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Ananda Fuara

Ananda Fuara

1298 Market StCA 94102, San Francisco, United States

Soup • Coffee • Cheese • Ice Cream


"I've come here a handful of times now and have had good food and experience each time. The first time I went, I was warned by several friends who said they had a very strange and awkward experience with the servers, but I haven't experienced that myself. They are perhaps not the friendliest, but I get the feeling that they're going for a minimalistic and zen (maybe too zen level of interaction (i.e. they'll take your order and are helpful if you have questions or need suggestions, and they'll bring you your food, but they're not going to ask you how you are or anything like that). I've enjoyed all the food I've had from here. The Neatloaf (made vegan) was amazingly delicious especially with the mushroom gravy it comes with. There's a reason the Neatloaf Dinner and Neatloaf Sandwich are some of their best sellers. The vegan carne asada (soy-based) tacos were really good as well, and bigger than I expected (you get two). I got the tacos with a cup of dal as part of their lunch special, and the dal was lightly spiced and really good, too. Together, they made for a very filling lunch. Items that are vegan or that can be made vegan are clearly marked on the menu. I only wish it were easier to tell what's gluten-free, though. Only a handful of things are labeled on the menu as gluten-free, but the servers have been able to tell me what's gluten-free and what's not and what can be gluten-free."

Alice & Friends

Alice & Friends

5812 N. Broadway, Chicago 60660, 60660-4399, United States

Vegan • Asian • Noodles • American


"Now, this is a two-part disappointment: one is for the food, the other for the lack of service. Food: Now, I’ve sampled eight dishes from this place, so I’d say I’ve tried a decent enough amount to write a review. Their Kingwich is very good, but it stops there. Their bánh mì was quite boring with outright bad bread and lack of veggies. Fries dumplings are run-of-the-mill and nowhere near Urban Vegan’s, if one were to compare. Vietnamese noodle salad was a dish I could have made better myself. Their rāmen was overly sweet, not nearly enough garlic and their rāmen noodles had little taste and were way over cooked. Seriously.. The carrot cake was filled with raisins, to each their own, but way to sweet and under seasoned, with too much of the mock cream cheese. The real travesty, though, was their bibimbap. The bottom of the dish is supposed to be either golden, or dark golden to add that crisp and texture to the dish. However it was: burnt to a crisp. The smell of charcoaled rice was so intense that it completely overshadowed the rest of the dish. And this is where we wander into the service part: The first time I had take-away there I ordered three things, and yet they managed to forget my fries. Found out after a 40-minute bike ride at 21:30… Second time I visited was in the restaurant, where we waited nearly an hour for our entrees. Somehow this didn’t seem as something the waitress might communicate to us, and we ourselves had to go and ask where the food was. She told us she was sorry, and that it’d be another 10-15 minutes, after a, then, 45-minute wait. Imagine then being served that travesty of a bibimbap. But here’s the kicker: when we mentioned it, the waitress actually said with a straight face, that that’s just how they prepare it there. What’s most mind-boggling to me is that she even said: “Yes, we get a lot of comments and complaints about that, and I have to tell them each time: that’s how it’s made here.” So after waiting an hour for our entrees, we get served charcoaled bibimbap and they end up saying that we can get 50% off on a replacement entree. From a pure business side of things I really wonder why you’d lose the income of us staying for dessert, coming back, and recommending the place. They got, and will get, neither of those things. The food would get a 3/5, but the abysmal service drags it down to 2/5. The food is really neither authentic, nor hitting the right flavor notes; they’re trying to do way too much, food wise."

Rosenfeld's Deli South Bethany

Rosenfeld's Deli South Bethany

34444 Coastal Hwy, 19930, Bethany Beach, US, United States

Cafés • Cheese • Bagels • Seafood


"I 'd like to stress that I really do loathe leaving any business- especially a family owned business- anything less than a stellar review. But this was a truly terrible, grueling experience and it seems to be shared by many. I 'm only speaking for the South Bethany location. It was a disaster of epic proportions and I wish we 'd listened to our instinct and left after the first 18 minutes of waiting for service. The staff is chaotic, distracted and it seems a lack of leadership and direction is creating this.The red headed bearded man who waited on us seemed tangibly agitated that we were there to order. Hey, we 'd made it that far. I was ordering something simple- cheese on rye. When he expressed confusion not twice but three times- I said, not in an unpleasant tone, I 'm just going down the menu options where it says you pick this or this, you know , he responded with a curt actually, I don 't know so that sort of set the mood for our visit. As it turns out, he did not put in our sides or our salads and after waiting another 17 minutes until we got a hastily made salad and a soggy looking cheese sandwich that Royal Farms could have made better, we sat around waiting to eat until our other items arrived. We eventually realized- he didn 't put them in. We had to go up and order all over again. His dismay for us was clear but we weren 't trying to be jerks.Then, when we finally began to eat, a worker started aggressively opening multiple packages of drinks and loudly restocking the beverage fridge. Not projecting- this guy was really intense. The issue is that he 's three feet from us and this went on for over 15 minutes- it 's not even like it was empty- he couldn 't wait? He began dropping cans literally right behind me and throwing down cardboard right behind my chair- very distracting and uncomfortable. I started to get up to move but thought he 'd stop soon. No, it went on and on and even the older woman at the table next to us gave me a sympathetic look. Other people there were verbalizing how unhappy they were. I will never ever visit a Rosenfeld 's Deli again, which pains me as we live in a time where we desperately need to support family owned Delis in a world of Wawa and Jewish Delis in a time of intolerance. But this place was horrendous. The owner did approach our table, an hour into our visit (I didn 't see him around prior to this), and ask how things were. I felt bad (though I shouldn 't) and told him it was fine, but also pointed out we 'd been there for over one hour and still hadn 't received our fries. He brought them out swiftly- maybe he needs to be around more often.Vegetarian options: Salads. A Vegetarian Pastrami I didn 't try. I asked for a cheese and tomato on rye- made just how it sounds, btw- just for the guy at the register to act completely taken aback and confused. He needed me to clarify it three times, so... maybe not the best Vegetarian place to visit."