I love the concept of Max Brenner, a restaurant that offers an appropriately sized entree for the chocolate bacchanalia they offer for dessert. However the execution (especially of the Union Square one in NYC- crowded with tourists, dirty) falls short. I was happy to find one in the forum shops to drown my sorrows of not being able to afford everything I wanted at Louis, Louboutin, and Burberry.
Maybe because we went as they were closing, I was pleasantly surprised compared to NYC. Was happy to order a waffle salad entree (best of both worlds, really! must've been created by an indecisive woman haha). Although I still shake my fist over them nixing the "Chocolate Mess" (a warm, cold, melty, crunchy bowl of PMS), the tiramisu was an acceptable substitute.