Yuzu Shabu & Grill

45 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena
(626) 415-9898

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Luis R.

Ridiculous how you get charged for sharing your meal!

Shawn Sheng

Great shabu shabu place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kidilan Traveler

Good place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Grace

We love this place. Good food and great service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pork Bone Broth, Miso and Vegetable Broth

Yocelyn Bar

The service here is horrible, we had a server that was a girl and she was horrible. Forgot certain things on our order, explained the food wrong so we weren’t too happy with our food although it was good (just not what we wanted), halfway through our dine here she just stops halfway servicing us randomly just not even checking up on us anymore. A guy server had to come in and help us out, he honestly did more work than she did.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 1

Nate D. Suppanade

Ugh, I really wanted to like this place... Had lunch here last Sunday. As we were driving through Pasadena saw so many restaurants with lines out the door. We feared we would have to wait, but when we got here, we were the only ones in the entire restaurant. In fact throughout our entire meal, not one single other person came in here, and now we know why...There is like a $3-5 upcharge if you want any flavored soups besides kombu. We ordered our soups/meats/veggies, and to my surprise the soup base was not the first thing to come out like other hot pot places. The veggies came first after maybe 5 minutes. Then another 5 minutes before we got the soups. The soups took a VERY LONG TIME to heat up, so we were just sitting there waiting. Our meats were just piled on the plate, no presentation at all, which doesn't really matter, but when you lay all the meats flat on top of each other, its hard to pull them apart to cook. They end up just shredding in to little strips which made it kind of difficult to eat.The servers were nice and came by to refill our waters often. However whenever we had any requests, more sauce, more napkins, extra spicy sauce, etc, they would often forget and not bring it the next time they came back. We had to remind them of our requests often. Which in an entirely empty restaurant was kind of shocking.I miss Little Sheep and was so happy it was replaced with another hot pot place. I really wanted to like this place, but it just didn't hit.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Shabu Shabu

Grace Whitson

We love this place. Good food and great service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pork Bone Broth, Miso and Vegetable Broth

Ashley G

Came here for lunch with our kids we we're a total of 6 we spent 160 something we got 2 of the meal for 2 I believe it's called and they which would have been a good deal if we can order one and share it all we were recommended to get 2 of those which was wayyyy too much food it was our first time here I wish she would have stated it would have been more than enough they came out with 4 veggie bowls to put in broth 4 broths 4 meats rice and noodles again it would've been good enough to be able to get just one and added the $14 share fee each meal had they were each $78 I believe anyways food was good the girl was nice and tried to explain the menu but just wish we would've known how much food since we still had a lot left over. One complain I do have is she only came around once after we got our food and then didn't stop by maybe for another 20-25 we didn't have drinks and needed napkins as well .. lastly for some reason our card kept getting declined until she went to ask for help I didn't like that she didn't apologize and explain why the card was getting declined as this can be a bit embarrassing. Overall the food and service I give it 3/5 I don't think I will come again.

Kid-friendliness: High chair

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Lean Beef American Wagyu and Pork Gyoza, Miso and Vegetable Broth, Dinner for Two

Ying Liang

Confused about the quality control here. Seems pretty inconsistent. The first time I ordered from Yuzu I got dry pot takeout. The food was perfectly cooked and well flavored, and prepared quickly too. Pricey but tasty and stretched into two modest meals. Smooth online order experience. Since then I’ve ordered the same thing (overcooked with dry noodles, much saltier and spicier than last time—restaurant didn’t get my order in time so I had to wait an extra 20 min, portion was smaller). I’ve also tried the pork rice (very sad and bland) and the last time I tried to order they cancelled saying the item wasn’t available (custom dry pot isn’t available for ordering? No way.) Staff is nice and apologetic but they don’t seem to have a good system for online orders and quality control. I’d recommend you sit down at the restaurant if you want to try their food, and avoid DoorDash at all costs. Hopefully they can figure it out.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Andrew C

Looks like a lot of the original staff is gone. Broths are watered down now. Shame, this was a great place

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Lyneth Chang

We almost canceled our reservation since the reviews weren't so great. Thankfully we didn't because everything was amazing for the price.We did the premium AYCE and the quality was amazing. The waiters were super friendly and everything came out really fast.This place is huge and clean, not overcrowded so it makes the experience more enjoyable.Wintermelon tea was so bomb.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shabu Shabu

Кондрат Саровский

This is the worst restaurant. the second time I come to pick up my order and the second time they say that I have to burn for another 20 minutes. they also say that I can cancel this order. I know what I can do without them. upd: after 20 minutes, I was told to wait another 10. this is crazy. I asked the manager, some dirty guy in a hoodie came out (I think it wasn't the manager) and said they couldn't do anything about it. terrible attitude. don't come here please

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Yimeng Yu

This place is the weirdest restaurant cuz the space is so big but there’s no customers. If you come and try you can kinda tell that.The environment is super dark and there’s no self-serve dressing.The food quality is fresh compare to other Shabu ayce.The restaurant is called yuzu but I don’t see any Yuzu dish.The ordering sheet is hard to read and menu needs explanation.Our server was nice but there’s only one server Saturday noon. He’s apparently overwhelmed and I kinda feel bad for him. How can a ayce restaurant only have one server

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Elizabeth Elaine

The food was super good!!! There was only 2 people working there at the time so the service was a bit slow but they worked as fast as they could. Would definitely come back again!! :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Shabu Shabu

Charis D

I looove this place. Best food, best lunch deal, best quality, BEST service! We hope it gets busier because it's so good and I'm sure the rent is $$. Still new and finding its footing. Hard to survive after Covid and keep the great places alive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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