Flame Broiler — Restaurant in Long Beach

The Flame Broiler is styled as "a healthy choice" and features a short menu of Korean-styled plates with a combination of meat, rice, and vegetables.  They boast no msg, no skin, no frying, and no trans fats.  You can also substitute white meat chicken for $1.50 and can choose brown rice instead of white for no charge.   It costs $8.99. How did it all taste?  Pretty tasty!  All the meat, while not super juicy, was reasonably moist and had a nice sweet, soy-marinated flavor.  A selection of three meats provides a good variety.  The vegetables were nice and crisp.  And as a healthy option, it's fairly guilt-free eating that is low in fat, okay in sodium, and what not.   The rice had a bit of nuttiness to it that led me to believe it was flavored and put it above your run-of-the plain white rice.  The orange was sweet and the salad had a slightly sweet sesame dressing that...

I go here often because it is nearby my house. Well today I believe was the wrong day to go. The staff they had on hand was horrible. He was very rude to me when he is the one who got my order wrong. He got even more upset when I requested to have one of the bowls meat cooked over, not only did I pay for an upgrade for white meat, I stated that it was a lil too char for my daughter and if they could cook it over because it never looks like that. He stated ma’am the food is always fresh as if I don’t know exactly what I’m talking about since I visit very frequently, at least two to three times a week. I was very unsatisfied with the service today. This is not usual tho’ might I add. Everyone is always upbeat, welcome, and friendly. This dude should find...

The service was great and the place is kind of clean, but that’s about where the positives end. The food is simply not good. The cabbage, carrots, and broccoli are watery and tasteless, and the chicken is burnt with bits of cartilage. The magic sauce and hot sauce helps with the flavor, but is packed with sodium — kind of odd, given that the signs emphasize how healthy it is.

Leaving the place, I felt the same unhealthy feeling you get when you have cheap Chinese food. As it stands though, the average Chinese place has better food....