The Flame Broiler

I hardly come to Flame Broiler and during my recent visit, I noticed that the pricing changed. You can order a mini, regular or plate and I don’t recall a mini option in the past. I asked the cashier if the menu changed and she said yes, the pricing increased due to minimum wage increasing. I thought that was really lame. Looking at the sizes of the bowl, I decided to get a regular. The bowl looks really big and I was expecting a huge portion, but sadly the bowl was only filled about 60%. What a rip off! Needless to say, I am completely done with Flame Broiler.

Great healthy food and really nice friendly service. our server was Diana really friendly took our order perfect and our food was great I highly recommend this restaurant.

This is one of the worse Flame Broilers I’ve ever been to. I payed $ 7.53 for a half & half and I got basically a half of a half & half. It literally looked like someone age out of it already and packed it to go. Don’t bother going here, go to the one on Long Beach Blvd & Willow, they have a great chicken bowl deal with a drink for $ 6.50.

I like flame broiler and it’s pretty much my favorite place to eat, but this place give out small amount of meet compare to the other ones that I been to.

Whenever I have long study sessions at Starbucks next door, I usually get food here. It’s cheap, healthy, and yummy! Something about the Works combo (rice, veggies, chicken and beef) with hot sauce and the magic sauce (which is basically teriyaki sauce).
Regular bowls are pretty big, so sometimes I get the mini bowls and I am happily stuffed.
Staff is pretty nice too!
Call in advance for your order!

This place gets five stars JUST BECAUSE OF THE CASHIER. I have never seen anyone so happy to see me! I’m not sure if that is sad… but I digress. She was super friendly and welcoming! She didn’t roll her eyes when I gave her a coupon for a free bowl (which was the only reason I was there). Sure, I have had better chicken bowls (which were more expensive and probably really bad for me), but I loved my experience here. It is right by my office, too. Five stars!

What the hell. I’ve been here so many times and the last 2 times I’ve done a phone order for pick up they skimp on the food. Usually it’s hard to put to top on. Fail. Not cool.

The food is ok. The service is super fast which is a plus because I get limited time for lunch. My biggest complaint is that there super stingy with the meat. WABA grill for sure kills this place!

The food itself is ok. I like the chicken better at another location.
My big complaint is how they redeem the groupon deals here. I bought two groupons with a value of $ 10 each, and my total was about $ 16. Instead of letting me redeem one groupon, and pay the difference, the cashier redeemed both groupons, thus using all $ 20 worth of credit, when I still had $ 4 of credit to use. After she rang me up, I noticed what she did and said I could have gotten a drink for the $ 4 of credit, and she agreed, but since she already rang me up, she refused to give me the drink.
I will not be returning to this location.

Great service! This is my second time here and I love that the people that work here are so nice, and the food is delicious and healthy I’ll definitely come back again soon!

Same person. Same great experience since my last review. Including clean restrooms. Megan is awesome. She went on a break and another male took her spot. He was good too. Grayed the people. Seemed friendly. He had Allot of facial hair. Came from the kitchen to the front. Any how. It was a great experience.

I love flame broiler. You can’t beat the quick service and healthy bowl anywhere. However, at this location it is very hard to find parking at lunch time. Many times I’ve had to park behind the hotel in the «hotel only» parking, because there was no where else to park. Too many restaurants with not enough parking in this center.

Came by to try out the place for early lunch, they weren’t too busy when we came, but service is pretty good no major complaints, I love flame broiler, the place is pretty small so it is better if you just order take out! I always get the works! Chicken, steak and veggies with brown rice! So good! The only downside I had with my first visit was when they were out of hot sauce and they didn’t even bother changing it for the customers, and the fact that they were not that busy kind of made me upset, because a good business means a good service meaning to check in and make sure everything is running smoothly and everything is taken care of. But it’s flame broiler, that’s why I’m giving it a four!

Not even worthy of a star.
The food was horrible and it was brought to the managers attention who made no effort to give a refund or exchange the food.
Will not return to this location.

Need more room here lits of people here for lunch, damm, parking like so packed, food is good here, i love it just this location not, good when your time is limited,

Wow. Probably some of the most lackluster service I have ever experienced at a chain restaurant. As some other people have noted, Maribel does not belong in the service industry. I realize working behind the counter at a fast food joint isnt the most glamorous of jobs, but if youre dealing with people, at least pretend to be pleasant.
Even if this was the only rice bowl shop in town, I’d still avoid it due to the subpar service. The Flame Broiler isnt even the best rice bowl in a 3 mile radius (go get you some Fuji Grill on Paramount and Carson), so I have zero reason to return.

I was disappointed with the cashier, Maribel. I ordered 2 bowls, my total was $ 14.50. I handed her a $ 50 bill, she told me she doesn’t have change for a $ 50. I pulled out $ 15.00, took back my $ 50 bill, she just stood there and stared at me and said, «do you have $ 0.50?». I told her politely and said «no.» She stood there and kept asking me, «are you sure?,» I told her I don’t carry loose change, while she just stood there thinking I was joking. I told «I don’t have any change!» By this time, I got upset. There were no manager there, just her and 2 cooks in the back.
If this place is not willing to take or handle a simple cash transaction, if the register is out of «change or money,» then make a freaken sign or the person that is working the register should notify the patrons, either to give «exact» change or use their credit card or ATM card to purchase food. How difficult is that to notify the patrons ahead of time before placing your order?
Since she didn’t have $ 0.50 to give me my change for $ 15.00, I pulled out my wallet for the 3^rd time and asked her, «would using my credit card be easier for you? Since your register doesn’t have any change in the register?» She stood there again, staring at me, didn’t apologize for the inconvenience, until she finally said «yes.»
Had to tell her to give me back my $ 15.00 and I will give you my credit card. Never knew that a simple 30 seconds transaction would take 5 minutes! I don’t work there but I had to figure this out for Maribel! What kind of establishment are they trying to run here? No change in the register on a Sunday afternoon! Train your cashier to be smarter and think outside the box, she will never move up the ladder in this world being the way she is.
A manager should have been around!

It’s usually pretty quick for lunch on weekdays. Beware of the parking lot during lunchtime on weekdays. Service is typically alright. There is one woman who works during lunch hours who can be a little rough but other than that the staff is usually pretty nice.

Tried the beef today. It was good, but I like the chicken better (something about that grilled and slight char flavor).

Got a free beef bowl for their grand opening. Flame Broiler is pretty good if you’re on a tight schedule and just need something quick to eat and on the go. I also liked how they added brown rice. The hot sauces though were pretty weak and not spicy at all. Overall it’s alright. Nothing mind blowing or extremely special to go out of your way for. Maybe it’s because I’m asian but teriyaki bowls just so boring when there are more amazing Asian dishes.