This was my first time at Mikiya, and I had such a fantastic experience! Landen was an amazing…read moreserver friendly, attentive, knowledgeable, and genuinely made the experience even better. He was on top of everything and made us feel very welcomed. Great service from start to finish. I'll definitely be coming back! And the food was bussin.

delicious shabu! we came with a larger party and had to wait over an hour but it was worth the…read morewait! their meat quality is great, the cuts were very soft and tasted delicious with their sauces. i enjoyed the takowasa and surprisingly their sweet potato fries! their sides were all pretty good seafood was fresh and plentiful. service was also great, our server made sure to explain everything to us and was prompt with our drinks. the fried buns with condensed milk was the perfect dessert with the ice cream they bring out! :) inside is a bit small and it's hard for larger parties.

We came to Happy AYCE Hot Pot for a late dinner. We arrived pretty close to closing time, so we…read morecompletely understood that the staff probably wanted to finish up and go home. They were very polite and simply asked us to settle the bill first, but they still let us sit, relax, and enjoy our dinner until closing time. They even told us that staying a little later would not be a problem. We really appreciated their patience, kindness, and flexibility. Thank you to the staff for making us feel welcome even though we arrived late. Great service and a very pleasant experience!

Classic AYCE hot pot Lunch $24.99 / Dinner $29.99…read more Pay $5 on top of hot pot price for unlimited dim sum. This was such a good deal! I got the classic ayce hot pot and mostly got the beef, lamb and pork belly for meats. There is a premium ayce option for $5-6 more but I was pretty satisfied with just the classic selections. I would rather pay the extra $5 to get dim sum, which was also not bad! I liked the siu mai, shrimp har gow (fave), and steam juicy dumplings. My bf liked the steamed chicken feet and garlic tripe as well (the tripe was p spicy). You order the dim sum with your server as the dim sum is made to order, which I preferred bc it comes out steaming hot. The buffet bar also has a variety of items from fried appetizers to veggie side dishes, fried rice, noodles and more!

Stopped by Arcadia to try 101 Pot All You Can Eat. They have been opened for a while and I believe…read morethere has been a change in ownership. They offer premium and prime options for their AYCE hot pot. Their prime menu was $52.95 and offered 9 different soup bases, 17 meat options, self serve bar filled with veggies, noodles and meat balls, drink stations and ice cream. I got the split pot with sukiyaki and jelly golden chicken broth. The sukiyaki was slightly sweet and full of umami flavor. The jelly golden chicken was flavorful and comforting. You can tell they boil down chicken bones from the chicken fat in the soup. They have 3 meats on the prime menu that were wagyu. All 3 were super tender and required little to no chewing. The abalone were massive and firm yet tender. We got the shrimp paste as well which was flavorful and filled with chunks of shrimp. The veggies were fresh and I enjoyed the variety. My favorites were the crown daisy, spinach, enoki mushrooms and Napa. They even have the sweet potato wide rice noodles that are slimy and chewy. Not a lot of AYCE places have it so it's a rare find. The staff here speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English so ordering was not an issue. They have a small lot in the back with about a dozen spots which wasn't an issue on the week day.

I'm honestly not sure how this restaurant has 4 stars on Yelp. My experience was very unpleasant…read more The service here is awful. Our waitress had a weird attitude and was overall rude. There was a leak in the ceiling that kept dripping on me and the table behind me and when I mentioned it to the waitress, she ignored me and didn't even offer to move us to another table even though there were plenty of open tables. After getting dripped on for a while and trying to ignore it, I couldn't do it anymore and we asked for the bill to leave. Only then did the waitress offer for us to move tables but we were over it and just wanted to leave. If things had just been righted from the get go, I would have appreciated it a lot more. The food itself was okay. The meat was good but the self serve veggie bar was out of most things. The restaurant itself is pretty small with a weird layout. The veggie bar is right by the entrance so it's chaotic with people trying to grab their food while groups of people are waiting to be seated.

If you are looking for an incredible all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu experience, Mo-Mo-Paradise in…read moreArcadia is an absolute must-visit. The all-you-can-eat meat quality is fantastic, featuring beautifully marbled beef and tender pork cuts served in neat trays ready for a split-pot setup of savory broths.  The all-you-can-eat vegetable and ingredient bar is exceptionally fresh, clean, and well-stocked with crisp greens, mushrooms, tofu, yuba rolls, and ramen. Pairing all of this endless food with the wonderfully organized dipping sauce station packed with custom options like minced garlic, green onion, and spicy shoyu

Solid ayce shabu/hot pot restaurant with the commonly seen cold/ingredients bar, sauce bar, and…read morebeef curry rice bowl. It's a shared pot with two broths per pot. The broth options are shabu dashi, sukiyaki, tonkatsu, and tomato with the option to make any spicy. There are two meat options: Momo - $39 - Beef - chuck eye, short plate, eye of round - Pork - shoulder, belly (dinner & weekend) Wagyu - $55 - Beef - chick eye, cross rib, round (in addition to Momo options) We went on a Saturday night and it wasn't too busy and service was as good as expected. They offer corkage, dessert, drink package, takes reservations and there's decent amount of parking with attached parking structure.

Food was amazing! Dancing noodles was the absolute best my nephew and niece said they wanna come…read moreback again soon. Very family friendly. Has very cool vibes and they brought toys to give the kids to the table. The food was very fresh and good.

Great variety of food options and open late! Will definitely come back. Amazing ambience with…read morewelcoming options

This is my favorite spot in the area, tons of choices and options, fully customizable, and…read moreresponsive to budget given it's priced by the pound. The soup and quality of ingredients are consistent and tasty, with a decent sized dipping sauce bar. I'd also add their tea and beverage options are of good quality, whereas some spots only offer sub par Thai tea all of those have been good. I struggle to find complaints, fast seating, good food, great flavor, reheats well the next day, customizable price point, kind and responsive staff, truly no issues have presented themselves. OH! Every 10lbs you buy result in a free lb of food. Call me cheap but I like when spots reward customer consistency and provide little perks.

First time here at this hot pot spot and second time at a malatang. It's a place where it's all you…read morecan scoop in your bowl, but the cost is by weight per pound. There's a decent amount of veggie and meat options. I'm very conscientious of getting more bang for your buck so I look for the lightest weighed items. Skipping most of the noodles since those are mostly fillers. Once you've built your bowl you go up to the front to get weighed. They give you a receipt and a keychain for your hotpot. I'm assuming it's like an assembly line of bowls being cooked in the kitchen in the back. They bring you your cooked hot pot bowl. While you wait, you can make your sauces. They have your basic chopped garlic, cilantro, satay and other sauces. I'm okay with a spicy hot pot but I still want to enjoy my food so I keep it on the mild end. Overall it was a nice experience and a decent spot for a random night of hot pot.

Luniang Hot Pot serves super authentic maocai, which is similar to malatang…read more You pick your own ingredients and they cook it all together for you. Just a heads up, there's only one soup base and it is SUPER spicy. You can ask for less spicy, which I did, but I didn't realize you could go even lower. Learn from my mistake if you're sensitive to heat. That said, the flavor was strong, rich, and pleasantly oily in the way good Sichuan-style broth should be. It honestly tasted like the hot pot I've had in China, which I loved. This and a bowl of white rice hits the spot.

One of few good mao cai spots in LA. The ingredients are fresh and abundant. Usually a pound or…read moremore for one person, but you can just share one big pot. Sometimes gets really crowded. The spice level can be intense so start with mild spicy. It's very low key divey in terms of atmosphere, especially being small.

i just found out that this location closed permanently and i wanted to write something that the…read moreowners could maybe see. i used to go to jazz cat every weekend with my family back in the 2010s. this restaurant and it's flavors raised me. i remember waiting outside for 30 mins - 1 hour every time and being so enticed by the smells and flavors that wafted outside. the food was always SO worth it. i am so so sad to hear that they're shutting down all of the locations. i shared so many memories and good times with my family at jazz cat. i will be visiting their city of industry location before they close. thank you for so many years of memories and amazing eats! and thank you for being such a staple in the SGV for so many years. i wish things turned out better, but i am happy i got to grow up with jazz cat. (writing this felt like a breakup letter)

I stopped by Jazz Cat and ordered the Japanese creamy miso soup base, and I really enjoyed it. The…read morebroth was creamy, and full of flavor. It paired really well with all of the ingredients, and everything tasted good. One of my favorite parts of the experience was the pot. It was shaped like a cat paw, which was such a cute and unique touch. It made the meal even more fun and added to the whole dining experience. The restaurant had a nice atmosphere, and the food came out good. Overall, I had a great experience and would definitely come back again. The cute cat paw pot makes it even more memorable!

Delicious restaurant for combined Chinese barbecue and hot pot with a variety of meat and veggies…read moreas well as well seasoned skewers. The skewers were kind of gamey and hard to chew, with the rest was delicious and the flavoring was on point . Parking was accessible with a free lot in the back and also plenty of sidewalk. Parking in the front. Service was phenomenal and the lady who owned the restaurant was very sweet. Although my mandarin was terrible, the restaurant lady was very kind did not make me feel embarrassed at all. Thanks to this restaurant for a delicious and unique combo!

Upfront- bad attitude of the new staff- turn out to be a relative of the owner…read more Message to the owners- you're both nice, the husband and wife, but your nephew, or your whatever relative,ruined our experience this time, completely. I've been here many times before and was a returning customer. I've also brought quite a few friends here in the past, which is why this experience was especially disappointing. They recently changed the menu, but none of the staff explained what was new or different. When we arrived, no one came to greet or seat us, so we were simply left standing there and had to figure things out ourselves. I understand that this is a self-service hot pot restaurant, so we don't expect a lot of service. However, even with minimal service required, the overall experience and attitude from the staff felt very poor this time. What makes this even more disappointing is that I used to enjoy coming to have hotpot here, returned many times, and even brought friends with me. Unfortunately, after this experience, I won't be coming back again.

Price was worth the meal! You get your own soup bowl and service was nice and quick…read more There's unlimited sides you can add to your soup like vegetables, fish cakes, noodles, etc. Also a bit of sushi too.

I always pass by this place and decided to come here with my family. We arrived around 5 pm for…read moredinner and were seated after our whole party had arrived. Note that they don't seat parties that are not fully present, even when the restaurant is empty. I was impressed with the AYCE price, $28.99 per person. Everyone gets their own broth and we ordered all the beef proteins. The slices are nice and thin to cook in the broth. Our server rarely checked on us, but the salad bar was pretty stocked. I feel like its a solid hot pot spot, I would def come back for the pricing!