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DateBurbank, CA 91506
(818) 846-0212
Theresa's Family Restaurant
Categories:
Diners,
American (Traditional),
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighborhood: Burbank
1 Previous Review:
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8/2/2010
This place is all love and hate for me. I love the food, when it's right.. which it never is. I have never given a place so many chances. I have quit my weekly vist twice in the last 2 years. I just came back from a 3 month absence and when I ordered a cobb salad with NO BLUE CHEESE they replaced the cheese with graded cheddar cheese. So when I said I didn't want ANY cheese it seemed at first I almost had to talk the waiter into fixing something I didn't order. Of course they just picked the cheese out and I got the same salad back with pieces of cheese all mixed in it. I didn't even want to bother trying to get them to fix it/replace it again. If I was allergic to cheese I would have flipped.
Thats the problem with this place.. they act cheap, they constantly get your order wrong, like in all seriousness.. maybe 2/3 of my orders are wrong. Finding a refill? Do it yourself... or at least thats what I always have to do. Table not have sugar, only has one kind of jelly? The management needs to focus on side work, quality control... and almost every aspect.
Im not being unfair here either, they also charged my girlfriends credit card twice in the past for the same bill.. they also messed my credit card total up once by adding the cash tip I had put on the table to the final bill. The tip section on the bill I actually wrote "CASH ON TABLE" how do you mess that up? - Sketchy, or just really sloppy.
They fixed both of these issues in the past, but if I hadn't caught it, it would have most likely never been fixed. We also had to stop by with a copy of our credit card slip just for them to fix it. Really?
I have ate here over 30 times, and the last 10 times I have asked myself.. why do I even bother. I never reviewed this place because I didnt want to say anything bad about it, because it was close to my house.. and well neighborhood pride and all.. But...
I give up.. no seriously this time. Skip this place, its like a restaurant with mommy issues.
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 623-7888
Midori Sushi
Category:
Sushi Bars
Neighborhood: Studio City
Shame on you Midori.
Burbank, CA 91506
(818) 842-9643
American Tire Depot
Category:
Tires
Neighborhood: Burbank
See.. they get it. You do me a favor, you have me for life.
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 762-1833
Firefly
Categories:
American (New),
Lounges
Neighborhood: Studio City
The free bread, and what seemed like homemade butter was better than the food honestly.
Now the awful.. The Crab Cake was disgusting.. no seriously.. it tasted old and had a very strong fish taste. The dish actually seemed slimy, which might have been on purpose, but when something tastes so rancid, and the texture feels rancid.. it an extreme failure. We both started to immediately feel sick after only one bite.. and while the waitress did take it off our bill we both are were trying to hold our food in. We decided to try dessert to calm our stomachs.. and the peach cobbler was delicious (better than the bread!) - but we left both feeling sick, and I ended up puking as soon as I got home. While I type this im trying to hold down awful burps of dead fish and my girlfriend is laying in bed trying to calm herself down as if she's on drugs.
While I saw another recent review of someone else getting sick, I think its the management's responsibility to figure out whats going on in their kitchen. I hate leaving a poor review to a place that seemed so cool, but I just paid $60 to ruin my night, and my date.
The only reason I didnt give 1 star, was because its has a very cool atmosphere, the waitress was very nice, and the dessert and bread was great. Skip the food, grab some wine and bread and use this place for a romantic place to trick dates into liking you. I wont return here, unless its to collect evidence or to place flowers if my date expires tonight.
Universal City, CA 91608
(818) 763-0101
Samba Brazilian Steakhouse
Categories:
Brazilian,
Lounges,
Steakhouses
Neighborhood: Universal City
Then these dancers came out to really LOUD music.. I guess this was to confuse people, and make them forget how little meat they were serving. We sat the mojority of the night looking at empty plates, and around the room for help...We finally became more upset, and we were about to leave (which we told of waitress, after a third request for food).
Some meat finally came to us.. undercooked (rare) still but at least it was food. I felt like a starving child by this time. The meat actually was decent, but was really salty, I guess so your body absorbs more water and you get stuffed faster.
This whole experience was bad, spend your money at Fogo, or even the grocery store.. this is just a trick.
More staff is needed, more meats, less salt, less annoying dancers and loud music, and maybe some kind of management to come to the table and give us an explanation at why they ruined our dining experience.
Trust me, this place is a unmanaged tourist trap of crap.
Not many places surprise me like this place did, it was so much fun I want to return, but living in Burbank makes it difficult. Maybe I should move to Playa Del Ray just so I can party it up there.
Hmmmm...
Los Angeles, CA 91602
(818) 980-6337
California Compassionate Care Network
Category:
Cannabis Clinics
Neighborhood: North Hollywood
Check it out. TRUST ME, Tell them "Brian Reichle" reefer-ed you.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(323) 668-1715
Mimi's Cafe
Categories:
Breakfast & Brunch,
American (Traditional)
Neighborhood: Atwater Village
I really like this place both for breakfast with its fresh and warm muffins that come with your meal and lunch, I like the quality of food, and if it wasn't for the questionable service at this location I would have given this place 4 stars.
Try it out, especially if you live by a different location.
Las Vegas, NV 89169
(702) 693-5090
Nobu
Categories:
Japanese,
Sushi Bars
Neighborhood: Eastside
You know what this place is, its above average Sushi that if you believe the nonsense, you might think this place is something amazing. But I thought the Sushi had a stronger fish taste than normal, and the dishes to be overpriced for the quality/quantity that was given. Its ok, its better thank ok.. but its not $150 for two people ok.
We have amazing sushi in LA, so I wasn't impressed with Nobu.
Vancouver, WA 98683
(360) 883-1858
Eastland Sushi & Asian Cuisine
Categories:
Chinese,
Sushi Bars,
Japanese
First, this was the only time in my life that I was not offered chopsticks at a Sushi place. I was given a fork, and I had to hunt down someone for what should be the default.
Forks? Really??
Meat, it was fishy, covered up with sauces. The spicy tuna looked like a childs thumb in a snowball of rice. Lots of rice, but they are cheap on the meat. The overall quality seemed low, and fast food. Like grocery store Sushi. The Edamame was dry and saltless. The only good thing was the Soke, which is almost impossible to mess up since im guessing it was no made by them.
The service was ok, the order was messed up and it had to be remade. We asked for one roll to be rolled in cucumber instead of rice which is nothing too crazy if you're at a real Sushi place.. but forget about it, this was like asking for a taco at a pet store. We had to visually explain it multiple times to the waiter, and they still messed it up.
Overall I can only judge the sushi at this place, so the "Asian Cuisine" might be decent. But I guessing the locals of this place think its great, only because they dont know what better is. Depressing, and days later im still turned off with Sushi because of this place.
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