Flea Street

Sundar Vanchinathan

Great food, nice ambiance, quick service and overall a wonderful experience.

Jim Jurkovich

I recently ate at Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park. It has been many years since I last ate there (before pandemic) and I was looking forward to a good meal, since my experience in the past has been very good at this restaurant. I had previously appreciated the quality of the food and the attention to detail in each of the preparations. This time I was very disappointed. I had ordered the Ciopinno dish hoping to have a wonderful fish stew full of tasty shellfish. The problem with the dish was that the clams which were a key part of the dish were all still full of sand, which when eaten resulted in a gritty sensation in my mouth which did not go away. It was not just one clam but all 5 or 6 of the clams. When the waiter asked “how was the food” I told him I was surprised to have sand in the clams. He said, “I will tell the chef about that”. There however was nothing about the dish I ordered and I did not get a response from the chef. On the way out, the waiter said he took a small discount out of my bill. In most other restaurants, they will try to do something to correct the dish they served, not expecting the customer to accept it as is. I have eaten clams in many restaurants before and never had the experience of having sand still left in the clams. With the reputation this restaurant has, I would have expected the chef to make sure the shellfish were properly rinsed and cleaned before cooking and serving. I am hoping next time more care is given to preparation of this dish to ensure the quality remains and other customers don’t have the same experience as I did.

Pam Tyson

It has been several years where we usually had Mother's day brunch, this time it was my first time for Dinner. What a treat, the appetizers, drinks, dinner and dessert were all a 5, I would go back in a heart beat!

Michael McGee

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