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The restaurants and bars are very good. Room service is above average, if slow on busy mornings. If you want a thrill, ride one of the elevators through the roof to one of the upper floors for a really impressive view. This is a BIG hotel. After a long day at a convention, you might hate walking down those long hallways to your room.

I know as I have had that experience. Not too hard on your budget.

White table cloth service. Excellent wine list.

Valet parking. Worth the drive. You can see menus, maps, book reservations & see other features online. for Via Real.

The food and service are remarkably good as you sit among the crates & boxes of bottles of wine. In fact the temperature is kept cool to keep the wine happy. A sweater handy even in summer. Sandled feet will shiver!

Your waiter (your new 'best' friend) will help you go out among the bottles to select for your dinner. The wine prices were fair, not 'warehouse'.

The food was great and the selection certainly had something for just about everyone. No kids here please! This is an adult experience. Very much a singles place on weekends. Valet parking!

Wine offered from an extensive list was very nice. This is worth a trip to Dallas. Telephone for hours and days open. Without question this was one of the finest meals we have ever had!!!!!

The presentation of the food is elegant, beautiful and the best I have ever seen. I had a salad with bacon and red onions that was almost too pretty to eat, then the pork chop entry and a chocolate dessert that was incredible. Others in our party had Beef Wellington so good that not a dot was left on a plate.

The only failing was a poor service and presentation of hot tea. Tepid water, cold tea pot and ordinary selection of teas. Do have to teach the proper way to serve tea every where I dine? Not bad enough to ruin the meal.

This restaurant is a 5-minute walk from the Meyerson Symphony Center. I wonder if it is possible to coordinate a meal with the Symphony? It's worth a telephone call to find out. This is also a wonderful destination for a Sunday outing. I have to find out if there are vegetarian alternative entrees that can be ordered. On our Sunday visit it was beef, pork, chicken and fish.

With rail transportation significantly improved in Dallas, visiting this place is much easier and less expensive than in the past. It's cheaper to ride DART than to pay for parking! Match this up with a restaurant visit on the West End and have a fine time!

When this museum opened, I didn't give it a chance to stay in business; but it has. So much for me as a critic! Very popular with visitors from overseas. Yes, there is a fine view from the windows. Not for me, but if you must....

One of the finest parks in the U.S. Very popular in Spring and Fall and for joggers.

Many things for children to see and do supported in part by the City of Dallas Park & Recreation Department. Fall is spectacular, spring is beautiful. Walking, jogging and bike trails. Click here for Dallas Arboretum.

The artist, Robert Summers, of the wee town of Glen Rose, Texas still makes and sells exact duplicates of some of the statues. For slightly over $60,000 plus shipping and set up expenses, you can have your own 'yard art' of a very high order.

This is an excellent place to visit in downtown Dallas. After all, you already have the car parked! Do it!

If you are driving, be sure to get a map and a few directions to get you on your way. In the best of times you have about a 30 minute drive to either downtown Dallas or downtown Fort Worth. During peak traffic hours, a lot longer. A good investment if you are renting a car, is to get one from Hertz that has a GPS system. Well worth it! Of course, when you return to the airport, allow plenty of time as the property is bigger than you think. The distances are longer than you are used to and the signs usually confusing. Sorry, but in over 20 years, they still haven't smoothed out the confusion.