The food is consistent, delicious and healthy. Owners and staff are always a pleasure. This is my go to spot on my lunch break! Definitely would recommend to anyone in the area. Also, the food is extremely quick so you won't have to wait too long if you are in a rush even if there is a line. Seems like a lot of negative reviews on here have to do with DoorDash-doordash will refund you not a big deal ahah. Chill out people read more

I was mildly impressed with their food. I had seen several reviews on-line and walked by it a number of times and finally tried it. It is pretty good. It is a nice alternative to a burger or Mexican fast food. It is also a little healthier so you do not feel as bad eating out. read more

Flame Broiler - Asian Fusion Near Me - San Diego, California

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im not a fan of Corporate Chain restaurants, but sometimes you just gotta go with the flow of your current company. OK so its flame broiled, Blah! So is Burger King. This is just simply teriyaki bowls, of chicken and beef. Basically the Americanized version of Yoshinoya. Then again Yoshinoya in the US is pretty Americanized too. For the price i can think of a bunch of other places i'd spend my money but i guess it's a better option than fast food burger joints, and it's not fried! Not bad, got great, I guess it's what you'd expect from a Corporate chain. read more

Recently stopped here just before 9pm when they were closing. I'm always scared to go into a place before closing for fear that i'll get some soggy, cold leftover food. Not here! I walked in to meet the smiling cashier. I apologize for coming in so close to closing time but he says "dont worry about it, you gotta eat right?". He encourages me to try something new, so I do. Its the smile and those dimples that do me in. We engage in light conversation while my food is prepared to order. I appreciate this because i'm sure he has a ton of other things to do but you can tell that they value their customers - hard to find at a fast food type joint. The same crew is always working in the evenings and they aim to please. I was amazed on my last visit to see how many people the cashier knew personally. The friendliness is what keeps me coming back - the crew deserves a raise I say! I arrived home and was not disappointed. I love that you can choose between brown and white rice. Hard economic times call for desperate measures - luckily your tummy wont have to suffer as long as The Flame Broiler is around. read more

We used to have a flame broiler by the house I grew up in and we missed it when it closed. Now that I live by one again, we always go when my mom is in town visiting. I love the flavor combination of beef, brown rice, veggies, green onions and of course the magic sauce! I always order a regular size and eat half there and take half home with me for another meal. I use one little to go cup of magic sauce for each half. When they brought out our food tonight, they accidentally had put white rice in mine but as soon as I brought it to their attention, they fixed their error and gave me brown rice. My mom also ordered extra green onions and they were happy to accommodate that request. Overall, I feel like a eat a good, healthy meal here. read more

Flame Broiler - Chicken, White rice, green onions - Asian Fusion Near Me - San Diego, California

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I guess you can go wrong when some thing is too simple. The staff is not friendly nor welcoming and that includes the lady who looks like she's the manager. There are only about six things to choose from and your options are either a bowl or plate. The bowl is a mix of meat and white or brown rice and then you have the option of adding veggies. Your choices of meat are chicken or "angus beef". As for the plates, you can add a salad and "seasonal fruit" aka half an orange. I decided on the Angus Beef Bowl with Veggies. It was not good at all. The quality of the meat was poor. Sliced at a medium cut and burnt. No flavor in anythig and their Magic Sauce isn't even that good. The only thing is that it's filling and their veggies were hot (and very watered down). They don't even make their Kimchi or let you try any if you wanted to purchase it. Next time I'll go to CBW across the street. read more

This is my second time at this location and while I do enjoy the food, the cleanliness of this place makes me question whether I should be coming back. Originally found this place while I typed in "healthy food" on yelp. Currently sitting here enjoying my bowl with only one other couple in the vicinity with pretty much every single table dirty. Extremely turned off by that and the condiment station is a mess. Again, I would probably understand if this place was busy but like I mentioned there's only one other couple here. Down to the bowls---great bowls. Very simple concept where you get to choose what type of rice you'd like, veggies/no veggies, and meat choices. You can pick from chicken, angus beef, tofu, or combination. I don't think I'll be coming back since the cleanliness outside the kitchen makes me question what's actually inside the kitchen. Disappointing because I really enjoyed the bowls read more

Holy cow! That was amazing! I was sure I would not like it after the not so great service, but it was awesome! We each had "The Works Plate". A plate composed of chicken, beef, steamed vegetables, cabbage salad with oh so great dressing (ask for extra), sliced orange, and white rice or brown. All for $8.60! My very first visit and I can't wait to go back! While the meal was already great I still drizzled the "magic sauce" and "hot sauce" on top. (Ps. Magic sauce, a thicker sweet teriyaki, I could pour on absolutely everything!) I so look forward to my return! I do wish the service were better but I would not let that stop me. read more

I love the food from flame broiler, but this location has the WORST customer service. I just went in this past weekend and was so surprised at how rude the employee Patricia was. My gf called the order in as we were driving there (I live in El Cajon, so it's a bit of a drive) and ordered 3 bowls. One was with veggies on the side and extra green onions, and another was with veggies in it and green onion on the side. When we got there, about 20 minutes later, we went inside and got our food which was ready. I asked for more magic sauce and I was rudely told that "there's only 2 sauces per plate" allowed. Since when? When it was self serve sauce there was no such limit. And now that they package them up for you, why wouldn't they give the customer a couple more if they ask for extra? I thought that was was odd, but decided to just forget it. I drove home and disinfected all my bowls and opened everything up, excited to have this damn chicken I was craving all day. My excitement ended the second I opened up the first 2 bowls. The one with the veggies on the side had no veggies whatsoever anywhere in the bag, and the bowl with regular veggies in it had no veggies inside nor the green onions on the side. So this bowl was literally just rice and chicken, super plain. I called back to let them and the employee Patricia was EXTREMELY rude, and offered no apology whatsoever. In fact, she got an attitude the second I said my order was wrong. She accused the person of calling in, of not having said those things about the bowls. I know this is not true, as I was next to my GF when the order was called in. What I do know is that the order was not repeated back, which I now know to look out for next time. I told her what the order was supposed to be and how it was said over the phone when we placed it. She again argued with me saying that it wasn't true. How can an employee argue with a customer about these things not being asked for. Why would I make this up? A simple solution offered is what I was looking for. It's not like I was asking for anything that would cost extra.. god forbid I asked for more magic sauce since we know it's a limit of 2 per order. Management here really needs to have employees practice proper customer service etiquette and not encourage the employees arguing over the phone with customers who had their order wrong. AVOID THIS LOCATION! if you feel like making an extra drive, the location in La Jolla in the little shopping center next to tmobile is AWESOME and the workers there are super friendly! read more

Food was ok. Good healthy options! I would like a bigger portion though. Will consider it again if I'm nearby.

Lady at the front was rude and found a hair in my food. I like other flame broiler locations but this one sucks

After every time I eat here, it tastes like I smoked a pack of cigarettes. It's really gone down hill. The quality is really lacking in flavor, they don't give you vegetables anymore other than a piece of broccoli and the rest is cabbage which swamps the bottom of the bowl and Like I said it tastes like I smoked cigarettes. Disgusting. read more

1st time here, definitely last time. I was in the area and starving so I decided to pick up an order, half & half plate w/ salad & fruit (orange). First impression walking in was the place seemed pretty dirty and empty, but I had heard good things about the food so I looked past it. Paid for my order and sat down, before I could send off 1 text she was already boxing my order. Thought that was pretty quick, but again, looked past it. I'm a 5min drive home. And now to the food. Meat had obviously been cooked way previously, was rigid and lukewarm at best. There was 1 other person eating in there so it's not like they need the volume prepared to keep up with the current flow. Even the brown rice had the texture & consistency that it had been sitting there a while. Salad and dressing was terrible. I had about 5 bites before tossing it out, just like my $10.26 read more

They recently hired a new gal at the cash register, she has been very great! Super friendly, quick, and great at what she does. I've had poor past experiences but she has certainly turned the place around. PS this is my go-to meal prep on the go spot. Brown rice and steamed veggies, white meat with no glaze or sauce. read more

Food was good, good portion. Purchase the works bowl. The broccoli needs to cut down. Each stalk was the length of spaghetti noodles and the beef was alittle dry. But all and all good. My only complaint was the service not very friendly. All in all not bad! read more

First time customer. Drove 10 miles out of our way to come here, as we saw an ad and we are trying to eat out regularly during the COVID 19 to help businesses. We ordered 2 regular bowls and one mini with vegetables. Picked up our order and as we were driving out if the parking lot I looked in the bag and there were only 2 bowls. I ordered and paid for 3. We turned around and I brought the bag in with the items. Literally, less than 5 minutes from leaving the place. The cashier said, "oh I put 3 in there." I said, "why would I drive back?" Her reply, (in front of customers) "it must have fallen out in your car." She agreed to make another one. She handed it to me and it wasn't what I had ordered. It was all a big mess. We left with what she gave us. Terrible service. We thought the food was very good which is why I'm giving 3 stars instead of 1. read more

I'm deeply disappointed at how this Flame Broiler handled my situation. I put in a DoorDash order for pick up and I got there and showed them my receipt, showing that I have ordered. The person there was looking for my order, but it didn't show up. Then, the person got someone to assist him, which seemed like the owner. I told her that I had a DoorDash order for pick up, and she said that their system was not set up yet. She told me to call DoorDash's customer support and did not do anything about my order. I'm more frustrated at how the staff there did not even bother to help me in any way. It seemed that they did not care about my situation whatsoever or try to help me. In the end, I never got my order and ended up getting something else for lunch. Overall, I will not be coming back to this location. read more

Great location with the ever satisfying food that Flame Broiler provides! Between this location and the one in PB, I'd come here. The staff is always friendly, tables are always clean and the food is always spot on. Not saying that the food at PB isn't just as good but at times the tables are dirty and you're bound to run into a couple homeless people hanging out on the corner of the building complex. As for what to get, everything here is great and I've virtually tried everything they have! My go to's are the half and half and the works, in which I usually side with the latter. Regardless of what you order I'm pretty much going to guarantee you're going to be satisfied. Just make sure you throw some of the magic sauce on it and a little hot sauce as well. Oh and the Mission Valley location has "hot hot sauce" which is a tad bit spicier than the regular hot sauce and it's not as vinegary (not sure if PB has it as I haven't been there in a while). They also play country music here from time to time which is a plus in my books! read more

Flame Broiler - The Works Bowl with green onions - Asian Fusion Near Me - San Diego, California

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First time trying Flame Broiler. I like that they have healthy food at very reasonable prices. I ordered a Chicken bowl which came with a drink all for only $5 (plus tax) due to their limited special. (Not sure if it's still going on though.) I'll admit that the bowl has a large ratio of rice to chicken. But it didn't bother me too much because I liked the rice. I know it's weird to say, coming from an Asian, because rice is rice. But here's something, rice is not rice. This rice was a little bit sticky compared to the typical rice. Sticky enough that you can eat with chopsticks and you won't have to be picking at each grain. They have two types of sauces available. One is some hot sauce. I'm unaware of the name. It looks like Sriracha, but it's not. The other is called magic sauce. Boy is it magical! The second I dipped my chicken into that sauce my fairy-god mother appeared. (That was cheesy. I don't care.) You know what else tastes good with magic sauce? The rice. Place is pretty isolated, but they do have their fair share of customers. I wouldn't say I crave their food, but I wouldn't mind having it again at all. Who wouldn't want to eat healthy while saving some pennies? read more

Flame Broiler - Chicken Bowl - Asian Fusion Near Me - San Diego, California

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I am a teriyaki lover! I generally do not find any teriyaki place to be under three stars and more often than not 4 to 5. These guys have it as simple and easy as it gets, which I also find appealing. Food is always great. I personally prefer their chicken but the beef is great too. As for the tofu, can't help you there, I do not eat it. If the place has a drawback it would be parking and lackluster service. But, overall well worth the result. read more

Not bad. I walked over here during a break from my classes to get something to eat. The chicken was delicious and I like that brown rice is an option. As far as quick Korean food is concerned I was satisfied. read more

The food is okay. Chicken bowl = lots of rice, a few veggies, a smallish portion of chicken. The magic (teriyaki) sauce is good and the hot sauce (watered down sriracha) is fair. Kinda expensive for largely rice with a few vegetables and couple pieces of chicken. Healthier option for the area but nothing special. For the love of God, will people get onboard with Dr. Pepper already. Enough with the Mr. Pibb stuff. Its not the same. I am a Dr. for God's sake. read more

I love this restaurant/location. Not too fond of the older Mexican guy with the thick mustache working at the grill. I usually get butterflies in my stomach when I see the two Mexican women in the back because every time I order when they're on the grill, I receive a decent amount of chicken and green onions with the rice cooked to perfection in my regular bowl. Along with a friendly wave! . Almost makes me not want to leave. BUT, When that Mexican dude with the thick mustache is on the grill, I hesitate to order because he always shorts the meat and rice in my regular bowl. Like, there is enough space between the meat and the lid for me to fit the Webster's pocket size dictionary in there with little room to spare. Sometimes I walk in there, see him on the grill and walk right back out. But yeah i love the food tho. And I also think the green sauce is hotter than the supposedly hotter red sauce. read more

I drove here thinking it was a Waba Grill & decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, it wasn't anything close to it! I've never had Flame Broiler up until this point in my life & I sure as heck could've lived the rest of my life without trying it. Definitely wasn't missing out on anything extraordinary. The quality was too mediocre for such a high price of $15 per plate that had more than enough plain veggies I could buy and chop up at home. There are literally only 3 entrée options on the menu! Maybe they should think about expanding everyone's options by adding some sides and/or appetizers. I got the half & half wondering if I made the right choice.. chicken is definitely better in taste than the dried out beef but both required a good amount of the magic sauce to savor it. The cabbage and carrots reminds me of the veggies I give my chickens along with their bird feed. I'll take my chances from here on out and put my gas to use when I start craving a real teriyaki bowl. read more

I got turned on to this place when I used to work in Mission Valley & became obsessed. I literally used to come here 3-4 times a week. "Half & half bowl, brown rice, green onions, no veggies." I work in a different area now, but this place is still bomb... great for lunch. You can choose between the meats: beef, chicken, tofu or half & half which is chicken & beef. The rice: white rice or brown rice. & you can opt to have vegetables (broccoli & carrots) or not & green onions if you choose. The menu is extremely straightforward. Not a lot of hemming & hawing on what you want. & as much as I appreciate that, sometimes I wish they had a couple more items on their menu. Springrolls, soup, etc. The bowls are pretty satisfying, but on the days I'm so hungry my stomach is touching my back, I may want a little bit more. read more

Mini bowl half and half is my go to! Fastfood but healthy options. Great if you're hungry and on the run. read more

Flame Broiler - Mini Bowl - half & half - Asian Fusion Near Me - San Diego, California

y'all are weird this flame broiler is the best one... so good and probably door dash fault not this location same thing happened to me. food is so much better. read more

Food is consistently yummy and healthy if you just get chicken and veggies. Catered chicken bowls and combo plates today and everything was excellent - service, packaging and taste. Thank you from the essential workers at SDGE. read more

Came here for lunch. Food was good. Service was fast for lunch time. And place was clean. read more

Flame Broiler - Cool Drink on a Hot Day! - Asian Fusion Near Me - San Diego, California

I love their Hot SAUCE! Their magic sauce not so much. If it were just food they get solid 3 star (their HOT sauce = 5STARS ^^ ) but the reason they got only 2 was because of the person who was taking the order. She was very rude to me but when I was waiting for food another guy came in and she was much nicer to him... @.@????? I wasn't mean to her or anything... I just wanted to order my food.... I first found this place because when I went to UCSD there is a location in La JOlla. It's healthy so it's like my favorite places to eat with their famous HOT SAUCE. IT'S"S perfect combo of tang and spicy... I want the recipe... if I could only have it. If you own or work here... sell me the recipe PLEASE~~~???? Their food... where as it might be healthy, it's not very unique. It's just grilled meat whether it's chicken or beef. Their veggies... it's steamed ... how can you go wrong with steamed veggies... right? You over steam it... is there such thing.. unless you steamed it for many hours, then maybe other than that... steamed veggies are just steamed veggies. read more

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Yummy and easy lunch option. Magic sauce is great! Definitely my go to spot if I forget my lunch.

This place is ridiculous. The store manager wanted my driver's licences and to take down my credit card info to buy some food just because I had a temporary card that replaced my lost card. She mentioned that she had prior charge backs of people scamming her store, so she was accusing me of possibly doing this in front everyone in the store even though I've been to the store several times because I like their food. And to top it off...her husband even took my order before with NO problem! Just because you had prior issues with being scammed it is bad business to accuse reoccuring customers or just anyone deciding to eat here out of the blue. I will not be returning to this store whatsoever. read more

Patricia was very sweet and so nice. Flame Broiler is pretty consistent amongst the locations in terms of quality of food. Patricia was working to keep the lobby area. She was very nice. The restaurant was clean, everything picked up. I was very happy. read more

For only the 2 workers on Sunday and a rush of people. They where moving getting the food out the kitchen as fast as possible.

Beef an chicken combination plates are my favorite! So much flavor! This place is perfect for a quick lunch or dinner. Service was very friendly! read more

Flame Broiler - Asian Fusion Near Me - San Diego, California

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As straight forward as you can get for a quick service restuarant. Menu has 4 choices. I am a big fan of easy and simple. Came during the week at 1pm and was easy to get in and get out. Would come back read more

Flame Broiler - Asian Fusion Near Me - San Diego, California

Quick healthy meal! I had the half chicken and half beef bowl with brown rice and veggies. The customer service was efficient, fast! This place is way better than waba grill. Thank you I will return! read more

Delicious food and the selection is quick and easy. You get alot of food for what you select for your plate. Food is nice and fresh, filling for me. If anyone wants a good filling and health food this is the place to go. I did wish they had more of a selection but it fine. read more

Always a favorite place to get great healthy food. Fresh, fast and satisfying. Portions are enough to keep the hunger away, get the chicken never be disappointed. read more

Teresa and Louise helped me with my order and I am taking this time to write this because I admire their customer service when taking my order and how the provided me 5 star service! I love it when I see someone who takes pride on what they do and they exceed your expectations! Keep up the good work Teresa and Louise! read more