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We were searching for a place to grab a quick bite and Altitudes seem busy so we figured it must be ok. The hostess told us to sit anywhere but never brought us menus. We had to ask after 10 min. We ordered chicken strips and chilli fries, it took over an hour to get our food and we were not impressed. The chicken strips were $9 and we got 4 little pieces (some pieces were mostly batter); the fries were cold ($8). Our waitress never checked on us to even refill our drinks.

As we were leaving a man came in to complain that they automatically added gratuity to his bill and he would not tip them that much when it took over an hour for burgers. The manager's response was "well it's not fast food" and refused to appologize or refund him. No way will we ever go back!

I have eaten here at least 20 times since they opened a few months ago and enjoy it every time. If you have not been to a Flame Broiler; it is your choice of grilled chicken and/or steak on top of brown or white rice and some green onions on top. Load it up with hot sauce or magic sauce(like teriyaki) and you are all set. They also have a rib plate that my co-worker says was delicious.

Between 12-1pm there might be bout 5-10 people waiting for their orders but they usually come out within 10 mins. At less busy times you will get your order in a couple minutes.

A great healthy lunch and a decent price too; especially when you can get a hold of a coupon from Ads you get in the mail (I think these are the corporate coupons) or fliers jammed in your car window if you work in the area. My favorite is buy one bowl get one free.

We went here for dinner on a Sunday around 7pm and the wait was about 2 mins. As we walk around we are greeted by every employee that walks by; almost immediately after we were seated bread was delivered and our drinks were ordered. Then our waiter arrived; a very friendly guy named Andrew that introduced himself and then shook our hands and asked us our names; he never forgot our names the entire dinner.

For dinner I had the chicken parm and my wife the chicken ravioli with pink sauce. both dishes were great and we were given more than we could eat in one sitting.

I think this place stands out more for the hospitality than the food which isn't a bad thing, I've been to a lot of restaurants that had awesome food but the service was horrible and I never returned. I have no doubts that we will return to Mama D's for dinner again because of the excellent service and above average food.

Special note: our server picked up 3 plates for the table next to us for boxing as well as our 2 plates at the same time and came back with little white takeout boxes with our names written on them. Great memory!

Chili.

If you love chili and haven't been to Tommy's turn off your computer and start driving! The Chili is so thick so beefy so delicious so in my tummy right now (I had it for lunch today!).  Don't stop with a Cheeseburger, get the chili cheese fries too! Have you had the chili cheese fries at Carl's Jr? when you look at your order you see a lot of fries and not so much chili. Tommy's chili cheese fries has so much chili on it people will say wow you got fries with your chili; that's if you can even see the fries under all that chili and cheese!.

I know Tommy's is not for everyone; if you are a traditional burger eater and not into chili then this is definitely not the place for you but if you crave chili once in a while like me then this has to be stop #1.

The price is right too: Cheeseburger, Chili Cheese Fries and a large soda for 7 bucks!

Today was my second time having a pizza delivered from Buono Pizza.

What I like about the pizza is that they slice the sausage instead of chop it up; It's different than most places and I think the flavor is distributed better this way.

The slices are fold-able; this is a major plus, i must fold my slice when i eat pizza.

The crust does not taste like cardboard; I ate the whole slice.

Why 3 stars? I think 3 stars is a decent rating, if I were blown away I would go higher but I know there is better pizza in the area and I just haven't found it yet.

Read about my first pizza experience from Buono's here:
(The Heart Shaped Pizza)
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Fatburger delivers a very well dressed burger but at a price more than I would like to pay. The burger is delicious, cooked when ordered and assembled with your favorite condiments.

My problem with Fatburger is the price; I ordered a combo and after adding a slice of cheese to the burger for a buck my total was just short of $11. I can get a satisfying and just as filling meal at In-N-Out for 6 bucks which is why I will have a very difficult time returning.

If the combo total came out to about $7-8 this would definitely be a place I would eat at often.

We arrived for dinner around 7pm and that tables were about 70% full with 4-5 people waiting for ToGo orders; for me this was a good sign especially for a Tuesday night.

I'm not a big Thai food eater, my usually dish is chicken satay so this review is of my only Thai dish and my restaurant observations.

First off, I read several reviews saying how fast people get their food; this must be the lunch crowd because dinner took about 15 mins to come out which isn't excessively long but i was expecting it to come out sooner considering it was only satay.

Our food arrives and I open my little container of peanut sauce; it looked very thick; I dipped a piece of chicken into it and broke the surface! liquid poured through the surface, my sauce must have sat in this container for a while because it separated; once mixed it tasted ok but I've had much better tasting and smoother sauce at other places. you get four skewers of chicken which made for a filling dinner, I didn't care for the salad and fried rice that came with the plate.

special note: napkins held behind the counter and you have to ask for them! I accept this setup at mom and pop restaurants but not a place this big.

My Thai "Iced" Tea was warm and tasted a 6 on a scale of 10; overall a 3 for not being cold.

dinner for 2 came out to $26 which i think was expensive for the meal we had.

My co-workers have eaten here a few times now and recommed it over Pick Up Sticks(about 2 miles away), so I decided to give it a try for todays lunch; I had the Chef's Special Chicken which came with rice, a small salad and a cream cheese wonton. The chicken was very tasty; according to the menu it is cooked in wine sauce. I definitely needed more rice and discovered later that I could have subsituted my salad for more rice (I'll do this next time).

I will definitely eat here again and try more of the menu; it's not the best chinese food but it was decent and very affordable; the lunch special was $5.45

FYI: Yelp marks this place on the wrong side of La Pata; it's in the plaza that has the Starbucks on the corner of Pico and La Pata right next to the Charro Chicken.

Sunday morning dim sum; we show about 15 mins before it opens (10am on weekends) and there is already a group of about 15 people standing outside waiting for the doors to open...this is always a good sign.

Once we were seated the carts started coming around (to me it is not dim sum if you order it from a menu and they just bring it out); I read several reviews about poor service and I had a completely different experience, everyone was friendly and we were well taken care of; it probably helps that my wife speaks cantonese.

The food was good but not quite at the level of other dim sum restaurants I have been to; I stuck to my favortie items which all have something to do with pork (cha siu). I would have rated this place 3.5 stars if the option existed.

We were done at 10:30 and the restaurant was already full with about 20 people outside waiting (word of mouth said 15-20 mins); so this place does get crowded fast. get the best service and most choices, go when it opens.

This morning we had breakfast at Zov's and it was very good. I had the traditional breakfast (eggs, bacon, hash and pancakes) and it was very delicious, the pancakes were exceptional; I also sampled the raisin brioche french toast and it is something I definitely would want to try next time we go here.

Service was excellent; we will definitely go here again.