I came here with a party of four and it took about 30min to be seated on a Saturday night, which wasn't too bad! They have individual pots for each guest which is great, and iPads for ordering which also makes things a little easier. Because of the all-you-can-eat, we ordered a LOT. Since it was super busy, service seemed slower as the servers were trying to get to everyone's requests. Besides this, I liked that the food comes in smaller portions so you don't over order easily, and the food came relatively quickly for how busy it was. Later on in our dinner, it did end up taking up to 20min to get some items, which wasn't too bothersome. Their food items in general were delicious, but nothing special. I would definitely come here for an easy hotpot craving however. They also had a variety of non-hotpot items included in the AYCE, which was perfect for balancing out all the soup foods. It was quite rowdy but this didn't really bother us, we were satisfied after dinner! read more

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I came with my family for AYCE dinner. They explained to us how to order through the iPad, and the service was quick and easy. The prices were good - AYCE for ~$30. read more

This place is awesome. Came with a bunch of friends for the AYCE hotpot and it did not disappoint. The waitresses were so helpful with suggestions and the turnaround time on when we ordered anything on the ipad was incredible. We had a large group and still our food came out within a minute or two every time we ordered. The menu was very well rounded and the unlimited bottled sodas and drinks is unbelievable. Easily the best group dining experience I have had in Boston. In addition, one of my friends forgot his wallet in restaurant and as we were walking back to the car here comes a worker from the restaurant sprinting down the road to bring it to us. We truly felt taken care of as if it were our own family. read more

There's a wide variety of items on their menu and I wasn't able to try everything there but our initial thoughts were everything looks so good. But once things arrived, it didn't meet expectations. The biggest downfall is the broths. They had many choices like spicy miso, sukiyaki, tonkotsu, tomato, curry, and more. Our party of 6 tried different bases and they all were very disappointing. The broth wasn't just lacking flavor, it was just so watered down and packed with msg that it really tasted like a pot of water with a tablespoon of soysauce or like a sprinkle of instant ramen broth. No complaints on the veggies or meat really since those were standard. The other sides are a hit or miss. Given that they are still relatively new, the service is a bit slow and confusing but they were generally very nice. The biggest table we saw was for 6 so I can't imagine a big party eating here. Not sure if I'll come back again given other hotpot/Shabu places nearby that's much better. read more

Blue Sakura - Hot Pot Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

This place markets itself as AYCE, I am from Vegas and in Vegas AYCE means all you can eat, not a hybrid of cheap stuff is AYCE and meat and fish cost per plate. Now my dining partner and I arrived around 12:20 pm yesterday for lunch, we were greeted by grab a seat by the host desk, even though a number of tables were open. After about 5 minutes my partner asked a wait staff walking by if we could get a seat, he then took us to our table, Once at the table we were presented with a tablet to order. Now in principle, this seemed convenient, but its function was a bit quirky. When we were seated we were told we had one hour to order, to this moment I am still not sure this was because we came in at 12:20 or that's all that you get is one hour. So we started on the tablet and the clock was ticking, you first have to pick a soup base, we chose after reading a bit, with the clock ticking. We ordered the base and submitted the order to the kitchen to get things going. We continued to pick items and tried to submit a second time, this time the order was refused, until a certain time. We asked for help a couple of times. Now the interface was saying to retry order at a later time. We tried repeatedly and sometimes the order was taken other times the order was refused. It was explained to us the kitchen can only handle so many orders at once and to keep trying, We were about a 1/2hr into it by the time the base came and some peas. After we ate for a bit, we were getting warnings to get orders into the kitchen that was closing, we really hadn't been eating much up until this time. So we didn't want to waste food, we had no idea how big the meat orders were, so more was ordered at our cost even though we really had no measure as to what we would get. Even more frustrating was a message about gotcha and a count kept popping up when ordering, we have no idea what this is about, but it just added to the ridiculous experience, a taunting, and by now I felt like they got me from the time I walked in. We won't be back. This rushed meal ended with us paying 80+ for lunch including tips for two with no paid drinks. A bit high for an AYCE hot pot place, but it was a lesson for AYCE hotpot in the Boston area. One last point, when we were ordering the tablet tried to sign us up for membership to get reduced prices each time you come, once we found out about the membership cost, we didn't continue with it, but all the prices on the tablet displayed then member prices, so at checkout the bill was more of a surprise. No one advised us about the free soda you could get yourself or even the sauce area, but since we did a lot of hotpot over the years, so the sauce logistics we were familiar with. If you come, come early in their open window, so you won't be rushed as you try to figure things out, and understand clearly what AYCE eat means at this place. read more

Literally the worst hotpot I've ever had in my entire life, avoid like the plague. The broth is watery, the meat is less flavorful than paper, the sides are basic and boring and the sauce bar doesn't even have chili oil. There is nothing good about this place you'd be better off eating literally anywhere else read more

Blue Sakura - Hong Kong style peanut butter broth ‍ - Hot Pot Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

The waitstaff is friendly and tries hard, but unfortunately, this place falls short in many areas. Ordering is done through a tablet, and then the waiting begins. After several delays and apologies, we were told our order was lost and had to be replaced, only to receive missing and duplicate items when they finally arrived. The dim sum was okay but not great. Some meats (not included) appeared discolored, likely from sitting out too long. Noodles and fish cakes were subpar, and the vegetables never even arrived, so I can't comment on them. The soda was included but was limited to just Mountain Dew, and the bowls and plates were not clean. The broth was overwhelmingly porky. Despite eating quickly, it took us over two hours to get even halfway full due to the excessive wait times--45 to 60 minutes for each order. This place desperately needs more staff and work out their kinks. read more

We visited the restaurant on a Friday evening and were seated right away. This is an AYCE restaurant (though meat, seafood are extra). Meat plates price depending on your selection. Despite this, the AYCE menu includes a huge variety of options like dim sum, baos, Korean and Chinese dishes, tofu, vegies, and more.... We ordered a few meat dishes, and each one was fresh, tender, and good portioned. The service was excellent--quick, friendly, and attentive, with frequent table clean-ups. We ordered via an iPad so our food came out pretty quick. The restaurant itself was clean plus each person gets their own individual pot, which is a great way to make the broth the way you want. Also across the street from the T, so it's really easy to get into! Food: 4/5 Service: 5/5 Ambiance: 5/5 We can't wait to come back! read more

With the price $36,99+ tax and tip, for eating all the frozen food. We asked for Miso soup base, the waitress said they are out of it, and we ask for snow crab leg. It was out. We got some frozen left-over watercrest which was rotted out. some muddy fish paste that tastes rotten milky fish. Most of the food are cheap pre-frozen package food. Don't expect anything like fresh Salmon, scallop, crab leg, oyster or claim but unfresh beef, corn, instant noodles, cheap mussel, cheap nasty fish paste that fall apart. The dim sum mostly are bums from the package food which are re-steam and it come with tiny portion. The restaurant had a time limited the 90 minutes for eating time from the first order and do not allow re-ordering with less than 5 5-minute gap. I wish to give -1 star if I would. It is very disappointed. read more

Great Service and Amazing food all around! Really liked the scallion pancake and udon noodles!

Really nice service. Everyone was accommodating. Soup and foods were tasty and fresh. Meats you have to buy separate but all the other sides are included in the all you can eat. They have appetizers and even dim-sum. Its the perfect amount of food when you put food orders in so you're not over eating. read more

Food was good but service was just ok. We had minimal interaction with staff. Parking was hard so make sure that you arrive with ample time to look for parking. read more

4 stars is very much coming from the value. The price for the amount of food an options that you get is very good. Vegetables, soft drinks, ice cream, and sides are all included in the base price. Any meats or seafoods cost extra. The food itself was good, but nothing to brag about. Other shabu places have fresher and better presentations. But again, I bring us back the to price. This is very reasonable for what you are paying. The portions are small, but that's okay since the menu is unlimited, you can always get more. They use a tablet ordering system which is pretty self explanatory. And the food comes out very promptly once the order is placed. The restaurant is smaller than most Boston shabu places I have been. But it was not busy when I went so it was very comfortable read more

I loved this place so much!! It's all you can eat hotpot so my and my friends were giggling the whole time and having so much fun ordering whatever we wanted. You order the food on a tablet so you don't have to tag down the waitstaff or get up to go to a buffet every time you want food. You can order unlimited veggies, noodles, rice dishes, dim sum (the best part to order unlimited of), soda, and icecream!! The meat has a small extra charge. It's the perfect place to binge out. read more

Blue Sakura - beef, hotpot, broth, sauce, udon noodles, rice cakes, dim sum, dumplings, vegetables, soju, sapporo beer - Hot Pot Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

An interesting variant on the Shabu Shabu hot pot restaurant format. The staff is friendly and helpful to newcomers, orienting them to the iPad tablet based menu and food ordering system. Several pricing options are available, offering great flexibility, depending on your preferences and budget. Food offerings include the usual hot pot selections with some limitations, such as the unavailability of salmon. This is partially compensated for by addition of various dim sum options, mostly under the same AYCE rules. Unlimited soda drinks and a variety of sauces and condiments are available at a self-service area near the front of the restaurant. Also available there are small bowls and utensils such as spoons, forks, ladles, and strainers. The ambiance is clean, efficient, and modern. However, there is strict enforcement of a 90-minute limit on food ordering, as the iPad app refuses to issue new orders once time is up. It does not give any obvious warning of the impending shutdown, it just suddenly refuses to proceed. In addition, there are possible schedule limitations that restrict diners to even less time. I witnessed a group of 4 women, who arrived perhaps an hour before closing of lunch hours at 2pm. They were dismayed that the iPad ordering shut down completely at the designated end of lunch time. Note that the ordering shutdown doesn't mean that you are ejected at 2pm. You can remain and finish your food, but simply cannot order any more. Thus, I recommend that you "do your homework" by examining and thinking through the food choices in advance, so you can decide and act quickly once the clock starts ticking away. I took the precaution of ordering some crab and crab legs before the timeout, but did not take the time to consume them "on the clock", and cracked them open and enjoyed them mostly after the timeout. I forfeited the dessert options of 4 ice cream flavors, but did order a couple of sweet dim sum options just before timeout. Note that ordering too much food and wasting it uneaten is strongly frowned upon, and may result in a penalty surcharge. Know your food preferences and limits! Do your homework and come prepared! Then enjoy your hearty meal! read more

It seems like fusion of Korean, Japan and China. But the foods were definitely Chinese style. The meat quality was very nice but other menu was so so. I paid for holiday price. I think Spring Shabu might be better with this price if you want to enjoy the delicious hotpot. Good things with Blue sakura is they have more side menu but it was not my taste. If I try here instead of Spring again, it will be lunch price. Anyway, I don't want to try again here. read more

Blue Sakura - Hot Pot Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

i love the food and the service is fantastic! the ambiance is great! such a nice place to hangout with friends read more

Blue Sakura - Hot Pot Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

the food was amazing and the service is great. the ambience was great and i loved coming here with friends! read more

Blue Sakura - Hot Pot Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Great spread of food, very nice to have dim sum and hot pot... Broth could have been better

Food is great. Just beware that AYCE does not include meat or seafood. Service is alright. The place is so small. Also, lunch time is so short. They open 11am- 2pm. Last seat at 1.30pm and last order 1.45pm. They would pull out tablet so the customers could not order anymore. The server placed the bill at 1.55pm and said no rush. They started turning lights off from 2pm little by little to push customers out. read more

A nice spot for sure in the middle of Allston! Another all you can eat place with your own sauce bar and fountain drinks. The quality of meats were great and the veggies were fresh. I myself got the kimchi broth which was super flavorful. The servers were super helpful as it was my first time there and showed us how their electronic menu worked. The restaurant itself was decorated with modern Asian art! Will be coming back in the future. read more

I wanted to like this place! The servers were so sweet and attentive, it's not their fault-- the food was just not it for me.. even for the discounted price, which beware, if you come on the weekend there is no AYCE-including-meat deal-- that's only on weekdays. Ordering 3 cheaper meats, it came out to about $85 with tip for two people. One of the meats we had was kind of stinky in the not-fresh way.. one of the meats was good, and the other was kind of oddly chewy but seemed fresh enough. I'm a big fish ball person and I think the fish ball selection here is okay, kind of mid. They definitely don't have the nicer fish balls you might see at happy lamb or spring shabu. Dim sum is indeed included in AYCE but it's pretty poor quality too, which I was expecting for an AYCE place but I feel like I can get better quality frozen dim sum from Hmart unfortunately. The sauce bar was also not the best in my opinion, the sesame/peanut paste was clumpy and my sauce ended up tasting really oily and bland but that's kind of my fault- I added soy sauce and it got better. The broth was fine, I like that you can get a split broth if you're deciding between two flavors! Again, wanted to like this place but I left with regret, thinking I should have picked another spot to spend my money at. read more

All in all the food was not great. Service was mediocre. Soups were not tasteful. They also took very long to boil. We came for the first time with 5 guests. They allowed only 90 minutes and by the time we got the soup to boil, we only had a short amount of time to enjoy the food. We were charged an extra $10 per person for meat and seafood. I guess I really don't mind to pay the price if the food was good, but for almost the same price, I would say DLY hot pot down the street is way better. They have a nice ambience. And you don't feel like you're being pushed together when you're seated. Their soup base is way better too. This would be my first and last time at good establishment unless it undergoes major change. read more

They said closing at 10:30pm, but once we walk-in at around 9:30pm they already asked us to get out. Like trying to kick us out without any greetings. read more

The food was good, some of it looked really sad though as in the presentation of the food. Overall really good service. Very calming environment and very clean. read more

Went on a Friday night at open with kids. They explained what was included in the ayce. Similar to Spring Shabu, meat and seafood is extra. We did order the meat and it was very good quality thick slices. Our kids enjoyed the mango sago bun and rhe yolk lava buns. The unlimited soda was also a hit with them. We ended up getting the membership for $30 foe the year and saved $10 off the extra meat and seafood we ordered and they also apply the $30 credit to our next visit. We will definitely be back! read more

Very bad experience, do not come Two big things 1: Very very bad service The person messed up the table, I only consumed 24.45, the tickets showed 24.45, but they charged me 73.41! I found it out when I come back home and I came back for this situation, they charged me 24.45 again and there is only one sorry, with a lot of excuses . I don't want to mention other service situation like adding wrong soup and excusing that this is my first day on work.... 2: Have to say it is fake on customers. First, It says 16.95 on the billboard but ALL the meat, seafood and drinks need extra charge. Things you can get in this 16.95 are only vegetables and some vegan food. What is more, if I do not charge this 20 dollar annual fee I actually need to pay 3.95 not 1.95 for one meat. the label has 3.95 crossed out and has a big 1.95 when you see them, but you actually need to pay 3.95. And there is no sign saying that you need to pay annual fee to get this price and there is even no sign saying when you sign up you need to pay this annual fee!! I know it by asking them because I see my 4 dollar labeled charge added to be 9 dollar in total. The label is very confusing! This is cheating on consumers. Highly not recommend if you are only coming here one time and not planning to pay this annual fee. Second, they are not labeling the total price I need to pay which is not clear to customers how much they ordered, which in my case is a bad surprise when I see the paycheck. 3, about food : The egg and meat does not seems to be very fresh. The Chinese refreshment just seems to be the frozen food from Asian market. To be honest, just buy some in 88 supermarket, no need to eat here. read more

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This place was a horror show. They advertised "all you can eat". But all the meat they charge a separate fee. That's is probably why they don't sell much of it, making it not too fresh and turning black in color. The place was very filthy, flies flying around the uncovered sauce mixing area. The ladles that are left out has old food and vegetables stuck to it, when we told the waiter, he simply said "oh no" and walked away without replacing it with new clean ones. All the dim sum they offered were frozen dim sum you would find at an Asian market and they just simply heated back up. The soda tasted bad yet there was only two favor that was operational, they didn't even have a simple cup of hot tea. Also, they try to make us pay for a "member fee of $30" to get a couple dollars off meat items, everything about this place felt like a SCAM. Who in the world charges a fee to become a member of a restaurant? All the soup base tasted like they took a bag of powder soup base from an instant noodle packet and split it between four pots. I should've know the moment I walked in and everyone sitting in the restaurant had an expression like they were SCAM, blank faces. Please only recommend this place to people you hate. read more

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this is now my new favorite shabu spot! better than spring shabu in my opinion. i loved the broth i got (japanese spicy miso). they have so many choices for AYCE appetizers, veggies, dim sum, noodles, etc. meat & seafood isn't included but i think it's good AYCE price! i loved it so much here that i ended up getting their annual membership, which gives me discounts for every visit! read more

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online menu is a joke and boarder line false advertisement . seafood is not included in the all you can eat buffet. went there specifically for all you can eat seafood . with that being said $30 price point for run of mill hot pot and medi desert. read more

Oh my lord, this was an amazing experience. There are so many amazing options, vegan, vegetarian gluten free... the staff was amazing, and the atmosphere was great! 10/10 read more

This is late review but I was here the third night they opened. I went with three of my mates. Let me preload by saying, I am pretty typical standard palette when it comes to authentic foods and have become standardized to the "American style" of those types and generes from all different ethnic foods Now, simply this is a 10/10. You walk in, nice ambiance, nice atmosphere but service and professional hospitality is apparent. It is truly meant to feel like an independent experience and the staff all take their time, to casually ask you how you are and explain the basic style of ordering and pay structure. Recommendations are made and there is no sense of being rushed or moved along. The food comes relatively quick and is fresh, especially when I say I have an American pallete everything here is on point. Dozens of options and hot pot with very reasonable priced options (meats and seafood, not cooked yet) to be added. Throughout the meal, you are checked up on, offering sauce suggestions and made sure if looking for something in the restaurant, that you are greeted and led in the proper direction. Our waitress (I do forget names, but was a nice Latin younger woman) the manager (a younger tall asian American man) who greeted us, the service workers who brought us the food and talked with us. And also a shout out to (not our server, but came and put a mix of flavor sauces together for me) we're all great. I wish I can remember their names and not descriptions, but a shorter younger Asian man. From beginning to end- it was a winner. It was their 3rd day and they wanted the feedback on how to improve. Well, they had it down well to start. Don't miss this spot, well priced, well treated and well enjoyed read more

disappointed that neither meat or seafood was included in the all you can eat price.... if you're there for meat go to happy lamb instead.... however staff was very friendly and efficient. the booths were very unpleasant to sit in. after 90 minutes i wanted to get up anyways read more

Loved this spot! We went on a Friday night and there was live music! The value here for AYCE is amazing considering the quality of the meats, dim sum and seafood. Place was very full, but they have a very efficient tablet ordering system so the food just keeps flowing. Will definitely be back again! read more

Staff were friendly but food was not good. Dim Sum tasted.. frozen. I went with a group so we tried 3 different broths and it was basically just water with little to no flavor. Ehh, I wouldn't come back here. read more

Great atmosphere, music, food! Service from the staff was amazing as well. Couldn't have asked for a better place to have dinner with my friends. read more

Super misleading that all meats and seafood are not on the AYCE menu for a dicy charged price per person. The food quality was mediocre and the waiting time to get the food out on our table was ridiculously long. Not worth going back to ever again. read more

brisket was so good i forgot to take a picture before i ate it!! so delicious. the sauce buffet and the free drinks are great. our server was very kind and accommodating for my friends who had food allergies. i would love yo come again any time!!!! read more

the food is really good, friendly with family, price is low And we only spend 100 for 4 people. read more

Blue Sakura - Hot Pot Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

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Amazing fresh ingredients. Affordable prices and very clean. Servers were very friendly and attentive.