt and took it to customer service. \n\nThe lady was not very nice about it and questioned \"" is that normally packaged like that?\"" to two other employees. The one guy said \"" looks like she ate it and spit back out\"" Seriously?! GROSS! Then she wanted me to go with her and talk to the hot foods department. I declined because I didn't want it!! Plus I didn't feel great! What more to the story is there? I won't ever get it again and the attitude towards me because I dared to return poor quality food was not needed. | 01
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ETA 2/23/12: Rather than shop here once a week for $25 (down from my 100-200 bill 5 years ago) I now shop exclusively Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and the new Target. There is never any reason to set foot in this Giant Eagle ever again.\n\nI've been a resident of Pittsburgh since 2006 and been shopping at Market District since it opened. Steadily over the past 5 years it has declined in quality. Here are some reasons why:\n\n-The staff and workers surly, unhelpful and downright arrogant. If I have trouble scanning a coupon in self-checkout (which they always manually input and is *always* the machine's fault) it takes me 5 minutes to fla a person down. They're chatting or BS'ing with each other and ignore me. Although there are 20 some checkout lanes, there are never more than a dozen checkout people. This is nonsense. I've shopped early in the morning, lunchtime, 3pm, 7pm and late at night and there is ALWAYS a line for checking out. The lone good employee is Jay, a kindly older man with white hair. Jay is competent and runs circles around others. Jay once loaned me his cell phone to call someone when my wallet and phone were stolen in the parking lot years ago.\n\n-The food is constantly, insanely rearranged. Why do stores rearrange food? So you get distracted and buy more stuff. This is a proven marketing strategy. However, it has gotten to the point in the last 6 months where they move things around SO often and at random that the employees can't keep up. I have to ask for help to find basic vegetables I buy every week (broccoli & cucumbers, for example). In the past 6 months half of the time the poor staffers themselves don't know. I blame Giant Eagle's moronic \""middle management\"" types for abusing market research. \n\n-The food is rarely replenished. For awhile I would have to ask a stockperson to get whole wheat tortillas from the back EVERY WEEK and I don't shop on weekends when it's super busy. This went on for 3 weeks until I finally started buying Trader Joe's whole wheat tortillas - which are always in stock. This has happened for the milk I buy, the shredded cheese, cereals, canned goods, etc. \n\n-The selection is getting crappier while prices rise. More and more products are stocked that are low-brow and fewer new products are stocked (or current products kept in stock) that are more expensive. For example, the rows of Kraft mac n' cheese expand while organic Annie's mac 'n cheese decline. Giant Eagle Market District is serving a well off population. If people from Oakland and the Hill are coming in, build another store for them. I don't wish to shop at a store with more Shurfine products. I understand that food prices have gone up 10% this year HOWEVER I don't see prices increasing at other grocery stores.\n\n-The prices on frozen vegetables is insane. Whole Foods has their house brand of vegetables for $1.25-$1.50 whereas retail Birdseye at GE are $2-2.50. Prices on Hagen Dazs and other high end frozen goods are slightly cheaper or the same price at Whole Foods.\n\n-Overall I find the prices on fruits and fresh vegetables as well as frozen vegetables to be lower and more stable at Whole Foods. When canned goods like whole canned tomatoes or organic beans are on sale at Whole Foods, the deals are better than at GE. This was a place that in 2006 was known as \""Whole Paycheck\"". I spend more and more at Whole Foods these days. Those mini babybel cheese rounds? $1 cheaper at Whole Foods. \n\nIn short, instead of spending $100/week at Giant Eagle, I am minimizing my budget there as much as possible to $25/week. I shop mostly at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's now and even a bit at Target, which had 1.5 pounds of Wild Alaskan Salmon for $9 the other week. The farmer's market serves my need of fresh vegetables in the summer. \n\nGiant Eagle has really screwed itself lately. Their employees are surly and useless. I find the most helpful employees and clean, well stocked stores to be Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. As it is we spend nearly as much on food as we do on rent. We are a target demographic that is disgusted with Giant Eagle.\n\nAs for the girl who says she has a \""foodie boyfriend\""? Please. If they required specialty ingredients they would be going to Whole Foods and the Strip District.\n\nBad move, Giant Eagle. Bad move. | 01
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So I decided to go on a cooking and baking frenzy and this place had everything I needed in the recipes I had. I had to find these three different types of cheese to make my lasagna from scratch and the guy working at the cheese area was very helpful. He even helped me get a grated version of one of the cheeses since I didn't want to go through the hassle of grating the block of cheese. The worker at the seafood counter was also nice and friendly. I could literally spend hours here if I could due to all the variety of food selection they have here. I definitely will be back for the huge variety of pickles they sell in their barrels! This place reminds me of a Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and your typical grocery market all combined in one. I even love how they have a wine vending machine in the front! | 12
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Store has a lot to choose from, but we have had HORRIBLE service from the bakery. Went into the store three times to order our wedding cake, left my contact info only to have no one call back - I finally get someone who can talk with me about a cake at 9am on a Sunday morning, and now they can't do it on a week's notice. I called the Giant Eagle Marketplace in Robinson, they said no problem, come into the store, we'll have someone to meet you, we'll figure something out.\n\nI guess the snotty people in the Shadyside store just don't need my business. | 01
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I guess you pay for what you get...and in this case you get \""The Market District\"" marque. I don't have much time to write a full review so I'll just post one experience: I went to this store to purchased smoked turkey necks and/or wings to make soup. the small package was 11.00 dollars. I don't remember the poundage, but I remember it was enough meat to make a pot of soup.\n\nI went to the Giant Eagle that was RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, and a similar package of smoked turkey was 3 bux.\n\n:-/ | 01
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I'm completely bewildered by the bad reviews I've read. I am new to Pittsburgh and until recently I always shopped at Dorothy Lane Market, rated the best gourmet grocery store in the country last year. I am impressed with Giant Eagle and some of the items they carry--Jeni's Ice Cream, Talenti Gelato, Montgomery Inn barbecue sauce and great fresh fried chicken. There are strange items missing though...white corn, brining kits, chicken cloth, thick cut peppered bacon, fresh calves liver, tulips, anchovy stuffed peppers at the antipasto bar, store made salad dressings, pico de gallo for instance. And in spite of having a HUGE kosher section they do not carry Empire brand frozen chicken fat (schmaltz). Back home if you asked for something they would order it for you. My only negative experience at Giant Eagle was with the Kosher deli associate who wasn't at all helpful along these lines. Everyone else has been great! Including the store security guard who helped me find things my first time in the store. | 12
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Always busy! Selection of veggies are ok. Selection of fruit is a little below average. Otherwise it has everything you'd expect from a chain grocery store.\n\nMain complaint with this location is that the organization of aisles and products are not logical. You often see items in multiple locations because the layout of the store was clearly not thought out. | 01
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This used to be my \""go to\"" place for groceries. However, lately I'm becoming more and more frustrated by the store. If you go between 4pm and 6pm on a weekday or at any time on Saturday or Sunday, be prepared to navigate a mess of a parking lot, an over crowded store, and a 20 minute wait in a checkout lane. \n\nOn a Sunday, it's impossible to find parking even though there is outdoor parking as well as a 2 story garage. Once you get in the store, you have to navigate through an obstacle course of a produce section and around overwhelmed first-timers who are trying to figure out where everything is. It's entirely too small for a place that markets itself towards the \""fresh foods\"" end of things (as opposed to a regular Giant Eagle). Then you have to figure out where everything is in the aisles. I get the impression that things were just randomly arranged around the store. Once you actually have your groceries, the waiting begins. And waiting....and waiting...and more waiting. I don't know what the deal is and why the cashiers are so ridiculously slooooooow.\n\nOf course, I'll go back because I like me some fuel perks and it's just convenient, but from now on, I'm going to try to go only on weeknights and do the self-checkout! | 01
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Some people go crazy over this location, me, I just go crazy because of this location.\n\nI hate it, from the congestion in the parking lot to the congestion in every single aisle inside the store. People are correct that this place has a larger selection of products, but forget your conventional set up for a grocery store. You would think with this being a Market District. It would be an easy endeavor.\n\nThis location is a place that I would visit for only one thing, definitely not a place I would regularly stop at, unless I lived within walking distance. | 01
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If you live in the city of Pittsburgh and don't want to drive to Wal-Mart, Giant Eagle - otherwise known as \""the Dirty Bird\"" or \""Gian' Iggle\"" if your accent's just right, is where you will shop. Period, end of discussion. Generally, I think monopolies are very bad, and this goes double for grocers because they know their customers are held hostage and can thus attempt whatever fuckery they'd like. Over the past decade, most other Giant Eagle locations in Pittsburgh's East End were shuttered, meaning that the Negley/Centre store serves everyone. \n\nPerhaps my biggest gripe with \""Market District\"" is that our bills at this Giant Eagle were consistently 15-18% higher than our bills at any other grocery store, in any city I've shopped in - and that's WITH the coupons and Advantage Card \""discount\"" added on. I guess in the end, calling something a Market District Giant Eagle is a clever way of telling customers \""We stock all the same crap you'd find at a regular store, but now we can charge you even MORE for pretending it's premium, organic, or has been blessed by Emeril Lagasse.\"" You also need to know that over-crowding is unavoidable at this store, unless you like to start your errands around 10 PM, and even then, it's helpful to remember that customers exceed checkout lanes. Good thing we lived within walking distance of this location, because parking at this store is only marginally easier than driving a caravan of elephants through Manhattan at rush hour. \n\nThis store was never wanting for basic grocery staples when we shopped, but the \""Market District\"" moniker somehow demanded that the aisles be set up to be as maximally non-sensical as possible. Do you want juice? Save your sanity, and don't expect it to be near the other juices...you'll want to look near the pasta, of course! To keep you on your toes, the store managers also randomly change the aisles at this Market District around a couple times a year. This is a common retail trick, intended to create \""excitement\"" among customers, but really, all it does is make getting groceries as enticing as getting kicked in the balls. And who is stocking the produce at this place? Everything we bought would rot between 24-48 hours after we brought it home, and the peppers and tomatoes regularly looked like Mickey Rourke's face after his plastic surgery disasters.\n\nMy last visit to this Market District store left me with an exceedingly sour taste in my mouth, thanks to some shady hijinks at the pharmacy. We picked up my husband's script for a Schedule II medication, and soon after, discovered to our mutual horror that the pharmacy had shorted us 12 pills. 1 or 2, maybe 3 - that's an innocent mistake. A 12 pill shortage on a 30-pill prescription means someone chose a career in pharmacy to feed an addiction or run a little hustle on the side, and it means my husband will be going without. We asked the manager, \""Dude, what the fuck,\"" and the response we got was, \""We didn't do nuthin'!\"" Two weeks later, they had the nerve to Robo-Call my husband asking if he was interested in some \""valuable grocery coupons.\"" Nice attempt at a save there Bub, but next time, don't snatch our money and we won't need those \""valuable\"" coupons after all. (Isn't it also fascinating that we've been shorted on scheduled meds at other pharmacies before, but no one pockets our migraine meds, antibiotics, or other items you can't sell to teenagers in an alley?)\n\nTwo stars because the check-out staff is nice and the pasta/kosher deli selections rock. Otherwise, it's a grocery store, and a below-average one at that. | 01
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This is a customer service based review, The one star is for selections because this store has items other locations often do not. \n\nDisclaimor / Accountability check todays incident which I am writing this review on is partly my fault... the part where I got zero assistance from customer service is their fault. \n\nSo I stopped here for ground lamb for an awesome stuffed mushroom recipe... I like to think I am speedy and smart when I need to be so I run through self-serve checkout. This is my third grocery store stop of the day. Warning!! for anyone who uses self checkout at this store do not forget your bags!!\n\nI accidently leave a bag in the self serve area but do not notice until I return home..... eek. It's ok though because I have my receipt, upon returning home in about 20 minutes I phone customer support. \n\n\""Hello I left a bag in your self serve area I still have the receipt is there anything you can do?\""\n\n\""Let me see if it was reported by our staff.\""\n\n\""Ok it was ground lamb...\"" \n\n\""Nothing was reported yet so there is nothing I can do unless its reported.\""\n\nI pause and think to myself.. really nothing.... even go check the area yourself to see if its still there?\n\n\""Again I ask oh really is there nothing you can do?\"" While thinking to myself basic problem solving skills nothing fancy....\n\n\""No I am sorry nothing we can do.\""\n\nHmm well if that's it then I guess I will go to Whole Foods the next time I need something fancy and overpriced for a recipe. Who ever got my ground lamb or didn't enjoy it on me... \n\nI heard Whole CEO treats employees badly this is an ethical issue for me but sometimes you have to make a personal choice based on your experiences. | 01
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I want to like this location for a number of reasons: they have a chef on site doing cooking demonstrations and handing out samples. The staff is really nice when it's crowded. They're a Market District location, so they've got a good amount of prepared (or 'oven-ready') foods. It's close to my house.\n\nBut going here is ALWAYS such a nightmare.\n\nThe parking lot is miserable. There's a tiny lot area, and then an underground parking garage, but both are a pain to navigate and find a space in. I have never been here when there wasn't a long wait at the deli (and the deli order machine is always down, so you really have no choice but to wait in the line). The aisles feel more narrow than they should be for a store this size. \n\nThis store has a lot of potential, and it *is* the biggest GE in the immediate city area, but I always leave frazzled and anxious, so I'd rather just make the drive to the suburbs for my Giant Eagle shopping trip. | 01
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The GE is overly-large and over-priced. Yes, I have seen the food same item at other neighborhood GE's for less. For those of us who like to \""shop the perimeter\"" of the grocery store (meaning where the real food lives), and for those of us who do not like their grocery store to feel like an airport, this store is not good. I realize I am in the minority, however. Most people want bigger, more, more expensive (if they notice). And they put up with a bad parking lot and long check out lines, too. \n\nHonestly, I prefer the (gasp) East Lib/ Shakespeare St. GE. I can always park right outside the door and have had no problems with the produce, the dairy items or the service. | 01
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The produce here is always beaten to a pulp and expensive. We only get it here for convenience. The romaine is especially pitiful. We complained (finally) and received an apology and an offer for free cotton candy flavored grapes. We never did redeem our grape offer (as Snape would say, 'Pity',) and we haven't bought romaine here since we started getting the bulk of our groceries from Aldi for less. They have a large selection here and the generic brand goods are, well, good, but it's still pretty pricey. We head to Aldi first and get whatever's still on the list at GE, but we're getting less and less here. Overall thought on Giant Eagle: MEH. | 01
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The good: large selection. \nThe bad: the crazy high prices, missing price labels, inconvenient location. \nIt's come to the point that I avoid this place if I can. Aldi's is better for the basics and Pearl Market in the Strip district has better produce for 4x cheaper than this place. | 01
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I don't care for this Giant Eagle, and that is being kind. The only reason I ever go here is for a quick item or two. My ideas for grabbing something in a \""quick\"" manner always end up being terrible because there is nothing quick about this place. The staff is generally unfriendly except for a few employees (2 or 3) who are always wonderful and helpful.\n\nNo one seems to enjoy working here at all, and there are always soooo many lines because there are never more than three to four aisles open at any given time, even on weekends.\n\nEverything is overpriced, except they will occasionally have deals on soda and greek yogurt. | 01
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Another bad experience. The staff is sloppy. The deli doesn't mark the product and passes off whatever slimey old crap they're trying to get rid of as what you ordered. And good luck parking. | 01
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I got tired of waiting in line with one register open and 10 people in front of me. Won't be back. | 01
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Shopping at this place is so frustrating you will want to throw knives when you leave.\n\nIt's always packed, ALWAYS. And forget about the self check out lines, which attract people who have never seen technology, cash registers, touch screens, money, conveyor belts, groceries bags, or food--like flies. Seriously, people get up to them, and then just stand there, like the self check out is some great mystery. \n\nThe machine is all, \""PLease move item to bagging area?\"" and they're all, \""What? What do I do? I don't know, so I'll stand here and stare for 20 minutes!\""\n\nThey have a wide selection of foods that you won't be able to get to bc I promise a fellow shopper will have their cart right in front of every single item you want.\n\nIf you enjoy paying $10 for salad, I recommend the salad bar. I've never passed on grape tomatoes bc they were 'too heavy\"" before, but that's my fault. I once made an overly enthusiastic salad up and then it was $$$ and I was feeling $ that day.\n\nOkay, the guy at the cheese counter is awesome. I once told him I needed to bring a cheese plate to a party and asked him to pick out the cheese for me, and it was like he had been waiting all his life for someone to ask him for help. He did put together the most awesome cheese tray ever, and I learned all sorts of facts about Humboldt Fog. Now every time I walk past he comes out behind the counter and gives me a hug, and at Christmas he gave me a little tiny cheese cutter and then everyone aroudn me was like, \""Wow, how much cheese does that woman buy?\"" But seriously, talk to the cheese guy, he is awesome!\n\nTip: bring the veggie tray. Dont bring the cheese tray. The cheese tray is $$$ and people only eat the gouda and the cheddar.\n\nThey sell beer there now, which is good. You'll need some after shopping. The flower selection is also pretty good.\n\nThere's an Aldi up the street and a Trader Joe's nearby. Both are far less infuriating to shop at. | 01
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Items don't have price tags. That's the only reason why I gave them such a poor mark. I hope that caught their attention. \n\nI try to buy produce and a lot of times many of the items I seem to select have no price tags, price stickers, barcode, name of produce and per/lb info. none of that. It's not listed anywhere and when I ask an associate they themselves don't know. Now please don't try retraining them because your associates are very kind and generous this is a corporate issue. \n\nSame goes for milk, cold cuts and breakfast meat products. \n\nEggs sometimes have poor labels placed in odd locations confusing the customer and forcing them to go on an Easter Egg hunt for the right price. \n\n\nThey also have fake sales. Placing price tags that are actually higher then the week before and claiming 'you are saving'.\n\nIt's close and convenient. \n\nPrices are a bit high. \n\nAssociates are so kind. They are generous, considerate and very polite. \n\nI still like them. I'm there every week. | 01
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I needed Italian bread for an event so there was no choice except to buy the bread that was available. The bakery had plenty of Italian bread but therein lies the problem- I buy Italian bread on an almost weekly basis so I know the way it's supposed to look as well as cost. For about the third maybe fourth time now the bread yeast hasn't risen all the way. It looks like squashed sourdough bread instead of Italian bread. Instead of about 4\""-5\"" it's about 2\"" thick. To add insult to injury the bread even costs more during the times it was thinner. Instead of the bread costing $2.49 just like any other day it cost $2.69 when it's thinner. Does that make any sort of logical sense? I am disappointed and this review is emotional in nature but there are actual facts here as well. | 01
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Everyone complains about how expensive Whole Foods is in this area, but I find the Market District to be even more expensive for lesser quality. I despise going to this location, it is always packed with the rudest people imaginable and the employees act like they have anywhere better to be than at work. I have worked in a grocery store before and it is not always the most pleasant, but the way I have been treated there everytime I go is beyond imagining. Giant Eagle has managed to monopolize grocery stores in this area and kept out other chains I would prefer such as Wegman's. The produce here is subpar and anytime I do buy it I end up with a swarm of fruit flies at my house. I once saw a tomato display crawling with hundreds of them and the employees did nothing. Go to Whole Foods and buy their store brand, you'll save yourself money and be around employees who are enthusiastic to help. | 01
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I mean, how many stars can you really give a laundromat? This place smells like mildew constantly.. Like, since I've been going, it's never NOT smelled like mildew. I'd like to think that a place you go to clean things..should be clean? Guess not. Anyway, the people who work here are courteous and nice, if that matters. | 01
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Best place in the city for drop off laundry I've found so far. Period. | 12
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Fun store! Though I just spent a couple minutes here while my husband was browsing, I loved the old fashioned vibe. Plus, the owner seemed to be very hands-on. Not only was she helping a lot of customers find particular items, but I heard a couple customers even address her by name as they entered. | 12
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I was able to come in, pick out 3 tops that were really nice when they were clearly really busy and they got me a dressing room within seconds upstairs in the mens department. The staff was really helpful and accommodating when I asked if they had a different size. I will certainly be back for some more clothes. | 12
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Decent price on domestic pitchers. Entrees were half off but all looked mediocre. Tried the jambalaya and it was so so. Big groups of patrons led to pretty slow service. | 01
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Hey Doc!\n\nI dig your deck. And I also like specials that involve a $7 pitcher of good beer!\n\nOh, and great service!\n\nThanks for all that!\nMichael E | 12
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Doc's is a decent place in the Spring and Summer, when their 2nd floor upstairs patio is open. They have reasonably priced pitchers of beer and well drinks. It's nice to sit outside and relax after a long day of school or work.\n\nThe beer selection isn't that great and the upstairs bar is not full. Sometimes their drink \""specials\"" are served in tiny plastic cups. The service can also be rather slow.\n\nI am not a big fan of their food (pizzas are bland and the burgers overcooked), although it is nice to split an appetizer with a group of people. | 01
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Nice place. I like it. | 12
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Doc's is a good bar to go to when you are with friends and don't have any set plans for the evening. However, if you need to be somewhere fast I wouldn't advise going here. The past times I've eaten at Doc's it's been on the large outdoor patio upstairs. The patio is nice and provides for a lot of seating, however it hasn't been updated in several years. I recently made a trip to BRGR the new gourmet burger joint several blocks away and their outdoor seating is quite hard to beat. \n\nThe food at Doc's is what you would expect to find at a greasy/beer/bar. Cheese fries, burgers, some salads, mediocre pasta, etc. Although some of their dishes in the past have been much better than I anticipated, the food isn't something I leave the place remembering. \n\nThere is smoking allowed on the patio upstairs so if you don't mind smoke then no worries. However, if you don't like to breathe in smoke while you're eating, pray that there is no one smoking in your section when you go. There are space heaters upstairs in the winter for when it starts to get cold before the snow comes. It is nice to be outside and still be warm but the food and beer pretty much stay the same year round.\n\nI wouldn't say no if someone asked me to join them for a drink at Doc's but I would probably suggest eating somewhere else first. You'll get your food faster and be able to breathe a bit better in a different restaurant. | 01
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I've only come here for threading, and the woman who threads only comes in a few times a month. I can't say she's best, but she gets the job done. I am generally willing to spend dough on beauty services, but for what you get here, the price is kind of a rip ($16 for eyebrows) - especially since it's usually under $10 at most threading salons around the country. Anyways, it's a decent option, considering there are no other alternatives in the city.\n\nThey also have a large nail salon, but $50+++ for a basic pedicure is practically a sin. There isn't even any kind of use of specialized products or posh ambiance that might justify the price.... just chairs by the large windows with aging tint. In almost any other major city, I can sit in a spa chair and get a french pedicure, and still walk out paying less. \n\nAs for the salon, I think the alleged \""snob vibe\"" is confused with its effort to rise about the early 1990's image it presents. Seriously, we're almost at 2010 - the place (and the website) really could use an upgrade. From what I've generally seen, you'll probably get a \""safe\"" haircut here... meaning a clean 'do, but nothing that's going to make you bring sexy back. The front desk folks didn't really cause me much concern, but I agree that they could work on being (or at least pretending to be) more friendly. | 01
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Platinum Blonde Perfection. Jay works wonders and he has given me the best platinum blonde 'do ever. It was gorgeous. My hair looked like corn silk. If I had boat-loads of money, I'd fly him out to LA every 6 weeks for a touch up. Go to see Jay...tell him Laura from LA sent you. | 12
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The pedicures at DeStefinos are a complete rip-off. IMO\n\nWhen I booked the $53 pedicure, I was told\n(1) it would last an hour , and would\n(2) include a foot massage \n\nNot true: the manicurist was done in 45 minutes. and \nThe advertised foot massage consisted of a quick rub of my feet and lower leg, finished in two minutes or less. \n\nWhen the manicurist was done, I complained that\nmy feet were still rough. \""You can't possibly expect your feet\nto be smooth after only one pedicure.\""\n\nExcuse me? and why not? Every other pedicure I've had\n(for much less money) got my feet smooth, | 01
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Great salon for hair...not so much nails. My hair stylist Vanessa is great. I can go in without a clear picture of what I want and she gives me exactly what I wanted. I get so many compliments on my hair. | 12
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I'm changing my review after a bad hair cut that was not handled correctly. I went in told her what I wanted, showed a picture and she decided to barely look at it and totally ignore everything I said. I said I wanted some short layers in the front and long layers in the back and I wanted victoria secret model hair. Instead she took the opportunity to do whatever she wanted and I ended up with chopped off layers of one length on the sides and no long layers in the back. It looked like I had 2 haircuts one that was shoulder length and the rest long. Nothing was blended, it just did not make any sense nothing about it was good. It was horrible.\n\nWhen I went back to get it fixed by her she just kept trying to defend why she did the hair cut and why it looked good. Ignoring the fact that I was unhappy and I didn't like it. She just kept trying to cover her ass instead of listening to my concerns. The fix turned out ok but still not what I wanted in the first place.\n\nI just wanted her to listen to me and stop making excuses. And I thought the manager or head stylist should have come over to talk with me but that never happened. The front desk girls were not friendly or helpful as well.\n\nSo I will never go back and I'm sorry for suggesting this place since I only got a trim the first time I went here and could have had the same cut from anywhere. | 01
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Although this store has great employees, it is in desperate need of a makeover. It is absolutely ghetto inside. I don't think they've redone the store since the early 90s. It's an embarrassment on Walnut. | 01
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I ordered pictures through the online photo center and requested them to be printed and picked up from this location. I selected and paid extra for same day prints and were told online that they'd be ready in 1-3 hours. I went to pick them up several hours later and the guy behind the counter couldn't find my photos. He said, \""Oh, it must be because our printer is out of ink, we should have your prints on Friday or Saturday\"" This is Wednesday, I need them today! If I wanted them in 4 days I would have paid $10 less! I asked for them to send my file to another location so that they could be printed there. No such luck, they said they were not able to do that. Now I have to upload, size and crop all of my photos again and reorder them to be picked up from another store. If they would have just called me this morning and told me the problem, I would have my pictures in time. Now, it's far too late for any Rite Aid to print my photos tonight. Come on people, communicate with your customers! Thanks for nothing!\n\nGo to the Baum location. It's just around the corner and far nicer inside. | 01
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I do admit the clothes here are not exactly at the quality that I want, but if you do stop by frequently you can spot some really nice items. And the guy who works there is super nice so make sure you get to know him! He can help you a lot. | 12
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This is a great shop in Shadyside with a little something for everyone. It has lots of statuary, candles, and free trade items. The second floor is simply filled with books on all sorts of subjects. They seem to specialize in recovery - from addiction, abuse, etc., but they also have an even larger collection of self help and metaphysical subjects. It's a nice local store to support when you're in the area. | 12
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This feels like one of those places that are tucked away and is somewhat of an adventure for you to find. Walking Walnut in Shadyside you usually don't think to walk down the side streets unless you have a purpose for doing so.\n\nJourneys, not to be confused with the chain shoe store, has a nice mix of items. From gems and incense, to books and art. It took us a while to browse the shelves as there was so much to look over. Walking through here as well makes you think that you are walking through someones personal pintrest page in real life.\n\nThe book selection upstairs is a lot of self help, guidance type of reads. Good if you have a job where you are there to help people. They also have educational board games that would be good for children (don't read that as boring either).\n\nWhy not five stars? I'm a bit skeptical of a place that sells items that are to help you cure yourself when it's not medication. But that shouldn't deter people from coming here. | 12
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I. LOVE. THIS. PLACE.\n\nFirst...I'm a fan of new agey type places and the people that inhabit them. \n\nSecond...the merchandise in here is pretty awesome. Candles, cards, medals, statues, love spells, books, signs, jewelry....I could go on and on. The gemstones are very reasonable and handpicked at different shows. Some of the items I think are REALLY inexpensive as compared to what I've seen in similar stores around the country and really beautiful.\n\nThird...I love the ladies that own/run Journeys. They're always eager to help find the perfect gift for someone (or myself usually) and direct me to the right item. I never feel like the are \""selling\"" but are happy for people to look and let the items find them.\n\nFourth...how I got here. My friends and I were discussing card/spiritual readers that we had been to in the past and this place came up. I was happy to try someone and something new and different for a reading. Love, love, love Stephanie for Akashic records. Rebecca (my usual reader from another place) for Tarot was great, too, but I don't believe she reads here anymore. \n\nIn any sense, if you just want to peruse, look for a great gift for yourself or someone else or find an interesting read or HAVE an Interesting read you, stop in here. You will not be disappointed. | 12
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Tiffany prices with Kay Jewelers selection.\n\nI've gone to this place a couple of times to look for various items over the past few years. Every time I leave the store I always try to remind myself never to come back.\n\nThe prices are way more than what they should be. Tacori rings and other merchandise is marked up about 30-40% more than other jewelry stores in Pittsburgh.\n\nI've had a couple of nice salespeople work with me, but some of the others were just plain rude. They try to do a great job preying on Love by upselling items or addons that aren't even necessary.\n\nThere are many other great jewelry stores in Pittsburgh that you can look at other than here. | 01
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I just accepted a beautiful ring from Hennes. I have had nothing but compliments and I must say that the ring was beautiful. Unfortunately within 4 days one of the diamonds on the halo was missing. I'm sure that this is a fluke and will be taken care of. But my new fianc\u00e9 is very upset by this. | 01
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Cozy and comfortable, our food was really good, and the waitstaff friendly and efficient!\n\nThe mussels were great (garlic madness) and they split some entrees for us in the kitchen. wowowow.\n\nWill definitely try and revisit next time I'm in Pittsburgh. | 12
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Girasole is probably my favorite restaurant in the Walnut St. corridor. I specifically want to talk about their salad. I know this charming and cozy Italian restuarnt is not a one trick pony (their various Raviolis being especially exceptional) but their signature Girasole Salad is really something special. In Italian the word \""Girsole\"" means \""Sunflower,\"" a flavor that really comes through in this salad. Not only is the salad sprinkled in sunflowers, the dressing is made of some blend of sunflower oil and vinegar and really makes the salad stand out from its peers. I have thought this dressing so deliciously tangy and unique, I've bought it from the restaurant in a bottle on more than one occasion. Served in a generous helping, you can order the salad with chicken or shrimp, which are always tender and succulent. Red onions and gorgonzola really complete the flavor experience. Really, it's the number one salad in town. | 12
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I recently had a horrible experience at Girasole. I used to really enjoy going to this restaurant due to its cozy atmosphere and decent Italian food. However, this past visit was unfortunate. The host was horrendous and extremely rude. I had brought my parents, who were visiting from out of town, and they were appalled at how rude the host was. Girasole is usually quite busy but it was also disorganized. I had made a reservation and arrived early knowing that there would be a wait. However, we saw three tables be seated prior to us, all of which had arrived much after us. When we tried to tell the hostess, he was even more rude than when we had arrived. To be honest, I could have overlooked the seating other parties prior to us if we had at least been given a friendly smile or a warm welcome. \n\nRegarding the food, it is adequate, nothing in comparison to other much more exciting and fulfilling Italian restaurants in Pittsburgh. | 01
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I don't know if coming early would help any... but when we got there at 8pm, the place was hoppin'. There were people seated from as close to the kitchen and all the way up the stairs by the sidewalk. There were hopefuls milling about a bit to get down and place their name for a seating. When we were able to reach the desk, the wait time was 50 minutes.\n\nWe went to Mercurio's for a while, took a stroll around Walnut, and eventually sat down by some very convenient benches nearby. After what we thought was 'adequate' wait time, we peered a bit over the fence and down towards the man (who we think may have been the owner). After a bit, he nodded at us, and started moving a couple of tables around inside. We took that as a signal, meaning, \""Come on down. I'm wrestling these tables apart for you.\""\n\nWe ordered the carne special (steak with alfredo for $30) and the torcia ($15). I wouldn't say that they were the best that i'd ever had, but they were pretty good. The vegetables are fresh; the pasta was just right and sauced/souped enough to my liking. The service, provided mostly by Diane, was excellent. She was friendly and attentive, despite the throngs of customers. The crowds are loud, the atmosphere very.. cozy.. and the walkways very narrow, and, yet, the food and drinks keep coming, accident-free. It seems like it could be highly stressful for the servers, but Diane was smiling every time she came back. Awesome. | 12
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We were disappointed. A client recommended Girasole to us on a recent trip to Pittsburgh. While the food was alright (not spectacular) our waitress was the worst and for some reason, on the warmest day of summer, the a/c was not on. Everyone in our party was schvitzing and trying hard not to ask our waitress to drop the attitude.\n \nThe food was fine, but again, when the rest of the experience is poor it really doesn't matter how good the food is. We won't be back. | 01
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After months and months on hiatus I have made a resolution that I think I'll actually be able to keep (unlike the NYE 'resolutions' exercise and less carbs) and that is to get back to the good work of keeping up with yelp and my amateur reviews. It started to feel like homework, but all fair and decent people need be warned of the good and the bad this and other cities have to offer by impartial peers'. Now, it saddens me that my first update of 2010 will be such a disappointing experience that was Girasole last night. However, I feel the need to document the experience immediately. If only some other yelper could have prepared us for such disrespect perhaps we wouldn't have been taken so off guard (hence my warning to you...). The lady and I wanted to try somewhere newish and I hadn't been here in over a year when I was the second to review this joint on yelp in 5/08. I'm sure much of what I said then applies today, very loud...decent service, a little above average food with a seasonal menu. I call and make a reservation well in advance so as to try to mitigate what I seem to remember always being a wait...We arrived at 8PM sharp for our reservation and don't get anyones' attention for a little while, but eventually do see who I assume is the owner. We mention our reservation, he says no problem 15 min...Great! I understand you're busy and we'll just wait a while...15 min, 20 min, 25 min...Okay, I'll try to make this easy..\""Sir, may I please give you my cell so you can just call when the table for 2 opens?\""...\""Sure, what is it?\"". We go across the road to starbucks and wait for the phone to ring 30 min, 35 min, 40 min, 50 min...Now, keep in mind I booked a reservation well in advance. We go back to the restaurant and wait again cramped like sardines cautious to make eye contact, which we do. Okay, I know what you're thinking why not just leave? I've already admitted it's nothing special. I know you've been there...we kept thinking what if we leave now just when he's about to call. So, we continue to wait and then someone walks in right behind us bumps Annie out of the way and just stands for maybe 30 seconds...the owner runs over bursts through Annie and I and just grabs the couple and seats them immediately. I have never seen such blatent disregard for other customers'. It was clear these folks were just regulars so he seated them ahead of everyone...what's so bad is it was right in front of us. I can appreciate that we are not regulars' , but c'mon pops' have a little discretion. Please take this as a cautionary tale, doesn't matter if you have a reservation, doesn't matter if you leave your cell (btw, still hasn't rang) and you pretty much don't matter if you're not a regular'. There is a happy ending...We ended up at the bar at Eleven, I had a great tuna tartare and a piece of fish and Annie had a wonderful order of steak/frites. We won't be back to Girasole. | 01
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They need to take out about 4-5 of the tables they have packed in this place - Way to crowded. Not to mention there was a guy singing and playing an accordion on the night we went for dinner. Would have been fine except for the fact that there are 10 people too many in the place to begin with and then he wanders around the dining floor going table to table. Wanted to pay the guy to stop for 30 min while I ate!\n\nPasta dishes are way overpriced and honestly not that great. $20 for noodles and meat sauce... \n\nDinner specials/entrees are your best bet and were very good. but also way over prices. Didn't have desert but multiple people in my dinner party raved about one of the cakes they had. \n\n Simply put - this place does not execute the level of food their price points represent. I'm all for paying for a good meal but when it falls short.... and this place does!\n\nOverall a very disapointing night out. | 01
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For my 100th review...I'm taking it back home. \n\nGirasole is a lovely little italian restaurant tucked away in a basement on Copeland Street. They have outdoor seating that is secluded from all the hustle and bustle on Walnut Street so it's definitely ideal for a date in the summer. Our service was wonderful and the waitstaff was incredibly attentive. \n\nMy friend and I split a bottle of chianti and started off with some delicious escarole and beans. The escarole was still slightly al dente and was swimming in a pool of beans with garlicy, plump fresh tomatoes . We asked for extra bread twice to sop up all of the juicy goodness. \n\nWe also split the bruschetta, which came styled with ricotta cheese. It was also delicious. \n\nI picked the spinach and ricotta ravioli, which were large little pillows of warm goodness. I think there were only 4, but they were huge and also swimming in another delicious sauce. The herbs were so fresh and delightful in this dish. \n\nEverything at Girasole is rustic and bursting with flavor. Anytime I'm home I come back for an enjoyable meal in the sun. Classic Italian food. | 12
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What is there to say about Girasole? An Italian owner who wanders around the restaurant (often with a glass of wine) greeting friends and customers and kibitzing with staff; a friendly staff; and fantastic food. Seriously, the food is great. Order anything on the menu & you won't be disappointed.\n\nThe best part about Girasole, though, is the intimate indoor & outdoor atmosphere & the wine. Pours are generous, and there's a fantastic selection to choose from. If you're having difficulty, your server will be happy to help you, too (ask for Ryan). Did I mention the wine? Seriously, the pours are generous, and if you MUST bring your own, bring a lot, because the corking fee is very reasonable. | 12
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I am from Pittsburgh, but now live in Detroit and I think about Girasole often as a special place to go when you want some great Italian comfort food, and a loud, bustling atmosphere. The staff is friendly and you'll often see Mr. Girasole walking back and forth, checking how you like your meal and pouring more wine. This small and very quaint Italian restaurant is located in the heart of Shadyside. You have to walk down about 6 or 7 steps to get to the door, so if you are handicapped or elderly, it may be a tad tough. It is a little pricey, but for good, Italian like your Mamma makes, it's worth it. I had the pumpkin ravioli and the house salad. I loved the salad dressing--it's light and delicious and the pumpkin ravioli was excellent as well. I really chowed on the thick slices of Italian bread and they willingly brought lots more upon request. We had a party of 9 and were happy to have made a reservation in advance. Go early on a weekend evening as the wait looked treacherous by the time we left the restaurant at 7:00PM. Girasole reminds me of eating in my Italian Grandma's basement kitchen! The only reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars was because the servers were a bit slow in providing basics like water and silverware in the beginning of the meal. Otherwise, Manga! Manga! | 12
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We just ate our way through 12,000 miles of road trip across the US and back. This was, hands down, the best restaurant we tried. Service was exceptional. The atmosphere was cozy and inviting. And the food was out of this world fresh and good.\n\nI had a spinach pasta with sweet corn, baby tomatoes, and fresh basil. It's my new favorite pasta in the world, so fresh and savory, with just the right combo of tangy and sweet. \n\nThe house salads were exceptionally fresh and full of good veggies and cheese. My son said his pasta, penne with sausage, was terrific. The bread was great.\n\nThere was absolutely nothing to complain about in this dining experience. Even better, it was the kind of meal that made us want to go back to Pittsburgh, just to eat here again.\n\nAnd it was a great deal -- $44 including tax, tip, and drinks for two people -- for a whole lot of fantastic food. | 12
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Really disappointing. Service is bad when you enter. If it is busy expect to be treated poorly. Have a reservation? That will be ignored and you will wait like everyone else. Once seated servers are pleasant and nice,\n\nThe food is poor. Verges on disgusting. I had their much-beloved squid ink linguine with lobster. The pasta was mushy--way overcooked. Far too much cream and cheese. Lobster meat suspiciously tasted like it was recently thawed out from a frozen state. Didn't finish this dish.\n\nMy wife had a chicken special. Dry. Boring. Bland.\n\nMaybe we just had a bad experience (it was a busy Friday night 8pm). The popularity of the place and the plethora of positive reviews and high ratings indicates that this might have some great moments, but unfortunately not this time. | 01
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OVERALL:\nGiven the popularity of Girasole, I was disappointed that this place didn't even come close to living up to the hype. Although there were some highlights, there were plenty of negatives to counter them.\n\nSERVICE:\nDespite having a reservation, we were made to wait for over 45 minutes for a table, standing outside in the cold. Also, we were only given cutlery for two of the three people in our party. Not a good start. Once seated, though, the service was good. Our server, Vito, was pleasant and attentive.\n\nFOOD:\nDisappointing. The bread brought to our table was stone cold, and the accompanying butter was rock hard and still in the commercial packaging. I expect to get butter in little plastic tubs at a diner, but not at a relatively upscale restaurant like Girasole. Furthermore, the fact that the bread was cold and the butter was practically frozen made it impossible to spread. Not a good start. \n\nFortunately, it improved from there. The salad course was the highlight of the meal - the greens were crisp and the addition of sunflower seeds and bleu cheese crumbles gave it wonderful texture and flavor. This was the best part of the meal.\n\nMy steak was tender and the meat was of good quality. However, it was a tad under-seasoned and the accompanying risotto was undercooked and quite bland. The polenta that was served with my wife's chicken was also bland and under-seasoned. \n\nDesserts were average. I had the chocolate mousse cake, which sounded delicious, but ultimately the quality was on par with what you would get at a supermarket bakery. My wife had the coconut cream cake, which turned out to just be yellow cake with some coconut frosting.\n\nAMBIANCE: \nProbably the best thing about this place. It is quaint and intimate. The decor is charming and it's in a lovely location.\n\nFINAL VERDICT:\nProbably a better bet on an off-peak night and when the weather is nicer, but if it's a busy night and it's cold out, I'd give it a miss. | 01
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I ate here last night with a dining partner. Having read many of the reviews on this site we went early on a Tuesday evening and were seated in one of only two empty tables. We had thought about getting reservations but the hours that came with my gift card said No Reservations. The decor of the restaurant was very nice. They had copper tables in a cramped type of environment that is very European.\n\nWe decided to forgo appetizers this day and instead got drinks. I had something that resembled a manhattan while my dining partner had the Bellini and both were good. Since my dining partner and I both ordered entrees we were served with a dinner salad. It was one of the nicer salads that I have had with Gorgonzola, sunflower seeds and chick peas amongst the greens and a nice vinaigrette paired with it. For dinner I had the pumpkin ravioli while my dining partner had the porcini gnocchi. The pumpkin ravioli was absolutely delicious although only receiving 5 for the price that was paid was a bit disappointing. The gnocchi was much more substantial though and just as tasty. For dessert we had the lemon cake which was fantastic and came with fresh raspberries and blackberries as a garnish. When all was said and done it was by far some of the best food that I have tasted recently and all of my concerns from previous posts were undone with the service being great and having no wait for our table.\n\nThe bottom line for me is that this restaurant had wonderful food and not too high of a price point and I will definitely be back. I would recommend that you go early on a weekday though as the seating is very limited. | 12
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I've been to girasole many times and have loved the food. The reason for the low marking is because of the service the last time I visited.\n\nIt was over the holidays and my family was in town. Since we were a party of 5 I called the day before to make reservations for 8pm on a Wednesday. We got to the restaurant prior to our reservation time and they said it would be half an hour. We are easy goin people so we didn't mid waiting.\nThe owner instructed us to go to the bar next door and have a drink. After 45 min I went back to the restaurant since they hadn't called us yet and he instructed us to go back to the bar.\nFinally after waiting an hour and a half they finally sat us. This bothered me for two reasons. 1. The people who got say before us did not have reservations, walked in after us, but knew the owner. Very poor form on the owners part. 2. He said we would \""be taken care of\"". I was thinking maybe an appetizer or wine, something for promising us a table with reservations and then having us wait for over an hour. But when the bill came there was none of that.\nWe still had a good time since the company was good but it will be a long time before I go back to this restaurant. | 01
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Love finding these hole in the wall spots in my backyard, I call Pittsburgh. My friend had taken photos for Pittsburgh Magazines Blog, and demanded I go and try it. Let me tell you, Italy has arrived in this place. The owner, was there during our time and they display outside seating, as well as indoors. Their indoor seating is I feel below street level with brick walls, and community art hanging on the wall. Which rumor has it, you can buy. \nAs recommended I made a reservation, and was seated immediately. Big up, right there not including the atmosphere, very rustic, very homey Italian to me. We were greeted by our server, and I ordered a water with one of their \""special, owner loves this drink\"" my friend ordered another specialty drink. I noticed the prices and strayed away from the appetizers, so I could order my entree and dessert. When our bread arrived I noticed this neat little oil holder, it was shaped like a jug, with a grape mold that held the balsamic vinegar. I WANT that thing. I almost walked away with it, pocket pinched it, but here comes running; in my conscious, knowing that my awful deed would have split all over my purse, knowing my luck. Any-hoo, haven't met a place to go wrong with bread. My drink that I ordered wasn't my kind of drink, there were bitters involved, and my taste buds and bitters don't get along. I told the waitress, and she agreed and said not everybody likes the drink, I'll take it off your bill, and I ordered another, which was amazing. \nAs for their menu, they do have specials that coincide with the season. They have to make a bang for their buck, can I please recommend they print that seasonal menu on another kind of paper..other than computer paper?! I was a little bummed out about that. I ordered the cocoa fettuccine, with pistachios, leeks, cauliflower, and Gorgonzola. This is a late post, but I can still taste this pasta. HOUSE MADE pasta, you can't go wrong. This pasta was just amazing. absolutely amazing. My mouth is watering as I type, Now you know this is a good place, if I'm drooling. The love I have for this restaurant is intensified if you have tried their spinach and ricotta ravioli, in this creamy tomato sauce. That you could tell was authentic, or well their own recipe. I seriously can't get enough of this place.\nOn to dessert, I ordered the white chocolate raspberry gelato. Real chunks of raspberry and white chocolate, it was just an awesome ending to a great meal. This hole in the wall is the place to be. | 12
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This is the place I imagine sneaking into on an evening spent with that charming someone who captures your heart with the slightest smile. Late spring, strolling along the cobblestone streets window shopping when the sky darkens, and the clouds open up. Huddled under an umbrella, his arm around you to warm you from the sudden chill, you scamper down the few steps and duck into the warmth of Girasole.\n\nYou're immediately greeted like family; with a glow in the background as if a huge fire were burning. The small space is filled with lovely folks laughing, and sharing wine; eyes twinkling as they listen to the live music being played by the gentleman walking around strumming his guitar singing loudly.\n\nThe menu is simply simple Italian. The wine list is the sweet red table wine offered immediately after you sit down. The desserts are so worthy of the extra calories. Home made and delightful. \n\nAlmost as tasty as that good night kiss. | 12
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This is one of the, not the best kept secrets, in Shadyside. Solid Italian food, great atmosphere both inside and out, and family owned and run. Have eaten here dozens of times, and never had a bad meal. If there was only one criticism, it might be the drink selection. By that I mean cocktails. There's not a dedicated bartender, and the drinks are made by the servers who are already too busy. The wine selection is small but has something for most budgets and is pretty good. | 12
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Food was excellent but we hated the ambiance! Reservations at 7:00 pm Saturday. Arrived on time. Couldn't get in the door to wait for them to clear table because there were so many people in the narrow entrance; had to stand outside in cold weather. The place was so loud, we couldn't hear our waitress and thus the specials or the people we were seated with. Everyone is back to back; no place to hang a coat or move between tables to visit the restroom. We won't go back. | 01
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Pretty darn tasty. Walked in on a whim after a busy night shopping on Walnut and enjoyed the food immensely. It's a noisy and busy atmosphere but that was fine since it was fun to talk a bit to our neighbors. \n\nJust don't expect a romantic, quiet evening to yourself. | 12
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Always a pleasure to eat at this place. I've never had a bad meal.\n\nThanks bob | 12
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From the other reviews I really had high expectations for this Italian restaurant - was hoping for some authentic Italian food. Not the case. Not a lot of pasta options and those that were on the menu weren't homemade. \n\nIt's unlikely I will return because the food was mediocre, the service was very slow and the prices were high. | 01
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