Happy Lamb Hot Pot, San Mateo 快乐小羊

Classic Chinese hot pot restaurant, located in the heart of downtown San Mateo. Wide selection of thinly sliced meats, fresh veggies, seafood, noodles, and soup bases to choose from. The AYCE is a very good deal for large parties, especially if you have hungry teenagers to feed. Friendly and efficient staff. Plenty of street parking and several nearby parking lots.

Meat quality's pretty good, gotta give them that. Service was also quick, didn't have to wait long. The hot pot soup was tasty too. Definitely coming back if they keep up the good work. Hope the quality stays consistent!

Most people when they eat hot pot they use or make a sauce for dipping. This hot pot style recommends that you don't use a dipping sauce but you can make one at the sauce bar for $2.99 extra per person. Which includes sauce bar, appetizers, and a few type of fruits.

The best place for all carnivores and omnivores

I used to go to happy lamb 2 to 3 times a week. To the point where the servers recognized me. Ever since they got rid of the lunch special and moved to all you can eat only, I haven’t been in over three months. I wish they would bring back a smaller option for people who don’t want to stuff themselves full, especially at lunch

We’ve been coming here for almost three years, and we recently heard that they now offer an all-you-can-eat option, so we decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, it was a completely different experience this time. The service was extremely slow, and it just didn’t feel the same anymore. We waited nearly 30 minutes for our meats to arrive at the table—and it was only a Tuesday, not even a weekend. They didn’t even seem busy.

Sorry to say this, but they should consider renaming the menu to “If You Can Eat” instead of “All You Can Eat.”

Do you have any lunch specials? What about the prices? Searched for some details on your website but didn’t found any information 🤔
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amazing hotpot - great portion sizes!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fresh food with great service! Their AYCE is a great deal. Restaurant is also clean.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hot pot is pretty good, this place specializes in lamb but has beef, pork, chicken and seafood options (limited), high quality ingredients and the broth is delicious. Lots of Chinese/cantonese people who eat here. Icecream tastes very cheap, but overall, a great hot pot place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Lots of random screeching noise and DO NOT GET THE SOUP REFILL the soup refill they give has a powder that doesn’t make you hungry really quickly, the liquids they give all have that powder

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

food ambiance staff are great, will def come again

Good variety of meats and vegetables. A must try is their new soup base with sour and spicy cabbage. ? ... also remember to double-check your receipt before paying for your bill to make sure all your food has arrived and you're not overcharged for things you didn't order.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Special Lamb Bone Hot Pot, Half and Half, Original, Enoki Mushroom, Lamb Shank, Mongolian Lamb Skewers, Supreme Fatty Beef, Spicy Soup, Dipping Sauce

Good vegetarian options. They can make any broth vegetarian.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service: 5 stars
Ambient: 5 stars
Almost everything: 5 star, I like the dedicated tong for picking raw food, food delivery robot is pretty cute
Food: 3 stars ?‍♀️

Meat is mediocre, taste like cheapest hotpot meat from 99 Ranch. Spicy broth is not spicy.

Also their induction cookers make a very high volume high pitch noise, annoying

So everything else is good, except the meat is not that good. It feels similar to Dahua hotpot pork slices. The spicy soup base is not spicy at all.
Induction cooker makes a lot of noise

All-you-can-eat hot pot, order spicy double pot and one soup pot with ordinary base
High C P value, many pot ingredients, many choices of vegetables

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 3