Nancy Young > wrote:

> I had my usual fajitas, food was quite good. No complaints there.

> Little mixup with the check (as in, we got someone else's), but
> it was a fun lunch.

To each his or her own. A few years ago, I was part of a group of at least
twelve people who ate dinner at the Rainforest Cafe in the Franklin Mills
Mall, which is in Philadelphia. The dinner was in honor of a friends kids
who have their birthday a few weeks apart. The two boys who were the
guests of honor had a great time, but everyone else hated the place.

The noise from the forestry props and from the many young kids was
deafening. We could barely hear ourselves talk. We had to shout our food
order to the waitress and she had to shout at us so we could hear her. The
food there was overpriced and mediocre, which probably explains why the
Rainforest Cafe in the Franklin Mills Mall went out of business. The
service was fine, but good service alone can't sustain a restaurant.

I think most of those heavily themed restaurants are overrated. I place
the Planet Hollywood chain, Hooters, ESP Cafe, and the Hard Rock Cafe in
the same boat. Great theming, but lousy overpriced food.