Mushroom Dumpling
Flame - Main Dining Room

Flame - Main Dining Room

100 W. 82nd St New York, NY 10024, 10024-5516, United States

Meat • Asian • Sushi • Brazier


"Average service/management and food. Easy dining for large family/groups/kids. You can make a mess and it’s fine. Servers don’t mind nor do they clean up between entrees. Fine to dine if you don’t have high expectations and want little hibachi flame entertainment. I made a birthday dinner reservation for 16 people and brought our own birthday cake. Was assured at reservation over the phone servers can slice and serve the cake. When I watched the server poorly cut/butcher, using a “spoon” and knife, to serve the first three shabby broken down slices from a beautiful Magnolia Bakery cake I had to step in and explain how to slice and serve more “thoughtfully” to the birthday girl and guests. I asked if they had a cake server and they said they did not have one. The two servers walked away after I showed them how to cut/serve and after they brought regular metal spoons which I had also asked to replace the flimsy small white plastic teaspoons for desert. Note: they also forgot and did not serve ice cream which was supposed to be part of the meal. When I mentioned how awfully the cake was being served and how servers all walked away and didn’t assist, the manager lady/hostess was defensive, unapologetic and rude. Instead her response was, we are not responsible for slicing cakes.” I asked if that is the case why did you tell me over the phone you did? She’ just said it’s “something we offer.” — very bad customer service! Training and management at this restaurant has low/average standards. On top of disappointing birthday dining experience, they also automatically charged 20% gratuity."

Yank Sing

Yank Sing

101 Spear St., San Francisco 94105, 94105-1542, San Andreas, United States

Asian • Chinese • Dim Sum • Cantonese


"As an SF native, Yank Sing holds a special place in my heart. However, my visit today was extremely disappointing. Food 3.5/5 Food was pretty good but not worth the price that they charged. At least with other upscale dim sum places, their dim sum and plating are fancy and have new twists so it feels like they try to justify their prices. The dim sum here was traditional but like something you can get from a takeout dim sum place for a fraction of the price. Secondly, there was very little variety. For example, they only have one type of steamed buns. No custard buns. No lava buns. Just bbq pork buns. That is incredibly odd to me considering that steamed buns are such a staple dim sum item. Also, none of their items contain beef so I sadly missed my beef cheung fun. The lack of variety in dim sum items left us very unsatisfied. Service 3.5/5 I love that they still have the push carts. The staff was friendly and nice but the carts took a very long time to come by our table. Only special items can be ordered via QR code so we sat without food for a long time. It also took 20 minutes to get our tea pot refilled with hot water. This was on a weekday when the place was full so I imagine it being worse on a packed weekend. Parking 3.5/5 Street parking around this area is a nightmare. Luckily, they validate parking at the Rincon Center Garage. With validation, parking is $4 on weekdays but complimentary on weekends. The parking entrance is on Spear Street, just past Penelope's Coffee. The garage is tiny and hard to navigate though so beware if you have a large car. Sadly, this will likely be my last time visiting Yank Sing unless I hear that the menu changes or expands."