Flame

My kids are Hibatchi-obsessed! Every city we go to on our travels, they ask if there's a hibachi restaurant.
And I love it because it's one of the few meals everyone is happy to eat AND it keeps them entertained.
Flame is definitely at the top of our list.
Our chef was adorable and talented and the food was delicious! (Which is the main problem with most hibachi places) Everything was really yummy and I was so happy to see all three of my kids gobbling everything up.
It is on the pricey side but I think that's just NYC prices, nothing out of the ordinary.

We often have hibachi whenever we’re traveling and last night was no exception.
Our first trip to the big apple and dinner was a huge disappointment.
We were the first three customers in the door and the only ones there until another family arrived towards the middle of our dining experience. Pros: ✅Beef dumplings and the filet steak was the best part of the whole meal. ✅Clean establishment ✅ Friendly and entertaining hibachi cook 🅿️Parking was easy (we might have just gotten lucky) CONS: ❌Claims cage free chicken but it was dry and no amount of teriyaki sauce could fix it. ❌ Noodle side was slimy and inedible. ❌They used jasmine rice for the fried rice and for whatever reason it tasted like bleach.
I will never understand anyone who uses jasmine for fried rice. ❌ 20% mandatory gratuity regardless of party size! I paid $29.20 in gratuity for three people (only ones at our table) and only saw the waiter twice.
He picked our drinks up about 15 minutes before we left to never return with a refill.
We all left thirsty.
Couldn’t imagine if we had a full table of people.
That waiter would have made $30-90 for an hour of little to no service.
Absolutely appalling! $175 for a subpar meal for three😒

Great time for a large group on * special * occasions because it is pricey. The chef was awesome and attentive.
Someone in our party had an allergy to shellfish and they made his food in the kitchen which was awesome. The drinks were really good and made well.
And the food tasted amazing.