I came here for lunch with some friends but we paid the dinner price at 30$ because the lunch price cut down on a lot of good stuff. The concept is fun to have 4 different broths and you could order as much as you want for your pots. I’m not sure why, but it was very salty that day and it just didn’t taste as good as OC Lau or Boiling Point. I will most likely not return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Daniela C
As a buffet restaurant, the only pre-dinner snacks are oranges. The water in the pot is boiled very slowly, so you can only eat some oranges before the dishes are put into the pot. Because the meat slices are cut very thickly, the taste is much worse than the meat slices in normal hotpot restaurants. There are also very few types of dishes that can be ordered. I really like the self-pickup mode of regular hot pot restaurants, rather than the stingy ordering mode. What was even more unacceptable was that there were no labels on each condiment box. I thought my condiment was authentic salty sesame sauce, but what I ended up eating was disgustingly sweet. After eating a lot of food, I had to give up and leave. A bit disappointed.
As a buffet restaurant, the only appetizers were oranges. The water in the pot boiled very slowly, so I could only eat some oranges before the dishes were put into the pot. Because the meat slices were cut very thick, the taste was much worse than the meat slices in normal hot pot restaurants. There were also very few types of dishes that could be ordered. I liked the regular hot pot restaurant's self-service mode, rather than the stingy ordering mode. What was even more unacceptable was that there was no label on each seasoning box. I thought my seasoning was authentic salty sesame paste, but in the end it tasted disgustingly sweet. I had to give up and leave without eating a few bites of the rice. A bit disappointed.
Food: 1
Lorre Bayer
I just called to see if they give gift cards/certificates because I needed to purchase four of them. The girl who answered the phone had no idea what I was talking about! The food is wonderful and the service is great, but I was a bit taken back when she had no idea what I was talking about. Almost all restaurants that I go to have gift cards or certificates to give as a gift to someone. Shocked! PS: I would have given a five star, except this, disappointed me.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Andy Ngo
Located in the heart of OC but in the city of Westminster, talking about one stomach filling experience! For the price of $35 for dinner service, probably the best in town. Why? Very simple, besides from serving great broths, seafood, tofus, vegetables and dipping sauce selections; they have Wagyu beef! Can't beat that with a baseball bat!! Go 2024 LA Dodgers BTW!! Definitely a recommendation with today's stiff economy but walking away feeling totally satisfied for them cold nights.
Kid-friendliness: Family atmosphere
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sliced Beef, Hot Pot, Vegetables and Seafood, Dinner, Soup Base
Brian Lee
I've passed out and shook hands with beef here so many times. 10/10 would choose tonkotsu broth again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christina S
They have more broth and sauce choices here than other places I’ve been to. Easy to order more with the tablet. Everything was delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jeff Markland
Killer selection, delicious broth options, and friendly staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Meko
Fell in love from first visit. Want to bring more friends to check it out. It's about 30 miles out the way but when have a reason, I'll make a way.
Fresh food, not too much so won't over do it. I love the different pots, we tried 4 different bases, so flavorful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Alina Mc Carthy
I was really disappointed coming here for my first time. To start we got zero explanation on how things worked. The guy that seated us spent 2 min showing us how to place our order on the iPad. We told him it was our first time at a hot pot place and he offered zero explanation. We had to ask for our drinks that were never delivered to us even though we had gotten our food already. The food was okay. If you like soup and boiled meat then you might like this but it wasn't very good. The guy that seated us seemed annoyed when we would ask him questions. Our table was completely full of dirty and empty plates that no one came to pick up. I had to request them to remove the dirty stuff off our table. Then in the last 20 minutes my sister's husband joined us and basically ate all the food that we hadn't. Just to then find out they charged us another $32 for him! Now I would understand had they done this if we had ordered more food while he was there but we didn't. Overall the food was not great, they played terrible loud music and for a place that makes you order your own food and cook it, I would say it's not worth the money. You might as well as cook at home.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Khang Huynh
Manager if you're reading this please change the dumb square bowls and get regular soup bowls!
This local spot for AYCE hot pot is a solid 3.5 to 4 stars for me. It's not great but overall good. The only con is that the table is a but small but they do have the side cart to put stuff. But again, the square bowls that they put out for guests are so incredibly dumb, can't eat from it at all.
Price wise they're pretty competitive vs Irvine spots, they also have boba.
We love this place. The food here is magnificent! Steven was our waiter and made the experience very pleasant. He is very attentive and kind excellent . We came to celebrate my daughter’s birthday and his birthday is also in Agust !. good news of cancer remission. He brought us boba drinks and made our hotpot experience fun!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hoai Vu
It's ok not my cup of tea! A little too bland for me in tastes!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Vasily
I recently visited this hot pot restaurant and was impressed by the wide variety of broths available. However, the plates and utensils left much to be desired. The plates were oddly shaped and quite small, making them inconvenient to use. Additionally, the metal chopsticks were uncomfortable to handle; wooden ones would have been much better.
The sesame sauce was very sweet. It's my favorite sauce, but I've never seen anyone add sugar to it before. The glass noodles were wide, long, and slippery, making them very difficult to pick up with the slippery metal chopsticks.
On a positive note, the staff was very kind and attentive.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Gabe M
I've been coming here every time I'm in town. Service is always good and friendly. Food options here are phenomenal. I wish they had one of these back home. My wife and I chose beef, pork, chicken, and curry broths. All were absolutely delicious. Ingredient selection is great. Be sure to do the dinner option if you come in for lunch, you won't be sorry
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: AYCE Hot Pot
Sam Ty
We celebrated our birthday here and everything went smoothly. A great to gather together and enjoy the best selection of soups and meat. It is all you can eat!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hot Pot, Kim Chi Broth & Savory Mushroom Broth
I came here for lunch with some friends but we paid the dinner price at 30$ because the lunch price cut down on a lot of good stuff. The concept is fun to have 4 different broths and you could order as much as you want for your pots. I’m not sure why, but it was very salty that day and it just didn’t taste as good as OC Lau or Boiling Point. I will most likely not return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
As a buffet restaurant, the only pre-dinner snacks are oranges. The water in the pot is boiled very slowly, so you can only eat some oranges before the dishes are put into the pot. Because the meat slices are cut very thickly, the taste is much worse than the meat slices in normal hotpot restaurants. There are also very few types of dishes that can be ordered. I really like the self-pickup mode of regular hot pot restaurants, rather than the stingy ordering mode. What was even more unacceptable was that there were no labels on each condiment box. I thought my condiment was authentic salty sesame sauce, but what I ended up eating was disgustingly sweet. After eating a lot of food, I had to give up and leave. A bit disappointed.
As a buffet restaurant, the only appetizers were oranges. The water in the pot boiled very slowly, so I could only eat some oranges before the dishes were put into the pot. Because the meat slices were cut very thick, the taste was much worse than the meat slices in normal hot pot restaurants. There were also very few types of dishes that could be ordered. I liked the regular hot pot restaurant's self-service mode, rather than the stingy ordering mode. What was even more unacceptable was that there was no label on each seasoning box. I thought my seasoning was authentic salty sesame paste, but in the end it tasted disgustingly sweet. I had to give up and leave without eating a few bites of the rice. A bit disappointed.
Food: 1
I just called to see if they give gift cards/certificates because I needed to purchase four of them. The girl who answered the phone had no idea what I was talking about! The food is wonderful and the service is great, but I was a bit taken back when she had no idea what I was talking about. Almost all restaurants that I go to have gift cards or certificates to give as a gift to someone. Shocked! PS: I would have given a five star, except this, disappointed me.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Located in the heart of OC but in the city of Westminster, talking about one stomach filling experience! For the price of $35 for dinner service, probably the best in town. Why? Very simple, besides from serving great broths, seafood, tofus, vegetables and dipping sauce selections; they have Wagyu beef! Can't beat that with a baseball bat!! Go 2024 LA Dodgers BTW!!
Definitely a recommendation with today's stiff economy but walking away feeling totally satisfied for them cold nights.
Kid-friendliness: Family atmosphere
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sliced Beef, Hot Pot, Vegetables and Seafood, Dinner, Soup Base
I've passed out and shook hands with beef here so many times. 10/10 would choose tonkotsu broth again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
They have more broth and sauce choices here than other places I’ve been to. Easy to order more with the tablet. Everything was delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Killer selection, delicious broth options, and friendly staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fell in love from first visit. Want to bring more friends to check it out. It's about 30 miles out the way but when have a reason, I'll make a way.
Fresh food, not too much so won't over do it. I love the different pots, we tried 4 different bases, so flavorful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
I was really disappointed coming here for my first time. To start we got zero explanation on how things worked. The guy that seated us spent 2 min showing us how to place our order on the iPad. We told him it was our first time at a hot pot place and he offered zero explanation. We had to ask for our drinks that were never delivered to us even though we had gotten our food already. The food was okay. If you like soup and boiled meat then you might like this but it wasn't very good. The guy that seated us seemed annoyed when we would ask him questions. Our table was completely full of dirty and empty plates that no one came to pick up. I had to request them to remove the dirty stuff off our table. Then in the last 20 minutes my sister's husband joined us and basically ate all the food that we hadn't. Just to then find out they charged us another $32 for him! Now I would understand had they done this if we had ordered more food while he was there but we didn't. Overall the food was not great, they played terrible loud music and for a place that makes you order your own food and cook it, I would say it's not worth the money. You might as well as cook at home.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Manager if you're reading this please change the dumb square bowls and get regular soup bowls!
This local spot for AYCE hot pot is a solid 3.5 to 4 stars for me. It's not great but overall good. The only con is that the table is a but small but they do have the side cart to put stuff. But again, the square bowls that they put out for guests are so incredibly dumb, can't eat from it at all.
Price wise they're pretty competitive vs Irvine spots, they also have boba.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
We love this place. The food here is magnificent! Steven was our waiter and made the experience very pleasant. He is very attentive and kind excellent . We came to celebrate my daughter’s birthday and his birthday is also in Agust !. good news of cancer remission. He brought us boba drinks and made our hotpot experience fun!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's ok not my cup of tea! A little too bland for me in tastes!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
I recently visited this hot pot restaurant and was impressed by the wide variety of broths available. However, the plates and utensils left much to be desired. The plates were oddly shaped and quite small, making them inconvenient to use. Additionally, the metal chopsticks were uncomfortable to handle; wooden ones would have been much better.
The sesame sauce was very sweet. It's my favorite sauce, but I've never seen anyone add sugar to it before. The glass noodles were wide, long, and slippery, making them very difficult to pick up with the slippery metal chopsticks.
On a positive note, the staff was very kind and attentive.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
I've been coming here every time I'm in town. Service is always good and friendly. Food options here are phenomenal. I wish they had one of these back home. My wife and I chose beef, pork, chicken, and curry broths. All were absolutely delicious. Ingredient selection is great. Be sure to do the dinner option if you come in for lunch, you won't be sorry
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: AYCE Hot Pot
We celebrated our birthday here and everything went smoothly. A great to gather together and enjoy the best selection of soups and meat. It is all you can eat!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hot Pot, Kim Chi Broth & Savory Mushroom Broth
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